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Scotland and the Scottish Church (Classic Reprint)

Author : Henry Caswall
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267234240
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book Scotland and the Scottish Church (Classic Reprint) written by Henry Caswall and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Scotland and the Scottish Church Of those in England who are acquainted with the history of Scottish Episcopacy, it may be safely as serted that the depth of their own Church principles is usually proportionate to the regard which they bear to the depressed Church in the North. Yet, to a great extent, the grossest ignorance and misap prehension on this subject are unhappily prevalent. There are, indeed, members of the Church of Eng land who regard Scottish Episcopacy as a schism, set up in unrighteous opposition to the Kirk, and who sympathize altogether with the party, which, owing to accidental circumstances, has obtained the advan tages of a legal establishment. It appeared to the writer, from such considera tions as the above, that some utility might be found in a book which, though small and portable, should yet serve to clear up popular mistakes and miscon ceptions, and to unravel the apparently entangled web of Scottish Church History. It was thought also that such a work, while giving due credit to the Establishment and its ofi'shoots, might plainly set forth the real grounds of Episcopacy, might shew the instruction to be derived from the misfortunes of other communities, and might point out the benefits and the dangers connected with free synodical action. 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.

The Early Scottish Church

Author : Thomas MacLauchlan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781331189060
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Early Scottish Church written by Thomas MacLauchlan and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Early Scottish Church: The Ecclesiastical History of Scotland From the First to the Twelfth Century This volume is the result of an effort to fill up a blank in the Ecclesiastical History of Scotland. Monograms exist on periods and persons introduced throughout it; and also brief sketches of the period, in works on Scottish Church History, preparatory to the history of more recent and more prominent events, but no work exists whose sole object is to present the reader with a consecutive and connected view of the period embraced. This was to be regretted, considering the importance of the events recorded, and their influence upon the future state of the Church in Scotland. Inferences, not borne out by historical facts, were drawn from assumptions regarding the early Church, by parties of various, and even of contending views, and antiquity was cited in support of conclusions which in reality derived no aid from its testimony. The author has endeavoured to collect his facts from the most trustworthy sources, linking them in a continuous narrative. Although these sources are few, yet, when the straggling rays are gathered together, it is wonderful how much light they afford. Impartiality has been earnestly studied throughout, the writer having but one object in view, the discovery of truth in questions of national interest. 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.

Makers of the Scottish Church at the Reformation

Author : Kirkwood Hewat
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Makers of the Scottish Church at the Reformation written by Kirkwood Hewat and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Handbook of the Church of Scotland (Classic Reprint)

Author : James Rankin
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267484294
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (842 download)

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Download or read book A Handbook of the Church of Scotland (Classic Reprint) written by James Rankin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Handbook of the Church of Scotland Th1ee Constituents Of Reformation, Character of the Confession of Fa1th of 1560, The First Book of Discipline. 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.

The Soul of a Scottish Church, Or the Contribution of the United Presbyterian Church to Scottish Life and Religion (Classic Reprint)

Author : David Woodside
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334237195
Total Pages : 344 pages
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Download or read book The Soul of a Scottish Church, Or the Contribution of the United Presbyterian Church to Scottish Life and Religion (Classic Reprint) written by David Woodside and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Soul of a Scottish Church, or the Contribution of the United Presbyterian Church to Scottish Life and Religion Scotland at the Reformation, 77 Views of the Early Seceders, 79; Beginning of Voluntary Controversy, 80; Public debates, 82; Glasgow Voluntary Society, 84; Illustration from America, 86 Views of Dr. Chalmers, 87 Result of Voluntary Controversy, 90 National recognition of religion by the Voluntaries, 92. 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.

Chapters from the History of the Free Church of Scotland (Classic Reprint)

Author : Norman L. Walker
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780428617516
Total Pages : 388 pages
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Download or read book Chapters from the History of the Free Church of Scotland (Classic Reprint) written by Norman L. Walker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Chapters From the History of the Free Church of Scotland In preparing the record of Contributions to Literaliim, I have been greatly indebted to the help of Mr. Kennedy, the Librarian of New College, Miss Rainy, the Rev. R. Logan, Dr. George Smith, the Rev. A. Simpson, b.sc., Glasgow. 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.

