799, Principal Clerk of Session 1812, first _pub._ translation of
_Lenore_, etc., wrote ballads and made translation from German, _pub.
Minstrelsy of Scottish Border_ 1802-3, _Lay of Last Minstrel_ 1805, began
_Waverley_ 1805, partner with Ballantynes 1806, _pub._ _Marmion_ 1808,
_Lady of Lake_ 1810, began to build Abbotsford 1812, Waverley novels
began and continued 1814-31, health began to fail 1817, made Baronet
1820, ruined by failure of Ballantynes 1826, devotes rest of his life to
clearing off debt by novels and historical works, _Tales of a
Grandfather_, _Life of Napoleon_, etc., health finally gave way 1830,
_d._ 1832.

The great authority is the _Life_ by Lockhart, but it has been
supplemented by the _Journal_ (1890) and _Letters_ (1893). Short _Lives_
by C. Gilfillan, R.H. Hutton, etc., etc.

SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890).--Poet and painter, _s._ of Robert S., an
engraver, and brother of David S., painter, _b._ in Edin., settled in
London, and painted chiefly historical subjects. He _pub._ five vols. of
poetry, including _Hades_ and _The Year of the World_, and many fine
sonnets, a form of poetry in which he excelled, and in prose _Half-hour
Lectures on Art_ and _The Little Masters_ in the Great Artists Series. He
also ed. a series of "English Poets," and wrote a Life of his brother and
one of Albrecht Duerer, etc.

SEDLEY, SIR CHARLES (1639?-1701).--Poet, _s._ and heir of a Kentish
baronet, was at Oxf. and, coming to the Court of Charles II., became one
of the most popular and brilliant members of its dissipated circles. He
was the author of two tragedies and three comedies, now forgotten, though
extravagantly lauded in their day, and of some poems and songs, of which
the best known are _Phyllis_ and _Chloris_. His only child was the witty
and profligate Catherine S., mistress of James II., who created her
Countess of Dorset. _Bellamira_ and _The Mulberry Garden_, founded
respectively on Terence and Moliere, are his best plays. His prose in
pamphlets and essays is better than his verse.

SEELEY, SIR JOHN ROBERT (1834-1895).--Historian and essayist, _s._ of a
publisher in London, _ed._ at City of London School and Camb. In 1863 he
became Prof. of Latin at Univ. Coll., London, and was Prof. of Modern
History at Camb. from 1869 until his death. In 1865 appeared anonymously
_Ecce Homo_, a work which created intense excitement and keen controversy
in the theological and religious world. Other works were