Richard Cameron: Famous Scots, Series (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Richard Cameron: Famous Scots, Series

I undertook the present task from an interest in the Presbyterian rebellion, but soon found that the Lion of the Covenant was to the historian a lion in his den. I could hardly get at him, and it seemed impossible to catch more than a glimpse of him. In fact, the materials for a biography of Richard Cameron were so scanty that I grew alarmed, wondering how I was to make out my tale of bricks with so little straw. At length, from the register...