CHARLES MACKAY, LL.D., 1
Love aweary of the world, 8
The lover's second thoughts on world weariness, 9
A candid wooing, 11
Procrastinations, 12
Remembrances of nature, 13
Believe, if you can, 15
Oh, the happy time departed, 17
Come back! come back! 17
Tears, 18
Cheer, boys, cheer, 20
Mourn for the mighty dead, 21
A plain man's philosophy, 22
The secrets of the hawthorn, 24
A cry from the deep waters, 25
The return home, 26
The men of the North, 28
The lover's dream of the wind, 29
ARCHIBALD CRAWFORD, 31
Bonnie Mary Hay, 33
Scotland, I have no home but thee, 33
GEORGE DONALD, 35
The spring time o' life, 36
The scarlet rose-bush, 37
HENRY GLASSFORD BELL, 39
My life is one long thought of thee, 40
Why is my spirit sad? 41
Geordie Young, 42
My fairy Ellen, 44
A bachelor's complaint, 45
WILLIAM BENNET, 47
Blest be the hour of night, 48
The rose of beauty, 49
I 'll think on thee, love, 50
There 's music in a mother's voice, 51
The brig of Allan, 52
GEORGE OUTRAM, 54
Charge on a bond of annuity, 55
HENRY INGLIS, 59
Weep away, 59
JAMES MANSON, 61
Ocean, 61
The hunter's daughter, 63
An invitation, 63
Cupid and the rose-bud, 64
Robin Goodheart's carol, 65
JAMES HEDDERWICK, 67
My bark at sea, 68
Sorrow and song, 69
The land for me, 70
The emigrants, 72
First grief, 73
The linnet, 76
WILLIAM BROCKIE, 78
Ye 'll never gang back to yer mither nae mair, 78
ALEXANDER M'LACHLAN, 80
The lang winter e'en, 80
THOMAS YOUNG, 81
Antoinette; or, The Falls, 81
ROBERT WILSON, 84
Away, away, my gallant bark, 84
Love, 85
EDWARD POLIN, 87
A good old song, 88
ALEXANDER BUCHANAN, 89
I wander'd alane, 89
Katie Blair, 91
DAVID TAYLOR, 92
My ain gudeman, 92
ROBERT CATHCART, 94
Mary, 94
WILLIAM JAMIE, 96
Auld Scotia's sangs, 96
JOHN CRAWFORD, 98
My auld wifie Jean, 102
The land o' the bonnet and plaid, 103
Sing on, fairy Devon, 104
Ann o' Cornylee, 105
My Mary dear, 106
The waes o' eild, 107
JOHN STUART BLACKIE, 109
Song of Ben Cruachan, 115
The braes of Mar, 117
My loves, 118
Liking and loving, 120
WILLIAM STIRLING, M.P., 121
Ruth, 122
Shallum, 126
THOMAS C. LATTO, 127
The kiss ahint the door, 128
The widow's ae bit lassie, 129
The yellow hair'd laddie, 130
Tell me, dear, 131
WILLIAM CADENHEAD, 133
Do you know what the birds are singing, 134
An hour with an old love, 135
ALLAN GIBSON, 137
The lane auld man, 138
The wanderer's return, 139
THOMAS ELLIOTT, 141
Up with the dawn, 142
Clyde boat song, 143
Dimples and a', 144
Bubbles on the blast, 145
A serenade, 146
A song of little things, 147
My ain mountain land, 148
When I come hame at e'en, 149
WILLIAM LOGAN, 151
Jeanie Gow, 151
JAMES LITTLE, 153
Our native hills again, 154
Here 's a health to Scotia's shore, 155
The days when we were young, 156
Lizzy Frew, 158
COLIN RAE BROWN, 159
Charlie 's comin', 160
The widow's daughter, 161
ROBERT LEIGHTON, 163
My muckle meal-pock, 163
JAMES HENDERSON, 165
The wanderer's deathbed, 165
The song of Time, 167
The Highland hills, 168
My native land, 169
JAMES MACLARDY, 171
The sunny days are come, my love, 172
Oh, my love was fair, 173
ANDREW JAMES SYMINGTON, 176
Day dream, 177
Fair as a star of light, 179
Nature musical, 180
ISABELLA CRAIG, 182
Our Helen, 182
Going out and coming in, 184
My Mary an' me, 185
A song of summer, 186
ROBERT DUTHIE, 187
Song of the old rover, 187
Boatman's song, 189
Lisette, 190
ALEXANDER STEPHEN WILSON, 192
Things must mend, 193
The wee blink that shines in a tear, 194
Flowers of my own loved clime, 195
JAMES MACFARLAN, 196
Isabelle, 197
Household gods, 198
Poor companions, 199
WILLIAM B. C. RIDDELL, 201
Lament of Wallace, 202
Oh! what is in this flaunting town, 203
MARGARET CRAWFORD, 205
My native land, 206
The emigrant's farewell, 207
The stream of life, 207
Day-dreams of other years, 209
Affection's faith, 211
GEORGE DONALD, JUN., 212
Our ain green shaw, 212
Eliza, 213
JOHN JEFFREY, 215
War-cry of the Roman insurrectionists, 216
PATRICK SCOTT, 218
The exile, 218
JOHN BATHURST DICKSON, 220
The American flag, 221
EVAN M'COLL, 222
The hills of the heather, 223
JAMES D. BURNS, 224
Rise, little star, 224
Though long the wanderer may depart, 225
GEORGE HENDERSON, 227
I canna leave my native land, 228
HORATIUS BONAR, D.D., 229
The meeting-place, 230
Trust not these seas again, 233
JOHN HALLIDAY, 234
The auld kirk bell, 234
The auld aik-tree, 236
JAMES DODDS, 238
Trial and death of Robert Baillie of Jervieswoode, 239