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Excerpt from Loch Lomond, Loch Katrine and the Trossachs Among the first of the features of Scotland which visitors to the country express a wish to see are the island reaches of the "Queen of Scottish Lakes, " and the bosky narrows and mountain pass at the eastern end of Loch Katrine, which are known as the Trossachs. During the Great War of 1914-8, when large numbers of convalescent soldiers from the dominions overseas streamed through Glas...

Excerpt from Byways of the Scottish Border: A Pedestrian Pilgrimage In the autumn of 1886 I walked with an artist friend through some of the most famous of the Border country, from Moffat eastwards. Upon our return I put together this record of our ten days wanderings. Since then the separate articles have appeared in the pages of various magazines and periodicals. They are now printed under one cover, in the hope that the glimpse which they ...

Excerpt from Bohemian Papers Here was a subject worth studying out human material for a good short story at least. But, with the mistake of many beginners, I was bent upon more literary matter. It was a hot summer night as M and I drove south through the London streets in a growler, my luggage on the roof. I had only been in London once before - a single night on the way home from a continental trip - and the look of these streets and their ...

Excerpt from The Glasgow Poets: Their Lives and Poems Gentle Shepherd and the other ingenious gentle men of his coterie recited their own verses, sang their own songs, and in other Characteristic ways sped the jovial hours.i Founded in 1876 by Mr. William Freeland, the Ballad Club, during the twenty-five years of its existence, has counted among its members most 'of the men Of poetic gift in the city and its neighbourhood. Of the compositions...

Excerpt from Scottish Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, Vol. 2Beattie's fame, however, at the present day depends almost entirely on his poem The Minstrel. The first part of the poem, which is also the best, was mostly written in 1768. It appeared in 1770, and the two cantos which comprise the entire work were published together in 1777. The design of The Minstrel, according to its author's preface, was to trace the progress of a poetical geni...

Excerpt from History of Glasgow, Vol. 2: From the Reformation to the Revolution Within the last ninety years most important additions have been made to the History of Glasgow. In 1843 the Maitland Club published the entire extant Registrum Episcopatus Glasguensis containing the charters of the bishopric from the twelfth century till the middle of the sixteenth. Three years later the same club published the Liber Collegii Nostre Domine, docume...

Excerpt from Scottish Ballad Poetry Since the days of Allan Ramsay there have been published many admirable collections of Scottish ballads. Some of these, such as the collections of Jamieson, Buchan, and Kinloch, have had for their intention the preservation of ballads or versions of ballads previously unpublished. Others, like the collections of Chambers and Aytoun, have contained avowed collations of the different versions of ballads alrea...

Excerpt from Scottish Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, Vol. 1 In order to furnish, what has not existed hitherto, a comprehensive anthology of the eighteenth century poetry Of Scotland, and to render the bead-roll of the poets as complete as possible, it has been found necessary to extend the work to two volumes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.c...

Excerpt from Mediaeval Scottish Poetry The mediaeval poetry of Scotland, equally with the earliest Scottish poetry, has hitherto been all but inaccessible to the general reader. The difficulties in the way of anything like a popular study of poets such as James I., Henryson, Dunbar, and Douglas may be gathered from the fact that the works of these four, when found, are scarcely to be had together for a smaller sum than five guineas. The prese...

Excerpt from The London North-Western Railway In the days of our grandfathers, when the railways were being made, many people said they would destroy the charm and romance of the country. The iron bridges, it was said, and the great cuttings and embankments, would be scars upon the landscape, the engines, with their smoke and noise, would destroy the peace of quiet places, and the crowds of trippers carried everywhere would make the country e...

Excerpt from Scottish Poetry of the Seventeenth Century As the first Scottish poet of note who elected to write in Shakespeare's English, Sir Robert Aytoun remains a figure of peculiar interest in the literary history of Scotland. In several aspects, indeed, his career may be noted as typical. He began life, like so many young Scotsmen of his time, as an obscure, wandering scholar-adventurer, yet he became the trusted servant and friend of tw...

Excerpt from Early Scottish Poetry: Thomas the Rhymer, John Barbour, Androw of Wyntoun, Henry the MinstrelFrom their great bulk the works of the poets here dealt with may with obvious advantage be studied in selected form. In each case, however, an effort has been made, by means of summaries between the selected passages, to afford a view of the entire poem.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic ...

Excerpt from Sketch-Book of the NorthHere, straight as a swan-¿ight along the ridge of the watershed, commanding the country for miles upon either side, still runs the ancient highway of Imperial Rome. From the golden milestone of Augustus in the Capitol, in a line scarce broken by the blue straits of the sea, ran hither the path of that ancient Power. Of old, along these far-stretching arteries came pulsing in tidal waves the iron blood of th...

Excerpt from The Book of Glasgow Cathedral: A History and Description It may not seem too much to conclude, therefore, that the time has come when an attempt may fairly be made to furnish an adequate history and description of the cathedral. As the only cathedral on the mainland of Scotland which was not ruined at the Reformation, the Church of Glasgow possesses a unique interest. It is also acknowledged that the extant records of the See now...

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Excerpt from Scottish Poetry of the Sixteenth Century: Sir David Lyndsay, John Bellenden, King James the Fifth, Sir Richard Maitland, Alexander Scot, Alexander Montgomerie While avoiding a burden of distracting c all necessary information, it is hoped, h included in the separate introductions. All the poems not otherwise indicated printed entire, and in particular it may be out that the four pieces attributed to Kin the Fifth are now reprodu...