Watson, G. C., M.D. Hints for Pedestrians, Practical and Medical, Lon., 1862, fp. 8vo; 3d ed., 1863, fp.

8vo.

"We can very cordially recommend Dr. Watson's book."-Lon. Spectator.

Watson, G. W. Sermons, Lon., 1855, 12mo. Watson, George, Fellow and Tutor of University College, Oxford, d. 1773, published several single sermons, 1749-63, (see Watt's Bibl. Brit., Jones's Lects. on the Fig. Lang. of Scripture,) four of which were repub. by J. M. Gutch, under the title of Watson Redivivus, Lon., Dec. 1860, 8vo. See Lon. Gent. Mag., 1861, ii. 685. Watson, George. See TAYLOR, GEORGE WATSON, Nos. 1. 2. 3.

Watson, George. Practical Sermons, Lon., 1842,

12mo.

Watson, Gervas. Genealogy of Jesus Christ, recorded by Saint Matthew and Saint Luke, Harmonised, and the Apparent Contradictions Reconciled, Hertford and Lon., 1833, 12mo.

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Watson, H. W., and Routh, E. J. Cambridge Senate-House Problems for 1860, Camb., 1860, p. 8vo. Watson, Henry. 1. The Grete Shyppe of Fooles of this Worlde; from the French, Lon., 1517, 4to. Ye Historye of Olyuer of Castylle and the Fayre Helayne; from the French, 1518, 4to. These were translated at the "commandement of his worshypfull mayster, Winkyn de Worde," who printed them.

Watson, Colonel Henry, b. about 1737, for ten years Chief Engineer of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, d. at Dover, England, 1786. Complete Theory of the Construction and Properties of Vessels, &c., from the French of Euler, Lon., 1776, 8vo; new ed., with Life of the Translator, 1790, 8vo. He was an excellent mathematician, and contributed to the Ladies' Diary, 1753 et seq. Watson, Henry. Metrical papers in Phil. Trans.,

1769, '74.

Watson, Henry C., b. in Baltimore, 1831, at an early age removed to Philadelphia, where he was connected with the North American, Evening Journal, &c.; d., whilst editor of the Sacramento (California) Union, in 1869. 1. Camp Fires of the Revolution; or, The War of Independence, Phila., 1851, &c., r. 8vo; last ed., 1869, r. 8vo. 2. Nights in a Blockhouse; or, Sketches of Border Life, 1852, 8vo. 3. Old Bell of Independence; or, Philadelphia in 1776, 1852, 12mo. 4. Yankee TeaParty; or, Boston in 1773, 1853, 12mo. 5. Lives of the Presidents of the United States, with an Introductory History of the United States, Bost., 1853, r. 8vo. 6. Heroic Women of History, Phila, 1853, 8vo. 7. Ladies' Glee Book. N. York, 1854, sm. 4to. 8. Masonic Musical Manual, 1855, 8vo. 9. Universal Naval History. 10. Camp Fires of Napoleon, Phila., 1856, 8vo. 11. Romance of History, as exhibited in the Lives of Celebrated Women, 12mo. He published several volumes of hunting adventure, and assisted John Frost (supra) in some historical works. See, also, MURRAY, HUGH, No. 11.

Watson, Hewett Cottrell. 1. Remarks on the Geographical Distribution of British Plants, Lon., 1835, 12mo. 2. New Botanist's Guide to the Localities of the Rarer Plants of Great Britain, 1835–37, 2 vols. 12mo. 3. Statistics of Phrenology, 1836, 12mo.

"An interesting little work to the phrenologist."-Lon. Gent. Mag., 1837, i. 67.

4. Cybele Britannica; or, British Plants and their Geographical Relations, 4 vols. 8vo: i., 1847; ii., 1850; iii., 1852; iv., 1859.

Watson, J. Christian Sunday Monitor, Lon., 8. a., 2 vols. 8vo.

Watson, J. E. Housewife's Directory; Domestic Economy, Lon., 18mo.

