. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. Fife, he had the addedagony of his child dying from want, in an unshel-tered outhouse. Returning to Aberdeen, he wasglad to find employment at the miserable pittanceof six shillings a-week. Thence he proceeded toInverury, about fifteen miles north-west of Aber-deen, where he obtained customer work. Forseven or eight months in the year he was enabled by weaving to earn ten or twelve shillings was while he resided at Inverury that he be-gan to contribute some smal
. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. Fife, he had the addedagony of his child dying from want, in an unshel-tered outhouse. Returning to Aberdeen, he wasglad to find employment at the miserable pittanceof six shillings a-week. Thence he proceeded toInverury, about fifteen miles north-west of Aber-deen, where he obtained customer work. Forseven or eight months in the year he was enabled by weaving to earn ten or twelve shillings was while he resided at Inverury that he be-gan to contribute some small poems to an Aber-deen paper. His Mitherless Bairn, published illthat local print, attracted the notice of Jame3Adam Gordon, Esq. of Knockespock, who imme-diately sent him five pounds, and in 1841 invitedhim to visit him at an estate which he had nearBristol. On his return to Scotland, Thorn marrieda second wife, his first having died in 1840. Hispoems were published in one volume in died at Ilawkhill, near Dundee, Feb. 28,1848,leaving a widow and three children, in great pov-erty. His portrait is THOMSON, Jambs, the celebrated poet of toeSeasons, was born September 11, 1700, at Ednam,within two miles of Kelso, being one of the ninechildren of the minister of that place. After re-ceiving the usual course of school education atJedburgh, he was sent to the university of Edin-burgh, with the view of studying for the ministry;but he soon relinquished all intention of enteringthe church. After acting some time as privatetutor to Lord Binning, he went to London, when-lie wrote the poem of Winter, which was pur-chased by Miller for a very small sum, and pub-lished in March 1726, with a dedication to Sii THOMSON, 558 JAMES Spencer Compton. The poem gained by degreeson the public, and soon brought the author manyfriends, among others Dr. Rundle, afterwardsbishop of Derrj, who recommended him to Lord-chancellor Talbot, from whose patronage he after-wards derived the
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