Book of Kingussie

Pref ace
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presenting " The Book of Kingussie " to our readers we are conscious of
many reasons for humility. Our critics will doubtless point out our many
faults, but we are not offering prizes for their discovery. This little book is
not meant to be a guide-book. It is simply intended to form a souvenir of the
Golf Club Bazaar of 1911. If, however, it helps, even in a very humble way,
to bring the claims of Kingussie before those who have never hitherto visited us,
we shall feel satisfied.
We desire here to express our thanks to all who have assisted us in the pro-
duction of the following pages, and particularly the contributors of articles and
sketches. We are indebted to Messrs. Valentine & Sons, 1907, Ltd., Dundee,
for the block of the Old Golf-house, and to Mr. Jas. Johnstone, our publisher, for
the use of a number of his blocks and photographs. We have also to acknow-
ledge the courtesy of the proprietors of "The Inverness Courier," the editor of
"The Daily Mirror," and the editor of "The London Magazine" in lending us
blocks. We are likewise indebted to Mr. James Mackintosh, Westfield, Kingussie,
for his able and willing assistance in procuring old photographs of Kingussie and its
Provosts, and also for several of the modern pictures, which he has specially taken
for this work.
Our special thanks are due - to Mr. Geo. C. Campbell, Secretary of the Golf
Club, for his indefatigable labours in securing the advertisements, without which the
book could not have been produced profitably.
It only remains for us now to express the hope that our readers will not be
merely borrowers, but will heartily expend the small amount necessary to make them
owners for themselves, of "The Book of Kingussie."