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 ADVERTISEMEMTS. Perth print of 1715. His unpretentious narrative is valuable chiefly as the work of one who evidently is thoroughly acquainted with the topography of the battlefield. The plan and bird's-eye are helpful.—" Glasgow Herald." The actual facts of the event and of the locality are very clearly related and described, from original sources. — " Scotsman." THE HIGHLAND BRIGADE : Its Battles and its Heroes. By James Cromb. New Edition, with Appendix to end of Boer War by D. L. Cromb. Illustrated. 320 pages. 1897. 3s 6d. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. The late James Cromb was a ready and well-informed writer. Especi- ally on Highland matters he had accumulated a store of interesting information, and his skill as a writer and ability to group and clothe historical figures were conspicuously proved in the books he now and then gave to the public. ... In this present volume there is as stirring a narrative as fictionist ever penned. . . . The subject stirs the blood, quickens the pulse, and strengthens the weakest in their struggle against the might which is too often claimed as right, for the Highland Brigade were ever noted for undaunted courage in the field. — " Oban Telegraph." The book concludes with a justly-merited panegyric on the men of the Highland Brigade. . . . The volume, containing many portraits and other illustrations, is one which ought to be in every Highland household. — " Oban Times." The work is produced in excellent style, and should be in the library of every patriotic Gael. — " Highland News." THE LIFE OF FLORA MACDONALD. By the Rev. Alexander MacGregor, M.A. Illustrated. 152 pages. 1901. 2s 6d. Mr MacGregor, of Inverness, knew probably more than any of his contemporaries of the history, traditions, and folk-lore of the Outer Hebrides and Skye, and in particular he was an authority on events of the eighteenth century. His " Life of Flora Macdonald " is clearly the work of a man who knew his subject thoroughly, who had studied every- thing connected with the distinguished heroine, and who wrote in a spirit of genuine sympathy with the Highlanders and their leaders in the memorable part which they played in the great drama of the '45. The book is admirably got up and illustrated; the many visitors to the High- lands will in especial welcome it. — " Scotsman." The Rev. Alexander MacGregor was eminent as a Gaelic scholar, and as a contributor to the literature of the Highlands. Probably the best of his writings, and certainly the one which will find most readers and admirers, is his " Life of Flora Macdonald." So long as romance throws her brilliant plaid over the '45, so long will a corner of the garment cover the heroic maiden whose adventure on behalf of the fugitive Prince Charlie has been the fruitful theme of song and story. Mr MacGregor writes with Highland fervour — as who would not with such a subject — and his narrative is full of incident. One of the portraits is a reproduction cf Allan Ramsay's painting of the heroine. — " Glasgow Herald."