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Gosse, in Eng. Men of Letters, Mason's Biog., 1778, and Selected Poems of, edited by W. J. Rolfe._
=Green, John Richard.= 1837-1883. Historian. Author Short Hist. of the Eng. People, The Making of England, Stray Studies, Hist. of the Eng.
People, etc. A picturesque, accurate writer, with great originality and clearness of style. _See N. Y. Nation, March 29, 1883, Contemporary Rev., May, 1883, Journal of Education, June, 1883, British Quarterly Rev., July, 1883, and Fortnightly Rev., May, 1883._ _Pub. Apl. Har. Mac._
=Green, Matthew.= 1696-1737. Poet. The author of a curious reflective poem called The Spleen. _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 3._
=Greene, Robert.= 1560-1592. Dramatist. A prolific writer of humorous plays, but now best known by his confession ent.i.tled Greene's Groat's Worth of Wit bought with a Million of Repentance. _See Ward's Eng.
Poets, vol. 1._
=Greenwell, Dora.= 1821-1882. Poet and miscellaneous writer. Author Stories That Might be True, The Patience of Hope, John Woolman, Camera Obscura, A Present Heaven, etc. _Pub. Dut._
=Greg, Wm. Rathbone.= 1812-1881. Essayist. Author of Rocks Ahead, Enigmas of Life, Literary and Social Judgments, Creed of Christendom, etc., works of a thoughtful, pessimistic cast. _See Macmillan's Mag., June, 1883._ _Pub. Ho._
=Grenville, George, Lord Nugent.= 1788-1850. Author Memorials of Hampden, Lands Cla.s.sical and Lay, etc.
=Greville, Sir Fulke, Lord Brooke.= 1554-1628. Poet and philosopher.
Author Life of Sydney, etc. _See Grosart's edition of, 1870._ _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 1._
=Griffin, Gerald.= 1803-1840. Irish poet and novelist. Author of The Collegians, etc. _See complete Eng. edition by Griffin, 1857._ _Pub.
Rou. Sad._
=Grindon, Leopold Hartley.= 181 Author Life--its Nature, Varieties, and Phenomena, The Shakespeare Flora, etc. _Pub. Lip._
=Grosseteste [gr[=o]s-test], Robert.= c. 1175-1253. Bp. London.
Anglo-Norman poet.
=Grote, George.= 1794-1871. Historian. Best known by his Hist. of Greece, a standard work. _See Life, by Mrs. Grote, 1873._ _Pub. Har.
Lit._
=Grove, George.= 182 Musical critic. Author Dict. of Music and Musicians, etc. _Pub. Mac._
=Guest, Lady Charlotte.= See Schreiber, Lady Charlotte.
=Gunter, Edmund.= 1581-1626. Mathematical writer. Inventor of the terms co-sine, co-tangent, etc. The phrase "according to Gunter" arose from his scale of measurement being the standard one.
=Gurney, Joseph John.= 1788-1847. Philanthropist. Author Notes on Prison Discipline, and numerous religious works. _Pub. Lip._
=Guthrie [g[)u]th'r[)i]], Thomas.= 1803-1873. Scotch philanthropist.
Author Plea for Ragged Schools, Man and the Gospel, Out of Harness, etc. _See Life, 1873._ _Pub. Ca._
=Guthrie, Wm.= 1708-1770. Scotch historian. Author Hist. of England, Hist. of Scotland, etc. His works have been entirely superseded by later authorities.
=Habington, Wm.= 1605-1654. Poet. An ingenious writer of love poems.
_See Eng. edition by Arber, 1870._ _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 2._
=Hailes, Lord.= See Dalrymple, Sir D.
=Hakluyt [h[)a]k'loot], Richard.= 1553-1616. Chronicler and geographer. Hakluyt's Voyages is an important collection of narratives of earlier or contemporary voyages. _See edition of, 5 vols. 4to, London, 1809-12._
=Hale, Sir Matthew.= 1609-1676. Moral and religious writer. _See Life by Burnet in Wordsworth's Ecclesiastical Biog._
=Hales, John.= 1584-1656. Polemical writer. Styled "The Ever Memorable." Chiefly noted for his Golden Remains. _See Life by Des Maizeaux._
=Hales, Stephen.= 1677-1761. One of the earliest writers on vegetable physiology.
