Excerpt from HamewithThe child of an earlier generation, I was capable of read ing verses in my youth, and even now can do so, retaining at least that faculty of a dead world, just as the last Pict held the secret of brewing the ale from the heather bell.' Mr. Charles Murray's ale (which is excellent) is all brewed from the heather bell, is pure Scots and he sings the songs of our national Zion on a distant and a deadly shore, ' that Of the Transvaal - though this is a mere figure of speech, the Transvaal, like Bohemia, possessing at present no sea coast.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

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