Part 7

=Marzials, Theophile.= 185 Poet and musician. Author of The Gallery of Pigeons, etc. Of his songs Twickenham Ferry is one of the best known. _See The Biograph, March, 1880._

=Mason, Wm.= 1725-1797. Poet. His verse is wordy and feeble.

=Massey, Gerald.= 182 Poet. Author Babe Christabel, Craigcrook Castle, etc. His verse has more sweetness than strength. _See Stedman's Victorian Poets._

=Massinger [m[)a]s's[)i]n-j[)e]r], Philip.= 1584-1640. A writer of much power whose style is clear and flexible. The Virgin Martyr, Fatal Dowry, City Madam, and A New Way to Pay Old Debts, are his finest plays. The latter is often acted. _See Works of, edited by Gifford, 4. vols._

=Masson, David.= 182 Scotch biographer and critic. Author British Novelists, Biographical and Critical Essays, Recent British Philosophy, etc. His chief work is a Life of Milton, a book of great merit and ability. _See The Biograph, vol. 3._ _Pub. Mac. Apl._

=Mathers, Helen.= See Reeves, Mrs.

=Mathias, Thos. James.= 1776-1835. Supposed author of the poem The Pursuits of Literature.

=Maturin [m[)a]t-yoo'r[)i]n], Chas. Robert.= 1782-1824. Irish novelist. Author Melmoth, an extravagant romance, and the tragedy of Bertram.

=Maurice [maw'r[)i]ss], John Frederic Denison.= 1805-1872. Theologian and ethical writer. A prominent Broad Church clergyman, writing much and well upon theology, philosophy, and other subjects. A Hist. Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy is his chief work. Others are Theological Essays, The Bible and Science, and the Friendship of Books. _Pub. Le. Mac._

=Maxwell, James Clerk.= 183 Scientific writer of note. _Pub. Apl. Mac._

=Maxwell, Mrs. Mary E. [Braddon].= 183 Novelist. A writer of sensational tales, among which Aurora Floyd is the most famous. Her latest novels show a greatly improved style. _Pub. Har._

=Maxwell, Wm. Hamilton.= 1794-1850. Irish novelist. His fiction is military in character. _Pub. Rou._

=Maxwell, Sir Wm. Stirling.= 1818-1878. Author The Cloister Life of Chas. V., Velasquez and his Works, etc.

=May, Sir Thos. Erskine.= 181 Historian. Author Constitutional Hist. England, Hist. Democracy in Europe, etc. Style careful and thoughtful. _See Lit. World, April, 1878, and The Biograph, March, 1880._ _Pub. Arm. Wid._

=Mayhew, Augustus.= 1812-1875. Litterateur.

=Mayhew, Edward.= 181 Veterinary writer. Bro. to A. M. Author Illustrated Horse Doctor, etc. _Pub. Apl. Lip. Rou._

=Mayhew, Henry.= 1812-1876. Bro. to two preceding. Author London Labor and London Poor, German Life and Manners and numerous humorous works. _Pub. Har. Rou._

=Mayhew, Horace.= 1819-1872. Humorist. Bro. to three preceding. Author Letters Left at the Pastry Cook's, etc.

=Mayhew, Thomas.= 181 Bro. to four preceding. Editor of the Penny National Library.

=Mayne, John.= 1761-1836. Scotch poet. Author of The Siller Gun, Logan Braes, etc.

=Mayo, Mrs. Isabella Fyvie=, "Edward Garrett." 184 Religious novelist. Author By Still Waters, Occupations of a Retired Life, Gold and Dross, etc. _Pub. Do._

=McCarthy, Denis Florence.= 1820-1880. Poet and miscellaneous writer. Author Ballads, Poems, and other Lyrics, etc., and translator of the dramas of Calderon.

=McCarthy, Justin.= 183 Novelist and historian. Author Linley Rochford, Dear Lady Disdain, etc., and of a valuable Hist. of Our Own Times. Style graphic and forcible. _Pub. Har._

=McCulloch, John Ramsay.= 1789-1864. Political economist. Author Principles of Political Economy, Dict. of Commerce, Statistical Account of the British Empire, etc.

