INDEX. 



533 



Electricity and the Electric Telegraph, 

 346, 439. 



Electro-magnetic Bell, use of, in conduct- 

 ing sound, 331. 



Elm Cottage, 398. 



Emotions, speculations on the, 57. 



Episcopacy, impressions of, 169. 



Epping Forest, visit to, 163. 



Erysipelas, threatened with, 359. 



Examination for College of Surgeon's 

 Degree, 83 ; for M.D., 200. 



Exhibition of Royal Scottish Academy, 

 152, 192, 236. 



Exposition, gifts of, 439. 



Eye and Ear as gateways of knowledge, 

 437. 



FALCONER, Dr., 511. 



' Fame, the desire of,' Essay read at 

 Physical Society, 221, 224, 231. 



Family Reunion, 399. 



Faraday, 217,476. 



Final Causes, Chemical, lecture on, 442. 



Fire, sensations on witnessing, in Edin- 

 burgh scene described, 45 ; Grey- 

 friars Church, 313. 



Flowers, delight in, 179, 308, 315 ; 

 verses on the Snowdrop, 181 ; to a 

 Polyanthus, 194 ; Sleep of the Hya- 

 cinth, 354. 



Fluorine, researches on, 336, 446. 



Forbes, Edward, introduction to, 127, 

 216, 223; his connexion with the 

 4 Brotherhood of Truth,' 228 ; verses 

 by, 230 ; natural history pursuits, 240; 

 is introduced to Daniel Wilson, 246 ; 

 his estimate of Dr. Wilson's lectures 

 on Chemistry, 255 ; his death, 400 ; 

 lines to his memory, 404 ; Dr. Wilson 

 agrees to become his biographer, 402, 

 447, 451, 459, 474. 



Forbes, Professor, J. D., 342. 



French language, estimate of, 223. 



Friendships, early, 15. 



* Funeral performers' in London, 100. ' 



GASES, Chemistry of the, 324. 



' Gateways, Five, of Knowledge,' publi- 

 cation of, 433 ; classification of critiques, 

 440. 



German, study of, under Dr. Kombst, 

 223, 240. 



Gladstone, Right Hon. W. E., 482. 



Gladstone, Dr. J. H., of London, 215, 

 331, 332, 409, 428, 447, 462, 469; 

 estimate of literary character by, 509- 



522; letters to Mrs. Gladstone, 367, 

 378, 415, 447. 



Gold medal, hopes of, disappointed, 68. 



Goodsir, Rev. Joseph, Joint- Secretary of 

 the Brotherhood of Truth, 230. 



Goodsir, Professor John, 231, 271, 272, 

 273, 290, 301, 312, 324, 350. 



Gown, petition for a, 415. 



Graham, Professor, study of botany under, 

 65. 



Graham, Professor (of University College, 

 London), his Laboratory, 164 ; his ex- 

 cellence as a teacher, 169, 244. 



Graphic Industrial Arts, four lectures on, 

 450. 



Gregory, Dr., Professor of Chemistry, 

 death of, 454. 



Guthrie, Rev. Dr., 256. 



HARVEY, George, R.S.A., visit to, 109; 

 his picture, 'The Castaway,' 191; let- 

 ter to, on design for the * Five Gate 

 ways,' 434, 435. 



Hats, stories of, 113, 196, 197, 235. 



Heaven, studies in, 345 ; ' far ben' in, 453. 



Henry, Dr. W. C., 332. 



Herschel, Sir John, 335. 



Hieroglyphics, specimen of, 111. 



High School of Edinburgh, reminiscences 

 of, 16 ; removal to Calton Hill, 22 ; 

 ludicrous incidents in class, 27 ; leaves 

 the School, 31. 



Highlands, visits to the, 21, 23. 



Hill, Rowland, a dream' of, 213. 



Holiday Excursions, 10. 



Hodgson, Dr. W. B., 326. 



Home, Professor, 52, 65. 



Home Education, 139. 



Hope, Professor, 39. 



Hope, Dr. James, 367. 



' Horse Subsecivje,' by Dr. John Brown, 

 quoted, 5, 341. 



Hospital life, impressions of, 34. 



Huie, Rev. James, of Wooler, 15. 



Hunter, John, the celebrated physiolo- 

 gist, 57. 



Hyacinth, verses on, 354. 



INDUSTRIAL Museum, Scottish, appoint- 

 ment as Director of, 408 ; buildings 

 for, 449. 



Infirmary, Royal, of Edinburgh ; enters 

 Laboratory as apprentice, 33 ; first im- 

 pressions described, 33-36 ; liberality to 

 patients, 36-38 ; sacredness of the dead, 



