William Robbie
Published: 2018-03-12
Total Pages: 558
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Excerpt from Aberdeen: Its History and Tradition, With Notices of Some Eminent Aberdonians It will thus be seen that no book has been published for more than half a century purporting to deal with the history of Aberdeen as a whole, and that the books published before then, besides being of old date, have become scarce, and almost unattainable. The consequence is that, even in this reading age, when information of all kinds is so widely dis seminated, there is good reason to think that the earlier history of Aberdeen is practically unknown to the great majority of the citizens - a circumstance due, no doubt, to the fact that no handy and moderately priced book, dealing with the subject in anything like a complete form, is of easy access. It was the belief that such a. Book was really wanted that suggested the publication of this volume, giving, in reasonably small compass for so wide a sub jcet, and as far as possible in chronological order, an outline of the leading events in the history of Aberdeen from the earliest times down to the present day. The subject is one that must always have a peculiar interest for Aberdonians, whether at home or abroad, and what the author has aimed at has been to make the book such that after perusing it the reader should lay it down with something like a just and adequate conception of the history and progress of the city. Whether he has succeeded in this must be left to the judgment of those into whose hands the book may fall. 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.