27. & 28. MEMORIALS of the LATE WAR. 29. & 30. A TOUR in GERMANY and in the AUSTRIAN EMPIRE, in 1820, 21, 22. By J. RUSSELL, Esq. _Works already Published._ 31. & 32. The REBELLIONS in SCOTLAND, under Montrose and Others, from 1638 till 1660. By ROBERT CHAMBERS, Author of “The Rebellion of 1745.” 33. 34. & 35. HISTORY of the PRINCIPAL REVOLUTIONS in EUROPE. From the French of C. W. KOCH. 36. & 37. A PEDESTRIAN JOURNEY through RUSSIA and SIBERIAN TARTARY. By CAPT. JOHN DUNDAS COCHRANE, R. N. 38. NARRATIVE of a TOUR through NORWAY, SWEDEN, and DENMARK. By DERWENT CONWAY, Author of “Solitary Walks,” &c. 39. HISTORY of SCULPTURE, PAINTING, and ARCHITECTURE. By J. S. MEMES, LL.D. Author of “The Life of Canova,” &c. 40. & 41. HISTORY of the OTTOMAN EMPIRE. By EDWARD UPHAM, Esq. M.R.A.S., Author of the “History of Budhism,” &c. 42. HISTORY of the REBELLIONS in SCOTLAND, under DUNDEE and MAR, in 1689 and 1715. By ROBERT CHAMBERS, Author of the “Rebellion in Scotland in 1745,” &c. 43. & 44. HISTORY of MOST REMARKABLE CONSPIRACIES connected with European History. By J. P. LAWSON, M. A., Author of the “Life and Times of Archbishop Laud.” 45. The NATURAL HISTORY of SELBORNE. By the late REV. GILBERT WHITE, M. A. A New Edition with Additions. By SIR WILLIAM JARDINE, BART., Author of “Illustrations of Ornithology,” &c. 46. An AUTUMN in ITALY, being a PERSONAL NARRATIVE of a TOUR in the AUSTRIAN, TUSCAN, ROMAN, and SARDINIAN STATES, in 1827. By J. D. SINCLAIR, Esq. 47. & 48. The LIFE of OLIVER CROMWELL. By M. RUSSELL, LL.D. 49. LIFE of HERNAN CORTES. By DON TELESFORO DE TRUEBA Y COSIO, Author of “Gomez Arias,” “The Castilian,” &c. 50. & 51. HISTORY of CHIVALRY and the CRUSADES. By the Rev. HENRY STEBBING, M. A. 52. HISTORY of MUSIC. By W. C. STAFFORD. 53. & 54. LIFE of SIR WILLIAM WALLACE. By JOHN D. CARRICK. LIFE OF SIR WILLIAM WALLACE. [Illustration: Blackwood Sculpt SEAL OF BALIOL USED BY WALLACE WHILE REGENT OF SCOTLAND. Vol I, Page 137 ] CONSTABLE’S MISCELLANY OF Original and Selected Publications IN THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE & THE ARTS. VOL. LIII. LIFE OF SIR WILLIAM WALLACE, VOL. I. [Illustration: Drawn by A. Nasmyth Engraved by W. Miller WALLACE’S TREE--TORWOOD.] EDINBURGH: PRINTED FOR CONSTABLE & Co. EDINBURGH. AND HURST, CHANCE & Co. LONDON. 1830. LIFE OF SIR WILLIAM WALLACE, OF ELDERSLIE. BY JOHN D. CARRICK. THE BUGLE NE’ER SUNG TO A BRAVER KNIGHT THAN WILLIAM OF ELDERSLIE. THOMAS CAMPBELL. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. EDINBURGH: PRINTED FOR CONSTABLE AND CO.; AND HURST, CHANCE AND CO., LONDON. 1830. PREFACE. In presenting to the British Public the Life of a man, whose name has been for ages the _slogan_, or _cri de guerre_, when the liberty of his country was in danger, few words may suffice in the way of Preface.