] 1 4 WOODVILLE : ITS PETS AND ITS PURSUITS. 



which purifies all other tastes, and survives all other rela- 

 tions. 



Soon after their marriage, they took up their abode 

 at Woodville ; and it would be difficult to imagine a more 

 charming retreat than, in Mr Wilson's possession, Wood- 

 ville became. Within a Sabbath-day's journey of his 

 place of worship, the New Greyfriars' Church, it was still 

 nearer to Geoige Square, the dwelling-place of his vener- 

 able uncle, and, ere long, of one of his dearest and most 

 valued friends, Dr R. K. Greville, and scarcely a bowshot 

 from the fine old Grange, where Sir T. D. Lauder mi ah fc 

 be found any day, spinning Highland yarns, or overhaul- 

 ing his fishing-tackle. But, whilst half an hour could 

 transport him to the College Museum or the rooms of the 

 Royal Society, within his own inclosure he had all the 

 delights of a sylvan solitude. By good engineering a do- 

 main of two acres was made to supply, in respectable pro- 

 portions, orchard and lawn, flower-garden and shrubbery; 

 and snugly ensconced amidst the groves of Morningside, 

 it caught the whole sunshine of the winter noon, forgetful 

 of biting blasts and easterly fogs. In front the cottage 

 exhibited little more than the windows of its two public 

 rooms; but, internally, it was a commodious habitation, 

 and gave scope to that hospitality dear to the heart of the 

 owner, but for which there is not always space in the 

 " cottage of gentility." The library was, withal, the dining- 



