PENELOPE’S EXPERIENCES IN SCOTLAND

Being extracts from the commonplace book of Penelope Hamilton

By Kate Douglas Wiggin

1913 Gay and Hancock edition

To G.C.R.


CONTENTS


[ Chapter I. A Triangular Alliance. ]

[ Chapter II. Edina, Scotia’s Darling Seat. ]

[ Chapter III. A vision in Princes Street. ]

[ Chapter IV. Susanna Crum cudna say. ]

[ Chapter V. We emulate the Jackdaw. ]

[ Chapter VI. Edinburgh society, past and present. ]

[ Chapter VII. Francesca meets th’ unconquer’d Scot. ]

[ Chapter VIII. ‘What made th’ Assembly shine?’ ]

[ Chapter IX. Omnia presbyteria est divisa in partes tres. ]

[ Chapter X. Mrs. M’Collop as a sermon-taster. ]

[ Chapter XI. Holyrood awakens. ]

[ Chapter XII. Farewell to Edinburgh. ]

[ Chapter XIII. The spell of Scotland. ]

[ Chapter XIV. The wee theekit hoosie in the loaning. ]

[ Chapter XV. Jane Grieve and her grievances. ]

[ Chapter XVI. The path that led to Crummylowe. ]

[ Chapter XVII. Playing Sir Patrick Spens. ]

[ Chapter XVIII. Paris comes to Pettybaw. ]

[ Chapter XIX. Fowk o’ Fife. ]

[ Chapter XX. A Fifeshire tea-party. ]

[ Chapter XXI. International bickering. ]

[ Chapter XXII. Francesca entertains the green-eyed monster. ]

[ Chapter XXIII. Ballad revels at Rowardennan. ]

[ Chapter XXIV. Old songs and modern instances. ]

[ Chapter XXV. A treaty between nations. ]

[ Chapter XXVI. ‘Scotland’s burning! Look out!’ ]

[ Chapter XXVII. Three magpies and a marriage. ]