Supplement to third edition of History of George Heriot's Hospital

PREFACE TO SUPPLEMENT TO THE
THIRD EDITION.
rilHE latest (Third) Edition of the History of Heriot's
Hospital was published in July 1872. As the sale
of this Book is limited principally to persons connected
with the Institution, it requires several years to exhaust a
moderately-sized Edition. Thirteen years elapsed between
the Second and Third Editions. As the Text and Appen-
dixes are frequently found by the Governors and Officials
convenient for purposes of reference, the Editor has thought
its usefulness will be much increased, if, between the issue
of two Editions, a small Supplement be published contain-
ing a brief record of the principal events in the History of
the Hospital since the publication of the previous Edition,
so that the Book may never be more than a few years out
of date. The present Supplementary pages have been pre-
pared with this view.
Since 1872, six Out-door Schools (Three Juvenile and
Three Infant) have been erected, and one temporarily
established in the Fountainbridge District ; Free Evening
Classes have been formed for the instruction of Males and
Females during the Winter Months; the important Bur-