Excerpt from Edinburgh Fugitive Pieces: With Letters Containing a Comparative View of the Modes of Living, Arts, Commerce, Literature, Manners, &C, , of Edinburgh, at Different PeriodsAfter the death of her husband, Mrs Creech retired with her young charge to the village of Dalkeith, where she continued to be patronised by the noble family of Lothian, who had bestowed the living of Newbattle on her husband, and at the death of her two daughters, she resided for sometime in Perthshire, and her son, we believe, was for a short period at one of the schools in the town of Perth. They soon, however, re turned to Dalkeith, where Mr Creech received an ex cellent education at the school of Mr Barclay, 'who was one ofthe ablest and most successful teachers of his day, and who had the happiness Of directing the early stu dies of the late Lord Chancellor Loughborough, the late Lord Viscount Melville, and other eminent characters who have since shone in public life.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.