the author's method of using some of the more
formidable figures of speech; while over against these may be set some
on purely literary subjects, which show the genial tenderness of his
disposition towards those who aspired to serve God and their generation
by giving to the world the fruit of their imagination, their labour,
and their leisure.

I have not determined the selection without securing the counsel and
approval of men on whose judgment I could rely. It only remains for me
to thank them, and in an especial way to thank Mr. D. O. Hill for the
portrait which forms the frontispiece. An impersonal reference to a
similar portrait taken at the same time will be found at page 184, in
the article on 'The Calotype.'

JOHN DAVIDSON.

_London, March 8, 1870._

CONTENTS

PAGE

THOUGHTS ON THE EDUCATIONAL QUESTION, 1

LORD BROUGHAM, 105

THE SCOTT MONUMENT, 111

THE LATE MR. KEMP, 119

ANNIE M'DONALD AND THE FIFESHIRE FORESTER, 123

A HIGHLAND CLEARING, 136

THE POET MONTGOMERY, 146

CRITICISM--INTERNAL EVIDENCE, 151

THE SANCTITIES OF MATTER, 161

THE LATE REV. ALEXANDER STEWART, 170

THE CALOTYPE, 179

THE TENANT'S TRUE QUARREL, 190

CONCLUSION OF THE WAR IN AFFGHANISTAN, 199

PERIODICALISM, 206

'ANNUS MIRABILIS,' 215

EFFECTS OF RELIGIOUS DISUNION ON COLONIZATION, 223

FINE-BODYISM, 232

ORGANSHIP, 240

BAILLIE'S LETTERS AND JOURNALS, 249

FIRST PRINCIPLES, 262

AN UNSPOKEN SPEECH, 269

DISRUPTION PRINCIPLES, 280

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CRIMEAN WAR, 293

THE POETS OF THE CHURCH, 302

THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 315

A VISION OF THE RAILROAD,