Excerpt from John Stuart Blackie a Biography, Vol. 2 of 2 Froude on the Gaelic language - A morning budget of letters -the shrine of St Ninian - Heresy hunt of Dr William Robertson Smith Lay of the Little Lady - Lady Breadalbane - Leave of absence - Arrival in Egypt - The Pyramid of Khufu - A visit to Tarsus - The Celtic Chair endowment - The Nile Litany - Banquet of the Blackie Brotherhood - In Rome - Death of Professor. 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.