# Penelope's Progress

A Travel story. Republished in the UK (with illustrations) as Penelope's Experiences in Scotland (1898)
Penelope's Progress
BEING SUCH EXTRACTS FROM
THE COMMONPLACE BOOK
OF PENELOPE HAMILTON
AS RELATE TO HER
EXPERIENCES IN
SCOTLAND
BY
KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge 1898
COPYRIGHT, 1897 AND 1898, BY HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1898, BY KATE DOUGLAS RIGGS
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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TO
G. C. R.
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By Mrs. Wiggin.
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* CONTENTS   PART FIRST. IN TOWN
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* I.A Triangular Alliance ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
* II."Edina, Scotia's Darling Seat" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................12
* III.A Vision in Princes Street ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................18
* IV.Susanna Crum couldna say ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................29
* V.We emulate the Jackdaw ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................38
* VI.Edinburgh Society, Past and Present ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................48
* VII.Francesca meets th' Unconquer'd Scot ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................60
* VIII."What made th' Assembly shine?" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................70
* IX.Omnia Presbyteria est Divisa in Partes Tres................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................82
* X.Mrs. M'Collop as a Sermon-Taster ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................93
* XI.Holyrood awakens ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................101
* XII.Farewell to Edinburgh ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................117
* XIII.The Spell of Scotland ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................124
* PART SECOND. IN THE COUNTRY
* XIV.The Wee Theekit Hoosie in the Loaning ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................137
* XV.Jane Grieve and her Grievances ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................147
* XVI.The Path that led to Crummylowe ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................161
* XVII.Playing Sir Patrick Spens ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................168
* XVIII.Paris comes to Pettybaw ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................182
* XIX.Fowk o' Fife ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................190
* XX.A Fifeshire Tea-Party ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................207
* XXI.International Bickering ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................214
* XXII.Francesca entertains the Green-Eyed Monster................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................224
* XXIII.Ballad Revels at Rowardennan ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................234
* XXIV.Old Songs and Modern Instances ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................244
* XXV.A Treaty between Nations ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................255
* XXVI."Scotland's burning! Look out!" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................260
* XXVII.Three Magpies and a Marriage ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................265
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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