Chapter Baillie to Ballantyne of B by Biographical Dictionary of English Literature

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Ballantine, James (1808-1877).—Artist and author, born in Edinburgh, began life as a house painter. He studied art, and became one of the first to revive the art of glass-painting, on which subject he wrote a treatise. He was the author of The Gaberlunzie’s Wallet (1843), Miller of Deanhaugh (1845), Poems (1856), 100 Songs with Music (1865), and a Life of David Roberts, R.A. (1866).

Ballantyne, Robert Michael (1825-1894).—w riter of tales for boys, born in Edinburgh, was a connection of the well-known printers. As a youth he spent some years in the service of the Hudson’s Bay Co., and was then a member of Constable’s printing firm. In 1856 he took to literature as a profession, and published about 80 tales, which, abounding in interesting adventure and information, and characterised by a thoroughly healthy tone, had great popularity. Among them are The Young Fur Traders (1856), The Coral Island, Fighting the Flames, Martin Rattler, The World of Ice, The Dog Crusoe, Erling the Bold, and Black Ivory. Ballantyne was also an accomplished water-colour artist, and in all respects lived up to the ideals he sought to instil into his readers. He died at Rome.