# Highways and Byways in the Border Illustrated

Author: Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912; Lang, John, 1849-1917; Thomson, Hugh, 1860-1920 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47800

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Highways+and+Byways+in+the+Border+Illustrated+Lang&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

|The "Border" is a magical word, and on either side of a line that constantly varied in the course of English and Scottish victories and defeats, all is enchanted ground, the home of memories of forays and fairies, of raids and recoveries, of loves and battles long ago. In the most ancient times of which record remains, the English sway, on the east, might extend to and include Edinburgh; and Forth, or even Tay, might be the southern boundary of the kingdom of the Scots. On the west, Strathclyde, originally Cymric or Welsh, might extend over Cumberland; and later Scottish kings might hold a contested superiority over that province. Between east and west, in the Forest of Ettrick, the plac...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER IV JEDBURGH, AND THE JED](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/highways-and-byways-in-the-border-illustrated-47800/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II BLACKADDER, NORHAM, FLORDEN, COLDSTREAM, WARR, AND THE EDEN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/highways-and-byways-in-the-border-illustrated-47800/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I BERWICK, TWEED, WHITADDER](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/highways-and-byways-in-the-border-illustrated-47800/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI ALE, RULE WATER, TEVIOT, HAWICK](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/highways-and-byways-in-the-border-illustrated-47800/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X SELKIRK](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/highways-and-byways-in-the-border-illustrated-47800/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII BEWCASTLE, LIDDEL MOAT, NETHERBY, KIRK ANDREWS, GILNOCKIE,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/highways-and-byways-in-the-border-illustrated-47800/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V JED (continued), FERNIHIRST, RAID OK THE REDESWIRE, OTTERBURNE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/highways-and-byways-in-the-border-illustrated-47800/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII YARROW](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/highways-and-byways-in-the-border-illustrated-47800/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV BROUGHTON, TWEEDSMUIR, TALLA, GAMESHOPE, TWEED'S WELL](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/highways-and-byways-in-the-border-illustrated-47800/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV PEEBLES, NEIDPATH, MANOR, LYNE, DRUMMELZIER, DAWYCK](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/highways-and-byways-in-the-border-illustrated-47800/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III KELSO, ROXBURGH, TEVIOT, KALE, AND OXNAM](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/highways-and-byways-in-the-border-illustrated-47800/chapters/3/index.md)
- [did. Anyhow, "they knew by hym that the lordes of Northumberland had](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/highways-and-byways-in-the-border-illustrated-47800/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII TWEED, ST. BOSWELLS, DRYBURGH, NEWSTEAD, AND THE LEADER](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/highways-and-byways-in-the-border-illustrated-47800/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII ST. BOSWELLS GREEN, MELROSE, DARNICK, ABBOTSFORD, AND THE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/highways-and-byways-in-the-border-illustrated-47800/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI LIDDESDALE, HERMITAGE, CASTLETON](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/highways-and-byways-in-the-border-illustrated-47800/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI THE ETTRICK, CARTERHAUGH, OAKWOOD, TUSHIELAW, THIRLESTANE,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/highways-and-byways-in-the-border-illustrated-47800/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII KERSHOPEFOOT, CARLISLE CASTLE, SOLWAY MOSS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/highways-and-byways-in-the-border-illustrated-47800/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX GALASHIELS AND THE GALA, LINDFAN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/highways-and-byways-in-the-border-illustrated-47800/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII UPPER TWEED, YAIR, FAIRNILEE, ASHIESTEEL, EUBANK,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/highways-and-byways-in-the-border-illustrated-47800/chapters/14/index.md)