A Hundred Years in the Highlands (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Hundred Years in the Highlands<br><br>MY uncle Dr. John Mackenzie having left behind him ten manuscript volumes of Highland Memories covering the period 1803 to 1860 and I who inherited these manuscripts having reached the age of seventy-nine it has occurred to me that I might make a book of reminiscences which would give pleasure to those who reverence ancient customs and love the West Coast Highlands.<br><br>I make no pretence to the art of the writing man. The reader must be kind enough to imagine that he is sitting on the opposite side of a peat fire listening to the leisurely memories of one who has lived a great number of years observant of the customs of his neighbours attentive to things of the passing moment and who finds an increasing pleasure after a life of the open air in dwelling on the times that are gone.<br><br>If my book should give pleasure to its readers I shall be glad; if it should do anything to deepen affection and give them reverence for the noblest memories of our Scottish past I shall be humbly grateful.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.