Excerpt from The Life and Times of Montrose: Illustrated From Original Manuscripts, Including Family Papers Now First Published From the Montrose Charter-Chest and Other Private Repositories<br><br>I am sorry that owing to want of space the whole of the poetical pieces are not inserted in the Appendix. But there is less cause for regret as they are collected at the close of the larger work already mentioned; while throughout the present volume are interspersed some of the most favourable specimens, including a few which had hitherto escaped observation.<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.