X CONTENTS. 



and Liberal Commentary — Criticism on Tennyson — Letter to Mrs. "Wilson on his Cruise with 



the Experimental Squadron— London — Greenwich — H. M. S. the " Vernon" — Sheerness — On 



board the " Vernon"— A Sailor's Death at Sea— Plymouth— The " Campeadora"— The "Vernon" 



-Holystoning — Off the Lizard— Land's End— Cork— London and Home Pages 328-350 



CHAPTER XIV. 



LITERARY AND DOMESTIC LIFE. 



1832-'37. 



Letter from an Author to a Critic — Political Feeling — Paper on Ebenezer Elliot, and Letter from 

 him — " Come and break a ton" of iron — Letter from Mr. Audubon — From Rev. James White 

 of Bonchurch — Letters to James Hogg — "The Shepherd's Reconciliation" — An Autumn in 

 Ettrick— Rover and the Witch— Pets— A Dog Fighi— Thirlstane Castle— Letters to Mrs. "Wilson 

 from Edinburgh — Mr. Blackwood's Illness and Death— Letters from the Clyde to Mrs. Wilson — 

 Public Dinner at Paisley — Last Letter from Mrs. Wilson to her Sister — Illness and Death of 

 Mrs. Wilson 359-383 



CHAPTER XV. 



LITERARY AND DOMESTIC LIFE. 



1837-M4. 



Depression of Spirits — Life at Eoslin — Marriage of his Daughters — His main work that of a 

 Teacher — His little ways at Home — Pets — The Sparrow — His Dogs : Bronte — Tory — Grog — 

 Game Birds — A new Coop — A Note to Delta on the Dispersion of his Aviary — Work for the 

 Year — Letters to Mr. Aird on Burns — Had Burns Family Worship at Dumfries ? — The Pro- 

 fessor's Study — Writing for Blackwood — Habits of Composition — Letter to Mr. Findlay from 

 Rothesay — Cladich — A Fairy's Funeral — Letter to his Daughter describing Billholm — Review 

 of Macaulay's Lays — Letter to Dr. Moir .3S3-407 



CHAPTER XVI. 



LITERARY AND DOMESTIC LIFE 



1844-M8. 



i haractcristic Letters from John Gibson Lockhart — The Kemp Absurdity — Maga — Novel Read- 

 ing, etc. — Letter to his son John on Domestic matters — "The Kemn Affair" — Walking Feats — 

 The Burns Festival — Letter to Sheriff Gordon— Letters from Sergeant Talfourd, excusing him- 

 self from attendance at the "Festival" — Letter to Aird — Letter to his daughter Jane — Fishing 

 in the Dochart — Letter to his daughter Jane — Maga Articles resumed in 1845 — British Critics — 

 Elleray — Letter to Sheriff Gordon, asking him to edit an Article of his for Blackwood — Opening 

 of Edinburgh Philosophical Institution, of which he was elected President — Melancholy Reflec- 

 tions — Letter to Mr. Findlay requesting his presence at the Marriage of his son John — Visit to 

 the newly Married Pair — Resolves not to return to Elleray — Weakness in the Hand, writes con- 

 sequently with difficulty — Byron's " Address to the Ocean" — Peculiarities of Dress — Still in 

 Mourning for his Wife — A Street Scene — A Carter defeated — Humanity to Animals — Visits to 

 London — Sitting for a Portrait— Conversational Powers — Reminiscences of Social Meetings — 

 Jeffrey's Receptions — Lord Robertson — The Professor's Songs — Sailor's Life at Sea — Auld 

 Lang Sync — " A Quaint Ballad" 407-132 



CHAPTER XVII. 



CLOSING YEARS. 

 1849-'54 



•■ Dies Boreales" — Rituals of the Church — The Scottish Service — Marriage of his youngest daugh- 

 ter to Professor Aytoun — Playful ways — Toilet peculiarities — His Watch— Hat — Snuff-box — 

 Gloves, etc., etc. — Horror of Gas — Love of Children— Letter to his second son Blair, mentioning 



