A day or two after, Dr.Brown called on me, and kindly took me on a drive with him through Edinburgh; and it was pleasant to see how the people on the sidewalk had cheery salutes for the author of "Rab" as he rode by.

We went up to Calton Hill and made a call on Sir George Harvey, the famous artist, whom we found in his studio, with brush in hand, and working on an Highland landscape.

Sir George was a hearty old fellow, and the two friends had a merry "crack" together.

When I asked Harvey if he had seen any of our best American paintings, he replied "No, I have not; the best American productions I have ever seen have been some of your missionaries.

I met some of them; they were noble characters." On our return from the drive Dr.Brown gave me an elegant edition of "Rab," with Harvey's portrait of the immortal dog, whose body was thickset like a little bull, and who had "fought his way to absolute supremacy,--like Julius Caesar or the Duke of Wellington." When in Edinburgh ten years afterwards, as a delegate to the General Assemblies, I was so constantly occupied that I was able to see but little of my genial friend, Dr.Brown.I sent him a copy of the little book, "The Empty Crib," which had been recently published, and received from him the following characteristic reply: 25 RUTLAND STREET, EDINBURGH, May 25, 1872.
_My Dear Dr.Cuyler_ Very many thanks for your kind note, and the little book.