Oor ain folk times

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS ON 'OOR AIN FOLK.'
" His powers of description are utilised in many good scenes of
rustic life . . . many happy sketches of the natural beauties of the
Braes of Angus — many anecdotes . . . both fresh and forcible." —
Athoueum.
" Really interesting and amusing ; there are few of his own
nationality who will not be deeply interested in parts of these
'memories of manse life.' The central figure is that of no common
man, and it must possess an interest even for those who can claim
no kindred with his country, and whose lines have been cast in far
different places." — Saturday Review.
"With such stories the volume sparkles. The student and
historian of Scotland and Scottish manners in the first half of the
nineteenth century will find it both entertaining as a sketch book,
and invaluable as a record." — Montrose Standard.
" No more genial and entertaining book has been issued from the
press since Dean Ramsay printed his Reminiscences of Scottish Life
and Character . . . tells his stories with such gusto and felicity of
language . . . written with great vigour and freshness . . . will be
read with genuine pleasure and interest by all who can enjoy the
native humour of the Scottish peasantry." — People's Friend.
" 'This chatty and charming book.' . . . His fascinating pages. . . .
As for the anecdotes of Scottish life and character, forming a fine
supplement to the collection of Dean Ramsay, which are packed into
Mr. Inglis's pages, we are really at a loss how to sample them, they
are all so good. Some of the drinking stories . . . are inimitable." —
The Daily Chronicle.
"Contains a vivid picture of humble manse life, and the struggles
of the Disruption, and above all is frill of ' pawky ' stories. He has
been before the public already as 'Maori,' and should attract fresh
readers by his new book." — Pall Mall Gazette.
"Scots folk all the world over will feel that they owe a debt of
gratitude to Mr. Inglis for the charming volume of reminiscences
which he has just produced. It is sure not only of a welcome but of
a perpetual resting-place on the shelves of even the most crowded
library.
" Contains a store of admirable Scottish stories, many of them
quite new to us, that can only be compared in quality to the classic
collection of Dean Ramsay. . . A great treat to all true Scotchmen." —
Glasgow Herald.
"A perfect treasure-house of good things." — Arbroath Herald.
" Much that is of public interest . . . many pleasant glimpses of a
rural Scotland which has vanished as completely as the Flood. . . .
Many of his stories are fresh, pointed, and racy of the Soil," etc. —
Daily Free Press (Aberdeen).
" Of value as a historical record of Scottish rural life during the
past hundred years. No musty chronicle of dry-as-dust facts. Every
page is brightened either by a vivid description of scenery, a comical
anecdote, or a witty retort, and the reader must be a morose mortal
indeed who does not enjoy the brisk humour of the narrator." — Dundee
Advertiser.
" Wonderfully graphic and realistic. . . . We are introduced to
many fine types of Scotch character, many quaint customs and habits,
and a diversified mass of amusing and out-of-the-way information,"
etc. — North British Daily Mail.