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INDEX. 



Mylne, Dr., 264. 

 Mylne, Professor James, 215. 

 Mystification connected with Blackwood's Mag- 

 azine, 163-167, 180-182, 1S8, 189. 



Napiek, Andrew, 24. 



Napier, Macvey, 196. 



Naturalist, qualifications as a, 92, 93. 



Nature, communion with, 401. 



Naval experience, 340-359. 



Neaves, Lord, 463. 



Newby, James, 93. 



Newdigate prize at Oxford, 73, 74 



Newton, Mr., 316. 



Nicolson, Alexander, reminiscences of the Pro- 

 fessor and his class, 252, 255. 



" Nimmo, Sir Peter," an eccentric visitor of the 

 College classes, 240. 



his interview with Wordsworth, 241. 



Nursery, pulpit oratory in the, 3, 4. 



O'Connell, Daniel, reference to, in a Lecture, 

 and its effects on the class, 251, 252. 



" Odontist, The," 1S2-1S4, 213. 



O'Doherty, Ensign, 188. 



Old Clothes—" Have you any ?" 240. 



Old Slop and the A r eic Times, 273. 



Orator, Wilson's power as an, 249. 



Ord, John W., 23S. 



" Orphan-maid," the, of Dychmont, 33-35. See 

 Love episode. 



"Outlines of a Course of Moral Inquiry," pro- 

 jected, 281. 



Oxford : entered at Magdalen College, 37. 



recollections of, in after life, 37, 38. 



studies and manner of life at, 39-77. 



expenditure at, 39. 



sketches of companions, 43, 44. 



amusements at, 45, et seq. 



friends and acquaintance at, 49. 



reminiscences of a fellow-student, 50-55. 



long solitary rambles, 62-64. 



examination for Degree of Bachelor, 



72-74. 



Paget, Sir C, 354, 356. 



Paisley, town of, 1, 2. 



public dinner, 379-381. 



Palmes, Mrs. (Margaret Lyndsay), 21. 



Paralysis, seized with a shock of, 461. 



Paralytic affection of the. right hand, 400,422. 



Park, Mungo, Wilson's project of accompanying 

 him to Africa, 59, 60. 



Parliament-House life, 125. 



Paterson, Deacon, and his " green bag," in Edin- 

 burgh Town-Council, 213-215. 



Patau's (Captain) Lament, 182-184. 



Pearson, Mr., 135. 



Peddie, James, Wilson's first English teacher, 

 4,5. 



Pedestrianism, feats of, 24, 55, 62-64, 101, 122, et 

 seq., 415, 



Peebles, an adventure at, 122. 



PeeL Sir Robert, letter from, 281. 



reception of in Glasgow, 381. 



Penny, J&mes, 104. 



Penny, Miss Jane, first meetings with, 90, et seq. 

 See Wilson. Mrs., junior. 



Penny, Miss, letters of Mrs. Wilson to, 187, 188, 

 205 206, 212:304, 313, 31S, 32s, 329, 3S1. 



Penny Bridge, Wilson's visits to, and letters 

 from, 329, 330, 33'2-334 ^oElleray. 



Periodical literature, Wilson's connection with, 

 153, et seq., 399. 



Peter's Letters, quoted, 16, 17, 164, 171, 172, 

 175. 



Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh, presi- 

 dency of, 420. 



Physical characteristics, 39, 44-^48. 



"Pizzantry," the Irish, 251. 



Plans of composition : List of Subjects for med- 

 itation, 116, 117. 



Playfair, Professor John, attacked in Mack- 

 wood, 189, 190. 



the excitement caused by it, 190-195. 



Poetry, early love of, 22, 26-32. 



MS. volume of, dedicated to " Margaret," 



35-37. 



verses from commonplace-book, 85-S7. 



correspondence as to his first publication, 



101-104, 107-116. 



proposed poems, 116, 318. 



a second volume contemplated, 132. 



publication of, 132, 133, 136. 



subsequent poems, 318, 319. 



principles of, 422. 



Poets, criticism on the, 130, 131. 



Political Economy, proposal for a separate Chair 

 of, 27S-2S1, 333. 



Politics and Literature, 159, 160. 



among students, 242, 'J4:!. 



Poor, kindness to the, 385, 3S6. 



Portraits of Wilson ; by Eaeburn, 17. 



Hill's calotype, 411. 



Portrait of Christopher in his Sporting Jacket, 

 428. 



Power, the love of, illustrated, 245-249. 



Pringle, Alexander, 121. 



Pringle, Mrs., 134. 



Pringle, Thomas. 161, 162. 



Printers' devils, 304, 39S, 899. 



Proctor, mode of shutting up a, 49. 



Pseudonyms of Lockhart, 180, 185. 



Pugilistic skill, 46, 47, 229. 



Purdie, Tom, 263. 



Quarterly Review, Lockhart becomes editor of, 

 292, et seq. 



Eaebttkn, Sir Henry, his portrait of Wilson, 

 17, 57. 



mansion at St. Bernard's, 200. 



Regattas at Windermere, 97, 285. 



at Helensburgh, 379. 



" Representative" newspaper, 293. 



Richmond, Mr., 122. 



Ritchie, David, 2S3. 



Ritson, William, 95, 96, 134. 



Robertson, Patrick (Lord), 121, 149, 151, loO, 409. 



letter from, 279, 280. 



Lockhart's joke on, 2S6, 



his mock-heroic speeches at social gather- 

 ings, 430. 



Roger, Rab, in search of little Kit, 9. 



Roslin, life at, after his wife's death, 3S4-3S6. 



Routh, Dr. M. J., President of Magdalen Col- 

 lege, 16, 41), 73. 



Rover, the dog, and the witch, 371, 372, 389. 



Russell, Lord John, 411. 



letter to the Lord Advocate on Wilson's 



pension, 4-47. 