=Hales, Wm.= 1769-1831. Irish theologian.
=Haliburton, Thos. Chandler.= 1805-1865. Nova Scotian humorist. Author Sam Slick, etc. _Pub. Di. Har. Hou. Rou._
=Halifax, Earl of.= See Montagu, Chas.
=Halifax, Marquess.= See Saville, George.
=Hall, Mrs. Anna Maria.= 1805-1881. Wife to S. C. H. Irish novelist and miscellaneous writer. Author Sketches of Irish Character, The Outlaw, The Whiteboy, etc. _Pub. Har._
=Hall, Basil.= 1798-1844. Scotch writer of travels.
=Hall, Edward.= ---- 1547. Chronicler. A minute and valuable writer.
=Hall, Joseph.= 1547-1676. Bp. Norwich. Theologian and satirist.
Sometimes styled the founder of Eng. satire. A vivacious and excellent writer. _See edition 1837. See Hannay's Satire and Satirists, and Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 1._
=Hall, Newman,= 181 Congregationalist religious writer. Author Come to Jesus, The Forum and the Vatican, etc. _Pub. Phi. Sh._
=Hall, Robert.= 1764-1831. Baptist religious writer. Author Sermons on Modern Infidelity, Reflections on War, etc. Style scholarly, eloquent, and refined. _See Works of, with Memoir, by O. Gregory, 6 vols., London; also, Biog. by J. W. Morris, 1846, and Life by Paxton Hood._
=Hall, Samuel Carter.= 180 Miscellaneous writer. Author The Stately Homes of England, Book of Memories, Retrospect of a Long Life, etc. _Pub. Apl._
=Hallam, Arthur Henry.= 1811-1833. Poet and essayist. Son to H. H. A young writer whose loss inspired Tennyson's In Memoriam. _See Remains, with Life, by his father, 1834; Remains in Verse and Prose, 1862. See Life, by Dr. John Brown; also, Atlantic Monthly, Dec. 1860._
=Hallam, Henry.= 1777-1859. Historian and critic. Author Hist. Middle Ages, Const.i.tutional Hist. England, Lit. of Europe, etc. An impartial writer whose works are of great value, but whose style lacks animation and freshness. _See H. Martineau's Biographical Sketches._ _Pub. Arm.
Har. Lit._
=Halliwell-Phillips, James Orchard.= 182 Shakespearean scholar.
Editor of Shakespeare, 16 vols. folio, 1865. Author Dict. Archaic Words, Life of Shakespeare, Last Days of Shakespeare, etc.
=Hamerton [h[)a]m'er-ton], Philip Gilbert.= 183 Art Critic.
Author Thoughts on Art, A Painter's Camp, The Unknown River, The Intellectual Life, etc. A writer of authority in his department. Style graceful and refined. _Pub. Mac. Rob._
=Hamilton, Mrs. Elizabeth.= 1758-1816. Scotch writer. Best known by her Letters of a Hindoo Rajah and The Cottagers of Glenburnie. _See Chambers' Cyc. Eng. Lit._
=Hamilton, Sir Wm.= 1788-1856. Scotch metaphysician. Author Discussions on Philosophy, etc. His clear, dignified style is much admired. _Pub. Apl._
=Hannay, James.= 1827-1873. Novelist and miscellaneous writer. Author Singleton Fontenoy, Studies on Thackeray, etc. _Pub. Har. Rou._
=Hardy, Thomas.= 184 Novelist. Author Far From the Madding Crowd, The Return of the Native, A Pair of Blue Eyes, Two on a Tower, etc. A novelist of high rank. His character-drawing is sharp and incisive, his studies of peasant life truthful and sympathetic, and his descriptive pa.s.sages masterly. _Pub. Ho._
