A Brief Handbook of English Authors Part 19

=Mahoney, Francis=, "Father Prout." 1805-1866. Irish poet and journalist. M. wrote the noted poem, The Bells of Shandon.

=Maine, Sir Henry James Sumner.= 182 Jurist. Author Roman Law, Ancient Law, Village Communities, Early Hist. of Inst.i.tutions, etc.

_Pub. Ho._

=Maitland, Edward.= 18-- ----. Novelist. Author The Higher Law, The Pilgrim and the Shrine, and By-and-By. _Pub. Put._

=Maitland, Sir Richard.= 1496-1586. Scotch poet.

=Malcolm, Sir John.= 1769-1833. Diplomatist. Author Hist. of Persia, Political Hist. India, Life of Lord Clive, etc. _See Kaye's Life of, London, 1856._

=Mallet, David.= 1700-1765. Scotch poet. Author Ballads, etc.

=Mallock, Wm. Hurrel.= 184 Novelist. Author Is Life Worth Living, The New Republic, Positivism on an Island, Romance of the 19th Cent., etc. A writer of much force and originality.

=Malmesbury, Wm. of.= 1095?-1143. Anglo-Norman historian.

=Malone, Edmund.= 1741-1812. Shakespearean scholar. Editor of the edition of 1790. _See Life, by Prior, 1860._

=Malory, Sir Thomas.= 1430?-1496. Author or translator of the famous romance, The Morte d'Arthur. _Pub. Mac._

=Malthus, Thos. Robt.= 1766-1834. Political economist. Author of a celebrated Essay on the Principle of Population. _See Life, by Otter, 1836._

=Mandeville, Bernard.= 1670-1733. Philosopher. Author of the noted Fable of the Bees, or Private Vices Public Benefits, etc. _See Craik's Eng. Lit. vol. 2._

=Mandeville, Sir John.= 1300-1372. "The first writer in formed English." He traveled extensively and wrote an entertaining account of his travels.

=Manley, Mrs. Mary de la Riviere.= 1672-1724. Novelist and dramatist.

She wrote the noted political satire, The New Atlantis.

=Manners, John Lord.= 181 Poet. Author England's Trust, English Ballads, etc.

=Manning, Anne.= 180 Novelist. Author Mary Powell, Household of Sir Thos. More, Pa.s.sages in the Life of the Faire Gospeller, etc.

_Pub. Do._

=Manning, Henry Edw., Cardinal.= 180 Theologian. Author Temporal Power of the Pope, Parochial Sermons, The Vatican Decrees, etc. _See Century Mag. May, 1883._ _Pub. Apl. Sad._

=Mannyng, Robert.= fl. c. 1340. Rhyming chronicler.

=Mansel, Henry Longueville.= 1820-1871. Philosopher. Author The Limits of Religious Thought, Philosophy of Consciousness, Bampton Lect., 1858, etc. _Pub. Apl. Mac._

=Mant, Richard.= 1776-1848. Bp. Killaloe. Religious writer. Author Poems, Hist. Ch. of Ireland, etc.

=Mantell, Gideon Algernon.= 1790-1852. Geological writer of note.

Author Thoughts on a Pebble, Medals of Creation, etc.

=Map=, or =Mapes, Walter=. 1150-1196. Anglo-Norman poet and romancer.

=Marlowe, Christopher.= 1564-1593. Dramatist and poet. The greatest dramatist before Shakespeare. His Tamburlaine was the first blank verse play acted. Faustus, Jew of Malta, and Edward II. are powerful dramas. The influence of Marlowe is traceable in several of Shakespeare's plays. _See editions by Cunningham and Dyce._ _See Schlegel's Dramatic Lit._ _Pub. Mac. Rou._

=Marryatt, Frederick.= 1792-1849. Marine novelist. Peter Simple, Jacob Faithful, and Mids.h.i.+pman Easy are among the best of his novels. They are lively, inartistic tales, full of broad fun and drollery. _See Life, by his daughter Florence, 1872._ _Pub. Apl. Har. Lip. Rob._

=Marryatt, Florence.= See Ross-Church, Mrs.

