WRITINGS O F D H. SMITH.- CXVH

and moral writings, have long engaged the admi-ration of Europe .

In his external form and appearance, there wasnothing uncommon. When perfedfty at ease, andwhen warmed with conversation, his geftures wereanimated and not ungraceful; and, in the societyof those he loved, his features were often bright-ened with a fmile ofinexpreflible benignity. In thecompany offtrangers, his tendency to absence, andperhaps Hill more his consciousness of this tenden-cy , rendered his manner somewhat embarraffed ;—an effeél which was probably not a little heigh-tened by thole speculative ideas of propriety, whichhis reclufe habils tended at once to perfect in hisconception, and to diminilh his power of realizing.He never fat for his picture; but the medallion ofT a s s i E conveys an exa£f idea of his profile, andof the general expression of his countenance.!

The valuable library that he had collected hebequeathed, together with the reft ofhis property,to his couftn Mr. David Douglas, Advocate.In the education of this young gentleman, he hademployed much ofhis leifure; and it was only twoyears before his death, (at a time when he couldill spare the pleasure of his society, ) that he hadsent him to ftudy law at Glafgow , under the careof Mr. Millar; —- the ftrongeft proof he couldgive of his diftnterefted zeal for the improvement