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yond vocal melody; his sweet, solemn voice filled the air with 

 sounds that, while they melted away, seemed still to linger on the 

 ear, delighting the sense. Many are there who can remember the 

 effect produced by his rendering of this beautiful song. 



There is something very naive in the way some of his memoranda 

 are mixed up, in humorous contrast, the important and trivial side by 

 side. Thus we have in one line — " Gave Archy my buckskins to 

 clean ;" and in the next, " Prize for the best specimens of the So- 

 cratic mode of reasoning given out in the Logic," followed by 

 " Ordered a pair of corduroy breeches, tailor, Mr. Aitken ;" " Began 

 the syllogism to-day in the Logic class," and so on. 



"February 13th. — Called on my grandmother; went to the sale 

 of books ; had a boxing-match of three rounds with Lloyd — beat him." 



" 14th. — General examination to-day in the Logic class;" "not 

 examined; went to the Mearns ;" "went to the sale ; went to the 

 society ; the hack I had an excellent trotter ; beat Fehrzyen with 

 ease; found a sack on the road." 



The result of the sale seems to have been most satisfactory. Two 

 entries of purchases made are such as would give delight to a boy 

 who paid due attention to his expenditure of pocket-money : 

 " Bought Foote's Works at the sale, 2 vols., Is. 8d. ;" " also bought 

 the Rambler, which Mr. Jardine was owing me." 



The next item betrays a true boyish weakness, in the form of a 

 consuming love for sweetmeats, especially of one particular sort, — 

 thus, " For barley-sugar, 4d. ;" and at another time, " For barley- 

 sugar, at my old man's, most excellent, 6d." This taste is fre- 

 quently indulged ; the sum seems to increase too, by degrees, and 

 many a shilling was spent at Baxter's upon tins favorite luxury, for 

 which he retained his liking even in old aire. 



During this winter his studies had been prosecuted with consid- 

 erable assiduity, as may be gathered from his notes. 



"January 11th. — Agreed to-day with Mr. Jardine to give up the 

 Greek class, as I am too throng. 



" 20th. — General examination to-day ; went to the Speculative 

 Society ; spoke as a stranger. 



" 21st. — Finished my exercise upon Logic. 



" 23c?. — Called upon my grandmother ; gave up the Greek pri- 

 vate, finding I had too much to do this winter. 



" February 5th. — Finished my Socratic mode of dialogue to-day. 



