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=Hakluyt [h[)a]k'loot], Richard.= 1553-1616. Chronicler and geographer. Hakluyt's Voyages is an important collection of narratives of earlier or contemporary voyages. _See edition of, 5 vols. 4to, London, 1809-12._
=Hale, Sir Matthew.= 1609-1676. Moral and religious writer. _See Life by Burnet in Wordsworth's Ecclesiastical Biog._
=Hales, John.= 1584-1656. Polemical writer. Styled ”The Ever Memorable.” Chiefly noted for his Golden Remains. _See Life by Des Maizeaux._
=Hales, Stephen.= 1677-1761. One of the earliest writers on vegetable physiology.
=Hales, Wm.= 1769-1831. Irish theologian.
=Haliburton, Thos. Chandler.= 1805-1865. Nova Scotian humorist. Author Sam Slick, etc. _Pub. Di. Har. Hou. Rou._
=Halifax, Earl of.= See Montagu, Chas.
=Halifax, Marquess.= See Saville, George.
=Hall, Mrs. Anna Maria.= 1805-1881. Wife to S. C. H. Irish novelist and miscellaneous writer. Author Sketches of Irish Character, The Outlaw, The Whiteboy, etc. _Pub. Har._
=Hall, Basil.= 1798-1844. Scotch writer of travels.
=Hall, Edward.= ---- 1547. Chronicler. A minute and valuable writer.
=Hall, Joseph.= 1547-1676. Bp. Norwich. Theologian and satirist.
Sometimes styled the founder of Eng. satire. A vivacious and excellent writer. _See edition 1837. See Hannay's Satire and Satirists, and Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 1._
=Hall, Newman,= 181 Congregationalist religious writer. Author Come to Jesus, The Forum and the Vatican, etc. _Pub. Phi. Sh._
=Hall, Robert.= 1764-1831. Baptist religious writer. Author Sermons on Modern Infidelity, Reflections on War, etc. Style scholarly, eloquent, and refined. _See Works of, with Memoir, by O. Gregory, 6 vols., London; also, Biog. by J. W. Morris, 1846, and Life by Paxton Hood._
=Hall, Samuel Carter.= 180 Miscellaneous writer. Author The Stately Homes of England, Book of Memories, Retrospect of a Long Life, etc. _Pub. Apl._
=Hallam, Arthur Henry.= 1811-1833. Poet and essayist. Son to H. H. A young writer whose loss inspired Tennyson's In Memoriam. _See Remains, with Life, by his father, 1834; Remains in Verse and Prose, 1862. See Life, by Dr. John Brown; also, Atlantic Monthly, Dec. 1860._
=Hallam, Henry.= 1777-1859. Historian and critic. Author Hist. Middle Ages, Const.i.tutional Hist. England, Lit. of Europe, etc. An impartial writer whose works are of great value, but whose style lacks animation and freshness. _See H. Martineau's Biographical Sketches._ _Pub. Arm.
Har. Lit._
=Halliwell-Phillips, James Orchard.= 182 Shakespearean scholar.
Editor of Shakespeare, 16 vols. folio, 1865. Author Dict. Archaic Words, Life of Shakespeare, Last Days of Shakespeare, etc.
=Hamerton [h[)a]m'er-ton], Philip Gilbert.= 183 Art Critic.
Author Thoughts on Art, A Painter's Camp, The Unknown River, The Intellectual Life, etc. A writer of authority in his department. Style graceful and refined. _Pub. Mac. Rob._
=Hamilton, Mrs. Elizabeth.= 1758-1816. Scotch writer. Best known by her Letters of a Hindoo Rajah and The Cottagers of Glenburnie. _See Chambers' Cyc. Eng. Lit._
=Hamilton, Sir Wm.= 1788-1856. Scotch metaphysician. Author Discussions on Philosophy, etc. His clear, dignified style is much admired. _Pub. Apl._
=Hannay, James.= 1827-1873. Novelist and miscellaneous writer. Author Singleton Fontenoy, Studies on Thackeray, etc. _Pub. Har. Rou._
=Hardy, Thomas.= 184 Novelist. Author Far From the Madding Crowd, The Return of the Native, A Pair of Blue Eyes, Two on a Tower, etc. A novelist of high rank. His character-drawing is sharp and incisive, his studies of peasant life truthful and sympathetic, and his descriptive pa.s.sages masterly. _Pub. Ho._
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