Excerpt from A Highland Chronicle In one of those spare hours which the great-hearted Edinburgh doctor snatched from his sacred duties as healer of men, to give us glimpses of the breadth and depth of his own nature, and show us some lessons to be had from men and books, he gives the outline of this tale; and suggests that here is material for a wholesome and pleasant story. If he who drew the outline could have filled in the details, we all know how the story would have distilled strong and sweet. It would be pleasant to think that the readers of this book would concur in the good doctor's sentiment, that "we are the better of stirring ourselves about these the unknown and long time dead." 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.