1867, 16mo. 2. Word-Gossip: a Series of Familiar | stirring story is interwoven with these familiar scenes."— Essays on Words and their Peculiarities, Lon., 1868, Sat. Rev., xlii. 53. 12mo. "Of all his competitors the one with whom Mr. Blackley most distinctly provokes comparison is Archbishop Trench. Now, we are not quite sure that, if we took and formally examined the Primate of Ireland and the Rector of North Waltham, we might not perhaps find the lowlier churchman the stronger man of the two. But there is all the difference in the world in the point of form, and the difference is wholly in favour of the Archbishop."-Sat. Rev., xxvii. 220. 3. Our National Improvidence: a Sermon, Lon., 1879, 8vo. 4. Collected Essays on the Prevention of Pauperism, Lon., 1880, cr. 8vo. 5. Social Economy ReadingBook, adapted to the New Code, Lon., 1881, 12mo. 6. Thrift and Independence: a Word for Working-Men ("People's Library,") Lon., 1884, 12mo. With FRIEDLANDER, CARL MARTIN, German-and-English Dictionary, Lon., 1866, p. 8vo. With HAWES, JAMES, Critical English New Testament, Lon., 1867, 3 vols. p. 8vo. Blacklock, M. Strickland. City Sounds and Rural Echoes, N. York, 1874, 12mo. Blackman, Emily C. History of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Maps and Illust. Phila., 1873, 8vo. Blackman, John. 1. The Maid of the Vale, and other Poems, Chertsey, 1844, 8vo. 2. Flowers and Fancies, [verse,] Lon., 1856, 8vo. 3. A Memoir of the Life and Writings of Thomas Day, Author of Sandford and Merton, Lon., 1862, 12mo. 4. Home Scenes and Heart Memories, Lon., 1866, 16mo. Blackmore, Lieut. John, R.N. The London by Moonlight Mission: being an Account of Midnight Cruises on the Streets of London during the Last Thirteen Years, Lon., 1860, 8vo. Blackmore, Richard Doddridge, b. 1825, at Longworth, Berkshire, Eng. On his mother's side he is descended from Dr. Doddridge. He was educated at Tiverton Grammar-School, and at Exeter College, Oxford, where he obtained a scholarship and graduated in 1847, taking a second class in classics. He was called to the bar in London in 1852, and afterwards practised as a conveyancer. His first successful novel was Lorna Doone, which did not attract much attention till long after its publication, but, having suddenly sprung into notoriety, has since passed through many editions. 1. Poems by Melanter, Lon., 1854, 12mo. 2. Epullia, and other Poems, Lon., 1855, 8vo. Anon. 3. The Bugle of the Black Sea, Lon., 1855, 12mo. Anon. 4. The Fate of Franklin: a Poem, Lon., 1860, fp. Svo. 5. The Farm and Fruit of Old: a Translation in Verse of the First and Second Georgies of Virgil. By a Market Gardener. Lon., 1862. 6. Clara Vaughan: a Novel, Lon. and Camb., 1864, 3 vols. p. 8vo. Anon. New ed., 1872. 7. Cradock Nowell: a Tale of the New Forest, Lon., 1866, 3 vols. p. 8vo. 8. Lorna Doone: a Romance of Exmoor, Lon., 1869, 3 vols. p. 8vo; 12th ed., 1879; new ed., illust., 1883, 8vo. "In the mingled flood of absolute evil and negative merit it is rare to light upon a book of positive value, tender and yet strong, warm but kept wholesome and pure, stirring and not sensational. We have such a book in Lorna Doone, which, though we do not pretend to rank it with the acknowledged masterpieces of fiction, is one of real excellence, and of a class not common among us."Sat. Rev., xxx. 603. 9. (Trans.) The Georgics of Virgil, 1871, 12mo. 10. The Maid of Sker, Edin. and Lon., 1872, 3 vols. p. Svo. "A work which reads in some parts like the famous autobiographies of Defoe, and in others contains descriptions of natural beauty worthy of Kingsley, and nautical adventures not inferior to the best things in Marryat."Ath., No. 2336. The book is exceedingly able and strikingly original. There is much powerful writing in it, a great deal of dry humour, with some touches of rare pathos, and to our mind its chief blemishes flow from the original error of judgment that cast it in an unfortunate form."-Sat. Rev., Xxxiv. 255. 11. Alice Lorraine: a Tale of the South Downs, Lon., 1875, 3 vols. p. 8vo; 6th ed., 1876, 1 vol. The author of Lorna Doone' has attempted a difficult task-namely, the acclimatization of an Antigone or Alcestis on the less heroic soil of English womanhood. He has interwoven with his main plot pictures of rural life in Kentish orchards and on the South Downs which cannot but captivate even the casual reader."-Sat. Rev., xxxix. 633. 12. Cripps the Carrier: a Woodland Tale, Lon., 1876, 3 vols. 8vo. "Half the scene is laid in Oxfordshire woodland and villages, the other half in the old University city. . . . A 13. Erema; or, My Father's Sin, Lon., 1877, 3 vols. p. 8vo; new ed., 1879, 12mo. 14. Mary Anerley: a Yorkshire Tale, Lon., 1880, 3 vols. p. 8vo. "The threads are duly spun in the first volume, tangled in the second, cleared and woven in the third... It must, however, be borne in mind that correctness of construction is not everything. It would not in the present instance have gone far without the author's own resources. Racy language, quaint conceits, rich humour, keen obser vation, and a talent for apt allusions . . . are not every man's gifts."