DELIVERED BEFORE

THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

1859-1899

EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION

BY

ARCHIBALD STODART-WALKER, M.B., F.R.C.P.ED.

London

GRANT RICHARDS

9 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C.

1900

EDITOR'S DEDICATION

Το

THE MOST HONOURABLE

THE MARQUIS OF DUFFERIN AND AVA K.T., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., LL.D., ETC.

LORD RECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY

IN MEMORY OF MUCH KINDNESS

PREFATORY NOTE

THE Editor desires to express to His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, to the Earl of Rosebery, Lord Balfour of Burleigh, Lord Robertson of Forteviot, and Mr. Goschen, his indebtedness for their courteous approval of the publication of their Addresses in the present form. To the Dowager Countess of Iddesleigh as representing the late Earl of Iddesleigh, to Lord Moncreiff as executor of the late Baron, to the executors of the late Mr. Gladstone, and to Sir Thomas Sanderson as representing the Trustees of the late Earl of Derby, he also desires to acknowledge courtesy of a similar nature. Το Messrs. William Blackwood and Sons, Chapman and Hall, David Douglas, Longmans, Green and Co., John Murray, the Proprietors of the "Scotsman," and the Editors of "The Student," he has pleasure in acknowledging the opportunity which their generosity afforded him of reprinting the Addresses, according to their several published versions.

He takes this opportunity of expressing his indebtedness to Sir Ludovic Grant, Secretary to the Senatus Academicus, and to the Librarians of the University, for much valuable assistance.