Excerpt from Memoirs of His Own Life and Times: 1632-1670 The work here given, under the title of memoirs OF sib. James turner, has been extracted from a volume Of Discourses on various subjects of Philosophy and Literature, in the hand-writing of the author, compiled at different periods of his life; and with the different portions Of which he has connected a history of himself, down to the date of the manuscript in the year 1670. The relation of these bio graphical portions Of the volume to its other contents, will best appear from a Short analysis of the whole, which is subjoined to this Preface; and on the part Of the Editor it may be enough to add, that no libertynotices have been preserved. He was survived by his wife, to whose worth so many affectionate tributes are paid in these Memoirs; and after his death, Lady Turner resided in the family of Lieutenant Ri chard Turnbull, of the Scots Dragoons, (whose wife was probably her near relation, ) first in the neighbourhood of Glasgow, afterwards in the Island Of Arran, at the White House of Lamlash, where she died, as is supposed, about the year 1716. To Mr and Mrs Turnbull, she is reported to have left a considerable sum of money, and other valu able property; and, in particular, there can be no doubt that they re tained the possession of Sir James Turner's manuscripts. 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.