CONTENTS. 2. The objects and limits of this book. 3. Previous writings on the subject. 4. The character and value of chap-books. 5. Political aspects of Scotland in the eighteenth 7. Want of roads and conveyances. 10. Severity of the penal code. 11. Tyranny of the Kirk Session. SECTION 1. Early literature of Scotland.-Minstrelsy in the olden time. 2. Minstrelsy and the Reformation.-Origin of the literary chap-man. 3. Origin of the Humorous Chap-books.-Scot- tish literature from Ramsay to Burus. 4. Character of the chap-books.—Chap-books historically valuable.-Stationery stores in the Saltmarket in the eighteenth century. 5. Qualifications of a successful chap-man.- Peter Duthie. 6. Classification of chap-books.-Humorous chap- books. 7. Instructive chap-hooks. GREAT CHAP-WRITER. SECTION 1. His birthplace, parentage, and childhood. 2. The '45.-Dougal declares for Charlie, but maintains a politic neutrality.--He escapes from Drummossie Muir, and writes his famous History. 3. Metrical History of the Rebellion of 1745–6, by Dougal Graham.-Excessive rarity of the two first editions. 4. Third edition of Graham's History.-Its liter- ary and historical qualities. Illustrative quotations. 5. Dougal settles in Glasgow.—He lays down the ell-wand, and takes up the pen. 6. The "Glasgow bell-man’in the olden time.- Dougal, after a fierce struggle, is appointed the “ skellat bellman ” of Glasgow. 8. His death and Elegy thereon. 9. His minor poetical effusions.—“ John High- marks. 3. “The Art of Courtship.” SECTION 4. “Silly Tam” alias “Simple John.”_Other versions of same. 5. “History of the Haverel Wives.” 6. Brief notice of some poetical chap-books. 7. “ A Diverting Courtship.” 8. “ The Pleasures of Matrimony.”—Other ver sions of same. CHAPTER V. II.--Simple Prose Narratives. Introductory Remarks :—The heroes of vulgar romance.-The Scottish 'natural.'—Character of the Fools of Roadside Fiction.-General classification. SECTION 1. “George Buchanan.”—Different versions of same.-Analysis of the History.-Critical remarks.-Connection between Scholarship and Soi cery.—The wise fools of history.The original of the George Buchanan of fiction.-Source of the various stories.Brief notice of the English chap-book entitled “Tarlton's Jests." |
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