Dumbarton Castle--Lochlomond--Luss--Ascent of Benlomond--Magnificent Views--Ride to Loch-Katrine--Rob Roy Macgregor--'Gathering of Clan Gregor'--Loch-Katrine and the Trosachs--The City of Perth--Martyrdom of Helen Stark and her husband 231 CHAPTER XVI. Sabbath Morning--'The Sabbath,' by James Grahame--Sketch of his Life--Extracts from his Poetry--The Cameronians--'Dream of the Martyrs,' by James Hislop--Sabbath Morning Walk--Country Church--The Old Preacher--The Interval of Worship--Conversation in the Church-yard--Going Home from Church--Sabbath Evening 244 CHAPTER XVII. Lochleven--Escape of Queen Mary from Lochleven Castle--Michael Bruce--Sketch of his Life--Boyhood--College Life--Poetry--'Lochleven'--Sickness--'Ode to Spring'--Death--'Ode to the Cuckoo' 260 CHAPTER XVIII. Dunfermline--Ruins of the Abbey--Grave of Robert Bruce--Malcolm Canmore's Palace--William Henryson, the poet--William Dunbar--Stirling Castle--Views from its Summit--City of Stirling--George Buchanan and Dr. Arthur Johnston--Falkirk--Linlithgow--Story of the Capture of Linlithgow Castle--Spirit of War--Arrival in Edinburgh 284 CHAPTER XIX. Journey to Peebles--Characters--Conversation on Politics--Scottish Peasantry--Peebles--'Christ's Kirk on the Green'--A Legend--An old Church--The Banks of the Tweed--Its ancient Castles--The Alarm Fire--Excursion to the Vales of Ettrick and Yarrow--Stream of Yarrow--St. Mary's Lake and Dryhope Tower--'The Dowie Dens of Yarrow'--Growth of Poetry--Ballads and Poems on Yarrow by Hamilton, Logan and Wordsworth 295 CHAPTER XX. Hamlet and Church-yard of Ettrick--Monument to Thomas Boston--Birth-place of the Ettrick Shepherd--Altrieve Cottage--Biographical Sketch of the Ettrick Shepherd--The Town of Selkirk--Monument to Sir Walter Scott--Battle-field of Philiphangh 319 CHAPTER XXI. Return to the Banks of the Tweed--Abbotsford--The Study--Biographical Sketch of Sir Walter Scott--His Early Life--Residence in the Country--Spirit of Romance--Education--First Efforts as an Author--Success of 'Marmion'--Character of his Poetry--Literary Change--His Novels--Pecuniary Difficulties--Astonishing Efforts--Last Sickness--Death and Funeral 334 CHAPTER XXII. Melrose Abbey--The Eildon Hills--Thomas the Rhymer--Dryburgh--Monuments to the Author of 'The Seasons' and Sir William Wallace--Kelso--Beautiful Scenery--A Pleasant Evening--Biographical Sketch of Leyden, Poet, Antiquary, Scholar and Traveller--The Duncan Family--Journey Resumed--Twisel Bridge--Battle of Flodden--Norham Castle--Berwick upon Tweed--Biographical Sketch of Thomas Mackay Wilson, author of 'The Border Tales'--Conclusion--'Auld Lang Syne' 351 GENIUS OF SCOTLAND. CHAPTER I.