ALEXANDER BALFOUR
\ˌalɪɡzˈandə bˈalfə], \ˌalɪɡzˈandə bˈalfə], \ˌa_l_ɪ_ɡ_z_ˈa_n_d_ə b_ˈa_l_f_ə]\
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A Scotch poet and novelist; born at Monikie, Forfarshire, March 1, 1767; died Sept. 12, 1829. He wrote: "Campbell, or the Scottish Probationer" (1819); "Contemplation and Other Poems" (1820); "Farmer's Three Daughters" (1822); "The Foundling of Glenthorn, or the Smuggler's Cave" (1823); "Highland Mary" (1827).
By Charles Dudley Warner
