A biographical dictionary of the living authors of Great Britain and Ireland; comprising literary memoirs and anecdotes of their lives, and a chronological register of their publications, with the number of editions printed; including notices of some foreign writers whose works have been occasionally published in England. Illustrated by a variety of communications from persons of the first eminence in the world of letters. Watkins, John, active 1792-1831. Shoberl, Frederic, 1775-1853. Upcott, William, 1779-1845, supposed author. English literature Bio-bibliography Dictionaries. Authors, English Biography Dictionaries. English literature Irish authors Bio-bibliography Dictionaries. Authors, Irish Biography Dictionaries. 820.92 BIO "Mr. [Frederic] Shoberl proceeded to assure me, in the presence of his son, that the work was written by [John] Watkins as far as the letter F -- that some dispute with the publisers then arose -- that the materials were thereofore handed over to himself -- and that he completed the work as it now appears." -- Bolton Corney, in Notes & queries, 1st ser., v. 11 (1855) p. 34. The work is sometimes attributed to William Upcott. London : Printed for H. Colburn, 1816. 1816. 1816 Text viii, 449 p. ; eng Great Britain Biography Dictionaries. Ireland Biography Dictionaries.