Of THE BLACKWOOD GROUP, by Sir GEORGE DOUGLAS, the _Scotsman_ says:-- “In brief compass, Sir George Douglas gives us skilfully blended together much pleasantly written biography and just and judicious criticism.” The _Weekly Citizen_ says:-- “It need not be said that to everyone interested in the literature of the first half of the century, and especially to every Scotsman so interested, ‘The Blackwood Group’ is a phrase abounding in promise. And really Sir George Douglas fulfils the promise he tacitly makes in his title. He is intimately acquainted not only with the books of the different members of the ‘group,’ but also with their environment, social and otherwise. Besides, he writes with sympathy as well as knowledge.” FOOTNOTES: [1] See _More Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands_. [2] From _A Peep at Russia_. [3] From _The Old Lieutenant and his Son_. [4] Other names have been associated with this anecdote, but Norman for my money. [5] From _The Old Lieutenant_. [6] Cf. Tennyson’s line, so much praised by Mr. Swinburne-- ‘And stormy crests that smoke against the sky.’ [7] Cf. Professor Max Müller: ‘From what I know of the Hindoos, they seem to me riper for Christianity than any nation that ever accepted the gospel. It does not follow that the Christianity of India will be the Christianity of England; but that the new religion of India will embrace all the essential elements of Christianity I have no doubt, and that is surely something worth fighting for.’ (Letter to Norman Macleod in _Memoir_, vol. ii. p. 257.) TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE: —Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Norman Macleod, by John Wellwood