Sketch of John Lee, D.D., M.D., etc., etc., the Very Reverend the Principal of the University of Edinburgh : (born, 1779, died, 1859) / by Sir John Rose Cormack.

  • Cormack, John Rose, Sir, (1815-1882)
Date:
1875
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Credit: Sketch of John Lee, D.D., M.D., etc., etc., the Very Reverend the Principal of the University of Edinburgh : (born, 1779, died, 1859) / by Sir John Rose Cormack. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LIBRARY OF PRINCIPAL LEE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST. Sir,—Will you allow us, as agents for the representatives of the la Very Rev. Principal Lee, of the University of Edinburgh, in correctid, of a statement which recently appeared in your paper, to mention thr it was only a portion (and the works chiefly duplicates) of the extensiv and valuable libraiy of the Principal which was sold some years age He retained until his death the most valuable portion, to which 1: continued to make additions both of books and manuscripts. It is the intention of his representatives to expose his library to sa;. early next winter. There are other mistakes in the article containing the above stato ment, but we will not encroach on your space by pointing out an . asking correction of these. We remain, &c., W. and J. COOK, Writers to the Signet. 32, Abercromby-place, Edinburgh, August 6. [None of our statements regarding the late respected Principal Ler were made unadvisedly; and from competent judges resident in Edini burgh, and intimate friends of the deceased, we have received spontaf neous assurances of the substantial accuracy of our leading facts an iij opinions. With regard to the library, if we erred, we erred justifiabl] 1 Some years ago the Principal’s library was advertised and catalogue r for sale by Messrs. Tait and Nisbit, of Edinburgh. By them a libraiv understood to be the library of Dr. Lee was sold. There was som - inaccuracy in the dates we assigned to Dr. Lee’s official -connectio' with St. Andrew’s and Aberdeen, but essential facts and inference were not thereby affected. The dates were corrected by our corre spondent “ C. M.” in our impression on Thursday the 28th ult.- Ed. M. P.] POSTHUMOUS IVORK OF PRINCIPAL LEE. In i860 two volumes of great value by Principal Lee, edited by hi erudite and accomplished son Professor William Lee, D.D., wer published by William Blackwood and Sons, of Edinburgh and London entitled ‘ Lectures on the History of the Church of Scotland fron tlie Reformation to the Revolution Settlement.’ By the late Very Rev