Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction, and the Drama, Vol. 4 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook

part iv., the Victories of Love, 1862.

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Memoir of Barry Cornwall, 1878. Poems, 1844. =Pattison= (Rev. Mark), born at Hornby, in Yorkshire, 1813-1884. Isaac Casaubon, 1875. =Payn= (James), born at Rodney Lodge, Cheltenham, in Gloucestershire, 1830- At Her Mercy. Best of Husbands (The). Bentinck’s Tutor. By Proxy, 1878. Carlyon’s Year. Cecil’s Tryst. Clyffards of Clyffe (The). Confidential Agent (A), 1830. County Family (A), 1869. Fallen Fortunes. Family Scapegrace (The), 1861. For Cash Only, 1882. Foster Brothers (The). Found Dead. From Exile, 1881. Grape from a Thorn (A), 1881. Gwendoline’s Harvest. Halves. High Spirits, 1879. Humorous Stories. Less Black than we’re Painted, 1878. Like Father, Like Son, 1870. Lost Sir Massingberd, 1864. Marine Residence (A). Married Beneath Him. Mirk Abbey. Murphy’s Master. Not Wooed, but Won. Perfect Treasure (A), 1869. Some Private Views, 1882. Two Hundred Pounds Reward. Under One Roof, 1879. Walter’s Word. What He Cost Her, 1877. Woman’s Vengeance (A). =Pearson= (John), born at Snoring, in Norfolk, 1612-1686. Exposition of the Creed, 1659. =Pennell= (Henry Cholmondeley), 1836- Angler-Naturalist (The), 1864. Book of the Pike (The), 1866. Fishing Gossip, 1867. Modern Practical Angler, 1873. Muses of Mayfair, 1874. Puck on Pegasus, 1861. =Pepys= (Samuel), born at Brampton, in Huntingdonshire, 1632-1703. Diary, in shorthand, deciphered by the Rev. John Smith, and published 1825. =Percy= (Thomas), born at Bridgnorth, in Shropshire, 1728-1811. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, 1765. =Percy Anecdotes=, compiled by Thomas Byerley, of Mount Benger, in Scotland, under the pseudonyms of “Sholto” and “Reuben Percy,” brothers of the Benedictine Monastery, Mount Benger, 1820-23. =Planche= (James Robinson), London, 1796-1880. Costumes for _King John_, 1823-1825. Costumes for _Richard III._, 1830. Cyclopædia of Costume, 1875-79. History of British Costume, 1834, 1847. Introduction to Heraldry, 1866. King Nutcracker, 1853. Popular Fairy Tales, 1857. =Plowman= (Piers), before 1350. Visio Willi de Petro Plouhman, printed by R. Cowley, 1550. The Appendix to the _Vision_ is called “Pierce Ploughman’s Crede,” and was published by R. Wolfe, 1553. =Plumptre= (Edward Hayes), 1821-1891. Bible Educator (The), 1873. Biblical Studies, 1870. Book of Proverbs, 1864. Byways of Scripture, 1869. Christ and Christendom, 1867. Confession and Absolution, 1874. Dangers Past and Present, 1861. Education of the Clergy, 1862. Epistle of St. James (The), 1876. Epistles of St. Peter and of St. Jude, 1876. Epistles to the Seven Churches, 1877. Gospels (The First Three), 1878. Lazarus, and other Poems, 1864. Master and Scholar, with other Poems, 1865. Movement of Religious Thought, 1879. Our Life in Heaven, 1856. Perversions to Rome, 1877. Respice, Aspice, Prospice, etc., 1876. Spirits in Prison, 1871. Tragedies of Æschylus translated, 1870; Sophocles, 1866. =Poe= (Edgar Allen), born at Baltimore, 1811-1849. Al Aaraff, and Minor Poems, 1829. Bells (The), 1831. Eureka, 1848. Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, 1838. Poems, 1831. Raven (The), and other Poems, 1831. Tales, 1845, 1850. Tales of the Grotesque, etc., 1840. Tamerlane, and some Minor Poems, 1829. =Pollok= (Robert), Scotland, 1799-1827. Course of Time (The), 1820. =Pope= (Alexander), London, 1688-1744. Correspondence, 1735-36. Dunciad, 1726. Eloisa to Abelard, 1717. Epistle on Taste, 1731. Essay on Criticism, 1711. Essay on Man, 1732-34. Imitations of Horace, 1733, 1734, 1737. _Iliad_ translated into English verse; completed 1719, begun 1713. Messiah (The), 1712. Miscellaneous Poems, 1709. Moral Essays, 1731-35. New Dunciad (A), 1742-43. Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day, 1713. _Odyssey_ translated into English verse, 1725. Pastorals, 1709. Rape of the Lock, 1712. Satires, 1734. Temple of Fame, 1712. Windsor Forest, 1704, 1713. =Porter= (Jane), born at Durham, 1776-1850. Scottish Chiefs, (The), 1810. Sir Edward Seaward’s Narrative, 1831. Thaddeus of Warsaw, 1803. =Praed= (Winthrop Mackworth), London, 1802-1839. Works, 1864. =Prescott= (William Hickling), born at Salem, 1796-1859. Biographical and Critical Essays, 1843. History of Ferdinand and Isabella, 1837. History of Philip II., King of Spain, 1855-59. History of the Conquest of Mexico, 1843. History of the Conquest of Peru, 1847. =Prior= (Matthew), born at Wimborne, in Dorsetshire, 1664-1721. Alma, 1717. Carmen Seculare, 1700. City and Country Mouse, 1688. Solomon, 1718. =Procter= (Adelaide Anne), 1835-1864. Chaplet of Verse, 1862. Legends and Lyrics, 1858, 1861. =Procter= (Bryan Waller), London, 1790-1874. Autobiography, 1877. Biography of Kean, 1835. Biography of Lamb, 1836. Dramatic Scenes, 1819. Effigies Poeticæ, 1832. Essays and Tales, 1851. Flood of Thessaly (The), 1822. Marcian Colonna, 1820. Mirandola, 1821. Sicilian Story (A), 1820. =Proctor= (Richard Anthony), born at Chelsea, 1837-1888. Borderland of Science, 1873. Easy Star Lessons, 1881. Elementary Astronomy, 1871. Essays on Astronomy, 1872. Expanse of Heaven (The), 1873. Familiar Science Studies, 1882. Half-hours with the Stars, 1869. Half-hours with the Telescope, 1868. Handbook of the Stars (The), 1866. Moon (The), 1873. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy, 1877. Orbs Around Us (The), 1872. Other Worlds than Ours, 1870. Our Place among Infinities. Pleasant Ways in Science, 1878. Rough Ways made Smooth, 1879. Sun (The), 1871. Sun-Views of the Earth, 1867. =Pusey= (Edward Bouverie), 1800-1882. Advice on hearing Confession, 1878. Church of England a Portion of Christ’s One Holy Catholic Church (The), 1865. Doctrine of Real Presence vindicated, 1855. History of Councils of the Church, 1857. Holy Eucharist (The), 1843. Minor Prophets (The); 1862-67. Tracts for the Times, 1835. Unscience, not Science, adverse to Faith, 1878.

