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Legendary Tales of the Highlands (Volume 1 of 3) / A sequel to Highland Rambles

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This volume gathers Highland narratives that blend travelogue, local history, and folklore into short tales and sketches. It alternates pastoral travel descriptions and character portraits with supernatural legends involving kelpies, mermaids, and fairy sites, and with clan traditions, military anecdotes, personal reminiscences, and reflections on ancient monuments and justice. Scenes range from village conversation and visits to a reputed wizard to battlefield recollections and family legends, producing a series of linked pieces that combine vivid landscape evocation with moral, historical, and ethnographic commentary.

EDINBURGH: PRINTED BY T. CONSTABLE,
PRINTER TO HER MAJESTY.

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This book is volume I of a three-volume set, which appeared in 1841. Scans of this set are available from the Internet Archive (Volume 1; Volume 2; Volume 3). The text is derived from these scans.

A 1881 edition in one volume appeared under the title Tales of the Highlands (copy 1, 2, 3). Because of the better scan quality, the illustrations of this edition have been used for this ebook, although they where also present in the first edition.

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