Excerpt from Autobiographic Reminiscences I have been frequently told that my name was in my uncle's will; and I think this very likely, for he left something less or more to all his relatives. My father, however, did not, so far as I know, in any way interfere in the matter and I myself, although in Aberdeen I dwelt pretty near to my aunt to the end of her days, never in any of my call which were not very frequent, mooted the subject, nor did she. 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.