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词条 Alexander Whitelaw (editor)
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  1. Life

  2. Edited works

  3. Notes

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Alexander Whitelaw (1803–1846)[1][2] was a Scottish editor and writer.

Life

Whitelaw was born in Glasgow,[1] and became an assistant to Robert Watt in the compilation of Bibliotheca Britannica.[3] He later was a journalist and poet. Hired by the publishers Blackie, he edited illustrated books;[1] he also edited the Popular Encyclopedia or Conversations Lexicon, which appeared from 1834 to 1842.[4]

Edited works

  • The Casquet of Literary Gems (1828)[5]
  • The Republic of Letters (1833)[6]
  • Works of Robert Burns, 2 vols., 1843–4[7]
  • The Book of Scottish Song (1844)[8]
  • The Book of Scottish Ballads (1845)[9]

Notes

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/scottishnotesan14unkngoog#page/n91/mode/2up|title=Scottish Notes and Queries|volume=VIII|series=3rd series|date=November 1906|page=76|work=Internet Archive|accessdate=25 August 2015}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mocavo.co.uk/An-Account-of-the-Life-and-Works-of-Dr-Robert-Watt-by-James-Finlayson-M-D/783707/40|title=An Account of the Life and Works of Dr. Robert Watt|last=Finlayson|first=James|year=1897|publisher=Smith, Elder & Co.|page=40|accessdate=25 August 2015|location=London}}
3. ^{{cite book|author=Samuel Austin Allibone|title=A critical dictionary of English literature, and British and American authors living and deceased|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XkMIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA2696|year=1871|page=2696}}
4. ^{{cite book|author=Daniele Besomi|title=Crises and Cycles in Economic Dictionaries and Encyclopaedias|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nOKrAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA14|date=1 March 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-72290-5|page=14}}
5. ^{{cite book|author=Alexander Whitelaw|title=The Casquet of Literary Gems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1WUdAAAAMAAJ|year=1828|publisher=Blackie, Fullarton & Company}}
6. ^{{cite book|editor=Alexander Whitelaw|title=The Republic of Letters|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KKQDAAAAQAAJ|year=1833}}
7. ^{{cite DNB|wstitle=Burns, Robert (1759-1796)|volume=7}}
8. ^{{cite book|editor=Alexander Whitelaw|title=The Book of Scottish Song, Collected and Illustrated with Historical and Critical Notices|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ivteAAAAcAAJ|year=1844}}
9. ^{{cite book|author=Alexander Whitelaw|title=The Book of Scottish Ballads; Collected and Illustrated with Historical and Critical Notices|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OfteAAAAcAAJ|year=1845}}
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