The Scottish Review, Vol. 31

Excerpt from The Scottish Review, Vol. 31: January and April, 1898 E may as well state at the outset that Lord Bute has laid all lovers of Heraldry under a debt of gratitude to him hy.the publication of this book and in its mere physical aspect its possessors have something to be proud of. It is be comingly, not to say handsomely, clad in white, with 'end papers of the most delightful shade of red heraldically, in deed, it might be described, reversing the ordinary blazon of a lambrequin, as argent doubled gules,' but on the other hand it would hardly do to judge it by this technical standard as the title is lettered in gold, a conjunction of metal on metal which 'would make the authors, who are nothing if not purists, aghast with horror. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.