476 
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. [Sess. 
great activities in the philanthropic and evangelical religious circles of 
the city. In 1867 he founded the well-known and still flourishing insti- 
tution, the Edinburgh Industrial Brigade Home for receiving destitute 
lads, teaching them a trade, and enabling them to become useful citizens. 
In this undertaking he was assisted by Lord Polwarth, the late Rev. Dr 
Thomas Guthrie, and the late Mr E. Erskine Scott. He was also closely 
associated with the “ Mars ” training-ship in the Tay, the Discharged 
Prisoners’ Aid Society, the Edinburgh Night Refuge, and the Grove 
Laundry — all charities that have done valuable work. Mr Harris was 
elected a Fellow of this Society in 1896: he died at Bath on June 17, 
1912. 
