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Excerpt from Alexander Russel With feelings of regret to which we are quite unable to give adequate expression, and which we cannot doubt will be shared in almost universally throughout the country, we have to announce the death of Mr Alexander Russel, for a period of thirty-one years editor of this journal. The sadness of this event is deepened by its having come unexpectedly. Four years ago Mr Russel was attacked with heart disease, which compelled him to take a less active part than he had previously done in the general work of the Scotsman. For two months in 1873 he was on the Continent by the advice of his physician, endeavouring by rest to overcome the malady with which he had been assailed. Though he derived much benefit from this holiday, it did not accomplish all that had been desired, and Mr Russel continued subject to occasional sharp attacks, which made more rest necessary, and seriously alarmed his friends. Towards the close of last year the spasms became more numerous, and they recurred at shorter intervals, until a fortnight ago. Then, following close upon one of them, came an attack of pleurisy, which brought on complete prostration. Mr Russel, however, seemed to be recovering from this illness, when, on Tuesday morning shortly after nine o'clock, another seizure occurred, under which he rapidly sank, and died within about ten minutes. The son of a solicitor practising in Edinburgh, Alexander Russel was born in this city on 10th December 1814. His mother, who died about twelve years ago, was a woman of remarkable vigour of character. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.