Baroness Nairne Oliphaat Carolina, a Scottish poetess, born in the mansion of Gask, Perthshire, July 16, 1766, died there, Oct. 26, 1845. Because of her great beauty she was called in her youth " the flower of Strath-earn." Observing the general looseness and ribaldry in the songs of the peasantry, she attempted to write better words for the popular tunes, and the result was a considerable number of songs which were at once recognized as among the finest in the language. The best known of these are "The Land o'the Leal," " Caller Herrin'," and " The Laird o'Cockpen." Her family had been devoted Jacobites, and she wrote several political songs of that character. All of her literary work was anonymous, and her authorship was kept a profound secret until within a few years of her death. After a long engagement, she married in June, 1806, her second cousin, Capt. William Murray Nairne, who by the removal of an attainder in 1824 became fifth Lord Nairne. They resided in Edinburgh. A selection from her songs, with accompaniments by FinlayDun, was published about 1846, under the title of "Lays from Strathearn." A complete edition of her lyrical compositions was edited, with a life, by the Rev. Charles Rogers (Edinburgh, 1869).