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Excerpt from Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence of William Smellie, F. R. S. And F. A.S, Vol. 1 of 2: Late Printer in Edinburgh, Secretary and Superintendant of Natural History to the Society of Scottish Antiquaries, &C Edinburgh without having been submitted to his consideration. Of this position a strong confirmation is afforded in the following extract Of a letter from a respectable and worthy clergyman of the Church of Scotland, who was several years corrector to the late Mr smellie, and made this communication to his son and successor in June 1810. 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.