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Literary Tours in
The Highlands and
Islands of Scotland By D. T. Holmes, B.A.
"Gaudia, discursus, nostri est farrago libelli"
Juvenal , i. 74
PAISLEY: ALEXANDER GARDNER
Publisher by Appointment to the late Queen Victoria
1909
To
James Coats, Junr., Esq.,
Ferguslie House, Paisley.
You, but for whom I'd never been
Much further north than Aberdeen;
Whose mandate sent my willing feet
To realms of heather, broom, and peat:
Accept this record of my tours
As something less my own than yours. D. T. HOLMES.
PREFACE.
White stands the long Kilpatrick row
Of hills with deep and dazzling snow,
And eastward, in a glimmering haze,
Stretch to the Forth the Campsie Braes. But see! beyond the Clyde, a stain
Of smoke that runs across the plain,
And flecks for miles the vivid gleam:
It is the tireless steed of steam. An old acquaintance! Ben and Strath
Daily behold his thunderous path,
That ceases not, until he feels
The breeze of Mallaig cool his wheels. And Memory, fondly gazing back
On many a journey by that track
Of splendour, would, at home, retrace
The charms and lore of every place; Yea, pass, in thought, to storied Skye,
Where all the glens in glamour lie;
And, lightly scorning gust and spray,
Leap o'er the Minch to Stornoway. And many a northern beach besides,
Splashed by the foam of racing tides,
Rises in thought: from here to there,
Let Fancy's coinage pay the fare, Fancy, that wafts us o'er the main
To utmost Thule and home again,
Through mingled din of sea and sky,
Even in the twinkling of an eye. D. T. H. Ingleholm, Bridge of Weir,
16th January, 1909. CONTENTS. PAGE CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY, 9 Village libraries Difficulties of travel Literary Societies in
the Highlands Gaelic books Happiness and geniality of
natives Oban to Gairloch Winter sailing A crofting
village Horrors of the Minch Notes on Lewis Highland
doctors Hotels and anglers Recent books Military Moray
Firth Among the miners Handloom weaving Professor Blackie and
the Highlands. CHAPTER II. MUSIC, SPEECHES, AND LITERATURE, 60 Scotch a reading nation Hardships of students in old
days Homer in Scalloway When education ends Objects of
chapter Music M.P.'s Rural depopulation Its
causes Emigration Village halls The moon A lecture in
Islay Mental and material wealth Real greatness A Highland
laird on literature Varieties of chairmen "Coming to the
point" Moral obligation Compliment to Paisley Oratory at
Salen Lecture in a dungeon Surprises A visit to the
Borders Tarbolton Scotch language Choice books The
essayists A Banff theory Goldsmith in Gaelic Biblia
abiblia Favourites for the road Horace Shakespeare's
Sonnets Xenophon French literature and journalism Romance and
Augustanism Victorian writers Celt and Saxon. CHAPTER III. ECCLESIASTICAL, 134 Sectarian feeling Typical anecdotes Music and
religion Ethical teaching in schools The Moderates A savoury
book The Sabbath "The Men of Skye" The auldest kirk The
Episcopal Church An interlude of metre The Christian
Brethren Drimnin in Morven Craignish A model
minister Ministerial trials in olden times An artful
dodger Some anecdotes from Gigha Growing popularity of Ruskin. CHAPTER IV. EDUCATIONAL, 180 Some Insular Dominies Education Act of 1872 Education in the
Highlands Feeding the hungry Parish Council
boarders Dwindling attendances Arnisdale Golspie Technical
School On the Sidlaws Some surprises Arran schools Science
and literature Study of Scott The old classical dominie Vogue
of Latin in former times Teachers and
examinations Howlers Competing subjects... Continue reading book >>
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