pears to have been a person of the utmost candour, and has soli- work will be found in the British Museum. The edit. of Blair, John, d. 1782, Prebendary of Westminster, a relative of Dr. Hugh Blair, was a native of Edinburgh. He removed at an early age to London, where he received some valuable preferments. The Chronology and History of the World from the Creation to A.D. 1753, Lon., 1754, fol. This work was partly arranged by Dr. Hugh Blair; 2d edit. 1756, fol. ; other editions, 1768, '79, '90, 1803, '15, '20; and in 1844, imp. 8vo, an edition, with additions and corrections, was pub. by Sir Henry Ellis, K.H., Principal Librarian of the British Museum. Again in 1851, 8vo. "The student of history, long accustomed to the doctor's ponderous and unmanageable folio, will rejoice over this handsome and handy volume. It is the revival and enlargement, into far more compact and available form than the original, of the celebrated Chronological Tables of Dr. Blair. It comprises additions to our own time, and corrections from the most recent authorities. The outline of the plan is faithfully preserved and carried out, with every improvement of which it was susceptible."-London Examiner. The History of the Rise and Progress of Geography, Lon., 1784, 12mo. Lectures on the Canon of the Old Testament, comprehending a Dissertation on the Septuagint Version, Lon., 1785, 4to, (posth.) "The greater part is devoted to the LXX. It discovers considerable learning and research; and is one of the works that ought to be consulted in the examination of the Septuagint."-ORME. Blair, John, d. 1771, a native of Ireland, brother to Samuel Blair, also preached at Fog's Manor, Penn., and other places. He pub. a few sermons, &c. Blair, Patrick, M.D., d. about 1728, a Scotch botanist, physician, and surgeon, first attracted attention abroad by an account of the dissection of an elephant which died in Dundee in 1706. The paper, Anatomy and Osteology of an Elephant, was pub in Phil. Trans., Abr. v., p. 557, 1710; afterwards in (Lon.) 4to, 1713. Blair removed to London, and pub. there in 1720, Svo, Botanical Essays, in two parts, "In which he strengthened the arguments in proof of the sexes of plants, by sound reasoning and some new experiments." He also pub. Pharmaco-Botanologia, Lon., 1723-28, 4to, extending only to the letter H; his death preventing its completion. A number of his professional treatises will be found in Phil. Trans., 1710-20. His Miscellaneous Observations on the Practice of Physick, Anatomy, and Surgery, with Remarks on Botany, was pub., Lon., 1718, 2 vols. 8vo. "He was a Nonjuror, and for his attachment to the exiled family of Stuart was imprisoned, in the rebellion of 1715, as a suspected person.” Blair, Robert, 1593-1666, great-grandfather of Dr. Hugh Blair. Autobiography, from 1593-1636, pub. by Dr. McCrie. Edin., 1848, 8vo. Blair, Robert, 1699-1747, a distant relative of Dr. Hugh Blair, was a native of Edinburgh. In 1731 he was ordained as a minister of the parish of Athelstaneford in East Lothian, where he remained until his death. He pub. in 1743, Lon., The Grave, a Poem; pub. at Edin. in 1747; numerous editions. With 12 Plates after Blake by Sachiavonetti, large 4to, pub., Lon., 1808, 1. p. £5 58. (See BLAKE, WILLIAM) This poem met with but little attention at first, but the commendation of Hervey, Pinkerton, and others, brought it into general notice. Of late years it seems to be but little read. Mr. Campbell praises it highly: "The eighteenth century has produced few specimens of blank verse of so familiar and simple à character as that of The Grave. It is a popular poem, not merely because it is religious, but because its language and imagery are free, natural, and picturesque. Blair may be a homely and even a gloomy poet in the eye of fastidious criticism; but there is a masculine and pronounced character even in his gloom and homeliness that keeps it most distinctly apart from either dullness or vulgarity. His style pleases us like the powerful expression of a countenance without regular beauty."