T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW;
EDINBURGH, AND NEW YORK.

TO

PETER DRUMMOND, ESQ.,

AND

THE REV. WILLIAM REID, M.A., STIRLING,

IN CONNECTION WITH WHOSE EFFORTS OF CHRISTIAN USEFULNESS,

BY MEANS OF THE PRESS,

MOST OF THE FOLLOWING SKETCHES, IN AN ABRIDGED FORM,

WERE ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED,

THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED

BY

THE AUTHOR.