This book first published in 1935 is a story of a journey from Edinburgh, the Lowlands, Glasgow and the Highlands but it is not an ordinary travel story. The author delves deeply into the people of the country and the society as a whole. He shows you not only the good but the sad side of Scotland's society. Poverty and the grubby areas of the big cities are explored and the question he ask is why? Why is Scotland like it is? I found this book both enlightening but very thought provoking.

Mir said "This book is a record of a journey and my intentiion in beginning it was to give my impressions of contemporary Scotland; not the romantic Scotland or the past nor the Scotland of the tourist, but the Scotland which presents itself to one who is not looking for anything in particular, and is willing to believe what his eyes and his ears tell him."

My ranking is four thistles for a classic that will always be a window of Scotland both good and bad.

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