-Essay on English Poetry. Mr. Campbell is quite indignant that some of this author's most nervous and expressive phrases should be censured as "vulgarisms;" but a poet who endeavours to insinuate droll satirical sketches, at the expense of physicians and undertakers, into a gallery of sublime representations of the sable hearse, the funeral cortège, and the gloomy aisles of the city of the dead, cannot hope to escape satire himself. Mr. Campbell's admiration of the simile of "angels' visits, short and far between," is well known. Whether Norris of Bemerton would have been pleased with the evident approval of his brother poets we That Blair was a poet of a high do not venture to decide. order, we hold to be unquestionable. The sketches commencing "See yonder hallowed fane!" and "Invidious Grave," show the hand of the master. Blair, Robt. Achromatic Telescopes, Nic. Jour., 1797. Blair, Samuel, d. 1751? a native of Ireland, settled in Pennsylvania, and about 1745 opened an academy at Fog's Manor, Chester County, and officiated at the church at this place. His works, consisting of Sermons, Treatises, and a Narrative of a Revival of Religion in Pennsylvania, were pub. in 1754 by Wm. Bradford, Philadelphia. "Mr. Blair was one of the most learned and able, as well as pious, excellent, and venerable men of his day. He was a profound divine, and a most solemn and impressive preacher."-Allen's Amer. Biog. Dict. Blair, Samuel, 1741-1818, a son of Samuel Blair, (see ante,) of Ireland, was born at Fog's Manor, Chester county, Pennsylvania. He married in 1769 a daughter of Dr. Shippen, the elder, of Philadelphia. He pub. in 1761 an Oration on the Death of George II. Blair, William, 1765-1822, an eminent surgeon, was a native of Essex. He was not so much engrossed by professional pursuits as to prevent his taking a lively interest in the distribution of the Holy Scriptures, and in other and other works. Among them are The Soldier's Friend, benevolent enterprises. He pub. a number of professional Lon., 1798, 8vo. or the Means of Preserving the Health of Military Men, Of Anthropology, or the Natural History of Men, Lon., 1803, 8vo. The Vaccine Contest, or mild Humanity, Reason, Religion, and Truth, against fierce, unfeeling Ferocity, overbearing Insolence, mortified Pride, false Faith, and Desperation; being an exact outline of the arguments and interesting facts adduced by the principal Combatants on both sides respecting Cow-pox Inoculation, Lon., 1806, 8vo. This belligerent proclamation proves that our excellent doctor could buckle on his armour and be "a man of war" in defence of the right. He also pub. some pieces on Penitentiaries, &c., and contributed several papers to Phil. Trans., 1794, Med. Facts, 1795, and Memoirs Med., 1799. Blair, William. Inquiry into the State of Slavery amongst the Romans, Edin., 1833, 12mo. The subject of Roman Slavery has lately been investigated with great diligence, in a very modest but valuable volume, by William Blair. Esq."-Milman's Gibbon. Blaise, Lord. Discourse of Fire and Salt, discovering many Mysteries, Philosophical and Theological, Lon., 1649, 4to. Blake. Privilege of H. of Commons, 1818, 8vo. 1751, 8vo. Mathemat. con. to Phil. Trans., Blake,Sir Francis. Political treatises, Lon., 1785-90. Blake, George. New method of Brewing, Lon., 1791, 8vo. Blake, H. J. C. Ten Parochial Sermons, adapted to a country congregation; 2d edit., Chiches., 1847, 12mo. Blake, J. Universal Piece Writer, 1811, 8vo. Blake, James. See Catholick Sermons, (1741, 2 vols. 8vo,) temp. James II., vol. ii. 393. Blake, James, d. 1771, aged 21, a native of Dorchester, Massachusetts, graduated at Harvard College in 1759. A vol. of his sermons was pub. after his death. "His sermons indicate a warmth of pious feeling honourable to his character." Blake, Capt. John. 1758, 8vo. BLA look upon him as one of the most extraordinary persons of the Blake, William. 1818, 12mo. Private Judgment, a Sermon, Marine System of G. Brit., | "Full of feeling and delicacy, and looked on with wonder and Blake, John. Letter on Inoculation, Lon., 1771, 8vo. "The most original, and in truth the only new and original, Blake, John L., D.D., 1788-1857, b. at Northwood, N. respect by the world."