The Story of the Scottish Church

Author : Ninian Hill
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267672240
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (722 download)

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Download or read book The Story of the Scottish Church written by Ninian Hill and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Story of the Scottish Church: From the Earliest Times ON the occasion of a recent visit to the Grand Fleet, the Dean Of the Thistle and Chapel Royal was reported in the daily press to have been asked by a naval Officer (2 propos Of the name of a patrol craft, And who was jenny Geddes? The question, it is to be feared, is symptomatic of much popular ignorance concerning the national Church. The following pages have been written with the object of providing the general reader with a brief sketch Of the history of the Church of Scotland. For his convenience there are added in an Appendix some notes to elucidate matters Of interest instead Of referring to works not always readily accessible. 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.

History of the Church of Scotland

Author : William Maxwell Hetherington
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331643572
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (435 download)

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Download or read book History of the Church of Scotland written by William Maxwell Hetherington and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the Church of Scotland: From the Introduction of Christianity to the Period of the Disruption in 1843 There is also a necessary continuity of character, as of being, in the life and history of any Church; and that charac ter can'never be rightly understood, how ever familiar we may be with the details of its general history, unless we have a clear and true conception of those lead in g principles which have always formed the master element of its essential exist ence. By keeping them steadily in view, we shall be able to trace distinctly all the various changes and alternations of its course, marking and understanding not merely those external events which are manifest to the world, but those unseen inﬂuences which move, and mould, and animate the whole. Even in periods of comparative stagnation, when there seems to be a cessation of all active and vital impulses, the knowledge of what forms the essential characteristics of a national Church may enable us to detect the otherwise imperceptible progress _of a deep and calm under-current, preparing for some new and mighty developement of silently-ripened energies, by which the whole structure of society may be convulsed, and constrained to assume a new aspect, more in conformit with the character of its inward mora and reli gions life. 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.

The Scottish Church From the Earliest Times to 1881

Author : W. Chambers
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483626089
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book The Scottish Church From the Earliest Times to 1881 written by W. Chambers and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-22 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Scottish Church From the Earliest Times to 1881: To Which Is Prefixed an Historical Sketch of St. Giles Cathedral Lecture XII. - The Church of the Present Day: How far an out growth from the past, and an expression of the religious thought and life of Scotland. 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.

The Early Scottish Church

Author : Dom Columba Edmonds
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330982952
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (829 download)

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Download or read book The Early Scottish Church written by Dom Columba Edmonds and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Early Scottish Church: Its Doctrine and Discipline Prejudices are difficult to overcome; traditions arising from them die hard. The Church in Scotland as it existed in the sixth century has been the source and centre of many of them. They have been repeated and confuted, and repeated and confuted again and again. We welcome the following work by Father Columba Edmonds, O.S.B., of Fort Augustus - not so much, perhaps, because he tells us anything new upon the interesting question of debate, whether the Columban Church acknowledged the supremacy of Rome or not, but because he brings together the contentions of the various Churches which at the present time claim this venerable one as their own, and puts the facts and the arguments for and against in a concise and, at the same time, a comprehensive form. Father Columba may justly be regarded as an authority on this subject. 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.

The Theology and Theologians of Scotland

Author : James Walker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781331569459
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (694 download)

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Download or read book The Theology and Theologians of Scotland written by James Walker and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Theology and Theologians of Scotland: Chiefly of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; Being One of the "Cunningham Lectures" The Trust-deed of the founder requires that each course of Cunningham Lectures shall be published within a year after their delivery. No doubt a law like that could not be meant to be enforced under exceptional circumstances. The illness of a lecturer would doubtless be accepted by the Trustees as a sufficient reason for an extension of time. Unfortunately in the case of Dr. Walker that excuse has existed. In the spring of last year, almost immediately after the delivery of the Lectures, he was laid aside from work of every kind, and has been obliged to spend the winter abroad. The interest produced by the Lectures, however, at the time of their delivery, was so great, that their speedy publication was earnestly pressed by many friends; and this, combined with other things, led to his being asked to consent to their publication in his absence. 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.

