Drayton, Michael. 1563–1631. Poet. His chief work is the Polyolbion, a poetical description of Britain in 100,000 lines. A far better work is the Nymphidia, an exquisitely graceful, mock heroic fairy poem. See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 1.
Drummond, William [of Hawthornden]. 1585–1649. Scotch poet. His Sonnets are his best production. See Memoirs by Masson, 1863. Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 1.
Dryden, John. 1631–1700. Poet and dramatist. His verse takes a wide range: in satire we have Absalom and Achitophel, MacFlecknoe, etc.; in theology, Religio Laici, Hind and Panther, etc.; in drama, some thirty plays; in translation, his Virgil; and in lyric poetry, his magnificent Ode for St. Cecilia's Day. D. had great genius, not always worthily employed. His dramas, when not stilted, are licentious, and as a satirist he is bitter, personal, and coarse. See Masson's Essays, and Lowell's Among My Books; also, Dryden, by Saintsbury, in Eng. Men of Letters. Pub. Hou. Har. Rou.
Dugdale, Sir Wm. 1605–1685. Antiquary. Author Antiquities of Warwickshire, and other valuable antiquarian works.
Dunbar, Wm. 1465–1530. Scotch poet. D. wrote The Thistle and Rose, The Golden Terge, etc. His witty, striking, and original genius is closely akin to that of Burns. See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 1.
D'Urfey, Thos. 1650–1723. Dramatist. Witty, but coarse and immoral.
Dutt, Toru. 1856–1877. Hindu poetess. A writer of much genius. Ballads of Hindustan, and Sheafs Gleaned from French Fields, a vol. of fine Eng. translations, are her chief works. See Lit. World, June 17, 1882.
Dyce, Alexander. 1798–1869. Scotch Shakespearean scholar of note. See his edition of Shakespeare, with Glossary, 1867.
Dyer, George. 1755–1841. Author Hist. University of Cambridge, etc.
Dyer, John. 1698–1758. Welsh poet. Author Grongar Hill, The Fleece, and Ruins of Rome. His verse is natural and unaffected. See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 3.
Dyer, Thos. Henry. 1804 – . Historian. Author Hist. Modern Europe, Ancient Athens, Hist. Kings of Rome, Hist. City of Rome, and Life of Calvin. Pub. Lit.
Eadmer [ĕd´mer]. – 1124. Bp. St. Andrews. Wrote a Latin Hist. of his Own Time.
Earle, John. 1601–1655. Bp. Worcester. The reputed author of the Micosmography, a remarkable vol. of studies of character.
Eastlake, Sir Chas. 1793–1865. Artist. Author Hist. Gothic Revival, Materials for a Hist. Oil Painting, etc. See Lady Eastlake's Biography of, 1870.
Eden [ē´den], Sir Fred'k Morton. 1766–1809. Author of a valuable Hist. of the Laboring Classes of England, etc.
Edgeworth, Maria. 1767–1849. Novelist. Author Rosamond, Castle Rackrent, Belinda, Helen, etc. Style didactic, but entertaining. Her juvenile tales are numerous and popular. See Study of Miss Edgeworth, by Mrs. Oliver, 1882. Pub. Har. Lip. Rou.
Edwards, Amelia Blandford. 1831 – . Novelist and Egyptologist. Author Barbara's History, Lord Brackenbury, etc. A writer of much talent, whose rank among Eng. novelists is a high one. See Lit. World, June 4, 1881. Pub. Har. Por. Rou.
Edwards, Mrs. Annie. 18 – . Novelist. Susan Fielding, Ought We to Visit Her? and Archie Lovell are among the best of her excellent novels. Pub. Sh.
Edwards, Matilda Betham. 1836 – . Novelist. Cousin to A. B. E. Author Doctor Jacob, Kitty, etc. Style clear and picturesque. Pub. Har. Lip. Rob.
Edwards, Richard. 1523–1566. Poet. Principal author of the famous poetical collection of his day, The Paradise of Dainty Devices.
Eliot, George. See Evans, Marian.
Ellicott, Chas. John. 1819 – . Bp. Gloucester and Bristol. Theologian. Author The New Testament Commentary, Historical Lect. on the Life of Christ, etc. Pub. Arm. Dra. Dut.
Elliott, Ebenezer. 1781–1849. Poet. Known as the Corn-Law Rhymer. His verse is earnest and ardent, and shows much feeling. See Life of, by Searle. See Eng. edition, 1876.
