DUMFRIES: PRINTED BY W. C. CRAW. THE

OLD BACHELOR

IN THE

OLD SCOTTISH VILLAGE.

BY THOMAS AIRD.

25

EDINBURGH: MYLES MACPHAIL.
LONDON : SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & Co.

M.DCCC.XLV.

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CONTENTS.

PAGE

6

CHAPTER I. RETURN AND SETTLEMENT,

1

II. GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE Scottish PEOPLE,

III. OUR NEIGHBOURS,

9

IV. THE FAIRY CHANGELING,

20

V. FATHER AND SON,

24

VI. OUR VILLAGE “INNOCENTS,”

28

VII. SPRING IN THE COUNTRY,

35

VIII. VISIT TO EDINBURGH,

46

IX. THE MOUNT OF COMMUNION,

57

X. SUMMER SAUNTERINGS, -

70

XI. A VILLAGE TRAGEDY,

82

XII. OUR VILLAGE CHILDREN

89

XIII. FLORENCE ARNOT,

97

XIV. LIEUTENANT CRABBE,

· 102

XV. “ BUY A BROOM ?”

- 110

XVI. AUTUMN,

166

XVII. DIANA CLEMENT,

· 177

XVIII. MY LIBRARY,

- 199

XIX. APOLOGY FOR ARTHUR BONNINGTON,

- 215

-XX, CLOSE OF THE YEAR,

241