The story of Scotland from the earliest times to the present century .. . TERATURE OF SCOTLAND. was founded by Francis Hutcheson in the second quar-ter of the last century, which embraces in its roll thenames of Hume, Adam Smith, Reid, Stewart, Camp-bell, Brown, Mackintosh, Hamilton, Ferrier, Bain, andmany others. The efforts of the Scotch school weremainly concentrated on psychology—the explanationof the human mind, and moral and political works which have emanated from it contain abody of doctrines and reflections which are well worthcareful study and examination. For, after all,


The story of Scotland from the earliest times to the present century .. . TERATURE OF SCOTLAND. was founded by Francis Hutcheson in the second quar-ter of the last century, which embraces in its roll thenames of Hume, Adam Smith, Reid, Stewart, Camp-bell, Brown, Mackintosh, Hamilton, Ferrier, Bain, andmany others. The efforts of the Scotch school weremainly concentrated on psychology—the explanationof the human mind, and moral and political works which have emanated from it contain abody of doctrines and reflections which are well worthcareful study and examination. For, after all, the mindalone constitutes the glory and the dignity of the circle of fine art there has been a markedadvance. The progress of painting and sculpture hasbeen a striking feature in the recent history of thenation. Schools of art and art galleries have sprunginto existence in all the chief centres of population inthe kingdom. Let us hope that the culture of artshall be still more widely diffused, and the avenues ofelevated feeling and refined enjoyment


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