PREFACE. V 



To Mr. Macduff of Bonhard, and Mr. John Boyd, Publisher, 

 I am obliged for their kindness in placing at my disposal the 

 correspondence connected with the publication respectively of 

 the Isle of Palms and of Janus. 



Sir David Brewster and Sheriff Cay have conferred a most 

 valuable favor upon me in permitting the use of Mr. Lockhart's 

 portfolios. 



To my friend, Mr. Alexander Nicolson, Advocate, I am es- 

 pecially indebted : his warm encouragement aided my labors, 

 and his judicious advice guided me in the arrangement of my 

 materials, which, both in MS. and in type, he also carefully 

 revised. The trouble which he has kindly taken in connec- 

 tion with this work is such as could have been expected only 

 from one of those whom Professor Wilson loved to call his 

 " children." 



In conclusion, I may express my humble hope that this vol- 

 ume, however it may come short of expectation, will prove ac- 

 ceptable to my friends and that portion of the public who love 

 and respect the name of John Wilson. 



Edinburgh, October, 1862. 



