Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places . the winter of 1862-3, ^e OLD AND EDINBURGH. [Calton Hilt. gave a similar course to the Duke of Edinburgh,wlien both were resident in the city. On his removal to London in 1866 he wassucceeded as Rector by James Donaldson, ,one of the ablest preceptors that Scotland has pro-duced. Dr. Donaldson was born at Aberdeen onthe 26th of April, 1831, and was educated at theGrammar School and ^Llrischal College and Uni-versity of his native city, and the Lniversity ofBerlin. In 1852 he was appointed Greek tutor in ship a
Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places . the winter of 1862-3, ^e OLD AND EDINBURGH. [Calton Hilt. gave a similar course to the Duke of Edinburgh,wlien both were resident in the city. On his removal to London in 1866 he wassucceeded as Rector by James Donaldson, ,one of the ablest preceptors that Scotland has pro-duced. Dr. Donaldson was born at Aberdeen onthe 26th of April, 1831, and was educated at theGrammar School and ^Llrischal College and Uni-versity of his native city, and the Lniversity ofBerlin. In 1852 he was appointed Greek tutor in ship and liberal views. Particularly has he distin-guished himself by his study of theearly Christian Fathers, and his Critical Historyof Christian Literature and Doctrine from theDeath of the Apostles to the Nicene Council(3 vols.), is a standard work on the important sub-ject with which it deals ; while the Ante-XiceneChristian Library, of which he is joint-editor,affords further proof of the great and permanentinterest which Dr. Donaldson has manifested in this. BURNS S , CALTON HILL. Edinburgh University, Rector of the High Schoolof Stirling in 1854, classical master in the HighSchool of Edinburgh in 1856, and Rector of thesame school in 1S66, in succession, as has beenseen, to Dr. Leonhard Schmitz. During his rector-ship the High School conspicuously sustainedthe world-wide reputation which it has always en-joyed for the all-round excellence of its Dr. Donaldson devoted himself to thewatchful guidance of the great institution overwhich he presided with rare zeal and affectionatesolicitude for its interests and those of the scholarsentrusted to his care, he found time to enrichthe classical and educational stores of his countr)-by various works exhibiting alike profound scholar- department of Christian history and theology. was elected Fellow of the Royal Societyof Edinburgh, and received the degree of Aberdeen Universi
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