James Aitken Wylie (1808-1890) was a Scottish historian of religion and Presbyterian minister. He was a prolific writer and is most famous for writing The History of Protestantism.
This is all three books of History of the Scottish Nation. The contents of this volume are:
HISTORY OF THE SCOTTISH NATION - VOL. I
CHAPTER I - FIRST PEOPLING OF BRITAIN
CHAPTER II - JOURNEY OF THE KYMRI TO BRITAIN
CHAPTER III - HABITS, HABITATIONS, AND ARTS OF THE FIRST SETTLERS
CHAPTER IV - THE STONE AGE
CHAPTER V - THE BRONZE AGE
CHAPTER VI - THE IRON AGE
CHAPTER VII - THE DRUIDS –THE SUN WORSHIP OF ASIA AND CALEDONIA
CHAPTER VIII - THE DRUIDS - THEIR RELIGION, DEITIES, HIERARCHY, DOCTRINES
CHAPTER IX - THE DRUID’S EGG—THE MISTLETOE—THE DRUID’S SACRIFICE.
CHAPTER X - THE TEMPLES OR STONE CIRCLES OF THE DRUID.
CHAPTER XI - THE “ALTEINS” OR STONES OF FIRE—BELTINE OR MAYDAY AND MIDSUMMER FESTIVALS.
CHAPTER XII - VITRIFIED FORTS—ROCKING-STONES—DRUID’S CIRCLE—NO MAN’S LAND—DIVINATION—GALLOW-HILLS—A YOKE BROKEN.
CHAPTER XIII - SCOTLAND AS SEEN BY AGRICOLA AND DESCRIBED BY TACITUS AND HERODIAN.
CHAPTER XIV - THE CALEDONIANS AS PAINTED BY HERODIAN.
CHAPTER XV - CALEDONIAN HOUSES—LAKE DWELLINGS
CHAPTER XVI - ROMAN PERIOD OF BRITAIN—ENGLAND INVADED BY CAESAR, AND SCOTLAND BY AGRICOLA.
CHAPTER XVII - THE BATTLE OF MONS GRAMPIUS
CHAPTER XVIII - EXPEDITION OF SEVERUS, AND WITHDRAWAL OF ROMANS FROM BRITAIN.
CHAPTER XIX - CHRISTIANITY ENTERS BRITAIN
CHAPTER XX - THE CRADLE OF THE SCOTS.
CHAPTER XXI - THE COMING OF THE SCOTS TO IRELAND
CHAPTER XXII - The Planting of the Scottish Nation.
CHAPTER XXIII - KINDLING OF THE LAMP OF IONA.
CHAPTER XXIV - BATTLES, POLITICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL.
CHAPTER XXV - IONA AND ROME; OR, THE SECOND ROMAN INVASION.
CHAPTER XXVI - UNION OF THE SCOTS AND PICTS—
HISTORY OF THE SCOTTISH NATION - VOL. II
CHAPTER I - A NEW AGE FROM THE NORTH.
CHAPTER II - THE SERVICES OF THE SCOTS TO CHRISTIANITY IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
CHAPTER III - A SECOND MORNING IN SCOTLAND.
CHAPTER IV - NINIAN—SCENE OF HIS YOUTH—CONVERSION—FIRST EVANGELISTIC LABOURS—MODE OF EVANGELISING.
CHAPTER V - NINIAN VISITS ROME—HIS JOURNEY THITHER—ROME IN NINIAN’S DAY.
CHAPTER VI - NINIAN RETURNS TO BRITAIN—VISITS MARTIN OF TOURS—BUILDS A CHURCH AT WHITHORN.
CHAPTER VII - EASTERN MONACHISM—SCOTCH MONACHISM—ARRANGEMENTS AND STUDIES IN CANDIDA CASA—NINIAN’S LAST LABOURS AND DEATH.
CHAPTER VIII - PALLADIUS—PELAGIANISM—PALLADIUS SENT TO THE SCOTS IN IRELAND—REJECTED BY THEM. DIES AND IS BURIED AT FORDUN.
CHAPTER IX - PATRICK—BIRTH, BOYHOOD, AND YOUTH—CARRIED OFF BY PIRATES.
