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A M CEWE N. z T H MAS T O PH A T S ME ATO . O GU HRIE. By LI N N A N STON . T. A S AC ACH A . I D VID LIVI G E By B NK M L L N T A A E S A E S R A GE R S TE R T HE C D MIC GREGORIE . By GN G IN WA . ’ ‘ NST N OF WAR R IS N AM OR O JOH O I O . By WILLI M IS N. ! Opo T h e de s ign s o r n am en t s this Mr o s e B r o n vo lum e ar e by J ph w , an dt h e pr in tin g is fr o m th e pr es s o f es s r s ur n u S e r s n ur . M T b ll p a , Edi b gh Apr il I go r P R E F A C E ’ As far back as I can remem ber there hung in my father s z z m study two prints, the one a me otint of Professor Ja es r an d Grego y, the other, inferior as a picture, but most an Of beautiful in its subject, engraving William Pulteney Alison . In answer to nursery enquiries as to the stories belong ing to these two pictures, there had always perforce to be some dark facts related in connection with Dr James Gregory, but these were kept rather in the background, and the impression we got of him came nearer to the incidental portrait which Robert Louis Stevenson draws ‘ ’ of him in Weir of Hermiston . With William Pulteney Alison we could, as it were, shake hands, for the story teller could here insert a piece of real history, of how, long ago, this man had sat beside his crib watching over him , holding him back from the arms of Death . We watched with him as he sat there ministering to this sick child, keeping alive the little flicker of life, keeping the ‘ ’ little restless body still . If he moves, he will faint, ‘ ’ Professor Alison had said . If he faints, he will die . Across the gap Of years other Children held their breath till the little patient fell asleep . But the most interesting fact about Gregory and Alison to us as childr en was that they had both been professors of the Practice of Physic in Edinburgh University, and s 6 PR EFACE the little boy who had so nearly died now lectured in f the place O the physician who had saved his life . This early acquaintance gave me a love for these professors, and when I came to be asked to write a book upon the Academic members of the OldScottish family Of i . Gregory, two of them at least were fam liar as friends In the preparation of my book I have received much kindness, and I should especially like to thank Mr Philip ’ -at - Spencer Gregory, of Lincoln s Inn , Barrister Law, late ’ fo r Fellow of King s College, Cambridge, the help which m he as a representative of the fa ily was able to give me, and also for his very interesting ‘Records of the Family of ’ Gregory . My thanks are also due to Professor Campbell fo r Fraser personal introduction to sources of information, S avilian Of to Mr Turner, Professor Astronomy in the University of Oxford , and to Mr Henry Johnstone of the Edinburgh Academy and Mr R . S . Rait, Fellow of New College, Oxford , who have read my proofs . I must also record my debt Of gratitude to the Editors for the great kindness and courtesy they have shown to me . E R A E R AGN S G ING S TE WAR T. C O N T E N T S PAGE CHAPTER I T H E G R E G OR I E S CHAPTER II A D R E G OR E OF K I NAI R DY 1 62 - 1 20 D VI G I , 5 7 CHAPTE R III AM E S R E GOR E 1 6 8- 1 6 J G I , 3 75 CHAPTE R IV A D R E GOR 1 66 1 - 1 08 D VI G Y, 7 CH APTER V A D R E G OR 1 6 6- 1 6 D VI G Y , 9 7 7 CH APTE R VI 1 AM E S R E GOR E 1 666 - 1 2 2 HAR E S R E GOR E ( ) J G I , 74 ( ) C L G I , 1 1 - 1 A D R E GOR E 1 2 - 68 7 39 ; ( 3) D VI G I , 7 1 1 7 65 CHAPTER VII AM E S R E GOR E 1 6 - 1 2 AM E S R E GOR E ( I ) J G I , 74 733 ; ( ) J G I , 1 70 1 - 1 75 5 CHAPTER VIII OH R E GOR Y 1 2 - 1 J N G , 7 4 77 3 CHAPTER I! M E S R E GOR 1 - 1 82 1 J A G Y, 7 53 CHAPTER ! AM R E GOR 1 80 - 1 8 8 WILLI G Y, 3 5 CHAPTER ! I R E TR OS PE CT T H E ACAD E MIC G R E GOR I E S CHAPTER I T H E G R E G O R I E S ' ’ T h m o on s o n th e e an dth e m s s on th e r e e lak , i t b a , h n h n m e a i n m e An dt e cla as a a th t s a el s s by day .
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