=Quarles= (Francis), born near Romford, in Essex, 1592-1664. Emblems, etc., 1635.

=Radcliffe= (Mrs.), born in London, 1764-1823. Mysteries of Udolpho (The), 1794. Poems, 1834. Romance of the Forest (The), 1791. Sicilian Romance (A), 1790. =Raleigh= (Sir Walter), born at Budleigh Salterton, in Devonshire, 1552-1618. History of the World, 1614. =Ralston= (William Ralston), 1828-1889. Early History of Russia (The), 1874. Kriloff and his Fables, 1869. Nest of Gentlemen (A), 1869. Russian Folk Tales, 1873. Songs Illustrative of Slavonic Mythology, etc., 1872. =Ramsay= (Allan), born at Leadhills, Lanarkshire, in Scotland, 1686-1758. Gentle Shepherd, 1725. =Rawlinson= (Rev. George), born at Chadlington, in Oxfordshire, 1815- Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient World (The), 1862, 1864. History of Ancient Egypt, 1881. History of Herodotus, 1858-60. History, etc., of the Sassanian Empire, 1876. Manual of Ancient History (A), 1869. =Reade= (Charles), 1814-1884. Autobiography of a Thief, 1858. Christie Johnstone, 1853. Cloister and the Hearth (The), 1861. Course of True Love never did run Smooth, 1857. Drink, 1879. Foul Play, 1868. Gold, 1850. Griffith Gaunt, 1866. Hard Cash, 1863. Hero and Martyr (A), 1876. Jack of All Trades, 1858. King’s Rivals (The), 1854. Love me Little, Love me Long, 1859. Masks and Faces, 1854. Never too Late to Mend, 1856. Peg Woffington, 1852. Put Yourself in his Place, 1870. Scuttled Ship (The), 1877. Simpleton (A), 1873. Terrible Temptation (A), 1871. Two Loves and a Life, 1854. Wandering Heir (The), 1875. White Lies, 1860. Woman-hater (A), 1877. =Reid= (Mayne), born in Ulster, Ireland, 1818-1883. Afloat in the Forest, 1866. Boy Hunters (The), 1852. Bruin, or the Grand Bear Hunt, 1860. Bush Boys (The), 1855. Castaways (The), 1870. Child Wife (The), 1868. Cliff Climbers (The), 1864. Death Shot (The), 1873. Desert Home, or the Family Robinson, 1851. Finger of Fate (The), 1872. Flag of Distress (The), 1876. Forest Exiles (The), 1854. Giraffe Hunters (The), 1867. Guerilla Chief (The), 1867. Gwen Wynn, 1877. Headless Horseman (The), 1865. Hunter’s Feast (The), 1860. Maroon (The), 1862. Mountain Marriage (The), 1876. Ocean Waifs, 1864. Osceola, 1859. Plant Hunters (The), 1857. Quadroon (The), 1856. Quadrupeds, 1867. Rifle Rangers (The), 1849. Scalp Hunters (The), 1850. Tiger Hunters (The), 1860. War Trail (The), 1858. White Chief (The), 1855. White Gauntlet, 1864. White Squaw (The), 1870. Wood Rangers (The), 1860. Yellow Chief (The), 1870. Young Voyageurs (The), 1853. Young Yägers (The), 1856. =Rhymer= (Thomas the), the earliest poet of Scotland. Real name, Thomas Learmouth. Born in Tweeddale, Scotland, about 1240-1298. Prophecies of the Rhymer, first published 1603. Sir Tristrem, edited by Sir W. Scott, 1804. =Ricardo= (David), London, 1772-1823. Principles of Political Economy, etc., 1817. =Richard de Bury=, bishop of Durham, 1281-1345. Philobiblon, 1345; first printed 1473. =Richardson= (Sir John), born at Dumfries, in Scotland, 1787-1865. Arctic Searching Expedition, 1851. Fauna Boreali-Americana, 1829-37. Polar Regions, 1861. Zoölogy, 1839, 1844-47. =Richardson= (Samuel), born in Derbyshire, 1689-1761. Clarissa Harlowe, 1748. Correspondence, 1804. Pamela, 1740. Sir Charles Grandison, 1753. =Riddell= (Mrs. J. H.), born at Carrickfergus, in Ireland, *-- Alaric Spenceley, 1881. Above Suspicion, 1875. Austin Friars. City and Suburbs (The). Dearly Bought. Far above Rubies. George Geith, 1871. Her Mother’s Darling, 1877. Life’s Assize (A), 1873. Moors and Fens. Mortomley’s Estate, 1874. Premie Keller. Race for Wealth (The). Too Much alone. =Robertson= (William), born at Bothwick, in Scotland, 1721-1793. History of America, 1777, 1788. History of Charles V., 1769. History of Scotland, 1759, 1787. =Robinson= (Henry Crabb), born at Bury St. Edmunds, in Suffolk, 1775-1867. Diary and Correspondence, 1869. =Rogers= (Samuel), London, 1763-1855. Italy, 1822. Pleasures of Memory, 1792. Recollections, 1859. Table Talk, 1856, 1859. =Roget= (Peter Mark), London, 1779-1869. Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, 1852. =Rossetti= (Christina Georgina), London, 1830- Annus Domini, 1874. Commonplace, and other Short Stories, 1870. Goblin Market, and other Poems, 1862. Pageant (A), and other Poems, 1881. Poems, 1875. Prince’s Progress (The), and other Poems, 1866. Seek and Find, 1879. Singsong, 1872. Speaking Likenesses, 1874. =Rossetti= (Dante Gabriel), London, 1828-1882. Dante and his Circle, 1873; the same as-- Early Italian Poets (The), 1861. Poems, 1870. =Rossetti= (Maria Francesca), London, 1827-1876. Shadow of Dante (The), 1871. =Rossetti= (William Michael), London, 1829- Criticisms on Swinburne, 1866. Dante’s _Hell_ translated into English, 1865. Fine Arts, 1867. Lives of Famous Poets, 1878. Memoir of Shelley, 1870. =Ruskin= (John), London, 1819- Aratra Pentilici, 1872. Cambridge School of Art (The), 1858. Crown of Wild Olive (The), 1866. Decoration and Manufacture, 1859. Deucalion, 1876. Eagle’s Nest (The), 1872. Elements of Perspective, 1859. Ethics of the Dust, 1863. Frondes Agrestes, 1875. Giotto and his Works, 1855. Harbors of England, 1856. King of the Golden River, 1851. King’s Treasures and Queen’s Gardens, 1865. Laws of Fésole, 1877. Lectures on Architecture and Painting, 1854. Lectures on Art, 1859. Lectures on the Political Economy of Art, 1857. Love’s Meinie, 1873. Michael Angelo and Tintoret, 1872. Modern Painters, 1843-46, 1860. Mornings in Florence, 1877. On the Nature of Gothic Architecture, 1853. Pre-Raphaelism, 1850. Proserpina, 1875-76. Queen of the Air, etc., 1867. Sesame and Lilies, 1864. Seven Lamps of Architecture (The), 1849. Stones of Venice, 1851-53. Study of Architecture in Schools, 1865. Time and Tide, etc., 1868. Two Paths, 1854. Unto this Last, 1862. Val d’Arno, 1874. =Russell= (William Howard), born at Lily Vale, in Dublin, Ireland, 1821- Canada, its Defences, Conditions, etc., 1865. Diary in the East, 1869. Diary in the Last Great War, 1873. Diary in India, 1860. Diary, North and South, 1863. Letters from the Crimea, 1855-56. Prince of Wales’s Tour in India, 1877.

