Excerpt from Library of Old Authors John the Reeve, which Dr. Laing was unable to recover, or at all events to print, has been inserted, as it belongs, if not to Scotish ground, to the Durham or Northumberland border, and may be regarded as one of the most remarkable compositions of its rather numerous class. For a similar reason, the Cumberland legend of Adam Bel has been re-edited from the earliest extant copies, and I have made room for the interesting, if somewhat late, faelz'au of the Lovers' Quarrel. 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.