David Laing, LLDA memoir of his life and literary work . DAVID LAING, A Memoir ofHis Life and Literary Work BY GILBERT GOUDIE, AUTHOR OF the CELTIC AND SCANDINAVIAN ANTIQUITIES OF SHETLAND* EDITOR OF mills DIARY, ETC. ETC. WITH INTRODUCTION BY LORD GUTHRIE EDINBURGH PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION BY T. AND A. CONSTABLE 1913 2^0 Copies printed i^ Ui4Cr^t V PREFACE J It has been said that to write a Life as it shouldbe written it should be done while the memory ofthe man himself is still vivid in the mind of hisbiographer and of others. In the present instance ^^^ more than th
David Laing, LLDA memoir of his life and literary work . DAVID LAING, A Memoir ofHis Life and Literary Work BY GILBERT GOUDIE, AUTHOR OF the CELTIC AND SCANDINAVIAN ANTIQUITIES OF SHETLAND* EDITOR OF mills DIARY, ETC. ETC. WITH INTRODUCTION BY LORD GUTHRIE EDINBURGH PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION BY T. AND A. CONSTABLE 1913 2^0 Copies printed i^ Ui4Cr^t V PREFACE J It has been said that to write a Life as it shouldbe written it should be done while the memory ofthe man himself is still vivid in the mind of hisbiographer and of others. In the present instance ^^^ more than thirty years had passed between Laingsdemise and the time when I was asked to under- V take his memoir. I could yet, however, claim to^ have had the privilege of his acquaintance and to f4\<\ have retained a vivid impression of his request was therefore complied with, thoughnot without hesitation, because the undertakingwas obviously attended with difficulties due to thelapse of time and the uncertainty as to the ade-J quacy of any bio
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