Excerpt from Surveys of Scottish History The Essays to which I am writing a few words of preface are typical of his detached outlook. Whether he was dis cussing the general method which the historian ought to employ, or whether he was estimating with judicial calmness the services to their country in the days gone by of the Scottish nobles, there is the same characteristic tone as we are con scious of in his History of Scotland and in his earlier volumes on Buchanan and Knox. The author is always suggesting to us that there is a larger scheme of life than that immediately under consideration, a harmony in reference to which men and their affairs must be estimated. No one had better Opportunities than I was privileged to possess of watching the growth of the sense of that harmony in his mind. His studies were literary rather than philosophical. 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.