After Fifty Years ~ Paperback ~ William Garden Blaikie

Excerpt from After Fifty Years: Or Letters of a Grandfather on Occasion of the Jubilee of the Free Church of Scotland in 1893 The thought of writing an account of the origin and subsequent progress of the Free Church in letters to his grandchildren, was simmering in the mind of the author, when he received a request from the Publications Committee of the Free Church to write a narrative that, while suitable to the rising generation, might be interesting and instructive to all. This request led him in some degree to modify, without altogether abandoning, his original plan. The familiar style of letters has been retained, and the grandfather has not been altogether superseded. It will be understood that, while this little book goes forth with the general sanction of the Publications Committee, the author alone is responsible for all that it contains. 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.