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  CONSTABLE’S MISCELLANY,
  VOLS. LIII. LIV.

  Will appear on the 3d and 17th April, containing,

  THE LIFE
  OF
  SIR WILLIAM WALLACE,

  OF
  ELDERSLIE.

  BY JOHN D. CARRICK.


  THE BUGLE NE’ER SUNG TO A BRAVER KNIGHT
  THAN WILLIAM OF ELDERSLIE.
                          THOMAS CAMPBELL.


  IN TWO VOLUMES.


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  AND HURST, CHANCE, AND CO., LONDON.




  BOURRIENNE.

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  IN
  CONSTABLE’S MISCELLANY,

  MEMOIRS
  OF
  NAPOLEON BONAPARTE,

  FROM THE FRENCH
  OF
  M. DE BOURRIENNE,

  PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE EMPEROR.

  BY JAMES S. MEMES, LL.D.

  IN THREE VOLUMES.




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ORIGINAL WORKS

PREPARING FOR

CONSTABLE’S MISCELLANY.


    I. LIFE of K. JAMES the FIRST. By R. CHAMBERS, Author of “The
  Rebellions in Scotland,” &c.                                 2 vols.

    II. The ACHIEVEMENTS of the KNIGHTS of MALTA, from the
  Institution of the Hospitallers of St John, in 1099, till the
  Political Extinction of the Order, by Napoleon, in 1800. By ALEX.
  SUTHERLAND, Esq.                                             2 vols.

    III. LIFE of FRANCIS PIZZARO, and an ACCOUNT of the CONQUEST of
  PERU, &c. By the Author of the “Life of Hernan Cortes.”       1 vol.

    IV. HISTORY of MODERN GREECE, and the Ionian Islands; including
  a detailed Account of the late Revolutionary War. By THOMAS
  KEIGHTLEY, Esq., Author of “Fairy Mythology,” &c.            2 vols.

    V. A TOUR in SICILY, &c. By J. S. MEMES, Esq. LL.D., Author of
  the “History of Sculpture, Painting, and Architecture,” &c.   1 vol.

    VI. MEMOIRS of the IRISH REBELLIONS; By J. MCCAUL, Esq. M. A. of
  Trin. Coll., Dublin.                                         2 vols.

    VII. HISTORY of FRANCE, from the earliest authentic era till
  the present time. By WILLIAM FRASER, Esq., Editor of “The Foreign
  Review.”                                                     3 vols.

    VIII. A JOURNEY through the SOUTHERN PROVINCES of FRANCE, the
  PYRENEES, and SWITZERLAND. By DERWENT CONWAY, Author of “A Tour
  through Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.”                        2 vols.

    IX. The POEMS and LETTERS of ROBERT BURNS, Chronologically
  arranged, with a Preliminary Essay and Notes, and Sundry Additions.
  By J. G. LOCKHART, LL.B.*                                    2 vols.

    X. LIFE and REIGN of MAHMOUD II., present Grand Sultan of Turkey,
  including the Geographical, Moral, and Political History of that
  Empire. By E. UPHAM, Esq. Author of the “History of the Ottoman
  Empire,” &c.*                                                 1 vol.


LIST OF WORKS ALREADY PUBLISHED.

Price 3s. 6d. each Volume, cloth boards; or on fine paper, 5s.

Vols. 1. 2. 3. CAPT. BASIL HALL’S VOYAGES.

4. ADVENTURES of BRITISH SEAMEN. By HUGH MURRAY, Esq. F.R.S.E.

5. MEMOIRS of LA ROCHE JAQUELEIN. With a Preface and Notes, by SIR
WALTER SCOTT, Bart.

6. & 7. CONVERTS from INFIDELITY. By ANDREW CRICHTON.

8. & 9. SYMES’ EMBASSY to the KINGDOM of AVA. With a Narrative of the
late Military and Political Operations in the Birman Empire.

10. TABLE-TALK; or, SELECTIONS from the ANA.

11. PERILS and CAPTIVITY.

12. SELECTIONS of the MOST REMARKABLE PHENOMENA of NATURE.

13. & 14. MARINER’S ACCOUNT of the NATIVES of the TONGA ISLANDS, in the
South Pacific Ocean.

15. & 16. HISTORY of the REBELLIONS in SCOTLAND in 1745, 1746. By
ROBERT CHAMBERS.

17. VOYAGES and EXCURSIONS in CENTRAL AMERICA. By ORLANDO W. ROBERTS,
many years a resident Trader.

18. & 19. The HISTORICAL WORKS of FREDERICK SCHILLER, from the German,
by GEORGE MOIR, Esq. Translator of “Wallenstein.”