=Saxe= (John Godfrey), 1816-1887. Clever Stories of Many Nations, 1864. Flying Dutchman (The), 1862. Masquerade (The), and other Poems, 1866. Leisure Day Rhymes, 1875. =Schaff= (Philip), born at Chur, in Switzerland, 1819- Political, Social and Religious Condition of the United States, 1855. What is Church History? 1846. =Scott= (Michael), born at Glasgow, in Scotland, 1789-1835. Cruise of the _Midge_. Tom Cringle’s Log. =Scott= (Rev. Thomas), born at Braytoft, in Lincolnshire, 1747-1821. Commentary on the Bible, 1796. =Scott= (Sir Walter), born at Edinburgh, 1771-1832. Abbot (The), 1820; time, Elizabeth. Anne of Geierstein, 1829; time, Edward IV. Antiquary (The), 1816; time, George III. Aunt Margaret’s Mirror; time, William III. Betrothed (The), 1825; time, Henry II. Black Dwarf (The), 1816; time, Anne. Bride of Lammermoor, 1819; time, William III. Castle Dangerous, 1831; time, Henry I. Count Robert of Paris, 1831; time, Rufus. Fair Maid of Perth, 1828; time, Henry IV. Fortunes of Nigel, 1822; time, James I. Guy Mannering, 1815, time, George II. Heart of Midlothian, 1818; time, George II. Highland Widow (The), 1827; time, George II. Ivanhoe, 1819; time, Richard I. Kenilworth, 1821; time, Elizabeth. Laird’s Jock (The), 1827; time, Elizabeth. Legend of Montrose (The), 1819; time, Charles I. Monastery (The), 1820; time, Elizabeth. Old Mortality, 1816; time, Charles II. Peveril of the Peak, 1823; time, Charles II. Pirate (The), 1821; time, William III. Quentin Durward, 1823; time, Edward IV. Redgauntlet, 1824; time, George III. Rob Roy, 1817; time, George I. St. Ronan’s Well, 1825; time, George III. Surgeon’s Daughter (The), 1827; time, George II. Talisman (The), 1825; time, Richard I. Tapestried Chamber (The), time, George III. Two Drovers (The), 1827; time, George III. Waverley, 1814; time, George II. Woodstock, 1826; time, Commonwealth. Ballads and Lyrical Pieces, 1806. Border Minstrelsy, 1802-5. Bridal of Triermain, 1813. Lady of the Lake (The), 1809. Lay of the Last Minstrel (The), 1805. Lord of the Isles, 1814. Marmion, 1808. Rokeby, 1813. Sir Tristram, 1804. Vision of Don Roderick, 1811. Border Antiquities of Scotland, 1818. Demonology and Witchcraft, 1831. History of Scotland, 1830. Life of Dryden, 1808. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1827. Life of Swift, 1814. Lives of British Novelists, 1825. Memoirs of the Earl of Montrose, 1808. Tales of a Grandfather, 1827-1830. =Shakespeare= (William), born at Stratford-upon-Avon, in Warwickshire, 1564-1616. Lover’s Complaint (The), 1609. Passionate Pilgrim (The), 1599. Rape of Lucrece (The), 1594. Sonnets, 1598. Venus and Adonis, 1593. ⁂ For his plays, see p. 385, vol. III. =Shedd= (William), born at Acton, 1820- History of Christian Doctrines, 1863. Homiletics and Pastoral Theology, 1867. Lectures on the Philosophy of History, 1856. Outlines of a System of Rhetoric, 1850. Sermons to the Natural Man, 1871. =Shelley= (Mrs.), Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, born in London, 1798-1851. Biography of Percy B. Shelley, 1839. Falkner, 1837. Frankenstein, 1816. Last Man (The), 1824. Lodore, 1835. Perkin Warbeck, 1830. Rambles in Germany and Italy, 1844. Valperga, 1823. =Shelley= (Percy Bysshe), born at Field Place, in Sussex, 1792-1822. Adonais, 1821. Alastor, or the Spirit of Solitude, 1816. Arethusa, 1820. Cenci (The), 1819. Cloud (The), 1820. Hellas, 1823. Julian and Maddalo, 1820. Laon and Cythna, 1818. Nightmare (The), 1809. Œdipus Tyrannus, 1820. Peter Bell III., 1819. Prometheus Unbound, 1821. Prometheus Unmasked, 1823. Queen Mab, 1813. Revolt of Islam, 1817. Rosalind and Helen, 1818. St. Irvyne, 1810. Shelley Papers (The), 1815. Skylark (The), 1820. Witch of Atlas (The), 1820. =Shenstone= (William), born at the Leasowes, in Shropshire, 1714-1763. Elegies, 1743-46. Essay on Men and Manners, 1764. Jemmy Dawson, 1745. Judgment of Hercules, 1741. Odes, Songs and Ballads, 1750-54. Pastoral Ballad, 1743. Poems on Several Occasions, 1737. Progress of Taste, 1764. Schoolmistress (The), 1737, 1742. =Sheridan= (Richard Brinsley Butler), born in Dublin, 1751-1816. Clio’s Protest, and other Poems, 1819. His Speech for the Impeachment of Warren Hastings, 1786. ⁂ For his plays, see APPENDIX III. =Sidney= (Sir Philip), born in Penshurst, in Kent, 1554-1586. Apologie for Poetrie (An), 1595. Arcadia, 1580; published 1590-93. Astrophel and Stella, 1591. Defence of Poesie, 1583; published 1595. =Sigourney= (Mrs. Lydia Huntly), born at Norwich, 1791-1865. Lays of the Heart. Pleasant Memories of Pleasant Lands, 1842. Pocahontas, and other Poems. Sketch of Connecticut, 1824. Tales in Prose and Verse. Traits of the Aborigines (a poem), 1822. =Simms= (William Gilmore), born at Charleston, South Carolina, 1806-1870. Beauchamps (The), 1842. Book of My Lady (The), 1833. Border Beagles, 1840. Carl Werner, 1838. Cassique of Kiawah, 1860. Castle Dismal, 1845. Charlemont, 1856. Confession, or the Blind Heart, 1842. Count Julien, 1845. Damsel of Darien (The), 1845. Eutaw, 1856. Foragers (The), 1855. Golden Christmas, 1852. Guy Rivers, 1834. Helen Halsey, 1845. Katherine Walton, 1851. Kinsman (The), 1841. Lily (The) and the Totem, 1845. Marie de Bernière, 1853. Maroon (The), 1858. Martin Faber, 1833. Mellichamp, 1851. Partisan (The), 1835. Pelayo, 1838. Richard Hurdis, 1838. Scout (The), 1841. Vasconcelos, 1857. Wigwam and the Cabin (The), 1845-46. Woodcraft, 1855. Yemassee, 1835. =Skeat= (Rev. Walter William), London, 1835- Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, 1879. Mæso-Gothic Glossary (A), 1868. Tale of Ludlow Castle (A), a poem, 1866. =Smedley= (Francis Edward), born at Marlow, in Buckinghamshire, 1818-1864. Frank Fairleigh, 1850. Gathered Leaves, 1865. Harry Coverdale’s Courtship, 1854. Lewis Arundel, 1852. =Smiles= (Samuel), born at Haddington, in Scotland, 1812- Baker of Thurso (The), 1878. Character, 1871. George Moore, 1878. Huguenots in England and Ireland, 1867. Huguenots in France, 1874. Industrial Biography, 1863. Life of George Stephenson, 1857. Life of Robert Dick, 1878. Life of Boulton and Watt, 1865. Lives of the Engineers, 1862. Physical Education, 1837. Railway Property, 1849. Scotch Naturalist, 1876. Self-Help, 1860. Thrift, 1875. Workmen’s Earnings, Strikes and Wages, 1861. =Smith= (Adam), born at Kirkaldy, in Scotland, 1723-1790. Wealth of Nations, 1776. =Smith= (Albert Richard), born at Chertsey, in Middlesex, 1816-1860. Adventures of Mr. Ledbury. Christopher Tadpole. Marchioness of Brinvilliers. Pottleton Legacy (The). Scattergood Family (The). =Smith= (Goldwin), born at Reading, in Berkshire, 1823- Does the Bible sanction American Slavery? 1864. Empire (The), 1862-63. England and America, 1865. Irish History and Irish Character, 1861. Lectures on Modern History, 1869. Rational Religion, etc., 1858. Three English Statesmen, Pym, Cromwell and Pitt (The), 1867. =Smith= (Horace), London, 1779-1849. Rejected Addresses, 1812. =Smith= (Joseph), born at Sharon, 1805-1844. Book of Mormon, 1830. =Smith= (Rev. Sydney), born at Woodford, in Essex, 1771-1845. Peter Plymley’s Letters, 1807. Sermons, 1800, 1809, 1846. Sketches of Moral Philosophy, 1850. Wit and Wisdom of Sydney Smith, 1861. Works, 1839-40. =Smith= (Dr. William), London, 1813- Atlas of Biblical and Classical Geography, 1875. Dictionary of Christian Biography, 1876-81. