AN

ACCOUNT

OF

THE LIFE

OF

JAMES BEATTIE, LL.D.

PROFESSOR OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY AND LOGIC,

ABERDEEN.

IN WHICH ARE OCCASIONALLY GIVEN

CHARACTERS OF THE PRINCIPAL LITERARY MEN,

AND A SKETCH OF

THE STATE OF LITERATURE IN SCOTLAND
DURING THE LAST CENTURY.

Some Poems, not generally known to be Dr. Beattie's, are
also introduced in the course of the Narrative.

BY ALEXANDER BOWER.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR C. AND R. BALDWIN, NEW BRIDGE-STREET.