Penelope's Progress
BEING SUCH EXTRACTS FROM
THE COMMONPLACE BOOK
OF PENELOPE HAMILTON
AS RELATE TO HER
EXPERIENCES IN
SCOTLAND
BY
KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1898
COPYRIGHT, 1897 AND 1898, BY HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1898, BY KATE DOUGLAS RIGGS
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
TO
G. C. R.
By Mrs. Wiggin.
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CONTENTS PART FIRST. IN TOWN
PAGE I. A Triangular Alliance1 II. "Edina, Scotia's Darling Seat"12 III. A Vision in Princes Street18 IV. Susanna Crum couldna say29 V. We emulate the Jackdaw38 VI. Edinburgh Society, Past and Present48 VII. Francesca meets th' Unconquer'd Scot60 VIII. "What made th' Assembly shine?"70 IX. Omnia Presbyteria est Divisa in Partes Tres82 X. Mrs. M'Collop as a Sermon-Taster93 XI. Holyrood awakens101 XII. Farewell to Edinburgh117 XIII. The Spell of Scotland124 PART SECOND. IN THE COUNTRY
XIV. The Wee Theekit Hoosie in the Loaning137 XV. Jane Grieve and her Grievances147 XVI. The Path that led to Crummylowe161 XVII. Playing Sir Patrick Spens168 XVIII. Paris comes to Pettybaw182 XIX. Fowk o' Fife190 XX. A Fifeshire Tea-Party207 XXI. International Bickering214 XXII. Francesca entertains the Green-Eyed Monster224 XXIII. Ballad Revels at Rowardennan234 XXIV. Old Songs and Modern Instances244 XXV. A Treaty between Nations255 XXVI. "Scotland's burning! Look out!"260 XXVII. Three Magpies and a Marriage265
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