April 12, 2024
Antique The Scottish Chiefs Jane Porter Illustrated Book Scotland History c1831
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In 1831, Jane Porter wrote in her retrospective introduction to this book, The Scottish Chiefs, "In seeking to go back, by the traces of recollection, to the period when the first impression of the heroes which form the story of the Scottish Chiefs was made on my mind, I am carried so completely into the scenes of my infancy, that I feel like one of the children old tales tell of, who, being lost in the wood, tries to find her way home again, by the possibly preserved track of a few corn seeds she had chanced to scatter on the ground as she came." This book was originally written in 1809, when Ms. Porter wrote in the preface to the first edition, "To paint the portrait of one of the most complete heroes that ever filled the page of history, may be a bold, though I hope not a vain design. The contemplation of virtue is an improving, as well as a delightful employment; and however inadequate this picture may be to present its original, William Wallace of Scotland, yet, that it is a copy of such excellence, will be merit in the eyes of those who so love virtue as to venerate its shade." This is wonderful piece of history, albeit fictional, starting in the year 1296 through which we can learn much of Scotland's intricate history. The book is extremely well researched and laid out in understandable language and action rivaling any book
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