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Excerpt from Pleasant Memories of a Busy Life
Removal to Edinburgh - Appointed one of the sub-editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica - Engaged in writing biographies - The editor, Professor T. S. Traill - My labours - Adam Black - Smuggling anecdote - My associates - James Cand lish - David Kay - John Downes - Spalding's opinion on literature as a profession. 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.
