WILLIAM SMELLIE. 19 



edition of a Latin classic ; on which occasion, 

 Mr Srnellie, in the name of his masters, became 

 a competitor, and produced an edition of Terence 

 in duodecimo, the whole of which he set up and 

 corrected himself, and for which the prize was awar- 

 ded to his masters, as the work was published under 

 their names. The medal is of silver, and of con- 

 siderable size. On one side the word MERENTI 

 is surrounded by a wreath of laurels ; on the 

 other side are these words : 



THE EDINBURGH SOCIETY, 

 TO MESSRS HAMILTON, BALFOUR, AND NEIL, 



PRINTERS IN EDINBURGH, 



FOR THEIR EDITION OF TERENCE, 



M,DCC,LVII. 



This work was published in 1758, and is men- 

 tioned by Harwood and Dibdin, in their writings 

 on Classical Bibliography, as an immaculate 

 edition. 



At the expiration of his indentures in 1759 

 young Smellie entered into an agreement with 

 Messrs Murray and Cochrane, printers in Edin- 

 burgh, who were proprietors of the Scots Maga- 

 zine, as corrector, to collect articles, and make 

 abstracts for that periodical ; and this engagement 

 continued till 1765. During the whole of this 

 time Mr Smellie diligently attended the lectures of 

 the University, and appears to have had some idea 

 of studying for the Church, as he went through 

 a regular series of those academical exercises, 



