Fiction · 1898
Penelope’s Experiences in Scotland
Being Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton
Penelope’s Experiences in Scotland, first published in 1898, has been pulled into the Bibliomancer archive: the complete text, carefully cleaned and typeset, free to read online. Its editorial introduction is still being prepared.
Contents
- Epigraph
- Chapter I — A Triangular Alliance
- Chapter II — Edina, Scotia’s Darling Seat
- Chapter III — A vision in Princes Street
- Chapter IV — Susanna Crum cudna say
- Chapter V — We emulate the Jackdaw
- Chapter VI — Edinburgh society, past and present
- Chapter VII — Francesca meets th’ unconquer’d Scot
- Chapter VIII — ‘What made th’ Assembly shine?’
- Chapter IX — Omnia presbyteria est divisa in partes tres
- Chapter X — Mrs. M’Collop as a sermon-taster
- Chapter XI — Holyrood awakens
- Chapter XII — Farewell to Edinburgh
- Chapter XIII — The spell of Scotland
- Chapter XIV — The wee theekit hoosie in the loaning
- Chapter XV — Jane Grieve and her grievances
- Chapter XVI — The path that led to Crummylowe
- Chapter XVII — Playing Sir Patrick Spens
- Chapter XVIII — Paris comes to Pettybaw
- Chapter XIX — Fowk o’ Fife
- Chapter XX — A Fifeshire tea-party
- Chapter XXI — International bickering
- Chapter XXII — Francesca entertains the green-eyed monster
- Chapter XXIII — Ballad revels at Rowardennan
- Chapter XXIV — Old songs and modern instances
- Chapter XXV — A treaty between nations
- Chapter XXVI — ‘Scotland’s burning! Look out!’
- Chapter XXVII — Three magpies and a marriage
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