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Leading Articles on Various Subjects By: Hugh Miller (1802-1856) |
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LEADING ARTICLES
ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS.
{Illustration: W. H. McFarlane, Lith^r Edin^r
HUGH MILLER
Fac simile of a Calotype by D. O. Hill, R. I. A. 1845.
see page 184 }
MURRAY AND GIBB, EDINBURGH,
PRINTERS TO HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE.
LEADING ARTICLES ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. BY HUGH MILLER, AUTHOR OF 'THE OLD RED SANDSTONE,' ETC. ETC. EDITED BY HIS SON IN LAW , THE REV. JOHN DAVIDSON. FOURTH EDITION. EDINBURGH:
WILLIAM P. NIMMO.
1872.
PREFACE.
The present volume is issued in compliance with the strong solicitations
of many, to whose desire deference was due. In selecting the articles,
I have been guided mainly by two considerations, namely, the
necessity for reproducing the mature opinion of a great mind, upon
great subjects; and for making the selection so varied, as to convey to
the reader some idea of the wonderful versatility of the powers
which could treat subjects so diverse in their nature with such
uniform eloquence and discrimination. I trust that the chapters on
Education will prove to be a valuable contribution to the speedy
settlement of that question at the present crisis. Those on
Sutherlandshire are inserted because they possess a permanent value,
in connection with the social and economical history of our country.
Some of the articles are of a personal character, and are introduced,
not, certainly, for the purpose of recalling old animosities, but
solely to illustrate the author's method of using some of the more
formidable figures of speech; while over against these may be set some
on purely literary subjects, which show the genial tenderness of his
disposition towards those who aspired to serve God and their generation
by giving to the world the fruit of their imagination, their labour,
and their leisure. I have not determined the selection without securing the counsel and
approval of men on whose judgment I could rely. It only remains for me
to thank them, and in an especial way to thank Mr. D. O. Hill for the
portrait which forms the frontispiece. An impersonal reference to a
similar portrait taken at the same time will be found at page 184, in
the article on 'The Calotype.' JOHN DAVIDSON. London, March 8, 1870.
CONTENTS
PAGE THOUGHTS ON THE EDUCATIONAL QUESTION, 1 LORD BROUGHAM, 105 THE SCOTT MONUMENT, 111 THE LATE MR. KEMP, 119 ANNIE M'DONALD AND THE FIFESHIRE FORESTER, 123 A HIGHLAND CLEARING, 136 THE POET MONTGOMERY, 146 CRITICISM INTERNAL EVIDENCE, 151 THE SANCTITIES OF MATTER, 161 THE LATE REV. ALEXANDER STEWART, 170 THE CALOTYPE, 179 THE TENANT'S TRUE QUARREL, 190 CONCLUSION OF THE WAR IN AFFGHANISTAN, 199 PERIODICALISM, 206 'ANNUS MIRABILIS,' 215 EFFECTS OF RELIGIOUS DISUNION ON COLONIZATION, 223 FINE BODYISM, 232 ORGANSHIP, 240 BAILLIE'S LETTERS AND JOURNALS, 249 FIRST PRINCIPLES, 262 AN UNSPOKEN SPEECH, 269 DISRUPTION PRINCIPLES, 280 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CRIMEAN WAR, 293 THE POETS OF THE CHURCH, 302 THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA, 315 A VISION OF THE RAILROAD, 327 THE TWO MR... Continue reading book >>
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