STUART, James, traveller, born in Dunearn, Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1776; died in London, England, 3 November, 1849. Having killed in a duel Sir Alexander Boswell, the eldest son of Dr. Johnson's biographer, he came to North America, and in 1828-'30 travelled in the United States. His views on the natural resources and political phases of the republic are characterized by keenness of observation, and, when published in book-form, under the title of "Three Years in North America" (Edinburgh, 1833), attracted much attention, and his sketch in it of his visit to the Saratoga battle-field, including a description of its topographical features is, next to Professor Silliman's in "Silliman's Tour," the best extant. The book called forth several adverse criticisms from those of the English reviews that were unfriendly to republican institutions, which elicited a reply from him in a work entitled "A Refutation of Aspersions on Stuart's 'Three Years in North America'" (London, 1834). He edited for several years the London "Courier.'' The violent partisan attitude that he assumed in politics called for chastisement frequently in the pages of "Blackwood's Magazine," especially from John Wilson, in the " Noctes Ambrosia.me," where he figures under the name of the "Stot" (steer). Stuart was noted for his taste in art, and his social qualities rendered him welcome in society, although his adherence to principles frequently led him into serious difficulties.