Excerpt from The Life of George Matheson, D.D., LL. D., F. R. S. E I desire to express, in a word, my indebtedness to the many friends who so readily responded to my appeal for help in the preparation of this volume. To Miss Matheson in particular I owe much. She unreservedly placed in my hands the Literary Remains of her brother and all the materials in her possession that might aid me in my work. She gave me, besides, much information regarding his early life, and cleared up many points of doubt and difficulty. My cordial thanks are also due to the Rev. John Anderson, b.d., and the Rev. W. S. Provand, m.a., for revising the proofs; to the Rev. R. S. V. Logie, m.a., for preparing the index; and to my friend, Dr. William Wallace, for again placing his invaluable literary experience and. 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.