Ellis, George. 1745–1815. Antiquarian of note. Best known by his valuable work, Specimens of Early Eng. Poets.
Ellis, Sir Henry. 1777–1869. Antiquarian writer.
Ellis, Mrs. Sarah [Stickney]. 1812–1872. Author Women of England, Daughters of England, Wives of England, Mothers of England, etc.
Ellwood, Thos. 1639–1713. Poet. Author of a dull poem entitled The Davideis.
Elphinstone [ĕl´fin-stȏn], James. 1721–1809. Scotch grammarian.
Elphinstone, Mountstuart. 1779–1859. Historical writer. Author Hist. of India, etc.
Elyot [ĕl´ĭ-ȏt], Sir Thos. c. 1495–1546. Moralist. Author Defence of Good Women, etc.
Emerson-Tennent, Sir James. 1804–1869. Historical writer.
Erskine, Thos. 1750–1823. Jurist. See Select Speeches, with Memoir by Walford, 2 vols., 8vo, London, 1870.
Etheridge, Sir George. 1636–1694. Comic dramatist. Author of The Comical Revenge, She Would if She Could, etc. Style sprightly and witty. See Living Age, Apr. 30, 1881.
Evans, Marian, "George Eliot." 1820–1880. Novelist and poet. A complete list of her works comprises translations of Strauss's Life of Jesus and Feuerbach's Essence of Christianity; the novels, Scenes of Clerical Life, Adam Bede, Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Romola, Felix Holt, Middlemarch, and Daniel Deronda; the long poems, Spanish Gypsy, Agatha, Legend of Jubal, and How Lisa Loved the King, with a few short ones; and a vol. of essays, entitled Impressions of Theophrastus Such. The strength of her novels lies in their wonderful delineations of character, their subtle analysis of motive as acted on by circumstance, and the lofty wisdom that infuses the whole. They awaken the best impulses of humanity, and appeal to all the finer sympathies. Her style is strongly marked, often picturesque, and her descriptions clear and distinct. Her poems, though containing many beautiful passages, do not, with one or two exceptions, take a high rank. The best one is probably the famous O May I Join the Choir Invisible. See George Eliot, by Mathilde Blind; Hutton's Essays; Cent. Mag., Nov., 1881; Eclectic Mag., April, 1881; Lit. World, Feb. 24, 1883; and Galaxy Mag., June, 1869.
Evelyn, John. 1620–1706. Agricultural writer. Author of Sylva Terra and a famous Diary, which accurately reflects the manners of his time. See Diary and Letters of, edited by John Forster, 1857. See London edition, 1875.
Faber Frederick William. 1815–1863. Religious poet. Author of a number of beautiful and popular Hymns. Pub. Dut. Mur. Wh. Rou.
Faber, George Stanley. 1773–1854. Theologian. Author of The Sacred Calendar of Prophecy, etc. Style clear and exact.
Fabyan, Robert, c. 1456–1512. Chronicler. Wrote a Concordance of Histories, which begins with Brutus and ends with his own time.
Fairfax, Edward. – 1632. Poet. Author of a fine translation of Tasso. See Am. edition, 1855, 12mo.
Falconer [fawk´ner], Wm. 1730–1769. Scotch poet. Author of The Shipwreck, a poem of considerable beauty, and a Marine Dict. See Campbell's Specimens of the Eng. Poets. Pub. Hou.
Fanshawe, Sir Richard. 1608–1666. Poet. Translator of Camoens's Lusiad, and author of some graceful poems.
Faraday, Michael. 1791–1867. Chemist. Author of numerous scientific works, The Chemistry of a Candle, Physical Forces, etc. See Life and Letters of, 1870, by J. Bruce Jones, Tyndall's Faraday as a Discoverer, and Life, by J. H. Gladstone. Pub. Har. Rou.
Farjeon, Benjamin Leopold. 1833 – . Novelist. Joshua Marvel, Grif, Blade-o'-Grass, London's Heart, and Bells of Penraven are among his best works. Style akin to that of Dickens. Pub. Har.
Farmer, Richard. 1735–1797. Shakespearean scholar. Author Essay on the Learning of Shakespeare.
Farquhar [far´kwar or far´kär], George. 1678–1707. Irish dramatist. A writer of brilliant, sparkling comedies, full of good feeling. The Beaux' Stratagem and The Recruiting Officer are the best. See his comedies edited by Leigh Hunt. See Atlantic Monthly, March, 1882.
