CONTENTS. . X1 



"Billy's" Death— Letter to his son Blair— The "Dear Doctor"— From College Duties on account 

 of 111 Health— Illness— Desire to return to his Labors— Excursion to the Highlands in search of 

 Health— Passion for Angling— Visit to his Brother at Woodburn— Determines to retire from 

 Active Life— Letter from the Lord Advocate to Sheriff Gordon, conveying the news of the Grant 

 of a Pension of £300 per annum— Letter from Lord John Russell to the Lord Advocate, desiring 

 him to have the Queen's intentions mentioned to Wilson— Receives the News— Letter of Ac- 

 knowledgment to Lord John Russell— Takes up his abode at Woodburn— Last Papers for Mag- 

 azine— step feeble and unsteady— Letter to his son Blair, thanking him for supplies of Books— 

 Macaulay a Candidate for the Representation of Edinburgh— Comes to Ediuburgh and Votes 

 for Macaulay— Letter from Macaulay to Sheriff Gordon, expressing his kindly feelings towards 

 the Professor— Last Visit of Mr. Lockhart— Letter to Robert Findlay, congratulating him on the 

 Marriage of his Son— At Gloucester Place again— The Last Christmas— Seized with a Shock of 

 Paralysis— Rapid Decline— The End J" a S es 432-462 



APPENDIX. 



L— Public Funeral and Proposed Statue 4 * 3 



II. — Correspondence relating to Janus 4 ^ 



III.— List of Professor Wilson's Contributions to Blackwood's Magaeine from 1826 470 



Index 4i ' 





