And,  precious  as  is  her  Diary,  having  been  kept  for
uses  entirely  personal,  it  contains  few  singular  or  ex-
trinsic incidents.  The  difficulty  of  selection  has  been
great.  Many  references  are  omitted  which  would
have  been  peculiarly  gratifying  to  relatives  and
friends ;  and  many  passages,  in  themselves  so  edify-
ing, that  their  suppression  caused  a  pang  at  the  mo-
ment, and  still  leaves  a  misgiving.  But,  in  a  printed
book,  as  in  a  public  address,  the  writer  well  knows
that  the  most  venial  fault  is  bre^^ty ;  and  his  only
gi'ief  will  be,  if,  in  trying  to  earn  that  pleasant  cen-
sure, he  has  failed  to  do  justice  to  one  whose  rare  ex-
cellence merited  a  copious  record  and  a  more  skilful
biographer.
London,  August  10,  1849.
CONTENTS,


CHAPTER  I.
FAGB

Sir  John  Sinclair — Tliurso  Castle — Lady  Janet  Sinclair
— Nurse  Morris — Stoke  Newington — The  Sisters —
Dr.  Walter  Buchanan,  and  Wilberforce's  "Practical
VieV    .......      7

CHAPTER  II.
Rossdhu  and  Loch  Lomond — Sir  James  Colquhoun — Dr.
Stuart,  of  Luss — Aristocratic  Society  in  Scotland  long
ago — Commencement  of  the  Diary — A  Mother's  Leg-
acy       .......
28


CHAPTER  in.
Death  of  Mss  Hannah  Sinclair — Luss  and  Arrochar
Bible  Society— The  Poor  of  Scotland  Thirty  Years
ago — Nelly — "  Despair  and  Hope" — BeU  Macintyre —
Tract  Distribution— The  School  of  Industry— The  Sab-
bach  School  — "Kirkings"— The  Diary— Dr.  Alex.
Stewart— Mr.  Legh  Richmond— Dr.  Chalmers— Miss
Jane  FarreU 11


VI  CONTENTS.
CHAPTER  IV.
PAGE

Publications — "Impressions  of  the  Heart" — Dr.  Colqu-
houn,  of  Leith — Dr.  Hamilton,  of  Strathblane— Dr.
