The Book Of Scottish Story: Historical, Humorous, Legendary And Imaginative
By Various
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Excerpt: "Next to its Ballads and Songs, the Stories of Scottish Literature are the most characteristic exponents of the national spirit. Allowing for the changes which time and the progress of civilization have effected in the national manners and character since the beginning of the present century—the era to which the Stories chiefly refer—they shall be found to delineate the social and domestic features of Scottish life as faithfully as the Ballads do the spirit and sentiment of an earlier age; or as the daily press reflects, rather than portrays, those of the present day. While Songs—the simple expressions of feelings and sentiments, musically rendered—change, in so far as they exhibit habits and manners, yet their form is lasting. Not so the Ballads, whose true historical successors are Prose Stories, as Novels are those of Romances."
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GenreHistory
Length51 hrs 55 mins
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Publish dateJan 5, 2024
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Table of contents
1PREFACE.
69THE VILLAGERS OF AUCHINCRAIG.
2CONTENTS.
70PERLING JOAN.
3THE HENPECKED MAN.
71JANET SMITH.
4DUNCAN CAMPBELL.
72THE UNLUCKY TOP BOOTS.
5THE LILY OF LIDDISDALE.
73MY FIRST AND LAST PLAY.
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6THE UNLUCKY PRESENT.
74JANE MALCOLM: A VILLAGE TALE.
7THE SUTOR OF SELKIRK: A REMARKABLY TRUE STORY.
75BOWED JOSEPH: A LAST-CENTURY EDINBURGH “CHARACTER.”
8ELSIE MORRICE.
76THE LAIRD OF WINEHOLM.
9HOW I WON THE LAIRD’S DAUGHTER.
77AN INCIDENT IN THE GREAT MORAY FLOODS OF 1829.
10MOSS-SIDE.
78CHARLIE GRAHAM, THE TINKER.
11MY FIRST FEE.
79THE SNOWING-UP OF STRATH LUGAS; OR, THE MATCH-MAKING LAIRD.
12THE KIRK OF TULLIBODY.
80EZRA PEDEN.
13THE PROGRESS OF INCONSTANCY; OR, THE SCOTS TUTOR.
81YOUNG RONALD OF MORAR: A TRADITIONARY TALE OF THE WESTERN HIGHLANDS.
14ADAM BELL.
82THE BROKEN RING.
15MAUNS’ STANE; OR, MINE HOST’S TALE.
83A PASSAGE OF MY LIFE.
16THE FREEBOOTER OF LOCHABER.
84THE COURT CAVE: A LEGENDARY TALE OF FIFESHIRE.
17AN HOUR IN THE MANSE.
85HELEN WATERS: A TRADITIONARY TALE OF THE ORKNEYS.
18THE WARDEN OF THE MARCHES: A TRADITIONARY STORY OF ANNANDALE.
86LEGEND OF THE LARGE MOUTH.
19THE ALEHOUSE PARTY: A CHAPTER FROM AN UNPUBLISHED NOVEL.
87RICHARD SINCLAIR; OR, THE POOR PRODIGAL IN THE AISLE.
20AUCHINDRANE; OR, THE AYRSHIRE TRAGEDY.
88THE BARLEY FEVER—AND REBUKE.
21A TALE OF THE PLAGUE IN EDINBURGH.
89ELPHIN IRVING, THE FAIRIES’ CUPBEARER.
22THE PROBATIONER’S FIRST SERMON.
90CHOOSING A MINISTER.
23THE CRIMES OF RICHARD HAWKINS.
91THE MEAL MOB.
24THE HEADSTONE.
92THE FLITTING.
25THE WIDOW’S PREDICTION: A TALE OF THE SIEGE OF NAMUR.
93EWEN OF THE LITTLE HEAD: A LEGEND OF THE WESTERN ISLES.
26THE LADY OF WARISTOUN.
94BASIL ROLLAND.
27A TALE OF PENTLAND.
95THE LAST OF THE JACOBITES.
28GRAYSTEEL: A TRADITIONARY STORY OF CAITHNESS.
96THE GRAVE-DIGGER’S TALE.
29THE BILLETED SOLDIER.
97THE FAIRY BRIDE: A TRADITIONARY TALE.
