Excerpt from The History of Scotland From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688, Vol. 1 The continuation of the History, in this edition, down to the conclusion of all internal warfare within the island of Britain, may justify a word of explanation. This part of the book is recast from two volumes published by me in t8 5 3, with the title, History of Scotland from the Revolu tion to the Extinction of the last Jacobite Insurrection.' The period thus adopted was dictated rather by external conditions than by choice, since my studies had fallen among the earlier ages. I was warned, however, that no one would listen to anything said about Roman castrametation, the site of the Mons Grampius, the Picts and Scots, the Dalriads, the kingdom of Strathclyde, and the other topics that inspired the wrath of the combative antiquaries of the previous generation. The later period was in the hands of Patrick Fraser Tytler, with whom I had occasional com munings on matters of literary and historical interest. Like all who had similar Opportunities, I felt the influence of his fine intellect and genial nature 3 and though our manner of dealing with history differs, to go over again his scarcely finished task was a thing not to be done. 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.