01834cam a22003011 4500 4052118 BD-DhUL 20170108120623.0 780131s1816 enk b 000 0beng 02024643 DLC CtY DLC BD-DhUL 820.92 BIO 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. London : Printed for H. Colburn, 1816. viii, 449 p. ; 23 cm. "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. English literature Bio-bibliography Dictionaries. Authors, English Biography Dictionaries. English literature Irish authors Bio-bibliography Dictionaries. Authors, Irish Biography Dictionaries. Great Britain Biography Dictionaries. Ireland Biography Dictionaries. Watkins, John, active 1792-1831. Shoberl, Frederic, 1775-1853. Upcott, William, 1779-1845, supposed author. ddc BK 147572 147572 0 0 ddc 0 820_920000000000000_BIO 0 NFIC 275775 DUL DUL GEN 2017-01-08 Purchased 820.92 BIO 320403 2017-01-08 2017-01-08 BK