Part 20 (1/2)
=Maxwell, Wm. Hamilton.= 1794-1850. Irish novelist. His fiction is military in character. _Pub. Rou._
=Maxwell, Sir Wm. Stirling.= 1818-1878. Author The Cloister Life of Chas. V., Velasquez and his Works, etc.
=May, Sir Thos. Erskine.= 181 Historian. Author Const.i.tutional Hist. England, Hist. Democracy in Europe, etc. Style careful and thoughtful. _See Lit. World, April, 1878, and The Biograph, March, 1880._ _Pub. Arm. Wid._
=Mayhew, Augustus.= 1812-1875. Litterateur.
=Mayhew, Edward.= 181 Veterinary writer. Bro. to A. M. Author Ill.u.s.trated Horse Doctor, etc. _Pub. Apl. Lip. Rou._
=Mayhew, Henry.= 1812-1876. Bro. to two preceding. Author London Labor and London Poor, German Life and Manners and numerous humorous works.
_Pub. Har. Rou._
=Mayhew, Horace.= 1819-1872. Humorist. Bro. to three preceding. Author Letters Left at the Pastry Cook's, etc.
=Mayhew, Thomas.= 181 Bro. to four preceding. Editor of the Penny National Library.
=Mayne, John.= 1761-1836. Scotch poet. Author of The Siller Gun, Logan Braes, etc.
=Mayo, Mrs. Isabella Fyvie=, ”Edward Garrett.” 184 Religious novelist. Author By Still Waters, Occupations of a Retired Life, Gold and Dross, etc. _Pub. Do._
=McCarthy, Denis Florence.= 1820-1880. Poet and miscellaneous writer.
Author Ballads, Poems, and other Lyrics, etc., and translator of the dramas of Calderon.
=McCarthy, Justin.= 183 Novelist and historian. Author Linley Rochford, Dear Lady Disdain, etc., and of a valuable Hist. of Our Own Times. Style graphic and forcible. _Pub. Har._
=McCulloch, John Ramsay.= 1789-1864. Political economist. Author Principles of Political Economy, Dict. of Commerce, Statistical Account of the British Empire, etc.
=Melmoth, Wm.= 1710-1799. Translator of Pliny. Author Laelius, or Friends.h.i.+p, etc.
=Melville, Sir James.= 1535-1606. Scotch writer. Author Historical Memoirs.
=Melville, J. G. Whyte.= 1821-1878. Novelist. Author Kate Coventry, The White Rose, Katerfelto, etc. Style rapid and spirited. _Pub. Apl.
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=Meredith, Owen.= See Bulwer-Lytton, E. R.
=Merivale, Chas.= 1808-1874. Historian. Author Hist. Latin Christianity, Fall of the Roman Republic, Hist. of the Romans under the Empire, etc. A writer of much ease and dignity of style, whose historical estimates are careful and valuable. _Pub. Apl. Har. Rou._
=Merivale, Herman.= 1806-1874. Historical writer. Bro. to C. M.
=Merrick, James.= 1720-1769. Poet. His poem The Chameleon is well known.
=Miall, Edward.= 1809-1881. Political writer. Author Ethics of Non-Conformity, The Voluntary Principle, etc.
=Mickle, Wm. Julius.= 1734-1788. Scotch poet. His poem, c.u.mnor Hall, suggested Scott's Kenilworth. _See Works of, 1808._
=Middleton, Conyers.= 1683-1750. Theologian. M. wrote a Life of Cicero and a Free Inquiry into the Miraculous Powers of the Church.
=Middleton, Thomas.= 1570-1627. Dramatist. The Witch of Edmonton, a tragi-comedy, is his most noted play. _See Dyce's edition, 1840._
=Mill, James.= 1773-1836. Scotch historian and philologist. Author of an impartial Hist. British India, a.n.a.lysis of the Mind, etc.
=Mill, John Stuart.= 1806-1873. Philosopher. Son to J. M. A profound but cold thinker and writer. Author System of Logic, Political Economy, Liberty, Subjection of Women, etc. _See Autobiography, Table's Eng. Lit., and Caroline Fox's Memories of old Friends._ _Pub.