Lanterna Rally

Author: John Leyden

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-10-07

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 9781333875367

Excerpt from Journal of a Tour in the Highlands and Western Islands of Scotland in 1800 The tour was begun on July 14, and continued till October 1, 1800. In the Journal, now printed for the first time, Dr Leyden has collected a great deal of valuable information re garding the literary antiquities and tra ditions of the Highlands. Many curious observations also appear on the Ossian controversy, which still exercised the literati of the time. 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.