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Excerpt from Tales of a Grandfather, Vol. 1: Being the History of Scotland From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Rebellion, 1745-46 He was not disappointed in his expectation. The first Tales appeared early in December, and their reception was more rapturous than that of any of his works since Ivanhoe. He had, says his biographer, solved for the first time the problem of narrating history so as at once to excite and gratify the curiosity of youth, and please and instruct the wisest of mature minds. The popularity of the book has grown with every year that has since elapsed 3 it is equally prized in the library, the boudoir, the school room, and the nursery; it is adopted as the happiest of manuals, not only in Scotland, but wherever the English tongue is spoken nay, it is to be seen in the hands of old and young all over the civilised world, and has, I have little doubt, extended the knowledge of Scottish history in quarters where little or no interest had ever before been awakened as to any other parts of that subject except those immediately connected with Mary Stuart and the Chevalier. This estimate of the popularity of the Tales was perfectly accurate when Lockhart wrote his admirable biography. In more recent days they have been, so to speak, crowded out by the vast multiplicity of new publications. T be present edition is due to the persuasion that the work is far too valuable to he suffered to sink into neglect. 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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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Humanities History Regional & national history

• Pełny tytuł: Tales of a Grandfather, Vol. 1
• Podtytuł: Being the History of Scotland From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Rebellion, 1745-46 (Classic Reprint)
• Autor: Walter Scott
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Liczba stron: 616
• EAN: 9781333121778
• ISBN: 1333121776
• ID: 13780635
• Wydawca: Forgotten Books
• Waga: 814 g
• Wymiary: 229 × 152 × 32 mm
• Data wydania: 02. August 2016

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