BY ROBERT CHAMBERS, AUTHOR OF "TRADITIONS OF EDINBURGH," "HISTORIES OF THE REBELLIONS IN SCOTLAND," &c. Embellished with splendid and authentic Portraits. IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. I. GLASGOW: BLACKIE & SON, 8, EAST CLYDE STREET; AND 5, SOUTH COLLEGE STREET, EDINBURGH; W. CURRY, JUN., & CO., DUBLIN; AND SIMPKIN & MARSHALL, LONDON. Er 8113,14 HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY GIFT OF MARY E. HAVEN JULY 2, 1914. GLASGOW: PRINTED BY GEORGE BROOKMAN. то HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY, KING WILLIAM THE FOURTH, THIS WORK, RECORDING THE LIVES OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS BELONGING TO HIS Ancient Kingdom of Scotland, WHO, FROM THEIR GENIUS OR VIRTUE, SITUATION OR ENTERPRISE, HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES IN THE ANNALS OF THEIR COUNTRY, IS, BY SPECIAL PERMISSION, MOST HUMBLY AND RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED. |