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portraiture was indispensable ; and it was well that the sculptor, in presenting to 

 us that memorable figure in his habit as he lived, was able also, even by faithful ad- 

 herence to that habit, to attain much of the heroic element. The careless ease of 

 Professor Wilson's ordinary dress is adopted, with scarcely a touch of artistic 

 license, in the statue ; a plaid, which he was in the frequent habit of wearing, sup- 

 plies the needed folds of drapery, and the trunk of a palm-tree gives a rest to the 

 figure, while it indicates, commemoratively, his principal poetical work. The lion- 

 like head and face, full of mental and muscular power, thrown slightly upward and 

 backward, express fervid and impulsive genius evolving itself in free and fruitful 

 thought — the glow of poetical inspiration animating every feature. The figure, tall, 

 massive, athletic ; the hands — the right grasping a pen, at the same time clutching 

 the plaid that hangs across the chest, the left resting negligently in the leaves of a 

 half-open manuscript; the limbs, loosely planted, yet firm and vigorous ; — all cor- 

 respond with the grandly elevated expression of the countenance. To his contem- 

 poraries the statue will vividly recall Professor Wilson, at once in his everyday as- 

 pect, and as he was wont to appear in his class-room or on the platform, in the very 

 fervor of his often fiery oratory ; while to succeeding times it will preserve a vivid 

 and worthy representation of one who, apart from all his other claims to such com- 

 memoration, was universally recognized as one of the most striking, poetic, and 

 noble-looking men of his illustrious time." 



II. 



CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO JANUS * 



Mr. Lockhart to Me. Boyd. 



" Chiefswood, Ath September. 

 " Dear Sir : — I am much surprised at the Professor's silence. However, time 

 must not be lost needlessly, so I send you to be put up in slips, 1st, ' Thoughts on 

 Bores,' which paper is by Miss Edgeworth, who, I believe, will allow that to be 

 said when you publish your volume. 



" 2d, Hints on the Universities ; 3d, Rabbinical Apologue ; 4th, Maxims from 

 Goethe ; 5th, Ordeal by Fire ; 6th, Five Sonnets from the German. 



" I have chosen these as they would illustrate the different methods of printing 

 to be employed in the book. You will consult only your own convenience as to 

 your choice of that, or those to be put in slips at present 



" Tours truly, 



" J. G. L." 

 Wilson to the Same. 



" Wednesday, Two o'clock, 

 " Dear Sir : — I send the revised sheets corrected for press. I have seen Mr. 

 Lockhart, and find you have an Arabian tale of his in hand, which put in any- 



* '•' .Tanus, or the Edinburgh Literary Almanac." Oliver & Boyd, 1826. Foolscap, 8vo. 



