FAMOUS SCOTS SERIES THOMAS CARLYLE. By HECTOR C. MACPHERSON. ALLAN RAMSAY. By OLIPHANT SMEATON. HUGH MILLER. By W. KEITH LEASK. JOHN KNOX. By A. TAYLOR INNES. ROBERT BURNS. By GABRIEL SETOUN. THE BALLADISTS. By JOHN GEDDIE. RICHARD CAMERON. By Professor HERKLESS. SIR JAMES Y. SIMPSON. By EVE BLANTYRE SIMPSON. THOMAS CHALMERS. By Professor W. GARDEN BLAIKIE. JAMES BOSWELL. By W. KEITH LEASK. TOBIAS SMOLLETT. By OLIPHANT SMEATON. FLETCHER OF SALTOUN. By G. W. T. OMOND. THE “BLACKWOOD” GROUP. By Sir GEORGE DOUGLAS. NORMAN MACLEOD. By JOHN WELLWOOD. SIR WALTER SCOTT. By Professor SAINTSBURY. KIRKCALDY OF GRANGE. By LOUIS A. BARBÉ. ROBERT FERGUSSON. By A. B. GROSART. JAMES THOMSON. By WILLIAM BAYNE. MUNGO PARK. By T. BANKS MACLACHLAN. DAVID HUME. By Professor CALDERWOOD. WILLIAM DUNBAR. By OLIPHANT SMEATON. SIR WILLIAM WALLACE. By Professor MURISON. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. By MARGARET MOYES BLACK. THOMAS REID. By Professor CAMPBELL FRASER. POLLOK AND AYTOUN. By ROSALINE MASSON. ADAM SMITH. By HECTOR C. MACPHERSON. ANDREW MELVILLE. By WILLIAM MORISON. JAMES FREDERICK FERRIER. By E. S. HALDANE. KING ROBERT THE BRUCE. By A. F. MURISON. JAMES HOGG. By Sir GEORGE DOUGLAS. THOMAS CAMPBELL. By J. CUTHBERT HADDEN. GEORGE BUCHANAN. By ROBERT WALLACE. SIR DAVID WILKIE. By EDWARD PINNINGTON. THE ERSKINES, EBENEZER AND RALPH. By A. R. MACEWEN. THOMAS GUTHRIE. By OLIPHANT SMEATON. DAVID LIVINGSTONE. By T. BANKS MACLACHLAN. THE ACADEMIC GREGORIES. By AGNES GRAINGER STEWART. JOHNSTON OF WARRISTON. By WILLIAM MORISON. HENRY DRUMMOND. By JAMES J. SIMPSON. PRINCIPAL CAIRNS. By JOHN CAIRNS. VISCOUNT DUNDEE. By LOUIS A. BARBÉ. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— [Illustration: Title page] VISCOUNT DUNDEE BY : LOUIS A : BARBÉ FAMOUS •SCOTS• •SERIES• PUBLISHED BY OLIPHANT ANDERSON & FERRIER EDINBVRGH AND LONDON ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The designs and ornaments of this volume are by Mr Joseph Brown, and the printing is from the press of Messrs Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh. TO MY SONS LOUIS AND ADRIEN ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER I FAMILY, BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE 9 CHAPTER II THE COVENANT AND THE COVENANTERS 21 CHAPTER III DISPERSING THE CONVENTICLERS 36 CHAPTER IV REJECTED ADDRESSES 59 CHAPTER V MATTERS CIVIL, MILITARY AND MATRIMONIAL 73 CHAPTER VI THE KILLING TIME 95 CHAPTER VII UNDER KING JAMES 110 CHAPTER VIII BEFORE THE STRUGGLE 125 CHAPTER IX THE HIGHLAND CAMPAIGN 141