George Gilfillan, a Scottish author, born at Comrie, Perthshire, in 1813. The son of a minister of the Secession church, he was educated for the same profession, and has officiated since 1836 as minister of the School wynd congregation in Dundee. His first literary sketches appeared about 1842 in the "Dumfries Herald," and were collected in 1845 under the title of A Gallery of Literary Portraits;" a second series appeared in 1849, and a third series in 1855. He has also published "Bards of the Bible" (1850);The Book of British Poesy, Ancient and Modern" (1851); "The Martyrs, Heroes, and Bards of the Scottish Covenant" (1852);The Grand Discovery" (1854);History of a Man (1856); "Christianity and our Era (1857); Alpha and Omega," a collection of sermons (1860); and "Night," a poem (1867). He has contributed much to periodicals, and has edited a collection of "British Poets," in 48 vols., with biographical sketches and critical notes.