W. SHAW SPARROW.


[CONTENTS.]

Page
[Title Page. By David Veazey]3
[Dedication Page]5
[Preface. By Walter Shaw Sparrow]7
[Contents]12

IN THE BORDER COUNTRY
BY W. S. CROCKETT

I.[Introduction]17
[The Making of the Border]23
[The Christianizing of the Border]26
[Border Warfare]36
II.[The English Border: Northumberland]44
["Merrie Carlisle"]60
III.[The Tweed and Its Associations]75
IV.["Pleasant Teviotdale"]94
V.[In the Ballad Country]105
VI.[The Leader Valley]117
VII.[Liddesdale]124


PLATES IN COLOUR
BY JAMES ORROCK, R.I.

Frontispiece.
[View of Dunstanborough]Title page
Plate 2
[Crag Loch and the Roman Wall]24
Plate 3
[Bamborough from Stag Rock]32
Plate 4
[Holy Island Castle: Harvest Time]36
Plate 5
[View of Norham Castle]40
Plate 6
[Twizel Bridge of the XIV. Century]44
Plate 7
[Flodden Field and the Cheviot Hills]48
Plate 8
[View of Warkworth]52
Plate 9
[View of Alnwick Castle]56
Plate 10
[View of Prudhoe-on-Tyne]60
Plate 11
[View of Carlisle]64
Plate 12
[View of Naworth Castle]68
Plate 13
[View of Lanercost Priory]72
Plate 14
[View of Bewcastle]76
Plate 15
[View of Melrose]80
Plate 16
[Melrose and the Eildons from Bemersyde Hill:Scott's favourite View]84
Plate 17
[Dryburgh Abbey and Scott's Tomb]88
Plate 18
[The Remnant of Wark Castle]92
Plate 19
[Berwick-on-Tweed]96
Plate 20
[Hollows Tower (sometimes called GilnockieTower)]100
Plate 21
[Goldilands, near Hawick]104
Plate 22
["He passed where Newark's stately towerLooks out from Yarrow's birchen bower"]112
Plate 23
[View of New Abbey and Criffel]116
Plate 24
[Criffel and Loch Kindar]120
Plate 25
[Caerlaverock Castle]124


I. INTRODUCTION