Lanterna Rally

Author: Edwin Guest

Publisher:

Published: 2015-06-30

Total Pages: 442

ISBN-13: 9781330524466

Excerpt from Origines Celticae (a Fragment) And Other Contributions to the History of Britain, Vol. 1 Dr. Guest, who was born in 1800, was the only surviving son of Benjamin Guest, who was descended from the family of that name which was long settled at Row Heath, in the parish of King's Norton in Worcestershire, where Dr. Guest inherited a small property. The arms of the family were entered in the Herald's visitation of the time of Charles the First, Edmund Geste, who died Bishop of Salisbury in 1578, was a member of the same family. The name in former times was variously spelt Geast, Geste, Ghest, Gheast, &c., and finally took the form of Guest. In order to retrieve the failing fortunes of the family, which had become somewhat impoverished. Dr. Guest's father entered into business as a merchant, and, having by his energy and enterprise realized a considerable fortune, he retired at the close of the great war. Dr. Guest's mother was a member of the Scotch family of Rio; she died when her son was quite a child, and his affectionate and sensitive nature made him greatly feel the want of a mother's gentle and loving care. He was educated at the Grammar School at Birmingham, of which Dr. Cook was at that time the Head Master. There he remained till he was at the head of the school, but instead of being removed elsewhere to complete his preparation for the University, he was unfortunately allowed to remain for two years longer, the lad, though fully conscious that he was wasting his time, being restrained by the habitual deference he paid to his father from venturing to place the matter before him in its true light. 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.