Excerpt from The Antiquary, Vol. 5: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past; January-June, 1882 Feasting held a prominent place in the New Year festivities. Human nature is much the same in all ages and in all countries, and what was done on the banks of the Tiber was done in the north-east corner of Scotland. The old Roman put on his holiday attire, and en joyed the sights to be seen in the streets the inauguration of the magistracy, with all its imposing ceremonies. 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.