A GALLERY OF BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SKETCHES OF WEST OF SCOTLAND CELEBRITIES. By J. STEPHEN JEANS, EDITOR OF THE EVENING STAR.' Glasgow: PUBLISHED AT THE STAR OFFICE, ARGYLE STREET. MDCCCLXXII. ΤΟ JAMES BAIRD, ESQ. OF CAMBUSDOON. ESTEEMED SIR, To you, as the most prominent representative of the industrial interests of the West of Scotland—as the largest employer of labour in Scotland and as the sole survivor of a family to whose exertions and achievements—(commercially, morally, socially, and religiously)—Glasgow is very largely indebted for its exceptional progress and prosperity, I desire to dedicate this volume -the record of many lives, not one of which presents greater attractions to the man of business, the man of science, or the philanthropist, than your own. Glasgow, 20th June, 1872. J. S. JEANS. |