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David Laing, LL. D. a Memoir of His Life and Literary Work Digitized by the Internet Arciiive in 2008 witii funding from IVIicrosoft Corporation littp://www.arcliive.org/details/davidlainglldmemOOgoud DAVID LAING DAVID LAING, LL.D. A Memoir of His Life and Literary Work BY GILBERT GOUDIE, F.S.A.Scot. AUTHOR OF 'the CELTIC AND SCANDINAVIAN ANTIQUITIES OF SHETLAND* EDITOR OF mill's ' DIARY,' ETC. ETC. WITH INTRODUCTION BY LORD GUTHRIE EDINBURGH PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION BY T. AND A. CONSTABLE 1913 2^0 Copies printed i^ Ui4Cr^t V PREFACE J It has been said that to write a Life as it should be written it should be done ' while the memory of the man himself is still vivid in the mind of his biographer and of others.' In the present instance ^^^ more than thirty years had passed between Laing's demise and the time when I was asked to under- V take his memoir. I could yet, however, claim to "^ have had the privilege of his acquaintance and to f4\<\ have retained a vivid impression of his personality. The request was therefore complied with, though not without hesitation, because the undertaking was obviously attended with difficulties due to the lapse of time and the uncertainty as to the ade- J quacy of any biographic materials that might be available. These difficulties were, however, gradu- ally surmounted as the work proceeded. My aim has been to present the man, his life and character, not from any preconceived idea of my own, but as he is portrayed by himself in the occasional biographic scraps he has left, by the tone and tenor of his works, and by the independent 2i40'?G vi DAVID LAING testimony of men of light and leading, contempor- aries of his own, in this country and abroad, who knew him well, who were entitled to speak, and did speak, with no uncertain voice both during his life- time and after his decease. It is not claimed for Laing in these pages that he was an Admirable Crichton in universal knowledge or a Mezzofanti in languages, but his learning and his labours were of a more solid, useful and enduring type than theirs. He was the recognised guide and reserve force of the literary clubs of his day, and by his own numerous issues and reprints he to a large extent anticipated the work of the Scottish Text Society, the Scottish History Society, and of others who have followed in his steps in recent years, sometimes with scant acknowledgment of indebtedness to him. He was, in short, the unique and unrivalled authority on the ancient literature, the Church history and the antiquities of Scotland, especially of his dearly loved native city of Edinburgh. Lord Guthrie and Mr. James JMacdonald, W.S., Depute Keeper of the Great Seal for Scotland, personal friends of Dr. Laing, have been friendly referees in all questions during the progress of the work ; and I am indebted to his Lordship for PREFACE vii supplying an Introduction, summarising special aspects of Laing's work and character, as brought out in the biography, a contribution which adds very materially to its interest and value. INIy thanks are also due to Dr. Hay Fleming and Dr. George Neilson for the Notes which appear at the end of Lord Guthrie's Introduction. Mr. Archibald Constable, LL.D., and Mr. Cecil White, F.S. A.Scot., have been good enough to go over the manuscript, favouring me with valuable suggestions and improvements ; and I have to express my obligation to the officials of the lib- raries here and in London for their uniform kind- ness and courtesy in aiding my efforts towards accuracy in dealing with Laing's numerous, and often rare, publications. To the Council of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland I am indebted for the engraving of the picture of Laing in his private study,by Sir William Fettes Douglas, P.R.S. A., which forms the frontis- piece, and to Mr. James L. Caw, Director of the National Galleries of Scotland, for permission to reproduce the somewhat similar picture by Robert Herdman, R.S.A., which is preserved in the National Portrait Gallery. Gilbert Goudie. 31 Great King Street, Edinburgh, November 1913. — CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION xv I ANCESTRY David Laing's grandfather—His father, William Laing, book- seller—Marriage and family of William Laing—His business tours abroad—Publications of ancient classics Removal from Canongate to South Bridge—Death in 1832 ....... 