Evans, Marian, "George Eliot." 1820–1880. Novelist and poet. A complete list of her works comprises translations of Strauss's Life of Jesus and Feuerbach's Essence of Christianity; the novels, Scenes of Clerical Life, Adam Bede, Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Romola, Felix Holt, Middlemarch, and Daniel Deronda; the long poems, Spanish Gypsy, Agatha, Legend of Jubal, and How Lisa Loved the King, with a few short ones; and a vol. of essays, entitled Impressions of Theophrastus Such. The strength of her novels lies in their wonderful delineations of character, their subtle analysis of motive as acted on by circumstance, and the lofty wisdom that infuses the whole. They awaken the best impulses of humanity, and appeal to all the finer sympathies. Her style is strongly marked, often picturesque, and her descriptions clear and distinct. Her poems, though containing many beautiful passages, do not, with one or two exceptions, take a high rank. The best one is probably the famous O May I Join the Choir Invisible. See George Eliot, by Mathilde Blind; Hutton's Essays; Cent. Mag., Nov., 1881; Eclectic Mag., April, 1881; Lit. World, Feb. 24, 1883; and Galaxy Mag., June, 1869.
Evelyn, John. 1620–1706. Agricultural writer. Author of Sylva Terra and a famous Diary, which accurately reflects the manners of his time. See Diary and Letters of, edited by John Forster, 1857. See London edition, 1875.
Faber Frederick William. 1815–1863. Religious poet. Author of a number of beautiful and popular Hymns. Pub. Dut. Mur. Wh. Rou.
Faber, George Stanley. 1773–1854. Theologian. Author of The Sacred Calendar of Prophecy, etc. Style clear and exact.
Fabyan, Robert, c. 1456–1512. Chronicler. Wrote a Concordance of Histories, which begins with Brutus and ends with his own time.
Fairfax, Edward. —— 1632. Poet. Author of a fine translation of Tasso. See Am. edition, 1855, 12mo.
Falconer [fawk´ner], Wm. 1730–1769. Scotch poet. Author of The Shipwreck, a poem of considerable beauty, and a Marine Dict. See Campbell's Specimens of the Eng. Poets. Pub. Hou.
Fanshawe, Sir Richard. 1608–1666. Poet. Translator of Camoens's Lusiad, and author of some graceful poems.
Faraday, Michael. 1791–1867. Chemist. Author of numerous scientific works, The Chemistry of a Candle, Physical Forces, etc. See Life and Letters of, 1870, by J. Bruce Jones, Tyndall's Faraday as a Discoverer, and Life, by J. H. Gladstone. Pub. Har. Rou.