A HIGHLAND CLEARING, 136 THE POET MONTGOMERY, 146 CRITICISM--INTERNAL EVIDENCE, 151 THE SANCTITIES OF MATTER, 161 THE LATE REV. ALEXANDER STEWART, 170 THE CALOTYPE, 179 THE TENANT'S TRUE QUARREL, 190 CONCLUSION OF THE WAR IN AFFGHANISTAN, 199 PERIODICALISM, 206 'ANNUS MIRABILIS,' 215 EFFECTS OF RELIGIOUS DISUNION ON COLONIZATION, 223 FINE-BODYISM, 232 ORGANSHIP, 240 BAILLIE'S LETTERS AND JOURNALS, 249 FIRST PRINCIPLES, 262 AN UNSPOKEN SPEECH, 269 DISRUPTION PRINCIPLES, 280 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CRIMEAN WAR, 293 THE POETS OF THE CHURCH, 302 THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA, 315 A VISION OF THE RAILROAD, 327 THE TWO MR. CLARKS, 337 PULPIT DUTIES NOT SECONDARY, 358 DUGALD STEWART, 369 OUR TOWN COUNCILS, 378 SUTHERLAND AS IT WAS AND IS; OR, HOW A COUNTRY MAY BE RUINED, 388 INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO THOUGHTS ON THE EDUCATIONAL QUESTION.