This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of science and literature in Scotland. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

' In the history of Scotland the place is scarcely mentioned; and, indeed, in literary matters is known only from its association with the names of Hugh Miller and the rare figure of Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty, who had followed Charles ...