Diary of a Tour Through Great Britain

Excerpt from Diary of a Tour Through Great Britain: In 1895 The writer of the following Diary was born in the parish of Clunie, Perthshire, in the year 1754, his father being a tenant-farmer in the barony of Laighwood, where his forefathers appear to have lived continuously since 1586. Presumably his earliest education was received at the parish school; but the first definite date obtainable is the 18th of February, 1772, when he matriculated as a Student in Arts of the United College of St. Salvator and St. Leonard at St. Andrews. From a long Ms. poem, in which he moralizes over St. Andrews and the 'four tedious winters' he had spent there, we learn that he quitted its halls for ever on 2nd May, 1775. 'There is, however,' writes Mr. Maitland Anderson, University Librarian, 'no record of the classes he attended, and no mention of his having taken a degree. If he left St. Andrews in 1775, his Divinity course must have been taken at another University.' 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.