-Ath., No. 2742. 15. Christowell: a Dartmoor Tale, 1882. 16. The Remarkable History of Sir Thomas Upmore, Bart., M.P., formerly known as Tommy Upmore; 1st to 3d eds., Lon., 1884, 2 vols. cr. 8vo. 17. Springhaven: a Tale of the Great War, Lon., 1887, 3 vols. p. 8vo; 4th ed., and illust. ed., 1 vol., same year. Blackmore, William. Colorado: its Resources, Parks, and Prospects as a New Field for Emigration, Lon., 1869, 4to. Blackstock, Edward. Mercy manifested to a Chief Sinner: Autobiography and Letters, Lon., 1853, 12mo. Blackstone, Frederick Charles. (Trans.) An Outpouring of Thankfulness, by J. P. Braun, Lon., 1856, 8vo. Blackwall, John, F.L.S., 1790-1881, son of a linen-importer at Manchester; went into partnership with his father, but retired in 1833 and settled in Wales, devoting himself to zoology. 1. Researches in Zoology, illustrative of the Structure, Habits, and Economy of Animals, Lon., 1834, 8vo; 2d ed., 1873. 2. A History of the Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, (Ray Soc. Pub.,) Lon., 1861-64, 4to. "It is full of minute detail, giving an almost photographic picture of the object."-Dict. of Nat. Biog., v. 142. Blackwell, Anna. 1. (Trans.) Jacques, by George Sand, Lon., 1847. 2. Poems, Lon., 1853, 12mo. 3. (Trans.) The Little Gypsy, by Elie Sauvage. Illust. Lon., 1868, 8vo. 4. The Philosophy of Existence: the Testimony of the Ages, Lon., 1871, 8vo. 5. (Trans.) The Spirits' Book: containing the Principles of Spiritist Doctrine on the Immortality of the Soul, &c., according to the Teachings of Spirits of High Degree, transmitted through Various Mediums, collected by Allan Kardec, (pseud.) Lon., 1875, er. 8vo. 6. (Trans.) The Medium's Book; or, Guide for Mediums and for Evocations: containing the Theoretic Teachings of Spirits concerning all Kinds of Manifestations, the Means of Communication with the Invisible World, &c., by A. Kardec, Lon., 1876, cr. 8vo. 7. (Trans.) Heaven and Hell; or, The Divine Justice vindicated in the Plurality of Existences, by A. Kardec, Lon., 1878, er. 8vo. Blackwell, Mrs. Antoinette Louisa, (Brown,) b. 1825, at Henrietta, Monroe Co., N.Y.; graduated at Oberlin College, Ohio, in 1847, and finished a three years' course in theology in 1850; she was refused a license to preach, but accepted invitations to do so, while chiefly occupied in lecturing on temperance and other subjects in different parts of the United States. In 1853 she was regularly ordained pastor of the orthodox Congregational church at South Butler, N.Y., which position she relinquished the following year on account of ill health. In 1856 she was married to Samuel C. Blackwell, brother of Elizabeth Blackwell, infra, and has since resided at Elizabeth, N.J., taking an active part in the "Woman's Rights" movement and social questions, and occasionally occupying the pulpit in Unitarian churches. 1. Studies in General Science, N. York, 1869, 12mo. "A collection of figments of the brain put forth as scientific theories. The worst fault of Mrs. Blackwell's book belongs, no doubt, in large measure to the popular orator rather than to the woman. But something far better might have been expected from this bright mind." -Nation, viii. 438. 2. The Island Neighbors: a Novel of American Life, N. York, 1871, 18mo. 3. The Sexes throughout Nature, N. York, 1875. "She has allowed that the general thesis of masculine superiority has a meaning, and she has attempted to oppose it by what appears to us the equally meaningless thesis of the natural equality of the sexes.”—Nation, xxi. 43. 4. The Physical Basis of Immortality, N. York, 1876, 12mo. Blackwell, Miss Elizabeth, M.D., [ante, vol. i., add.,] studied at the medical school at Geneva, N.Y., after having been refused admission at several similar Heavenly Places: being the Substance of Addresses on the Book of Joshua, Lon., 1874, 12mo. 5. Things which God hath joined together: Addresses on Isaiah xlv. 21-25, Lon., 1877, 12mo. 6. The Acceptable Life, Lon., 1878, 8vo. 7. Position and Progress: Addresses, Lon., 1879, 12mo. 8. Heavenly Arithmetic: Addresses, Lon., 1879, 12mo. 9. The Number "Seven" in Scripture, Lon., 1883, 12mo. Blackwood, W. S. The Model Family; or, Jesus at Bethany, Edin., 1859, 12mo. institutions, and graduated in 1849, after which she pur- | Lon., 1872, 12mo. 4. A Victory of Faith: a Sequel to sued the study of midwifery in the hospitals of Paris and London, and practised for some years in New York City, where, with her sister, Dr. Emily Blackwell, she organized, in 1867, the Women's Medical College of the New York Infirmary, and in 1869 went to London, where she practised, and became professor of the diseases of women in a medical college which she had assisted in organizing. 