Notes on Historical References to the Scottish Family of Lauder

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No doubt these remarks, however warrantable - nay, necessary in a book so exhaustive as that of Lord Lyndsay's, must appear grandiloquent and altogether out of proportion to the claims of' this small volume; but the general idea which is conveyed may be considered - without presumption - to be common to every work of a similar nature. Others have made use of more forcible terms in the expression of their opinions on the subject but few, if any, have been able to place the whole case in so unassuming, yet persuasive and convincing form, before the impartial reader.