| Administrative History | William Creech [1745-1815] Bookseller in Edinburgh. He attended Edinburgh University, and originally intended to enter medicine, but was apprenticed to bookseller Alexander Kincaid in 1764, becoming Kincaid partner when the latter's partnership with John Bell dissolved in 1771 - just after the firm had published the first edition of the first book of the Minstrel. His shop became a well-known meeting place, and he published the work of many of the Scottish literati. Beattie had a long and generally happy relationship with him from 1771, both personally and in business matters |
| Description | Second part of Minstrel not yet arrived from London - ship expected daily. Will be in next month's review con amore [Edinburgh Magazine and Review, vol. 2 (June 1774), p. 439. Beattie will find many reasonings which he will not relish in the Sketches [of the History of Man, by Lord Kames, 2 vols, Edinburgh, 1774]. Has got Latin translation of "The Hermit" for the Magazine [Edinburgh Magazine and Review, vol. 2 (October 1774), p. 700] |