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A Sketch for Working Men (1862)
The following Sketch of the Life and Character of Hugh Miller, originally formed a series of articles which appeared in the Northern Daily Express, tinder the heading, "Sketches of Working Men." These articles excited considerable interest at the time of their appearance, and the Compiler of these pages thought it desirable to give them a form in which they would obtain a wider circulation and exert a more permanent influence than could be expected from isolated articles, running through a long series of the numbers of a local newspaper. He therefore applied to the Proprietor of the Northern Daily Express for permission to reprint the Sketch in its present form.
To this application Mr. J. H. Rutherford, Manager of the Express, courteously replied, and stated, that there was no objection to the compilation of the articles referred to, and the applicant was at perfect liberty to quote his authority.
It only remains for the Compiler to express his earnest wish, that the reading of his little book may be as useful to all into whose hands it may fall, as its compilation has been to him.
You can read this book at http://www.electricscotland.com/history/miller/
This book is part of our work to bring you interesting biographies of significant Scots. This series is part of our work to try and identify some common traits which might explain the huge success of Scots all over the world.
Alastair
The following Sketch of the Life and Character of Hugh Miller, originally formed a series of articles which appeared in the Northern Daily Express, tinder the heading, "Sketches of Working Men." These articles excited considerable interest at the time of their appearance, and the Compiler of these pages thought it desirable to give them a form in which they would obtain a wider circulation and exert a more permanent influence than could be expected from isolated articles, running through a long series of the numbers of a local newspaper. He therefore applied to the Proprietor of the Northern Daily Express for permission to reprint the Sketch in its present form.
To this application Mr. J. H. Rutherford, Manager of the Express, courteously replied, and stated, that there was no objection to the compilation of the articles referred to, and the applicant was at perfect liberty to quote his authority.
It only remains for the Compiler to express his earnest wish, that the reading of his little book may be as useful to all into whose hands it may fall, as its compilation has been to him.
You can read this book at http://www.electricscotland.com/history/miller/
This book is part of our work to bring you interesting biographies of significant Scots. This series is part of our work to try and identify some common traits which might explain the huge success of Scots all over the world.
Alastair