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of Edinburgh, Session 1864 - 65 . 
Supplement to the lost Books, and a Map of Alexander’s march ; 
with a Discourse on the Latin Authors read, and the order of 
reading them, in the earlier stages of Classical Discipline. 18mo. 
Edinburgh, 1847. 
6. Excerpta ex Taciti Annalibus, with a Prefatory Notice. 
12mo. London, 1848. 
7. A Word for the Universities of Scotland, and a Plea for the 
Humanity Classes in the College of Edinburgh. 8vo. Edinburgh, 
1848. 
8. Contributions to the Cause of Education, collected and 
amended. 1 vol. 8vo. 
In addition to the above, Mr Pillans has contributed several 
articles to the Edinburgh Eeview,” chiefly on education ; to the 
Encyclopaedia Britannica;” a speech on Irish education, in 1832 ; 
evidence printed in the Eeport of the Committee of the House of 
Commons on Education, in 1834 ; and a Paper to the Eoyal Society 
of Edinburgh on the Origin of the Adjective. 
Dr Archibald Eobertson, an English physician, died at his 
residence at Clifton, on 19th October 1864, at the age of seventy- 
four. He was born at Cockburnspath, near Dunbar, on 3d December 
1789. He was educated at Dunse school, and afterwards by Mr 
Strachan, in Berwickshire. He prosecuted his medical studies at 
Edinburgh. He passed assistant-surgeon in 1808, and was ap- 
pointed to Mill Prison Hospital at Plymouth, for French prisoners. 
In 1809 he was appointed to the “ Caledonia,” Lord G-ambier’s flag- 
ship, Basque Eoads, when Lord Dundonald tried to burn the French 
fleet. He served in the Baltic, and afterwards in the West Indies, 
in the “ Persian” and in the Cydnus.” He saw a good deal of 
boat service in the attempt on New Orleans. At the peace with 
North America he went on half-pay, having received a medal with 
two clasps. He graduated at Edinburgh in 1817 — his thesis being 
on the Dysentery of hot climates. He settled in Northampton in 
1818, where he acquired a large practice. In 1853 he retired from 
active practice, and went to Clifton to reside. He was a learned 
and accomplished physician, and, at the same time, a most genial 
and kind-hearted gentleman. He was highly respected in North- 
ampton, and he enjoyed extensive reputation as a medical man. 
