James Melville
Published: 2016-08-19
Total Pages: 364
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Excerpt from The Diary of Mr. James Melvill, 1556-1601 There is another transcript of the Diary in the Signet Library, apparently of the same age with Mr Ellis's copy. Excepting these no other is known to exist; and in preparing this work for the press, both of them have been con sulted; but, being inaccurately transcribed, they have not afforded much as sistance in elucidating any ambiguous expression in the original. Mr Ellis's ms. Is contained, along with a copy of Mr John Maule's heaven NO hell, OR death NO danger, in a folio volume, which formerly belonged to the late Rev. Adam Gibb, and which bears the inscription, James Erskine's Book, ' 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.