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London, England, 1821-10-30 00:00:00

LIVES OF EMINENT SCOTSMEN.
With 200 Portraits.
This day was published, with Five Portraits, Part 111.
price PA. 6d. of

LIVES of EMINENT SCOTSMEN, by the
-LASo-
ciety of Ancient Scots, re-established 1770; commencing
with LIVES of SCOTTISH POETS; being the First of the
Series of Original Memoirs of Eminent Scotsmen, by the Society
of Ancient Scots, now in course of publication.
Part 1, includes Lives of James the First, Thomas the Rhymer,
John Barbour, Andrew Wyntoun, Gavin Douglas, Allan Ram-
say, William Meston, John Home, James Beattie, and Robert
Burns ; and is embellished with Portraits of James the First,
Ramsay, Horne, Beattle, and Burns.
Part LP, includes Lives of James the Fifth, William Dunbar, Sir
James Inglis, Henry the Minstrel, Sir David Lindsay, Alexander
Barclay, Alexander Montgomery, Earl of Stirling, William
Drummond, James Thomson, and John Oswald; with Portraits
of Sir David Lindsay, James the Fifth, Drummond of Haw-
thotuden, Earl of Stirling, and James Thomson.
Part 3, includes Lives of James the Sixth, Sir Richard Mait-
land, Arthur Johnston, Hamilton of Hangout, Hamilton of
Gilbertfield, Samuel Calvin, Alexander floss, John Armstrong,
John Ogilvie, James Macpherson, and Charles Salmon; with
Portraits of James the Sixth, John Armstrong, Hamilton of
Bangour, James Macpherson, and Arthur Johnston.
Ali the Portraits are elegantly engraved on steel.
Among a variety of other original and interesting matter inter-
spersed throughout, are the original words, never before pub-
lished, to a favourite old Scottish Air, and a Song by Burns not
in any of the editions of his collected works.

These 'Memoirs will be arranged into separate classes, making
one class of the Pons, a second of the Iltsrommas, a third of
the Pnwisormass, and su on with the various other denomina-
tions of character.

The Livis of the Porn will occupy the first—Six Parts, and
be furnished with appropriate Titles for bin}ling, so as to form a
complete work by themselves, as well as a pint of the whole; simi-
lar titles will be given to each of the other clesses, as published.
This work will be of a pocket size, and published in a series of
monthly parts, probably about 40, each part consisting of 180
pages, embellished with five portraits, executed in. a new kid
beautiful style of engraving, by which every print will be equal
to a first. or whit is commonly called a proof impressioa.
Part 4 will be published on the lit of November.
CRITIQUES ON THE A BOVE WORK.

" A COLLECTION I.l[Z TIIESE LITE% WAS A DESIDECATUX in our
National Literature.--.We could follow these Memoirs one by
one, and dwell upon the names and works of some of them until
we had perhaps exhausted the reader's patience and our own
powers.— We are persuaded that the public will appreciate
this elegant little work at its doe rate; for our own parts, we
have been much delighted with the entertainment it has afforded
us."—A-ew blunt:4ly Magnainr.
" The Lives ui EXINUT SCOTSMEN, by the Suites e Ancient
Scots, is a little work which might subdue even the national anti-
pathies of Dr. Johnson. It consists of short notices of the bio-
graphy and works of the most distinguished men of letters of
that nation, written in a very pleasing style; and its inoti,Axte
price and convenient size, bid fair to render it a familia; pocket
companion. Amongst the articles of must interest in this part
of the work (Part 1) which is devoted to the Poets are the Urea
of James the First (of Scotland), Ramsay, Beattie, and Burns.
To the general English reader, such names as Barbour and Wyn-
toun ire comparatively unknown ; but be tannot fail to be pleased
with the manner in which they arc here introduced to his fa-
vourable notice."—Menth(q Meg.
" Although the find part contains biographies only of persons
who are so well known that it might las supposed everything
respecting them had already been published, yet we here meet
with many new facts, some new productions of the authors, and
aD original estimate of the talents and character of each indivi.
dual. We are not led into the track of former biographers, but I
each is an original memoir, as much so in style and diction as if I
nu other had existed."—Liternry Citron.
" It may be fairly stated, that the first part Is a very agree-
able s.unple. We shall nut go further into the subject than to
signify our general approbation of its plan and execution."
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