CONTENTS

I.The Spell of the Invisible[1]
II.The Outpost Isles[7]
III.Glasgow: the Industrial Metropolis[17]
IV.Edinburgh the Picturesque[27]
V.Melrose Abbey and Sir Walter Scott[38]
VI.Rambles along the Border[50]
VII.The Lay of the Land: Dunfermline[65]
VIII.Dundee: the Gift of God[76]
IX.The Glamour of Macbeth[88]
X.Stirling: Castle, Town, and Towers[97]
XI.Oban and Glencoe—Chapters in History[108]
XII.Scotland’s Island World—Iona and Staffa[119]
XIII.The Caledonian Canal—Scottish Sports[131]
XIV.Inverness: the Capital of the Highlands[143]
XV.“Bonnie Prince Charlie”[156]
XVI.The Old Highlands and their Inhabitants[164]
XVII.Heather and Highland Costume[177]
XVIII.The Northeast Coast—Aberdeen and Elgin[191]
XIX.The Orkneys and the Shetlands[202]
XX.Loch Lomond and the Trossachs[213]
XXI.Robert Burns and his Teachers[223]
XXII.Kirk, School, and Freedom[234]
XXIII.John Knox: Scotland’s Mightiest Son[247]
XXIV.Invergowrie: In Scottish Homes[259]
XXV.America’s Debt to Scotland[270]
Chronological Framework of Scotland’s History[279]
Index[287]