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_See_ _Hannay's Studies on Thackeray in Every Sat.u.r.day, vol. 6, Old Series, Shepard's Pen Pictures of Modern Authors, Rideing's Stray Moments with Thackeray, and Taylor's Thackeray the Humorist._ _Pub.
Har. Ho. Lip._
=Theobald [thee-o-bawld, or t[)i]b'bald], Lewis.= 1688-1744. Dramatist and Shakespearean editor. His edition of Shakespeare appeared in 1733, and is of great merit. T. was savagely and unjustly satirized by Pope in the Dunciad.
=Thirlwall, Connop.= 1797-1875. Bp. St. David's. Historian. Author of a valuable Hist. of Greece _Pub. Har. Rob._
=Thomas, Annie.= See Cudlip, Mrs. Pender.
=Thoms, Wm. John.= 180 Antiquarian writer.
=Thomson, James.= 1700-1748. Scotch poet. Author of The Seasons, Castle of Indolence, etc. His style is somewhat heavy, but his feeling for nature is genuine and his descriptions are fine. _See Lives, by Buchan, Gilfillan, and Bell; also, Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 3._ _Pub.
Apl. Clx. Hou._
=Thomson, James. 1834-1882. Scotch poet. Author of a sombre but= striking poem, The City of Dreadful Night. _See To-day, July, 1883, and Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 4, 2d edition._
=Thomson, Mrs. Katharine.= 1800-1862. Historical writer.
=Thomson, Wm.= 181 Abp. York. Religious writer.
=Thornbury, Geo. Walter.= 1828-1876. Novelist and poet. Author Life of Turner, True as Steel, Greatheart, etc. Culloden and The Jester's Sermon are among his best poems. Style spirited and strong. _See Stedman's Victorian Poets._ _Pub. Ho._
=Thornton, Bonnell.= 1724-1768. Dramatist and translator.
=Thornton, Wm. Thomas.= 181 Political economist. Author Over-Population and its Remedy, Plea for Peasant Proprietors, On Labor, Old-Fas.h.i.+oned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics, Poems, etc.
_Pub. Mac._
=Thorold, Anthony Wilson.= 18-- ----. Bp. Rochester. Religious writer.
Author The Presence of Christ, The Threshold of Private Devotions, etc. _Pub. Ran._
=Thrale, Mrs.= See Piozzi, Mrs.
=Thurlow, Lord Edward Hovell.= 1781-1829. Poet. Author Ariadne, etc.
=Tickell, Richard.= ---- 1793. Humorist. Author of The Antic.i.p.ation, an amusing forecast of the debates in the Parliament of 1778.
=Tickell, Thomas.= 1686-1740. Poet and essayist. Grandfather to R. T.
Author of a fine elegy upon Addison, the ballad of Colin and Lucy, several papers in the Spectator, etc. _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 3._ _Pub Hou._
=Tighe [t[=i]], Mrs. Mary Blackford.= 1773-1810. Irish poet. Subject of Moore's poem "I saw thy form in youthful prime," and author of Psyche, a highly imaginative poem in Spenserian stanza.
=Tillotson, John.= 1630-1694. Abp. Cant. His Sermons, still occasionally read, are sedate and solid in style.
=Timbs, John.= 1801-1875. Miscellaneous writer. Author Anecdote-Biography, Curiosities of London, Club Life in London, etc.
_Pub. Har. Rou._
=Tindal, Matthew.= 1657-1733. Religious controversial writer.
=Tobin, John.= 1770-1804. Dramatist. Author, among other plays, of the romantic, popular comedy The Honeymoon. _See Memoirs, by E. S. Benger, 1820._
=Todd, Henry John.= 1763-1845. Litterateur. Author Life of Cranmer, Account of the Deans of Canterbury, etc., and editor of Spenser, Milton, and Johnson's Dict.
=Tonna, Mrs. Charlotte Elizabeth= [Brown]. 1792-1846. Writer of moral and religious tales. Known as an author by her signature Charlotte Elizabeth.
=Tooke, John Horne.= See Horne-Tooke.