Farrar, Frederic Wm. 1831 – . Theologian. Author Life of Christ, Eternal Hope, Life and Epistles of St. Paul, Seekers after God, etc. Of several stories by him, St. Winifred's is perhaps the best. Pub. Cas. Dut. Fu. Lip. Mac.
Fawcett, Henry. 1833 – . Writer on Political Economy. Author Free Trade and Protection, Pauperism – its Causes and Remedies, Manual of Political Economy, etc. Pub. Mac.
Fawcett, Millicent Garrett. 1847 – . Wife to H. F. Author Tales in Political Economy, Political Economy for Beginners, etc. Pub. Mac.
Feltham, Owen. c. 1608–1677. Essayist. Author Divine and Moral Resolves. Style pointed and sententious.
Fenton, Elijah. 1683–1730. Poet. Assisted Pope in translating the Odyssey. His original verse is not unmusical.
Ferguson, Adam. 1724–1816. Scotch historian and philosopher. Author Hist. of Civil Society, Hist. Progress and Termination of Roman Empire, etc. Style clear and scholarly.
Ferguson, James. 1710–1776. Scotch philosophical and mathematical writer.
Fergusson, James. 1808 – . Scotch architectural writer of note. Author Hist. of Architecture. Pub. Lit.
Fergusson, Robert. 1750–1774. Scotch poet. Author of The Farmer's Ingle, etc. See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 3.
Ferrar, Nicholas. 1592–1637. Religious writer. See Atlantic Monthly, Aug. 1871.
Ferrier, James. 1808–1864. Scotch metaphysician. His Institutes of Metaphysics is a work of much learning and acuteness.
Ferrier, Susan Edmonstone. 1782–1854. Scotch novelist. Aunt to J. F. Author of Marriage, The Inheritance, and Destiny. Her works show much humor and are piquant in style. See Eng. edition 1841. See Temple Bar, Nov., 1878, and London Lit. World, March 31, 1882. Pub. Har. Rou.
Fielding, Henry. 1707–1754. Novelist. With Richardson he founded a new school of fiction, distinguished by a careful study of character and a more truthful drawing of human nature than what had preceded. Joseph Andrews, Amelia, and Tom Jones, though stamped with the coarseness of his age, will continue to be read for their originality, wit, and acute reflections. See Thackeray's Eng. Humorists, Masson's Novelists and their Styles, and Dobson's Fielding in Eng. Men of Letters. Pub. Har. Lit. Rou.
Finlay, George. 1800–1875. Scotch historian. Author Hist. Greece under the Romans, Hist. Byzantine and Greek Empires, Hist. Greece under Ottoman and Venetian Dominion, and Hist. of the Greek Revolution. A standard authority. Pub. Mac.
Fisher, Edward. 1620–1660. Welsh theologian. Author of a noted controversial work called The Marrow of Modern Divinity.
Fitzgerald, Edward. 1808–1883. Translator of note. Author of scholarly translations of Omar Khayyam, Calderon, and Æschylus.
Fitzgerald, Percy. 1834 – . Novelist and littérateur. Author Romance of the English Stage, etc.
Fitzgerald, Wm. 1814 – . Bp. Killaloe. Theologian. Author Holy Scripture, The Ultimate Rule of Faith, Life of Butler, etc.
Flamsteed, John. 1646–1719. Astronomical writer.
Fletcher, Sir Andrew [of Saltoun]. 1663–1716. Political writer. See Erskine's Life of, 1792.
Fletcher, Giles. 1588–1623. Poet. Bro. to P. F. and cousin to J. F. Author Christ's Victory and Triumph, a long poem in 8-line stanzas. See Works edited by Grosart, 1876. See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 2.
Fletcher, John. 1576–1625. Dramatist. Colleague of Beaumont. Among plays attributed solely to F. are Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, Beggar's Bush, and the exquisite pastoral drama The Faithful Shepherdess. He wrote, also, portions of Shakespeare's Two Noble Kinsmen and Henry VIII., perhaps his finest effort being the famous Wolsey Soliloquy in the latter. See Beaumont, F. See Dyce's edition, 1843. See Lamb's Specimens of the Dramatic Poets, Schlegel's Dramatic Lit., and Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 2.
Fletcher, Mrs. Maria Jane. [Jewsbury.] 1800–1833. Poet.
