Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Chronicles of Gretna Green, Vol. 1 of 2
The following Work must not be mistaken for a fiction: it is not a fiction, it is a history. If we have not everywhere preserved the sedate and plodding doggedness of the grave historian, this will nothing invalidate our veracity; for we believe we may confidently say, that we have not brought forward any fact, professedly as such, without having had good authority for so doing. Our materials and our anecdotes were collected in the parish of Gretna Green itself, and that, too, from such sources as may he held worthy of credit. That portion of the Work most pleasurable to the general taste, will, perhaps, he the Second Volume, or the portion which comes down nearer to the present day; hut if there arc any persons living who have visited the Hymeneal shrine of Gretna, (which no doubt there are, ) we hope they will not feel offended at anything these pages contain. Our purpose has not been to annoy any one, hut only to write a history. 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.
