Select Remains of the Ancient Popular and Romance Poetry of Scotland (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Select Remains of the Ancient Popular and Romance Poetry of Scotland It is now more than half a century since the first edition of the ´Select Remains of the Ancient Popular Poetry of Scotland´ was issued by its much-lamented editor, the late David Laing; and it has been thought desirable to prefix to this second edition a short memoir of one who did much to illustrate the ancient history and poetry of Scotland. David Laing was born in Edinburgh on the 20th of April 1793, and was the second son of William Laing, a well-known bookseller in that city. William Laing was very successful in business, which was carried on by him, first in Chessell´s Court, Canongate, and latterly in No. 49 South Bridge Street. He was noted for the large store of books relating to Scotland which he always kept in stock, and his shop was a place of resort for the litterati of the day. He published several works of value, such as good editions of Thucydides, Herodotus, and Xenophon, Pinkerton´s ´Inquiry,´ and Wyntoun´s ´Chronicle of Scotland,´ edited by David Macpherson. After being educated at the Canongate Grammar School, David Laing attended in 1805-6 the Greek Class at the University of Edinburgh, then taught by Professor Dalzel. Thereafter he entered his father´s business as an apprentice, and soon acquired a thorough knowledge of books, for which unusual facilities were thus afforded. 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.
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