The Church of Scotland

Author : Pearson M'Adam Muir
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781331263555
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (635 download)

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Download or read book The Church of Scotland written by Pearson M'Adam Muir and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Church of Scotland: A Sketch of Its History This Sketch of the History of the Church of Scotland is the first of a series which, with the sanction of the General Assembly, the Committee on Christian Life and Work propose to issue, in the hope that they will be used in Guilds and Bible Classes. Mr. M'Adam Muir has done his work with care, and we believe with success. The Committee are much indebted to him for the promptness with which he has responded to their call. He has brought great pains to his difficult task, and with firm though light hand has striven to assign to men and things their true place in the chequered history of the Scottish Church. The Manual gives to young people an amount of information which they can find nowhere else. It does not come into competition with any others. A. H. Charteris, Convener of the Committee on Christian Life and Work. Oct. 20, 1890. Preface To Second Edition The favourable notices by reviewers of the First Edition, and the rapid sale of 5000 copies, have already justified the high expectations with which the Committee issued this book. The present reissue will doubtless meet with an equally favourable reception. Mr. Muir's ungrudging work and high ability have well deserved the success which, in name of the Committee, I gladly acknowledge. 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.

History of the Church of Scotland, Vol. 3 of 3

Author : John Spottiswoode
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267303106
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book History of the Church of Scotland, Vol. 3 of 3 written by John Spottiswoode and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the Church of Scotland, Vol. 3 of 3: Beginning the Year of Our Lord 203, and Continued to the End of the Reign of King James Vi Scots deputy, and riding down the river of Liddle on the Scottish side towards his own house, was pursued by the English that espied him from the other side of the river, and after a chase of three or four miles taken prisoner, and brought back to the English deputy, who carried him away to the castle of Carlisle. 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.

The Church of Scotland, Past and Present

Author : Robert Herbert Story
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332503066
Total Pages : 322 pages
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Download or read book The Church of Scotland, Past and Present written by Robert Herbert Story and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-07 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Church of Scotland, Past and Present: Its History, Its Relation to the Law and the State, Its Doctrine, Ritual, Discipline, and Patrimony IN the history of Scottish Christianity few dates are of greater importance than the arrival in Scotland and marriage of Mar garet of England to King Malcolm III. At Dunfermline. The marriage is variously assigned to 1068, 1069, and 1070. Before 1070 there was no Roman Church in Scotland, although Scottish Christianity had of course a great many rites and ceremonies in common with Rome, and Scottish churchmen in not a few cases had visited Rome. 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.

The Covenanters

Author : James King Hewison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Covenanters written by James King Hewison and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Church in Scotland

Author : James Clement Moffat
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365262503
Total Pages : 462 pages
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Download or read book The Church in Scotland written by James Clement Moffat and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Church in Scotland: A History of Its Antecedents, Its Conflicts, and Its Advocates, From the Earliest Recorded Times to the First Assembly of the Reformed Church Hector Boece in the fifteenth, and adhered to by subsequent historians until very recent years. The period over which this obscurity lies deepest is from the first planting of Christianity in the British Isles to the eleventh century; the churches upon which it rests are the old British, the Irish and the Scottish churches, and deepest of all upon the last. 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.

The Church History of Scotland, From the Commencement of the Christian Era to the Present Century, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Author : John Cunningham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781331108719
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book The Church History of Scotland, From the Commencement of the Christian Era to the Present Century, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by John Cunningham and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Church History of Scotland, From the Commencement of the Christian Era to the Present Century, Vol. 1 of 2 Our best Scottish Ecclesiastical Histories are confined to particular periods. Indeed, so far as I know, there is not one which will conduct the student from the epoch of Christianity to the day in which he lives. This is the task I have undertaken; but in traversing this long tract of time I have naturally lingered longest on those periods which are either most interesting or most instructive. Our ecclesiastical writers in general appear to have thought that the Church in our country before the Reformation was only the Church of Rome, and not the Church of Scotland too; and accordingly they have left its history without investigation and without record. As well might our political writers have passed over the history of the kingdom prior to the Revolution. In the one case our ancestors were living under a bad despotism, and in the other under a debasing superstition, but still they were our ancestors. Though the Church before the Reformation was Roman in its architecture, still it was built upon Scottish ground, and they were Scottish men and women who worshipped in it. It is impossible to understand our Church History subsequent to the Reformation without knowing something of our Church History prior to it. 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.