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, 1840-42. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1843-49. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, 1852-57. Dictionary of the Bible, 1860-63. New Classical Dictionary, 1850. =Smollett= (Tobias), born at Cardross, in Scotland, 1721-1771. Adventures of an Atom, 1769. Compendium of Voyages and Travels, 1757. Essay on External Use of Water, 1752. Ferdinand Count Fathom, 1753. Humphry Clinker, 1771. Peregrine Pickle, 1751. Roderick Random, 1748. Sir Launcelot Greaves, 1760-61. =Somerville= (Mrs.), born in Roxburghshire, Scotland, 1780-1872. Connection of the Physical Sciences (The), 1834. Mechanism of the Heavens, 1831. Molecular and Microscopic Science, 1851. Personal Recollections, 1873. Physical Geography, 1848. =Southey= (Robert), born at Bristol, 1774-1843. Battle of Blenheim, 1798. Bishop Bruno, 1798. Bishop Hatto, 1799. Botany Bay Eclogues, 1794. Carmen Triumphale, 1815. Cataract of Lodore, 1820. Curse of Kehama, 1809. Devil’s Walk (The), 1820. English Eclogues, 1798-1803. Holly Tree (The), 1798. Inchcape Rock (The), 1802. Joan of Arc, 1795. Madoc, 1805. Mary, the Maid of the Inn, 1796. Metrical Tales, 1804. Old Woman of Berkeley, 1798. Pilgrim of Compostella (The), 1829. Roderick, the Last of the Goths, 1814. St. Patrick’s Purgatory, 1801. Tale of Paraguay (A), 1814. Thalaba, the Destroyer, 1800. Vision of Judgment, 1822. Wat Tyler, 1817. Well of St. Keyne (The), 1798. Commonplace Book, 1849-51. Correspondence, 1849-50. Doctor (The), 1834. Essays, 1832. History of Brazil, 1810-19. History of the Peninsular War, 1822-32. Letters from England, 1807. Life of Dr. Andrew Bell, 1844. Life of Bunyan, 1830. Life of Cromwell, 1844. Life of Lord Nelson, 1813. Life of John Wesley, 1820. Lives of the English Admirals, 1833-40. Naval History of England, 1833-40. =Sparks= (Jared), born at Willington, 1789-1866. Correspondence of American Revolution, 1854. Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, 1829-30. History of the American Revolution, 1845. Library of American Biography, 1834-48. Life of Ledyard, the American Traveller, 1828. Life of Governor Morris, 1832. Life of Washington, 1833-40. =Spencer= (Herbert), born at Derby, 1820- Ceremonial Institutions, 1879. Classification of the Sciences, 1864. Data of Ethics, 1879. Descriptive Sociology, 1873. Education, 1861. Essays, 1858-63. First Principles, 1862. Principles of Biology, 1864. Principles of Psychology, 1855. Proper Sphere of Government, 1842. Recent Discussions in Science, Philosophy and Morals, 1871. Sins of Trade and Commerce, 1875. Social Statics, 1851. Spontaneous Generation, 1870. Study of Sociology, 1869. =Spenser= (Edmund), London, 1553-1599. Astrophel, 1594. Colin Clout’s come Home again, 1591. Daphnaiada, 1592. Epithalamium, 1595. Faëry Queen, i.-iii., 1590; iv.-vi., 1596. Four Hymns, 1596. Mother Hubberd’s Tale, 1591. Muiopotmos, or the Fate of the Butterfly, 1590. Prothalamion, 1596. Ruins of Rome, 1590. Ruins of Time, 1590. Shepheardes Calendar, 1579. Tears of the Muses, 1590. Visions of the World’s Vanity, 1590. View of the State of Ireland, 1633. =Spurgeon= (Rev. Charles Haddon), born at Kelvedon, in Essex, 1834- Comments and Commentaries, 1876. Evening by Evening, 1868. Feathers for Arrows, 1870. Flashes of Thought, 1874. Gleanings among the Sheaves, 1859. Interpreter (The), 1873. John Ploughman’s Pictures, 1881. John Ploughman’s Talk, 1869. Lectures to my Students, 1875, 1877. Memorial Volume, 1879. Metropolitan Tabernacle (The), its History and Work, 1875. Morning by Morning, 1865. Our Own Hymn-book, 1866. Saint and his Saviour (The), 1857. Smooth Stones. Speeches, 1878. Spurgeon’s Gems, 1859. Treasury of David (The), 1869-78. Trumpet Calls, etc., 1875. Types and Emblems, 1873. =Stanley= (Arthur Penrhyn), born at Alderley, in Cheshire, 1815-1881. Athanasian Creed (The), 1871. Christian Institutions, 1881. Epistles to the Corinthians (The), 1854. Essays on Church and State, 1870. Historical Memorials of Canterbury, 1854. Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey, 1767. History of the Eastern Church, 1861. History of the Jewish Church, 1863, 1865. Lectures on the Church of Scotland, 1872. Life of Dr. Arnold, 1844. Life of Bishop Stanley (his father), 1850. Life of Edward and Catherine Stanley, 1879. Sermons Preached before the University of Oxford, 1860-63. Sermons Preached in the East, 1862. Sinai and Palestine, 1855. =Stanley= (Henry M.), born at Denbigh, in Wales, 1840- Coomassie and Magdala. How I found Livingstone, 1872. My Kalulu; Prince, King and Slave (a story). Through the Dark Continent, etc., 1878. =Stedman= (Edmund Clarence), born at Hartford, Conn., 1833- Alice of Monmouth, and other Poems, 1864. Blameless Prince (The), and other Poems, 1869. Hawthorne, and other Poems, 1877. Lyrics and Idylls, 1860. Poetical Works, 1874. Victorian Poets (The), 1875. =Steele= (Sir Richard), born in Dublin, 1671-1729. Christian Hero (The), 1701. Crisis (The), 1714. Poetical Miscellanies, 1694. ⁂ Began the _Tatler_, 1709; the _Spectator_ (with Addison), 1711; the _Guardian_, 1713; and the _Englishman_, 1713. =Sterne= (Rev. Laurence), born at Clonmel, in Ireland, 1713-1768. History of a Warm Watchcoat, 1769. Letters, 1775, 1788, 1844. Sentimental Journey, 1768. Sermons of Mr. Yorick, 1760, 1766, 1769. Tristram Shandy, Gent., 1759-67. =Still= (John), bishop of Bath and Wells, 1543-1607. Gammer Gurton’s Needle, printed 1575. =Stoddard= (Richard Henry), born at Hingham, 1825- Adventures in Fairyland, 1853. Book of the East, and other Poems, 1871. Children in the Wood, 1866. Female Poets of America, 1874. Footprints, 1849. King’s Bell (The), 1863. Late English Poets, 1865. Life of Alexander von Humboldt, 1859. Loves and Heroines of the Poets, 1860. Melodies and Madrigals, 1865. Memoir of Edgar Allan Poe, 1875. Poems, 1852. Poets and Poetry of England, 1875. Putnam the Brave, 1869. Songs of Summer, 1857. Story of Little Red Riding Hood, 1864. Town and Country, 1857. Under Green Leaves, 1865. =Stoddard= (Mrs. Richard Henry), 1823- Morgesons (The), 1862. Temple House, 1867. Two Men, 1865. =Story= (Joseph), born at Marblehead, 1779-1845. Commentaries on the Conflict of Laws, 1834. Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, 1833. Power of Solitude (The), and other Poems, 1804. ⁂ Many other legal “Commentaries.” =Story= (William Wetmore), born at Salem, 1819- American Question (The), 1862. Graffiti d’Italia, 1869. Life of Joseph Story (his father), 1851. Nero, 1875. Poems, 1847. Proportions of the Human Figure, 1866. Roba di Roma, 1863. Roman Lawyer in Jerusalem (The), 1870. Stephanie, 1877. =Strickland= (Agnes), born at Reydon Hall, in Suffolk, 1806-1874. Historical Tales of Illustrious British Children, 1847. Lives of the Bachelor Kings of England, 1861. Lives of the Queens of England, 1840-48. Lives of the Queens of Scotland, etc., 1850-59. Lives of the Seven Bishops, 1866. Patriotic Songs, 1825. =Suckling= (Sir John), born at Whitton, in Middlesex, 1609-1641. Account of Religion by Reason (An). Four Plays, 1646. Session of the Poets (A), 1636. Songs and Ballads. =Swift= (Jonathan), born at Dublin, 1667-1745. Arguments for the Abolition of Christianity, 1708. Battle of the Books, 1704. Baucis and Philemon, 1710. Bella Punica, or the Art of Punning, 1719. Cadenus and Vanessa, 1713. City Shower described, 1710. Directions to Servants, 1729. Drapier’s Letters, 1724. Gulliver’s Travels, 1726. History of the Last Four Years of Queen Anne, 1728. Polite Conversation, 1738. Predictions of Isaac Bickerstaff, 1708. Stella (To), 1720-26. Tale of a Tub, 1704. Trip to Dunkirk (A), 1708. =Swinburne= (Algernon Charles), born in London, 1837- Atalanta in Calydon, 1864. Blake (William), 1867. Bothwell, 1874. Chapman (George), 1875. Charlotte Bronté, 1877. Chastelard, 1865. Erechtheus, 1876. Essays and Studies, 1875. Mary Stuart, 1881. Note of an English Republican on the Muscovite Crusade, 1876. Notes on Poems and Reviews, 1866. Ode on the Proclamation of the French Republic, 1870. Poems and Ballads, 1866; second series, 1878. Queen Mother (The), a play, 1861. Rosamond, 1861. Shakespeare (A Study of), 1880. Siena, 1868. Song of Italy (A), 1867. Songs of the Springtides, 1880. Songs before Sunrise, 1871. Under the Microscope, 1872. =Taylor= (Ann), 1782-1866. Original Poems, 1806. =Taylor= (Bayard), born at Kennett Square, Chester, 1825-1878. At Home and Abroad, 1859, 1862. Book of Romances, Lyrics and Songs, 1851. Byeways of Europe (The) 1869. El Dorado, or Adventures in the Path of Empire, 1850. Essays on German Literature, 1880. Home Pastorals, and other Poems, 1875. John Godfrey’s Fortunes, 1864. Journey to Central Africa, etc., 1853. Lands of the Saracen (The), 1854. Lyrics of the War of Secession, 1865. Masque of the Gods (The), 1872. Northern Travel, or Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland, 1856. Poems of Home and Travel, 1855. Poems of the Orient, 1854. Poet’s Journal (The), 1862. Prince Deukalion, 1879. Prophet (The), 1874. Rhymes of Travel, Ballads and other Poems, 1848. Story of Kennet (The), a tale, 1866. Travels in Greece and Russia, etc., 1857. Views Afoot, or Europe seen with Knapsack and Staff, 1846. Visit to India, China, Japan, etc., 1855. Voyage to California, 1850. Ximena, and other Poems, 1844. =Taylor= (Sir Henry), 1800-1886. Philip van Artevelde, 1834. =Taylor= (Jane), born in London, 1783-1824. Hymns for Infant Minds, 1818. Poems for Infant Minds, 1806. Rhymes for the Nursery, 1807. =Taylor= (Jeremy), bishop of Down and Connor, born at Cambridge, 1613-1667. Holy Living and Holy Dying, 1651. =Taylor= (Tom), born at Sunderland, in Cumberland, 1817-1880. Life and Times of Sir J. Reynolds, 1865. ⁂ For his plays, see APPENDIX III. =Tennyson= (Alfred), born at Somersby, in Lincolnshire, 1809- Aylmer’s Field, 1864. Charge of the Light Brigade, 1854. Dying Swan (The), 1830. Enoch Arden, 1864. Falcon (The), 1879. Grandmother’s Apology (The), 1859. Harold, 1877. Hero and Leander, 1830. Idylls of the King, 1858-59. Gareth and Lynette, 1872. Holy Grail (The), 1867. In Memoriam, 1850. Lady Clara Vere de Vere, 1833. Last Tournament (The), 1871. Lilian, 1830. Locksley Hall, 1833. Lotus-eater (The), 1833. Lover’s Tale (The), 1879. Mariana, 1830. Maud and other Poems, 1855. May the First, 1862. Mermaid (The), 1830. Miller’s Daughter (The), 1833. Oriana, 1830. Poems, 1827, 1830, 1842. Princess (The), 1847-50. Queen Mary, 1875. Relief of Lucknow, 1879. Revenge (The), 1878. Timbuctoo, 1829. Tithonus, 1864. Welcome (A), 1863. Welcome to Marie Alexandrovna, 1874. Wellington (Death of the Duke of), 1852. Window (The), or Songs of the Wrens, 1870. =Thackeray= (Anne Isabella), 1839- Miss Angel, 1875. Old Kensington, 1872. Story of Elizabeth, 1863. Toilers and Spinsters, with other Essays, 1873. Village on the Cliff (The), 1866. =Thackeray= (William Makepeace), born at Calcutta, 1811-1863. Adventures of Philip, 1861. Barry Lyndon, 1853. Book of Snobs (The), 1848. Catherine, 1839-40. Chronicle of the Drum (The), 1841. Denis Duval. English Humorists (The), 1851. Esmond, 1852. Four Georges (The), 1860. From Cornhill to Grand Cairo, 1845. Hoggarty Diamond (The Great). Kickleburys on the Rhine (The), 1851. Irish Sketch-book (The), 1843. Lovel, the Widower. Jeames’s Diary. Mrs. Perkins’s Ball, 1847. Newcomes (The), a novel, 1855. Novels by Eminent Hands, etc. Our Street, 1848. Paris Sketch-book (The), 1840. Pendennis, 1849-50. Philip. Roundabout Papers (The). Second Funeral of Napoleon (The), 1841. Vanity Fair, 1846-48. Virginians (The), 1857-59. =Thomson= (James), born at Ednam, in Scotland, 1700-1748. Castle of Indolence, 1748. Seasons, 1730. ⁂ For his plays, see APPENDIX III. =Trevelyan= (George Otto), born at Rothley Temple, in Leicestershire, 1838- Life of Lord Macaulay, 1876. =Trollope= (Anthony), 1815-1882. American Senator (The), 1877. Ayala’s Angel, 1881. Barchester Towers, 1857. Belton Estate (The), 1865. Bertrams (The), 1859. Can you Forgive Her? 1864. Castle Richmond, 1860. Claverings (The), 1867. Cousin Henry, 1879. Doctor Thorn, 1858. Eustace Diamonds, 1872. Framley Parsonage, 1861. Golden Lion of Grandpère, 1872. Harry Heathcote, 1874. He knew he was Right, 1869. Is he Popenjoy? 1878. Kellys (The) and the O’Kellys, 1848. Lady Anna, 1874. Last Chronicles of Barset, 1867. La Vendée, 1850. Macdermots of Ballycloran (The), 1847. Miss Mackenzie, 1865. Orley Farm, 1862. Phineas Finn, the Irish Member, 1869. Phineas Redux, 1873. Prime Minister (The), 1875. Ralph the Heir, 1871. Sir Harry Hotspur, 1870. Small House at Allington, 1864. Struggles of Brown, Jones and Robinson (The), 1870. Thackeray (a biographical sketch), 1879. Three Clerks (The), 1857. Vicar of Bullhampton (The), 1870. Warden, (The), 1855. Way we Live Now (The), 1875. =Trollope= (Mrs. Frances), born at Heckfield, in Hampshire, 1790-1863. Domestic Manners of the Americans, 1832. =Trollope= (Thomas Adolphus), 1810- History of Florence, 1865. Impressions of a Wanderer in Italy, 1850. =Tupper= (Martin Farquhar), 1810-1889. Proverbial Philosophy, 1838, 1842, 1867. =Tyndall= (John), born at Leighlin Bridge, in Ireland, 1820- Absorption and Radiation of Heat by Gases and Vapors, 1861. Address to the British Association, 1871. Calorescence, 1865. Contributions to Molecular Physics, 1872. Faraday as a Discoverer, 1868. Forms of Water in Clouds and Rivers, Ice and Glaciers, 1872. Fragments of Science, 1871. Glaciers of the Alps, 1860. Heat as a Mode of Motion, 1863. Hours of Exercise in the Alps, 1871. Imagination in Science, 1870. Invisible Radiation of Electric Light, 1865. Lectures on Light, 1869, 1872-73. Lectures on Sound, 1867. Lessons on Electricity, 1875-76. Mountaineering, 1861. Notes on Electricity, 1870. Notes on Light, 1871. On Molecular Influences, 1853. Physical Connection of Absorption and Radiation, etc., 1861. Physical Phenomena of Glaciers, 1857. Physical Properties of Ice, 1858-59. Radiation, 1861-65. Sounding and Sensitive Flames, 1867. Transmission of Heat through Gaseous Bodies, 1859. Transmission of Heat through Organic Structures, 1853. Vacation Tour, 1862.