Watson, J. W. 1. Ministerial First-Fruits; Twenty Practical Sermons, Lon., 1840, 8vo. 2. Lazarus of Bethany; Six Lectures on St. John ch. xi., 1841, 8vo. Watson, J. Y. Progress of Mining in 1852, Lon., 1853, fp. 8vo.

Watson, James, a native of Aberdeen, established a printing-office in Edinburgh in 1695, struck off some beautiful Bibles, (1715, er. 8vo, and in 4to,) &c., and d. 1722. 1. Choice Collection of Comic and Serious Scots Poems, both Ancient and Modern, by Several Hands, Edin., Svo, in three Parts: i., 1706; again, 1713; ii., 1709; iii., ("the end of the first volume,") 1711. In all, pp. 404 all published. Reprinted in Fac-Simile for Private Circulation, Glasg., 1869, p. 8vo, 150 copies, and

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(1870) worth £1 10., the 1. p. £3 15. See Alex. Camphell's Introd. to Hist. of Poetry in Scotland, 152. History of the Art of Printing; containing an Account of its Invention and Progress in Europe, 1713, sm. 8vo; some 1. p. Rare. Prefixed is his Specimens of Types. Dibdin, 757, £1 15s. The preface is by John Spotiswood. Watson, James. Papers in Med. Com., xi. (1786) 317. 323.

Watson, James. 1. Treatise on the Law of Scotland respecting Succession as depending on Deeds of Settlement, Edin., 1826, 8vo. 2. Practical View of the Statute Law of Scotland, 1424-1827, 1828, 2 vols. 8vo. Watson, James. 1. Esther; an Epic Poem, Lon., 1845, 12mo. 2. Angel's Theme; a Poem, 1819, f. 8vo. Watson, Rev. James, of C. C. C. C., formerly Senior Mathematical Master of the Ordnance School, Carshalton. Progressive Course of Examples in Arithmetic; with Answers, Lon., fp. 8vo, 1855; 2d ed., 1861; 3d ed., 1863.

Watson, James C., Director of the Observatory at Ann Arbor. Michigan, was b., of American parents, in Elgin co., Canada West, 1838; graduated at the University of Michigan, 1857, and was elected Professor of Astronomy in that institution, June, 1859. 1. A Popular Treatise on Comets, Phila., 1860, 12mo. 2. Theoretical Astronomy: Relating to the Motions of the Heavenly Bodies revolving around the Sun in Accordance with the Law of Universal Gravitation, &c.: with Numerical Examples and Auxiliary Tables, 1868, r. 8vo, pp. 662. Commended. Contributed to Astronomische Nachrichten, Altona, Berliner Astron. Jahrbuch, Bulletin Heb. de l'Assoc. Sci. de France, Monthly Notices of Roy. Astron. Soc., London, Astron. Jour., Cambridge, Mass., Astronomical Notices to journals in Ann Arbor and Albany, Amer. Jour. of Sci. and Arts, Mich. Jour. of Educ., &c.

Watson, James Madison. 1. Hand-Book of Calisthenics and Gymnastics, N. York, Phila. and Lon., 1864, 8vo. Commended by Amer. Lit. Gaz., 1864, 281. 324, Lon. Reader, 1864, ii. 380, Mass. Teacher, N. York Teacher, &c. 2. Manual of Calisthenics: a Drill Book, N. York, 1864, 8vo. 3. Independent Readers, 3d, 4th, and 5th, 1868-69. See, also, PARKER, RICHARD GREEN, No. 11.

Watson, James V., D.D., b. in London, 1814, emigrated to America when six to eight years of age; became a Methodist Episcopal preacher in 1832: d. at Chicago, Oct. 17, 1856. 1. Helps to the Promotion of Revivals, N. York. 1856, 12mo. 2. Tales and Takings, Sketches and Incidents, from the Itinerant and Editorial Budget of Rev. J. V. Watson, 1857, 12mo. He was editor of The Michigan Christian Advocate, (Adrian.) 1847-52, and of The North-Western Christian Advocate, (Chicago,) 1852-56. A biographical sketch of this zealous divine, by Rev. E. Q. Fuller, was published in The Ladies' Repository, April, 1858, 236–240.

