. Wilson's historical, traditionary, and imaginative tales of the Borders, and of Scotland : with a glossary of Scotch words. tary of the Cave, The, - 87 der Gipsies, - - - . 37 Suicide, The, .... 119 Fair, The, - - . 357 Sayings and Doings of Peter Patterson, . 214 Father (The); or, a Light from Other Days, 472 Soldiers Return, The, - 241 First and Second Marriage, The, 138 Sisters (The); a Tale for the Ladies, 300 Fifbt Foot, The, .... 271 Sir Patrick Hume; a Tale of the Heuse of Foundling at Sea, The, 4961 Marchmont, - , . 328 1 Squire Ben, - - _ . 437 Grandmothers Narrative, The, 116 Smugg
. Wilson's historical, traditionary, and imaginative tales of the Borders, and of Scotland : with a glossary of Scotch words. tary of the Cave, The, - 87 der Gipsies, - - - . 37 Suicide, The, .... 119 Fair, The, - - . 357 Sayings and Doings of Peter Patterson, . 214 Father (The); or, a Light from Other Days, 472 Soldiers Return, The, - 241 First and Second Marriage, The, 138 Sisters (The); a Tale for the Ladies, 300 Fifbt Foot, The, .... 271 Sir Patrick Hume; a Tale of the Heuse of Foundling at Sea, The, 4961 Marchmont, - , . 328 1 Squire Ben, - - _ . 437 Grandmothers Narrative, The, 116 Smugglers Son, The, - 554 Gizel Cochrane, a Tale of Tweedmouth Moor, . - . - 288 Tibby Fowler, - . . 196 1 Twin Brothers, The, - 311 Hen-Pecked Man, The, ... 362, Tale of Vengeance, A, 354 Three Brethren, The, - 396 I Canna be Fashed; or, Willie Grants Tree Wee Heelanmen, The, 548 Confessions, ... 2921 Vacant Chair, The, 1T2 James Kincardine; a Story of the Ameri- i can War, - 4. . 426 Widows Ae Son, The, 133 1 Willie Wastles Account of his Wife, - 156 Leveller, The, .... 3 Well have Another, 234 Lottery Hall, .... 510. INTRODUCTION TO THE AMERICAN EDITION The Author of the following Tales was himself a Borderer. His early days werepassed in that classic region, of which so many scenes and incidents are hero sketchedwith so much truth and beauty. Of much that he has written, he himself was thehero ; and it is his own personal history, in numerous cases, that gives such life andinterest to these Sketches. John Mackay Wilson was the son of John Wilson, an humble millwright, in theNorth of England. He came into the world in the year 1804, under the parentalroof, on the banks of Tweed, renowned in Scottish song. The town of Berwick sowell known to the historian as the theatre of numerous sanguinary conflicts betweenthe Scotch and the English armies, in the days of border warfare, is prettily situatedon the South side of an easy declivity on the North bank of the Tweed, about half-a-mile
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