--Pilkington's Dict. of Painters. H., grad. Brown University, 1812, in the class with Chief version of the Scripture idea of Angels which I have met with, is Justice Richard W. Greene, LL.D., Prof. Wm. G. Goddard, that of William Blake, a poet-painter, somewhat mad, as we are a sort of poetical clairvoyance, bringing the unearthly nearer to LL.D., and Rev. Cyrus Kingsbury, D.D. He was Princi- told, if indeed his madness were not rather the telescope of truth,' pal of a Young Ladies' School about 12 years, during which him than to others."-Mrs. Jameson's Sacred and Legendary Art. Blake, William. Course of Exchange, and the Detime he published a Text Book of Geography, Chronology, and History; Text Book of Modern Geography; Compen-preciated State of the Currency, Lon., 1810, 8vo. dium of Universal Geography; First Reader; Second Reader; Historical Reader; High School Reader; Lectures on Rhetoric; First Book in Natural Philosophy; First Book in Astronomy; Mrs. Marcet's Conversations, 4 vols. Some of these works have been in use more than forty years, and to them we are indebted for a new feature in School-Book Literature; namely, an analysis of the text in printed Questions at the bottom of each page, which plan has since been frequently adopted. He has been Rector of an Episcopal Church for fifteen years; the first at N. Providence, R. I., the next at Concord, N. H., and for nearly eight years at Boston. He has written numerous Theological orations and addresses, besides many serDuring the twenty-five years prior to 1855, he has devoted his attention to general literature; the results of which are, his Family Encyclopedia, roy. 8vo, pp. 960; General Biographical Dictionary, roy. 8vo, pp. 1100. mons. "We cordially recommend this volume to all who desire a convenient and comprehensive summary of Biographical History, and hesitate not to say it is worthy of a place in every library."-Chro nicle of the Church. So great has been the demand for this work that the 8th edit. was pub. in 1853, and the 9th just before the author's death. Of several small volumes for school-libraries are the following: Book of Nature Laid Open; Parental Instructions; Wonders of the Earth; Wonders of the Ocean; Wonders of Art, &c.; Farmer's Every Day Book, Svo, 654 pp. "This work should not only be in the library of every farmer, but it should hold a prominent place in the library of every family in the country; for it presents ably and truly the importance of agriculture, and the advantages and pleasure of rural pursuits."-N. E. Farmer. Blake, Malachi, d. 1760. Account of the fire at Blandford-Forum, 1731; and a sermon, 2d edit., Lon., 1735, 12mo. Blake,Mark. Letter to Clergy Ch. Scotland, 1794, 8vo. Blake, Robert. Triumph of Scipio; an Hist. Poem on the late Rebellion, 1755, 4to. Blake, Robert, M.D. Structure of the Teeth, Dubl., 1801, 8vo. Blake, Stephen. The Compleat Gardener's Practice, directing the exact way of Gardening, in three parts, the Garden of Pleasure, Physical Garden, Kitchen Garden, Lon., 1664, 8vo or 4to. Blake, Thomas, 1597-1657, a Puritan divine, was a native of Staffordshire. He was entered at Christ Church, Oxford, in 1616. Con A Treatise of the Covenant of God with Mankind, Lon., 1653, 4to. The Covenant Sealed, 1655, 4to. Living Truths in Dying Times, 1665, 12mo. troversial treatises on Infant Baptism. At his funeral "Many of the ministers and others of the neighbourhood being present, Mr. Anth. Burgess, of Sutton Colfield, stept up into the pulpit and preached his funeral sermon, wherein, in the conclusion, he said many things of the defunct relating to his learning and godliness."-Athen. Oxon. Blake, Wm., 1757-1828, b. in London, an engraver and author, attracted great attention by his eccentricity The Gates of Paradise, Illustrated and artistic talents. by 16 Engravings, for Children, 1793, 12mo. Songs of Experience, with Plates. America; a Prophecy, 1793, fol. A Descriptive Catalogue Europe; a Prophecy, 1794, fol. of Pictures, Poetical and Historical Inventions, painted by His Illushimself in Water-Colours, Lon., 1809, 12mo. trated Edition of Young's Night Thoughts, 1779, imp. 4to, and Illustrations to Blair's Grave, 1808, imp. 4to, have been greatly admired. Poet. Sketches, 1783, 8vo. