Editing Alexander Bain (philosopher) (section)

===Linguistics===

Until 1858, neither logic nor English had received adequate attention in [[Aberdeen]], and Bain devoted himself to supplying these deficiencies. He succeeded not only in raising the Standard of Education generally in the [[Education in Scotland|North of Scotland]], but also in establishing a School of Philosophy at the [[University of Aberdeen]], and in widely influencing the teaching of English [[grammar]] and [[Composition (language)|composition]] in the United Kingdom. His efforts were first directed to the preparation of textbooks: ''Higher English Grammar''<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vVLAFrEvSzoC ''Higher English Grammar'' at Google Books]</ref> and ''An English Grammar''<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=P3ECAAAAQAAJ ''An English Grammar'' at Google Books]</ref> were both published in 1863, followed in 1866 by the ''Manual of Rhetoric'', in 1872 by ''A First English Grammar'', and in 1874 by the ''Companion to the Higher Grammar''. These works were wide-ranging and their original views and methods met with wide acceptance.