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

by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

• 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[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.