John Burnet of Barns A Romance BY JOHN BUCHAN TORONTO: THE COPP, CLARK COMPANY, LIMITED. 1899. Copyright, 1898 BY JOHN LANE Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, by THE COPP CLARK COMPANY, LIMITED, Toronto, in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture. TO THE MEMORY OF MY SISTER VIOLET KATHARINE STUART [Greek: Astêr prìn mèn élampes eni zôoìsin Heôos, nun dè oanôn lámpeis Hesperos en phthiménois.] [Transcriber's note: the above Greek was transcribed from a poor-quality scan, so may not be quite correct] Contents BOOK I—TWEEDDALE CHAPTER THE ADVENTURE WHICH BEFELL ME IN THE WOOD OF DAWYCK THE ADVENTURE WHICH BEFELL ME IN THE WOOD OF DAWYCK THE HOUSE OF BARNS THE HOUSE OF BARNS THE SPATE IN TWEED THE SPATE IN TWEED I GO TO THE COLLEGE AT GLASGOW