The Covenanting Family, (John Mackay Wilson)
The Old Chronicler's Tales, (Alexander Leighton)
The Prince of Scotland
Retribution, (Alexander Campbell)
The Professor's Tales, (Professor Thomas Gillespie)
The Enthusiast
Trees and Burns
Kirkyards
Polwarth on the Green, (John Mackay Wilson)
The Festival, (John Mackay Wilson)
A Legend of Holyrood, (Alexander Leighton)
The Restored Son, (Oliver Richardson)
The Skean Dhu, (Alexander Campbell)
The Seven Years' Dearth, (John Howell)
The Order of the Garter. A Story of Wark Castle, (John MackayWilson)
Thirty years ago, there dwelt an old man named Simon Cockburn, whofollowed the avocations of parish teacher and precentor. Every Saturdayafternoon, after he had washed his hands from the labours of the week,he went down to the public-house of the village in which he dwelt, andtook his seat by the parlour window or fire (according as it was summeror winter), to read the newspaper, and see, as he said, "what countryBonaparte had conquered this week;" and, as Simon read of some newachievement of "the terrible Corsican," as he called him, he was wont tolay down the newspaper, take off his spectacles, and say unto himselfaloud, "But if the chield should come owre to Britain, surely he willnever be guilty o' the cruelty and folly o' doing onything to the parishschoolmasters. He owes so much to learning himsel, that he willcertainly respect those who impart it to others."
But, if a stranger chanced to be in the room when he had glanced overthe news, and as he began to warm and wax mighty over his single pint(or mutchkin) bottle of strong ale, Simon's wonted taciturnity gave wayto a flow of speech; and seldom had the conversation continued long,when he invariably inquired, "Did ever ye hear o' the saying, by whatlaw the bishops were expelled from Sco