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, 1789-94, 2 vols. 8vo: sold, 1855, £12 58.; same, 1 vol. imp. 4to, coloured by the artist, £10 10s. Book of Thiel, 1789, 4to. Vision of the Daughters Book of Ahania, 1795. Marriage of Albion, 1793, s. f. of Heaven and Hell, 1800. Jerusalem: the Emanation of the Giant Albion, fol. Illustrations to the Book of Job, fol. Illustrations to Comus. Milton; a Poem, 1804, 4to, £10 108., Bohn's Cat. Illustrations to Dante, fol. "Blake is a real name. I assure you, and a most extraordinary man he is, if he still be living. He is the Blake whose wild designs accompany a splendid edition of Blair's Grave. He paints in water-colours marvellous strange pictures-visions of his brain-which he asserts he has seen. They have great merit. I must Blakeney, L. Theolog., &c.works, 1814-15,8vo and 4to. Blakeney, R. P. Awful Disclosure of the iniquitous principles taught by the Church of Rome, being extracts trans. from the Moral Theology of Alphonso Liguori, who was canonized in the year 1839, Lon., 1846, 12mo. Blakeway, John Brickdale, 1765-1826, a divine and antiquary, was educated at Westminster School and Oriel College, Oxford. He pub. A Warning against Schism, a Sermon, 1799, 4to. Thanksgiving Sermon, 1805, 8vo. An Attempt to ascertain the Author of Junius's Letters, 1813, 8vo. He compiled a History of Shrewsbury, the last number of which was completed about the time of his decease. He left other historical collections, not prepared for Sermon on obedience to King the press. Notices of the Sheriffs of Shropshire, fol. Blakeway, Robert. An Essay towards the Cure of ReliGeorge, 1716, 8vo. gious Melancholy, Lon., 1717, 8vo. Blakey. On Making Steam Engines, Lon., 1793, 8vo. Blakey, Robert. History of the Philosophy of Mind; embracing the opinions of all Writers on Mental Science from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, 4 vols. 8vo, Lon., 1848; again, 1850. "We regard these volumes as embodying little short of the sub- Blakey, William, of the College of Surgeons at Paris. "A valuable body of information upon the course of the British "We like Twelve Years' Military Adventures very much."army in India, in Spain, and the South of France."-Lon. Atlas. Black wood's Magazine. Twenty Years in Retirement, 2 vols. 8vo, 1836. Full of amusing anecdotes of personal adventure, and remarks on men and manners. Blakiston, Perry, M.D., late Physician to the Birmingham Hospital. On Diseases of the Chest, and on the Principles of Auscultation, Lon., 1847, 8vo. "Dr. Blakiston's production not only gives him a place in the rather thin ranks of sound and accomplished physicians, possessed of a true notion of the importance of their science, and of the means by which it should be cultivated, but adds to English Medical Literature one of the few really inductive works by which it adorned."-Medico-Chirurgical Review. is Blakwell, Alexander. See BLACKWELL. Blamford, Samuel. Discourses, 1660, 8vo. Blamire, Susannah, 1747-1794, a native of Cumberland, England, resided for some years in Scotland, where she became acquainted with the dialect of the country, and devoted her attention so successfully to the national poetry as to write Scottish lyrics of great elegance and beauty. Her best-known pieces are, The Nabob, The Siller Crown, The Waefu' Heart, Auld Robin Forbes, and a descriptive poem entitled Stocklewath, or the Cumbrian Village. Patrick Maxwell pub. her works, with a memoir, preface, and notes in 1842, in one volume. Blanchard, Laman, 1803–1845. The Lyric Offering, 1828. Tales and Essays, entitled Sketches from the Life, with a Memoir of the Author by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Lon., 1849, 3 vols. p. 8vo. "As Addison and Steele reflected their own generations, so has Laman Blanchard in his sketches mirrored forth the variable and to be admired. Let all lovers of our British essayists-all worshipmotley peculiarities of the present day: they have but to be read pers of our Goldsmiths, our Lambs, and our Hawkesworths--add these three volumes to their previous collection. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's memoir will be read with much interest."