14 OCTOBER 1865, Page 3

We are happy to perceive that Sir George Grey has

appointed Professor Masson, editor of Macmillan's Magazine, to the chair of Rhetoric in Edinburgh vacant by the death of Mr. Aytoun. His most formidable competitor was Dr. Hanna, who would thus have been relieved from a position for which he is too liberal. Mr. Masson, though little more of a rhetorician than his predecessor, is a man of varied accomplishments, wide knowledge, and genuinely liberal feeling, who will help to introduce into the University that variety of culture which it sadly lacks. Professors can no more teach style than they can teach poetic feeling, but they can, and Professor Masson will, show students how to appreciate.