1. Counsels to Parents on the Moral Education of their Children in Relation to Sex; 2d ed., Lon., 1879, 12mo. 2. The Human Element in Sex: being a Medical Inquiry into the Relation of Sexual Physiology to Christian Morality; 2d ed., enl., Lon., 1884, 8vo. Blackwell, Ernest. Booth, of the Blue Ribbon Movement; or, The Factory-Boy who became a Temperance Evangelist, Lon., 1883, cr. 8vo. Blackwell, James De Ruyter. Poetical Works, in 3 vols.: vol. i., N. York, 1879, 16mo. Blackwell, R. Original Acrostics, St. Louis, 1869, 12mo. Blackwell, Rev. Robert Edward. Pastoral Letters, Lon., 1880, cr. Svo. Blackwell, Robert S. A Practical Treatise on the Power to sell Land for the Non-Payment of Taxes; 2d ed., rev. and enl. by E. H. Blackwell, Bost., 1864, Svo; 4th ed., 1875. Blackwood, Rev. William, D.D., LL.D., b. 1804, at Dromara, County Down, Ireland, and educated at the Royal College, Belfast; was pastor of Presbyterian churches at Belfast and at Newcastle-on-Tyne, and in 1850 became pastor of a Presbyterian church in Philadelphia. 1. Missions to the Heathen, Belfast, 1830. 2. Atonement, Faith, and Assurance, Phila., 1856. Bellarmine's Notes of the Church, 1858. 4. (Ed.) Complete Bible Encyclopædia: a Treasury of Religious Knowledge. Illust. Phila., 1873-76, 2 vols. 4to. 3. Bladen, Mrs. Elizabeth S. The Water-Waif: a Story of the Revolution, Phila., 1876, 16mo. Blades, R. H. Who was Caxton? a Monograph. By R. H. B. Lon., 1877. Blades, William, 1824-1890, b. at Clapham, Surrey; was educated at Clapham Grammar-School, and Blackwell, W. H. Rolando and Evangeline: a succeeded his father as a printer in London. He Tale of Ancient Times, [verse,] Lon., 1861, 16mo. made a specialty of early English printing, and was Blackwood, Lady Alicia, (Lambart,) b. 1818, the first to place the study of that subject on a sure sister of the eighth Earl of Cavan; married, 1849, Rev. basis. He contributed numerous articles on the HisJames Stevenson Blackwood, D.D., infra. A Narratory of Printing to periodicals, and edited reprints of tive of Personal Experiences and Impressions during several of the early-printed works. 1. The Life and a residence on the Bosphorus throughout the Crimean Typography of Williain Caxton, England's First Printer: War, Lon., 1881, p. Svo. with Evidence of his Typographical Connection with Colard Mansion, the Printer at Bruges: compiled from Original Sources: vol. i., Lon., 1861, 4to. Blackwood, Sir Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-, first Marquis of Dufferin and Ava, K.P., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., G.C.M.G., P.C., LL.D. Harvard and Dublin, D.C.L. Oxon., b. 1826; educated at Eton, and at Christ Church, Oxford; succeeded his father as second Baron Dufferin (in the Irish peerage) in 1841; was a lord-in-waiting 1849-52 and 1854-58; under-secretary of state for India 1864-66, and for war 1866; chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster and pay. master-general 1868-72; governor-general of Canada 1872-78; ambassador to Russia 1879-81 and at Constantinople 1881-84; governor-general of India 188488, and since then ambassador to Italy. He was created a baron in the peerage of the United Kingdom in 1850, earl in 1871, marquis in 1888. In 1878 he was elected president of the Royal Geographical Society. 1. Letters from High Latitudes: being Some Account of a Voyage in the Schooner Yacht Foam to Iceland, Jan Mayen, and Spitzbergen in 1856, Lon., 1857, cr. 8vo; 5th ed., 1867. (This work is mentioned in vol. i., under DUFFERIN, LORD.) 2. Contributions to an Inquiry into the State of Ireland, Lon., 1866, Svo. 3. Irish Emigration and the Tenure of Land in Ireland, Lon., 1867, 8vo. "Lord Dufferin has done well to republish the substance of his letters to the Times. They may not be wholly free from errors, both of statement and of inference, but they nevertheless do contain such a vast body of authentic testimony, collected from persons more or less familiar with the operation of the land laws of Ireland, that they must always possess a certain amount of authority."-Sat. Rev., xxiii. 691, 732. 4. Mr. Mill's Plan for the Pacification of Ireland examined, Lon., 1868, Svo. 5. Speeches and Addresses. Edited by Henry Milton. Lon., 1882. Svo. None of them perhaps is a masterpiece of oratory, but all of them are admirable examples of after-dinner talk or Parliamentary debating or platform advocacy, or whatever the particular kind may be to which each belongs."-Sat. Ker, hii. 300. With BOYLE, GEORGE FREDERICK, Earl of Glasgow, Narrative of a Journey from Oxford to Skibbereen during the Year of the Irish Famine, Oxford, 1847. See, also, LEGGO, WILLIAM. Blackwood, Rev. James Stevenson, D.D., LL.D., d. 1882; vicar of Middleton Tyas, Yorkshire. 1. Almuth: the Messianic Enigma of Psalm xlix., Lon., 1880, p. 8vo. 2. The Paradox of Life; or, Christian Koheleth: a Poem; with a Sheaf of Sacred Sonnets, and other Poems, Lon.. 1881, sq. 16mo. Blackwood, Rev. Stevenson Arthur. 1. Forgiveness, Life, and Glory: Addresses, Lon., 1864, 12mo; new ed., 1875. 2. The Shadow and Substance: Addresses on the Passover; 3d ed., Lon., 1867, 12mo. 3. Heavenly Places: Addresses on the Book of Joshua, "This is a thoroughly good and genuine book. Mr. Blades, who is himself a printer, approaches his subject from a new point of view."-Sat. Rev., xii, 673. Vol. ii., 1863. "The volume now before us is confined to a critical examination of the productions of the famous printing press of the Red Pale in the Almonry of Westminster. It is seldom that we have to welcome so searching or exhaustive a treatment of a subject as this."