THE

BORDER MAGAZINE.

AUGUST 1863.

CONTENTS.

1. WARK CASTLE-(continued;) WITH ILLUSTRATION

2. ON THE RECENT APPEARANCE OF MAN UPON THE EARTH.

COMMUNICATED BY SIR DAVID BREWSTER

3. SCENES OF MY CHILDHOOD-POETRY. BY A LADY

4. WARKWORTH CASTLE AND HERMITAGE; WITH ILLUSTRA-

77

TIONS

84

89

5. A CHAPTER ON NAMES. PART FIRST

6. FOLK-LORE-WART AND WEN CURES

7. MYSTERIOUS Legends of EdinBURGH. I.—LORD Kames's
PUZZLE; WITH ILLUSTRATION

8. STRAY LEAVES FROM MY PORTFOLIO

9. THE HOSPITAble Vicarage; WITH ILLUSTRATION

IO. HISTORICAL GENEALOGIES OF BORDER FAMILIES.

II. CALENDAR OF HORTICULTURE

12. AGRICULTURAL REPORT

OBITUARY

.

97

115

118

123

125

127

128

EDINBURGH:

WILLIAM P. NIMMO, 2 ST DAVID STREET.

LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO.

AND ALL BOOKSELLERS.

Edinburgh: Printed by Ballantyne & Company, Paul's Work.

All Communications (post paid) must be addressed to WILLIAM P. NIMMO,

2 St David Street, Edinburgh.

THE

BORDER MAGAZINE.

SEPTEMBER 1863.

CONTENTS.

1. WARK CASTLE-(continued)

2. SOME ACCOUNT OF MR ROBERT BOWMAN, AN OLD MAN

OF THE BORDER, WHO DIED IN HIS 118TH YEAR;

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

129

137

3. THE GRAY MAN OF BELLISTER; A NORTHUMBRIAN

LEGEND

143

4. POETRY-ON A TUFT OF BLUE-BELLS GROWING IN THE

WALL OF HERMITAGE CASTLE

147

5. PLANT LORE-THE WOOD SORREL (OXALIS ACETO-

SELLA, L.;) WITH ILLUSTRATION

148

6. A MARRIAGE FESTIVAL IN NORTHUMBERLAND UPWARDS

OF A HUNDRED YEARS AGO

159

7. ORNITHOLOGY—The Crane FAMILY

160

8. THE MODERN JOSHUA-A TYNESIDE TALE IN VERSE

161

12. ACCOUNT OF AN ANCIENT FORTLET NEAR HOWNAM,

ROXBURGHSHIRE; WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

183

WILLIAM P. NIMMO, 2 ST DAVID STREET.

LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO.

AND ALL BOOKSELLERS.

Edinburgh: Printed by Ballantyne & Company, Paul's Work.

NOTES TO CORRESPONDENTS.—In forwarding MSS. to the Editors of the

"BORDER MAGAZINE," authors are requested to write on one side of the paper

only, and to send real name and address, so that if necessary they can be communi-

cated with.

Arboriculture,"

66

"Scenes of Border-Land," "The Parsimonious Vicarage,

""Linstock Castle,"

"Border Ballads," 66
Ancient Ornaments found at Norham,"
"The Gallant Graemes," " Carterhaugh Ba'," with Views of Cowdenknowes House
and Tower, Ednam House, Kelso, Ancrum House, Jedburgh, and descriptive
letterpress to each, "Notices of Books," ""New Music," &c., in our next.

Advertisements, Books for Review, and all other communications, (Post-paid,)
must be addressed to WILLIAM P. NIMMO, 2 St David Street, Edinburgh.

THE

BORDER MAGAZINE.

OCTOBER 1863.

CONTENTS.

1. COWDENKNOWES; WITH ILLUSTRATION

2. WARK CASTLE-(continued)

3. HISTORICAL GENEALOGIES OF BORDER FAMILIES—(con-

tinued)

4. REMEMBER THY CREATOR IN THE DAYS OF THY YOUTH

-POETRY

5. THE GALLANT GRÆMS-A BORDER BALLAD

6. A CHAPTER ON NAMES-PART SECOND

PAGE

193

200

210

214

215

216

221

7. I'LL PU' THE WILD FLOWERS A' FOR THEE-POETRY

8. ARBORICULTURE IN THE COUNTIES NEAR THE EASTERN

BORDER

9. THE BORDER LAND-POETRY

222

226

10. MYSTERIOUS LEGENDS OF EDINBURGH THE BROWNIE

OF THE WEST Bow; WITH ILLUSTRATION

227

II. RIFLEMAN'S SONG-No. 2

242

12. BORDER BIOGRAPHY-BRYAN DONKIN, F.R.S.

243

13. ANCIENT RINGS AND PIN RECENTLY FOUND at NORHAM ;

WITH ILLUSTRATION

WILLIAM P. NIMMO, 2 ST DAVID STREET.

LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO.

AND ALL BOOKSELLERS.

Edinburgh: Printed by Ballantyne & Company, Paul's Work.