James Paterson was a Scottish journalist, writer, and antiquary. He contributed most of the succinct biographies which accompanied John Kay's A Series of Original Portraits and Character Etchings.
For the American writer of mysteries and thrillers, see James Patterson
This was my third form (year 9 or eighth grade) Latin textbook in the 1980s. In print for more than 40 years it taught generations of students all across the British Commonwealth. I failed the end of year exam abysmally, but can't low-rate the book for that - the fault was entirely my own. In later life it has been a useful resource. I'm marking it 'read' though I never did finish all the exercises in the book.