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poverty. All this time she had a love affair of her own which caused her much anxiety. But all ended happily. Sir Patrick Hume was re-called and restored to his estates and honour, and the gentle and patient Grisell married her faithful lover George Baillie of Jerviswood. Lady Baillie died in 1746.
Miss Susanna Blamire, the authoress of " And ye shall walk in silk attire," and a number of lyrics more or less popular, was English by birth, but as she chose the Scotch dialect as the vehicle of her muse, Scotland jealously claims her one of her bards. She was born in 1747, and died in 1794. A volume of her poems called "The Muse of Cumberland," appeared fifty years after her decease. The song mentioned appeared to the melody of the " Siller Crown" in the " Musical Museum," 1790. The song of " Huntingtower" is traditional in Perthshire, and is believed to be very ancient It is not known to have been published, moreover, before 1827, when Kinloch gave in his " Ancient Scotch Ballads" a version of it, taken down from the recitation of an idiot boy in Wishaw. Since that time various versions have appeared, but whether they were also taken down from recitals, or are merely specimens of modern work, is un-certain. One of them was written by Lady
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