Fletcher, Phineas. 1584–1650. Poet. Bro. to G. F. and cousin to J. F. F. wrote a long and curious allegorical and anatomical poem, The Purple Island. The subject, fantastically and minutely treated, is the human body. See Southey's Early Eng. Poets.
Florio, John. 1545–1625. Grammarian.
Fonblanque [fŏn-blănk´], Albany. 1797–1872. Journalist. Author England under Seven Administrations. See Life and Labors of, 1874.
Foote, Samuel. 1721–1777. Comic dramatist. The Liar and one or two other farces of his still keep the stage. See Fosters Essays and Life by Coke, 1805.
Forbes, Alexander Penrose. 1817–1875. Bp. Brechin. Theologian. Author Explanation of the Thirty-Nine Articles, etc. See Memoir, 1876. Pub. Dut.
Forbes, Archibald. 1838 – . Scotch journalist. Author Soldiering and Scribbling, Glimpses through the Cannon Smoke, etc. Pub. Osg. Rou.
Forbes, James David. 1809–1868. Scientist. Author Theory of Glaciers, etc. See Life and Letters of by John C. Shairp, 1873.
Ford, John. 1586–1639. Dramatist. His plays all deal with unhappy love, but are powerful though morbid. The Broken Heart, his best work, is a masterpiece of pathos. His style possesses great beauty. See Moxon's edition Old Eng. Dramatists, and Swinburne's Essays and Studies.
Forrester, Mrs. 18 – . Novelist. Author Dolores, Diana Carew, Mignon, etc. Pub. Lip.
Forster, John. 1812–1876. Essayist and biographer. Author lives of Dickens, Goldsmith, Landor, Swift, Statesmen of the Commonwealth of Eng., etc. Pub. Apl. Har. Lip.
Fortescue, Sir John. c. 1395–1485. Legal writer. De Laudibus Legum Angliæ.
Foster, John. 1770–1843. Essayist. His style has both vigor and beauty. Pub. Ca.
Fothergill, Jessie. 18 – . Novelist. Author The First Violin, Kith and Kin, One of Three, etc. Pub. Ho.
Fox, Chas. James. 1749–1806. Orator and historian. See edition of his Speeches, 6 vols., London, 1815, and Life, by Geo. O. Trevelyan.
Fox, George. 1624–1690. Theological writer. Founder of the Society of Friends. See Life, by S. M. Janney.
Fox, John. 1517–1587. Martyrologist. Author of the famous Book of Martyrs. Pub. Cas. Clx.
Francillon, R. E. 1841 – . Novelist. Author Under Slieve Ban, Rare Good Luck, Queen Cophetua, etc. Pub. Apl. Ho.
Francis, Sir Philip. 1740–1818. Political writer. Supposed author of the famous Junius Letters, a series of powerful political tracts. See Junius, Johnson's Cyc. Pub. Rou.
Fraser, James Baillie. 1783–1856. Novelist and traveller. Author of The Kuzzilbash, Hist. Persia, etc. See Chambers Cyc. Eng. Lit., vol. 2.
Freeman, Edward Augustus. 1823 – . Historian. Author Hist. Norman Conquest, Wm. Rufus and Henry First, Hist. Architecture, Unity of Hist., etc. An eminently thorough, accurate writer, whose Norman Conquest is one of the most important of English histories. Style animated and scholarly. Pub. Ho. Mac.
Fremantle, Wm. Henry. 1831 – . Theologian. Author The Gospel of the Secular Life, Bampton Lect. 1883, etc. Pub. Scr.
Freer, Martha Walker. 1822 – . Historian. Author Life of Marguerite of Navarre, Life of Henry III. of France, etc.
Frere [freer], John Hookham. 1769–1846. Poet. A writer of merit in translation and in original verse. See Eng. edition of, 2 vols., London, 1872.
Friswell, James Hain. 1827–1878. Essayist. Author Familiar Words, The Gentle Life, Francis Spira and other Poems, etc. Pub. Por.
Froude [frood], James Anthony. 1818 – . Historian and essayist. Author Hist. of England, The English in Ireland, Short Studies on Great Subjects, The Nemesis of Faith, etc. His historical portraits are brilliant and his historical grouping dramatic, but his judgments of men and motives are open to criticism. All his works show great labor and research. Pub. Har. Scr.
