Beside the Bonnie Briar Bush

a collection of sketches by Dr. John Watson (Ian Maclaren), published in 1894. These stories, illustrative of Scottish life and character, are held together by no plot, but present the same characters repeatedly. The book made its author famous. It ranks with Barrie's A Window in Thrums and Auld Licht Idylls. This is the class of fiction that has earned the name, "Kailyard School." Barrie, Watson, and Crockett are its chief representatives. See Watson; John