ANECD OTES 



LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC 



ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE 



CHARACTERS, HABITS, AND CONVERSATION OF 

 MEN OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE 



WILLIAM KEDDIE, 

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SECRETARY TO THE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW 



LONDON 



CHARLES GRIFFIN AND COMPANY 



STATIONERS' HALL COURT 



1863 



