Excerpt from The Life and Campaigns of Alexander Leslie: First Earl of Leven For the history of Leslie's campaigns I have drawn largely upon the Kings Pamphlets in the British Museum, upon a valuable collection of tracts relating to North Country history in the Library of the Society of Antiquaries of New castle-upon-tyne, and also upon a rare collection of reprints which the courtesy of the Librarian and Committee of the Public Library of that town placed at my disposal. These sources have been especially valuable for the years 1644, 1646 and 1647. For 1639 and 1640 the State Papers, and for 1645 the Lords' Journals have furnished the most detailed information. The authorities upon the Scottish side are comparatively silent through out upon the operations of their army in England, but Sir William Fraser's volumes have been of the utmost value. Since the references to authorities in my notes are given usually in an abbreviated form, I have printed a bibliography on page xvii. 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.