[27] Ibid., V. i, p. 17
[28] Ibid., V. i, p. 25
[29] Ibid., V. i, p. 35
[30] Ibid., V. i, p. 38
[31] Ibid., V. i, p. 30
[32] Ibid., V. i, p. 32
[33] Ibid., V. i, p. 39
[34] Ibid., V. i, p. 22
[35] Ibid., V. i, p. 43
In another department of the contents, entitled “Select Extracts”, there are two articles: an “Account of Colonel Beaufoy’s Journey to the Summit of Mount Blanc”[36] and the “Account of the Remarkable Case of Margaret Lyall, Who continued in a State of Sleep nearly Six Weeks”[37], both very readable, which is a good deal when all is said. The Antiquarian Reportory contained six articles as antiquated as one could wish, all the way from a “Grant of the Lands of Kyrkenes by Macbeth, son of Finlach”[38] to a “Mock Poem upon the Expedition of the Highland Host”[39]. The Original Poetry department contained three poems, none of them startling. The third one, the shortest, is by far the best, bearing the title “Verses”[40]. They were written in honor of the entry of the Allies into Paris, 1814; and bear the unmistakable brand and seal of James Hogg, with his ardent song for “Auld Scotland!—land o’ hearts the wale!” ...