=Ure= (Andrew), born at Glasgow, 1778-1857. Dictionary of Arts and Manufactures, 1839. Dictionary of Chemistry, 1821. New System of Geology, 1829. Philosophy of Manufactures, 1835.

=Victoria= (Queen), born at Kensington Palace, 1819- Early Days of the Prince Consort, 1867. Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, 1869. Life of the Prince Consort, 1874-78.

=Walton= (Izaak), born at Stafford, 1593-1683. Compleat Angler (The), 1653. Life of Donne, 1640. Life of Herbert, 1670. Life of Hooker, 1665. Life of Sanderson, 1678. Life of Wotton, 1651. =Warner= (Susan), born at New York, 1818- Melbourne House, 1864. Hills of the Shatemuc, 1856. Old Helmet (The), 1863. Queechy, 1851. Wide, Wide World (The), 1849. =Warren= (Samuel), born in Denbighshire, North Wales, 1807-1877. Diary of a Late Physician, 1830. Ten Thousand a Year, 1839-1841. =Watts= (Isaac), born at Southampton, 1674-1748. Divine Songs, 1726. Hymns, 1707. Moral Songs, 1730. =Webster= (Noah), born at Hartford, Conn., 1758-1843. Dictionary of the English Language, 1828. =Wesley= (Rev. Charles), born at Epworth, in Lincolnshire, 1708-1788. Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749. Hymns for Ascension Day, 1753. Hymns for the Nativity, 1750. Hymns for the Resurrection, 1754. Hymns for the Watch Night, 1780. Hymns for the Year, 1756. Works, 1829-31. =Wesley= (Rev. John), born at Epworth, in Lincolnshire, 1703-1791. Account of the People called “Methodists,” 1749. Ecclesiastical History, 1781. History of England from the Death of George II., 1776. Letters, 1816. =Whately= (Richard), archbishop of Dublin, born in London, 1787-1863. Elements of Logic, 1826. Elements of Rhetoric, 1828. English Synonyms, 1851. Errors of Romanism, 1830. Historic Doubts, 1819. History of Religious Worship, 1847. Introductory Lectures on Political Economy, 1831. =White= (Rev. Gilbert), born at Selborne, in Hampshire, 1720-1793. Natural History of Selborne, 1789. Naturalist’s Calendar (The), 1795. =White= (Henry Kirke), born at Nottingham, 1785-1806. Clifton Grove, and other Poems, 1803. Poems, 1804. Remains, 1807. =White= (Richard Grant), born in New York, 1822-1885. Authorship of the Three Parts of Henry VI., 1859. Handbook of Christian Art, 1853. Life and Genius of Shakespere, 1865. National Hymns, 1861. New Gospel of Peace (The), 1863-66. Poetry of the Civil War, 1866. Shakespere’s Scholar, 1854. Words and their Uses, 1870. =Whitman= (Walt), 1819- Poems, such as “Leaves of Grass,” “Drum Taps,” etc., 1878. =Whittier= (John Greenleaf), born at Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1807- Among the Hills, and other Poems, 1868. Ballads, 1838. Ballads of New England, 1870. Centennial Hymn (A), 1876. Chapel of the Hermits, and other Poems, 1853. Child Life, 1871. Collected Poems, 1850. Home Ballads, and other Poems, 1859. In War Time, and other Poems, 1863. Lays of my Home, and other Poems, 1843. Leaves from Margaret Smith’s Journal, 1836. Legends of New England, 1831. Literary Recreations, 1854. Maud Müller, 1865. Miriam, and other Poems, 1870. Moll Pitcher, 1833. National Lyrics, 1865-66. Old Portraits and Modern Sketches, 1850. Panorama (The), and other Poems, 1856. Pennsylvania Pilgrims (The), and other Poems, 1872. Sabbath Verse (A), 1853. Snow-bound, a Water Idyll, 1866. Songs of Labor, and other Poems, 1851. Stranger in Lowell (The), 1845. Supernaturalism in New England, 1847. Tent on the Beach, and other Poems, 1867. Vision of Echard, etc. (The), 1878. Voices of Freedom, 1836. =Willis= (Nathaniel Parker), born in Maine, 1807-1867. Dashes at Life with a Free Pencil, 1845. Famous Persons and Places, 1854. Fun Jottings, 1853. Health Trip to the Tropics, 1852. Hurrygraphs, 1851. Inklings of Adventure, 1839. Letters from under a Bridge, 1840. Life Here and There, 1850. Loiterings of Travels, 1839. Memoranda of Jenny Lind, 1851. Paul Fane, 1856. Pencillings by the Way, 1835. People I have met, 1850. Poems, 1828-31. Summer Cruise in the Mediterranean, 1853. =Wills= (William Gorman), of Kilkenny, in Ireland, 1828- ⁂ For his plays, see APPENDIX III. =Wilson= (John), born at Paisley, in Scotland, 1785-1854. Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life, 1822. Noctes Ambrosianæ, 1822-36. Poems and Dramatic Works, 1825. Recreations of Christopher North, 1842. =Wood= (Mrs. Henry), born at Worcester, 1820-1887. Adam Grainger, 1876. Anne Hereford, 1868. Bessy Rane, 1870. Channings (The), 1862. Court Netherleigh, 1881. Dene Hollow, 1871. East Lynne, 1861. Edina, 1876. Elster’s Folly, 1866. Foggy Night at Offord (A), 1862. George Canterbury’s Will, 1870. Johnny Ludlow, in the _Argosy_. Lady Adelaide. Life Secret (A), 1867. Lord Oakburn’s Daughters, 1864. Master of Greylands, 1873. Mildred Arkell, 1865. Mrs. Halliburton’s Troubles, 1862. Oswald Cray, 1864. Orville College. Parkwater. Pomeroy Abbey, 1878. Red Court Farm. Roland Yorke, 1869. St. Martin’s Eve, 1866. Shadow of Ashlydyat (The), 1863. Told in the Twilight, 1875. Trevlyn Hold, 1864. Verner’s Pride, 1863. William Allair, 1863. Within the Maze, 1872. =Wood= (Rev. John George), born in London, 1828-1889. Bible Animals. Common Objects of the Country. Common Objects of the Microscope. Common Objects of the Sea Shore, 1857. Common Beetles of England. Common Moths of England. Common Shells of England. Field Naturalist’s Handbook (The), 1880. Homes without Hands. Insects Abroad, 1874. Insects at Home. Man and Beast, 1873. My Feathered Friends. Natural History of Man. Natural History Ramble, 1879. Our Garden Friends and Foes. Popular Natural History. =Woolman= (John), born in New Jersey, 1720-1773. Journal of his Life and Travels, 1776. =Woolsey= (Theodore Dwight), born at New York, 1801-1889. Introduction to International Law, 1860. =Worcester= (Joseph Emerson), 1784-1865. Universal and Critical Dictionary of the English Language, 1846. =Wordsworth= (William), born at Cockermouth, in Cumberland, 1770-1850. Borderers (The), 1842. Descriptive Sketches in Verse, 1793. Excursion, 1814. Idiot Boy (The), 1819. Lyrical Ballads, 1798. Memorials of a Tour in Scotland, 1803, 1814. Memorials of a Tour on the Continent, 1820. Odes, 1803-6. Peter Bell, 1819. Prelude, 1850. Sonnets to Liberty, 1802-16. Waggoner (The), 1819. White Doe of Rhylstone, 1815. Yarrow revisited, and other Poems, 1835. =Wycherly= (William), born at Clive, in Shropshire, 1640-1715. Poems, 1704. Works, 1712. Works, 1728. ⁂ For his plays, see APPENDIX III.

