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Does Surnames of Scotland list those in an alphabetical list, or is there more information?
There is more information. Black provides details of the origins and meanings of surnames with historic information. Often this will be the earliest appearances of the name in written records - charters and suchlike.

In his preface to the book he says: "As this work is historical and scientific in the treatment of its subject the folklore and fairytales of family and clan origins are left to be dealt by other writers with a penchant for that kind of writing."