Reminiscences of Scottish life and character

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REMINISCENCES.
THE KIRK COLLECTION
From a
water-colour drawing by
IV.
HENRY
KERR,
R.S.W.
DEAN RAMSAY S REMINISCENCES OF
SCOTTISH LIFE
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& CHARACTER
WITH
SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR
FROM ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR DRAWINGS BY H. W. KERR.
CHICAGO
A.
C.
:
McCLURG &
T. N.
CO.
EDINBURGH:
FOULIS.
1908.
Printed in Great Britain.
Scollu/i
TNPoulis,
LONDON.
AUTHOR S COPYRIGHT
EDITION.
dc Inglis.
Printed by arrangement with Messrs. Gall
JAN
1
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5"
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LIBRA R Y
CONTENTS.
PAGE
LlST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
1
PREFACE TO TWENTY-SECOND EDITION
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.
1
INTRODUCTORY
.......
CHAPTER
II.
CHAPTER
I.
7
SCOTTISH RELIGIOUS FEELINGS AND OBSERVANCES
56
CHAPTER
ON OLD
SCOTTISH CONVIVIALITY
III.
101
CHAPTER
ON THE OLD
IV.
.
SCOTTISH DOMESTIC SERVANT
.127
CHAPTER
SCOTTISH JUDGES
V.
.
145
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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER
ON HUMOUR PROCEEDING FROM
SIONS, INCLUDING SCOTTISH
VI.
PAOR
SCOTTISH EXPRES
PROVERBS
.
.169
CHAPTER
ON
SCOTTISH STORIES OF
VII.
.
WIT AND HUMOUR
.243
.351
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CONCLUSION
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INDEX
ILLUSTRATIONS
from paintings by
HENRY
W. KERR,
A.R.S.A., R.S.W.
PAG*
THE KIRK COLLECTION
5
.
.
frontispiece
.
THE PILLAR O THE KIRK
A SCOTTISH BAPTISM
.
12
28
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