-Sat. Rev., xvi. 128. 2. A List of Medals, Jettons, Tokens, &c., in Connection A new edition of this work was published in 1883. with Printers and the Art of Printing, Lon., 1869, 8vo. 100 copies only, privately printed. 3. How to tell a Caxton with Some Hints where and how the same might be found, Lon., 1870, 12mo. 4. Shakspere and Typography; being an Attempt to show Shakspere's Personal connection with, and Technical Knowledge of, the Art of Printing, Lon., 1872, 8vo. "Mr. Blades's little book will interest every reader of Shakespeare, and must take its place in every Shakespeare library."-Ath., No. 2340. 5. Some Early Type Specimen Books: with Explanatory Remarks, Lon., 1875, 8vo. 6. The Rules of the Candlewick Ward Club. By W. B. Lon., 1876. 7. The Biography and Typography of William Caxton, England's First Printer. Illust. Lon., 1877, Svo. Does not supersede the. Life and Typography of William Caxton, ... but must rather be considered as an indispensable complement of that work. Its value is much enhanced by many admirable fac-similes of types and wood-cuts."-Acad., xii. 182. 8. The Enemies of Books, 1880; 3d ed., 1881; new ed., rev. and enl., 1888. "The owner of the smallest library in England, under the influence of an abundance of anecdote and an unfailing lightness of style, could not resist reading it through at a sitting."--Acad., xviii. 364. 9. Numismata Typographica; or, the Medallic History 10. An Account of the Gerof Printing, Lon., 1883, 4to. man Morality Play, "Depositio Cornuti Typographici," Lon., 1885, 4to. Blagden, Mrs. George. Little Summer Shower: a Novel, Lon., 1887, p. Svo. and Sacred Thoughts, Wolverhampton, 1860, 16mo. Blagden, Henry Charles. Simple Allegories dent in Florence and intimate with the Brownings, Blagden, Miss Isa, an English lady, long resiGeorge Eliot," T. A. Trollope, &c.; d. 1873. 1. Agnes Tremorne, Lon., 1861, 2 vols. p. Svo. 66 "A graceful though perhaps oversentimental book."Sat. Rev., xi. 428. 2. The Cost of a Secret, Lon., 1863, 3 vols. p. 8vo. Anon. 3. A Story of Two Lives. 4. The Woman I loved and the Woman who loved me, Lon., 1865, p. 8vo. 5. Nora and Archibald Lee, Lon., 1867, 8vo. Anon. 6. The Crown of a Life, Lon., 1869, Svo. 7. Poems: with a Memoir, [by A. Austin,] Lon., 1873, 12mo. Blagg, J. W. The Law as to Public Meetings, Lon., 1888, cr. 8vo. Blagg, Rev. Michael Ward. Christ the Second Adam: Three Sermons, Lon., 1859, 8vo. Blagrove, G. H. 1. Shoring and its Application: a Hand-Book for the Use of Students, (Weale's Series.) Illust. Lon., 1887, 12mo. 2. Marble Decoration and the Terminology of British and Foreign Marbles. Illust. Lon., 1888, cr. 8vo. Blaikie, Rev. Alexander. 1. The Philosophy of Sectarianism, Lon., 1854, p. Svo. 2. The Schools: New, Old, Older, and Oldest Schools of Presbyterians in the United States. By a Presbyterian. Bost., 1860. 3. History of Presbyterianism in New England, Bost., 1881, 12mo. Blaikie, James Andrew, examiner in mathematies in the University of Edinburgh. Elements of Dynamics: Mechanics, Lon., 1878; 3d ed., 1879, p. 8vo; 18th thousand, 1888. Blaikie, John, advocate, Aberdeen. The Old Tunes and the New, Lon., 1868, 8vo. Anon. Blaikie, John. Among the Goths and Vandals, Lon., 1870, 8vo. Blaikie, John Arthur, and Gosse, Edmund William. Madrigals, Songs, and Sonnets, Lon., 1870, 12mo. Blaikie, Robert Henry, M.D., F.R.S.E., formerly surgeon to the Edinburgh Ear and Throat Dispensary; late clinical assistant in the ear and throat department of the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh. (Trans.) Diseases of the Mouth, Throat, and Nose, including Rhinoscopy and Methods of Local Treatment, by Philip Schech, M.D., Edin., 1886, 8vo. Blaikie, William, b. 1843, at York, Livingston Co., N.Y.; graduated at Harvard College in 1866 and at the law school in 1868, and practised in New York City. He has given much attention to athletics in connection with physical training. 1. How to Get Strong, and how to Stay so, Lon., 1879, 16mo; 2d ed., 1880. 2. Sound Bodies for our Boys and Girls, 1883. Lectures,") Edin., 1888, p. 8vo. 20. The First Book of Blaine, Delabere Roberton. 1. On the Laws of Artistic Copyright and their Defects, Lon., 1853, Svo. 2. Suggestions on the Copyright Bill, 1861. Blaine, James Gillespie, b. 1830, at West Brownsville, Washington Co., Pa.; educated at Washington College, Pennsylvania; was for a time professor of mathematics in a military institute in Kentucky, and was afterwards a teacher in the Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind at Philadelphia. In 1854 he removed to Augusta, Me., where he became the editor of a newspaper and an active politician. He was one of the organizers of the Republican party in Maine; served in the State legislature from 1858 to 1862; was elected representative to Congress in 1862 and re-elected for each term till 1876, and during part of that time was speaker of the House of Representatives. He was a candidate for the Republican nomination for President in 1876 and in 1880. In 1884 he was nominated, but was defeated by the Democratic candidate. He was secretary of state in 1881, and was appointed to the same post in 1888. 