Old Reminsicences Of Glasgow And The West Of Scotland PDF Download

Excerpt from Old Reminiscences of Glasgow and the West of Scotland, Vol. 2 Mr. Oswald selected, as his referee, Mr. Charles Stirling of Cadder, brother of Mr. Stirling of Keir, the father of the present esteemed M.P. for Perthshire, and chief partner of the then great house of Stirling, Gordon Co., of this city. Mr. Watson selected, as his referee, Mr. Chas. M'Intosh of Dunchattan, father-in-law of the then Mr. Horrocks of Tillichewan Castle (now the property of the esteemed Mr. Campbell of Tillichewan, whose amiable father we shall surely come to notice by-and-bye, if we are spared), and next, perhaps, to the late Mr. Charles Tennant of St. Rollox, Mr. M'Intosh was one of the greatest chemists of the age. None more honourable - none, apparently, more sagacious - none with a loftier sense of what was supposed to be due between one gentleman and another, than these two referees we have thus described. Mr. Robt. Aitken, of the Bank of Scotland, then in Miller Street - father of the present Mr. Robt. Aitken of Messrs. 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.