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Entered
according to Act of Congress, in the year 1860, by
TICKNOR AND FIELDS,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
University Press, Cambridge
Stereotyped and Printed by Welch, Bigelow, & Co.
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Ed.:―I
have supplemented the few portraits that appear in Ticknor & Fields'
original publication with additional illustrations, mostly of
Smiles's subjects, in places where I
consider they usefully enhance the text. I have also added the descriptions that appear at
the head of each biographic sketch, and the footnotes that are prefixed 'Ed.' |
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PREFACE.
THE author has pleasure
in offering to the American public, through the medium of the
Messrs. Ticknor and Fields,—at whose request the collection has been
made,—the following Brief Biographies, many of which have been
published by him at various times in English periodicals, in the
hope that their perusal will be found not without some instruction
and interest. One of the articles in the volume is from the
pen of an American friend.
LONDON,
July 24, 1860.
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CONTENTS.
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JAMES
WATT
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1. |
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ROBERT
STEPHENSON
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55. |
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DR.
ARNOLD
(Ed.—Thomas Arnold)
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71. |
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HUGH
MILLER
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84. |
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RICHARD
COBDEN
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102. |
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SIR
EDWARD BULWER LYTTON
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117. |
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FRANCIS
JEFFREY
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137. |
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EBENEZER
ELLIOTT
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149. |
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GEORGE
BORROW
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157. |
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JOHN
JAMES AUDUBON
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173. |
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WILLIAM
MACGILLIVRAY
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198. |
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LORD
JOHN RUSSELL
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212. |
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BENJAMIN
DISRAELI
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222. |
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WILLIAM
EWART GLADSTONE
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240. |
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NATHANIEL
HAWTHORNE
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256. |
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THOMAS
CARLYLE
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270. |
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JOHN
STERLING
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286. |
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LEIGH
HUNT
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300. |
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HARTLEY
COLERIDGE
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315. |
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DR.
KITTO
(Ed.—John Kitto)
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325. |
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EDGAR
ALLAN POE
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334. |
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THEODORE
HOOK
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346. |
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DR.
ANDREW COMBE
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365. |
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ROBERT
BROWNING
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377. |
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EDWIN
CHADWICK
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386. |
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ROBERT
NICOLL
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399. |
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SAMUEL
BAMFORD
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413. |
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JOHN
CLARE
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432. |
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GERALD
MASSEY
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440. |
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ELIZABETH
BARRETT BROWNING
(Ed.—née Barrett; also Elizabeth
Browning)
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449. |
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FRANCES
BROWN
(Ed.—also Frances Browne)
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461. |
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SARAH
MARGARET FULLER
(Ed.—Margaret Fuller Ossoli)
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470. |
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SARAH
MARTIN
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499. |
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HARRIET
MARTINEAU
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499. |
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MRS.
CHISHOLM
(Ed.—Caroline Chisholm née Jones)
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511. |
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