r"7()^. on manufactures in G'asgo^iO, £ft 



connovfseur in sptcial dtporttnenu it may net be deemed 

 particulaily excellent •, yet he writes in general, like a per- 

 son who has made diiigent researches, and is well inform- 

 ed on every subject he investigates. The stile is clear, 

 concise, and unaftected. On the whole this performance 

 will afford much satisfaction to the candid inquirer after 

 knowledge; and gives a very favourable specimen of the 

 literary acquirements of the clergy of this country in gene- 

 ral J for the author appears not ever to h'ave been in a si- 

 tuation or circumstances peculiarly favourable for the at- 

 tainment of knowledge j yet the progrcfs he has made 

 will give a considerable degree of respectability to his 

 work among the candid. 



The following extract is given as a specimen of the 

 work. Some others will perhaps be given in this journal 

 on future occasions. 



An account of the oRicin of Manufactures in Glasgow 



The name of Flakeficld, took its rise from a place called 

 Flakcfield, in the upper part of the paritli. About the 

 middle of the last century two young men of the name o£ 

 Wilson, the one from Flakefield and the^ other from the 

 neighbourhood, went to Glasgow and commenced mer- 

 chants. The samenefs of the name had occasioned fre- 

 quent mistakes in the way of their businefs. To prevent 

 this, the one was, for the sake of distinction, in a fliort 

 time, known from the other by the cognomen. Flakefield, 

 the place of his birth. His real siiname soon become 

 obsolete, and he was afterwards called by the name of 

 Flakeheld, which, in place of Wilson, has descended to 

 bis posterity. 



To this man's son the city of Glasgow, !■?, in a great 

 measure, indebted for her present opulence and trade. 



