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Spottiswoode & Co
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Spottiswoode
An estate ledger of 1752-1793, lost since the dispersal sale of Spottiswoode in 1935, is the bases of this enquiry into a once-famous family, their estate and their contribution to the history of Scotland. From his detailed study of the ledger, Tom Barry has identified the 18th-century John Spottiswoode as one of the important agricultural improvers of his age. workmen and tenants, turning a barren stretch of the Lammermuirs into what was to become a paradise of forest and productive farmland. tracing the Berwickshire family through its evolution from turbulent Lammermuir land holders, through dignitaries of Church and state under the Stuarts, to canny lawyers and men of business under the Hanoverians, and fully fledged members of the British upper class under Queen Victorian. During all that time, the family name and blood spread throughout Britain and the colonies, and, through Governor Alexander Spotswood of Virginia, through the United States.
Fishing and Flying
As a pilot and a fisherman, Lieutenant Commander Terence Horley traveled between two very different worlds. From the remote highlands of Scotland to the quiet creeks of Cornwall, Horley details his adventurous life in Fishing and Flying. Though the roar of a two-thousand horsepower engine may seem incompatible with a love of quiet waters, Horley sees them as complementary. He describes packing his fishing-rod and a box of flies into the gun wells of a fighter or the baggage space of a transport plane, so he is always prepared for an impromptu fishing trip. He recounts how he encountered a fighter pilot during the height of the Battle of Britain beside a Hampshire chalk stream. Both men had flown many hours that day in almost continuous combat with the enemy, and they discovered the peace for which they were struggling on the banks of that simple stream. Written with knowledge and zest and including woodcut illustrations throughout, Fishing and Flying displays the simple beauty of both the open air and its freedom and of the countryside's quiet rivers and lochs, making it a wonderful addition to the In Arcadia series.
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