CHAPTER X - PATRICK’S CAPTIVITY IN IRELAND—HIS CONSCIENCE AWAKENS—PROLONGED ANGUISH.
CHAPTER XI - PATRICK FINDS PEACE—UNCONSCIOUS PREPARATION FOR FUTURE WORK—ESCAPES FROM IRELAND.
CHAPTER XII - PATRICK AGAIN AT HOME—THOUGHTS OF IRELAND—DREAMS—RESOLVES TO DEVOTE HIMSELF TO ITS CONVERSION.
CHAPTER XIII - PATRICK—THE GREATNESS OF HIS MISSION—ITS OPPORTUNENESS—YEAR OF PATRICK’ S ARRIVAL—HE PRECEDES PALLADIUS—PALLADIUS SENT FROM ROME TO COUNTERACT HIM.
CHAPTER XIV - PATRICK CROSSES THE SEA—BEGINS HIS MINISTRY—MANNER OF HIS PREACHING—EFFECT ON THE IRISH.
CHAPTER XV - PATRICK’ S BARN—HIS TOURS—IN COUNTRY DISTRICTS—IN TOWNS—CONVERSATIONS—SERMONS—TOILS AND PERILS—EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF SLAVES—WAS HE EVER AT ROME ?
CHAPTER XVI - PATRICK’S—“DAY OF TARA”—CONVERSION OF IRELAND, ETC.
CHAPTER XVII - THE THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE CHURCHES.
CHAPTER XVIII - The Schools of Early Ireland.
CHAPTER XIX - ABERNETHY—LINK BETWEEN IONA AND WHITHORN—ITS POSITION—ITS FOUNDING—BUILDINGS—CHURCHES OF EARLY SCOTLAND—MISSIONARY STAFF—EVANGELISTIC TOURS—ROUND TOWERS.
CHAPTER XX - COLUMBA—BIRTH—EDUCATION—FOUNDS NUMEROUS COLLEGES—INVOLVED IN POLITICAL QUARRELS.
CHAPTER XXI - COLUMBA—DEPARTS FROM IRELAND—VOYAGE—ARRIVES AT IONA—ASPECT AND PROPERTIES OF THE ISLAND—
This is all three books of History of the Scottish Nation. The contents of this volume are:
HISTORY OF THE SCOTTISH NATION - VOL. I
CHAPTER I - FIRST PEOPLING OF BRITAIN
CHAPTER II - JOURNEY OF THE KYMRI TO BRITAIN
CHAPTER III - HABITS, HABITATIONS, AND ARTS OF THE FIRST SETTLERS
CHAPTER IV - THE STONE AGE
CHAPTER V - THE BRONZE AGE
CHAPTER VI - THE IRON AGE
CHAPTER VII - THE DRUIDS –THE SUN WORSHIP OF ASIA AND CALEDONIA
CHAPTER VIII - THE DRUIDS - THEIR RELIGION, DEITIES, HIERARCHY, DOCTRINES
CHAPTER IX - THE DRUID’S EGG—THE MISTLETOE—THE DRUID’S SACRIFICE.
CHAPTER X - THE TEMPLES OR STONE CIRCLES OF THE DRUID.
CHAPTER XI - THE “ALTEINS” OR STONES OF FIRE—BELTINE OR MAYDAY AND MIDSUMMER FESTIVALS.
CHAPTER XII - VITRIFIED FORTS—ROCKING-STONES—DRUID’S CIRCLE—NO MAN’S LAND—DIVINATION—GALLOW-HILLS—A YOKE BROKEN.
CHAPTER XIII - SCOTLAND AS SEEN BY AGRICOLA AND DESCRIBED BY TACITUS AND HERODIAN.
CHAPTER XIV - THE CALEDONIANS AS PAINTED BY HERODIAN.
CHAPTER XV - CALEDONIAN HOUSES—LAKE DWELLINGS
CHAPTER XVI - ROMAN PERIOD OF BRITAIN—ENGLAND INVADED BY CAESAR, AND SCOTLAND BY AGRICOLA.
CHAPTER XVII - THE BATTLE OF MONS GRAMPIUS
CHAPTER XVIII - EXPEDITION OF SEVERUS, AND WITHDRAWAL OF ROMANS FROM BRITAIN.
