To my cousin
Beatrice A. McIntyre
this book
is affectionately dedicated

"Kilmeny looked up with a lovely grace,
But nae smile was seen on Kilmeny's face;
As still was her look, and as still was her ee,
As the stillness that lay on the emerant lea,
Or the mist that sleeps on a waveless sea.
.⁠.⁠.⁠.⁠.⁠.⁠.⁠.⁠.⁠.⁠.Such beauty bard may never declare,
For there was no pride nor passion there;
.⁠.⁠.⁠.⁠.⁠.⁠.⁠.⁠.⁠.⁠.Her seymar was the lily flower,
And her cheek the moss-rose in the shower;
And her voice like the distant melodye
That floats along the twilight sea."

—The Queen's Wake

JAMES HOGG


Contents

I.The Thoughts of Youth
II.A Letter of Destiny
III.The Master of Lindsay School
IV.A Tea Table Conversation
V.A Phantom of Delight
VI.The Story of Kilmeny
VII.A Rose of Womanhood
VIII.At the Gate of Eden
IX.The Straight Simplicity of Eve
X.A Troubling of the Waters
XI.A Lover and His Lass
XII.A Prisoner of Love
XIII.A Sweeter Woman Ne'er Drew Breath
XIV.In Her Selfless Mood
XV.An Old, Unhappy, Far-off Thing
XVI.David Baker's Opinion
XVII.A Broken Fetter
XVIII.Neil Gordon Solves His Own Problem
XIX.Victor from Vanquished Issues

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