The Story Of Glencoe And Other Poems PDF Download

Excerpt from The Story of Glencoe, and Other Poems In June, 1902, there appeared in the "New York Caledonian" a poem entitled "The Men of Glencoe," which attracted considerable attention among the members of the Order of Scottish Clans." My friend, John H. MacDonald, of New York, after reading it, expressed the opinion that no fitting memorial had yet been written of the men, the women and the children who died in that night over two hundred years ago, in the Valley of Glencoe, and that the spirited interest I had manifested in the sad story seemed to point to me as the one on whom the task should be laid. I shrank from the task as one unfitted for such a theme, but it haunted me and grew upon me, till after a lapse of two years I began to note down the thoughts in that connection that came to me in the leisure hours of an otherwise busy life. The result of my labor of love is now with great diffidence, presented to the descendants of the heroic old race, represented by the Highland Clans of Scotland, whose names have adorned the pages which record the heroism and progress of the worlds history for hundreds of years. The Poem I here respectfully dedicate to the Order of Scottish Clans. 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.