W.H.J. Boot R.B.A. delt
C.O. Murray sculpt
On the Wharfe—Bolton Abbey.
The Wharfe, from Bolton Abbey.—A fewsigned Artist’s Proofs of this Etching on India papercan be obtained, price £1 1s. each, on application tothe Publishers,
CASSELL & COMPANY, Limited, Ludgate Hill, London.
THE
Rivers of Great Britain
DESCRIPTIVE HISTORICAL PICTORIAL
RIVERS OF THE EAST COAST
CASSELL & COMPANY Limited
LONDON PARIS NEW YORK & MELBOURNE
1889
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CONTENTS.
| THE HIGHLAND DEE.—By FRANCIS WATT. | PAGE |
| The Source: Larig and Garchary Burns—In the Heart of the Cairngorm Mountains—Ben Macdhui and Braeriach—“AFery Fulgar Place”—A Highland Legend—The Linn of Dee—Byron’s Narrow Escape—The Floods of 1829—Lochnagarand Mary Duff—Influence of the Dee on Byron—Braemar and the Rising of ’15—Corriemulzieand its Linn—Balmoral—The “Birks” of Abergeldie—Their Transplantation by Burns—What is Collimankie?—Ballater:the Slaying of “Brave Brackley”—Craigendarroch—The Reel of Tullich and the Origin Thereof—TheLegend of St. Nathdan—Mythological Parallels—The Muich—Morven: the Centre of Highland Song andLegend—Birse—Lunphanan Wood—The Battle of Corrichie—Queen Mary and Sir John Gordon—At Aberdeen | 1 |
| THE TAY.—By JOHN GEDDIE. | |
| The Tiber and the Tay—History and Legend—Perthshire and the Tay—The Moor of Rannoch—Blair—Pitlochrie—Killin—Kenmore—TheLyon—The “Rock of Weem”—The “Birks” of Aberfeldy—Dunkeld and Birnam—Invertuthil—TheLoch of Clunie—The Isla—Strathmore—Dunsinane Hill—Scone and the Ruthvens—Perth—The Views fromMoncrieffe and Kinnoull—Strathearn and the Carse of Gowrie—Dundee—The Tay Bridge, New and Old—Viewfrom the “Law”—“Men of Blood” and Men of Business | 17 |
| THE FORTH.—By JOHN GEDDIE. | |
| Comparative—Poetry, Romance, and History—Loch Ard and Flora McIvor—The “Clachan of Aberfoyle ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |