Excerpt from Waverley, or 'Tis Sixty Years Since, Vol. 1 of 2: Waverly Novels The Author of Waverley has heard it objected to this novel, that, in the character of Callum Beg, and in the account given by the Baron of Bradwardine of the petty trespasses of the Highlanders against tri ing articles of property, he has borne hard, and unjustly so, upon their national character. Nothing could be farther from his wish or intention. The character of Callum Beg is that of a spirit naturally turned to dar ing evil, and determined, by the circumstances of his situation, to a particular species of mischief. Those who have perused the curious Letters from the High lands, published about 1726, .will find instances of such atrocious characters which fell under the writer's own observation, though it would be most unjust to consider such villains as representatives of the High landers of that period, any more than the murderers of Marr and Williamson can be supposed to represent the English of the present day. As for the plunder supposed to have been picked up by some of the in surgents in 1745, it must be remembered, that al though the way of that unfortunate little army was neither marked by devastation nor bloodshed, but, on the contrary, was orderly and quiet in a most wonder ful degree, yet no army marches through a country in a hostile manner without some trespasses and seve ral, to the extent, and of the nature, jocularly imputed to them by the Baron, were really laid to the charge of the Highland insurgents for which many traditions, and particularly one respecting the Knight of the Mirror, may be quoted as good evidence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."