HOWITT, WILLIAM

(1791-1879), an author, began to write at an early age, and when he was thirteon, one of his poems appeared in the 17 onthly Magazine. HOWITZER! In 1821 he married Mary Botham, and husband and wife wrote many books in collaboration. He had no special call to authorship, and became a very miscellaneous writer. The Book of the Season, 1831: a Populay History of Pries i craft, 1833; Pantilla, or Traditions of the Most Ancient Times, 1835; and the Rural Life of England, 1838, give some idea of his scope. In 1852 he visited Tasmania and Australia, and on his return wrote several books on these places, but none of them have any particular value. His most succe ful work was a Populay History of England, 1856-62.