OF THE PRESENT MANNERS, CUSTOMS, AND SCENERY OF SCOTLAND, WITH INCIDENTAL REMARKS ON THE SCOTTISH CHARACTER. BY ELIZABETH ISABELLA SPENCE, AUTHOR OF SUMMER EXCURSIONS---THE NOBILITY OF THE HEART---THE THE SECOND EDITION. IN TWO VOLUMES-VOL. I. O Caledonia! stern and wild, Land of brown heath, and shaggy wood, LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. O nature! a' thy shews an' forms, BURNS. LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, John Grant 26 June 1942-2-0. PREFACE. NUMEROUS descriptive accounts of Scotland have lately been published ; much, however, remains still unknown. Many beautiful, romantic, sublime and picturesque scenes have never yet been honored with the delighted gaze of the southern traveller; and some interesting traits of national character, and the diverse effects of local manners will long be discovered by the curious observer, who has learned to survey the manners and morals of man. That I should venture to increase the number of such works, and contribute my mite to the general a 2 |