TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Bold text is denoted by =equal signs=. There is only one footnote in this book. It has anchor [1], and the footnote itself has been left at the bottom of its paragraph. Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book. ALBYN OR SCOTLAND AND THE FUTURE TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW _A List of the Contents of this Series will be found at the end of this volume_ ALBYN OR SCOTLAND AND THE FUTURE BY C. M. GRIEVE _Author of ‘Contemporary Scottish Studies,’ ‘The Present Position of Scottish Music,’ etc._ LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & Co., Ltd. NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & Co. 1927 _To what genius are addressed the disquietudes stirred in our conscience by a setting so poor and so strong?_ MAURICE BARRÈS. _All despair in politics is an absolute stupidity._ CHARLES MAURRAS. PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY MACKAYS LTD., CHATHAM. ALBYN OR SCOTLAND AND THE FUTURE I