CHAPTER XIX - CHRISTIANITY ENTERS BRITAIN
CHAPTER XX - THE CRADLE OF THE SCOTS.
CHAPTER XXI - THE COMING OF THE SCOTS TO IRELAND
CHAPTER XXII - The Planting of the Scottish Nation.
CHAPTER XXIII - KINDLING OF THE LAMP OF IONA.
CHAPTER XXIV - BATTLES, POLITICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL.
CHAPTER XXV - IONA AND ROME; OR, THE SECOND ROMAN INVASION.
CHAPTER XXVI - UNION OF THE SCOTS AND PICTS—
HISTORY OF THE SCOTTISH NATION - VOL. II
CHAPTER I - A NEW AGE FROM THE NORTH.
CHAPTER II - THE SERVICES OF THE SCOTS TO CHRISTIANITY IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
CHAPTER III - A SECOND MORNING IN SCOTLAND.
CHAPTER IV - NINIAN—SCENE OF HIS YOUTH—CONVERSION—FIRST EVANGELISTIC LABOURS—MODE OF EVANGELISING.
CHAPTER V - NINIAN VISITS ROME—HIS JOURNEY THITHER—ROME IN NINIAN’S DAY.
CHAPTER VI - NINIAN RETURNS TO BRITAIN—VISITS MARTIN OF TOURS—BUILDS A CHURCH AT WHITHORN.
CHAPTER VII - EASTERN MONACHISM—SCOTCH MONACHISM—ARRANGEMENTS AND STUDIES IN CANDIDA CASA—NINIAN’S LAST LABOURS AND DEATH.
CHAPTER VIII - PALLADIUS—PELAGIANISM—PALLADIUS SENT TO THE SCOTS IN IRELAND—REJECTED BY THEM. DIES AND IS BURIED AT FORDUN.
CHAPTER IX - PATRICK—BIRTH, BOYHOOD, AND YOUTH—CARRIED OFF BY PIRATES.
CHAPTER X - PATRICK’S CAPTIVITY IN IRELAND—HIS CONSCIENCE AWAKENS—PROLONGED ANGUISH.
CHAPTER XI - PATRICK FINDS PEACE—UNCONSCIOUS PREPARATION FOR FUTURE WORK—ESCAPES FROM IRELAND.
CHAPTER XII - PATRICK AGAIN AT HOME—THOUGHTS OF IRELAND—DREAMS—RESOLVES TO DEVOTE HIMSELF TO ITS CONVERSION.
CHAPTER XIII - PATRICK—THE GREATNESS OF HIS MISSION—ITS OPPORTUNENESS—YEAR OF PATRICK’ S ARRIVAL—HE PRECEDES PALLADIUS—PALLADIUS SENT FROM ROME TO COUNTERACT HIM.
CHAPTER XIV - PATRICK CROSSES THE SEA—BEGINS HIS MINISTRY—MANNER OF HIS PREACHING—EFFECT ON THE IRISH.
CHAPTER XV - PATRICK’ S BARN—HIS TOURS—IN COUNTRY DISTRICTS—IN TOWNS—CONVERSATIONS—SERMONS—TOILS AND PERILS—EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF SLAVES—WAS HE EVER AT ROME ?
CHAPTER XVI - PATRICK’S—“DAY OF TARA”—CONVERSION OF IRELAND, ETC.
CHAPTER XVII - THE THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE CHURCHES.
CHAPTER XVIII - The Schools of Early Ireland.
CHAPTER XIX - ABERNETHY—LINK BETWEEN IONA AND WHITHORN—ITS POSITION—ITS FOUNDING—BUILDINGS—CHURCHES OF EARLY SCOTLAND—MISSIONARY STAFF—EVANGELISTIC TOURS—ROUND TOWERS.
CHAPTER XX - COLUMBA—BIRTH—EDUCATION—FOUNDS NUMEROUS COLLEGES—INVOLVED IN POLITICAL QUARRELS.
CHAPTER XXI - COLUMBA—DEPARTS FROM IRELAND—VOYAGE—ARRIVES AT IONA—ASPECT AND PROPERTIES OF THE ISLAND—
