Excerpt from Rural Rhymes and Sketches in East Lothian But, indeed, if, in the long dreary fore-nights and other odd times in the solitudes of the country, these slight and rustic effusions should be found to yield my late compeers - the sons and daughters of the soil - a little desiderated entertainment of a mental or an amusing character, then for this, if for no other reason, I shall be heartily glad that my quondam lucubrations have been rescued from imme diate obscurity. 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.