We now take leave of a work which, we are convinced, will prove of deep and thrilling interest to every Scotsman. It is seldom indeed that we find history so written--in a style at once vigorous, perspicuous, and picturesque. The author's heart is thoroughly with his subject; and he exhibits, ever and anon, flashes of the old Scottish spirit, which we are glad to believe has not decayed from the land. _Printed by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh._ * * * * * Transcriber's note: Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed. Mismatched quotes are not fixed if it's not sufficiently clear where the missing quote should be placed. The cover for the eBook version of this book was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. The transcriber has supplied footnote anchors for the following footnotes: Page 20: Footnote 10 _A Campaign in the Kabylie._ By DAWSON BORRER, F.R.G.S., &c. London, 1848. Page 47: Footnote 15 _Expedition zur Entdeckung der Quellen des Weissen Nil_, (1840-1841,) von FERDINAND WERNE. Mit einem Vorwort von CARL RITTER. Berlin, 1848. _La Kabylie._ Par un Colon. Paris, 1846. _La Captivité du Trompette Escoffier._ Par ERNEST ALBY. 2 vols. Brussels, 1848." Page 63: Footnote 16 _Annals of the Artists of Spain._ By WILLIAM STIRLING, M. A. 3 vols. London: Ollivier. Page 81: Footnote 19 _The Dodo and its Kindred; or, the History, Affinities, and Osteology of the Dodo, Solitaire, and other Extinct Birds of the Islands Mauritius, Rodriguez, and Bourbon._ By H. E. STRICKLAND, M.A. F.G.S., F.R.G.S., President of the Ashmolean Society, &c., and A. G. MELVILLE, M.D., Edinburgh, M.R.C. . One vol., royal quarto: London, 1848. Page 112: Footnote 24 _Memoirs and Adventures of Sir Wm. Kirkaldy of Grange, Knight, &c. &c._ WM. BLACKWOOD & SONS, Edinburgh and London. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 399, January 1849, by Various