Author : John Hay Athole Macdonald
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 048333345X
Life Jottings of an Old Edinburgh Citizen (Classic Reprint) by John Hay Athole Macdonald Pdf
Excerpt from Life Jottings of an Old Edinburgh Citizen ET not the reader suppose, as he opens this book, that he is invited to wade through an autobiography. What he will find is but a quilt made up of patches from the shelf of memory. No diary has ever been kept to supply copious extracts, such as too often give anything but light reading, and too often fail to present true pictures of the diarist's life. The aim has been to fit together presentable patches, giv ing a blend of natural colouring, as a well-pieced quilt, though made up of shreds, may not offend and possibly may give pleasure, and here and there be informing. If particular patches seem weari some, skipping may give relief. The compiler of these Jottings would have satisfaction, were it possible for any reader to say that he - and still more were it she - had reached the word finis without having to resist temptation to turn down pages unread. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.
