Blair Collection > Celtic monthly > Volume 5, 1897

THE CELTIC MONTHLY.
Alexander Maitland, of Stoke Newington
The sole other child of this marriage was
Hannah, the unforgotten authoress of " Letters
on the Christian Faith," pronounced by William
Wilberforce to be the best compendiaiu on the
subject he had ever seen.
The Life of Lady Colquhoun, by Dr. James
Hamilton of Lada, passed rapidly into four
editions.
Rev. Dr. John Stuart, Gaelic TBANSLAToft.
When Lad}' Colquhoun came to Rossdhu,
and for many following years, the gifted minister
of the parish was the well known Dr. John
Stuart, famed as scholar and florist, and under
the sanction of the Churcli of Scotland he trans-
lated the Bible into Gaelic. His manse garden
contained many rare and valuable flowers and
shrubs. His patron. Sir James Colquhoun,
ANNE I'OI.nlTricniN,
Fruin Ihe Oriijiiial Fit iiUiiisj
sympathised with Dr. Stuart in all his literary
tastes, being himself a great judge of pictui-es
and china, as well as a famed botanist. It was
he who sowed the " bonnie shores of Loch
Lomond " with daffodils, which flutter still in
thousands there, scenting the western breezes.
The present Chief lias lately irapoited a number
of arbutus trees, which in time will no doubt
make the islands of Loch Lomond have a sisterly
resemblance to Killarney !
Dr Stuart anu the Luss Inn-keepek.
Dr. Stuart of Luss was noted for his hospi-
tality, as well as for his scientific and literary
pursuits. No stranger of distinction would
have missed the opportunity of inspecting the
rare botanical collection in the manse garden,
or of being acquainted with its accomplished
possessor. The hospitalities of the manse were,
however, a source of perpetual annoyance to the