30BRUNTFIELD: A TALE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
98THE LOST LITTLE ONES.
31SUNSET AND SUNRISE.
99AN ORKNEY WEDDING.
32MISS PEGGY BRODIE.
100THE GHOST WITH THE GOLDEN CASKET.
33THE DEATH OF A PREJUDICE.
101RANALD OF THE HENS: A TRADITION OF THE WESTERN HIGHLANDS.
34ANENT AULD GRANDFAITHER, AUNTIE BELL, MY AIN FAITHER, &c.
102THE FRENCH SPY.
35JOHN BROWN; OR, THE HOUSE IN THE MUIR.
103THE MINISTER’S BEAT.
36TRADITIONS OF THE OLD TOLBOOTH OF EDINBURGH.
104A SCOTTISH GENTLEWOMAN OF THE LAST CENTURY.
37THE LOVER’S LAST VISIT.
105THE FAITHLESS NURSE: A LEGENDARY TALE OF THE GREAT REBELLION.
38MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS AND CHATELAR; OR, TWILIGHT MUSINGS IN HOLYROOD.
106TRADITIONS OF THE CELEBRATED MAJOR WEIR.
39A NIGHT IN DUNCAN M‘GOWAN’S.
107THE WINDY YULE.
40THE MILLER AND THE FREEBOOTER.
108GRIZEL COCHRANE.
41BENJIE’S CHRISTENING.
109THE FATAL PRAYER.
42THE MINISTER’S WIDOW.
110GLENMANNOW, THE STRONG HERDSMAN.
43THE BATTLE OF THE BREEKS: A PASSAGE IN THE LIFE OF WILLIAM M‘GEE, WEAVER IN HAMILTON.
111MY GRANDMOTHER’S PORTRAIT.
44MY SISTER KATE.
112THE BAPTISM.
45WAT THE PROPHET.
113THE LAIRD’S WOOING.
46THE SNOW-STORM.
114THOMAS THE RHYMER: AN ANCIENT FAIRY LEGEND.
47LOVE AT ONE GLIMPSE; OR, THE GLASGOW GENTLEMAN AND THE LADY.
115LACHLAN MORE: A TRADITIONARY TALE OF THE WESTERN HIGHLANDS.
48NANNY WELSH, THE MINISTER’S MAID.
116ALEMOOR: A TALE OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.
49LADY JEAN: A TALE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
117TIBBY FOWLER.
50THE MONKEY: A SECOND PASSAGE IN THE LIFE OF WILLIAM M‘GEE, WEAVER IN HAMILTON.
118DANIEL CATHIE, TOBACCONIST.
51THE LADDER DANCER.
119THE HAUNTED SHIPS.
52THE ELDER’S DEATH-BED.
120A TALE OF THE MARTYRS.
53A HIGHLAND FEUD.
121THE TOWN DRUMMER.
54THE RESURRECTION MEN.
122THE AWFUL NIGHT.
55MARY WILSON.
123ROSE JAMIESON.
56THE LAIRD OF CASSWAY.
124A NIGHT AT THE HERRING FISHING.
57THE ELDER’S FUNERAL.
125THE TWIN SISTERS.
58MACDONALD, THE CATTLE-RIEVER.
126ALBERT BANE: AN INCIDENT OF THE BATTLE OF CULLODEN.
59THE MURDER HOLE:
127THE PENNY-WEDDING.
60THE MILLER OF DOUNE: A TRAVELLER’S TALE.
128PEAT-CASTING TIME.
61THE HEADLESS CUMINS.
129AN ADVENTURE WITH THE PRESS-GANG.
62THE LADY ISABEL: A LEGENDARY TALE OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.
130THE LAIRD OF COOL’S GHOST.
63THE DESPERATE DUEL.
131ALLAN-A-SOP.
64THE VACANT CHAIR.
132JOHN HETHERINGTON’S DREAM.
65COLKITTOCH.
133BLACK JOE O’ THE BOW.
66THE COVENANTERS: A TRADITIONARY TALE OF LANARKSHIRE.
134THE FIGHT FOR THE STANDARD.
67THE POOR SCHOLAR.
135CATCHING A TARTAR.
68THE CRUSHED BONNET.
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