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.
by Watkins, John; Shoberl, Frederic; Upcott, William [supposed author.].
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BookPublisher: London : Printed for H. Colburn, 1816Description: viii, 449 p. ; 23 cm.Subject(s): 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
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"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.
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