She was baith gude and fair, John,
And we grudged her sair, John,
To the land o' the leal.

But sorrow's sel' wears past, John,
The joys are comin' fast, John,
The joys that aye shall last, John,
In the land o' the leal.

EDINBURGH, 1861.

[Illustration: a cherub]


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Portrait, Dr. John Brown . . . . . . . Frontispiece.

Rab . . . . . . . . Hermann Simon

"He is muzzled!". . . . . Hermann Simon

"He lifted down Ailie his wife" . . . Edmund H. Garrett

"One look at her quiets the students" . . Edmund H. Garrett

"Rab looked perplexed and dangerous" . . Hermann Simon

"--And passed away so gently" . . Edmund H. Garrett