SOME BOOKS OF THE mnum tRotico in this column does
not necessarily preclude subsequent review] In the Scottish Historical Review for July will be found a valuable paper by Professor Firth on " Macaulay's Treatment of Scottish History," showing that on the whole Macaulay used to good purpose the very imperfect evidence available in his day, though he erred in his account of Glencoe and of the Darien affair, in regard to which he unjustly blamed the English Parliament. Lord Guthrie's article on " The Solemn League and Covenant " is also well worth reading. It will console the many people who confuse this Anglo-Scottish Treaty of 1643 with the Scottish National Covenant of 1638 to know that Robert Burns himself in his well-known couplet- " The Solemn League and Covenant
Cost Scotland blood, cost Scotland tears "- made the same blunder.
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