CHAPTER VIII. 



VISIT TO EUROPE: RESIDENCE IN EDINBURGH. 



Residence in Edinburgh (continued). Other Eminent Men. Dugald 

 Stewart; a Party at his House. Professor Leslie. Dr. Thomas Thom- 

 son. Dr. (now Sir) David Brewster. Lord Webb Seymour. Dr. 

 Anderson. Earl of Buchan. Lord Rawdon. Mr. Listen. Rev. 

 David Dickson. Rev. Mr. Black. The " Edinburgh Review " ; Infor- 

 mation received from the Publishers. Sir John Stirling and Lady; Ro- 

 mantic History of Lady Sterling. Social Habits in Edinburgh. Result 

 of his Residence in Europe: in Relation to Business; in Relation to 

 Personal Culture and Improvement. Arrival in New York. Visits 

 to Oliver Wolcott. Arrival in New Haven, and Welcome from Presi- 

 dent Dwight. Correspondence with President Dwight, Professors Day 

 and Kingsley, &c. 



MY time was so much engrossed by my professional 

 studies and the engagements connected with them, that 

 I had little leisure, when residing in Edinburgh, to become 

 acquainted with its celebrated men. Several of them I 

 have, however, already mentioned at some length, Hope, 

 Gregory, Murray, Barclay, the Monroes, &c. To Professor 

 Dugald Stewart, I was indebted for very courteous atten- 

 tions, but unfortunately I missed him, both when I called 

 at his house and when he returned my calls. I missed 

 him always in both places, and indeed I thought it very 

 condescending in a man of double my age and of his high 

 reputation, to reiterate his calls at my lodgings. At last, 

 however, we met at an informal soiree. This was held at 

 the house of the distinguished professor, and there was 

 present an interesting group of persons of both sexes. 

 Their manners were easy and polite, and the more so as 

 the refreshments were all served upon several tables in 



