Historical memoirs of Rob Roy and the Clan Macgregor

Vlll PREFACE.
adventures of the hero of one of Sir Walter
Scott's greatest novels.
The story of the abduction of Lady Grange,
which is added, as in the previous editions,
forms an appropriate sequel to the memoirs of
Rob Roy, having all the charm of a romance,
while well illustrating the utter lawlessness at
one time prevailing within the Highland bor-
ders.
The author makes the following remarks in
his preface to the second edition of the book,
published in 1819.
The historical incidents that are introduced,
and the various anecdotes given throughout the
volume, have been collected from written docu-
ments and many sources of oral tradition, where
the concurring testimonies of different respect-
able individuals seemed to establish a genuine
conclusion.
To Mr Buchanan of Arden, who permitted
him to take a likeness of his hero from the only