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of question in the L^ Advocate's book. If I get back to 

 Glenlair I shall have the mark of my father's work on every- 

 thing I see. Much of them is still his, and I must be in 

 some degree his steward to take care of them. I trust that 

 the knowledge of his plans may be a guide to me, and never 

 a constraint. 



I am glad to hear of your [Oxford] W[orking Men's] 

 Coll[ege]. The preparatory school here has at once got from 

 seventy to ninety scholars, all in earnest, and they have had 

 to migrate to a larger schoolhouse. 



We might consider of you and Bob and W. Cay coming 

 for a quiet week or two to Glenlair in summer, if all goes 

 well. Bob is with Willie and Charlie now touring. 



I am getting a new top turned to show my class the 

 motion of bodies of various forms about a fixed point. I ex- 

 pect to get very neat results from it, and agreeing with theory 

 of course. 



FROM PROFESSOR J. D. FORBES. 



Bridge of Allan, 30th April 1856. 



MY DEAR SIR I have just seen in the newspaper that 

 you have been appointed to the Chair in Marischal College, 

 on which I beg sincerely to congratulate you. 



I regret much that it should at the same time be my 

 lot to express my sympathy on the occasion of the recent 

 death of your father. Such a loss occurs but once in a lifetime. 

 In your case I am sure that it has the greatest alleviation 

 which it admits of I mean the consciousness that you have 

 been an affectionate and dutiful son, and that your excellent 

 conduct relieved your father's mind from every shade of 

 anxiety regarding you. Believe me always, yours very 

 sincerely, JAMES D. FORBES. 



To E. B. LITCHFIELD, Esq. 



Trinity, 4th June 1856. 



On Thurs. evening I take the North-western route to the 

 North. I am busy looking over immense rubbish of papers, 

 etc., for some things not to be burnt lie among much com- 

 bustible matter, and some is soft and good for packing. 



