description: Excerpt from Sketches of Old Times and Distant Places The object I had originally in view was merely to hand down among my own relations and private friends a kind remembrance of auld lang syne, and many that are now gone; and it was not till recently that I resolved to give my reminiscences a wider circulation.
language: English
title: Sketches of Old Times and Distant Places
titlecomplete: Sketches of Old Times and Distant Places
characters: Archibal Alison, Adam Smith, philosopher
publisher: Adamant Media Corporation