=Melmoth, Wm.= 1710-1799. Translator of Pliny. Author Laelius, or Friendship, etc.

=Melville, Sir James.= 1535-1606. Scotch writer. Author Historical Memoirs.

=Melville, J. G. Whyte.= 1821-1878. Novelist. Author Kate Coventry, The White Rose, Katerfelto, etc. Style rapid and spirited. _Pub. Apl. Por._

=Meredith, Owen.= See Bulwer-Lytton, E. R.

=Merivale, Chas.= 1808-1874. Historian. Author Hist. Latin Christianity, Fall of the Roman Republic, Hist. of the Romans under the Empire, etc. A writer of much ease and dignity of style, whose historical estimates are careful and valuable. _Pub. Apl. Har. Rou._

=Merivale, Herman.= 1806-1874. Historical writer. Bro. to C. M.

=Merrick, James.= 1720-1769. Poet. His poem The Chameleon is well known.

=Miall, Edward.= 1809-1881. Political writer. Author Ethics of Non-Conformity, The Voluntary Principle, etc.

=Mickle, Wm. Julius.= 1734-1788. Scotch poet. His poem, Cumnor Hall, suggested Scott's Kenilworth. _See Works of, 1808._

=Middleton, Conyers.= 1683-1750. Theologian. M. wrote a Life of Cicero and a Free Inquiry into the Miraculous Powers of the Church.

=Middleton, Thomas.= 1570-1627. Dramatist. The Witch of Edmonton, a tragi-comedy, is his most noted play. _See Dyce's edition, 1840._

=Mill, James.= 1773-1836. Scotch historian and philologist. Author of an impartial Hist. British India, Analysis of the Mind, etc.

=Mill, John Stuart.= 1806-1873. Philosopher. Son to J. M. A profound but cold thinker and writer. Author System of Logic, Political Economy, Liberty, Subjection of Women, etc. _See Autobiography, Table's Eng. Lit., and Caroline Fox's Memories of old Friends._ _Pub. Apl. Har. Ho. Lit._

=Miller, Hugh.= 1802-1856. Geologist. Author Old Red Sandstone, Footprints of the Creator, etc., works which greatly helped to popularize the study of geology. _See Life, by Peter Bayne._ _Pub. Ca._

=Miller, Thomas.= 180 Poet and novelist. Author Rural Sketches, Country Scenes, Fair Rosamond, Songs for British Riflemen, etc. _Pub. Rou._

=Milman, Henry Hart=. 1791-1868. Poet and historian. M. was author of Fazio, a successful drama, of an excellent Hist. of the Jews, of numerous poems, and editor of an annotated Gibbon. _Pub. Arm. Har. Lit. Por. Put. Rou._

=Milnes [milnz], Richard Monckton, Lord Houghton.= 180 Poet and litterateur. Author Poems of Many Years, Life of Keats, etc. _See Stedman's Victorian Poets._ _Pub. Rob._

=Milton, John.= 1608-1674. Poet. His literary life sharply defines itself into 3 periods; in the first, 1626-1640, he wrote the poems L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, the Pastoral of Comus, and the elegy Lycidas. During the second, 1640-1660, he wrote prose treatises, mainly controversial, such as the Areopagitica, and his sonnets. After 1660 came the great epics, Paradise Lost, and Paradise Regained, and the choral drama Samson Agonistes. A great artist, he created the Eng. epic, infusing it with his own severe strength and dignity. He had no humor or feeling for dramatic situation but he could be both graceful and tender as his early poems show. He was the great Puritan poet. Of the numerous Lives of Milton the best are, _Masson's and Mark Pattison's Milton in Eng. Men of Letters. Pickering's, Rossetti's and Masson's are among the best editions of his poems. For complete edition of his prose works see Bohn's Standard Library._ _See Hines's Study of Paradise Lost._ _Pub. Mac._

=Minto, Wm.= 184 Litterateur. Author Characteristics of Eng. Poets, from Chaucer to Shirley, Manual of Eng. Prose Lit., Defoe in Eng. Men of Letters, etc. _Pub. Har._

=Mitford, John.= 1781-1859. Poet and critic.

