FOOTNOTES:

[1] It is distinctly stated in the Life, vol. 1, p. 180, that the loss of fortune was complete; but a subsequent statement is somewhat at variance with this.

[2] Letter quoted by Mrs Gordon.

[3] The Crusade.

[4] Literary Life, p. 79.

[5] Autobiography, vol. i., p. 147.

[6] R. P. Gillies, Memoirs of a Literary Veteran, vol. iii., p. 59.

[7] Autobiography, vol. ii., p. 157.

[8] 'Journal,' under date January 21st, 1832.

[9] No. 198 Atholl Place. Article in Glasgow Herald, 1st May 1895.