...meanest of his vassals, might nevertheless be a very tolerable model for the manners of his clan. Nothing can be more erroneous than the prevalent idea, that...followers with relentless cruelty and rigorous oppression. He was, on the contrary, the father of his people : gracious, condescending, and beloved, far from...

...were let loose upon adverse To his own he was always partial and indulgent ; and should he be even ferocious in disposition, or weak in understanding,...curbed and directed by the elders of his tribe, who, by in^ violable custom, were his standing counsellors, without whose advice no measure of any kind was...

...prevalent that a Highland Chief was an ignorant and unprincipled tyrant, 24 SELECT REVIEWS OF LITERATUKE. who rewarded the abject submission of his followers with relentless cruelty and rigorous oppression. He was, on the conti-ary, the father of his people: gracious, condescending, and ijeloved. Far from...

...of his vassals, might, nevertheless, be a very tolerable model for the manners of his clan. Nothing can be more erroneous than the prevalent idea, that...followers with relentless cruelty and rigorous oppression. He was, on the contrary, the father of his people: gracious, condescending, and ueloved. Far from being...

...vices, and in their bosoms the high point of honour without its follies." * " Nothing (says Mrs Grant) can be more erroneous than the prevalent idea that...whose advice no measure of any kind was decided." f But though the sway of the chief was thus mild in practice, it was in its nature arbitrary, and,...

...chieftains now?"—Page 19. Nothing can bo more erroneous than the prevalent idea that a Highland chicf was an ignorant and unprincipled tyrant, who rewarded...counsellors, without whose advice no measure of any kind was decided.—MRS. GRANT, Superstitions of the Highlanders. c " And where the minstrel bard, whose welcome...

...the North Highlands, p. 222. 3 " Where are thy trusty clans and chieftains now?" — Page 1g. Nothing can be more erroneous than the prevalent idea that...ferocious in disposition or weak in understanding, he wag curbed and directed by the elders of his tribe, who, by inviolable custom, were his standing counsellors,...

...vices, and in their bosoms the high point of honour without its follies."* " Nothing," says Mrs Grant, " can be more erroneous than the prevalent idea that...counsellors, without whose advice no measure of any kind was decided."t But though the sway of the chief was thus mild in practice, it was in its nature arbitrary,...

...oppresses his people. This notion is " extremely fallacious. Nothing," says Mrs Grant, * Logan. 35 "can be more erroneous than the prevalent idea that...his " followers with relentless cruelty and rigorous oppres" sion. " If ferocious in disposition, or weak in under" standing, he was curbed and directed...

...written in defence and condemnation of the system, and we find Mrs Grant of Laggan writing, "Nothing can be more erroneous than the prevalent idea that...tribe, who, by inviolable custom, were his standing councillors, without whose advice no measure of any kind was decided." General Stewart of Garth says,...