=Mitford, Mary Russell.= 1786-1855. Miscellaneous writer. Author of the tragedies Julian, Rienzi, Foscari, etc., and the charming series of those sketches entitled Our Village. _See Fields' Yesterdays with Authors, and The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford._ _Pub. Har._

=Mitford, Wm.= 1744-1827. Historian. Author Hist. of Greece, etc. _See Life, by Lord Redesdale._

=Mivart, St. George.= 182 Naturalist. Author The Genesis of Species, Contemporary Evolution, The Cat, etc. _Pub. Apl. Mac. Scr._

=Moberly, Geo.= 180 Bp. Salisbury. Religious writer. _Pub. Dut._

=Moir [moi'[e^]r], David Macbeth.= 1798-1851. Scotch poet and novelist.

=Molesworth, Mrs. Mary Louisa [Stewart]=, "Ennis Graham." 184 Scotch novelist. Author of the novels Hathercourt and Miss Bouverie, and of numerous excellent juvenile works of which The Cuckoo Clock, Carrots, and The Tapestry Room are well-known examples. _See The Spectator, Jan. 1880, Jan. 1881, and Jan. 1882._ _Pub. Har. Ho. Mac. Rou._

=Monboddo, Lord.= See Burnet, James.

=Montagu, Chas. Earl of Halifax.= 1661-1715. Poet. Co-author with Prior of The City Mouse and the Country Mouse, and author of miscellaneous poems. _See Johnson's Lives of the Poets._

=Montagu, Mrs. Elizabeth.= 1720-1800. Founder of the Blue Stocking Club and author of a once famous essay on the Genius of Shakespeare. _See Doran's A Lady of the Last Century._

=Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley.= 1690-1762. Famous for her brilliant and satirical Letters. _See Letters of, edited by Mrs. S.J. Hale, N. Y., 1856._

=Montgomery [m[o^]nt-g[)u]m-[)e]r-[)i]], James.= 1771-1854. Scotch poet. His verse is not strong, but some of his hymns are general favorites. _See Critical Essays, by A. K. H. Boyd._ _Pub. Hou. Rou._

=Montgomery, Robert.= 1808-1855. Poet. Author Satan, etc. Style stilted, showy, and unnatural. _See Macauley's Miscellaneous Essays._

=Montrose, Marquis of.= See Grahame, James.

=Moore, Edward.= 1712-1757. Dramatist. Author of the tragedy, The Gamester.

=Moore, John.= 1730-1802. Scotch novelist. Author Zeluco, Edward, Mordaunt, etc. _See Works, with Memoir, 7 vols., Edinburgh, 1820._

=Moore, Thomas.= 1779-1852. Irish poet. Author of Irish Melodies, which take high rank as lyrics, Lalla Rookh, a vol. of brilliant and showy oriental poetry, and of much other verse, as well as several prose works. Though by no means a great poet, he has always been a popular one. _See R. H. Montgomery's Life of, 1850; also Earl Russell's edition of Moore's Diary._ _Pub. Apl. Arm. Clx. Har. Hou. Le. Lip. For. Rou. Scr._

=More, Hannah.= 1745-1833. Dramatist and ethical writer. Author of Percy, a drama, and of numerous popular moral tales, of which The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain is the most famous. _See complete works, 1853._ _See Lives by Shaw, Roberts, Thompson, and Smith._ _Pub. Ca. Har. Lip._

=More, Henry.= 1614-1687. Philosopher. A writer whose mystical theories are expressed in a clear, limpid style.

=More, Sir Thomas.= 1480-1530. Philosopher. His famous prose romance, The Utopia, embodies many of his philosophical views. _See Life by Sir James Mackintosh._ _Pub. Mac._

=Morell, Thomas.= 1703-1784. Philologist. Author of the text of the Oratorios of Joshua and Judas Maccabaeus.

=Morgan, Lady Sydney Owenson.= 1783-1859. Irish novelist. Author Wild Irish Girl, Absenteeism, etc. A voluminous author, spirited but wanting in refinement.