Watson, John, a priest, wrote about 1490 to 1500 a Latin theological tract entitled Speculum Christiani, of which see a specimen in Warton's Hist. of Eng. Poet., ed. 1840, ii. 385.

Watson, John. English Martyrologie, by I. W., Lon., 1608, sm. 8vo; Doway, 1640, 8vo; 3d ed., 1672, Svo. By some attributed to John Wilson.

Watson, John, and Hauksbee, Francis. On Mr. Hauksbee's Medicine in Venereal Disease, &c., Lon., 8vo. 1742-43.

Watson, John, Rector of Kirby-Cane, Norfolk. Memoirs of the Family of the Stuarts, Lon., 1683, 8vo, &c. Anon. Bishop Nicolson (Scot. Hist. Lib., ed. 1776, 43) calls this author (whom he styles R. Watson) "a peevish and discontented writer."

Watson, John, b. in Cheshire, 1724, educated at, and Fellow of, Brazennose College, became Rector of Meningsby, Lincolnshire, 1766; Rector of Stockport, Cheshire, 1769; d. 1783.

1. Discourse, July 28, 1751, 8vo; 2d ed., 8vo. 2. Apology for his Conduct; and a Sermon, 1755, 8vo. 3. Letter to the Clergy of the Church known by the name of Unitas Fratrum, or Moravians, Lon., 1756, 8vo. 4. History and Antiquities of the Parish of Halifax in Yorkshire, 1775, 4to, £2 108. 5. History of the Ancient Earls of Warren and Surrey, and their Descendants to the Present Time, Warrington, 1776, 4to, pp. 437: privately printed: 6 copies; 2d ed., enlarged, entitled Memoirs, &c., 1782, 2 vols. r. 4to: privately printed: 250 copies; a few with the arms emblazoned: Turnbull, 1863, £6 158. J. C. Brooke, Somerset Herald, assisted

in the Genealogical part. The chief object of the work (printed at the expense of the Warren family) was to support the claim of Sir George Warren, K.B., of Poynton, Cheshire, to the barony of Warren, vested in the ancient Earls of Warren, in Normandy, created by William the Conqueror Earls of Surrey. The evidence has been pronounced insufficient. See Censura Literaria, vol. iv. 389; Moule's Bibl. Herald., 427, 441; Retrospec. Rev., 2d Ser., ii. (1828) 527. Sir George Warren d. Aug. 30, 1801: see Lon. Gent. Mag., 1801, ii. 861. Watson contributed some papers to the Archæologia (see Watt's Bibl. Brit.) and wrote some songs. See G. Wakefield's Memoirs; Chalmers's Biographical Dictionary, xxxi. 226.

Watson, John. Universal Gazetteer; or, Modern Geographical Index, &c., Lon., 1794, 8vo.

Watson, John. Strictures on Book-Keeping, Lon.,

4to.

Watson, John. See Memoir of, by W. L. Alexander. Lon., 1845, 12mo.

Watson, John, M.D., b. in Londonderry, Ireland, 1807, emigrated to the State of N. York when about three years of age, and graduated M.D. at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of N. York, 1832; on the surgical staff of N. York Hospital, 1832-33; Physician of N. York Dispensary. 1834-35; Attending Surgeon of N. York Hospital. 1839-60 et seq.

