Download or read book The Herald and Genealogist, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint) written by John Gough Nichols and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Herald and Genealogist, Vol. 4 The history of the Order of Baronets has been suspended, but will shortly be resumed. In the mean time numerous instances of Doubtful Baronetcies have been submitted to examination in nearly every Part. Nor have we hesitated to show how frequently the pages of genealogy are impaired by fictitious statements. If we can in some measure shame their fabricators, or if at the least we can teach our readers to discriminate between the true and the false, we shall congratulate ourselves on having rendered some service in the cause of historic truth; and we shall therefore pursue our purpose on public grounds, but with no wish to pass censure where it is not well deserved. During the past year the Lyon office of arms in Scotland has been regulated by act of parliament; and in the present volume will be found all the information regarding its constitution and practice that can be desired. We continue our Heraldic Chronicle, which forms a contemporary record of no little importance. Nor do we relinquish our collections for a Bibliotheca Heraldica, although the number of new works on Heraldry and Genealogy have so far preoccupied our attention during the present volume as to leave no room for those of earlier date. 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.