E-text prepared by Roger Frank and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) PENELOPE'S PROGRESS by KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN * * * * * BY MRS. WIGGIN. THE BIRDS' CHRISTMAS CAROL. Illustrated. Square 12mo, 50 cents. THE STORY OF PATSY. Illustrated. Square 12mo, 60 cents. A SUMMER IN A CANYON. A California Story. Illustrated. 16mo, $1.25. TIMOTHY'S QUEST. A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, who cares to read it. 16mo, $1.00. THE SAME. Holiday Edition. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.50. A CATHEDRAL COURTSHIP, AND PENELOPE'S ENGLISH EXPERIENCES. Illustrated. 16mo, $1.00. PENELOPE'S PROGRESS. In unique Scottish binding. 16mo, $1.25. POLLY OLIVER'S PROBLEM. Illustrated. 16mo, $1.00. THE SAME. In Riverside School Library. 60 cents, net. THE VILLAGE WATCH-TOWER. 16mo, $1.00. MARM LISA, 16mo, $1.00. NINE LOVE SONGS, AND A CAROL. Music by Mrs. WIGGIN. Words by Herrick, Sill, and others. Square 8vo $1.25. BY MRS. WIGGIN AND MISS SMITH. THE STORY HOUR. A Book for the Home and Kindergarten. By Mrs. Wiggin and Nora A. Smith. Illustrated. 16mo, $1.00. CHILDREN'S RIGHTS. By Mrs. Wiggin and Nora A. Smith. A Book of Nursery Logic. 16mo, $1.00. THE REPUBLIC OF CHILDHOOD. By Mrs. Wiggin and Nora A. Smith. In three volumes, each, 16mo, $1.00. I. FROEBEL'S GIFTS. II. FROEBEL'S OCCUPATIONS. III. KINDERGARTEN PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE. HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY, Boston and New York. * * * * * 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 The Riverside Press Boston And New York Houghton, Mifflin and Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge 1899 Copyright, 1897 and 1898, by Houghton, Mifflin and Company Copyright, 1898, by Kate Douglas Riggs All Rights Reserved Thirtieth Thousand TO G. C. R. CONTENTS PART FIRST. IN TOWN PAGE I. A Triangular Alliance 1 II. "Edina, Scotia's Darling Seat" 12 III. A Vision in Princes Street 18 IV. Susanna Crum couldna say 29 V. We emulate the Jackdaw 38 VI. Edinburgh Society, Past and Present 48 VII. Francesca meets th' Unconquer'd Scot 60 VIII. "What made th' Assembly shine?" 70 IX. Omnia Presbyteria est Divisa in Partes Tres 82 X. Mrs. M'collop as a Sermon-Taster 93 XI. Holyrood awakens 101 XII. Farewell to Edinburgh 117 XIII. The Spell of Scotland 124 PART SECOND. IN THE COUNTRY XIV. The Wee Theekit Hoosie in the Loaning 137