PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

THE MODERN SCOTTISH MINSTREL

JOHN SKINNER.

MRS JOHN HUNTER.

ALEXANDER, DUKE OF GORDON.

MRS GRANT OF CARRON.

ROBERT COUPER, M.D.

LADY ANNE BARNARD.

MRS GRANT OF LAGGAN.

JOHN MAYNE.

JOHN HAMILTON.

JOANNA BAILLIE.

WILLIAM DUDGEON.

WILLIAM REID.

ALEXANDER CAMPBELL.

MRS DUGALD STEWART.

ALEXANDER WILSON.

CAROLINA, BARONESS NAIRN.

JAMES NICOL.

JAMES MONTGOMERY.

ANDREW SCOTT.

SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART.

METRICAL TRANSLATIONS FROM The Modern Gaelic Minstrelsy.

ROBERT MACKAY (ROB DONN).

DOUGAL BUCHANAN.

DUNCAN MACINTYRE.

JOHN MACODRUM.

NORMAN MACLEOD; Or, Tormaid Ban.

GLOSSARY.

IN SIX VOLUMES;

VOL. I.

EDINBURGH:

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M.DCCC.LV.

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AN ENLIGHTENED SENATOR, AN ACCOMPLISHED SCHOLAR, AND AN INGENIOUS POET,

THIS FIRST VOLUME

OF

The Modern Scottish Minstrel

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BY

HIS VERY OBEDIENT, FAITHFUL SERVANT,

CHARLES ROGERS.