icult of all kinds of composition,--but, as
will be generally admitted, he has introduced a new era into
newspaper writing. If the moral tone of our newspaper press is
higher now than it was twenty-five years ago, we have Mr. Miller in
large degree to thank for it; and to him, too, is to be traced that
purer style and more philosophic spirit which begins to be
discernible in the columns of our public journals.

But the character in which his personal friends will deplore him
most, and will most frequently recall his memory, will be that of
the man. How meek and gentle he was!--how unpretending and modest,
even as a very child!--how true and steady in friendship!--how wise
and playful his mirth!--how ripened and chastened his wisdom!--how
ready to counsel!--how willing to oblige!--how generous and large
his sympathies! No little jealousies, no fretful envyings, had he!
Even in opposition, how noble and manly was he: if a powerful, he
was a fair and open antagonist; and whatever hard blows were
dealt, they were dealt in his own journal. We have seen him in
various moods and in all circumstances; but never did we hear him
utter an unkind or disparaging word of man. He was, too, a sincere
and humble Christian; and the lively faith which he cherished in
the adorable Redeemer and his all-efficacious sacrifice, bore
abundantly its good fruits in a life including no ordinary variety
of condition and trial, and running on to such term as to make
abundantly manifest what manner of man he was.

The article which follows is from the _Edinburgh News_. It is evidently
from the pen of one who was intimately acquainted with Hugh Miller, and
is worthy of attention, not only for its eloquent and discriminating
notices of his works, but also for its statements respecting his great
designs, never, alas, to be accomplished.

It is not many months since we chronicled the death of the greatest
of living Scotsmen, and the prince of modern philosophers--Sir
William Hamilton. These last few days have bereft us of another of
our countrymen not less illustrious, and known all over the world
as one of the princes of geology. We cannot well estimate the loss
which society sustains in the death of Mr. Miller. He occupied a
foremost place among us, and there is none on whom his mantle can
fall. In