English satirist, the anonymous author of Pursuits of Literature (1794-98) and editor of The Works of Thomas Gray, 2 vols (1814). From 1817 he lived in Italy, where he translated classic English poets into Italian.

REFERENCES TO Thomas James Mathias:

Maria Riddell to William Roscoe, [September 1800] in The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833)

Walter Scott to William Gifford, 25 October 1808 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)

Walter Scott to George Ellis, 2 November 1808 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)

Walter Scott to George Ellis, 2 November 1808 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

Samuel Parr to Hannah Edwards, [1813] in Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828)

William Wordsworth to Samuel Rogers, [18 February 1836] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)