D.SC., F.R.S. AND F.R.P.S., EDIN.; LATELY PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEMBER OF THE STUDENTS' REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL PREFACE. THE desirability of preserving in some more convenient form than that of newspaper cuttings the history of the Tercentenary Festival, together with the speeches and addresses delivered during its course, must be felt by all; and to meet this want is the aim of the present little work. The account here given of the speeches and different events is taken chiefly from the Scotsman' reports, which were on the whole so good that they have required but slight alteration and revision. I gladly take this opportunity to acknowledge the kindness of the proprietors of that newspaper for granting their permission to publish these reports in this form. I am also happy to say that in almost every case the speeches and addresses have been carefully revised and corrected by their respective authors for publication here, so that they are in every sense thoroughly trustworthy. In order to keep the work within as small limits as |