LIFE AND LETTERS OF 



JAMES DAVID FORBES, F.R.S., 



D.C.L., LL.D., 



I.ATE PRINCIPAL OF THE UNITED COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDRKWS. 

 SOMETIME PROFK8SOR OK NATURAL PHILOSOPHY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EUIXBl'KOn, 



FORMERLY SECRETARY R.8.E., 



CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE, 

 ETC. ETC. ETC. 



BY JOHN CAMPBELL SHAIRP, LL.D., 



Principal of the United College of the University of St. Andrews, 



PETER GUTHRIE TAIT, M.A., 



Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh, 

 AND 



A. ADAMS-EEILLY, F.E.G.S. 





\VIT11 PORTRAITS, MAT, AX It ILLUSTRATIONS. 



ILonUon : 



MACMILLAN AND CO. 

 1873. 



jfU of Translation 