=Toplady, Augustus Montague.= 1740-1778. Theologian and hymn writer.
Chiefly known by the famous hymn Rock of Ages. _See Works, 1869._
=Tourneur, Cyril.= fl. c. 1600. Dramatist. Author The Atheist's Tragedy, Revenger's Tragedy, etc. His plays show great power and dramatic skill.
=Townley, James.= 1715-1788. Dramatist. Author of the witty farce High Life Below Stairs, etc.
=Townshend [townz'end], Chauncey Hare.= 1798-1868. Poet and prose writer. Author Sermons in Sonnets, Facts in Mesmerism, Mesmerism Proved, etc. _Pub. Har._
=Trafford, F. G.= See Riddell, Mrs. C. E.
=Tregelles, Samuel Prideaux.= 1813-1875. Biblical scholar of note.
Author The Englishman's Greek Concordance to the New Testament, etc.
=Trelawney, Edward John.= 1792-1881. Novelist. Author Adventures of a Younger Son, Recollections of the Last Days of Sh.e.l.ley and Byron, etc.
=Trench, Richard Chenevix.= 180 Abp. Dublin. Poet, philologist, and theologian. Author Notes on the Miracles, Study of Words, English Past and Present, Poems, etc. _See Myers's Essays Modern._ _Pub. Apl.
Arm. Mac. Scr._
=Trevelyan, George Otto.= 183 Miscellaneous writer. Author Cawnpore, Life of Macaulay, etc. _Pub. Har._
=Trimmer, Mrs. Sarah.= 1741-1810. Miscellaneous writer. Author Fabulous Histories, Abridgments of Scripture Hist., Sermons for Family Reading, etc. _Pub. Rou._
=Trollope, Anthony.= 1815-1882. Novelist. Son to F. M. T. Author of a very long list of excellent novels, the best of which are, He Knew he was Right, Barchester Towers, Marion Fay, Doctor Thorne, and Framley Parsonage. His stories are never dull; the current of the narrative flows easily and the characters are well sketched, but the English is sometimes a little careless. _See Autobiography; also, Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 1883, Century Mag. July, 1883, and Princeton Review, July, 1883._ _Pub. Har. Lip. Mac. Pet. Por. Rou._
=Trollope, Edward.= 181 Bp. Nottingham. Archaeological and architectural writer of note. Cousin to A. T. and T. A. T.
=Trollope, Mrs. Frances Eleanor= [Tiernan]. 18-- ----. Novelist. Wife to T. A. T. Author of Aunt Margaret's Trouble, Anne Furness, Among Aliens, Mabel's Progress, The Sacristan's Household, Veronica, etc.
_Pub. Har._
=Trollope, Mrs. Frances= [Milton]. 1778-1863. Novelist. Author Domestic Manners among the Americans, Widow Barnaby, etc. A voluminous, witty, but inartistic writer. _Pub. Har. Rou._
=Trollope, Thomas Adolphus.= 181 Novelist and historian. Son to F. M. T. Author Lindisfarne Chase, Filippo Strozzi, La Beata, Hist.
Florentine Commonwealth, Life Pope Pius IX., The Papal Conclaves, etc.
_See "Eng. Authors in Florence," Atlantic Monthly, Dec. 1864._ _Pub.
Har. Mac. Pet._
=Tucker, Abraham.= 1705-1774. Metaphysician. Author of The Light of Nature Pursued, published under the pseudonym Edward Search.
=Tucker, Charlotte.= "A. L. O. E." 183 Writer of religious juvenile fiction. _Pub. Ca. Nel._
=Tulloch, John.= 182 Scotch theologian. Author Theism, Leaders of the Reformation, Christ of the Gospels and Christ of Modern Criticism, etc. _See The Biograph, vol. 3._ _Pub. Mac. Phi. Rou. Scr._
=Tupper, Martin Farquhar.= 181 Poet and prose writer. Author of The Proverbial Philosophy, and other popular but exceedingly commonplace poems. Some of his prose tales are excellent; of these Crock of Gold is the best known. _Pub. Arm. Pet._
