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Excerpt from Glasgow and Its Environs: A Literary, Commercial, and Social Review, Past and Present; With a Description of Its Leading Mercantile Houses and Commercial Enterprises Tratten's glasgow treats of the Commercial Capital of Scotland, it is S believed, after a new and unique fashion. Besides picturing the romance of the past, it describes the busy activity of the Glasgow of the present day. In the Historical Glimpses it makes the old days of its rise and growth live againfand tells the story of its Cathedral, its University, and its Municipal Build ing. In its Review of the present mercantile life of the City, it introduces the readers of the leading houses of business, chief industries, enterprising firms. 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.