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It was while at Torphins, in July, 1903, that he began to feel pains which were at first regarded as muscular rheumatism, but which turned out to be the intense suffering caused by stoppage of circulation. The painful sensations, in the earlier stages only occasional, became, towards the end of August, much more frequent and very severe. But, so long as consciousness lasted, he bore his sufferings with great fortitude, and was solicitous for the comfort and the feelings of others, especially of Mrs. Bain. He died on the morning of the 18th September, and, three days later, was buried in Allenvale Cemetery, in ground overlooking the river Dee, and separated by two graves from the resting-place of his immediate successor, Minto. His directions were that his funeral should be private, and conducted with the utmost simplicity, and that there should be no religious service. He also expressed disapproval of a suggestion of an eloge pronounced at his grave. Had there been a crematorium in Aberdeen, his instructions would have been to have his body cremated; but his great wish was to give as little trouble as possible. He requested that no stone should be placed upon his grave: his books, he said, would be his only monument.

APPENDIX.

FOR Convenience of reference, there is appended the following list of Professor Bain's writings, prepared by Mr. P. J. Anderson, LL.B., Librarian to the University of Aberdeen.

1836. On civil and religious liberty. Speech on 22nd December at dinner to Mr. James Adam, editor of the Aberdeen Herald. (Printed in Herald; and in Alma Mater for 25th November, 1903.)

1838. A comparison of the styles of the principal writers of the ages of Queen Elizabeth and Queen Anne. (Unsuccessful essay for Blackwell Prize: MS. in University Library.)

1838-41. 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Reports of the Mechanics' Institution, Aberdeen.

1839. Catalogue of library of Mechanics' Institution, Aberdeen. Abd.

The sin of cruelty to animals. (Unsuccessful essay for
Gibson prize: MS. in University Library.)

1840. Electrotype and daguerreotype. In Westminster Review for September.

1841. Constitution of matter. In Westminster Review for July. 1842. On toys. In Westminster Review for January.

Admission to public places. In Banner of 23rd July. 1843. A system of logic by John Stuart Mill. In Westminster Review for May.

An attempt to generalise and trace to one sole cause-
viz., the liberation of latent heat-all cases of terrestrial
heat. Aberdeen Philos. Soc., 6th January.

On a new classification of the sciences. Aberdeen Philos.
Soc., 1st December.

1844. On the definition and classification of the human senses.

Aberdeen Philos. Soc., 9th December.

1845. On the impediments to the progress of truth arising from the abuse of language. (Successful essay for Blackwell Prize: MS. in University Library.)

1846. Preservation of health. In Lowe's Edinburgh Magazine for April.

1847. On travelling and books of travel. In Lowe's Edinburgh Magazine for June.

On the abuse of language in science and in common life. In Fraser's Magazine for February. (Blackwell Essay recast.)

On Carlyle's Oliver Cromwell. In Westminster Review for January.

Wit and humour. In Westminster Review for October. 1848. On English university education. In Westminster Review for July. Reprinted in pamphlet form as :

Of a liberal education in general. Lond.

On the applications of science to human health and wellbeing. Lond.

Oken's Physio-philosophy.

5th February.

In Chambers's Journal for

The scholastic logic. In Chambers's Journal for 11th
March.

Astronomy. (Chambers's Educational course.) Edinb.

Electricity. ( Do.

1849. Meteorology. ( Do.

do.

do.

) Edinb. ) Edinb.

Articles on Language, Logic, Human Mind, Rhetoric in Chambers's Information for the People. Vol. 2.

Edinb.

1850. Sydney Smith's Moral philosophy. In Chambers's Journal for 15th June.

Baron Reichenbach's Researches. In Chambers's Journal for 20th July and 3rd August.

Education of the citizen, Recent discoveries in Astronomy,

Everyday life of the Greeks, Religion of the Greeks, Water supply of towns, Animal instincts and intelligence, What is philosophy? In Chambers's Papers for the People. Edinb.

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1852. Paley's Moral philosophy, edited with dissertations and notes. (Chambers's Instructive and Entertaining Library.) Edinb.

185. Dr. Clark's Spelling reform. Abd.

1855. The senses and the intellect.

1859. The emotions and the will.

Lond.
Lond.

1860-68. Articles on Logic, Psychology, etc., in Chambers's

Encyclopædia.

1860. Phrenology and psychology. In Fraser's Magazine for May.

The propensities according to phrenology examined.
Fraser's Magazine for September.

The sentiments according to phrenology examined.
Part I. In Fraser's Magazine for November.

The position and province of logic. Introductory address,
6th November. (Printed in Aberdeen Free Press.)

1861. The sentiments according to phrenology examined. Part II. In Fraser's Magazine for February.

The intellectual faculties according to phrenology examined. In Fraser's Magazine for June.

On the study of character, including an estimate of phrenology. Lond.

English extracts. (For use in class.. No title. See also 1866.)

Outline chart of English grammar. (For use in class.) 1863. An English grammar. Second edition, 1866. (See also 1872.) Lond.

Methods of debate, an Address to Aberdeen University
Debating Society. Abd.

1864. On the physical accompaniments of mind. Aberdeen Philos. Soc., 1st April, 18th November (and 10th March, 1865).

The senses and the intellect. Second edition. Lond. 1865. The emotions and the will. Second edition.

Lond.

Grote's Plato: the Negative or search Dialogues. In
Macmillan's Magazine for July.

Grote's Plato: the Affirmative or exposition Dialogues.
In Macmillan's Magazine for October.

1865. A Letter to Mr. Westerton, Chairman of Mr. (John Stuart) Mill's (Parliamentary Election) Committee. Lond.

1866. English composition and rhetoric, a manual. (See also 1887-8.) Lond.

English extracts: supplementary to a Manual of English
composition and rhetoric. Lond. New series, Prose,
1870. New series, Prose, 1876. New series, Poetry,
1878.

On early philosophy. Aberdeen Mechanics' Inst., 15th
January.

On some disputed points of English grammar. Aberdeen
Philos. Soc., 13th April.

The feelings and the will viewed physiologically. In
Fortnightly Review for January.

The intellect viewed physiologically.

In Fortnightly Review for February. (This and the preceding article have been translated into Russian, and published in pamphlet form. See British Museum Catalogue, s.v. Bain.)

A historical view of the theories of the soul. In Fortnightly Review for May.

On early philosophy. In Macmillan's Magazine for June. 1867. On the correlation of force in relation to mind. In Macmillan's Magazine for September.

On the retentive power of the mind, with reference to education. Aberdeen Philos. Soc., 8th November.

1868. On teaching English. Aberdeen Philos. Soc., 13th November.

Mental and moral science: a compendium of psychology
and ethics. (See also 1872.) Lond.

The senses and the intellect. Third edition. Lond.
Has been translated as under:-

Les sens et l'intelligence. Trans. by E. Cazelles.
Paris, 1873. Second edition, 1889.

Memoir of Thomas Clark, M.D. In Journal of Chemical
Society. (See also 1884.)

Common errors on the mind. In Fortnightly Review for
August. (Reprinted in Practical Essays, 1884, and trans-
lated into French; see under 1872, Mind and Body.)

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