. Stevensoniana; an anecdotal life and appreciation of Robert Louis Stevenson. Edited from the writings of Barrie [and others]. DAVOS AND HYfeRES 73 at Cambridge, and now at the head of the Department of Printsand Drawings of the British Museum, says:—By temperamentand character you are made to influence and attract growingminds. Though at that time known only as a brilliant essayistand a writer of tales and travels, Mr. Colvin nevertheless testifiesto the solidity of your studies, and the luminousness of yourinsight in history; especially in the history of society andinstitutions. Mr. An
. Stevensoniana; an anecdotal life and appreciation of Robert Louis Stevenson. Edited from the writings of Barrie [and others]. DAVOS AND HYfeRES 73 at Cambridge, and now at the head of the Department of Printsand Drawings of the British Museum, says:—By temperamentand character you are made to influence and attract growingminds. Though at that time known only as a brilliant essayistand a writer of tales and travels, Mr. Colvin nevertheless testifiesto the solidity of your studies, and the luminousness of yourinsight in history; especially in the history of society andinstitutions. Mr. Andrew Lang calls him the most ingeniousand refined writer of his generation, and understands that he hasfor some years been occupied with the studies of the religious,social, and political history of Scotland and of the Highlands. The Rev. Professor Babington, the Rev. Dr. Cameron, Pro-fessor Sellar, Dr. Whyte, Professor Baynes, Mr. P. G. Hamerton,and Vice-Chancellor Tulloch, all sing the candidates praises instrains that might well have made a modest man pass on thetestimonial and run away, even if nothing else had promptedh
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