Grouse disease : its cause and remedies / D.G.F. MacDonald.

  • Macdonald, Duncan George Forbes, 1823?-1884.
Date:
1883
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Grouse disease : its cause and remedies / D.G.F. MacDonald. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    217/228
    Prussia, and by the turbulence and plots of Gambotta and his compeers.”— Critic. “ The flush of success had becharmed the pious King’s conscience to slum- ber, and a spirit of exaction and cruelty carried him away from justice and mercy. The indemnity claimed by the victors is exorbitant, crushing, cruel, —and has received the condemnation of the civilised world.”—Banner. “ Our author states that the Emperor Napoleon possesses great calmness of mind, cool courage, large intellect, rare sagacity, and an exceedingly kind disposition, never turning his back upon a friend. These are excellent qualities which the French nation ought to continue to appreciate.”—Fort- nightly Review. “ Napoleon III. was the best ally of this country of all the sovereigns who ever sat on the throne of France.”—Lord Malmesbury. “ This book is evidently written in the interests of truth and justice, and our author advises ‘ Caesar William ’ and Count Bismarck that moderation has proved the truest wisdom.”—Taunton Courier. “ A truthful and brilliant treatise, exculpating the Emperor Napoleon from the charge that he was eager for war, and showing that it was evident from the first that Prussia had determined to humiliate France. The Doctor also alludes to the shameless spoliation of Denmark.”—British Revieiv. “Dr. Macdonald’s Napoleon III. is an enthusiastic apology for the Emperor, whose great nobleness of sentiment, heroism, and magnanimity, we are told, shines brightly in his dark hour of misfortune.”—Examiner. Eighth Edition. THE HIGHLAND CROFTERS OF SCOTLAND. SOCIALLY CONSIDERED WITH REFERENCE TO PROPRIETORS AND PEOPLE. By DUNCAN GEORGE FORBES MACDONALD, C.E., LL.D., J.P. Author of “ What the Farmers may do with the Land,” “ Estate Management“ Hints on Farming “ Cattle, Sheep, and Deer,” &c. &c. “ Dr. Macdonald has the advantage not only of writing as a Highlander, but of having a thoroughly practical knowledge of the subject, and having had an extensive acquaintance with the management of estates. It is satis- 13