211/377 265.] [Footnote 127: _Ibid._, Vol.III.p. 332.] [Footnote 128: _Essay on the Drama_.] [Footnote 129: In 1808 he wrote to a friend: "We have Miss Baillie here at present, who is certainly the best dramatic writer whom Britain has produced since the days of Shakspeare and Massinger." (_Fam. I.p. 99.) But Wilson also put Joanna Baillie next to Shakspere, and quite seriously. |