This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ...up in my corner of the barrack-room, and it was very difficult to carry myself and my flounces safely down the narrow turning stair which led to the passage opening on the front staircase. Also, having no wardrobe, my dresses were kept in a trunk; the one I wanted seemed generally somehow at the bottom of it, and so ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ...up in my corner of the barrack-room, and it was very difficult to carry myself and my flounces safely down the narrow turning stair which led to the passage opening on the front staircase. Also, having no wardrobe, my dresses were kept in a trunk; the one I wanted seemed generally somehow at the bottom of it, and so troublesome to get at. At this time my father had taken the opportunity of a quiet opening of the summer to take me through a short course AUNT FRE RE'S CONSERVATISM 241 of mathematics. The reason for his adding this then unusual science, or an idea of it, to his daughter's education was this. I could never succeed in interesting my dear aunt Frere in the improvements at Rothiemurchus. She said it was all very proper, very necessary, quite inevitable, but not agreeable. She liked the Highlands as she had known them--primitive, when nobody spoke English, when all young men wore the kilt, when printed calicoes were not to be seen, when there was no wheaten bread to be got, when she and aunt Mary had slept in two little closets in the old house just big enough to hold them, and not big enough to hold any of their property, when there was no tidy kitchen range, no kitchen even beyond the black hut, no neat lawn, but all the work going forward about the house, the maids in the broom island with kilted coats dancing in the tubs upon the linen, and the laird worshipped as a divinity by every human being in the place. The increase of comfort and the gradual enlightenment was all very correct, but it was not the Highlands. Old feudal affections would die out with the old customs and the old prejudices, and that picturesque district would become as prosaic as her meadows in Hertfordshire. To prove to her that life could still be happier among our mountain...
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Re-bound by library. Rebound in dark green boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Small pencil mark on title page. Internal pages clean Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1500grams, ISBN:
