sessor for Edinburgh University, an office of considerable honour, and
in virtue of which he is a member of the University Court. Mr. Gordon
has taken a lively interest in the Volunteer movement, and at the
present time he holds the commission of Lieut.-Colonel in the Queen's
City of Edinburgh Rifle Volunteer Brigade.

[Transcriber's Note: The text has been regularised so that "Mr", "Dr"
and "Mrs" always have a period after. Other errors in the original that
have been corrected are listed below:

Page 13: savans changed to savants - 'listened to by the savants'

Page 20: Pall Mall Gazeite changed to Pall Mall Gazette - 'about which
the _Pall Mall Gazette_'

Page 24: a priori changed to a priori

Page 25: missing quotation mark added - 'Non incompatibles;"'
gout changed to gout

Page 26: Bysche changed to Bysshe - 'Percy Bysshe Shelley'

Page 27: the the changed to the - 'on the banks of Lake Windermere.'

Page 28: 'early party of the nineteeth century' changed to 'early part
of the nineteenth century'

Page 29: elite to elite

Page 31: mor changed to more - 'more than a match'

Page 32: improssed changed to impressed - 'favourably impressed'
act changed to acting - 'while acting as'

Page 33: suavitor changed to suaviter

Page 34: jurisprodence changed to jurisprudence

Page 40: transcendant changed to transcendent

Page 43: eldst changed to eldest

Page 46: requsition changed to requisition

Page 55: furtheir changed to further

Page 64: In coure changed to In course

Page 74: Halfax changed to Halifax

Page 75: couse changed to course

Page 85: practitical changed to practical

Page 89: Philsophy changed to Philosophy

Page 106: parcular changed to particular

Page 113: formally changed to formerly

Page 114: phreno-magetism changed to phreno-magnetism

Page 120: missing quotation mark added - 'flowed like eloquence."'

Page 126: be be acknowledged changed to be acknowledged

Page 133: ready!' changed to ready!"
glimses changed to glimpses

Page 135: prelininary changed to preliminary

Page 136: aggregtae changed to aggregate

Page 139: herefore changed to therefore

Page 141: confrere changed to confrere

Page 142: an an author changed to an author
been been published changed to been published

Page 143: Blanehard changed to Blanchard

Page 148: Transatlanque changed to Transatlantique
Brittannia changed to Britannia

Page 160: causus belli changed to casus belli