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a series of medallions representing Lady Murray, Lady Campbell, and Mrs. Malcolm, descendants of the poet ; Mrs. Ramsay, wife of his son Allan, the eminent portrait painter ; and General Ramsay, his grandson. The part of the pedestal on a level with Prince's Street is accessible to the public.

Edinburgh. A statue of Dr. William Chambers, one of the founders of Chamber s's Journal, is erected in the centre of Chambers Street. It is the work of John Rhind, and the pedestal of red Correzic stone upon which it stands was designed by H. J. Blanc. On the front an inscription records that Dr. Chambers was born in 1800, died in 1883, and was Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1865 to 1869. The remaining three sides are ornamented with panels representative of Literature, Liberality, and Perseverance.

In 1884 a tablet was erected at Peebles to the memory of Dr. Chambers over the doorway on the east side of the ancient tower of St. Andrew's burying- ground, and within a few yards of the spot where his remains repose. One of his last works was the restoration of this tower, and he was laid to rest within its shadow before the comple- tion of the work.

Yarrow. In the grounds of Chapelthorpe, Vale of Yarrow, overlooking St. Mary's Lake, a statue of James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, was inaugurated on 28 June, 1860. The site is said to have been pointed out by Christopher North in the ' Noctes.' The statue is 8J ft. high, and is placed on a massive pedestal some 10 J ft. high. The poet is represented bareheaded, seated on a knoll, a plaid thrown carelessly over his shoulders, feet crossed, and right hand grasping a staff. Beside him lies his dog Hector. It was designed and executed by Mr. Currie, a Scottish sculptor. At the inauguration an oration was delivered by Mr. Classford Bell.

Hogg is buried in Ettrick churchyard, and not far from the church is the site of his birthplace, now occupied by a commemora- tive obelisk about 14 ft. high. On the front is inserted a brass medallion of Hogg. The pillar was erected by the Border Counties Association, and unveiled by Lord Napier and Ettrick.

Dunoon. On 1 Aug., 1896, a bronze statiie to the memory of Mary Campbell, Burns's " Highland Mary," was unveiled by Lady Kelvin. It occupies a commanding position on Castle Hill, within a mile of her birthplace. It is the work of Mr. D. W. Stevenson, A.R.S.A., and represents the girl in the dress of the period, gazing across the water

towards the Ayrshire coast, and clasping a Bible in her left hand. The site was granted free, and the cost of the statue was defrayed by Burns's admirers in all parts of the world. Mary Campbell was buried in the Old West Kirkyard, Greenock. The small stone which originally marked her grave still exists, but in 1842 it was replaced by a more imposing memorial at the cost of Mr. John Mossman. On this is represented in relief the parting scene between the two lovers, and above it a figure symbolical of grief. The inscription is as follows :

Erected

over the grave of Highland Mary

1842

My Mary, dear departed shade, Where is thy place of blissful rest ?

Vale of Ceiriog, Denbighshire. Between Glyn and Llanarmon in the Ceiriog Valley a monument to the seventeenth-century Welsh poet Huw Morus was unveiled by Sir T. Marchant Williams on 26 Aug., 1909. It stands on the roadside close by the old farmhouse Pont-y-meibion, in which Morus was born and also died. The memorial consists of a column placed upon a pedestal, inscribed as follows :

Huw Morus

(Eos Ceiriog).

Ganwyd 1622

Bu Farw, Awst, 1709

Born 1C22 Died August 1709.

On the plinth below are extracts from his works.

Denholm, Roxburghshire. A statue of John Leyden was set up in his native place in October, 1861. The inaugural ceremony was performed by the Earl of Minto " amid a vast assemblage of the admirers of his genius." On the pedestal are the following inscriptions :

John Leyden, born at Denholm 8th September, 1775, died at Batavia 28th August, 1811.

To the memory of the poet and Oriental scholar, whose genius, learning and manly virtues were an honour to his country, and shed a lustre on his native Teviotdale, this monument was erected A.D. 1801.

My next instalment I hope to devote to Men of Science. JOHN T. PAGE.

Long Itchington, Warwickshire.

(To be continued.)

The stone obelisk, 90 ft. in height, which stands near the centre of the Market-Place at Ripon (see 11 S. iii. 224, 422), was erected in 1781 by William Aislabie, ETsq., of Studley, for sixty years M.P. for the