INDEX. 



483 



Russell, Lord John ; Wilson's letter to, 44S. 

 Russell, Rev. William, 73. 

 Rutherfurd. Andrew (Lord), 121, 387, 463. 

 death of Mrs. Rutherfurd, 457, 453. 



"Sailor's Life at Sea," a favorite song of the 



Professor's. 481. 

 Saturday in the class, 23S, 239. 

 Scandler, Dr., 134. 

 Schetky, John, 376. 

 "Scorpion, the," 164, 163. 

 Scott, Dr. James, of Glasgow, " the Odontist," 



181, 182-184, 213. 

 Scott, Sir Walter. 112, 130, 171, 179. 



letter to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, 



recommending Wilson for the Chair of Moral 

 Philosophy, 210-212. 



his visit to Elleray, 2S4, 285. 



Scots' Magasine, 160. 



Sharpe, 0. Kirkpatrick, 171, 187. 



" Shaving" and its interruptions, 435. 



Shepherd, G., Wilsou's examiner at Oxford, 73. 



" Shiells, Tibby," visit of the Professor and his 



students to. 231. 

 Sibthorpe, Mr., 49. 



Smith, Dr. Colin, of Inverary ; his reminiscen- 

 ces of Wilson, 124-126, 140, 141. 

 Smith, John, publisher in Glasgow, 71. 



letters to, on the publication of his poems, 



101-104, 107-116. 



offered a second volume, 132, 133, 136. 



letters on the Moral Philosophy Chair, 214, 



215, 224, 225. 

 Smith, Rev. William ; his reminiscences of the 



Professor and his class, 243-254. 

 Snow-ball riot, 239, 240. 

 Social hours at Maudlin, 50, 51. 

 Social meetings, reminiscences of, 429-431. 

 Sonnet on the hour of death, 462. 

 Sotheby, William, 72. 



letter from, 335, 836. 



Southey, Robert, 81, 130,314, 316. 



Southwell, R. 11., reminiscences of Wilson at 



Oxford, 50-55. 

 Spain, expedition to, meditated, 9S, 100. 

 Sparrow, a domesticated, 389, 438. 

 Speculative Society, 117. 

 Speed in composition, 399. 

 Spenser, series of papers on, 378. 

 Spiders and their habits, 92. 

 Sporting-Jacket, the Professor in his, 229. 



portrait of, 423. 



Sports, early development of his passion for, 3, 

 4, 11, 12, 24, 45. 



pugilistic skill, 46, 4T. 



attainments as a leaper, 47, 48, 95. See Pe- 



destrianism. 



skill in wrestling, 45, 94, 95, 127, 310, 330. 



yachting, 379. 



Squadron, Experimental, cruise with the; let- 

 ters to Mrs. Wilson during, 340-359. 

 Stanley Shaw, 1. 



Statue, proposed, of Wilson, 463, 464. 

 St. Mary's Loch, the Professor and his " children" 



at, 231. 

 Steell, John, R. S. A., 463. 

 Stewart, Dugald, 205, et seq. 

 Stewart, Mr., of Inverhadden, 154. 

 Stewart, Mr., of Ballachulish. 123. 

 Stewart, William, author of Highland Sketches, 



126. 

 Stewart, Sir Henry, 307. 



Stoddart, Sir John, 273. 



Stoddart, T. T., 238. 



Street scene, a, 424, 425. 



Strolling players, 48. 



Student, character as a, see College life. 



Students, intercourse with, 231, 234-233. 



care in examining their essays, 253. 



Study, the Professor's, 390, 397. 



Swinton, Professor Archibald, 238. 



Syms, the. 2. 



grandfather and grandmother of Wilson, 



20, 21. 

 Sym, Catharine, 21,140. 

 Sym, Robert ("Timothy Tickler"), 2, 20, 176, 



179. 

 Svnse, Edward, 50. 

 "Syntax, Dr.," an Edinburgh character, 241, 242 



TaI-foup.d, Sir Thomas Noon, letter from, on his 

 absence from the Burns Festival, 416, 417. 



Tarland, market-days at, 232. 



Taylor, Misses, 134. 



"Teegar, oure John's," 4. 



Tennant, Professor William, of St. Andrews, 

 132. 



Tennyson, Alfred, review of his Poems, 389, 

 340. 



Thirlstane Castle, a summer at. 871-374. 



Thomson, Rev. Dr. Andrew, 171, 190. 



Thomson, Thomas, 271, 272, 463. 



Thorp, Rev. Charles, 73. 



" Timothy Tickler," see Sym, Robert. 



Tinkers, adventure with, 140. 



Tipperary shillelaghs, 49. 



Toilette, peculiarities of Wilson's, 435. 



Tomintoul. 126, 145. 



adventure at the fair, 146, 147. 



Torrance, 34, 71, 77. 



Tory, anecdotes of the dog, 890, 891. 



" Trials of Margaret Lyndsay," 2S2. 



Tytler, Eraser, 121, 171. 



Ullock, Mrs., 134, 185. 



W.. Mtss, of Dychmont, 33, 34. 



Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, 294, 295. 



Wales, excursion in, 67. 



Warden, Mr., 346. 



Wardlaw, Rev. Dr., 214. 



Watch, the Professor and his, 435, 436. 



Watson, Bishop, 81, 11 1. 



Watson, George, 295, 297. 



Watson, Richard, 90, 93, 321. 



Watson, Miss D., letter from, 336, 337. 



Watts, Alaric A, 264, 317. 



Waugh, Edwin, 95. 



Whigs, their opposition to Wilson when can- 

 didate for the Chair of Moral Philosophy, 202, 

 200. 



White, Rev. James, of Bonchurch, 364, 365. 



Wilkie, Sir David, 316. 



Wilson, Andrew, 2, 115. 



Wilson, Blair, 434. 



letters to, 808, 309, 433-141, 450, 452. 



Wilson, James, 171. 



Wilson, Robert Sym, of Woodburn, 446. 



Wilson, Mrs., senior, family of, 2. 



removes with the family to Edinburgh, 19. 



— — her domestic management, 119-121. 



her death, 276, 277. 



