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who was also the author of - !' ie Shelley, 



r." Arthur \Vaugli wrote a Study 

 of the life and work of " Alfred, Lord Tenny>on "; 

 and "Sheridan." by \V. Eraser Rae, in two volume-, 

 had an introduction by Sheridan's great-grandson, 

 the Marquis of Dulferin and Ava. " Leigh Hunt " 



ommemorated by Richard Brinsley Johnson in 

 the "Dilettante Library": Percy Fitzgerald re- 

 his Life of Laurence Sterne," adding new- 

 matter based on newly discovered documents ; John 

 Maekinnon Robertson discoursed of " Buckle and 

 his Critics": .Mamie Dickens described " My Father 

 as I recall him " : J. Fitzgerald Malloy devoted two 

 volumes to -The Mo.-t Gorgeous Lad\ 

 ton": and Adam Scott told "The Story oi 

 \VaI' ve." "Charlotte Bronte 



and her Circle" were the subject of a volume by 

 Clement K. Shorter: George Somes Layard gave us 



>rge Cruikshank's Portraits of himself.'' with 

 more than 40 illustrations; "Frances Trollope: 

 her Life and Literary Work, from George III to 

 Victoria." came from her daughter-in-law, Frances 



lor Trollope; and Annie E. Ridley wrote of 

 " Frances Mary Buss, and her Work for Educa- 

 tion." "The Life of Sir John Franklin, 11. X." 

 was written by II. I). Traill. " Xelson and his 

 Companions in Arms: The Xelson Memorials " was 

 an excellent biography by John Knox Laughton ; 

 from Thomas PO\\-.T < >'* onnor came a book about 

 " Xapoleon " : and S. Baring-Gould wrote also " The 

 Life of Xapoleon Bonaparte." " The Private Life 

 of Warren Hastings" was described by Sir Charles 

 Lawson. "John Russell. R. A." was the subject of 

 a biography by G. C. Williamson ; ' The Life and 

 Letters of Frederick Walker" came from John G. 

 Marks : and a record of the life and work of " Ford 

 Madox Brown." by II. Ford Madox Hueffer. was ac- 

 companied with numerous reproductions. "Jean 

 Francois Millet: His Life and Letters" was by 

 Mrs. Julia Cartwright Adv. Vol. I appeared of 

 ' The Political Life of W. E. Gladstone,'' anonymous, 

 illustrated with cartoons, etc.. from "Punch": two 

 volumes contained Part I of " Roundell. Ysarl of 

 Selborne : Memorials, Family and Personal." cov- 

 ering the period 1766-1865 : " The Paget Papers." 

 diplomatic and other correspondence of the Right 

 Hon. Sir Arthur Paget. G. C. B., 1794-1*07. 

 arranged and edited by his son, Sir Augustus B. 

 Paget. in two volumes, with notes by Mrs. J. R. 

 Green: "Letters of Frederic. Lord" Blachford" 

 v.-i-re edited by George Eden Marindin : a " Memoir 

 of Sir John Drnmmond Hay," sometime minister 

 at the court of Morocco, appeared anonymously : 

 and a " Life of Brian Honghton Hodgson " 

 written by Sir William Wilson Hunter. Lady Fer- 

 guson wrote of " Sir Samuel Ferguson in the Ire- 

 land of his Day." and " Some Records of the Life 

 ^'evenson Arthur Blackwood " were compiled 

 by a friend and edited by his widow. "The Jer- 

 ningham Letters. 1780-1843," edited with no! 

 K- :oii C'astle. filled two volumes, and " The Girl- 

 hood of Maria Josepha Holroyd (Lady Stanley of 

 Alderley) recorded in Letters of a Hundred Years 

 Ago, from 1776 to 17!>f>." were edited by J. H. 

 Adeane. "Queen Elizabeth." by Mandell Creigh- 

 ton. I). D.. Bishop of Peterborough, contained 40 

 illustrations from original paintings and miniatures 

 in the collections of Queen Victoria and others, and 

 wa- intended as a companion volume to Dr. Skel- 

 ton's " Mary Stuart." A. S. Martin Hume also de- 

 voted a volume to " The Courtships of Queen Eliza- 

 beth." and "The Life of Sir Kenelm Dii_ r by"\vas 

 written by one of his descendants. "With H. M. 

