upon the Perkiomen Creek, near Philadelphia. Wilson conceived a
dislike for Audubon, and wrote to the _Port Folio_ concerning
Louisville, "Science or literature has not one friend in this place."
Audubon, into whose mind no thought of publishing his own fine drawings
had yet come, refused out of jealousy to add his name to the
subscription list for Wilson's "American Ornithology." Robert Buchanan
wrote, "If Audubon had one marked fault it was vanity; he was a queer
compound of Actaeon and Narcissus--having a gun in one hand and
flourishing a looking-glass in the other." Grosart is much too severe
when he styles Audubon "a great dilettante impostor."

After Wilson's death three supplementary volumes to his "Ornithology"
were added by Charles Lucien Bonaparte, and it was Lucien Bonaparte's
son, Prince Canino, who first suggested to Audubon the publication of
his collections.

One of Wilson's most intimate friends was the engraver Alexander Lawson,
with whom he became acquainted through William Bartram, and from whom he
learned to draw. Lawson was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, December 19,
1772. He came to Philadelphia in 1792, engraved four plates for
Thomson's "Seasons" for Thomas Dobson, and died in 1846. His daughter,
Mary Lockhart, was a contributor to _Graham's Magazine_.

It was Wilson's wish that he should be buried "in some rural spot where
the birds might sing over his grave." His wish was fulfilled, and his
body was laid away in the quiet old-world burial ground of old Swedes'
Church.

SAMUEL EWING was born in Philadelphia August 16, 1776. He was placed in
the counting house of John Swanwick. Upon the failure of his employer,
Ewing studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1800. He was a
contributor to the _Port Folio_ from the first. He wrote for it a series
of articles, entitled "Reflections in Solitude." All his contributions
were signed "Jacques."

In 1809 he founded _The Select Reviews and Spirit of the Foreign
Magazines_, which he edited for three years, until it was sold to Mr.
Thomas and the title changed to the _Analectic_, when the editorship
passed into the hands of Washington Irving. Samuel Ewing helped to
establish the _Athenaeum_ in Philadelphia, and was for a time
vice-president of that institution. He died in Philadelphia, February 8,
1825. Samuel Ewing's father was the Rev. Dr. John Ewing, Provost of the
University of Pennsylvania, whose contributions have been noted in the
earlier mag