THE

MODERN SCOTTISH MINSTREL;

OR,

THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND OF THE

PAST HALF CENTURY.

WITH

Memoirs of the Poets,

AND

SKETCHES AND SPECIMENS

IN ENGLISH VERSE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED

MODERN GAELIC BARDS.

BY

CHARLES ROGERS, LL.D.

F.S.A. SCOT.

IN SIX VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

EDINBURGH :

ADAM & CHARLES BLACK, NORTH BRIDGE,

BOOKSELLERS AND PUBLISHERS TO HER MAJESTY.

M.DCCC.LVI.

280.9.196.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE AND COMPANY,

PAUL'S WORK.

ΤΟ

JOHN BROWN, ESQ., OF MARLIE.

MY DEAR SIR,

I dedicate to you this second volume of “THE MODERN SCOTTISH MINSTREL," as a sincere token of my estimation of your long continued and most disinterested friendship, and of the anxiety you have so frequently evinced respecting the promotion of my professional views and literary aspirations.