A Brief Handbook of English Authors Part 23

=Owen, Robert.= 1771-1858. Writer on social reforms. _See H.

Martineau's Biographical Sketches._

=Owenson, Sydney.= See Morgan, Lady.

=Oxenden, Ashton.= 180 Bp. Montreal. Religious writer. Author Pathway of Safety, Our Church and her Services, Thoughts for Lent, etc. _Pub. Dut. Ran. Wh._

=Oxenford, John.= 1812-1877. Dramatist and critic. Translator of Goethe's Autobiography.

=Paley, Frederic Apthorp.= 181 Cla.s.sical scholar. Grandson to W.

P. Editor and translator of numerous cla.s.sical works.

=Paley, Wm.= 1743-1805. Moral philosopher. Author Natural Theology, Elements of Moral and Political Philosophy, etc. _See Complete Works, 4 vols., London, 1838, biography by Meadley, 1839._ _Pub. Ca. Nel.

Har._

=Palgrave [pawl'gr[=a]v], Sir Francis.= 1788-1861. Historian. Author Hist. of the Anglo-Saxons, Rise and Progress of the Eng. Commonwealth, Anglo-Saxon Period, Hist. of Normandy and of England, etc. _Pub. Mac._

=Palgrave, Francis Turner.= 182 Poet and critic. Son to F. P.

Author Essays on Art, Hymns, Lyrical Poems, etc. _See Stedman's Victorian Poets._ _Pub. Mac. Por. Ran. Rou._

=Palgrave, Wm. Gifford.= 182 Traveller. Son to F. P. Author Essays on the Eastern Question, Dutch Guiana, Herman Agha, etc. _Pub.

Ho. Mac._

=Palmer, Sir Roundell= [Baron Selborne]. 181 Author of the Book of Praise. _Pub. Mac._

=Pardoe [par'd[=o]], Julia.= 1806-1862. Novelist and historical writer. Author Court and Reign of Francis I., etc. _Pub. Har. Pet._

=Paris, Matthew.= ---- 1259. Historical writer. _See Bohn's Antiquarian Library._

=Park, Mungo.= 1771-1805. Scotch explorer and writer of travels. _Pub.

Har._

=Parker, John Henry.= 180 Writer on Architecture. Author Glossary of Arch., Introduction to the Study of Gothic Arch., Domestic Arch. of the Middle Ages, etc., _Pub. Lit._

=Parnell [par'nell], Thomas.= 1669-1718. Poet. Author of The Hermit, etc. _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 3._ _Pub. Hou._

=Parr, Harriet= ["Holme Lee"]. 18-- ----. Novelist. Author Sylvan Holt's Daughter, Kathie Brande, For Richer for Poorer, etc. _Pub. Har.

Por._

=Parr, Mrs. Louisa.= 18-- ----. Novelist. Author Dorothy Fox, Adam and Eve, etc. _Pub. Ho. Lip._

=Parr, Samuel.= 1747-1825. Cla.s.sical scholar and critic. _See Field's Memoirs of, 1828._

=Pater, Walter H.= 183 Author Studies on the Hist. of the Renaissance. _Pub. Mac._

=Patmore, Coventry Kea.r.s.ey Dighton.= 182 Poet. Author Angel in the House, Faithful Forever, and other vols. of rather commonplace verse. _See Stedman's Victorian Poets._ _Pub. Dut. Mac._

=Pattison, Mark.= 181 Author Tendencies of Religious Thought in England, a noted Biography of Isaac Casaubon, Milton in Eng. Men. of Letters, etc. _Pub. Har._

=Payn, James.= 183 Novelist. A writer of excellent stories; Lost Sir Ma.s.singberd, and By Proxy, being among the best. _Pub. Apl. Har.

Pet._

=Peac.o.c.k, Thos. Love.= 1785-1866. Novelist and poet. Maid Marian, Headlong Hall, etc., are lively, witty novels. _See Complete Works edited by Cole, 1875._ _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 4._

=Pearson, Charles Henry.= 183 Historian. Author Hist. of England in the Early and Middle Ages. _Pub. Put._

=Pearson, John.= 1613-1686. Bp. Chester. Theologian. His Exposition of the Creed is still a standard theological work. _Pub. Apl. Mac._

=Pec.o.c.k, Reginald.= 1390-1460. Bp. Chichester. Theologian. Author of The Repressor, etc. _See Morley's Eng. Writers, vol. 2._

=Peele, George.= 1552-1598. Dramatist and poet. Author Arraignment of Paris, Absalom, Edward I., etc. In places Peele's verse is very musical. _See Lamb's Dramatic Poets; also Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 1, and Ulrici's Dramatic Art._

=Penn, Wm.= 1644-1718. No Cross No Crown, his most noted work, sets forth the doctrines of the Quakers. _See Lives, by H. Dixon, Janney, and Wirt._

=Pennant, Thomas.= 1726-1798. Antiquarian and writer on natural history.

=Pennell, Henry Cholmondeley [ch[)u]m'l[)i]].= 183 Poet. Author of Puck on Pegasus, Pegasus Re-saddled, etc., and several works on Angling. _Pub. Rou._

=Pepys [peeps or p[)e]ps], Samuel.= 1633-1703. Author of a famous Diary presenting an extremely lifelike picture of the time of Charles II. _See Samuel Pepys and the World he Lived In, by Henry B. Wheatly._ _See Braybrooke edition_, _pub. Apl._; _Bright edition, London_, _pub.

Bi._

=Percy, Thos.= 1728-1811. Bp. Dromore. Poet and editor of the famous Reliques of Ancient Eng. Poetry, a work of great influence upon subsequent Eng. verse. _See Hales's and Furnivall's edition, 1868._ _Pub. Por. Rou._

=Phillimore, John George.= 1809-1865. Jurist. Author Hist. Law of Evidence, Principles and Maxims of Jurisprudence. _Pub. Mac._

=Phillimore, Robert Joseph.= 181 Jurist. Bro. to J. G. P. Author Civil and Canon Law, Eccl. Law Church of England, etc. _Pub. Jo._

=Philips, Ambrose.= 1675-1749. Dramatist. A writer of trifling merit, who is chiefly remembered on account of Pope's vindictive satire upon him.

=Philips, John.= 1676-1708. Poet. Author of the mock-heroic poem The Splendid s.h.i.+lling.

=Philips, Mrs. Katharine.= 1631-1664. Poet. Known as "The Matchless Orinda."

=Phillips, Halliwell.= See Halliwell-Phillips.

=Pickering, Ellen.= ---- 1843. Novelist. Author Who Shall be Heir, Secret Foe, etc. _Pub. Har._

=Pindar, Peter.= See Wolcott, John.

=Pinkerton, John.= 1758-1826. Scotch historian and antiquary. His Hist. of Scotland and other works are fiercely controversial in tone.

=Piozzi [p[=e]-[)o]t'see], Mrs. Hester [Lynch]. Mrs. Thrale.= 1740-1821. Author Anecdotes of Dr. Johnson, etc., and the well-known poem The Three Warnings. _See Autobiography, Letters, etc., 1861._

=Pitt, Wm., Lord Chatham.= 1708-1778. Statesman. His numerous Speeches rank among the finest of their cla.s.s.

=Planche [plon-sh[=a]'], James Robinson.= 1796-1870. Dramatist. A prolific writer of dramas, fairy extravaganzas and farces; Prince Charming, Yellow Dwarf, etc. _See Bric-a-brac Series, 1st vol., and The Biograph, March, 1880._