Froude, Richard Hurrel. 1803–1836. Bro. to J. A. F. Religious writer. See Remains of, 4 vols., London, 1838.
Fuller, Thomas. 1608–1661. Historian and biographer. Author Ch. Hist., Hist. of Worthies of England, Sermons, Holy State, etc. A quaint, humorous, original writer of great eminence in his own day and still read with pleasure. See Life, by Russell, 1844. Pub. Dut. Mac.
Fullerton, Lady Georgiana. 1812 – . Novelist. Grantley Manor, Constance Sherwood, Too Strange Not to be True, and Lady Bird, are some of her works. Pub. Apl. Cath. Pi.
Furnivall, Fred'k James. 1825 – . Shakespearean scholar. Editor of the Leopold Shakespeare.
Fyffe, Chas. Alan. 1845 – . Historian. Author Modern Europe, Hist. Greece in Appleton's Hist. Primers, etc. Pub. Apl. Ho.
Gale, Theophilus. 1628–1678. Theologian. Author of The Court of the Gentiles.
Galt, John. 1779–1839. Scotch novelist. Author Annals of a Parish, Ayrshire Legatees, Life Lord Byron, etc. A prolific writer who has carefully drawn Scotch provincial and peasant life. See Autobiography, 1834. Pub. Har.
Gardiner, Sam'l Rawson. 1829 – . Historian. Author of The 30 Years' War, 1618–1648. Eng. Hist. for Students, etc. Pub. Ho.
Garrett, Edward. See Mayo, Mrs. Isabella.
Garrick, David. 1716–1779. Dramatist. Author Lying Valet, Miss In her Teens, etc. See Life, by Percy Fitzgerald, 1872.
Garth, Samuel. 1672–1719. Poet and physician. His mock epic, The Dispensary, is a feeble work. See Ward's English Poets, vol. 3.
Gascoigne, Mrs. Caroline Leigh. 1813 – . Novelist and poet. Author Doctor Harold, etc.
Gascoigne, George. 1530–1577. Poet. The Steel Glass his chief work. See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 1.
Gaskell, Mrs. Elizabeth Cleghorn. 1810–1865. Novelist and biographer. Author of Ruth, Sylvia's Lovers, Wives and Daughters, Mary Barton, etc. Her books are earnest and well written; Cranford, in fact, is almost a classic work, and her Life of Charlotte Brontë is a much-admired biography. See Lit. World, July 1, 1882. Pub. Apl. Har.
Gast, John. 1715–1788. Irish historian.
Gatty, Alfred. 1813 – . Author The Vicar and His Duties, Study of In Memoriam, etc.
Gatty, Mrs. Margaret. 1809–1873. Wife to A. G. Author Parables from Nature, The Fairy Godmother, Proverbs Illustrated, Aunt Judy's Tales, etc. Pub. Ca. Put.
Gauden, John. 1605–1664. Bp. Worcester. His Ikōn Basilikē professed to be the work of Charles I., of whose sufferings it was an account, and its true authorship has occasioned much controversy.
Gay, John. 1688–1732. Poet and dramatist. G. wrote The Beggar's Opera, a famous musical drama, and numerous other works. See edition of his Poems, London, 1806. See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 3, and Gay's Fables edited by Austin Dobson. Pub. Apl.
Gell [jĕl], Sir Wm. 1777–1836. Archæologist. Author Topography of Rome, etc.
Geoffrey [jĕf´rĭ] of Dunstable. – 1146. Author of a miracle play of St. Catherine 1110, usually considered the first dramatic work in any modern language.
Geoffrey of Monmouth. c. 1100–1154. Bp. St. Asaph, Anglo-Saxon Chronicler.
Gibbon, Edward. 1737–1794. Historian. Author of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; a masterly work, artistically conceived and carried out, with great research and careful detail. See Milman's edition, 1845. See Autobiography edited by Milman, 1839. Pub. Har. Por.
Gifford, Wm. 1757–1826. Critic and reviewer. G. wrote the Baviad and Mæviad, two sharp literary satires, and as editor of the Quarterly Review was author of many bitter, satirical reviews. See Hazlitt's Spirit of the Age.
Gilbert, Wm. 1540–1603. Philosophical writer. Author De Magnete.
Gilbert, Wm. 18 – . Novelist. Author De Profundis, etc.