=Marsh, Mrs. Anne Caldwell.= ---- 1874. Novelist. Author Ravenscliffe, Emilia Wyndham, Lettice Arnold, etc. _Pub. Har._

=Marsh, Herbert.= 1757-1839. Bp. Peterborough. A profound writer on politics and divinity. Author of a noted Hist. of the Politics of Gt.

Britain and France.

=Marston, John.= 1575-1634. Dramatist and satirist. _See Halliwell's edition, 3 vols., London, 1856._

=Marston, Philip Bourke.= 185 Poet. Son to W. M. Author Song-Tide, All in All, etc., and of numerous sketches and tales. His verse is strongly subjective in tone. _See Stedman's Victorian Poets._

=Marston, Westland.= 182 Dramatist and poet. The Patrician's Daughter is one of his best plays.

=Martin, Theodore.= 181 Translator and biographer. Author of Life of the Prince Consort, etc., and with W. E. Aytoun of the Bon Gualtier Ballads. _See The Biograph, Jan. 1879._ _Pub. Apl. Por._

=Martineau, Harriet.= 1802-1876. Miscellaneous writer. Her ill.u.s.trations of political economy are in the form of fiction.

Deerbrook and The Hour and the Man are her most noted romances. Style strong, clear, and original. _See Autobiography, 1876._ _Pub. Har. Ho.

Mac. Por. Rob. Rou._

=Martineau, James.= 180 Theologian. Bro. to H. M. A leader of Unitarian thought. Author Studies of Christianity, Hymns of Praise and Prayer, Religious and Modern Materialism, Endeavors after a Christian Life, etc. _Pub. Ho. Put. Rob. A. U. A._

=Marvell, Andrew.= 1620-1678. Poet and controversialist. As the former he ranks among the first of the minor poets of his time. His fancy is delicate and quaint. _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 2._ _Pub. Har._

=Marzials, Theophile.= 185 Poet and musician. Author of The Gallery of Pigeons, etc. Of his songs Twickenham Ferry is one of the best known. _See The Biograph, March, 1880._

=Mason, Wm.= 1725-1797. Poet. His verse is wordy and feeble.

=Ma.s.sey, Gerald.= 182 Poet. Author Babe Christabel, Craigcrook Castle, etc. His verse has more sweetness than strength. _See Stedman's Victorian Poets._

=Ma.s.singer [m[)a]s's[)i]n-j[)e]r], Philip.= 1584-1640. A writer of much power whose style is clear and flexible. The Virgin Martyr, Fatal Dowry, City Madam, and A New Way to Pay Old Debts, are his finest plays. The latter is often acted. _See Works of, edited by Gifford, 4.

vols._

=Ma.s.son, David.= 182 Scotch biographer and critic. Author British Novelists, Biographical and Critical Essays, Recent British Philosophy, etc. His chief work is a Life of Milton, a book of great merit and ability. _See The Biograph, vol. 3._ _Pub. Mac. Apl._

=Mathers, Helen.= See Reeves, Mrs.

=Mathias, Thos. James.= 1776-1835. Supposed author of the poem The Pursuits of Literature.

=Maturin [m[)a]t-yoo'r[)i]n], Chas. Robert.= 1782-1824. Irish novelist. Author Melmoth, an extravagant romance, and the tragedy of Bertram.

=Maurice [maw'r[)i]ss], John Frederic Denison.= 1805-1872. Theologian and ethical writer. A prominent Broad Church clergyman, writing much and well upon theology, philosophy, and other subjects. A Hist. Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy is his chief work. Others are Theological Essays, The Bible and Science, and the Friends.h.i.+p of Books. _Pub. Le.

Mac._

=Maxwell, James Clerk.= 183 Scientific writer of note. _Pub.

Apl. Mac._

=Maxwell, Mrs. Mary E. [Braddon].= 183 Novelist. A writer of sensational tales, among which Aurora Floyd is the most famous. Her latest novels show a greatly improved style. _Pub. Har._