however, elected to
be the first Gifford Lecturer in Edinburgh University, and his admirers
have had to content themselves with that modicum of acknowledgment at
last. He is the author of a critique on Sir William Hamilton's theory of
perception, on Huxley's doctrine of protoplasm, and on Darwinianism,
besides a translation of SCHWEGLER'S "History of Philosophy," with
notes, a highly serviceable work. His answer to Huxley is crushing. He is
the avowed enemy of the Aufklaerung and of all knowledge that consists of
mere Vorstellungen and does not grasp the ideas which they present; _b_.
1820.

STIRLING, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, EARL OF, poet, born at Menstrie, near
Alloa; was for a time tutor to the family of Argyll; was the author of
sonnets called "Aurora," some curious tragedies, and an "Elegy on the
Death of Prince Henry"; he was held in high honour by James VI. and
followed him to London, obtained a grant of Nova Scotia, and made
Secretary of State for Scotland; he has been ranked as a poet with
Drummond of Hawthornden, who was his friend (1580-1640).

STIRLING-MAXWELL, See MAXWELL, STIRLING.

STIRLING (17), the county town of Stirlingshire, and one of the most
ancient and historically-interesting cities of Scotland; occupies a fine
site on the Forth, 36 m. NW. of Edinburgh and 29 m. NE. of Glasgow; most
prominent feature is the rocky castle hill, rising at the westward end of
the town to a height of 420 feet, and crowned by the ancient castle, a
favourite Stuart residence, and associated with many stirring events in
Scottish history, and utilised now as a garrison-station; interesting
also are "Argyll's Lodging," Greyfriars Church (Pointed Gothic of the
15th century), the fine statue of Bruce, &c.; has manufactures of
tartans, tweeds, carpets, &c., and a trade in agricultural and mining
products.

STIRLINGSHIRE (126), a midland county of Scotland, stretching E. and
W. from Dumbarton (W.) to the Forth (E.); between Lanark (S.) and Perth
(N.) it forms the borderland between the Lowlands and the Highlands; Loch
Lomond skirts the western border, and on the northern Loch Katrine,
stretching into Perthshire; Ben Lomond and lesser heights rise in the
NW.; main streams are the Avon, Carron, Bannock, &c.; between Alloa and
Stirling stretches the fertile and well-cultivated plain, "The Carse of
Stirling"; in the W. lies a portion of the great western coal-field, from
which coal and iron-stone are largely extracted; pri