20. & 21. An HISTORICAL VIEW of the Manners, Customs, Literature,
&c. of Great Britain, from the Time of the Saxons, down to the 18th
Century. By R. THOMSON, Author of “Chronicles of London Bridge.”

22. The GENERAL REGISTER of Politics, Science, and Literature, for 1827.

23. LIFE of ROBERT BURNS. By J. G. LOCKHART, LL.B.

24. & 25. LIFE of MARY, QUEEN of SCOTS. By HENRY GLASSFORD BELL, Esq.

26. EVIDENCES of CHRISTIANITY. By the Venerable ARCHDEACON WRANGHAM.

27. & 28. MEMORIALS of the LATE WAR.

29. & 30. A TOUR in GERMANY and in the AUSTRIAN EMPIRE, in 1820, 21,
22. By J. RUSSELL, Esq.


_Works already Published._

31. & 32. The REBELLIONS in SCOTLAND, under Montrose and Others, from
1638 till 1660. By ROBERT CHAMBERS, Author of “The Rebellion of 1745.”

33. 34. & 35. HISTORY of the PRINCIPAL REVOLUTIONS in EUROPE. From the
French of C. W. KOCH.

36. & 37. A PEDESTRIAN JOURNEY through RUSSIA and SIBERIAN TARTARY. By
CAPT. JOHN DUNDAS COCHRANE, R. N.

38. NARRATIVE of a TOUR through NORWAY, SWEDEN, and DENMARK. By DERWENT
CONWAY, Author of “Solitary Walks,” &c.

39. HISTORY of SCULPTURE, PAINTING, and ARCHITECTURE. By J. S. MEMES,
LL.D. Author of “The Life of Canova,” &c.

40. & 41. HISTORY of the OTTOMAN EMPIRE. By EDWARD UPHAM, Esq.
M.R.A.S., Author of the “History of Budhism,” &c.

42. HISTORY of the REBELLIONS in SCOTLAND, under DUNDEE and MAR, in
1689 and 1715. By ROBERT CHAMBERS, Author of the “Rebellion in Scotland
in 1745,” &c.

43. & 44. HISTORY of MOST REMARKABLE CONSPIRACIES connected with
European History. By J. P. LAWSON, M. A., Author of the “Life and Times
of Archbishop Laud.”

45. The NATURAL HISTORY of SELBORNE. By the late REV. GILBERT WHITE, M.
A. A New Edition with Additions. By SIR WILLIAM JARDINE, BART., Author
of “Illustrations of Ornithology,” &c.

46. An AUTUMN in ITALY, being a PERSONAL NARRATIVE of a TOUR in the
AUSTRIAN, TUSCAN, ROMAN, and SARDINIAN STATES, in 1827. By J. D.
SINCLAIR, Esq.

47. & 48. The LIFE of OLIVER CROMWELL. By M. RUSSELL, LL.D.

49. LIFE of HERNAN CORTES. By DON TELESFORO DE TRUEBA Y COSIO, Author
of “Gomez Arias,” “The Castilian,” &c.

50. & 51. HISTORY of CHIVALRY and the CRUSADES. By the Rev. HENRY
STEBBING, M. A.

52. HISTORY of MUSIC. By W. C. STAFFORD.

53. & 54. LIFE of SIR WILLIAM WALLACE. By JOHN D. CARRICK.




  LIFE
  OF
  SIR WILLIAM WALLACE.

[Illustration: Blackwood Sculpt

SEAL OF BALIOL USED BY WALLACE WHILE REGENT OF SCOTLAND.

  Vol I, Page 137
]

  CONSTABLE’S MISCELLANY
  OF
  Original and Selected Publications

  IN THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS
  OF
  LITERATURE, SCIENCE & THE ARTS.

  VOL. LIII.

  LIFE OF SIR WILLIAM WALLACE, VOL. I.

[Illustration:

  Drawn by A. Nasmyth      Engraved by W. Miller

WALLACE’S TREE--TORWOOD.]

  EDINBURGH:
  PRINTED FOR CONSTABLE & Co. EDINBURGH.
  AND HURST, CHANCE & Co. LONDON.
  1830.

  LIFE
  OF
  SIR WILLIAM WALLACE,
  OF
  ELDERSLIE.

  BY JOHN D. CARRICK.


  THE BUGLE NE’ER SUNG TO A BRAVER KNIGHT
  THAN WILLIAM OF ELDERSLIE.
                          THOMAS CAMPBELL.


  IN TWO VOLUMES.


  VOL. I.


  EDINBURGH:
  PRINTED FOR CONSTABLE AND CO.;
  AND HURST, CHANCE AND CO., LONDON.
  1830.




PREFACE.


In presenting to the British Public the Life of a man, whose name has
been for ages the _slogan_, or _cri de guerre_, when the liberty of his
country was