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of Edinburgh^ Session 1865-66. 
Among the eminent men whose loss this Society and the Univer- 
sity have had recently to deplore, Professor Aytoun holds a distin- 
guished place. As a poet of high talent and varied acquirements, 
distinguished alike by his genial humour, and by the force and 
purity of his satire, he will be long and warmly admired, hut more 
warmly still by those who weep over the memories of that unfor- 
tunate dynasty which he has so ably and loyally immortalised. As 
an able and assiduous judge, he will be long and kindly remem- 
bered by the islanders among whom he annually laboured ; and as 
a professor in the University which he adorned, his pupils will not 
soon forget his earnest sympathy with their studies, nor his col- 
leagues his devotion to the interests of the University, and the 
* bappy hours which they spent in his society. 
The following Donations to the Library were announced : — 
Astronomical Observations made at the Koyal Observatory, G-reen- 
wich, in the year 1862. London, 1864, 4to. — From the 
Observatory. 
Seven-Year Catalogue of 2022 Stars, deduced from Observations, 
extending from 1854-60, at the Eoyal Observatory, Greenwich. 
4to. — From the Observatory. 
Philosophical Transactions of the Eoyal Society of London. Vol. 
CLIV. Parts 1-3 ; Vol. CL V. 4to. — From the Society. 
Proceedings of the Eoyal Society of London. Nos. 75-77. 8vo. — 
From the Society. 
Transactions of the Zoological Society, London. Vol. V. Part 4. 
4to. — From the Society. 
Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London. 1864. Parts 1-3. 
8 VO. — From the Society. 
Transactions of the Linnean Society, London. Vol, XXV. Part 1. 
4to. — From the Society. 
Journal of the Linnean Society, London. (Botany.) Nos. 33-35. 
8vo. — From the Society. 
Journal of the Eoyal Geographical Society, London. Vol. XXXIV. 
8vo. — From the Society. 
Proceedings of the Eoyal Geographical Society, London. Vol. IX. 
Nos. 3-6. 8vo. — From the Society. 
