ADAMS, JOHN (1735-1826).

Second

of the last of the Anglo-Saxon
prose writers. Author of Homi-
lies; a Latin Colloquy; and a
Latin Dictionary. 21.

ALCUIN (735-804). English scholar

and schoolmaster at the court of
Charlemagne. Author of many
Latin works, chiefly religions. 5.
ALEXANDER OF HALES ( 1245).

some-

Scholastic philosopher,
times called the "Irrefragable
Doctor." Author of Summa Theo-
logia and other works. 42.
ALFRED THE GREAT (849–901). King

of England. Translated into Eng-
lish the following works: Bede's
Ecclesiastical History of England;
Orosius's Universal History; Boe-
thius's Consolations of Philosophy;
Gregory's Pastoral Care of the
Soul. 12, 54, 104, 119.
ALISON, ARCHIBALD (1757-1839).
Scotch Episcopal clergyman.
Author of Essay on the Nature
and Principles of Taste and of
some religious works, 463.
ALISON, SIR ARCHIBALD (1792-1867).
Son of the preceding. Author

of a History of Europe from the
French Revolution of 1789 to the
Accession of Napoleon (1839-42)
and of several other works, po-
litical and philosophical. 87.
ARBUTHNOT,

JOHN (1675-1735).
Author of Law is a Bottomless
Pit; or, the History of John Bull;
and of several other works mostly
humorous and satirical and of
short-lived interest. 63.
ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822

Poet and critic. Author of
Essays in Criticism (1865); The
Study of Celtic Literature (1867);
Culture and Anarchy (1869); Lit-
erature and Dogma (1873); God
and the Bible (1875); Last Essays
on Church and State (1877); and
other similar works. 542.
ASCHAM, ROGER (1515-1568). School-
master, and tutor to Queen Eliza-
beth. Author of Toxophilus, the
Schole of Shootinge (1544); the
Schole Master (1570). 472.
ASSER (- 910). Welsh bishop,
and schoolmaster for King Alfred.
Supposed to be the author of a
Life of King Alfred Elfredi
Regis Res Gesta). 13, 14, 20, 92.
ATHELARD OF BATH (died about

1120). Wrote several Latin
treatises on scientific subjects,
among which were the following:
De Eodem et Diverso; De Sic et
non Sic; Quaestiones Naturales;
and The Astrolabe. 36.
ATTERBURY, FRANCIS (1662–1732).
Bishop of Rochester. Author
of Sermons (1740); of a Latin

translation of Absalom and Achi-
tophel; and one of the writers in
the famous Boyle and Bentley
controversy. 536.
AUSTEN, JANE (1775-1817). Novel-
ist. Author of Sense and Sensi-
bility (1811); Pride and Preju-
dice (1812); Mansfield Park
(1814); Emma (1816); North-
anger Abbey (1818); Persuasion
(1818); and Lady Jane (1872).
215.

BACON, FRANCIS, LORD, Viscount St.
Albans (1561-1626). Statesman
and philosopher. Author of Es-
says (1597-1624); The Advance-
ment of Learning (1605); On the
Wisdom of the Ancients (1609);
Novum Organum (1620); De Aug-
mentis Scientiarum (1623); Sylva
Sylvarum (1625). 450, 60, 103,
246, 294, 465.

BACON, ROGER (1214-1292). Fran-
ciscan monk. Author of Opus
Majus; Opus Minus; and several
other works. 36, 454.
BAILEY, NATHAN

1742).

Author of an English Dictionary
(1728). 524, 380.

BAKER, SIR SAMUEL (1821

English traveler. Author of
Albert N' Yanza (1866); Ismailia
(1874); and some other works.
130.

BANCROFT, GEORGE (1800

American historian. Author of
a History of the United States
(1834-1882). 82.
BARCLAY, JOHN (1582-1621). Author
of Argenis; or, the Loves of Poli-
archus and Argenis (1621); and
other works of small merit. 247.
BARCLAY, ROBERT (1648-1690).
Author of An Apology for the
True Christian Divinity (1678)
and other religious works. 435.
BARROW, ISAAC (1630-1677). Pre-

bendary of Salisbury. Author
of a collection of Sermons and
of several works on mathematics.
429, 380.
BAXTER,

RICHARD (1615-1691).
Author of The Saints' Everlasting
Rest (1649); A Call to the Un-

The Star Papers; Norwood; Life
in New England; Plymouth Pul-
pit Sermons. 448.

