A Brief Handbook of English Authors Part 6

=Coleridge [k[=o]l'r[)i]j], Hartley.= 1796-1849. Poet. Son to S. T. C.

Author of Poems, Essays, Life of Ma.s.singer, etc. Style in both prose and verse clear and beautiful. _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 4._

=Coleridge, Henry Nelson.= 1800-1843. Neph. to S. T. C. Essayist.

Style able and scholarly.

=Coleridge, John Taylor.= 1790-1876. Neph. to S. T. C. Author of an annotated Blackstone, Memoir of John Keble, etc.

=Coleridge, Samuel Taylor.= 1772-1834. Poet and philosopher. Author of The Ancient Mariner, Christabel, Kubla Khan, etc., in verse; Lect. on Shakespeare, Table-Talk, The Friend, Biographia Literaria, etc., in prose. A man of great genius, who accomplished little commensurate with it. His best, however, is unsurpa.s.sable. _See 9 vol. edition, N.

Y., 1853-4._ _See Gilman's Life of_; _Personal Recollections of Joseph Cottle_.

=Coleridge, Sara.= 1803-1852. Dau. to S. T. C. and wife to H. N. C.

Editor of her father's works, and author of the exquisite romance Phantasmion. A writer of much critical ability. _See Memoir of._ _Pub.

Har. 1873._

=Collier, Jeremy.= 1650-1726. Theologian. His famous pamphlet against the immorality of the stage greatly helped to purify Eng. literature.

=Collier, John Payne.= 1789-1883. Shakespearean scholar. Best known in connection with the famous Collier MSS. of Notes and Emendations to the text of Shakespeare. _See Atlantic Monthly, Oct., 1859, and Sept., 1861._ _Pub. Scr._

=Collins, Mortimer.= 1827-1876. Novelist. Author Sweet Anne Page, Marquis and Merchant, etc. _Pub. Apl. Har._

=Collins, Wm.= 1720-1756. Poet. Famous for his musical odes, as The Pa.s.sions, Evening, and the poem How Sleep the Brave. C. occupies a high place among minor poets. _See Johnson's Lives of the Poets._

=Collins, Wm. Wilkie.= 182 Novelist. Excels all other novelists in the construction of plots. The Woman in White is his most famous story. _Pub. Har._

=Colman, George.= 1733-1794. Dramatist. Composed nearly 30 comedies, of which The Jealous Wife is one of the best.

=Colman, George.= The Younger. 1762-1836. Dramatist. Son to preceding.

A writer of spirited comedies, such as The Heir-at-Law, Poor Gentleman, John Bull, The Iron Chest, etc.

=Combe [koom], Andrew.= 1797-1847. Scotch physiological writer. _Pub.

Har._

=Combe, George.= 1788-1858. Scotch phrenologist. Bro. to A. C. Author Const.i.tution of Man, etc. _See H. Martineau's Biographical Sketches and Capen's Reminiscences of G. Combe._ _Pub. Har._

=Congreve [k[)o]ng'gr[=e]v], Wm.= 1670-1729. Dramatist. Author of the tragedy of The Mourning Bride, and of The Double Dealer, Old Bachelor, Love for Love, and other coa.r.s.e but brilliant comedies. _See edition by Leigh Hunt, London, 1849._

=Conybeare [k[)u]n'[)i]-b[)e]r], John.= 1692-1755. Theologian of note.

=Conybeare, John Josias.= 1779-1824. Grandson to J. C. Antiquary.

Author of Ill.u.s.trations of Anglo-Saxon Poetry, a work of much value.

=Conybeare, Wm. Daniel.= 1787-1857. Geological writer of note.

=Conybeare, Wm. John.= ---- 1857. Theologian. Author with Dean Howson of The Life and Epistles of St. Paul. _Pub. Ran. Scr._

=Cook, Eliza.= 181 Poet. Author of The Old Arm Chair, etc. Style simple and tender.

=Coombe [koom], Wm.= 1741-1823. A voluminous satirical and humorous writer, best known by his poem Dr. Syntax. _Pub. Rou._

=Cooper, Anthony Ashley.= 3d Earl of Shaftesbury. 1671-1713. Ethical writer. Author of Characteristics of Men, etc.