=Morier, James.= 1780-1849. Oriental novelist. Hajji Baba is his most noted work. _Pub. Rou._

=Morley, Henry.= 182 Author Hist. Eng. Lit., Tables of Eng. Lit., Journal of a London Playgoer, Life of Palissy the Potter, etc. _Pub. Cas._

=Morley, John.= 183 Essayist and biographer. Author Lives of Voltaire and Rousseau, Limits of the Historic Method, On Compromise, Burke on Eng. Men of Letters, etc. _Pub. Apl. Har._

=Morris, Wm.= 183 The Defence of Guinevere, Life and Death of Jason, and The Earthly Paradise are his chief poems. His verse is mainly classical or mediaeval in subject and epic in form. _See Stedman's Victorian Poets and Swinburne's Essays and Studies._ _Pub. Rob._

=Mortimer, Mrs. Favell Lee.= 1802-1878. Religious writer. Author Reading Without Tears, Peep of Day Series, etc. _Pub. Ca. Har. Hou._

=Morton, Thomas.= 1764-1838. Dramatist. Author Speed the Plough, Secrets Worth Knowing, etc. _See Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 1838._

=Moss, Thomas.= 1740-1808. Poet. Author of the famous poem beginning "Pity the sorrows of a poor Old Man."

=Motherwell, Wm.= 1797-1858. Scotch poet. Jeanie Morrison, The Cavalier's Song, and others of his ballads possess great lyric beauty. _See edition 1849._

=Mozley, James Bowling.= 1813-1878. Theologian. Author Lect. on the Miracles, On Subscription to the Articles, Sermons, Essays, Historical, Theological, etc. A clear, masterly thinker. _Pub. Dut._

=Mozley, Thomas.= 180 Bro. to J. B. M. Author Reminiscences of Oriel College and the Oxford Movement. _Pub. Hou._

=Mudie [moo'd[)i] or m[=u]'d[)i]] Robert.= Scotch naturalist. Author of some 90 vols. mainly on natural history; British Birds is his most important work. _Pub. Har._

=Muller, Friedric Max.= 182 German philologist. Author Chips from a German Workshop, Science of Lang., Hist. Ancient Sanskrit Lit., etc. _Pub. Mac. Scr._

=Muloch, Dinah Maria.= See Craik, Mrs.

=Munday, Anthony.= 1553-1633. Dramatist. _See Carew Hazlitt's Early English Literature._

=Murchison, Sir Roderick I.= 1792-1871. Geologist of note. _See Memoirs of, by Geikie, 2 vols., London, 1874._

=Mure, Wm.= 1799-1860. Scotch historian. Author Critical Hist., Lang. and Lit. of Ancient Greece, The Calendar of the Zodiac of Ancient Egypt, etc.

=Murphy, Arthur.= 1730-1805. Dramatist. Of his 23 plays The Grecian Daughter and The Way to Keep Him were the most popular.

=Murray, Alexander.= 1775-1813. Scotch philologist. Author Hist. European Languages.

=Murray, Hugh.= 1779-1841. Scotch geographer. Author of the Encyclopedia of Geography, etc. _Pub. Har._

=Myers, Ernest.= 18-- ----. Poet. Author of The Puritans, The Defence of Rome, and other Poems, etc. _Pub. Mac._

=Myers, Frederic Wm. Henry.= 184 Poet and litterateur. Author of St. Paul, a poem, The Renewal of Youth and other Poems, Wordsworth in Eng. Men of Letters, and Essays Modern and Classical. A thoughtful writer, possessing a graceful and scholarly style. _Pub. Har. Mac. Ran._

=Nabbes, Thomas.= 1600-1645. Dramatist.

=Nairne, Baroness.= See Oliphant, Carolina.

