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A TOUR
IN
TARTAN-LAND.
BY
CUTHBERT BEDE,
AUTHOR OF
'GLENCREGGAN; OR, A HIGHLAND HOME IN CANTIRE,'
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY-NORTHERN LIGHTS.
The Hatless Man and Unprefaced Book-A desultory Chat-Lights
and Shadows of Scottish Life-Northern Lights-Change of
Scene-Fortune's Favourites-Roseate Glasses-Veritable Impres-
sions-Trifling Causes and weighty Results-Travellers' Mishaps
―Their Views coloured thereby-Entomological Discomforts—
Drawbacks for Paterfamilias-Shadows for the Sketcher-Curious
Inquisitiveness-The Tourist's Powers taxed-A Word to the
Reader
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CHAPTER II.
GOING TO GLASGOW.
Blackstone's Judgement overruled-Past and Present Performances-
Long Wagons, Machines, and Flying Coaches-James I.'s Pro-
gress-The Northern Diligence-Rail-roads versus Snail-roads-
Dick Turpin outdone-Trite Reflections-The Fogey, the Poet,
and the Practical Man-The 'Nine-Express' from King's Cross-
A Magical Ticket-From London to the North, and Glimpses by
the Way-Cathedrals and Castles
CHAPTER III.
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The Border Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed-Rival Races-Mixed Line-
age Chopping and Changing-Over the Border-Edinburgh-
Linlithgow-Castle Carey-The Scotch 'Black Country'-Glasgow
-Porters-A Cannie Scot-The Southron outdone-The Queen's
Hotel
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