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William E. Griffis, D.D.
BONNIE SCOTLAND AND WHAT WE OWE HER. Illustrated.
BELGIUM: THE LAND OF ART. Its History, Legends, Industry and Modern Expansion. Illustrated.
CHINA’S STORY, IN MYTH, LEGEND, ART AND ANNALS. Illustrated.
THE STORY OF NEW NETHERLAND. Illustrated.
YOUNG PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF HOLLAND. Illustrated.
BRAVE LITTLE HOLLAND, AND WHAT SHE TAUGHT US. Illustrated. In Riverside Library for Young People. In Riverside School Library. Half leather.
THE AMERICAN IN HOLLAND. Sentimental Ramblings in the Eleven Provinces of the Netherlands. With a map and illustrations.
THE PILGRIMS IN THEIR THREE HOMES,—ENGLAND, HOLLAND, AND AMERICA. Illustrated. In Riverside Library for Young People.
JAPAN: IN HISTORY, FOLK-LORE, AND ART. In Riverside Library for Young People.
MATTHEW CALBRAITH PERRY. A typical American Naval Officer. Illustrated.
TOWNSEND HARRIS, First American Envoy in Japan. With portrait.
THE LILY AMONG THORNS. A Study of the Biblical Drama entitled The Song of Songs. White cloth, gilt top.
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY Boston and New York
BONNIE SCOTLAND AND WHAT WE OWE HER
BONNIE SCOTLAND AND WHAT WE OWE HER
BY WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS
With Illustrations
BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1916
COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Published October, 1916
DEDICATED TO THE THREE WOMEN FRIENDS QUANDRIL LYRA FRANCES FELLOW TRAVELLERS AND GUESTS IN THE LAND OF COLUMBA, MARGARET, BRUCE, BURNS AND SCOTT
PREFACE
In the period from student days until within the shadow of the great world-war of 1914, I made eight journeys to and in Scotland; five of them, more or less when alone, and three in company with wife or sister, thus gaining the manifold benefits of another pair of eyes. On foot, and in a variety of vehicles, in Highlands and Lowlands, over moor and water, salt and fresh, I went often and stayed long. Of all things remembered best and most delightfully in this land, so rich in the “voices of freedom,”—the mountains and the sea,—the first is the Scottish home so warm with generous hospitality.
In this book I have attempted to tell of the Scotsman at home and abroad, his part in the world’s work, and to picture “Old Scotia’s grandeur,” as illustrated in humanity, as well as in history, nature, and art, while showing in faint measure the debt which we Americans owe to Bonnie Scotland.
W. E. G.
Ithaca, New York.