Gilbert, Wm. Schevenck. 1836 – . Dramatist and humorous poet; son to preceding. Author of The Bab Ballads, Original Plays, and of the librettos of Pinafore, Pirates of Penzance, The Sorcerer, Patience, Iolanthe, etc. See Scribner's Mag., Sept. 1879. Pub. Por. Rou. Scr.
Gilchrist, Alexander. 1827–1861. Biographer and art writer. Author lives of Blake and Etty.
Gildas. fl. c. 510. Anglo-Latin Chronicler. See Stevenson's edition, London, 1838.
Gilfillan, George. 1813–1878. Scotch miscellaneous writer. Author Gallery of Literary Portraits, Life of Walter Scott, Bards of the Bible, etc. Pub. Har.
Gilfillan, Robert. c. 1798–1850. Scotch poet.
Gillies, John. 1747–1836. Scotch historian. Author Hist. Ancient Greece, etc.
Gilpin, John. 1724–1804. Critic and biographer. Author Life of Bernard Gilpin, etc.
Giraldus, Cambrensis. 1147–1216. Welsh historian and poet.
Girdlestone, Chas. 1797–1881. Religious writer. Author Concordance to the Prayer-Book, etc.
Gladstone, Wm. Ewart. 1809 – . Statesman and essayist. Author of Juventus Mundi, Homeric Studies, The Vatican Decrees, etc. Style polished and able. See Sketch of, by H. W. Lucy, Short Life of, by C. H. Jones, and Life, by Geo. Barnett Smith. Also Harper's Mag., April, 1882. Pub. Apl. Har. Scr.
Gloucester [glŏs-ter], Robert of. fl. c. 1280. Rhyming chronicler.
Glover, Richard. 1712–1785. Poet. Author of Leonidas, an epic, Hosier's Ghost, etc. See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 3.
Godwin, Mrs. Mary Wollstonecraft. 1759–1797. Wife to W. G. Author Vindication of the Rights of Women, etc. Style bold and able. See Atlantic Monthly, Dec. 1880.
Godwin, Wm. 1756–1836. Philosopher and novelist. Author Caleb Williams, St. Leon, Cloudesly, Answer to Malthus, Political Justice, etc. See Life, by Kegan Paul, 1876, and Leslie Stephen's Hours in a Library. Pub. Har.
Goldsmith, Oliver. 1728–1774. Irish poet and novelist. A writer of great delicacy and purity of sentiment, possessing a simple, delightful style. His poems, The Deserted Village and The Traveller, are charming pieces of description; his comedies, The Good-Natured Man and She Stoops to Conquer, are bright and sparkling, the latter being perennially fresh; and his novel, The Vicar of Wakefield, is an Eng. classic. See Lives, by Prior, Forster, W. Irving, and Goldsmith by Wm. Black in Eng. Men of Letters. See Select Poems of, edited by W.J. Rolfe. Pub. Clx. Har.
Good, John Mason. 1764–1827. Physician and miscellaneous writer. Author Study of Medicine, The Book of Nature, Medical Technology, etc. Pub. Har.
Gordon, George, Lord Byron. 1788–1824. Childe Harold, Prisoner of Chillon, and Don Juan are his finest poems. A writer of great power and strong personality, whose talent was warped by license and self-will. Don Juan, his most brilliant poem, sins deeply against morality. Manfred, The Giaour, and Lara are striking poems. See Lives by Galt, Moore, E. Brydges, Lake, and Elze; also, Byron, by Nichols, in Eng. Men of Letters, and the Real Lord Byron by J. C. Jeaffreson. See Quarterly Rev., July, 1868, and prefaces to respective editions by Wm. Rossetti and A. C. Swinburne.
Gore, Mrs. Catherine Grace. 1799–1861. Novelist. A prolific writer of society tales. Author of The Cabinet Minister, The Royal Favorite, etc. Pub. Har.
Gosse, Edmund W. 1849 – . Poet and critic. Son to P. H. G. Author of Viol and Flute, King Erik, New Poems, Grey in Eng. Men of Letters, etc. A lyrist of much merit. See Harper's Mag. May, 1882, "Some London Poets." Pub. Har. Ho.
Gosse, Philip Henry. 1810 – . Zoölogist. Author Romance of Natural Hist., Marine Zoölogy, Evenings with the Microscope, etc. Pub. Apl. A. T. S. Lip.
Goulbourn, Edward Meyrick. 1818 – . Religious writer. Author Thoughts on Personal Religion, The Holy Catholic Ch., Pursuit of Holiness, etc. Pub. Apl.