=Yates= (Edmund Hodgson), 1831- After Office Hours, 1861. Black Sheep, 1866-67. Broken to Harness, 1864-65. Business of Pleasure, 1865. Cast Away, 1872. Dr. Wainwright’s Patient, 1871. For Better for Worse, 1876. Forlorn Hope, 1867. Impending Sword (The), 1874. Kissing the Rod, 1865. Land at Last, 1866. Life of Charles Mathews the Elder, 1860. Memoir of Albert Smith, 1860. Mirth and Metre, 1854. My Haunts and their Frequenters, 1854. Nobody’s Fortune, 1871. Pages in Waiting, 1865. Righted Wrong (A), 1871. Rock Ahead (A), 1868. Running the Gauntlet, 1867. Silent Witness, 1875. Two by Tricks, 1874. Two Merry Men, 1854. Waiting Rain, 1872. Wrecked in Port, 1869. Yellow Flag (The), 1872. =Yonge= (Charles Duke), 1812- History of England, 1857. History of France under the Bourbons, 1866. History of the British Navy, 1864. History of the English Revolution, 1874. Life of the Duke of Wellington, 1860. Parallel Lives: Epaminondas and Gustavus Adolphus, Philip and Frederick the Great, 1858. Three Centuries of Modern History, 1872. =Yonge= (Charlotte Mary), born at Otterbourne, in Hampshire, 1823- Catharine of Aragon, 1881. Chaplet of Pearls (The), 1868. Christian Names, their History and Derivation. Clever Woman of the Family (The), 1865. Daisy Chain (The), 1856. Dove in the Eagle’s Nest (The), 1866. Dynevor Terrace, 1857. Heart’s-ease, 1854. Heir of Redclyffe, 1853. Lady Hester, 1873. Lances of Lynwood (The). Landmarks of History. Life of Bishop Patteson, 1873. Little Duke (The). Magnum Bonum, 1880. Three Brides (The), 1876. Trial (The), 1764. Young Stepmother (The), 1864. =Young= (Rev. Edward), born at Upham in Hampshire, 1684-1765. Night Thoughts, 1742-46. ⁂ For his plays, see APPENDIX III.

