The Leveller, (John Mackay Wilson)
The Old Chronicler's Tales, (Alexander Leighton)
The Death of James III.
Gleanings of the Covenant. (Professor Thomas Gillespie)
V.—The Rescue at Enterkin
VI.—The Fatal Mistake
VII.—Bonny Mary Gibson
VIII.—The Eskdalemuir Story
IX.—The Douglas Tragedy
The Countess of Cassilis, (Alexander Campbell)
The Happy Conclusion, (Anon.)
Mr Samuel Ramsay Thriven: A Tale of Love and Bankruptcy, (AlexanderLeighton)
The Man-of-war's Man, (John Howell)
The Angler's Tale, (Oliver Richardson)
Perseverance; or, the Autobiography of Roderic Gray, (John MackayWilson)
The Irish Reaper, (John Mackay Wilson)
Grace Cameron, (Alexander Campbell)
The Mysterious Disappearance, (Anon.)
How far the term, "A Leveller," is provincial, or confined to theBorders, I am not certain; for before I had left them, to become as apilgrim on the earth, the phrase had fallen into disuse, and the events,or rather the cause which brought it into existence, had passed away.But, twenty-five or even twenty years ago, in these parts, there was noepithet more familiar to the lips of every schoolboy than that of aLeveller. The juvenile lovers of mirth and mischief displayed theirloyalty, by smeeking the houses or burning the effigies of theLevellers; and he was a good subject and a perfect gentleman, who, outof his liberality and patriotism, contributed a shilling to purchasepowder to make the head of the effigy go off in a rocket, and itsfingers start away in squibs. Levellers were persecuted by the young,and suspect