JOHN STUART BLACKIE.

A biography of John Stuart Blackie, Greek professor at the University of Edinburgh, is presented. He was born in 1809 in Glasgow, Scotland and mastered the German language and German literature in Gottingen and Berlin schools in Germany. He occupied himself with literary work in 1834 including his translation of "Faust" and reviweing German books for "Foreign Quarterly Review." His poetical work titled "Lays and Legends of Ancient Greece, With Other Poems" is discussed.