Marchmont and the Humes of Polwarth. By " One of
their Des- cendants." (Blackwood and Sons.)—Polwarth is a small parish— small, i.e., for Scotland—in the heart of Berwickshire. There are, as is indeed the case with every parish, many interesting things to be said about its history, spiritual and temporal ; the families that had possession of it, and the events which have happened there. The church was first built and dedicated to St. Mango in the eleventh century, rededicated in the thirteenth, and restored in 1378 and again in 1703. It is a notable fact that two ministers—Robert Home and Walter Home, his son—held the living for one hundred and twelve years together (1769-1881). The Homes or Humes (for both come of the same stock) are a branch of the Homes of Wedderburn. The most distinguished among them was the eighth Baron, second Earl of Marchmont. Of him and of other worthies of the race we read in this book. " One of their descendants " (we gather from the dedication that her name is Margaret Warrinder) has collected their words with careful industry, and raised a worthy monument to their memory.
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