BEIN, APHRA (1642-1689). Novel-
ist and dramatist. Author of

Oroonoko and a number of plays
and poems. 191.
BELZONI, JOHN BAPTIST (1778-1823).

An Italian traveler, but resident
for many years in England.
Author of a volume on the pyra-
mids and temples of Egypt. 130.
BENTHAM, JEREMY (1748-1832).
Writer on political economy and
jurisprudence. 375.

BENTLEY, RICHARD (1662-1742).
Author of a Dissertation on the

Epistles of Phalaris (1699) and
various controversial pamphlets.
536.

ist.

BERKELEY, GEORGE (1684-1753).
Bishop of Cloyne. Author of
An Essay towards a New Theory
of Vision (1709); The Principles
of Human Knowledge (1710); Hy-
las and Philonous (1713); The
Minute Philosopher (1732). 460.
BLACK, WILLIAM (1841- -). Novel-
Author of A Princess of
Thule; Madcap Violet; and many
other novels. 239.
BLACKSTONE, SIR WILLIAM (1723-
1780). Author of Commentaries on
the Laws of England (1765). 375.
BLAIR, HUGH (1718-1799). Author
of Sermons (1777), and Lectures
on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
(1783). 493.

BODLEY, SIR THOMAS (1544–1612).
Founder of the Bodleian Library
at Oxford. 103.

BOETHIUS (470-525). A Roman phi-
losopher. His De Consolatione
Philosophia was translated into
Anglo-Saxon by King Alfred.

15.

BOSWELL, JAMES (1740-1795). Au-
thor of The Life of Dr. Johnson
(1790). 96.
BOURCHIER, JOHN-Lord Berners-
(1532). Translator of Frois-
sart's Chronicles (1523). 527.
BOYLE, CHARLES (1676-1731). Trans-
lator of the Epistles of Phalaris.
.536.
BOYLE, ROBERT (1627-1691). Author
of several works, religious and
philosophical. 267, 465.
BRONTE, CHARLOTTE (1816-1855).
Novelist. Author of Jane Eyre
(1849); Shirley; Villette; The
Professor. 225.
BROUGHAM, HENRY-Lord Brough-

am and Vaux-(1779-1868).
Politician and orator. 399.
BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771–
1810). American novelist. Au-
thor of Wieland (1798) and other
novels. 223.
BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820). Meta-
physical writer. Author of Lec-
tures on the Philosophy of the
Mind (1820). 462.
BROWNE, SIR THOMAS (1605-1682).
Author of Religio Medici (1643);
Vulgar Errors (1646);
Urn
Burial (1658). 482, 260, 281.
BRUCE, JAMES (1730-1794). Scottish
traveler. Author of A Journey
to Discover the Sources of the Nile
(1790). 127.
BUCHANAN, GEORGE (1506–1582).
Scottish poet and scholar. Author
of De Jure Regni (1579) and
various other works in Latin.
338.
BULLOKAR, JOHN (sixteenth cen-.
tury). Author of an English
Dictionary. 523.

BUNYAN, JOHN (1628-1688). Author
of The Pilgrim's Progress (1678-|
1684); The Holy War (1684);
Grace Abounding to the Chief of
Sinners (1666). 253, 434, 238.
BURCKHARDT, JOHN LUDWIG (1784–

1817). A Swiss traveler, much

of whose life was spent in Eng-
land. Author of Manners and
Customs of the Modern Egyptians
(1830) and other works of like
character. 130.

BURKE, EDMUND (1729-1797). States-
man and orator. Author of A
Vindication of Natural Society
(1756); Essay on the Sublime and
Beautiful (1757); and a large
number of political works. 363,
387, 393, 495, 368, 378.

