Contains some interesting anecdotes about the life of a Scottish doctor in the early 20th century. Skips about in time too much to be a coherent narrative. I gather from the front matter in the book that Halliday previously wrote an autobiography entitled The Arches of the Years. Maybe this is the bits he forgot to put in or couldn't fit in on the first go-round. Without a storyline, though, it didn't really hold my interest. ( )