Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places . hool at Craigmillar, and are employed here. Niolson Street.] JOHN MACLAREN. 337 spend a portion of each day in education, oftenpassing an hour or more daily in learning to readby means of raised letters, under the direction ofthe chaplain. One of the most remarkable inmates here wasJohn Maclaren, who deserves to be recorded forhis wonderful memory. He was a native of Edin-burgh, and lost his sight by small-pox in was admitted into the first asylum in Shake-speare Square in 1793, and was the last survivor In W
Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places . hool at Craigmillar, and are employed here. Niolson Street.] JOHN MACLAREN. 337 spend a portion of each day in education, oftenpassing an hour or more daily in learning to readby means of raised letters, under the direction ofthe chaplain. One of the most remarkable inmates here wasJohn Maclaren, who deserves to be recorded forhis wonderful memory. He was a native of Edin-burgh, and lost his sight by small-pox in was admitted into the first asylum in Shake-speare Square in 1793, and was the last survivor In West Richmond Street, which opens off theeast side of Nicolson Street, is the McCrie FreeChurch, so named from being long the scene ofthe labours of Dr. Thomas McCric, the zealousbiographer of and Melville. Near it, a largearchway leads into a small and dingy-looking court,named Simon S(iuare, crowded by a humble, butdense population ; yet it has associations intimatelyconnected with literature and the fine arts, forthere a poor young student from .nandale, nauvd. SUKCFONS IIALI,. of the original members. With little exception,he had committed the whole of the Scriptures tomemory, and was most earnest in his pious effortsto instruct the blind boys of the institution in por-tions of the sacred volume. He could repeat anentire passage of the Bible, naming chapter andverse, wherever it might be opened for him. Asage came upon him the later events of his life eludedhis memory, while all that it had secured of theearlier remained distinct to the last. Throughouthis long career he was distinguished by his zealin promoting the spiritual welfare and temporalcomfort of the little community of which he wasa member, and also for a life of increasing industry,which closed on the 14th of November, Thomas Carlyle, lodged when he first came toEdinburgh, and in a narrow alley called PaulStreet David AMlkie took up his abode on hisarrival in Edinburgh in 1799. He was then in his fo
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