Excerpt from Memoirs of the Rev. John McDowell, D. D: And the Rev. William A. McDowell, D. D The letters Of personal recollections from his friends are introduced without any reference to the fact that they necessarily include consider able repetition. But as each friend has described him in his own way, and as each has written out Of the fulness of an affectionate remembrance, it is presumed that any uniformity necessarily in eident to a description of the same subject, will be more than compensated by the fine genial tone and excellent taste, by which the letters are pervaded. 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.