. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. ce during the civilwars of the seventeenth century. The style hasreceived the commendations of the greatest schol-ars, and the work has been translated into theEnglish, French, German, Italian, Spanish, andeven into the Polish, Swedish, Icelandic, and otherlanguages. The first English version was pub-lished by Sir Robert Le Grjs and Thomas May,Esq., London, 1G28, 4to. Another by KiugsmillLong, Esq., appeared at London in 1636. Athird, under the title of The Phoenix, or th
. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. ce during the civilwars of the seventeenth century. The style hasreceived the commendations of the greatest schol-ars, and the work has been translated into theEnglish, French, German, Italian, Spanish, andeven into the Polish, Swedish, Icelandic, and otherlanguages. The first English version was pub-lished by Sir Robert Le Grjs and Thomas May,Esq., London, 1G28, 4to. Another by KiugsmillLong, Esq., appeared at London in 1636. Athird, under the title of The Phoenix, or the His-tory of Polyarchus and Argenis, by Clara Reeves,authoress of the Old English Baron, appeared in1772, in 4 volumes 12mo, being that ladys firstwork. Argenis was a special favourite with Car-dinal de Richelieu and with Liebnitz. Cowperstyles it the best romance that ever was the notes to Marmion Sii Walter Scott hasquoted a singular story of romantic chivalry fromthe Satyricon of Barclay. The following is a woodcut of John Barclay,from a portrait prefixed to a French edition of hisArgenis, of date 162o-. The disposition of Barclay was of a melancholycast, his mornings were uninterruptedly devotedto study, and his afternoons were occupied in cul-tivating a small garden. He was aflSicted withthat passion for tulips which at that time over-spread Europe, and which is known under thename of the Tulipo-mania. He had it to thatexcess, says Lord Ilailes, who wrote a sketch o(his life, that he placed two mastiffs as sentinelsin his garden; and rather than abandon his fa-vourite flowers, chose to continue his residence inan ill-aired and unwholesome habitation. Be-sides the works above mentioned, Barclay left anunpublished History of the Conquest of Jerusalemby the Franks, and some fragments of a GeneralHistory of Europe. He had four children in all,a son and two daughters born in London, and ason born in Rome. His elder son is said tohave obtained a rich benefice from Po
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