Excerpt from A Short History of the Scottish People Full use has been made of the large, and especially the more recent, histories, such as those of Mr. Hume Brown and Mr. Andrew Lang, and of the works of such acknow ledged experts as Dr. D. Hay Fleming, Mr. John Mackintosh, and Mr. William Law Mathieson but the original sources available have also been independently consulted, and every effort made to keep the work abreast of the most recent research. The author has to express his great indebtedness to the Rev. James H. Mackay, m.a., Hastie Lecturer in the University of Glasgow, and the Rev. A. J. Campbell, ra. Minister of St John's Parish, Glasgow, for their careful revision of proofs, and to the latter also for a very full and complete Index. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.