| Description | Discusses Harriet Martineau's 'History of England during the Thirty Years Peace' and the notices regarding Thomas Drummond, Under Secretary for Ireland [1835-1840], asks if Martineau has any other information about Drummond or letters by him which could be included in a forthcoming book; Miss Drummond, Thomas' sister, founded a scholarship in the University of Edinburgh in memory of her brother, for the study of mathematics and natural philosophy; Cox hopes to soon publish an elaborate account of 'The Literature of the Sabbath Question'; discusses the opening of the Botanic Garden on Sunday afternoons. |