WILSON'S TALES OF THE BORDERS AND OF SCOTLAND. HISTORICAL, TRADITIONARY, & IMAGINATIVE. WITH A GLOSSARY. REVISED BY ALEXANDER LEIGHTON, _One of the Original Editors and Contributors_. VOL. XXIV. LONDON: WALTER SCOTT, 14 PATERNOSTER SQUARE, AND NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 1884 CONTENTS. THE MINSTREL'S TALES-- I. EDMUND AND HELEN, (_John Mackay Wilson_), 5 II. THE ROMAUNT OF SIR PEREGRINE AND THE LADY ETHELINE,...... (_Alexander Leighton_), 43 III. THE LEGEND OF ALLERLEY HALL, _(Alexander Leighton_),................................. 52 IV. THE LEGEND OF THE LADY KATHARINE, (_Alexander Leighton_),..................... 57 V. THE BALLAD OF AILIE FAA,.......(_Alexander Leighton_),................................. 67 VI. THE LEGEND OF THE FAIR EMERGILDE, (_Alexander Leighton_),..................... 72 VII. THE ROMAUNT OF THE CASTLE OF WEIR, (_Alexander Leighton_),..................... 78 VIII. THE ROMAUNT OF ST. MARY'S WYND, (_Alexander Leighton_),..................... 87 IX. THE LEGEND OF MARY LEE,.......(_Alexander _Leighton_),................................ 98 X. THE BALLAD OF AGE AND YOUTH,...(_Alexander Leighton_),................................. 107 XI. THE LEGEND OF CRAIGULLAN,.....(_Alexander _Leighton_),................................ 113 XII. THE HERMIT OF THE HILLS,...(_John Mackay Wilson_),................................... 119 XIII. THE BALLAD OF RUMBOLLOW,....(_Alexander Leighton_),................................. 123 XIV. THE LEGEND OF THE BURNING OF MRS. JAMPHRAY, ................(_Alexander Leighton_),..... 133 XV. THE BALLAD OF BALLOGIE'S DAUGHTERS,........ (_Alexander Leighton_),..................... 141 XVI. THE LEGEND OF DOWIELEE,........(_Alexander Leighton_),................................. 145 XVII. THE BALLAD OF MAID MARION,....(_Alexander Leighton_),.................................. 154 XVIII. THE BALLAD OF ROSEALLAN CASTLE,......... (_Alexander Leighton_),...................... 158 XIX. THE BALLAD OF THE TOURNAY,.....(_Alexander Leighton_),.................................. 160 XX. THE BALLAD OF GOLDEN COUNSEL,...(_Alexander Leighton_),.................................. 164 XXI. THE BALLAD OF MATRIMONY,......._(Alexander _Leighton_),................................. 168 XXII. THE SONG OF ROSALIE, .........(_Alexander Leighton_),.................................. 171 XXIII. THE BALLAD OF THE WORLD'S VANITY,....... (_Alexander Leighton_),...................... 173