A Brief Handbook of English Authors Part 21

=Montgomery, Robert.= 1808-1855. Poet. Author Satan, etc. Style stilted, showy, and unnatural. _See Macauley's Miscellaneous Essays._

=Montrose, Marquis of.= See Grahame, James.

=Moore, Edward.= 1712-1757. Dramatist. Author of the tragedy, The Gamester.

=Moore, John.= 1730-1802. Scotch novelist. Author Zeluco, Edward, Mordaunt, etc. _See Works, with Memoir, 7 vols., Edinburgh, 1820._

=Moore, Thomas.= 1779-1852. Irish poet. Author of Irish Melodies, which take high rank as lyrics, Lalla Rookh, a vol. of brilliant and showy oriental poetry, and of much other verse, as well as several prose works. Though by no means a great poet, he has always been a popular one. _See R. H. Montgomery's Life of, 1850; also Earl Russell's edition of Moore's Diary._ _Pub. Apl. Arm. Clx. Har. Hou.

Le. Lip. For. Rou. Scr._

=More, Hannah.= 1745-1833. Dramatist and ethical writer. Author of Percy, a drama, and of numerous popular moral tales, of which The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain is the most famous. _See complete works, 1853._ _See Lives by Shaw, Roberts, Thompson, and Smith._ _Pub. Ca.

Har. Lip._

=More, Henry.= 1614-1687. Philosopher. A writer whose mystical theories are expressed in a clear, limpid style.

=More, Sir Thomas.= 1480-1530. Philosopher. His famous prose romance, The Utopia, embodies many of his philosophical views. _See Life by Sir James Mackintosh._ _Pub. Mac._

=Morell, Thomas.= 1703-1784. Philologist. Author of the text of the Oratorios of Joshua and Judas Maccabaeus.

=Morgan, Lady Sydney Owenson.= 1783-1859. Irish novelist. Author Wild Irish Girl, Absenteeism, etc. A voluminous author, spirited but wanting in refinement.

=Morier, James.= 1780-1849. Oriental novelist. Hajji Baba is his most noted work. _Pub. Rou._

=Morley, Henry.= 182 Author Hist. Eng. Lit., Tables of Eng.

Lit., Journal of a London Playgoer, Life of Palissy the Potter, etc.

_Pub. Cas._

=Morley, John.= 183 Essayist and biographer. Author Lives of Voltaire and Rousseau, Limits of the Historic Method, On Compromise, Burke on Eng. Men of Letters, etc. _Pub. Apl. Har._

=Morris, Wm.= 183 The Defence of Guinevere, Life and Death of Jason, and The Earthly Paradise are his chief poems. His verse is mainly cla.s.sical or mediaeval in subject and epic in form. _See Stedman's Victorian Poets and Swinburne's Essays and Studies._ _Pub.

Rob._

=Mortimer, Mrs. Favell Lee.= 1802-1878. Religious writer. Author Reading Without Tears, Peep of Day Series, etc. _Pub. Ca. Har. Hou._

=Morton, Thomas.= 1764-1838. Dramatist. Author Speed the Plough, Secrets Worth Knowing, etc. _See Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 1838._

=Moss, Thomas.= 1740-1808. Poet. Author of the famous poem beginning "Pity the sorrows of a poor Old Man."

=Motherwell, Wm.= 1797-1858. Scotch poet. Jeanie Morrison, The Cavalier's Song, and others of his ballads possess great lyric beauty.

_See edition 1849._

=Mozley, James Bowling.= 1813-1878. Theologian. Author Lect. on the Miracles, On Subscription to the Articles, Sermons, Essays, Historical, Theological, etc. A clear, masterly thinker. _Pub. Dut._

=Mozley, Thomas.= 180 Bro. to J. B. M. Author Reminiscences of Oriel College and the Oxford Movement. _Pub. Hou._

=Mudie [moo'd[)i] or m[=u]'d[)i]] Robert.= Scotch naturalist. Author of some 90 vols. mainly on natural history; British Birds is his most important work. _Pub. Har._

=Muller, Friedric Max.= 182 German philologist. Author Chips from a German Workshop, Science of Lang., Hist. Ancient Sanskrit Lit., etc. _Pub. Mac. Scr._

=Muloch, Dinah Maria.= See Craik, Mrs.

=Munday, Anthony.= 1553-1633. Dramatist. _See Carew Hazlitt's Early English Literature._

=Murchison, Sir Roderick I.= 1792-1871. Geologist of note. _See Memoirs of, by Geikie, 2 vols., London, 1874._

=Mure, Wm.= 1799-1860. Scotch historian. Author Critical Hist., Lang.

and Lit. of Ancient Greece, The Calendar of the Zodiac of Ancient Egypt, etc.

=Murphy, Arthur.= 1730-1805. Dramatist. Of his 23 plays The Grecian Daughter and The Way to Keep Him were the most popular.

=Murray, Alexander.= 1775-1813. Scotch philologist. Author Hist.

European Languages.

=Murray, Hugh.= 1779-1841. Scotch geographer. Author of the Encyclopedia of Geography, etc. _Pub. Har._

=Myers, Ernest.= 18-- ----. Poet. Author of The Puritans, The Defence of Rome, and other Poems, etc. _Pub. Mac._

=Myers, Frederic Wm. Henry.= 184 Poet and litterateur. Author of St. Paul, a poem, The Renewal of Youth and other Poems, Wordsworth in Eng. Men of Letters, and Essays Modern and Cla.s.sical. A thoughtful writer, possessing a graceful and scholarly style. _Pub. Har. Mac.

Ran._

=Nabbes, Thomas.= 1600-1645. Dramatist.

=Nairne, Baroness.= See Oliphant, Carolina.

=Napier, Admiral Sir Chas.= 1786-1860. Military historian. Cousin to Sir C. J. N. Author Hist. Baltic Campaign, etc. _See Life and Correspondence, 1862._

=Napier, Gen. Sir Chas. James.= 1782-1853. Author Lights and Shadows of Military Life, Hist. Ionian Islands, etc. _See Life and Opinions of, 4 vols., London, 1857._

=Napier, Capt. Henry Edward.= 1789-1853. Historian. Bro. to Sir C. J.

N. Author of a valuable Hist. of Florence in 7 vols. Style easy and flowing.

=Napier, John.= 1550-1617. Scotch mathematical writer. Inventor of logarithms.

=Napier, Macvey.= 1776-1847. Scotch writer. Editor of the supplement and 7th edition of the Encyc. Brit. and for 17 years editor of the Edinburgh Rev.

=Napier, Mark.= 179 Biographer. Author Memorials of Montrose, Life and Times of Montrose, etc.

=Napier, Gen. Sir Wm. Francis Patrick.= 1785-1860. Military historian.

Bro. to Sir. C. J. N. and H. E. N. His great work is the Hist. of the Peninsular War, a work of great value, possessing a perennial charm.

_See H. Martineau's Biographical Sketches, and Life by H. A. Bruce, 1863._ _Pub. Arm. Rou._

=Nares, Edward.= 1762-1841. Elements of General Hist. and the novel, Thinks I to Myself, are among his chief works.

=Nares, Robert.= 1753-1829. Critical and theological writer. Cousin to E. N.

=Nash, Thomas.= 1577-1600. Dramatist. Author Summer's Last Will and Testament, and of many brilliant satirical pamphlets. _See edition of Pierre Penniless, with Life of Nash by Collier, 1842._