=Napier, Admiral Sir Chas.= 1786-1860. Military historian. Cousin to Sir C. J. N. Author Hist. Baltic Campaign, etc. _See Life and Correspondence, 1862._

=Napier, Gen. Sir Chas. James.= 1782-1853. Author Lights and Shadows of Military Life, Hist. Ionian Islands, etc. _See Life and Opinions of, 4 vols., London, 1857._

=Napier, Capt. Henry Edward.= 1789-1853. Historian. Bro. to Sir C. J. N. Author of a valuable Hist. of Florence in 7 vols. Style easy and flowing.

=Napier, John.= 1550-1617. Scotch mathematical writer. Inventor of logarithms.

=Napier, Macvey.= 1776-1847. Scotch writer. Editor of the supplement and 7th edition of the Encyc. Brit. and for 17 years editor of the Edinburgh Rev.

=Napier, Mark.= 179 Biographer. Author Memorials of Montrose, Life and Times of Montrose, etc.

=Napier, Gen. Sir Wm. Francis Patrick.= 1785-1860. Military historian. Bro. to Sir. C. J. N. and H. E. N. His great work is the Hist. of the Peninsular War, a work of great value, possessing a perennial charm. _See H. Martineau's Biographical Sketches, and Life by H. A. Bruce, 1863._ _Pub. Arm. Rou._

=Nares, Edward.= 1762-1841. Elements of General Hist. and the novel, Thinks I to Myself, are among his chief works.

=Nares, Robert.= 1753-1829. Critical and theological writer. Cousin to E. N.

=Nash, Thomas.= 1577-1600. Dramatist. Author Summer's Last Will and Testament, and of many brilliant satirical pamphlets. _See edition of Pierre Penniless, with Life of Nash by Collier, 1842._

=Neville, Henry.= 1620-1694. Political philosopher. Author of Plato Redivivus, a dialogue concerning government.

=Newcastle, Margaret, Duchess of.= 1624-1673. An untiring writer of tasteless works in verse and prose. _See Poems of, edited by E. Brydges, 1813._

=Newcome, Wm.= 1729-1800. Abp. Armagh. Theologian. Author Harmony of the Gospels, etc.

=Newman, Francis Wm.= 180 Miscellaneous writer. Author of Phases of Faith, etc. He has written largely on religious topics from a rationalistic standpoint.

=Newman, Cardinal John Henry.= 180 Theologian. Bro. to F. W. N. Author Tract No. 90, Parochial Sermons, Theory of Religious Belief, The Grammar of Assent, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Poems, etc. The Apologia is one of the very finest of autobiographies. Style clear, polished, and logical. _See Century Mag. June, 1882._ _Pub. Cath._

=Newton, Sir Isaac.= 1642-1727. Mathematical philosopher. A writer of clear, comprehensive intellect, Author of the Principia and a valuable treatise on Optics, etc. _See Brewster's Life of._ _Pub. Mac._

=Newton, John.= 1722-1807. Devotional writer. Co-author with Cowper of the Olney Hymns. _See Works of London, 6 vols. 8vo, 1816._

=Nichol, John.= 183 Scotch litterateur. Author Sketch Am. Lit., the drama of Hannibal, Tables of European Lit. and Hist., and a brilliant monograph on Byron in Eng. Men of Letters. _See Lit. World. Feb. 24, 1883._ _Pub. Apl. Har._

=Nichol, John Pringle.= 1804-1859. Astronomer. Author The Solar System, The Stellar Heavens, Dict. Physical Sciences, etc.

=Nicholas, Thomas.= 1820-1879. Ethnologist and historian. Author Pedigree of the Eng. People, Hist. of Wales, etc.

=Nicholson, Wm.= 1655-1727. Abp. Cashel. Antiquarian writer.

=Nicol, Henry.= 1845-1881. Philologist. Author Hist. Eng. Sounds.

=Nicolas, Sir Nicholas Harris.= 1799-1848. Genealogist. Author Hist. Orders of Knighthood of the Brit. Empire, etc.

=Nicoll, Robert.= 1814-1837. Scotch poet.

=Noel-Fearn, Henry= [Christmas]. 1811-1868. Miscellaneous writer. Author Science and History, Preachers and Preaching, etc.

=Norris, John.= 1657-1711. Platonic philosopher. Author Theory of the Ideal World, etc.

