Shairp
JOHN CAMPBELL, known as PRINCIPAL SHAIRP, a Scotch poet, critic, and essayist; born in Houstoun, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, July 30, 1819. He became principal of the United College, St. Andrews. Among his works are: "Kilmahoe, a Highland Pastoral, and Other Poems" (1864); "Studies in Poetry and Philosophy" (1868) "Culture and Religion" (1870); "Poetic Interpretation of Nature" (1877); "Aspects of Poetry" (1881); and, published posthumously, "Sketches in History and Poetry" (1887); "Glen Desseray and Other Poems" (1888). He died in Ormsary, Argyllshire, Sept. 18, 1885.