It is written in a graceful and highly-finished style, but is far surpassed in originality and spirit by the ballads which he wrote to commemorate the "Battle of the Baltic" and the other actions of the French war. _John Galt_ deserves to be remembered as the author of some clever novels, the best of which are the "Ayrshire Legatees" and "The Entail." Nearer to our own time _Walter Scott_, the poet and romancist, gave to English literature its best works of fiction, and at once introduced and perfected the modern novel. Among writers of fiction _Miss Ferrier_ must not be forgotten. In her witty, satirical novels, "Marriage," "Destiny," "The Inheritance," she has left admirable pictures of Scottish life and manners. _John Lockhart_, the son-in-law and biographer of Scott; _John Wilson_, Professor of Moral Philosophy in Edinburgh, the _Christopher North_ of the "Noctes Ambrosianæ;" his friend and contemporary _James Hogg_, the poet, better known as the "Ettrick Shepherd;" the two _Alisons_, father and son, the elder the author of the "Essay on Taste," the younger of the "History of Europe," may all be reckoned among Scotchmen who have done honour to their country by their literary labours. In the world of science Scotland has been represented by _James Ferguson_, the astronomer, _Hugh Miller_, the great geologist, who began life as a stonemason; _Sir David Brewster_, who is famous for his discoveries in optics, and many others. _Mungo Park_, the _African_ explorer of a past day, and _Dr. Livingstone_, who in our own time has worked so long in the same field of discovery, were both also born in Scotland. But now that the two nations have become so closely united, national jealousy and national pride are both alike well-nigh forgotten, and Scotchmen are content to throw their energy and talents at home and in the colonies into the common stock of British glory.