=North, Christopher.= See Wilson, John.

=Norton, Mrs. Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan= [Lady Maxwell]. 1808-1877. Poet and novelist. Her verse has much grace and intensity of feeling. Bingen on the Rhine is her most quoted poem. _Pub. Har. Lip. Mac. Ran._

=Norton, Thomas.= 1532-1584. Dramatist. Co-author with Sackville of the tragedy Ferrex and Porrex, and assistant of Sternhold and Hopkins in their metrical version of the Psalms.

=Nugent, Lord.= See Grenville, George.

=Occam, Wm. of.= 1270-1347. Philosopher. Defender of the doctrine of Nominalism and the greatest logician of the Middle Ages.

=Occleve, Thos.= c. 1370-1454. Poet. His verse has little merit.

=O'Hare, Kane.= 1722-1782. Irish dramatist.

=O'Keefe, John.= 1747-1833. Irish dramatist. The best of his numerous plays and operas, some of which are still acted, is Wild Oats.

=Oldham, John.= 1653-1683. Poet. Author of Satires against the Jesuits. Style spirited and forcible. _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 2._

=Oldmixon, John.= 1673-1742. Dramatist and historian. His plays and histories are of slight value, and his chief title to remembrance is Pope's satire upon him in The Dunciad.

=Oldys, Wm.= 1696-1761. Biographer and antiquarian. Best known by his famous little poem, The Fly and the Cup of Ale.

=Oliphant, Carolina, Baroness Nairne.= 1766-1845. Scotch poet. Her songs, such as Land o' the Leal, Caller Herrin', etc., take a high rank. _See Complete Works, with Life by C. Rogers, Edinburgh, 1869._

=Oliphant, Laurence.= 182 Satirist and miscellaneous writer. Author of Piccadilly, a Fragment of Contemporaneous Biography, Tender Recollections of Irene McGillicuddy, Altiora Peto, etc. _Pub. Apl. Har._

=Oliphant, Mrs. Margaret.= 182 Novelist. Author of a long series of novels, all good, and some very fine, and much well written biography. Her style is even, her turns of expression felicitous and her character drawing truthful. The Perpetual Curate, Chronicles of Carlingford, Zaidee, Harry Joscelyn, Son of the Soil, Lady Jane, The Little Pilgrim, and the Literary Hist. of England are some of her best books. Few authors have written so much and so uniformly well. _Pub. Apl. Har. Ho. Lip. Mac. Por._

=O'Meara, Barry Edward.= 1780-1836. Napoleonic writer. Author Letters from St. Helena, Memoirs of Napoleon, Napoleon in Exile, etc. _Pub. Arm. Wid._

=Opie, Mrs. Amelia= [Alderson]. 1769-1853. Novelist and poet. Father and Daughter is her best novel, The Orphan Boy her most familiar poem. Style simple and pathetic. _See Miss Brightwell's Life of, London, 1834, and H. Martineau's Biographical Sketches._ _Pub. Ca._

=Orme, Robert.= 1728-1801. Historian. Hist. British in India, etc.

=O'Shaughnessy [o'shaw'n[)e]-s[)i], Arthur W. E.= 1844-1881. Author Songs of a Worker, Lays of France, Music and Moonlight, etc. _See Stedman's Victorian Poets, and Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 4, 2d edition._

=Ossian.= Mythical Keltic bard. See Macpherson, James.

=Ottley, Wm. Young.= 1771-1836. Art writer. Author The Italian School of Design, Engravers and their Works, etc.

=Otway, Thomas.= 1651-1685. Dramatist. A tragic writer of great pathos. His greatest works, Venice Preserved and The Orphan are still occasionally acted. _See Works with Life, by Thornton, 1813._

=Ouida.= See De la Rame, Louisa.

=Ousely [ooz'l[)i]], Sir Wm.= 1771-1842. Orientalist. Author Oriental Collections, Travels in Persia, etc.

=Overbury, Sir Thomas.= 1581-1613. Poet and philosopher. Characters, his chief work, contains an exquisite and oft quoted description of A Fair and Happy Milkmaid.