-Lon. Sun. 203 Blanchard, W. J. 1779-87. Blanckley, T. R. A Naval Expositor, explaining the Terms of the Art, Lon., 1650, 4to. Works on Short Hand, Lon., | and subsequently Physician in Ordinary to William IV. He was created a baronet in 1812. The prize medal awarded to the best journal kept by the surgeon of the Navy was a proposition of Sir Gilbert's. He pub. many professional works, 1775-1832. We notice some of the principal: Observations on the Diseases incident to Seamen, Lon., 1785, 8vo. A Lecture on Muscular Motion, Lon., 1790, 4to. This work is highly commended by physiologists. A Serious Address to the Public on the Practice of Vaccination, Lon., 1811, 8vo. Elements of Medical Logic, including a statement respecting the contagious nature of the Yellow Fever, Lon., 1818, 8vo. Select Dissertations on several Subjects of Medical Science, Lon., 1822, 8vo. A Brief Statement of the Progressive Improvement of the Health of the Royal Navy at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century, Lon., 1830, 8vo. Warning and Admonition to the British Public on the Introduction of the Cholera of India, Lon., 1832, 8vo. Bland, Edwarde. Discovery of N. Brittaine, Lon., 1651, 4to. Bland, Elizabeth, of London, born about 1660, was celebrated for her knowledge of the Hebrew language, which was taught her by Lord Van Helmont. There is preserved in the Royal Society a phylactery in Hebrew, written by her at the request of Ralph Thoresby. Dr. Grew gives a description of this in his Account of Rarities preserved at Gresham College, Lon., 1681, fol. See Thoresby's Diary and Correspondence for several letters from Miss Bland (she was never married) to Ralph Thoresby. The honest antiquary thus details his surprise at the young lady's erudition: June 26, 1709. Walked to Beeston-Hall to visit Mr. Bland; was surprised to hear his daughter read Hebrew distinctly into English, which she learnt of her mother, who is an ingenious gentlewoman. She presented me with an autograph of the noted George Fox, the founder of Quakerism." Bland, Humphrey. Mil. Discipline, Lon. 1727, 8vo. "These annotations on St. Matthew and St. Mark, drawn partly from the fathers and early ecclesiastical writers. but principally from early English divines, are designed for the use of students at the universities, and candidates for holy orders." Sir Gilbert had six sons and three daughters. His successor in the title, Sir Hugh Seymour Blane, served with distinction at Waterloo as an officer of the Third Guards. Blane, William. Essays on Hunting, Lon., 1781, Svo. Hunting Excursion of Asaph ul Dowlah, Lon., 1788, Svo. Production of Borax, Phil. Trans., 1787. Blanshard, Henry. Appeal for India, Lon., 1836, 8vo. Blanshard, William. Statutes of Limitation, Lon., 1820, 8vo. Blaquiere, Edward, Royal Navy. Letters from the Mediterranean, 2 vols. 8vo, Lon., 1813. "Mr. Blaquiere has produced an interesting and considerably important work, which is not merely creditable to his talents, but Dr. Bland has pub. a number of mathematical and other his integrity, and from which his Majesty's Government may acworks. Bland, Peter. Political treatises, Lon. and Hull, 1642. Bland, Philip. Plain Parish Sers., Lon., 1850, 12mo. Bland, Richard, d. 1778, a political writer of Virginia, pub. in 1766 An Inquiry into the Rights of the British Colonies, in answer to a British publication-Regulations concerning the Colonies, &c. Arthur Lee and Jefferson also took part in the controversies of this period. In 1758 he wrote on the controversy between the clergy and the Assembly concerning the Tobacco tax. "His perfect mastery of every fact connected with the settlement and progress of the colony had given him the name of the Virginian antiquary. He was a politician of the first class, a profound logician, and was also considered as the first writer in the colony." See Jefferson's Notes; Wirt's Life of Henry. Bland, Robert, M.D. Observations on Parturition, Lon., 1794, 8vo. Proverbs, 2 vols. 8vo, 1814. Profess. Con. to Phil. Trans., 1781. quire a great deal of useful information."-Eclectic Review. picture of these countries than any of his competitors."—Edinburgh Review. An Historical Review of the Spanish Revolution, 8vo. "It is impossible to peruse this volume without feelings of the most affecting and irresistible nature."-London Monthly Mag., Sept., 1822. The Greek Revolution: its Origin and Progress, 8vo. behalf, and the British public will thank him for the very clear "To Mr. B., Greece is much indebted for his exertions in her and impartial account he has given of one of the most interesting revolutions that has occurred in the history of the World."