THE HISTORY AND POETRY OF THE SCOTTISH BORDER THEIR MAIN FEATURES AND RELATIONS BY JOHN VEITCH, LL.D. PROFESSOR OF LOGIC AND RHETORIC IN THE NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. I. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON MDCCCXCIII All Rights reserved PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION. In this second and greatly enlarged edition of The History and Poetry of the Scottish Border, the aim and scope of the original book are preserved. Much new matter has been added, and many portions of the first edition have been rewritten. The first volume refers mainly to the history, the second to the poetry of the Border. THE LOANING, PEEBLES, 1893. |