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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in great condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Many things have happened in the County of Sutherland as well as in the Highlands generally since 1840 – 41 when Donald MacLeod wrote to the Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle about “the Sutherland Clearances” and even since the later portions of this work were called forth by Mrs. Beecher Stowe’s attempt in her “Sunny Memories” to whitewash the house of Sutherland after its defilement from contact with the fire and crow-bar brigade of that county. To many interested in the Highlands of Scotland the title of this book has been long familiar and the name of Donald MacLeod has long been esteemed and honoured. Few however of the present generation have read the “Gloomy Memories” as the earlier editions are long out of print and but comparatively few of the Canadian edition published in 1857 reached this country. In these circumstances it may be interesting to give a few facts regarding the author of this patriotic work and the causes which led him to publish his “Gloomy Memories.” (LL)