1. Eulogy on James Abram Garfield, (pub. by U.S. Gov't,) Wash., 1881, 8vo; republished, Bost., 1882, 16mo. 2. Twenty Years of Congress : from Lincoln to Garfield: with a Review of the Events which led to the Political Revolution of 1860, Norwich, Conn., 1884-86, 2 vols. 8vo. "No one who wishes to understand American politics should fail to possess himself of Mr. Blaine's work. To sufficient literary skill it unites far more of judicial imrich experience, eminent sagacity, a masculine style, and partiality than might have been expected in a party leader and a candidate for the Presidency."-GOLDWIN SMITH: article on American Statesmen in The Nineteenth Century, August, 1888. Blaine, Robert Gordon, M.E., senior demonstrator in the mechanical engineering department of Finsbury Technical College. Numerical Examples in Practical Mechanics and Machine Design: Diagrams, Lon., 1888, 12mo. Blair, Mrs. See ARBUTHNOTT, HON. MRS. ELRING- Francis Preston Blair, b. 1846, in Woodford Co., Ohio; made a study of analytical chemistry, especially with regard to iron and other ores; was chief chemist to the U.S. commission for testing metals 1875-78, and to the Besides reports to the government and contributions to U.S. geological survey and the tenth census 1879-81. scientific journals, he has published: The Chemical Analysis of Iron: a Complete Account of all the Bestknown Methods for the Analysis of Iron, Steel, Ores, &c., Phila., 1888, 8vo. Blair, Charles, executive engineer, Indian Public Works Department. Indian Famines: their Historical, Financial, and other Aspects, Lon. and Edin., 1874, Blaikie, Rev. William Garden, D.D., LL.D., b. 1820, at Aberdeen, and educated at the university of that city; ordained in the Church of Scotland, and appointed to the parish of Drumblade. On the Disrup-graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1866; tion of 1843 he and his congregation joined the Free Church. He afterwards went to Edinburgh, and was engaged in founding a mission church there, and in 1868 was appointed professor of apologetics and pastoral theology in New College, Edinburgh. 1. Six Lectures addressed to the Working Classes on the Improvement of their Temporal Condition; 3d ed., Edin., 1849, 16mo. 2. David, King of Israel, Edin., 1856, cr. 8vo; 2d ed., 1860. 3. Bible History in Connection with the General History of the World, N. York, 1860, 12mo. 4. Outlines of Bible Geography, Physical and Political, Lon., 1861, 8vo. 5. Better Days for Working People, Lon., 1863, 12mo; new ed., 1882. 6. Heads and Hands in the World of Labour, Lon., 1865, 12mo. 7. The Head of the House, Lon., 1866, 12mo. 8. Counsel and Cheer for the Battle of Life, 1867, 12mo. 9. Memorials of Andrew Crichton, Lon., 1868, 12mo. 10. Life and the True Light; or, The Bible and General History interlocked, N. York, 1869, 12mo. 11. For the Work of the Ministry: a Manual of Homiletical and Pastoral Theology, Lon., 1873, p. 8vo; 2d ed., 1878. 12. Glimpses of the Inner Life of our Lord, Lon., 1876; 2d ed., 1878, 12mo. 13. The Personal Life of David Livingstone, LL.D., D.C.L., chiefly from his Unpublished Journals and Correspondence in the Possession of his Family. Portrait and Map. Lon., 1880, 8vo; 3d ed., 1882. "Though we cannot look upon the narrative as altogether worthy of its subject, yet we feel that, on the whole, we ought to be satisfied. The author has certainly sur passed the average of biographers, and has given us a book which, if here and there it affords matter for censure, at all events can be read with much interest."-Sat. Rev., 1. 771. 12mo. "If it be not written in a very hopeful or sanguine strain, or if it do not supply tangible or palpable remedies for recurrence of the disaster which is its groundwork, it is at least readable, practical, and suggestive."-SIR F. J. GOLDSMID: Acad., vii. 60. Blair, D. Oswald Hunter, O. S. B., monk of Fort Augustus. (Trans.) History of the Catholic Church of Scotland, from the Introduction of Christianity to the Present Day, by Alphonse Bellesheim, D.D.: with Notes and Additions. In 4 vols. 8vo. Vols. i., ii., Edin. and Lon., 1887. Blair, David, of Melbourne. 1. Notes on the Lost 2. CarSecret of Christianity, Melbourne, 1860, 8vo. lylism and Christianity: Notes on a Lecture by the Rev. W. Henderson, Melbourne, 1865, 8vo. 3. The History of Australasia, together with some Account of Fiji and New Guinea, Glasgow, Melbourne, and Dunedin, 1878, 4to. Blair, David. The Hamlet Controversy. By Jack Robinson, Junior. Lon., 1867. Blair, Henry William. The Temperance Movement; or, The Conflict between Man and Alcohol, Bost., 1888, 8vo. 14. Christianity and Secularism compared in their Influence and Effects, Lon., 1882, 8vo. 15. The Public Ministry and Pastoral Methods of Our Lord, Lon., 1883, Blair, L. H. Unwise Laws, N. York, 1886, 12mo. p. 8vo. 16. My Body, Lon., 1883, 32mo. 17. The Blair, Robert Hugh. Education of the Blind, Witness of Palestine to the Bible, Lon., 1883, cr. 8vo. Worcester, 1876, 8vo. 18. Leaders in Modern Philanthropy. With Portraits. Blair, Walter. Latin Pronunciation: an Inquiry Lon., 1884, p. Svo. 19. The Preachers of Scotland from into the Proper Sounds of the Latin Language during the Sixth to the Nineteenth Century, ("Cunningham | the Classical Period, N. York, 1870, 12mo. IV.