E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Lockhart, John Gibson
(b. Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, 1794; d. Abbotsford, November 25th, 1854). “Peter’s Letters to his Kinsfolk” (along with Wilson, 1819), “Ancient Spanish Ballads” (1821), “Valerius” (1821); “Essays on Cervantes” (1822); “Adam Blair” (1822); “Reginald Dalton” (1823), “Matthew Wald” (1824); “Life of Burns” (1828); and “Life of Scott” (1837–39). Edited The Quarterly Review. See Dr. R. Shelton Mackenzie’s “Memoir of John Gibson Lockhart,” prefixed to an edition of “The Noctes Ambrosianæ” (New York, 1855).
