Transcriber’s Notes.
Hyphenation has been standardised.
Footnotes were moved to the ends of the text they pertain to and numbered in one continuous sequence.
The words ‘gillie’ and ‘ghillie’ have been left unchanged. Both spellings appear to be acceptable.
Other changes made are noted at the end of the book.
LEAVES
FROM THE JOURNAL
OF
OUR LIFE IN THE HIGHLANDS,
FROM 1848 TO 1861.
TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED AND ADDED EXTRACTS FROM THE SAME
JOURNAL GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF
EARLIER VISITS TO SCOTLAND,
AND TOURS IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND,
AND
YACHTING EXCURSIONS.
EDITED BY ARTHUR HELPS.
LONDON:
SMITH, ELDER AND CO. 1868.
[THE RIGHT OF TRANSLATION IS RESERVED.]
TO
THE DEAR MEMORY OF HIM
WHO MADE THE LIFE OF THE WRITER BRIGHT AND HAPPY,
THESE SIMPLE RECORDS
ARE LOVINGLY AND GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED.
The circumstances which have led to the publicationof this Volume are, briefly, these.
During one of the Editor’s official visits to Balmoral, her Majestyvery kindly allowed him to see several extracts from her journal,relating to excursions in the Highlands of Scotland. He was muchinterested by them; and expressed the interest which he felt. It thenoccurred to her Majesty that these extracts, referring, as they did,to some of the happiest hours of her life, might be made into a book,to be printed privately, for presentation to members of the RoyalFamily and her Majesty’s intimate friends; especially to those who hadaccompanied and attended her in these tours.
It was then suggested to her Majesty by somepersons, among them a near and dear relative ofthe Queen, and afterwards by the Editor, that thiswork, if made known to others, would be very[vi]interesting to them as well as to the Royal Familyand to her Majesty’s intimate friends. The Queen,however, said, that she had no skill whatever inauthorship; that