Excerpt from Letters From the Mountains, Vol. 1 of 2: Being the Real Correspondence of a Lady, Between the Years 1773 and 1807 The death of mrs. Grant OF laggan in 1838, and the subsequent publication of her memoirs and correspondence in 1844, have revived the public interest in her earlier writings; and, in order to meet the numerous inquiries for one of the most popular of these productions, the letters from the moun tains, which have been for some years out of print, the present Edition has been revised and carefully corrected by her Son. The Editor has also, occasion ally, introduced some short explanatory notes respect ing the persons and incidents referred to in the Correspondence, and several letters, not included in the former editions have been added. 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.