Dedication. TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF ARGYLL, K.G. MY LORD DUKE, When this volume was preparing for the press, that distinguished Scotsman the late Lord Napier and Ettrick, to whom it was to have been dedicated, passed away in the fulness of years ana honours. That dedication having fallen by His Lordship's death, I cannot deem it less than a most distinguished honour to have your Grace's sanction to inscribe the volume in dedication to one whose high position in the State has been recognised by our Sovereign Lady and an admiring Nation, whose eminently useful services in many walks of life have embraced those of literature and science, and whose whole career will place the name of Campbell, Duke of Argyll, as pre-eminent in the nineteenth century, and for the ages to follow. I have the honour to remain, Your Grace's faithful servant, D. BROWN ANDERSON. The Vale of Anwoth. UNDOUBTEDLY it is wholesome for the city man to leave for a time his sweet domesticities to seek pastures new wherever his fancy may lead him. The Trossachs, and Crieff, and Pitlochry, from their special attractions and proximity to our chief cities, will always be among the popular holiday resorts of our travellers; but it may happen that these resorts have been frequently visited, and the heart pines for a new field, combining the varied charm of scenery, sport, historic research, and good accommodation on the way. Supposing the south-west is tried. Come with us this Easter holiday and see what can be made of the Vale of Anwoth. To begin with, the route by the Caledonian from Edinburgh is magnificent, and in five hours after leaving the city you land at Dromore, in the wilds of Galloway, having lunched at Dumfries, halted at Castle Douglas, come through green pastures where the lambs are skipping in their innocent frolic and the cattle are feeding on a thousand hills. A good land and a large is this-rock, mountain, lake, and river intermixed, and historic interest abundantly superadded. An interesting centre and comfortable accommodation being important items in the programme, the tourist will find these requisites at the village of Gatehouse-of-Fleet, between Kirkcudbright and Newton-Stewart, and readers will readily associate this place with the family of artists, whose progress from humble life to the heights of fame is one of the many instances of which Scotchmen are justly proud. John, James, and Thomas Faed have, by their industry and genius, made such a name in the artistic world that you readily turn aside at this village, and a short distance up the Fleet there is Barlay Mill, the birthplace of this distinguished trio, and near to which the eldest brother now resides; the others, though not permanently living at Gatehouse, have the fondest |