Значение слова MAGINN в Литературной энциклопедии

WILLIAM (1793-1842).-Journalist and miscellaneous writer, _b._ at Cork, became a contributor to _Blackwood's Magazine_, and afterwards foreign correspondent to _The Representative_, a paper started by J. Murray, the publisher, and when its short career was run, one of the leading supporters of _Fraser's Magazine_. One of the most brilliant periodical writers of his time, he has left no permanent work behind him. In his later years he fell into intemperate habits, and _d._ in poverty.