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Excerpt from The Charm of Edinburgh: An Anthology
Edinburgh has been praised by many famous pens. The city's beautiful situation has afforded theme for the poet; the romances of its streets have presented the novelist with plots for tales of supreme interest; and in dealing with its past life the historiographer finds ample and rich material. In the following pages have been gathered together poems and prose passages which illustrate the charm of Edinburgh. These, collected under various sections. introduce many famous names, and afford delightful word-pictures of the scenery and life of the Northern metropolis. 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.