HISTORY OF SCOTLAND

CONTENTS OF FIRST VOLUME.

CHAPTER I.

The Roman Period.

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FIRST APPEARANCE OF SCOTLAND IN HISTORY—THE INVASION BY

AGRICOLA—THE BATTLE OF THE GRAMPIANS- USELESS SEARCH

AFTER MONS GRAMPIUS-QUESTION IF THIS WAS THE REAL

NAME-OTHER DIFFICULTIES IN ROMAN TOPOGRAPHY-GUESSES

AND FORGERIES—THE NAME CALEDONIA-HADRIAN AND THE

GREAT WALL-NATURE AND PURPOSES OF THE WALL-AN-

TONINE, LOLLIUS URBICUS, AND THE NORTHERN WALL-HIS-

TORY OF ITS CONSTRUCTION-FEATS AND CHARACTER OF MAR-

CELLUS ULPIUS — AUTHORITIES ON THE HISTORY OF THE

ROMANS IN SCOTLAND-CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE GIVEN BY

THEM-LUPUS-MARCH OF SEVERUS-CARAUSIUS-CONSTAN-

TIUS — BEGINNING OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY - QUESTION

HOW FAR SCOTLAND CHRISTIANISED UNDER THE ROMANS-

FALL OF THEIR POWER-ATTACKS ON THE EMPIRE BY THE

NORTHERN TRIBES, .

. . . 1-46

CHAPTER II.

The Roman Period.

(Continued.)

VESTIGES OF THE EMPIRE : POPULAR RESPECT FOR THEM-RELICS

OF ART AND REFINEMENT-RELICS OF DOMESTIC LUXURY-

ARTHUR'S OON—A ROMAN TOWN IN SCOTLAND-MONEY-

ROMAN TOPOGRAPHY — RICHARD OF CIRENCESTER — ROMAN

WARFARE—THE STRUGGLE WITH THE NATIVES-NATURE OF

ROMAN ANNEXATION-QUESTION AS TO VESTIGES OF CHRISTI-

ANITY-LEGENDS-ST PATRICK-ROMAN CAMPS : THEIR ABUN-

DANCE IN SCOTLAND-THE SEASONS-ROMAN ENCAMPING-

ROMAN ROADS, .

47-82

CHAPTER III.

The Unrecorded ages.

REASONS FOR PLACING THIS BETWEEN THE ROMAN PART AND THE

CONTINUATION-PREHISTORIC VESTIGES-HOW THEY SUPER-

SEDE THE FABULOUS HISTORIES—THE GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS

IN WHICH THEY ARE FOUND — REASON WHY SCOTLAND IS

PECULIARLY RICH IN ANCIENT REMAINS ANCIENT FORTRESSES

- THE CATERTHUNS-DUNSINNANE HILL-OTHER INSTANCES-

THE VITRIFIED FORTS-LAKE DWELLINGS AND STRENGTHS-

THE CATRAIL-THE DANISH DUNES-MYSTERIOUS HILL-WORKS

-TAPUC OF TORWOOD-THE LAWS-PICTS' HOUSES AND OTHER

UNDERGROUND BUILDINGS-ARTIFICIAL CAVES-CAIRNS, CHAM-

BERED AND UNCHAMBERED-MAES-HOWE — DISPOSAL OF THE

DEAD-URNS AND BURNING-WEAPONS, STONE AND METALLIC

-DEFENSIVE ARMOUR - QUESTION OF THE STONE, BRONZE,

AND IRON AGES-DECORATIONS-INFERENCES AS TO ART AND

CIVILISATION,

. . . 83-138

CHAPTER IV.

The Unrecorded Ages.

(Continued.)

OBJECTS SUPPOSED TO BE CONNECTED WITH RELIGION — STONE

CIRCLES-OTHER UNTOOLED MONUMENTS-VASTNESS OF THE

FIELD OF THE UNKNOWN AND CONJECTURAL-NARROWNESS OF

THE KNOWN-DISCONNECTION OF THE UNWORKED WITH THE

SCULPTURED STONES—THE SCULPTURES OF THE EAST AND OF

THE WEST COAST NATURE OF THE SEVERAL KINDS OF SCULP-

TURE-THEIR MYSTERIOUSNESS-SOLUTIONS OFFERED FROM

AFAR-OTHERS NEARER HOME-CHARACTERISTICS AS A SCHOOL

OF DECORATIVE ART-PROGRESS IN ENGLAND-WIDER DIFFU-

SION IN THE WEST OF SCOTLAND AND IRELAND-PASSES INTO

THE ILLUMINATION OF MSS.--EXAMINED BY GERMAN CRITICS

AS A SCOTTISH SCHOOL OF DECORATIVE ART,

139-172

CHAPTER V.

The Early Races.

THE ROMANISED INHABITANTS—THEIR DEGENERACY-THEIR DIS-

APPEARANCE FROM HISTORY-AURELIANUS AMBROSIUS-THE

ROMANCES OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS-THEIR CON-

NECTION WITH SCOTLAND-INCOMPATIBILITY OF THEIR CHIVAL-

ROUS SPIRIT WITH THE CONDITIONS OF THE PERIOD-THE

OSSIANIC LITERATURE-BRITONS OF STRATHCLYDE-THE PICTS

-THE GREAT PICTISH QUESTION-ETYMOLOGICAL WAR-SPECI-

MENS OF THE VICTORIES ON EITHER SIDE WHAT THEY HAVE

GAINED WHAT IS TAUGHT BY ANCIENT REMAINS-WHAT WE

GATHER FROM CLASSIC AUTHORS-WEAKNESS OF THEIR CON-

TRIBUTIONS TO THE SOLUTION-THE PAINTED RACES-EARLY

INFLUENCE OF TEUTONIC RACES—THE SCOTS ORIGINALLY A

NAME FOR NATIVES OF IRELAND-CAME OVER IN COLONIES-

NECESSITY FOR REMEMBERING THE EARLY MEANING OF THE

WORD, AND THE TIME WHEN IT WAS TRANSFERRED TO SCOT-

LAND-THEIR HIGHER CIVILISATION AND INFLUENCE OVER

OTHER RACES, .

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CHAPTER VI.

Weathendom.

DRUIDISM THE POPULAR SOLVER OF DIFFICULTIES-INQUIRY HOW

FAR IT EXISTED AND HAD INFLUENCE—THE BRIEFNESS AND

UNCERTAINTY OF CÆSAR'S ACCOUNT-THE IMPORTANCE ATTRI-

BUTED TO IT-FAINTNESS OF OTHER ANCIENT REFERENCES

NECESSITY OF HELPING THEM BY MODERN IMAGINATION-UN-

KNOWN AS OPPONENTS TO THE EARLY SAINTS AND CHRISTIAN

MISSIONARIES-THE MAGI AS ENCOUNTERED BY THESE-THE

MAGI IN SCOTLAND DOMESTIC REVELATIONS ABOUT ONE OF

THEM-HOW FAR THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE NORSE EDDAS PRE-

VAILED IN SCOTLAND-ITS SPIRIT AS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE

PEOPLE-PREVALENCE OF MANHOOD OVER CUNNING-ABSENCE

OF THE IMPURITIES INCIDENT TO OTHER PAGAN SYSTEMS-ITS

DOMESTICITY-ITS ADAPTATION TO THE PHYSICAL AS WELL AS

THE MORAL CONDITIONS OF THE NORTHERN NATIONS-INCOM-

PATIBILITY WITH CLASSICAL AND ORIENTAL SYSTEMS, 217-246