3 NOVEMBER 1888, Page 23

Memories of the Past. By the late Rev. James Dodds.

(Macniven and Wallace, Edinburgh.)—Mr. Dodds had the opportunity of seeing some interesting men, and gives us some pleasant sketches of them. He attended Dr. Chalmers's lectures in the theological classes at Edinburgh, and saw something of the great man in his home. He heard Thomas Campbell speak at a festival to cele- brate the fourth centenary of the invention of printing. He knew Dr. Moir, the " Delta " of Blackwood's Magazine, and Christopher North ; and he once saw Sir W. Scott, who was on his way from the Parliament House to Ballantyne's printing- office. Such are some of the names that are to be found in Mr. Dodds's pages. Whatever he says is full of kindliness.