Produced by Stephane Charland, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net Black's Boys' and Girls' Library TALES FROM SCOTTISH BALLADS IN THE SAME SERIES TALES OF KING ARTHUR by DOROTHY SENIOR MIKE (A Public School Story) by P. G. WODEHOUSE THE CAVEMEN, A TALE OF THE TIME OF by STANLEY WATERLOO WONDER TALES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD by JAMES BAIKIE, D.D., F.R.A.S. THE STORY OF ROBIN HOOD by JOHN FINNEMORE ROBINSON CRUSOE by DANIEL DEFOE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON Edited by G. E. MITTON MOTHER GOOSE'S NURSERY RHYMES Edited by L. E. WALTER, M.B.E., B.Sc. TOM BROWN'S SCHOOLDAYS by THOMAS HUGHES IN THE YEAR OF WATERLOO } FACE TO FACE WITH NAPOLEON } by O. V. CAINE WITCH'S HOLLOW by A. W. BROOK MUCKLE JOHN by FREDERICK WATSON ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES AESOP'S FABLES THE ARABIAN NIGHTS GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES GRANNY'S WONDERFUL CHAIR by FRANCES BROWNE BRITISH FAIRY AND FOLK TALES by W. J. GLOVER THE ADVENTURES OF DON QUIXOTE by MIGUEL DE CERVANTES COOK'S VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY MR. MIDSHIPMAN EASY TALES FROM HAKLUYT Selected by FRANK ELIAS GREEK WONDER TALES } OTTOMAN WONDER TALES } by LUCY M. GARNETT GULLIVER'S TRAVELS THE HEROES } THE WATER BABIES } by CHARLES KINGSLEY BOOK OF CELTIC STORIES by ELIZ. W. GRIERSON _FOR GIRLS_ A GIRL'S ADVENTURES IN KOREA by AGNES HERBERT _SIMILAR TO THE ABOVE_ CRANFORD. By Mrs. ELIZABETH GASKELL. With 8 Illustrations in Colour A. & C. BLACK, LTD., 4, 5 & 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. 1 AGENTS _New York_ THE MACMILLAN COMPANY _Melbourne_ THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS _Toronto_ THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA _Bombay Calcutta Madras_ MACMILLAN AND COMPANY, LTD. [Illustration: "THIS VERY NIGHT WE WILL RIDE OVER INTO ETTRICK, AND LIFT A WHEEN O' THEM." (P. 106)] TALES FROM SCOTTISH BALLADS BY ELIZABETH W. GRIERSON AUTHOR OF "THE BOOK OF CELTIC STORIES" "THE BOOK OF EDINBURGH" ETC. WITH FOUR FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR FROM DRAWINGS BY ALLAN STEWART A. & C. BLACK, LTD. 4, 5 & 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. 1 _Printed in Great Britain_ _First Edition ("Children's Tales from Scottish Ballads") published in 1906._ _New Edition published in 1916._ _Reprinted and included in Boys' and Girls' Library in 1925._ _Reprinted in 1930._ To MY TWO FIRESIDE CRITICS A. S. G. AND J. B. G. CONTENTS THE LOCHMABEN HARPER 1 THE LAIRD O' LOGIE 11 KINMONT WILLIE 32 THE GUDE WALLACE 63 THE WARLOCK O' OAKWOOD 81 MUCKLE-MOU'ED MEG 101 DICK O' THE COW 125 THE HEIR OF LINNE 143 BLACK AGNACE OF DUNBAR 161