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2 sympathies not only of natives of Scotland, who may naturally be expected to feel deeply interested in the history of those of their countrymen whose names have added a fresh lustre to their native land; but also of all who love and admire the good and great in whatever clime and in whatever land they may have been born; and at the same time it cannot fail to be eminently useful by setting before aspiring minds brilliant examples of what has been already accomplished.

The was originally Edited by Robert Chambers. That edition, comprised in Four Volumes, was highly appreciated on its first publication, but many years having elapsed since that time, many eminent persons have been gathered to their fathers in the interval, rendering the work now, to a certain extent, incomplete. In the New Edition now issued the original work has been revised under the care of the Publishers; some Biographies extended, others rendered more succinct and precise; and a has been added, including notices of eminent individuals who have died since the Work was first published, together with such names as had then been omitted. This volume has been chiefly written by the Rev. Thos. Thomson, author of the "History of Scotland for the use of Schools" editor of "Calderwood's History of the Kirk of Scotland, " &c., &c.—The will thus continue to be, what it has ever been, the most complete and interesting record of the lives of Eminent Scotsmen that has issued from the press.

CONDITIONS. The revised portion, forming what constituted the original Work, and the , will be completed in Nine Divisions, elegantly bound in cloth, at 6s. 6d. each. The whole will be illustrated with Eighty authentic Portraits, engraved on Steel, in the first style of art; and Five Engraved Titles, giving views of the principal Seats of learning in Scotland.

BLACKIE AND SON: GLASGOW, EDINBURGH, LONDON, AND NEW YORK.