'CHRISTOPHER NORTH.'

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'CHRISTOPHER NORTH'

A MEMOIR OF JOHN WILSON

LATE PROFESSOR OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

COMPILED

FROM FAMILY PAPERS AND OTHER SOURCES

BY HIS DATER

MRS. GORDON.

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VOL. II.

EDINBURGH

EDMONSTON AND DOUGLAS

1862.

Thin
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18476

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

CHAPTER X.

THE PROFESSOR AND HIS CLASS.

His Syllabus-The Professor in his Sporting Jacket-Adven-

ture in Hawick-" A little Mill"-Makes two Students at

home in Ann Street-The Professor and his "Children" at

St. Mary's Loch-Mr. Hill Burton's Reminiscences of the

winter of 1830-A market-day at Tarland-A kind Teacher

-A Dinner at Gloucester Place-His Class-Saturday-A

Snow-ball Riot-Any Old Clothes?" Sir Peter Nimmo"

and the poet Wordsworth-Dr. Syntax-A "Conservative"

Meeting-Politics in the Class-Rev. Mr. Smith's Recollec-

tions of 1837-As a Lecturer-His Course for 1837-1838-

Illustration, the Love of Power-His Power as an Orator—

"The Demosthenes of Ireland"-An Episode in the Class-

Room-His Care and Industry in Examining the Students'

Essays His Kindness to them privately-The Session for

1850-1851-Mr. A. Taylor Innes-" Professor Wilson's Gold

Medal"-The Origin of the Moral Faculty-His Appearance

in the Class-Room-An Unmannerly Student,

CHAPTER XI.

LITERARY AND DOMESTIC LIfe.

1820-26.

Lays from Fairy-Land-Devotion to the Magazine, and Friend-
ship for Mr. Blackwood-Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life
-A Summer in Elleray once more-Letter from Mr. Black-
wood-Letter from Mr. Lockhart on Mr. Leigh Hunt-The
Gormandizing School of Eloquence-Miss Edgeworth, etc. etc.

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