Balmerino and its abbey : a parish history with notices of the adjacent district . HCO W OS5 o PS tdinD OX u o 2 P 11E F A C E Since the first edition of this work was pubHshed—so lone ao-oas in the year 1867—new sources of information on many ofthe subjects discussed in it have been laid open, while variousimportant Records have been printed by Government, as wellas by Societies and individuals, and have thus been renderedmore accessible to inquirers. In the pi-esent edition the freshmaterial thus obtained has been utilised, nearly the whole hasbeen re-written, and the narrative has been brou
Balmerino and its abbey : a parish history with notices of the adjacent district . HCO W OS5 o PS tdinD OX u o 2 P 11E F A C E Since the first edition of this work was pubHshed—so lone ao-oas in the year 1867—new sources of information on many ofthe subjects discussed in it have been laid open, while variousimportant Records have been printed by Government, as wellas by Societies and individuals, and have thus been renderedmore accessible to inquirers. In the pi-esent edition the freshmaterial thus obtained has been utilised, nearly the whole hasbeen re-written, and the narrative has been brought down to thepresent time. The volume has grown to a larger size than maybe thought desirable for such a work; but it may be pointedout that, in addition to the kind of matter usually containedin Parish Histories, it embraces a full account of BalmerinoAbbey, which might well have formed a separate treatise. When the first edition was issued, Scottish Parish Historieswere rare: now they are numerous; and the acceptance theyhave generally met with proves that they have sup
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