Hay, Mary Cecil. 1844 ——. Novelist. Author of Old Myddleton's Money, The Arundel Motto, The Squire's Legacy, etc. Pub. Har.
Hayley, Wm. 1745–1820. Poet. Of mediocre ability, but once very popular. Author Life Wm. Cowper, etc. See Autobiography, 1823.
Hayward, Mrs. Eliza. 1693–1756. Author of The New Utopia, The Female Spectator, etc. A voluminous writer of miscellaneous works of slight merit.
Hazlitt, Wm. 1778–1830. Critical essayist. Author Table-Talk, Lect. on Shakespeare, Lect. on the Eng. Poets, etc. His criticisms on art and the drama are of high order. His style is picturesque and his imagination rich, but his works are sometimes deficient in moderation and judgment. See Life of, by his grandson, 1867. Pub. Lip.
Hazlitt, Wm. Carew. 1843 ——. Grandson to W. H. Littérateur. Author Hist. Venetian Republic, Memoirs Wm. Hazlitt, Handbook to Early Eng. Lit. etc.
Head, Sir Francis Bond. 1793–1875. Miscellaneous writer. Among his numerous works Bubbles from the Brunnen of Nassau is one of the best known. Pub. Har.
Heber, Reginald. 1783–1826. Poet. Bp. Calcutta. A talented writer, best known by his hymns, viz.: The Missionary Hymn, Holy, Holy, Holy, and Epiphany. See Life, by Mrs. Heber, 1830. Last Days of Heber, by Robinson, and Memoirs by Potter and Taylor.
Hector, Mrs. Annie Alexander. "Mrs. Alexander." 1825 ——. Irish novelist. Author of The Wooing O't, Her Dearest Foe, The Freres, The Admiral's Ward, Which Shall It Be, etc. Style fresh, healthful, and pleasing. Pub. Ho.
Helps, Sir Arthur. 1818–1875. Historian and essayist. Author Hist. of the Spanish Conquest in America, Realmah, Casimir, Maremma, etc. His style is quiet and graceful, and Friends in Council, his best work, is strong and helpful. Pub. Har. Rob. Rou.
Hemans [hĕm´anz], Mrs. Felicia Dorothea. 1793–1835. Poet. Without possessing great force some of her poems have yet taken a firm hold upon popular sympathies. Casabianca, Graves of a Household, and The Pilgrim Fathers are examples. Her verse is graceful and sweet, but not strong. See Memorials of, by H. F. Chorley, 1836. Pub. Lip. Por. Rou.