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JAMES KIRKE (1779-1860).-Novelist, etc., _b._ in the state of New York, was chiefly self-educated. He became a friend of W. Irving, and was part author with him of _Salmagundi_-a continuation of which by himself proved a failure. Among his other writings are _John Bull and Brother Jonathan_ (1812), a satire, _The Dutchman's Fireside_ (1831), a romance which attained popularity, a _Life of Washington_ (1835), and some poems.