1. Lecture on Practical Education in Medicine, and on the Course of Instruction at the N. York Hospital, N. York, 1846, 8vo. 2. Thermal Ventilation and other Sanitary Improvements applicable to Public Buildings, and recently adopted at the N. York Hospital; a Discourse. 1851, 8vo. 3. The Medical Profession in Ancient Times; an Anniversary Discourse, 1856, 8vo, pp. 226. Favourably reviewed in Amer. Jour. of Med. Sci., Oct. 1856, 416, (by Alfred Stillé, M.D.,) and commended by Dr. J. W. Francis in his Old New York, ed. 1858, 324, and in a letter, May 24, 1860, to the author of this Dictionary. See, also. Life of Washington, by E. Everett, N. York, 1860, 280. Dr. J. Warburton Begbie, of Edinburgh, characterizes it as "very far from accurate, though by no means uninteresting." "Uninteresting" (we read every word of it) it certainly is not. The author has, or had, in preparation, a second volume, carrying the subject through the Middle Ages. We trust yet to see this in print. See, also, The History of Medicine, by Edward Meryon, Lon., Svo, vol. i., 1861, and his Researches in Paralysis, 1864, 8vo. 4. The Parish Will Case Critically Examined in Reference to the Mental Competency of Mr. Henry Parish to execute the Codicils appended to his Will; and Notes in Reply to an Article entitled The Parish Will." These constitute pp. 1350 and 575-600 of The Parish Will Case before the Surrogate of the City of New York, Medical Opinions, &c., 1857, 8vo, pp. 600. To this vol. should be added, The Parish Will Case in the Court of Appeals: The Statement of Facts, and the Opinion of the Court, Aug. 1862, 8vo. The Court of Appeals, April, 1862, sustained the will, and disallowed the codicils made after the attack of paralysis. Dr. Watson is the author of many papers -essays, reports, and reviews-in the U.S. Med. and Surg. Jour., Amer. Jour. of Med. Sci., Amer. Med. Times, N.Y. Jour. of Med. and Surg., N.Y. Med. Gaz., N.Y. Jour. of Med., N.Y. Med. Times, &c., and of contributions to occasional publications, Beck's Elem. of Med. Jurisp., &c.

Watson, John. Theory and Practice of the Art of Weaving by Hand and Power, Lon., 1863, 8vo.

Watson, John Fanning, a native of Burlington co., New Jersey, was for some years a bookseller in Philadelphia, afterwards Cashier of the Bank of Germantown, and subsequently Treasurer and Secretary of the Phila., Germantown & Norristown Railroad; d. at Germantown, Dec. 23, 1860, in his 81st year.

1. Annals of Philadelphia, Phila., 1830, 8vo; 2d ed., 1844, 2 vols. 8vo: 1850, 2 vols. 8vo; with Appendix to 1857, 1857-58, 20 Nos., bd. in 2 vols. 8vo. New impression, 1868, 2 vols. 8vo. The first ed. of this very valuable work was reviewed in Amer. Quar. Rev., Dec. 1830, 338-359, and N. Amer. Rev., April, 1833, 359–395.

"Authentic, curious, and highly interesting."-Resolution of the Hist. Soc. of Penna., 1830.

"Its author has done an important service to his country."WASHINGTON IRVING.

Add to these volumes: I. History of Independence Hall, Philadelphia, by D. W. Belisle, 1859. II. Views of the City of Philadelphia, New York, 1860, 18mo. III.

American Historical and Literary Curiosities, by J. F. Watson and John Jay Smith, (q. v.) 2. Historic Tales of Olden Time concerning the Early Settlement and Advancement of New York City and State, N. York, 1832, 12mo, pp. 214. 3. Historic Tales of Olden Time concerning the Early Settlement and Progress of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, Phila., 1833, 12mo. See Amer. Mon. Rev., iii. 275. 4. Annals and Occurrences of New York City and State in the Olden Time, 1846, 8vo, pp. 390. He was engaged on a new edition of this work (left unpublished) a few months before his death. The student should not overlook the History of the City of New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, by Mary L. Booth, N. York, 1859, 8vo, pp. 846. This work, the only complete History of the City of New York, has been highly commended, and at least five editions were issued up to 1864. Miss Booth has also published several translations from the French. Mr. Watson gave to the world, without his name, two or three theological publications, contributed to Penna. Hist. Collec., &c., and left in MS. Bible Thoughts and Researches, and other productions of his leisure hours.

See A Memoir of John Fanning Watson, &c.; Prepared by Request of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and Read in their Hall, Feb. 11, 1861, by Benjamin Dorr, D.D., Phila., 1861, 8vo, pp. 88: 250 copies. See, also, Hist. Mag., 1861, 81, 255': Proceed. Mass. Hist. Soc., 1860-1862, 1862, 8vo, 207-212.

