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474 LANARKSHIRE.
became assistant to a bookseller. In 1793 he conducted a
seminary, but soon relinquished the drudgery of tuition. Entering
the office of a cotton merchant at Glasgow, lie obtained charge
of the business, and in 1813 was accepted as a partner. For
some years he acted as collegiate pastor in an Independent
church. From 1818 to 1822 he edited The Protestant, a periodical
publication devoted to the exposure of papal error. This work
was subsequently printed in four large volumes, and commanded
wide attention. In 1822 Mr. McGavin became manager of the
Glasgow Branch of the British Linen Bank. He died suddenly on
the 23rd August, 1832. His remains were interred in the crypt of
Wellington Street Chapel, and in the following year a monument
to his memory was by public subscription reared in the Necropolis.
It is thirty-five feet in height ; and consists of a pedestal projecting
into four wings, in form of a St. Andrew's cross, surmounted by an
elegant statue. The pedestal is thus inscribed : —
" To the memory of William M'Gavin, author of TJic Protestant,
&c., &c., who died on the 23rd August, 1832, aged fifty-nine yeais.
This monument has been erected by his fellow-citizens
MDCCCXXXIV."
A. monument designed by Fillans commemorates Dugald Moore,
an ingenious and short-lived poet. He was born in Stock^A'ell
Street, Glasgow, in 1805. Bred a tobacco-boy, he was afterwards
received into the copper-printing establishment of James Lnmsden
and Son, booksellers. Under the patronage of !Mr. Lnmsden, senior,
he published in 1829 a volume of poems entitled, "The African; a
Tale, and other Poems." Several other volumes of poems appeared
from his pen. From the profits of his writings he opened a book-
selling establishment in Queen Street, which became the rendezvous
of men of letters. Moore died unmarried on the 2nd January,
1841, aged thirty-six. His monument was reared by public sub-
scription ; it contains his bust in marble, accompanied by these
lines from his poem, " The Bard of the North " : —
" School'd in adversity ; he was reared
Bv lier in winter ; and he went