-11 161 Blair, Rev. William. The Chronicles of Aberbrothock, Arbroath, 1853, 12mo. Anon. Blair, William. Archbishop Leighton: a Short Biography: with Selections from his Writings, Lon., 1884, 16mo. Blaisdell, Mrs. A. H., (“Agnes Gragg.") Our Odyssey Club, Bost., 1885. Blaisdell, Albert F., M.D. 1. Outlines for the Study of English Classics, Bost., 1878, 12mo. 2. Our Bodies: Elementary Text-Book of Physiology and Hygiene. Illust. Bost., 1885. 3. Physiology for the Young: our Bodies; or, How we Live. Illust. Bost., 1885, 12mo. 4. How to Keep Well: a Text Book of Health: adapted to the Public Schools of Maryland by T. C. Bruff, Balt., 1886, 16mo. 5. Child's Book of Health, Bost., 1886, 16mo. 6. First Steps with American and British Authors: English Literature for Young People, Bost., 1888, 16mo. ventions and improvements in machinery and implements, the most important being a stone-breaker used in macadamizing streets. He was for some years president of the Connecticut Academy of Sciences, and furnished contributions to scientific journals, several of which he collected and republished under the title of Original Solutions of Several Problems in Aerodynamics, 1882. Blake, Emilia Aylmer. 1. France Discrowned, and other Poems, Lon., 1874, p. 8vo. 2. Nelson: a Play in Four Acts and a Tableau, Lon., 1878, 8vo. 3. My Only Love: a Novel, Lon., 1880, 3 vols. cr. 8vo. 4. Ballads and Poems for Recitation, Lon., 1884, 12mo. 5. The Cithern: Poems for Recitation, &c., Lon., 1886, 12mo. Blake, G. T. Cancers cured without the Use of the Knife, N. York, 1856, 12mo. Blake, Henry Arthur. Pictures from Ireland. By Terence McGrath, (pseud.) Lon., 1880, p. 8vo; new ed., 1881. Blake, Lady. 1. My Stepfather's Home, Lon., "Written in an excellent spirit, without rhetorical exaggeration, and evidently from an intimate knowledge of Irish social life."-Sat. Rev., 1. 678. p. 8vo. Blake, Mrs. Caroline L. 1. Frank Eston; or, The Joy of believing in Jesus, Phila., 1864, 16mo. 2. Alice Rosedale, Phila., 18mo. Blake, Mrs. Cecilia. 1. Glenrora; or, The Castle, the Camp, and the Cottage: a Temperance Tale, Lon., 1864, 12mo. 2. Cecile Raye: an Autobiography, Lon., 1866, 12mo. 3. Bruar Castle: a Weird Tale for a Winter Night, Lon., 1868, 12mo. Blake, Charles. 1. A Letter on the Present State of Affairs at Gibraltar. By a Merchant. Lon., 1855, 8vo. 2. How to capture and govern Gibraltar, Lon., 1856, 8vo. 3. Light-House Management. By an Englishman. Lon., 1861, 8vo. Blake, Charles. Historical Account of the Providence Stage, Providence, 1868, 12mo. 1. Three Years Blake, James L. England and Scotland as influenced by the Reformation, Edin. and Lon., 1875, 8vo. Blake, Rev. James Vila. 1. The Morning 2. Stars sang together." By J. V. B. Bost., 1869. Blake, John Frederick, M.A., F.G.S. 1. Catechism of Zoology, Lon., 1873, 12mo. 2. Astronomical Myths, based on Flammarion's History of the Heavens, Lon., 1876, p. 8vo. 3. A Monograph of the British Fossil Cephalopoda. Part I., containing Introduction and Silurian Species. Illust. Lon., 1882, 4to. Blake, Jonathan. History of Warwick, Mass., to 1854: brought down to the Present Time by Others, Bost., 1873, 12mo. Blake, L. H. Frank Sillaby, Bost., 1874, 16mo. Blake, Mrs. Lillie, (Devereux,) b. at Raleigh, N.C., in 1835; married in 1855 to Frank G. Quay Umsted, who died in 1859, and in 1866 to Grenfill Blake; has taken an active part in the "Woman's Rights" move Blake, Charles Carter. 1. (Ed.) On the Phe-ment, and has delivered many lectures and addresses nomena of Hybridity in the Genus Homo, by Paul Broca, Lon., 1864, 8vo. 2. Westminster Hospital School of Medicine: Syllabus of a Course of Seven Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy of Warm-Blooded Vertebrata, Lon., 1869, 8vo. 3. Sulphur in Iceland, Lon., 1874, 8vo. 4. Zoology for Students; with a Preface by Richard Owen, Lon., 1875, p. 8vo. 5. (Trans.) Elementary Artistic Anatomy of the Human Body, by J. Fau, Lon., 1881, 8vo. Blake, Charles W. (Ed.) Caps and Jackets of the Modern Turf. Illust. Lon., 1885, obl. fol. Blake, Clarence E. A Lexicon of the First Three Books of Homer's Iliad, N. York, 1886, 12mo. Blake, Mrs. E. Vale. (Ed.) Arctic Experiences: containing Capt. George E. Tyson's Wonderful Drift on the Ice-Floe: a History of the Polaris Expedition, N. York, 1874, Svo. "His book is merely a narrative of his personal experiences, in which he duly parades his own courage, wisdom, sagacity, and reliance upon Divine Providence, at the expense of the majority of his companions. The voyage upon the ice-floe is one of the most remarkable in the whole category of adventures."-Nation, xix. 239. Blake, Mrs. Edith, (Osborne.) 1. Twelve Months in Southern Europe: with Illustrations by the Author, Lon., 1876. "The book is full of fun, of little adventures told with an arch quietness which doubles their point."-Spectator, xlix. 565. 