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The late J.G. Lockhart, 1854. Creator: Unknown.

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The late J.G. Lockhart, 1854. 'John Gibson Lockhart, a famed critic and writer...was called to the Scotch bar: his success, however, as an advocate was very moderate, and he soon resigned forensic pursuits for those of literature. There he speedily attained a very high position. He was a popular contributor to Blackwood's Magazine and wrote, in that journal, "Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk." Lockhart owed his introduction to Sir Walter Scott, in 1818, to the poet Hogg. The intimacy resulted in the union of Lockhart with Sir Walter's daughter, Charlotte Sophia...Lockhart became, in 1825, the editor of the Quarterly Review. Apart from his contributions to magazines and reviews, Mr. Lockhart was the author of some singular novels and some excellent biographies'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.

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