Transcriber's Note: Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed. Words printed in italics are noted with underscores: _italics_. JAMES FREDERICK FERRIER FAMOUS SCOTS SERIES _The following Volumes are now ready_-- THOMAS CARLYLE. By HECTOR C. MACPHERSON ALLAN RAMSAY. By OLIPHANT SMEATON HUGH MILLER. By W. KEITH LEASK JOHN KNOX. By A. TAYLOR INNES ROBERT BURNS. By GABRIEL SETOUN THE BALLADISTS. By JOHN GEDDIE RICHARD CAMERON. By Professor HERKLESS SIR JAMES Y. SIMPSON. By EVE BLANTYRE SIMPSON THOMAS CHALMERS. By Professor W. GARDEN BLAIKIE JAMES BOSWELL. By W. KEITH LEASK TOBIAS SMOLLETT. By OLIPHANT SMEATON FLETCHER OF SALTOUN. By G. W. T. OMOND THE BLACKWOOD GROUP. By SIR GEORGE DOUGLAS NORMAN MACLEOD. By JOHN WELLWOOD SIR WALTER SCOTT. By Professor SAINTSBURY KIRKCALDY OF GRANGE. By LOUIS A. BARBÉ ROBERT FERGUSSON. By A. B. GROSART JAMES THOMSON. By WILLIAM BAYNE MUNGO PARK. By T. BANKS MACLACHLAN DAVID HUME. By Professor CALDERWOOD WILLIAM DUNBAR. By OLIPHANT SMEATON SIR WILLIAM WALLACE. By Professor MURISON ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. By MARGARET MOYES BLACK THOMAS REID. By Professor CAMPBELL FRASER POLLOK and AYTOUN. By ROSALINE MASSON ADAM SMITH. By HECTOR C. MACPHERSON ANDREW MELVILLE. By WILLIAM MORRISON JAMES FREDERICK FERRIER. By E. S. HALDANE JAMES FREDERICK FERRIER BY E. S. HALDANE FAMOUS SCOTS SERIES PUBLISHED BY OLIPHANT ANDERSON & FERRIER EDINBURGH AND LONDON The designs and ornaments of this volume are by Mr. Joseph Brown, and the printing from the press of Morrison & Gibb Limited, Edinburgh. 1899. CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 7 CHAPTER I EARLY LIFE 11 CHAPTER II WANDERJAHRE--SOCIAL LIFE IN SCOTLAND--BEGINNING OF HIS LITERARY WORK 27 CHAPTER III PHILOSOPHY BEFORE FERRIER'S DAY 41 CHAPTER IV 'FIERCE WARRES AND FAITHFUL LOVES' 56 CHAPTER V DEVELOPMENT OF 'SCOTTISH PHILOSOPHY, THE OLD AND THE NEW'--FERRIER AS A CORRESPONDENT 72 CHAPTER VI FERRIER'S SYSTEM OF PHILOSOPHY--HIS PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS 88 CHAPTER VII THE COLERIDGE PLAGIARISM--MISCELLANEOUS LITERARY WORK 106 CHAPTER VIII PROFESSORIAL LIFE 122 CHAPTER IX LIFE AT ST. ANDREWS 138 CHAPTER X LAST DAYS 152 JAMES FREDERICK FERRIER INTRODUCTION