Gould, Baring. See Baring-Gould.
Gower, John. 1350–1402. Poet. G. wrote the Speculum Meditantis, in French, Vox Clamantis, in Latin, and Confessio Amantis in Eng. See edition, 3 vols. 8vo, London, 1857. See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 1; also Rolfe's edition of Pericles.
Græme [grām], John. 1748–1772. Scotch poet.
Graham, Ennis. See Molesworth, Mrs.
Grahame, James. 1765–1811. Scotch poet. Author of The Sabbath, etc.
Grahame, James, Marquis of Montrose. 1612–1650. Lyric poet. Author of the famous lyric My Dear and Only Love. See Biographies by Napier, 1856, and Grant, 1858.
Grahame, James. 1790–1842. Scotch historian. Author Hist. U. S., etc. Style dignified and impartial.
Granger, James. 1716–1766. Historian. Author Biographical Hist. of England.
Grant, Mrs. Anne [of Laggan]. 1755–1838. Scotch poet and miscellaneous writer. Author Memoirs of an American Lady 1808, etc. See Memoirs and Correspondence of, 3 vols., 1844. Pub. Mu.
Grant, James. 1806 – . Journalist. Author of The Bench and the Bar, Sketches in London, etc.
Grant, James. 1822 – . Scotch novelist. Author Hist. of India, and a long list of novels which do not take a very high rank. Pub. Cas. Rou.
Grattan, Thos. Colley. 1796–1864. Irish novelist and poet. Author Highways and Byways, Hist. of the Netherlands, etc. Pub. Har.
Gray, David. 1831–1861. Scotch poet. Author of The Luggie, etc. See H. G. Bell's edition, 1874. See R. Buchanan's David Gray and Other Essays, 1868.
Gray, Thomas. 1716–1771. Poet. Author of The Bard, Progress of Poesy, Elegy in a Country Churchyard, etc. A writer of much refinement of expression and quiet sentiment. The calm beauty of the Elegy has made it one of the most popular of Eng. poems. See Gray, by E. W. Gosse, in Eng. Men of Letters, Mason's Biog., 1778, and Selected Poems of, edited by W. J. Rolfe.
Green, John Richard. 1837–1883. Historian. Author Short Hist. of the Eng. People, The Making of England, Stray Studies, Hist. of the Eng. People, etc. A picturesque, accurate writer, with great originality and clearness of style. See N. Y. Nation, March 29, 1883, Contemporary Rev., May, 1883, Journal of Education, June, 1883, British Quarterly Rev., July, 1883, and Fortnightly Rev., May, 1883. Pub. Apl. Har. Mac.
Green, Matthew. 1696–1737. Poet. The author of a curious reflective poem called The Spleen. See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 3.
Greene, Robert. 1560–1592. Dramatist. A prolific writer of humorous plays, but now best known by his confession entitled Greene's Groat's Worth of Wit bought with a Million of Repentance. See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 1.
Greenwell, Dora. 1821–1882. Poet and miscellaneous writer. Author Stories That Might be True, The Patience of Hope, John Woolman, Camera Obscura, A Present Heaven, etc. Pub. Dut.
Greg, Wm. Rathbone. 1812–1881. Essayist. Author of Rocks Ahead, Enigmas of Life, Literary and Social Judgments, Creed of Christendom, etc., works of a thoughtful, pessimistic cast. See Macmillan's Mag., June, 1883. Pub. Ho.
Grenville, George, Lord Nugent. 1788–1850. Author Memorials of Hampden, Lands Classical and Lay, etc.
Greville, Sir Fulke, Lord Brooke. 1554–1628. Poet and philosopher. Author Life of Sydney, etc. See Grosart's edition of, 1870. See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 1.
Griffin, Gerald. 1803–1840. Irish poet and novelist. Author of The Collegians, etc. See complete Eng. edition by Griffin, 1857. Pub. Rou. Sad.
Grindon, Leopold Hartley. 1818 – . Author Life – its Nature, Varieties, and Phenomena, The Shakespeare Flora, etc. Pub. Lip.
Grosseteste [grōs-test], Robert. c. 1175–1253. Bp. London. Anglo-Norman poet.
Grote, George. 1794–1871. Historian. Best known by his Hist. of Greece, a standard work. See Life, by Mrs. Grote, 1873. Pub. Har. Lit.