Watson, John Forbes, M.D., Bombay Army, Reporter to the Indian Government on the Products of India. 1. The Food Grains of India, Lon., demy Svo: in prep. 2. Food and its Influence on Man, demy 8vo: in prep. 3. Classified List of Contributions from the Indian Museum, London, to the New Zealand Exhibition, 1865, Nov. 1864. 4. Textile Manufacture and the Costumes of the People of India, 1867, 4to, 658. 5. Index to the Native and Scientific Names of Indian and other Eastern Economie Plants and Produce; Originally Prepared under the Authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council, 1868, imp. 4to, 31s. 6d. 6. With KAYE, JOHN WILLIAM, The People of India, a Series of Photographic Illustrations, imp. 4to: vols. i., ii., 1868, 908. To consist of eight vols.

Watson, John James, D.D., Archdeacon of St. Alban's, 1816. Divine Commission and Perpetuity of the Christian Priesthood; a Charge, Lon., 1839, 8vo.

Watson, John Selby, b. about 1815, graduated B.A. at Trinity College, Dublin, 1838, was ordained 1839, and, after holding one or two parochial charges, was appointed Head-Master of the Proprietary GrammarSchool at Stockwell, Surrey. 1. Geology; a Poem, in Seven Books, Lon., 1844, fp. 8vo. Noticed in Lon. Athen., 1844, 549. 2. Life of George Fox, the Founder of the Quakers, 1860, p. 8vo. 3. Songs of Strength, Wisdom, Patience: Samson, Solomon, Job, 1861, p. 8vo. Noticed in Lon. Athen., 1861, i. 293. 4. Life of Richard Porson, M.A., Professor of Greek in the University of Cambridge from 1792 to 1808, 1861, 8vo. It was commended by Notes and Queries, June, 1861, (on which see Hist. Mag., Nov. 1861, 350 ;) also reviewed by Edin. Rev., July, 1861.

"We sincerely hope that it will not stand in the way of the production of a better work on the subject. Were we sure of this, we could welcome what is before us, in the mean time, as a chatty book about Porson and his belongings, which would have given a page not merely to the Professor's tom-cat, but to the Professor's tom-cat's brother, if any details had been accessible."-Lom. Athen., 1861, i. 690.

5. Sir William Wallace, the Scottish Hero: a Narrative of his Life and Actions, 1861, p. 8vo. 6. Sallustii Catilina; with Notes, Dec. 1865, 12mo. 7. Sallustii Jugurtha; with Notes, 1866, fp. 8vo. 8. Reasoning Power in Animals, 1867, p. 8vo; N. York, 1869, 12mo. 9. Biographies of John Wilkes and William Cobbett, Lon., 1870, cr. 8vo. 10. The Prometheus Vinetus of Eschylus: Edited from the Text of Dindorf, with Explanatory Notes, 1870, 8vo. See, also, WARBURTON, WILLIAM, D.D.

To Mr. Watson we are also indebted for the following volumes, each p. 8vo, of Bohn's Classical Library, (a Series of Literal Prose Translations of the Greek and Latin Classics :) XXVI., Lucretius; XXXIX., Sallust, Florus, and Velleius Paterculus; LII., Justin, Cornelius Nepos, and Eutropius; LXII., Xenophon's Anabasis and Memorabilia; LXIII., With DALE, REV. H., Xenophon's Cyropædia and Hellenics; LXVIII., Cicero on Oratory and Orators; LXXI., LXXVI., Quintilian's Institutes of Oratory; LXXIX., Xenophon's Minor Works. Also,

"Dr. Parr considers this book as a valuable record of sound, just, and reasonable opinions on all the greatest questions of the times, most intimately connected with the stability and prosperity of the church, with the honour and welfare of the nation, and with the improvement, the order, and happiness of the world."

"His autobiography affords a singular display of great talents, high independence, and disappointed pride."-Orme's Bibl. Bib., 460.

"It is our office to pronounce, upon the evidence now before us, on his own intrepid and faithful exhibition of himself; and sorry we are to say that, in point of self-ignorance, vanity, rancour, and disappointed ambition, united with great original abilities, our country, more various in its combinations of intellect and temper than any other, has produced nothing similar or second to it since the example of Swift; and for the quiet of this church and state, or rather for the sake of human nature, we sincerely and devoutly wish that it may never be our lot to animadvert upon a third."--Rev. T. D. WHITAKER: Lon. Quar.

