Philips, John. 1676–1708. Poet. Author of the mock-heroic poem The Splendid Shilling.
Philips, Mrs. Katharine. 1631–1664. Poet. Known as "The Matchless Orinda."
Phillips, Halliwell. See Halliwell-Phillips.
Pickering, Ellen.?—— 1843. Novelist. Author Who Shall be Heir, Secret Foe, etc. Pub. Har.
Pindar, Peter. See Wolcott, John.
Pinkerton, John. 1758–1826. Scotch historian and antiquary. His Hist. of Scotland and other works are fiercely controversial in tone.
Piozzi [pē-ŏt´see], Mrs. Hester [Lynch]. Mrs. Thrale. 1740–1821. Author Anecdotes of Dr. Johnson, etc., and the well-known poem The Three Warnings. See Autobiography, Letters, etc., 1861.
Pitt, Wm., Lord Chatham. 1708–1778. Statesman. His numerous Speeches rank among the finest of their class.
Planche [plon-shā´], James Robinson. 1796–1870. Dramatist. A prolific writer of dramas, fairy extravaganzas and farces; Prince Charming, Yellow Dwarf, etc. See Bric-a-brac Series, 1st vol., and The Biograph, March, 1880.
Plumptre, Edward Hayes. 1821 ——. Poet and translator. Author Lazarus and other Poems, etc., Byways of Scripture, etc., and translation of Sophocles and Æschylus. His verse is didactic in character. Pub. Dut. Mac. Rou.