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fessor ripened into close personal friendship. Professor Baynes 

 told in the " Edinburgh Essays " how the intimacy began: — 



" One of the first evenings I ever spent with Sir William Ham- 

 ilton was in the early weeks of session 1846-47. Sir W. Hamilton 

 was accustomed to prescribe annually some standard work in 

 philosophy to be read by candidates for honours in connection 

 with the work of the class, and that year the 'De Anima ' of Aristotle 

 had been selected for this purpose. Soon after the commence- 

 ment of the session, Sir William having intimated to the class 

 that he would be glad to see any students who were reading the 

 book, and answer any question they might wish to ask, I went to 

 his room at the close of the lecture hour, mainly to inquire what 

 edition he recommended for critical study. " Sir William invited 

 Professor Baynes to his house, where, after having engaged him in 

 a long and interesting conversation, he placed in his hands "a 

 coveted version of Philoponus, a thin folio in limp vellum, copi- 

 ously underlined with blue and red ink. " This visit seems to 

 have been followed by many others, and Professor Baynes kept 

 copious memoranda of the conversations on these occasions. 

 During those years in Edinburgh, Professor Baynes translated 

 the " Port Royal Logic. " 



In Hamilton's class-room, in the old buildings of Edinburgh 

 University, the name of the most distinguished student of the 

 year was inscribed in letters of gold on the wall, and I remember 

 many years ago seeing the name of Spencer Baynes there, with 

 many another name famous in the world of literature and philo- 

 sophy. For some time Professor Baynes was on the editorial 

 staff of the London Daily News, at that time at the height of its 

 reputation, and a series of notable articles came from his pen, 

 dealing with the American Civil War, his sympathies being, it 

 may be added, with the North. In November, 1864, he was in- 

 ducted by Principal James David Forbes to the Chair of Logic 

 and Metaphysics in the University of St. Andrews. The Pro- 

 fessor at that time was also required to lecture upon English 

 Literature. Few men could be regarded as qualified to discourse 

 on two subjects not closely connected, but Professor Baynes was 

 as thorough a master in literature as in mental philosophy, and 

 the academic duties were thoroughly to his taste. When he went 

 to St. Andrews, the University had just lost the great Ferrier, 

 claimed by some as the only genuine metaphysician that Scotland 

 has produced, at any rate in modern times, and Flint had sue- 