Rer., Oct. 1817, 253.

This has been called (see Lon. Gent. Mag., 1822, i. 312, or Nichols's Illust. of Lit., viii. 631) a severe though just critique.

Other opinions have been expressed:

"Treated with great ability, but with too much severity. His chief mistake, indeed, seems to have been that he expected his literary merits alone to secure his political advancement; further than this, there is nothing disgusting, to a candid reader, in the sincerity with which he displays the consciousness of his own merits."-DR. YOUNG: ubi infra.

See, also, De Quincey's Lit. Reminis., vol. ii.: Society of the Lakes. The Anecdotes are favourably reviewed, and the character of the bishop highly praised, in Edin. Rev., June, 1818, 206, (on which see Black w. Mag., iv. 34;) and other notices of the book will be found in Lon. Mon. Rev., 1xxxv. 183, 225, Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1818, i. 17, and Chris. Mon. Spec., i. 147, 197. See, also, A Critical Examination of the Bishop of Llandaff's Posthumous Volume, entitled Anecdotes of his Life, 1818, 8vo, pp. 92, and the sketches of the bishop in Lon. Gent. Mag., 1816, ii. 274, (Memoir;) Nichols's Lit. Anec., vii. (Index) 457, 708; Nichols's Illust. of Lit., viii. 116, (Index ;) Eneye. Brit., 8th ed., xxi. (1860) 772, (by Dr. Thomas Young, and in his Works, 1855, vol. iii.) See, also, Blackw. Mag., xxviii. 525, xli. 707, xlii. 18; Darling's Cyc. Bibl., i. 3127.

Watson, Richard, of Leeds. Sermon, 1814. Watson, Richard, Preb. of Llandaff, 1813, Preb. of Wells, 1815, and son of the preceding, (q. v.)

Watson, Richard, b. at Barton, Lincolnshire, 1781, became a Methodist preacher at 15; at 19, published an Apology for the People called Methodists, and soon afterwards joined, and for some years co-operated with, the Methodists of the New Connexion; in 1812 resumed his position in the Wesleyan body, and laboured with great zeal as Secretary of its Missionary Society; d. 1833. 1. Defence of the Wesleyan Methodist Missions in the West Indies, Lon.. 1817, 8vo. 2. Remarks on the Eternal Sonship of Christ, 1818, 8vo. In opposition to Dr. Adam Clarke, who made no reply. It was praised by Robert Hall. 3. Theological Institutes, 2d ed., 1824, 3 vols. 8vo; 1st Amer. from 3d Lon. ed., N. York, 1825, 3 vols. 8vo; new edits.: Lon., 1830, 3 vols. 8vo; 1839, 3 vols. 8vo; 7th ed., 1846, 3 vols. 8vo; 8th ed., 1850, 4 vols. 12mo. New Amer. edits.: by T. O. Summers, D.D., Nashville, 8vo, pp. 771; by John McClintock, D.D., with a Copious Analysis, (see Analysis pub. separately, 1835, 18mo, pp. 228,) N. York, 2 vols. 8vo, pp. 1382. This is a standard work among the Methodists. See Method. Quar. Rev., April, 1862,-Metaphysics of Watson's Institutes, and Jan. 1864,-Moral Philosophy of Watson's Institutes,--both by Rev. B. F. Cocker, of Ypsilanti, Michigan. 4. Conversations for the Young, designed to promote the Profitable Reading of the Holy Scriptures, Lon., 1830, 12mo; N. York, 12mo; 8th ed., Lon., 1851, fp. 8vo. 5. Life of the Rev. John Wesley, Founder of the Methodist Societies, Lon., 1831, 12mo; N. York, 1831, 12mo; Lon., 1835, 8vo; 6th ed., 1839, 12mo; 1851, 12mo; Edited by the Rev. T. O. Summers, D.D., Nashville, 12mo. See SOUTHEY, ROBERT, LL.D., No. 30. Universal Redemption of Mankind, 5th ed., Lon., 1846, 12mo. 7. Biblical and Theological Dictionary, 1831, r. 8vo; 2d ed., 1832, r. 8vo, pp. 1068: 1837, r. 8vo; 10th ed., 1850, r. 8vo. Amer. edits.: N. York, 8vo, pp. 1007; Edited by T. O. Summers, D.D., Nashville, 8vo, pp. 1113. See Lowndes's Brit. Lib., 88. 8. Sermons and Sketches of Sermons, Lon., 1834, 3 vols. 8vo; 2d ed., 1834, 3 vols. 12mo; N. York, 2 vols. 9. An Exposition of the Gospels of St. Matthew and St. Mark, and of some other

