MEMOIR 



OF 



DR WILLIAM WRIGHT 



X HE mind of the late Dr Wright was frequently 

 occupied, particularly towards the close of his career, 

 with the idea of collecting his scattered papers, on 

 Medical and Botanical suhjects, and giving them to 

 the world in a connected form. The present publica- 

 tion had its origin in a desire to carry into effect the 

 purpose which Dr Wright himself did not live to 

 accomplish. It was afterwards thought desirable that 

 the papers should be accompanied with some biogra- 

 phical account of the author ; for which it appeared 

 that his extensive correspondence would furnish the 

 necessary materials. 



His earliest letters are chiefly addressed to his pa- 

 rents ; and, from the ardent expressions of gratitude 

 with which they are chiefly occupied, as well as from 

 the struggles which they discover to share with them 

 his earliest earnings, it may be inferred, that the rank 

 to which he raised himself in society, in letters and in 

 science, was entirely the result of his own genius and 

 industry. 