2. Realities of Freemasonry, Lon., 1879, 8vo. Blake, Edward Thomas. 1. The Hahnemann Materia Medica. Part II. Lon., 1871, 4to. 2. Is Diphtheria Preventable? Lon., 1879, 8vo. 3. Sewage Poison: How to avoid it in the Cheapest and Best Way, Lon., 1879, 8vo. Blake, Eli Whitney, 1795-1886, a nephew of the famous inventor, Eli Whitney; b. at Westborough, Mass.; graduated at Yale College in 1816, and, having associated himself in business at first with his uncle and afterwards with his brothers, made many in 1859. 3. on this subject, besides contributing stories and other 4. The Hypocrite; or, Sketches of American Society. By Esop. N. York, 1874. 5. Forced Vows. Pamph. 6. Woman's Place To-Day: Reply to the Lenten Lectures on Women, by Morgan Dix, 1883, 16mo. Blake, Lucius O'Brien. Rich and Rare: a Tale of Anglo-Italian Life, Lon., 1870, 2 vols. 8vo. 3. Draw Blake, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth, (McGrath.) 1. Blake, Rev. Mortimer, D.D. 1. A History of the Town of Franklin, Mass., from its Settlement to the Completion of its First Century, 1878: with Genealog ical Notices of its Earliest Families, Sketches of its Professional Men, and a Report of the Centennial Celebration. Franklin, Mass., 1879, 8vo. 2. Bible Children. Ed. by Mrs. Evelyn Morse. Bost., 1886, 12mo. 3. Soundings, [fifteen serions.] Ed. by his Daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Morse. Bost., 1886, 12mo. Blake, Paul. 1. Expelled: a Story of Eastcote School, Lon., 1886, 12mo. 2. My Friend and my Enemy. Illust. Lon., 1887, p. 8vo. Blake, Robert. 1. Joan of Arc: a Poem, Lon., 1876, 8vo. Anon. 2. Anonymous Criticism: an Essay, Lon.. 1877, 8vo. 3. The Nuns of Minsk: a Tale of Russian Atrocities in Poland: a Drama in Three Acts, [verse,] Lon.. 1878, Svo. Blake, Robert Howarth. (Trans.) A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Skin in Children; from the French of Caillault: with Notes, &c., Lon., 1861, 12mo. Blake, S. Leroy, D.D. The Book; or, When and by whom the Bible was written with an Introduction by M. S. Riddle, Bost., 1886, 12mo. Blake, Samuel. Blake Family: a Genealogical History of W. Blake, of Dorchester, and his Descendants, Bost., 1857, 8vo. Blake, Miss Sophia Jex-, M.D. 1. A Visit to some American Schools and Colleges, Lon., 1867, p. 8vo. 2. Medical Women: a Thesis and a History, Lon., 1872; new ed., 1886, p. Svo. "If the field of man's work is fairly thrown open to them, women will in the end have no one to thank but nature for such failures as may befall them. The ques tion of intellectual and physical strength is one that may fairly be left to settle itself. If women are inferior to men, they will not be dangerous rivals; if they are equal to men, it is only by taking a mean advantage of an accidental priority of start that men can prevent their becoming rivals."-Sat. Rev., xxxiv. 641. 3. Care of Infants: a Manual for Mothers and Nurses, Lon., 1885, 18mo. Blake, T. C. The Old Log House: History and Defence of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Nashville, 1878, 18mo. Blake, Rev. Thomas William Jex-, D.D., b. 1832, in London; educated at Rugby, and at University College, Oxford, where he graduated with a first class in classics 1855; ordained 1856; head master of Rugby School 1874-87, and since then rector of Alvechurch. He has contributed to periodicals. 1. The Long Vacation in Continental Picture-Galleries, Lon., 1858, 12mo. 2. Life in Faith: School Sermons, Lon., 1876, 12mo. Blake, W. A. Minister's Manual of Service, Lon., -1880, p. 8vo. Blake, W. W. The Cross, Ancient and Modern. Illust. N. York, 1885, Svo. Blake, William O. History of Slavery and the Slave-Trade, Ancient and Modern, and of the Political History of Slavery in the United States, Columbus, O., 1859, Svo. Blake, William P. (Ed.) History of the Town of Hamden, Connecticut: with an Account of the Centennial Celebration, June 15, 1886, N. Haven, Conn., 1886, Svo. Blake, William Phipps, b. 1826, in New York City; graduated at the Yale Scientific School 1852; has been connected as mineralogist and mining engineer with explorations in Japan and China as well as in North America, and in 1864 became professor of mineralogy and geology in the College of California. He was editor of the Mining Magazine in 1859-60, and has published numerous papers and reports. 1. Report of a Geological Reconnaissance in California, made in Connection with the Expedition to Survey Routes in California to connect with the Surveys of Routes for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, under the Command of Lieut. R. S. Williamson: with an Appendix containing Descriptions of Portions of the Collection by Professors Agassiz, Gould, Bailey, Conrad, Torrey, Schaeffer, and Easter. Illust. N. York, 1858, 4to. 2. Annotated Catalogue of the Principal Mineral Species hitherto recognized in California, Sacramento, 1866, Svo. 3. Production of the Precious Metals; with a Chapter upon the Unification of Gold and Silver Coinage, N. York, 1869, Svo. 4. (Ed.) Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition, 1867, N. York, 1870, Svo. 5. Report on Pottery, Porcelain, Tiles, Terra-Cotta, and Brick, (Vienna Exposition, 1873,) N. York, 1875, Svo. Blake-Forster. See FORSTER. Blakelee, G. E. Simple Mechanies: a Practical Guide for Home and Workshop, Lon., 1887, Svo. Blakely, Rev. Abram. The Sabbath: a Sermon in Poetry, Rochester, N.Y., 1859, 12mo. Blakely, Edward T. A Handy Dictionary of Commercial Information, Lon., 1878, 12mo; 2d ed., under the title of A Popular Technical Dictionary of Commercial and General Information, 1885. Blakely, Rev. John. The Theology of Inventions; or, Manifestations of Deity in the Works of Art, Glasgow, 1856, 12mo. Blakely, Miss Sue. The Exiled Soul: a Legend, &e., Bost., 1872, 16mo. Blakely, Theophilus Alexander. 1. A Few Remarks on the Science of Gunnery, Lon., 1855, Svo. Printed for private circulation. 2. A Cheap and Simple Method of manufacturing Strong Cannon. Lon., 1858, 8vo. 3. A Proposed New Method of constructing Cannon, Lon., 1858, 8vo. Blakely, William Addison. Blakely's Parliamentary Rules, Oakland, Cal., 1888, Svo. Historicals for Blakeman, Miss Bessie C. Young Folks. By Oro Noque. Bost., 1874. Blakeman, E. D. Two Hundred Poetical Riddles, N. York, 1875, 12mo. Blakeman, Phineas. The State of the Soul between Death and the Resurrection, N. York, 1855, 12mo. Blakeney, Rev. Richard Paul, D.D., LL.D., [ante, vol. add..] 1820-1884, b. in Ireland, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin; ordained 1843; rector of Bridlington from 1874, and canon of York from 1882. 1. A Manual of Romish Controversy: being a Complete Refutation of the Creed of Pope Pius IV., Lon., 1851. 2. Protestant Catechism; or, Popery refuted and Protestantism established by the Word of God, 1854. 3. Lon., 1854, 12mo. 4. The Book of Common Prayer, in Romish Parties; or, False Pretensions of Rome to Unity, 1878. 5. Manual of the Lord's Supper; or, The Holy its History and Interpretation, Lon., 1865, 8vo; 3d ed., Communion, Lon., 1883, 8vo. Blakeney, Lieut.-Col. William. A Few Short Addresses. By an Officer. Lon., 1877, 16mo. 1. Blaker, Thomas Frederick Isaacson. Bugess Hill as a Health Resort, Brighton, 1883, Svo. 2. The Early Days of the Human Race, Brighton, 1884. Blakeslee, S. V. Archology; or, The Science of Government, San Fran., 1876, 12mo. Blakesley, Very Rev. Joseph Williams, 1808-1885, b. in London and educated at Cambridge University, where he was the contemporary and friend of Trench, Monckton Milnes, the Tennysons, and other men of note. He was vicar of Ware from 1845 to 1872, when he was made dean of Lincoln. His letters on social and political topics, under the signature of the Hertfordshire Incumbent, were for years a leading feature of the London Times. 1. A Life of Aristotle, Cambridge, 1839, 8vo. 2. Conciones Academica: Ten Sermons preached before the University of Cambridge, Lon., 1843, 8vo. 3. (Ed.) Herodotus, with a Commentary, ("Bibliotheca Classica,") Oxford, 1852-54, 2 vols. 8vo. 4. Four Months in Algeria: with a Visit to Carthage, Cambridge, 1859. "A large portion of the volume is merely topographical."-Sat. Rev., vii. 73. Blakey, Robert, [ante, vol. i., add.,] 1795-1878, b. at Morpeth, the son of a mechanic, and was apprenticed to a trade. He devoted all his spare time to reading, and early developed a love for abstract speculation. In 1848 he was appointed professor of logic and metaphysics in Queen's College, Belfast. The following list of his works includes several which are mentioned, 1. Treatise on the mostly without dates, ante, vol. i.: Divine and Human Wills, 1831. 2. History of Moral Science, 1833, 2 vols. 8vo. 3. Cottage Politics; or, Letters on the New Poor Law Bill, 1837. 4. Christian Hermits; or, The Lives of several Distinguished Solitaries, from the Earliest Ages of the Christian Church until the Eighth Century, 1845. 5. Hints on Angling: with Suggestions for Angling Excursions in France and Belgium; to which are appended some Brief Notices of the By Palmar Hackle. English, Scotch, and Irish Waters. 1846. 6. History of the Philosophy of Mind: embracing the Opinions of all Writers on Mental Science from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, 1848, 4 vols. 8vo; new ed., 1850. 7. Historical Sketch of Logic from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, Edin., 1851. 8. The Angler's Complete Guide to the Rivers and Lakes of England, Lon., 1853, 12mo; 2d ed., 1859. 9. The Angler's Guide to the Rivers and Lochs of Scotland, 1854. 10. Angling, and how to Angle, and where to go, 1854. 11. Shooting: a Manual of Practical Information on this Branch of British Field Sports, 1854. 12. Historical Sketches of the Angling Literature of All Nations, | 1855. 13. The Angler's Song-Book, 1855. 14. History of Political Literature from the Earliest Times: vols. 15. A Few Remarkable Events in the i. and ii., 1855. Life of Rev. Josiah Thompson. By Nathan Oliver. [Fiction.] 1859. 16. Old Faces in New Masks, 1859. For biog., see MILLER, REV. H. "It is by his books on angling that he will be remembered with pleasure and gratitude by the largest circle of readers. In early life he found opportunity to become a great proficient in the art, and it was his chief recreation |