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The reprint will therefore contain within itself recorded
history, along with traditions. The proofs of this reprint
now before me contain all the purely traditional part, and
what strikes me most is its general faithfulness to recorded
history, and the elucidatory light it throws thereon. But
on the other hand traditions always confuse chronology and
obliterate or expand periods of time without remorse. I
have much pleasure in sending you for an appendix to the
reprint a few notes which will, I hope, help to give the book
a decent historical backbone, and to atone for the defects
of tradition.
I remain,
Yours truly,
DUNCAN CAMPBELL.
Sir Donald Currie, K.C.M.G., M.P.
of Garth and Glenlyon,
Fortin°all, Perthshire.

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Lairds of Glenlyon
DescriptionHistorical sketches relating to the districts of Appin, Glenlyon, and Breadalbane. [With special reference to Sir Donald Currie of Garth and Glenlyon.] By Duncan Campbell. Perth : [Printed by] S. Cowan & Co., 1886. A collection of the author's articles contributed to the “Perthshire Advertiser” between August, 1855, and June, 1858, revised and republished for Sir Donald Currie. Printed for private circulation.
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