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CHAPTER IV. 

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MY OPINION OF MY FRIEND CHARLES STUART - DEATH OF MY 

 BROTHER PETER I AM ADMITTED ADVOCATE - PROFESSION 

 DISTASTEFUL - CORRESPONDENCE WITH SIR JOSEPH BANKS - 

 WORK AT " COLONIAL POLICY" - LEADING MEN OF THE SCOTCH 

 BAR - HARRY ERSKINE - BLAIR - CHARLES HOPE MACONOCHIE 

 (LORD MEADOWBANK) CRANSTOUN (LORD COREHOUSE) JAMES 

 REDDIE - WALTER SCOTT - JEFFREY - THE ' EDINBURGH RE- 

 VIEW ' SYDNEY SMITH'S ACCOUNT CRITICISED JEFFREY'S AND 

 HORNER'S ACCOUNT MY OWN HISTORY OF IT THE EARLY 

 CONTRIBUTORS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS - PROGRESS OF 

 THE ' REVIEW,' AND ITS INFLUENCE ON POLITICS AND LITERA- 

 TURE - LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EARLY NUMBERS, AND 

 NAMES OF THEIR AUTHORS - ANECDOTES OF JEFFREY AND HIS 

 COADJUTORS. 



IT was observable that during our shipwreck, Stuart, 

 who was an old traveller by land and by water, and 

 never for a moment was disconcerted or lost his pre- 

 sence of mind, yet had a much worse opinion of our 

 chances of escape, and was much more impressed 

 with the dangers of our situation than I, a mere 

 novice in travel. I was sanguine because I was in- 

 experienced. During our whole intimacy for seven 

 months, I had constant occasion to mark, more than 



