“ He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and after ordination was appointed to a small curacy in the north of Ireland. About 1810 he came to London, and occupied himself with literary work. A man of restless energy, he claims attention by his extraordinary versatility. ”

“ Excluding his contributions to the daily and weekly press his chief works were:—Paris in 1815 (1817) , a poem in imitation of Childe Harold; Catiline (1822) , a tragedy lacking in dramatic force; Salathiel: A Story of the Past, the Present and the Future (1829) , a successful romance of the “Wandering Jew” type; The Life and Times of his late Majesty George the Fourth (1830) ; Marston; or, The Soldier and Statesman (1846) , a novel of modern life; The Modern Orlando (1846) , a satire which owes something to Don Juan; and some biographies, sermons and theological works. ”