-London Literary Chronicle. Narrative of a Residence in Algiers, by M. Pananti, with notes by E. Blaquiere, 4to. sity from the minute and lively manner in which it lays open "This volume will be found to be an object of particular curio the interior of the Court of the Dey of Algiers." Description of Venezuela, Trinidad, Margarita, and Tobago, from the French of M. De Lavaysse, 8vo. Bland, Robert, 1779-1825, son of the above, was for some time minister of the English Church at AmsterOf this useful and instructive volume it is impossible to speak dam, afterwards settled at Kenilworth. Two Poems, Lon., too highly. The original Author, M. Lavaysse, is a philanthro 1808, 8vo. The Four Slaves of Cythera, 1809, 8vo. Mi- pist and a philosopher, and the Translator has not only done him nor Poets of Greece, 1813, 8vo. Collections from the justice, but has enriched the work with many valuable notes and illustrations."-London Monthly Mag., Jan.. 1820. Greek Mythology, 1813, 8vo, assisted by J. H. Merivale, &c.: hence Byron calls them the "Associate Bards," in his English Bards, &c. "Rarely has the world obtained a richer treasure of poetic gems than is contained in this collection."-Lon. Athen. In conjunction with Miss Plumtree, Mr. Bland trans, the Memoirs of De Grimm and Diderot, 2 vols. 8vo, 1813. Bland, Col. Theodoric, 1742-1790. Bland Papers. See CAMPBELL, Charles, p. 331. Bland, Theodoric. Report of Cases decided in the High Court of Chancery, Maryland, Balt., 1836–41. Bland, Thomas. On Epilepsy, Med. Comm., 1780. Bland, Tobie. Baite for Momus, Lon., 1589, 4to. Bland, Wm., Jr. The Principles of Agriculture, Lon., 1827, 8vo. "The volume treats the processes of cultivation in a very concise and enlightened manner. The author holds to practice, and observes the results."-Donaldson's Agricult. Biog. Blandie, William, educated at Oxford, trans. the Five Books of Hieronimus Osorius, Lon., 1576, 4to. "This is a rare book. I think Mr. Blandie, the translator, was a Roman Catholick."-MS. note by Hearne, in his copy of the above work. Blandy, Adam. Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford. Chronological tables of the World, 8vo. Blandy, William. The Castle or Picture of Policy, Lon., 1581, 4to. Mr. Blaquiere pub. a few other works. Blaquiere, Hon. William. Trans. of Schiller's History of the Thirty Years' War, Lon., 1799, 2 vols. 8vo. "It neither conveys an adequate idea of the original work, nor presents even correct English composition."-Lon. Monthly Review. Blau, Robert. Grammatical works, Edin., 1701, 8vo. Blaxland, George. Codex Legum Anglicarum; or a digest of principles of English Law; arranged in the order of the Code Napoleon, with a Historical Introduction, Lon., 1839. 8vo. "The author's object in this work has been to collect as many rules of English law as there are articles of the French Code, bearing on similar points and arranged in the same order." Blaxton, John. English Usurer, or Usury Condemned by the most learned and famous Divines of the Church of England, Lon., 1634, 4to. Verses by George Wither at the end. On this subject, see Bentham's Defence of Usury. Blaymires, J. Christian Spelling Book, 1790, 8vo. Blayney, Major General, Lord. Narrative of a forced Journey through France and Spain, as a Prisoner of War, in the years 1810-14, 2 vols. 8vo, 1814. Vol. 3, sequel, 1816. See a critique on this work, Quarterly Review, vols. xiv., xv. Blayney, Allan. Festorum Metropolis, Lon.,1654,8vo. Blayney, Benjamin, D.D., d. 1801, of Worcester College, Oxford, afterwards of Hertford College; M. A., 1753; B. D., 1768; D. D., 1787; and in the same year Regius Professor of Hebrew, Oxford. He was very eminent as a Biblical critic. A Dissertation on Daniel's 70 Weeks, Oxf., 1775, 4to. Michaelis's opinions. vol. lii. Jeremiah and This controverts some points of See Lon. Monthly Review, O. S., Lamentations: a new translation, with Notes, philological and explanatory, Oxf., 1784, 4to; 2d edit. with additions, 1797, 4to. Edin., 1810, 8vo. "This work is executed on the same plan as Bishop Lowth's version of Isaiah; and though not with equal success, yet with much credit to the author, both as a translator and a critic. . . . The notes are very copious. Many of them are very useful, and some discover much critical knowledge in the Hebrew language, and a good acquaintance with ancient history."