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Watson, Robert. Lon.. 1599, 8vo.

Watson, Robert, M.D. 1. Life of Lord George Gordon, Lon., 1795, 8vo. 2. Disease of the Skin; Phil. Trans., 1754.

Watson, Robert, LL.D., b. at St. Andrews about 1730; studied at the Universities of St. Andrews, Glasgow, and Edinburgh, and was licensed to preach; became Professor of Logic, Rhetoric, and Belles-Lettres in the College of St. Salvador; and, on the death of Principal Tullidelph, Nov. 1777, was promoted to be Principal of the United College of St. Leonard and St. Salvador, and at the same time succeeded Tullidelph in the church and parish of St. Leonard's, in St. Andrews; d. Mar. 31, 1781. 1. History of the Reign of Philip II., King of Spain, [1548-1598,] Lon., 1777, 2 vols. 4to; Dubl., 1777, 2 vols. 8vo; 2d ed., Lon., 1778, 2 vols. 4to; 3d ed., 1779, 3 vols. 8vo; 4th ed., 1785, (some 1786,) 3 vols. 8vo; 5th ed., 1794, 3 vols. 8vo; 6th ed., 1803, 3 vols. 8vo; 7th ed., 1812, 3 vols. 8vo; N. York, 1818, 8vo; Lon., 1839, 8vo; in French, by le Comte de Mirabeau et Durival, Amsterd., 1778, 4 vols. 12mo. Also immediately translated into Dutch and German.

"Mr. Watson's book seems to be much esteemed."-Dr. Johnson to Boswell, Feb. 18. 1777.

"I am reading the Life of Philip II. by a Professor of St. Andrews. . . . To my utter astonishment, the man does not, as most biographers do when they write the life of a Charles I. or a Richard III., fall in love with his hero. On the contrary, he is so just and explicit, that I believe even Dr. Franklin would admit him to kiss his hand. But I have read only the first volume: the author may come about: the second tome of many a man is a contradiction to his first."-Horace Walpole to the Countess of Ossory, Dec. 23, 1776: Letters, ed. 1861, vi. 399. See, also, ROBERTSON, WILLIAM, D.D., p. 1828, supra, (quotation from Walpole.)

It was highly commended by Lon. Mon. Rev., 1777, i. 241, 345, and The Bee, vols. vii. and viii. Later critics have not endorsed these eulogies:

The

"Dr. Robertson was followed by Dr. Watson, his ape. dull Aberdeen professor just re-echoed the elegant Principal's blunders in his Philip II-a production at once clumsy and flimsy, that will shortly receive a due quietus in the great work on which Mr. Prescott has long been occupied."-Lon. Quar. Rer., Jan. 1853, art. v.: Cloister-Life of Charles V.

"The reign of Philip the Second has become familiar to the English reader through the pages of Watson, who has deservedly found favour with the public for the perspicuity of his style, a virtne, however, not uncommon in his day.-for the sobriety of his judgments, and for the skill he has shown in arranging his complicated story so as to maintain the reader's interest unbroken to the end. But the public, in Watson's day, were not very fastidions in regard to the sources of information on which a narrative was founded. Nor was it easy to obtain access to those unpublished documents which constitute the best sources of information. Neither can it be denied that Watson himself was not so solicitous as he should have been to profit by opportunities which a little pains might have put within his reach,-presenting in this respect a contrast to his more celebrated predecessor, Robertson; that he contented himself too easily with such cheap and commonplace materials as lay directly in his path; and that, consequently, the foundations of his history are much too slight for the superstructure

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