=Owen, John.= 1616-1683. Theologian. Style heavy and labored. _See edition of 1826 with Life._ _Pub. P. B._

=Owen, Richard.= 180 Scientific writer of note. Author Lect. on Comparative Anatomy, etc.

=Owen, Robert.= 1771-1858. Writer on social reforms. _See H. Martineau's Biographical Sketches._

=Owenson, Sydney.= See Morgan, Lady.

=Oxenden, Ashton.= 180 Bp. Montreal. Religious writer. Author Pathway of Safety, Our Church and her Services, Thoughts for Lent, etc. _Pub. Dut. Ran. Wh._

=Oxenford, John.= 1812-1877. Dramatist and critic. Translator of Goethe's Autobiography.

=Paley, Frederic Apthorp.= 181 Classical scholar. Grandson to W. P. Editor and translator of numerous classical works.

=Paley, Wm.= 1743-1805. Moral philosopher. Author Natural Theology, Elements of Moral and Political Philosophy, etc. _See Complete Works, 4 vols., London, 1838, biography by Meadley, 1839._ _Pub. Ca. Nel. Har._

=Palgrave [pawl'gr[=a]v], Sir Francis.= 1788-1861. Historian. Author Hist. of the Anglo-Saxons, Rise and Progress of the Eng. Commonwealth, Anglo-Saxon Period, Hist. of Normandy and of England, etc. _Pub. Mac._

=Palgrave, Francis Turner.= 182 Poet and critic. Son to F. P. Author Essays on Art, Hymns, Lyrical Poems, etc. _See Stedman's Victorian Poets._ _Pub. Mac. Por. Ran. Rou._

=Palgrave, Wm. Gifford.= 182 Traveller. Son to F. P. Author Essays on the Eastern Question, Dutch Guiana, Herman Agha, etc. _Pub. Ho. Mac._

=Palmer, Sir Roundell= [Baron Selborne]. 181 Author of the Book of Praise. _Pub. Mac._

=Pardoe [par'd[=o]], Julia.= 1806-1862. Novelist and historical writer. Author Court and Reign of Francis I., etc. _Pub. Har. Pet._

=Paris, Matthew.= ---- 1259. Historical writer. _See Bohn's Antiquarian Library._

=Park, Mungo.= 1771-1805. Scotch explorer and writer of travels. _Pub. Har._

=Parker, John Henry.= 180 Writer on Architecture. Author Glossary of Arch., Introduction to the Study of Gothic Arch., Domestic Arch. of the Middle Ages, etc., _Pub. Lit._

=Parnell [par'nell], Thomas.= 1669-1718. Poet. Author of The Hermit, etc. _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 3._ _Pub. Hou._

=Parr, Harriet= ["Holme Lee"]. 18-- ----. Novelist. Author Sylvan Holt's Daughter, Kathie Brande, For Richer for Poorer, etc. _Pub. Har. Por._

=Parr, Mrs. Louisa.= 18-- ----. Novelist. Author Dorothy Fox, Adam and Eve, etc. _Pub. Ho. Lip._

=Parr, Samuel.= 1747-1825. Classical scholar and critic. _See Field's Memoirs of, 1828._

=Pater, Walter H.= 183 Author Studies on the Hist. of the Renaissance. _Pub. Mac._

=Patmore, Coventry Kearsey Dighton.= 182 Poet. Author Angel in the House, Faithful Forever, and other vols. of rather commonplace verse. _See Stedman's Victorian Poets._ _Pub. Dut. Mac._

=Pattison, Mark.= 181 Author Tendencies of Religious Thought in England, a noted Biography of Isaac Casaubon, Milton in Eng. Men. of Letters, etc. _Pub. Har._

=Payn, James.= 183 Novelist. A writer of excellent stories; Lost Sir Massingberd, and By Proxy, being among the best. _Pub. Apl. Har. Pet._

=Peacock, Thos. Love.= 1785-1866. Novelist and poet. Maid Marian, Headlong Hall, etc., are lively, witty novels. _See Complete Works edited by Cole, 1875._ _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 4._