 9th Lancers during the Mutiny " was the title of 

 the letters of Brevet-Major < >. II. S. Anson, edited 

 by his son. Hare-curt S. Anson : "The Memoirs of 

 the Gemini Generals" contained personal anec- 

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. -sporting adventures, and of distin- 



guished otlicers by Major-Gen. ( )>born \Vilk. 

 and Major-Gen. Johnson Wilkinson; ' I'ndiT < 

 cent and Star " contained reminiscence-; of ih, 

 dan and Egyptian campaign.- by Lieut.-Col. Ai; 

 Haggard; the "Life and I imi- 



ral'Sir Bartholomew James Sulivan. 1S10-1- 

 were edited by his son. Henry Xorton Sulivan. and 

 Mrs. Frederick Kgerton wrote a biography of "Ad- 

 miral of the Fleet Sir Geoffrey Phippa Hornby. 

 B.C. B." "The Life and Correspondence of Wu- 

 liam Connor Magee. Archbi-hop of York," by Dr. 

 John Cotter Macdonnell, in two volumes, gave an 

 excellent portrait of a great orator, wit, a: 

 astical statesman: C. H. Simpkinson, M. A., dwelt 

 upon '-The Life and Work of Bishop Thorold"; 

 Rev. Herbert Birks gave us " The Life and Cor- 



ndence of Thomas Valpy French, First Bishop 

 of Lahore": and Marian S. Benham. a memoir of 

 'Henry Callaway. M.I).. D. D., First Bishop for 

 Kaffraria." "The Last Years of St. Audi 

 were described by the author of "The Recreations 

 of a Country Parson " (Dr. Boyd). '-John Ellerton : 

 Being a Collection of his Writings on Hymnology, 

 with a Sketch of his Life and Works." came from 

 Rev. Henry Honsman. and Vavasor Powell," the 

 Baptist evangelist of Wales in the seventeenth cen- 

 tury, from Rev. D. Davies. "England and her 

 Churchmen in the Middle Ages " was a collection of 

 sketches by L. G. " Margaret Ogilvy." by her son, 

 James Matthew Barrie. won all hearts. In the 

 'Xew Irish Library" appeared "Swift in Ireland,'' 

 by Richard Ashe King ; " Owen Roe O'Xeill," by 

 J! V. Taylor, and "A Short Life of Thomas Davis.'" 

 by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy. "The Life of William 

 Carleton." being his autobiography and letters, with 

 an account of his life and writings from the point 

 at which the autobiography breaks off. by David J. 

 O'Donoghue, filled two volumes. Ulster as it is: 

 or, Twenty-eight Years' Experience as an Irish Edi- 

 tor." by Thomas Mac-Knight, was also contained in 

 two. and from Charles A. Cooper we had "An Edi- 

 tor's Retrospect: Fifty Years of Xewspaper Work." 

 " De Quincey and his- Friends," being personal rec- 

 ollections, souvenirs, and anecdotes of the famous 

 "opium eater." his friends and associates, written 

 and collected by James Hogg, were edited by the 

 son of the latter, and a "Journal of a Few Months' 



;ence in Portugal and Glimpses of the South 

 of Spain." by Mrs. Edward Quillinan (Dora Words- 

 worth), was edited with a memoir by Edmund Lee. 

 'Reminiscences of Literary London, 1 779-1: sr>::." 

 by Thomas Rees. M. D.. with extensive additions by 

 John Britton. were edited by " A Book Lover." 

 "Joseph Thomson. African Explorer." found a 

 biographer in his brother. J. B. Thomson. David 

 Baptie published "Mus : cians of All Times," a con- 

 cise dictionary of musical biography, containing 

 12.000 names, and also "Sketches of the English 

 Glee Compilers. Historical, Biographical, and Crit- 

 ical, from about 17:!~>-l*r>6." "Cheer. Boys. Cheer: 

 .Memories of Men and Music. "came from Henry 

 Russell, the octogenarian composer. " The Story 

 of X'ell Gwynn and the Sayings of Charles II," re- 

 lated and collected by Peter Cunningham, were 

 edited with an introduction and additional i. 

 and a life, of the author, by Henry B. Wheatley. 

 "Victoria: Her Life and Reign," an illustrated 

 biography of the Queen from the year 1819 to the 

 present time, was written by Alfred E. Knight; 

 "William I. German Emperor, and his Si. 

 by Mary Cochranc : and -'Human Documents," by 

 Arthur Lynch, contained characteristic sketches 

 of representative men and women of the time. 

 Il-r-n published "Here and There Memoi 

 and Vol. V appeared of " Bi " of emi- 



nent persons reprinted from the " London Times," 



