About the Original AuthorCALCOTT, WELLINS, author, was a native of Shropshire, the son of a member of the corporation of Shrewsbury. All that is known of his personal history is gathered from the preface to one of his books, from which it appears that he was induced to become an author by reverses of fortune. He published two books by subscription and was enabled thereby to make advances towards the restoration of a settled life. The first edition...