LETTER I.
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Immensity of London—Voyage to Leith—Society of the Steam
Packet—Analogy between Scotch and American manners—Strict
observance of the Sabbath on board—Edinburgh—Unexpected
recognition 11
LETTER II.
Edinburgh—A Scotch Breakfast—The Castle—Palace of
Holyrood—Queen Mary—Rizzio—Charles the Tenth 17
LETTER III.
Dalhousie Castle—The Earl and Countess—Antiquity of their
Family 23
LETTER IV.
Sporting and Its Equipments—Roslin Castle and Chapel 28
LETTER V.
“Christopher North”—Mr. Blackwood—The Ettrick
Shepherd—Lockhart—Noctes
Ambrosianæ—Wordsworth—Southey—Captain Hamilton and his
Book on America—Professor Wilson’s Family, etc. 34
LETTER VI.
Lord Jeffrey and his family—Lord Brougham—Count
Flahault—Politics—The “Grey” Ball—Aberdeen—Gordon Castle 46
LETTER VII.
Gordon Castle—Company There—The Park—Duke of Gordon—Personal
Beauty of the English Aristocracy 52
LETTER VIII.
English Breakfast—Salmon Fishery—Lord Aberdeen—Mr.
McLane—Sporting Establishment of Gordon Castle 59
LETTER IX.
Scotch Hospitality—Immense Possessions of the
Nobility—Dutchess’ Infant School—Manners of High Life—The
Tone of Conversation in England and America Contrasted 66
LETTER X.
Departure from Gordon Castle—The Pretender—Scotch Character
Misapprehended—Observance of Sunday—Highland Chieftains 73
LETTER XI.
Caledonian Canal—Dogs—English Exclusiveness—English
Insensibility of Fine Scenery—Flora Macdonald and the
Pretender—Highland Travelling 80
LETTER XII.
Invarenden—Tarbot—Cockney Tourists—Loch
Lomond—Inversnade—Rob Roy’s Cave—Discomfiture—The
Birthplace of Helen M’Gregor 87
LETTER XIII.
Highland Hut, its Furniture and Inmates—Highland Amusement
and Dinner—“Rob Roy,” and Scenery of the “Lady of the
Lake” 94
LETTER XIV.
Scottish Stages—Thorough-bred Setter—Scenery—Female
Peasantry—Mary, Queen of Scots—Stirling Castle 101
LETTER XV.
Scotch Scenery—A Race—Cheapness of Lodgings in
Edinburgh—Abbottsford—Scott—Lord Dalhousie—Thomas
Moore—Jane Porter—The Grave of Scott 108
LETTER XVI.
Border Scenery—Coachmanship—English Country-seats—Their
Exquisite Comfort—Old Customs in High Preservation—Pride
and Stateliness of the Lancashire Gentry—Their Contempt
for Parvenues 118
LETTER XVII.
English Cordiality and Hospitality, and the Feelings
awakened by it—Liverpool—Uncomfortable Coffee-house
there—Travelling Americans—New York Packets—The
Railway—Manchester 125