THE SCARLET GOWN:
BEING VERSES BY A ST. ANDREWS MAN


ST. ANDREWS, N.B.: A. M. HOLDEN
LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON & CO.
1891

' . . . the little town,
The drifting surf, the wintry year,
The college of the scarlet gown,
St. Andrews by the Northern Sea,
That is a haunted town to me.'

ANDREW LANG.




PREFACE


St. Andrews, but for its Town Council and its School Board, is a quiet
place; and the University, except during the progress of a Rectorial
Election, is peaceable and well-conducted. I hope these verses may so
far reflect St. Andrews life as to be found pleasant, if not over
exciting.

I am able to reprint the verses on 'The City of Golf' by the special
courtesy of the Editor of the _Saturday Review_.