The Black Dwarf Tales of My Landlord, Introduction

In which the narrator, a modest and observant schoolmaster of Gandercleugh, defends his intimate knowledge of Scotland’s customs and people, acquired through decades of attentive listening at the local inn and occasional travels to Edinburgh and Glasgow. He further explains his role in preserving the tales told by his late landlord and his young friend Peter Pattieson, acknowledging the fanciful embellishments within these narratives while inviting the judicious reader to receive them with candour and good humour.