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the winter was not passed before Mr. Black was called 

 away ! Hearing that he was sick, we sent our servant-girl 

 daily to inquire as to his condition. At last she returned 

 one morning and said, " >SVr, he has gone to his rest" a 

 beautiful annunciation of his death. 



The fame of our American Dr. John Mitchell Mason 

 was widely extended in Scotland, and especially in Edin 

 burgh where he was educated. Although they were proud 

 of his talents and eloquence, adorned as they were by a 

 noble person and a commanding voice and manner, he 

 was not permitted to preach in the churches of the Estab 

 lishment, because his family, which was from Scotland, be 

 longed to the Seceders. They regarded him, moreover, as 

 too ornate in his style ; and in London he was censured for 

 eulogizing Colonel Hamilton, who in July, 1804, had fallen' 

 in a duel with Colonel Burr. 



" Edinburgh Review." A curiosity, natural on my part, 

 to know something more of the organization and history 

 of this Review, was gratified by the hospitality of our book 

 seller, Mr. Ross. This kind friend, as he ever proved 

 himself to be. invited me to meet at dinner at his house 

 a party of gentlemen, and among them Messrs. Constable 

 and Hunter, the publishers and proprietors of the Edin 

 burgh Journal. These gentlemen, with great frankness 

 and liberality, communicated to me those facts respecting 

 the origin and plan and execution of this journal which 



I have published in my early travels At dinner, 



at Mr. Hunter's, the next day, I found in him not only 

 hospitality but great intelligence, with an extended knowl 

 edge of books, especially those that are rare and valuable, 

 of which Mr. Hunter was a great collector. I mentioned 

 Mather's " Magnalia," of which I wished to obtain a copy 

 for a friend at home. It was sometime after procured at an 

 expense of seven dollars, but unfortunately was lost from 

 the stage between Edinburgh and Liverpool. Mr. Hun- 





