Excerpt from Oor Ain Folk: Being Memories of Manse Life in the Mearns and a Crack Aboot Auld Times I little thought when I began my filial task, that I would ever be privileged to again visit the old glen and village, and see the old manse on the Braes o' Angus.' Still less did I anticipate such a compliment from the public as the demand for a new edition almost within a month of the publication of the book; yet, such a good fortune has befallen me, and I am very grateful. I am indeed conscious that my critics have been ...
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Excerpt from Oor Ain Folk: Being Memories of Manse Life in the Mearns and a Crack Aboot Auld Times I little thought when I began my filial task, that I would ever be privileged to again visit the old glen and village, and see the old manse on the Braes o' Angus.' Still less did I anticipate such a compliment from the public as the demand for a new edition almost within a month of the publication of the book; yet, such a good fortune has befallen me, and I am very grateful. I am indeed conscious that my critics have been more than kind.' It was only to be expected that my boyish recollections of more than thirty years ago would be in some respects inaccurate, but I am pleased to find that my mistakes as to facts have been so few, and in the present edition I think the main portion of these has been corrected. As to errors of style, I doubt I am too old now to make much improvement and as to matters of opinion expressed in the book, I have seen no reason, so far at any rate, for me to give up my own. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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