Excerpt from History Banking in ScotlandIN presenting a reprint of this work, the writer desires to acknowledge the appreciative spirit in which the first edition was received. He has endeavoured to give effect to the kindly criticism which was evoked, and to supply to some extent what was lacking in the first essay. It has been a great pleasure to him to find that what was a labour of love has been of service to the students, and of occasional interest to the older members of the banking profession. If the present emendation prove as helpful as he is assured the original effort has proved, he will be abundantly satisfied.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.