Excerpt from Philip Rollo, Vol. 1 of 2: Or, the Scottish Musketeers<br><br>When we read the memoirs of any eminent man of whom no portrait is extant, we are naturally curious to know what like he was - the colour of his eyes, of his hair, and so forth; and, most fortunately, before entering, upon the adventures of Philip Rollo, we are enabled to afford the reader a pretty good idea of these matters; for at' the same extensive sale, where it was our fortune, to find the a portrait of the cavalier was knocked down to us for a comparative trifle - nothing, absolutely, when we consider that it was a real and well-authenticated Jameso'ne, an artist, so justly esteemed the Vandyke of Scotland, and who studied with Sir Anthony under Rubens at Antwerp.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.