APPENDIX II. DATES OF FOREIGN POEMS AND NOVELS.

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.

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Alex. = _Alexandrine metre._

b.v. = _Blank verse._

bks. = _Books._

d.m. = _Divers metres._

Ep. = _Epic._

Ep., H.M. = _Epic in heroic metre._

Ep., Hex. = _Epic in hexameter verse._

Es. = _Essay or Essays._

H.M. = _Heroic metre._

H.M., b.v. = _Heroic metre in blank verse._

H.M., rh. = _Heroic metre in rhyme._

Hex. = _Hexameter verse._

Nov. = _[Prose] novel._

p. = _Poetry._

pr. = _Prose._

pr. and v. = _Prose and verse._

pr. Ep. = _Prose epic._

rh. = _Rhyme._

Rom. = _Romance._

Rom. p. = _Romance in poetry._

Sp. m. = _Spencerian metre._

ter. rh. = _Ternary rhymes._

v. = _Verse._

8 syl. v. = _Octosyllabic verse._

=Æsop=, Fables, about B.C. 570. _Greek_ pr.

AMADIS OF GAUL, begun by Vasco de Lobeira, 14th cent.; finished by sundry hands, 15th cent. _Old French_ pr.

=Arabian Nights=, first published in Paris, by Antony Galland, 1704-17. The best are Indian; the sentimental love tales are Persian; the witty, comical ones are Arabic. _Arabic_ pr. tales. Lane’s translation, 1841.

ARGONAUTS (_The_), by Appolonius Rhodius, about B.C. 200 (4 bks.). _Greek_ Ep., Hex. Translated into English by Fawkes, 1780; and into English verse by Green, 1780; W. Preston, 1803. H.M., rh.

CHINESE TALES, by Gueulette, 1723. _French_ pr.

=Chrestien de Troyes=, the Chevalier au Lion, Chevalier de l’Epée, Sir Lancelot du Lac, in metrical French (before 1200).

CHRONICLES of Albericus Trium Fontium, 1242. _Latin_ pr.

CID (_The_), 1040-1099. The Spanish _Chronicle of the Cid_, 13th cent., first printed in 1541, and a second by Medina del Campo, in 1552. The Spanish _Poem of the Cid_ dates from 1207, and 102 ballads on the Cid in Spanish were published in 1615. Southey published an excellent English Chronicle in 1808. Lockhart has rendered eight of them into English ballads; and George Dennis has strung together, in prose and verse, a connected tale of the great Spanish hero, 1845. (The Cid, in Spanish romance, occupies the same position as Arthur in English story, Charlemagne in French and Theodorick in German.)

CONTES DE FEES, by Claude Perrault, 1697. _French_ pr. fairy tales.

CREATION, or _La Première Semaine_, by Du Bartas, about 1570. _French_ Ep., H.M. English version by Joshua Sylvester, 1605.

DECAMERON, by Boccaccio, 1350. _Italian_ pr. tales. An English version by G. Standfast, and by many others. DIABLE BOITEUX, by Lesage, 1707. _French_ pr. tale. W. Coombe wrote an English imitation, called _The Devil upon Two Sticks_, 1790.

DIVINA COMMEDIA, by Dantê: _Inferno_, 1300; _Purgatory_, 1308; _Paradise_, 1311. _Italian_ Ep. poems. English translations by Boyd, 1785; Gary, 1814, b.v.; Wright, 1833, triple rh.; Caley, 1851-55, ter. rh.; Pollock, 1854, b.v.; Dayman, 1865; Rossetti, 1865; Longfellow, 1870; Norton, 1892; etc.

DON QUIXOTE, by Cervantes, pt. i., 1605; ii., 1615. _Spanish_ Nov. English versions by Shelton, 1612-20; Motteux, 1719; Jarvis, 1742; Smollett, 1755; Wilmot, 1774; Duffield, 1881; etc. All in pr. Dramatized by Durfey, 1694-96.

FABLES, by Lafontaine, 1668. _French_; d.m.

FAIRY TALES, by la comtesse D’Aunoy, 1682. _French_ pr.

GARGANTUA, by Rabelais, 1533. _French_ Nov. English version by Urquhart and Motteux, 1653.

GIL BLAS, by Lesage, bks, i.-iii., 1715; iv.-vi., 1724; vii.-xii., 1735. _French_ Nov. English version by Smollett, 1761; Procter, 1774; Smart, 1807; etc. All in pr.

GOBLIN STORIES, by the brothers Grimm, 1812. _German_ pr.

=Goethe=, 1749-1832 (_German_). Achilliad (The), about 1800. Farbenlehre, 1810. Hermann and Dorothea, 1797. Poem. Metamorphosis of Plants, 1790. Es. Werther, 1774. Rom. Wilhelm Meister, 1794. Rom. (For dramatic pieces, see APPENDIX III.)

GULISTAN (_Garden of Roses_), by Saadi, 13th cent. _Persian_ p.

HENRIADE, by Voltaire, 1724 (10 chants). _French_ Ep.; rh.

=Herbelot= (_D’_), Bibliothèque Orientale, an Oriental Miscellany, 1697. _French_ pr.

HITÔPADÊSA, an epitome of the Pancha Tantra, 5th cent. B.C. _Hindû_.

=Homer=, Iliad (24 bks.), composed in the prime of his life, about B.C. 962. _Greek_ Ep. Hex. Odyssey (24 bks.), composed in maturer age, about B.C. 927. _Greek_ Ep., Hex. These poems were first reduced to writing by Pisistratos, of Athens, B.C. 531. English versions by Chapman, _Il._ 1598, _Od._ 1614; Bryant, _Il._ 1870, _Od._ 1871. The following have translated the _Iliad_ only: Hall, 1581; Tickell, bk.