Excerpt from Robert Fergusson I can in integrity affirm that I have spared no pains to fulfil a lifelong cherished purpose of adequately writing the Life of Robert Fergusson, and I indulge the hope that at long last something like a worthy Life is now furnished. Exigencies Of space compel me to suppress a full biblio graphy of the Poems, critical Essays home and foreign, notes On Portraits, etc. Etc., that I had prepared. 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.