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Do& spirit. So that we may almost change the name of this Row slightly, and
call it Poet Xow. The name suggests to us a number of kindred spirits, such
as James Ballantine, Alexander Maclagan, Thomas Tod Stoddart, Alexader
Smart, William Sinclair', David Vedder, Robert Gilfillan, and Peter Gardner,-
all poets, and all more or less connected with Edinburgh and its Old Tom,-
not omitting one of a still higher order, EIugh Miller, also a poet, and who here
gained his richer laurels as a journalist and a scientific yet imaginative geologist.
Nor can we forget to mention among the past celebrities, Dean Ramsay,
the genial-hearted author of Reminisceaces of Scothsh Lqe and Character, Lord
Ardmillan, AIexander Russel, the able and dauntless editor of the Scotsman;
and among the present notabilities, Dr. John Brown, the ingenious author
of Rab and his liriends; Lords Deas, Neaves, and Moncreiff; J. Campbell
Smith, J. Arthur Crichton, J. Guthrie Smith, and William Pitt Dundas,
Registrar General for Scotland, among the advocates ; Dr. Donaldson and
Macdonald of the High School-elsewhere, Dr. Harvey, Clyde, Bryce, and
David Pryde ; among the divines, Dr. Cotterill, Dr. Macgregor of St. Cuthbert's,
Dr. Walter C. Smith, Dr. Andrew Thomson, Professor Kirk, Dr. W. Lindsay
Alexander; and at the New College, Professors Rainy, Duff, Duns, and Blaikie;
and among other men of letters, Dr. John Stuart of the Register House, David
Laing of the Signet Library, John Hill Burton, and Professor Archer. The
Museum of Science and Art behind the College is too well known to require