=Copleston [kop'[e^]l-st[o^]n], Edward.= 1776-1849. Bp. Llandaff.

Theological writer.

=Corbet, Richard.= 1562-1635. Bp. Norwich. Poet of indifferent merit.

=Cornwall, Barry=. See Procter, B. W.

=Coryat, Thomas.= 1577-1617. Writer of travels. Best known by Coryat's Crudities, entertaining, but full of affectations.

=Costello, Dudley.= 1803-1865. Novelist. Author Stories from a Screen, Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady, The Millionaire, etc.

=Costello, Louisa Stuart.= 1815-1870. Novelist and writer of travels.

Sister to D. C. Author of The Queen Mother, the Rose Garden of Persia, etc.

=Cottle, Joseph.= 1770-1853. Poet. Best known, however, by his Reminiscences of Coleridge and Southey.

=Cotton, Charles.= 1630-1687. Poet and translator of Montaigne.

=Cotton, Nathaniel.= 1721-1788. Poet. Author Visions in Verse, Miscellanies.

=Cotton, Sir Robert.= 1570-1631. Antiquary and historical collector.

=Coverdale, Miles.= 1487-1568. Bp. Exeter. Translator, with Tyndale, of the Bible. The first translation of the whole Bible was by C., and appeared in 1635.

=Cowley, Abraham.= 1618-1667. Poet and essayist. His popularity, once great, is now slight. His verse is ingenious, but contains little poetic feeling. His most pretentious poem is The Davideis. _See Aikin's edition, 3 vols., 1802._

=Cowper [koo'per or kow'per], Wm.= 1731-1800. Poet. His verse is mainly religious or didactic, but his humorous ballad of John Gilpin is widely famous. He was the author of many beautiful and well-known hymns, of a long poem, The Task, and the exquisite Lines on My Mother's Picture. Style quiet and meditative. _The best edition of C.

is that by Southey, with biography, 1838._ _See Cowper, by Goldwin Smith, in Eng. Men of Letters._

=c.o.x, Sir George W.= 182 Historian. Author Hist. of Greece, Mythology of the Aryan Nations, Tales of Ancient Greece, etc. _Pub.

Apl. Har. Ho._

=c.o.xe, Wm.= 1744-1828. Historian. Author Hist. House of Austria, Kings of Spain, Memoirs of Duke of Marlborough, etc. A standard writer.

_Pub. Apl._

=Crabbe, George.= 1754-1832. Poet. Writer of realistic, matter-of-fact narrative poems: The Village, The Parish Register, etc. _See complete edition of 1834, 8 vols., with Life._ _See Atlantic Monthly, May, 1880, "A Neglected Poet."_

=Crabbe, George.= 1778-1834. Philologist. Author of Hist. Eng. Law and a noted work on Eng. Synonyms. _Pub. Har._

=Craig-Knox, Mrs. Isa.= 183 Scotch poet. Author Ode to Burns, d.u.c.h.ess Agnes, etc. _Pub. Cas._

=Craik, Mrs. Dinah Maria Mulock.= 182 Novelist and poet. Author of quiet, helpful, earnest stories, among which John Halifax, Gentleman, is the most noted. Others are, A Brave Lady, A n.o.ble Life, A Woman's Kingdom, Mistress and Maid, etc. Philip My King and Douglas are two of her finest poems. _Pub. Har. Hou. Mac._

=Craik, George Lillie.= 1799-1866. Historian. Author of a valuable Hist. Eng. Lit., The English of Shakespeare, Bacon and his Philosophy, etc. _See Rolfe's Craik's English of Shakespeare._ _Pub. Scr._

=Cranmer, Thos.= 1489-1555. Abp. Canterbury. Theologian. _See Archdeacon Todd's Life of, 1831._

=Crashaw [cr[)a]sh'aw], Richard.= c. 1620-1650. Poet. Author of Steps to the Temple, etc. His verse is fanciful and mystical, but always melodious. _See Turnbull's complete edition of London, 1858._ _See G.