1 II PERSONAL HISTORY Birth of David Laing, l79o— His own narrative of his early days—School and college—Assistant to his father Business visits, to London, 1809, Dublin, 1810, again to London for lloxburghe sale, 1812—Visits to the Con- tinent, 181(; and 1819— Forgathers with John Gibson Lockhart— Lockhart's description of the Laings—David's first publication—Applies for librariauship of the Advo- cates' Library, 1819— Youthful attempts at poetry and the drama— Appointed secretary of the Bannatyne CUub, 1823—Fellow of Society of Antiquaries, 1824— His re- prints of Scottish early poetry—Appointed chief librarian of the Signet Library, 1837—Testimonials—In France, Switzerland and Germany in 1838—In Italy : Rome, Florence, Bologna, A'enice : also Germany and Belgium in 1840—Visited by Carlyle in 1843—His tour in Ork- ney, Shetland, and the north of Scotland in 184.5 —The old family residence, Ramsay Lodge, Lauriston, sold Removal to Portobello^IIis historical researches and literary labours incessant—Visits to scholars and book — DAVID LAING PAGE collections in Britain and abroad—Again in Holland in 1856, when he discovered a missing C'ottonian MS. —In Denmark, Sweden and Norway in 1858, and in Belgium and France in 1860—Elected Professor of Ancient His- tory to Royal Scottish Academy in 1861 —Dissolution of Bannatyne Club, for which thirty-nine volumes edited by him—Presentation of plate by the club— His portrait by Sir ^V^illiam Fettes Douglas, 1863—Honorary degree of LL.D. of University of Edinburgh, 1864— His portrait by Robert Herdman, U.S.A., presented by the Society of Antiquaries after fifty years of labour— in its service His last tour in England in 1875 ' A weary Night's travel in Roxburghshire ' —Three important works issued this year— His care for and restoration of Edinburgh sepulchral monuments—In London for the last time in 1876—Four papers submitted to Society of Antiquaries in 1877—Two important works issued by him in 1878 Failing health—Death on 18th October in his 86th year 1-4 —Funeral— Pulpit references—Obituary notices . III TESTAMENTARY BEQUESTS To the University of PMlnburgh —To the Society of Anti- quaries of Scotland —The National Gallery of Scotland —The Royal Scottish Academy—Private papers to Sir Arthur Mitchell for preparation of a biography—Amount of personal estate . 120 IV THE LIBRARY Directions by will for sale in London—Catalogues—The sale —Amount realised —Some details of prices . 138 V LITERARY WORK His literary labours generally—Chronological list of books edited and miscellaneous treatises issued, 1815 to 1878 . 148 — CONTENTS xi VI CORRESPONDENTS PAGE Letters and draft replies, nearly eight thousand : from Peers, Lords of Session, and miscellaneous correspondents Special excerpts and copies of letters—Selection of names of correspondents at home and abroad . 238 VII FAMILY CONNECTIONS ^Filliam Laing primus—^Villiam Laing secundus : his family (including David) and descendants—Family sepulchre in New Calton Burying-Ground .... 296 INDEX 305 ILLUSTRATIONS LAING IN HIS STUDY. By Sir W. Fettes Douglas, P.R.S.A. , . , Frontispiece PAGE WILLIAM LAING AND MRS. WILLIAM LAING 12 FACSIMILE OF PAGES OF LAING'S SKETCH OF HIS EARLY LIFE 16 LAING IN HIS STUDY. By Robert Herdman, R.S.A. 100 LALNG'S DWELLING-HOUSE IN PORTOBELLO . 125 xiil INTRODUCTION BY LORD GUTHRIE Member of the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Scotland ; President of the Scottish Text Society ; Vice-President of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. David Laing was born in 1793, one hundred and twenty years ago, twenty-two years later than his friend and patron Sir Walter Scott ; and thirty-five years have passed since his death in 1878. Thus interest in the man, as distinguished from the literary expert, can now be expected only among few. The late Mr. T. G. Stevenson issued in 1878 for private circulation a useful but imperfect list of Dr. Laing's works, with sundry documents bearuig on his career ; but his friends had hoped that an authorised and complete record of his long and laborious life, so fruitful in benefit to Scottish literature and literary men, would have appeared within reasonable time after his death ; and that the book would have been written by the late Sir Arthur Mitchell, K.C.B. Unfortunately Sir Arthur, whose co-operation with Laing in the work of the Society of Anti- quaries of Scothuid gave him a special knowledge xvi DAVID LAING both of tlie man and of the litterateur, was unable to carry through the pious duty, in which he had made considerable progress, by careful arrange- ment of the papers, and which, for a time, he ex- pected to accomplish. But no one, among the younger generation who knew Dr. Laing, could have brought more loyal enthusiasm to the task than Mr. Goudie, or a more thorough appreciation of Dr. Laing's special lines of service to literature and to men of letters. The biography, prepared by him at the request of the trustees of Miss Euphemia Laing, Dr. Laing's sister, is a model of exhaustive research, notwithstanding great difficulties caused by the vast mass of material, including nearly eight thousand letters, the death of Dr. Laing's most intimate friends, his fondness for writing anonymously, and the fact that many documents in his hand, written on old envelopes and scraps of waste paper, were almost impossible to decipher.
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