BURNET,

GILBERT (1643-1715).
Bishop of Salisbury. Author of
History of My Own Times (1724)
and various religious and bio-
graphical works. 62.
BURNEY, FRANCES-Madame D'Arb-
lay-(1752-1840). Novelist. Au-
thor of Evelina (1778); Cecilia
(1782); Edwin and Elgitha
(1795); Camilla (1796); The
Wanderer (1814). 115, 206.
BURTON, RICHARD FRANCIS (1821
-). Author of The Lake
Regions of Central Africa (1863)
and other books of travel. 130.
BURTON, ROBERT (1576-1639). Au-
thor of The Anatomy of Melan-
choly. 477.

BUTLER, JOSEPH (1692-1752). Bishop
of Durham and Bristol. Author
of The Analogy of Religion to the
Constitution and Course of Nature.
436, 463.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON NOEL,
LORD (1788-1824). Poet. 99,
102, 168. See Vol. I.

CAMDEN, WILLIAM (1551-1623). An-
tiquary and historian. Author
of Remains Cencerning Britain
(1605) and various historical
works in Latin. 57.
CAMPBELL, JOHN (1779-1861). Lord
Chancellor. Author of The Lives
of the Lord Chancellors (1847)
and The Lives of the Chief Justices
of England (1849). 117.
CANNING,

GEORGE (1770-1827).
Statesman and orator. Author
of several political and humor-
ous pieces which appeared origi-
nally in the Anti-Jacobin Review.
398.

Historian and essayist. Author
of Sartor Resartus (1834); The
French Revolution (1837); Heroes
and Hero-Worship (1840); Past
and Present (1843; Oliver Crom-
well's Letters and Speeches (1845);
Latter-Day Pamphlets (1859); and
a large number of miscellaneous
essays. 328, 286, 79, 117, 269.
CAXTON, WILLIAM (1412-1491). The
first English printer. 527.
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE
(1547-1616). Spanish author.

Wrote Don Quixote (16141615).
190, 197, 200.
CHALMERS, THOMAS (1780-1847).
Scotch Presbyterian. Author
of several religious works. 374,
439.

CHATHAM, LORD. See Pitt, William.
CHESTERFIELD, EARL OF-Philip

Dormer Stanhope-(1694-1773).
Author of Letters to his Son (1774)
and various miscellaneous works.
114, 314, 505, 383.
CHILLINGWORTH, WILLIAM (1602–
1644). Author of The Religion
of Protestants: a Safe Way to
Salvation. 422.

CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS (106 B.C.-
43 B.C.). Roman orator. 377,
380.

CLARENDON, EARL OF-Edward
Hyde-(1608-1674). Author of
The History of the Rebellion and
Civil Wars in England (1702). 61.
CLOUGH, ARTHUR HUGH (1819-
1861). Poet. Translator of Plu-
tarch's Lives. 92, 528. See also
Vol. I.
COBBETT, WILLIAM (1762-1835).
Miscellaneous writer. Author
of the Works of Peter Porcupine
(1801); An English Grammar;
Cottage Economy; and many other
works. 512.

Miscellaneous writer and poet.
Author of Worthies of Yorkshire
and Lancashire and other works.
117.

COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR (1772-
1834). Poet and critic. Author
of Biographia Literaria (1817);
The Ancient Mariner (1798);
Christabel (1816). 101, 540. See
Vol. I.

COLLIER, JEREMY (1650–1726). Au-
thor of A Short View of the Pro-
faneness and Immorality of the
Stage (1698). 206.

COOMBE, WILLIAM (1741-1823). Au-
thor of The Tour of Dr. Syntax
(1812). 205.

COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789-
1851). American novelist. Au-
thor of Precaution (1821); The
Spy (1821); The Pioneers (1823);
The Pilot (1823); Lionel Lincoln
(1825); The Last of the Mohicans
(1827); Red Rover (1827); The
Prairie (1827); The Traveling
Bachelor (1828); Wept of Wish-
ton Wish (1829); The Water
Witch (1830); The Bravo (1831);
Hiedenmauer (1832); The Heads-
man (1833); Monikins (1835);
Homeward Bound (1838); Home
as Found (1838); The Pathfinder
(1840); Mercedes of Castile
(1840); The Deerslayer (1841);
Wing and Wing (1842); Afloat
and Ashore (1844); Satanstoe
(1845); The Redskins (1846);
Oak Openings (1848); and other
novels of less merit. 234, 84.
COVERDALE, MILES (1485-1565).

