“ He sought relaxation from the cares of business chiefly in artistic pursuits; he was an accomplished musician, had acquired considerable proficiency as a painter in water-colours and as an amateur in all branches of photography, and was a zealous and judicious book-collector. ”

“ Mr. Black was twice married—first to a daughter of Mr. Maurice Lothian, widely known and respected in legal and ecclesiastical circles, in the Edinburgh of his day, and afterwards to Janet, daughter of Mr. Thomas Coats, of Ferguslie, Paisley. His son by the first marriage is Mr. Adam Black, at one time also a member of the firm of A. and C. Black, and his daughter is the wife of Mr. ”