Later History
*History of the Orkney Islands. By the Rev. George Barry. (Edinburgh, 1805; reprinted, with prefatory account of the Islands, Kirkwall, 1867.) One of the standard works dealing with the history of the Islands.
*Odal Rights and Feudal Wrongs. By David Balfour of Balfour. (Edinburgh, 1860).
*Oppressions of the Sixteenth Century in the Islands of Orkney and Zetland. (Edinburgh, 1859; Abbotsford and Maitland Clubs publications.)
The above two books give an account of Orkney under Scottish rule.
*Monteith’s Description of the Islands of Orkney and Zetland. (Edinburgh, 1711; reprinted 1845.)
*General View of the Agriculture of the Orkney Islands. By John Shirreff. (Edinburgh, 1814.) An exceedingly interesting account of the state of the Islands in the early nineteenth century.
Description of the Isles of Orkney. By the Rev. James Wallace (minister of Kirkwall). Published by his son. (Edinburgh, 1693; reprinted, with notes by John Small, M.A., Edinburgh, 1883.)
The Present State of the Orkney Islands Considered. By James Fea (Surgeon). (Edinburgh, 1775; reprinted, Edinburgh, 1884.)
Orkney and Shetland Old-Lore Series. A miscellany issued quarterly by the Viking Club, London; contains numerous articles of historical interest.