First published as a Canongate Classic in 2001
by Canongate Books Ltd,
14 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1TE
This digital edition first published in 2009 by Canongate Books Ltd
Introduction copyright © John Burns and Roderick Watson
All rights reserved
Glossary originally appeared in Glossaries to
S. R. Crockett’s The Stickit Minister, The Raiders, The Lilac
Sunbonnet compiled by Patrick Dudgeon and printed
byT. Fisher Unwin in 1895
The publishers gratefully acknowledge general subsidy
from the Scottish Arts Council towards the Canongate
Classics series and a specific grant towards the publication
of this title
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ISBN 978 1 84767 460 9
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