Excerpt from Colloquia PeripateticaThe reluctance of one, who had so much to communicate to all who would listen, to commit his thoughts to writing, was remarkable. And while many' causes contributed to it, his humility was not the least of these. One who knew so many books, could not be induced to add another to the pile, unless he could say something which had not already been said. But with him has perished a breathing library of Wisdom.What are now published are memoranda of Dr. Duncan's table-talk and conversations out of-doors, while wandering by the sea-beach and in the woods of Wemyss. He was Aristotelic in more respects than one; and many of his friends associate his most rememberable sayings with walks protracted as long as the listener could be persuaded to receive.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.

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