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XXXVII.—NOTICES OF BOOKS.
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Xxxvii.—Notices Of Books.
XXXVII . —NOTICES OF BOOKS .
M^ In Emoir The Of University George Wil...
M _^ in emoir the of University George Wilson of Edinburg _, M . D _., h F _, . H and . S . D E . _, Meg ctor ius Professor the Indus of trial Technology Museum
. of Scotland . By his Sister , Jessie Aitken Wilson . Edinburgh : Edmonston and Douglas . 1860 . for Though nearly the two life years of George we feel Wilson but little has need now of been apology before for the bring public ing
it even thus late speciall , y before our readers . Those who are already familiar with itwill be glad to see it presented to others ,
who , in the contemplation , of his richly endowed and varied character , may not only find interestpersonalsocialand scientific , but may
, , , also receive from it some reflection of his endurance and courage . He was one of twinsborn on the 21 st February 1818 . His
¦ and childhood ' sisters was clouded I / ' by he , the wrote death in of the four last of the circle of , his of life brothers " in
' . " saw year , _earf _^ childhood or boyhood , so many little brothers-and sisters die , that the darkness of those scenes and the anguish of my father and
mother made an indelible impression upon me . " Yet let it not be supposed that his was a gloomy childhood . Far otherwise ; his
keen susceptibilities were open to joy as fully as to sorrow . " His activehealthy framein boyish pursuits and games with his brother ,
made , life itself a pleasure , ; warm affections _boimd him closely to each one in the home circle ; his mother ' s face was in his eyes the
most sweet and beautiful the earth contained , and the peculiar love of twins for each other was felt by him in all its force . " To this
has been attributed " something of that wonderful power of attaching himself and being personally loved , which was one of
. mother his strongest is ' ¦ regarded , as it was by one all who of his knew most her winnin as a g woman powers . " of rare His
' natural gifts , who zealously fostered in her children the love of knowledge which they inherited—she verifies what is so often and
so truly said of the mothers of remarkable men . " When George was nine years old , four orphaned cousins were
added to the family , and grew up with them henceforth as brothers and sisters . Two of these , Catherine and James Russell , will be *
seen to be among George ' s greatest friends through life . A year later we find the boys ( Daniel , two years older than the
twins , apparently taking the lead ) forming a Juvenile Society for the Advancement of Knowledgewhich met weekly at their house ,
, where the boys' room formed the museum . The proceedings of the Society were recorded in a weekly journal of antiquities , natural
history , mechanics , and astronomy , edited by Daniel Wilson . Papers were read by the members in rotationand questions
pre-, viously started were debated . Specimens are given of these , e . g .,
profitable "Whether the emp loym whale ent to mankind herring ? " afforded " Whether the more the useful camel was and . .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1862, page 205, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111862/page/61/
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