LOCKHART, Jonw GIBSON, was b. at Cambusnethan, in Scotland, in 1794. His father was a minister of the established church of Scotland. Lockhart received the first stap.es of his education at Glasgow, and afterwnrds proceeded to Oxford, where, in 1813, he took first-class honors. In 1816 lie became an advocate at the Scotch bar. He appears, however, to have wanted the qualifications necessary' for success in this profession, and besides the bent of his mind was inore toward literature than law. He and Wilson were long the chief supporters of Blackwood's Magazine. Here lie began to exhibit that sharp and bitter wit that was his most salient characteristic and made him the terror of his enemies. It ValS this connection which led to his acquaintance with sir Walter Scott. In 1819 appeared Peter's Letters to his Kineolk. In 1820 he married Miss Scott, eldest daughter of sir Walter. In 1821 he published Valerius, and in 1822 Adam Blair. l3oth of these works, especially the latter, SlIONY him to have possessed, at least, a thor ough acquaintance with the rules of art in fietion-writing. In 1823 appeared his Regi
nald Dalton, a tale of English uniterSity life, and in 1824 his Ancient Spanish, Ballads, perhaps the most popular of all his writings. In the same year he published his last movel, History of dllatthem 1Vald. From 1826 to 1853 he edited the Quarterly 1?eview. From 1837 to 1839 appeared his Life of Scott, a work of undoubted merit, but which has _given rise to much bitter controversy. In 1837 his wife died, having. been predeceased by their eldest son, Hugh. His second son died at a later period. In 1843 Lockhart was appointed auditor of the duchy of Cornwall, with a salary of £600 a year. In 1847 his enly remaining child, a daughter, the sole surviving descendant of sir "Walter Scott, married J. R. Hope, Esq. She died in 1858, leaving an only daughter, who inherited the estate of Abbotsford. Lockhart died Nov. 25, 1854.