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married to the Earl of Elgin. More than seventy 

 years after this I had a visit from the Dean of 

 Westminster and Lady Augusta Stanley, her 

 daughter ; a very charming person, who told me 

 about her family, of which I had heard nothing 

 for years. I was very happy to see the Dean, one 

 of the most liberal and distinguished members of 

 the Church of England, and son of my old friend 



the late Bishop of Norwich. 



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When I returned to Edinburgh Mr. Nasmyth 

 was much pleased with the progress I had made in 

 painting, for, besides having copied several land- 

 scapes he had lent me, I had taken the outline 

 of a print and coloured it from a storm I saw at 

 the end of our garden. This picture I still possess. 



Dr. Blair, minister of the High Kirk of Edin- 

 burg"h, the well-known author and professor of 

 Ehetoric and Belles Lettres in the University, an 

 intimate friend of my grandfather's, had heard of 

 my turn for painting, and asked my mother to let 

 him see some of my pictures. A few of the best 

 were sent to him, and were returned after a few 

 days accompanied by a long letter from the old 

 gentleman, pointing out what he admired most in 

 each picture. I was delighted with the letter, and 

 not a little vain of the praise. 



