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Title: Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9

Author: Various

Editor: Alexander Leighton

Release Date: June 23, 2010 [EBook #32956]

Language: English

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Wilson's

Tales of the Borders

AND OF SCOTLAND.

HISTORICAL, TRADITIONARY, & IMAGINATIVE.

WITH A GLOSSARY.

REVISED BY
ALEXANDER LEIGHTON,
ONE OF THE ORIGINAL EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS.

VOL. IX.

LONDON:
WALTER SCOTT, 14 PATERNOSTER SQUARE.
AND NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.
1885.

CONTENTS.

Page.

THE CRIPPLE; OR, EBENEZER THE DISOWNED
(_John Mackay Wilson_) 1

THE LEGEND OF FAIR HELEN OF KIRCONNEL
(_Alexander Leighton_) 23

TOM DUNCAN'S YARN (_Oliver Richardson_) 55

THE PROFESSOR'S TALES (_Professor Thomas Gillespie_)

THE THREE BRETHREN 87

THE MISTAKE RECTIFIED 97

DURA DEN; OR, SECOND THOUGHTS ARE BEST 106

THE LAIRD OF LUCKY'S HOW (_Alexander Campbell_) 119

THE ABDUCTION (_Alexander Leighton_) 151

SIR PATRICK HUME: A TALE OF THE HOUSE OF MARCHMONT
(_John Mackay Wilson_) 167

THE SERJEANT'S TALES (_John Howell_)

THE PACKMAN'S JOURNEY TO LONDON 178

CHARLES LAWSON (_John Mackay Wilson_) 210

BON GAULTIER'S TALES (_Theodore Martin_)

MRS. HUMPHREY GREENWOOD'S TEA-PARTY 217

THE RECLUSE OF THE HEBRIDES (_Walter Logan_) 230

ELLEN ARUNDEL (_Walter Logan_) 238

CHATELARD (_Alexander Campbell_) 243

CHRISTIE OF THE CLEEK (_Alexander Leighton_) 275

WILSON'S

TALES OF THE BORDERS,

AND OF SCOTLAND.

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