What was life in Scotland really like in the eighteenth century and before? Some of those who visited the country in days gone by, often making a difficult and dangerous journey to do so, recorded their reactions to their discovery of Scotland in journals, diaries and letters to friends safe at home. This “private literature” has always fascinated Scottish poet Maurice Lindsay, who possesses a large collection of early travel books relating to his native land.
From some of the most vividly entertaining of these personal, but on the whole probably fairly honest accounts, he has compiled an anthology of extended quotations, and set them in their historical and topographical contexts...
This then, is an essential book for anyone interested in Scotland and her people. For those interested in life in general it is an ideal fireside companion.