Grove, George. 1820 – . Musical critic. Author Dict. of Music and Musicians, etc. Pub. Mac.
Guest, Lady Charlotte. See Schreiber, Lady Charlotte.
Gunter, Edmund. 1581–1626. Mathematical writer. Inventor of the terms co-sine, co-tangent, etc. The phrase "according to Gunter" arose from his scale of measurement being the standard one.
Gurney, Joseph John. 1788–1847. Philanthropist. Author Notes on Prison Discipline, and numerous religious works. Pub. Lip.
Guthrie [gŭth´rĭ], Thomas. 1803–1873. Scotch philanthropist. Author Plea for Ragged Schools, Man and the Gospel, Out of Harness, etc. See Life, 1873. Pub. Ca.
Guthrie, Wm. 1708–1770. Scotch historian. Author Hist. of England, Hist. of Scotland, etc. His works have been entirely superseded by later authorities.
Habington, Wm. 1605–1654. Poet. An ingenious writer of love poems. See Eng. edition by Arber, 1870. See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 2.
Hailes, Lord. See Dalrymple, Sir D.
Hakluyt [hăk´loot], Richard. 1553–1616. Chronicler and geographer. Hakluyt's Voyages is an important collection of narratives of earlier or contemporary voyages. See edition of, 5 vols. 4to, London, 1809–12.
Hale, Sir Matthew. 1609–1676. Moral and religious writer. See Life by Burnet in Wordsworth's Ecclesiastical Biog.
Hales, John. 1584–1656. Polemical writer. Styled "The Ever Memorable." Chiefly noted for his Golden Remains. See Life by Des Maizeaux.
Hales, Stephen. 1677–1761. One of the earliest writers on vegetable physiology.
Hales, Wm. 1769–1831. Irish theologian.
Haliburton, Thos. Chandler. 1805–1865. Nova Scotian humorist. Author Sam Slick, etc. Pub. Di. Har. Hou. Rou.
Halifax, Earl of. See Montagu, Chas.
Halifax, Marquess. See Saville, George.
Hall, Mrs. Anna Maria. 1805–1881. Wife to S. C. H. Irish novelist and miscellaneous writer. Author Sketches of Irish Character, The Outlaw, The Whiteboy, etc. Pub. Har.
Hall, Basil. 1798–1844. Scotch writer of travels.
Hall, Edward. – 1547. Chronicler. A minute and valuable writer.
Hall, Joseph. 1547–1676. Bp. Norwich. Theologian and satirist. Sometimes styled the founder of Eng. satire. A vivacious and excellent writer. See edition 1837. See Hannay's Satire and Satirists, and Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 1.
Hall, Newman, 1816 – . Congregationalist religious writer. Author Come to Jesus, The Forum and the Vatican, etc. Pub. Phi. Sh.
Hall, Robert. 1764–1831. Baptist religious writer. Author Sermons on Modern Infidelity, Reflections on War, etc. Style scholarly, eloquent, and refined. See Works of, with Memoir, by O. Gregory, 6 vols., London; also, Biog. by J. W. Morris, 1846, and Life by Paxton Hood.
Hall, Samuel Carter. 1801 – . Miscellaneous writer. Author The Stately Homes of England, Book of Memories, Retrospect of a Long Life, etc. Pub. Apl.
Hallam, Arthur Henry. 1811–1833. Poet and essayist. Son to H. H. A young writer whose loss inspired Tennyson's In Memoriam. See Remains, with Life, by his father, 1834; Remains in Verse and Prose, 1862. See Life, by Dr. John Brown; also, Atlantic Monthly, Dec. 1860.
Hallam, Henry. 1777–1859. Historian and critic. Author Hist. Middle Ages, Constitutional Hist. England, Lit. of Europe, etc. An impartial writer whose works are of great value, but whose style lacks animation and freshness. See H. Martineau's Biographical Sketches. Pub. Arm. Har. Lit.
Halliwell-Phillips, James Orchard. 1820 – . Shakespearean scholar. Editor of Shakespeare, 16 vols. folio, 1865. Author Dict. Archaic Words, Life of Shakespeare, Last Days of Shakespeare, etc.
Hamerton [hăm´er-ton], Philip Gilbert. 1834 – . Art Critic. Author Thoughts on Art, A Painter's Camp, The Unknown River, The Intellectual Life, etc. A writer of authority in his department. Style graceful and refined. Pub. Mac. Rob.