ALLAN

a Scottish poet, 36, d. 1758. He was apprenticed to maker in Edinburgh, but at the age irty he left wig making and set up kseller’s shop in the Edinburgh Hich t. To this he soon added a circulsibrary, the first opened in Scotland. id long been known for his humorous s, which had been sold in the streets + penny ee ihe as e prospered, his shop beco © ynable resort of the mits of tbe time. principal poem is ‘* The Gentle aa a Pastoral Comedy published [s. 254]