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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Norman Macleod was born, in 1812, at Campbeltown, in Argyllshire, where his father was parish minister. Educated in Campbeltown and Campsie for a time, he entered the University of Glasgow in 1827, and in 1837 became a licensed minister of the Church of Scotland. From 1838 to 1843 ne was minister of Loudoun parish in Ayrshire, from 1843 to 1851 of Dalkeith parish, and from 1851 till his death in 1872 of the Barony Parish, Glasgow. He was appointed chaplain to Queen Victoria in 1857, and next year received the degree of D.D. from Glasgow University. He edited Good Words from its foundation in 1860 till his death, and he also gained great literary success with the following books: The Gold Thread (1861), The Old Lieutenant and his Son (1862), Parish Papers (1862), Wee Davie (1864), Eastward (1866), Reminiscences of a Highland Parish (1867), The Starling (1867), Peeps at the Far East (1871), The Temptation of Our Lord (1872), and Character Sketches (1872).

Contents

CHAP.

  1. [Antecedents]
  2. [The Elder and his Starling]
  3. [The Starling a Disturber of the Peace]
  4. [The Rev. Daniel Porteous]
  5. [The Sergeant and his Starling in Trouble]
  6. [The Starling on his Trial]
  7. [The Sergeant on his Trial]
  8. [The Conference in the Manse]
  9. [Charlie's Cot once More Occupied]
  10. [The Sergeant Alone with the Starling]
  11. [The Old Soldier and his Young Pupil on Sunday Evening]
  12. [Adam Mercer, Sergeant, but not Elder]
  13. [Jock Hall, the Ne'er-do-Weel]
  14. [Jock Hall's Conspiracy]
  15. [Jock Hall's Journey]
  16. [Fishers and Fishing]
  17. [The Keeper's Home]
  18. [The Keeper's Letter]
  19. [Extremes Meet]
  20. [Jock Hall's Return]
  21. [The Quack]
  22. [Corporal Dick]
  23. [Corporal Dick at the Manse]
  24. [Dr. Scott and his Servant]
  25. [Mr. Smellie's Diplomacy]
  26. [The Starling Again in Danger]
  27. [The Sergeant's Sickness and his Sick-Nurse]
  28. [Mr. Porteous Visits the Sergeant]
  29. [The Minister Pure and Peaceable]
  30. ["A Man's a Man for a' That"]

List of Illustrations

["Here he is! Tak' him and finish him"] Frontispiece

["Are you aware, Mr. Mercer, of what has just happened?"]