EMBRACING

SKETCHES OF ITS ECCLESIASTICAL, EDUCATIONAL,

AND LITERARY HISTORY

FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE MIDDLE

OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.

SECOND SERIES,

WITH SEVERAL ILLUSTRATIONS.

BY

GEORGE WILLIAMSON, F.R.S.E., F.S.A. Scot.

ALEXANDER GARDNER,

PAISLEY; AND PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON.