Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Story of the University of Edinburgh During Its First Three Hundred Years, Vol. 1 of 2 This book was undertaken in honour of the Ter centenary of the University of Edinburgh, in order that any one who cared might be able to know by what steps the University has arrived at its present position. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.