. A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen. mph so grand, as that of Dr. Adam. In1761, when he was exactly twenty, he stood a trialfor the situation of head teacher in George WatsonsHospital, Edinburgh, and was successful. In thisplace he is said to have continued about three years;during which he was anxiously engaged in cultivat-ing an intimacy with the classics—reading, withgreat care, and in a critical manner, the works ofHerodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Cicero, andLivy. His views were now directed towards thechurch, and he was on the eve of being licensed asa preacher of the gospel,
. A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen. mph so grand, as that of Dr. Adam. In1761, when he was exactly twenty, he stood a trialfor the situation of head teacher in George WatsonsHospital, Edinburgh, and was successful. In thisplace he is said to have continued about three years;during which he was anxiously engaged in cultivat-ing an intimacy with the classics—reading, withgreat care, and in a critical manner, the works ofHerodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Cicero, andLivy. His views were now directed towards thechurch, and he was on the eve of being licensed asa preacher of the gospel, when suddenly a prospectopened before him of becoming assistant, with thehope of being eventually the successor, of , rector of the high-school. This appoint-ment he obtained, and in 1771 the increased infirmi-ties of Mr. Mathieson threw the whole of this chargeinto the hands of Mr. Adam. The time when he assumed this respectable officewas very fortunate. Every department of knowledgein Scotland was at this period adorned by higher. ALEXANPEfi hBhm, LA. THE ORIGINAL IN THE SIOH SCHOOL. EDrNBITROH. ALEXANDER ADAM ROBERT ADAM. names than had ever before graced it; and hence theoffice of master in the principal elementary school ofthe country presented to a man of superior qualifica-tions a fair opportunity of distinguishing opportunity was not lost upon Mr. Adam. Hedevoted himself with singidar assiduity to his duties;and under his auspices the school gradually increasedin numbers and reputation. Soon after his appoint-ment he began to compose a series of works to facili-tate the study of the Latin language. His Rudhneiitsof Latin and English Grammar were published in1772, and though composed in a style which ap-peared to the generality of teachers as a dreadfulschism and heresy, met with the approbation of adiscerning few, whose praise was sufficient to over-balance the censure of the multitude. His offenceconsisted in the novel attempt to teach t
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