Memoirs Of Richard Gilpin Of Scaleby Castle In Cumberland Together With An Account Of The Author By Himself And A Pedigree Of The Gilpin Family Ed By W Jackson PDF Download

Excerpt from Memoirs of Dr. Richard Gilpin, of Scaleby Castle in Cumberland: And of His Posterity in the Two Succeeding Generations; Written, in the Year 1791, by the Rev. Wm. Gilpin, Vicar of Boldre; Together With an Account of the Author, by Himself; And a Pedigree of the Gilpin Family Lord Lyndsay; but when closely compared, the distinctions are more patent than the resemblances. The former work is at once an Apology and a Eulogy, and the scene is that Of the Great World. The latter has some special points of similarity, for it was written for family perusal only, and its standpoint is Christian and instructive; but the Lyndsays are a family of historic renown, and their deeds have been performed on the World's Stage; whilst our Memoirs and Record are so domestic as to speak to the heart and understanding of every well-disposed Englishman, without that parade Of pious verbiage which renders so many books, carefully prepared, as it is thought, to do good, eminently distasteful to the general reader. Galton, in his work on Hereditary Genius, singular penetration, whilst adducing Bernard, George, Richard, and William Gilpin, as examples of the truth of his theory, expresses regret that he knows so little of the Family History, and feels assured that if his information were more extended, he should therein find additional illustrations Of its truth. 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.