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all remember alas ! it is now only in memory that we can 

 recall the pleasure how often he has charmed as well as 

 instructed us here j how often, in his prelections from this 

 desk, the clear, scientific exposition has been enlivened and 

 adorned by his graceful play of fancy. ... At the risk of 

 intruding within the domain sacred to private friendship, I 

 would venture to say, that a gentler, nobler, more true- 

 hearted man we have not left among us." 



Biographical notices appeared in many of the periodicals 

 of the day. From one by his friend, Dr. John Brown, we 

 have made extracts occasionally. In a French Review, 

 L'Abbe Moigno says, "Sa mort a un age si peu avance 

 (quarante et un ans) est presque un malheur national." l 

 From America there soon rebounded similar testimonies : 

 " The University of Edinburgh has lately suffered severely 

 by the death of one of its most distinguished teachers. The 

 department of science has been specially unfortunate. Since 

 the death of the venerable Jameson, Professor Forbes, 

 whose fine genius and extensive erudition gave promise of 

 an illustrious life, has been laid in the sepulchre of his 

 fathers ; and ere yet his country, and we may say the world 

 of science, has ceased to mourn for this most gifted of her 

 children, another equally honourable and beloved has been 

 laid in the dust. The name of Professor George Wilson, 

 whose recent appointment as Regius Director of the Indus- 

 trial Museum of Scotland, and to the Professorship of 

 Technology in the University of Edinburgh, was hailed 

 with so much satisfaction by all who had any acquaint- 

 ance, either with his personal character or numerous contri- 

 butions to literature and science, will, we are sure, be held 

 in lasting and affectionate remembrance." 2 



1 " Cosmos," le 6 Janvier 1860. 



2 " The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist," June, 1860. 