Bishop of Exeter. Translator of
portions of the Holy Bible. 413.
COWLEY, ABRAHAM (1618-1667).

Poet and dramatist. Author of
Essays. 298. See Vol. I.
CowPER, WILLIAM (1731-1800).
Poet. 102. See Vol. I.
COX, LEONARDE (sixteenth century).
Author of the first English work
on rhetoric. 491.
CRAIK, DINAH MULOCH (1826-

-).

Novelist. Author of John Hali-
fax, Gentlemen (1857), and several
other novels. 239.

CURTIS, GEORGE WILLIAM (1824

American author and
journalist. Wrote Nile Notes of
a Howadji (1850). Editor of
Harper's Weekly. 130.
CURTIUS, ERNST (1814) -). German

historian. Author of several
works on Greek history and
antiquities. His Griechische Ge-
schichte (1857-1867) has been
translated into English by A. W.
Ward. 528.

DANIEL, SAMUEL (1562–1619). Poet.
58. See Vol. I.
D'ARBLAY, MADAME. See Burney,
Frances.

DARWIN, CHARLES (1809-1881).

Naturalist. Author of The Origin
of Species (1859); The Descent of
Man (1871); and several other
works. 468, 103.
DAVIS, JOHN (1605), Navigator.
Author of The World's Hydro-
graphical Description. 124.
DEFOE, DANIEL (1663-1731). Best

known as the author of Robinson
Crusoe (1719). Wrote also Captain
Singleton (1720); Duncan Camp-
bell (1721); Moll Flanders (1721);
Colonel Jack (1722); Journal of
the Plague (1722); Memoirs of a
Cavalier (1723); Roxana (1724);
and a large number of political
tracts. 157, 192, 274, 353, 205,
241.
DEMOSTHENES (385-322 B C.). Greek
orator. 97, 377, 380, 393.
DE QUINCEY, THOMAS (1786-1859).
Author of Confessions of an Eng-
lish Opium Eater (1821) and a
large number of miscellaneous
and critical essays. 115, 322.
DICKENS, CHARLES (1812-1870).

Novelist. Author of The Pick-
wick Papers (1836); Oliver Twist
(1838); Nicholas Nickleby (1838);
The Old Curiosity Shop (1840);
Barnaby Rudge (1840); Martin
Chuzzlewit (1843); Dombey and
Son (1846); David Copperfield
(1849); Bleak House (1852);
Hard Times (1854); Little Dorrit
(1855); A Tale of Two Cities
(1859); Our Mutual Friend

(1864); Great Expectations (1868).
217, 224, 225, 226, 203, 309.
DISRAELI, BENJAMIN-Lord Bea-
consfield-(1805–1880). States-
man and novelist. Author of
Vivian Grey (1826); The Young
Duke (1831); Contarini Fleming
(1832); Henrietta Temple (1837);
Coningsby (1844); Lothair (1871);
Endymion; and many other

works. 229, 249.
DISRAELI, ISAAC (1766-1848). Author
of The Curiosities of Literature
(1791-1823); The Calamities of
Authors (1812); The Quarrels of
Authors (1814); The Literary
Character (1816). 539.

DRAPER, JOHN WILLIAM (1811-

American author. Wrote A His-
tory of the Intellectual Development
of Europe (1862); A History of
the American Civil War (1867-

EADMAR

1124). Monk of Can-
terbury. Author of Historia
Novorum (1122). 27.
EDGEWORTH, MARIA (1767-1849).

Author of Castle Rackrent; Leo-
nora; and other novels; also of
several books for the young, and
essays on various subjects. 209.
EDWARDS, JONATHAN (1703–1758).

American minister. Author of a
number of religious works. 447.
EGAN, PIERCE. Author of Tom and
Jerry. 217.

EGBERT OF YORK (eighth century).
Anglo-Saxon scholar and teacher.

5.