-Lon. Monthly Zechariah: a New Translation, with Notes, Lon., 1797,4to. "We think it our duty to say that Dr. Blayney has produced a valuable illustration of Zechariah, and afforded great assistance to the biblical student."-British Critic, O. S., vol. xiii. See Monthly Review. Review, N. S., vol. xxviii. Pentateuchus Hebræo-Samaritanus, &c., Oxon. 1790,8vo. "The text of the Hebræo-Samaritan Pentateuch, which was printed in Bishop Walton's Polyglot, has been adopted as the basis of this edition, to which have been added various readings from tion. Dr. Kennicott's edition of the Hebrew Bible."-Horne's IntroducDr. Blayney bestowed much labour in revising the edition of the Authorized Version of the Bible, printed at the Clarendon Press, 1769, 4to, and fol. He also added many marginal references to this edition. See Horne's Introduction. "Blayney was not deficient in learning, but he had not that exquisite taste, and acute discernment of poetical beauty, for which Lowth was distinguished."-ORME. Blayney, Frederick. Life Annuities, 1818. Bleamire, William. Remarks on the Poor Laws and the Maintenance of the Poor, Lon., 1800, 8vo. Blechynden, Richard. Theolog. treatise, Lon., 1685, fol. Bleecker, Anne Eliza, 1752-1783, a daughter of Brandt Schuyler of New York, was married in 1769 to John J. Bleecker of New Rochelle. After her death some of her writings were collected and published in 1793, and again in 1809, with a notice of her life by her daughter, Mrs. Margarette V. Faugeres. Some of Mrs. F.'s Essays will be found in the volume. "The memoirs of Mrs. Bleecker and her Poems, were published many years ago, but I have sought in vain among the libraries and the Bleeckers, to obtain a copy."-W. L. STONE: Life of Brant, vol. i. p. 207. "There are no wonderful traces of genius in Mrs. Bleecker's poems; but they show a refined taste, and talents which might have been cultivated to higher efforts, if the circumstances surrounding the author had been propitious. There is a pure current of conjugal and maternal feeling to be traced in all her effusions." -MRS. S. J. HALE: Woman's Record. Bleecker, Anthony, d. 1827, aged 49, a graduate of Columbia College, New York, pub. many fugitive poetical pieces. For thirty years the periodical literature of New York and Philadelphia was constantly indebted to his fancy and good taste." Allen's Amer. Biog. Dict. Blegborough, Ralph, M.D., 1769-1827, a London physician. Facts respecting the Air Pump, &c., Lon., 1803, 8vo. He contributed to several medical periodicals. Blencowe, Edward, formerly Fellow of Oriel College. Plain Sermons addressed to a Country congregation, 1st, 2d, and 3d series, Lon., 3 vols. 8vo. 3d series pub. 1851. "The discourses are plain, interesting, and pre-eminently prac tical."-English Churchman. "They really deserve their title of plain sermons, and that is the very highest praise that could be accorded to any."-Lom. Critic. "Simple, intelligible, and affectionate."-Church and State Gazette. "Very stirring and practical."-Christian Remembrancer. Blencowe, R. W. Editor of Hon. Henry Sidney's Diary of Charles the Second's Times, 2 vols. 8vo. SIDNEY, HON. HENRY. See Blener-Hasset, Thomas, a minor poet, temp. Elizabeth, made additions to the edition of the Mirrour for Magistrates, pub. in 1578. "The year 1578 not only produced this second impression of Higgins's Mirrour, but witnessed a fifth and separate edition of Baldwyne's labours, with the addition of two legends, and an intermediate part written by Thomas Blener-Hasset, containing twelve stories, and entitled The Seconde part of the Mirrour of Magistrates, conteining the falles of the infortunate Princes of this Lande; from the Conquest of Cæser into the commyng of Duke William the Conqueror."-Drake's Shakspeare and His Times, vol. i. Blener-Hasset pub. in 1610, A Direction for the Plantation of Ulster. Blenman, Richard. Acts of Parliament, Lon., 1742, 8vo. Blennerhaysett, Thomas. Sermons, 1715-16. Blesen, or Blesenis, Peter, d. about 1200? Archdeacon of Bath, afterwards of London, a native of Blois, was a favourite with Henry II. of England. Opera, Paris, 1519. Auctiora, cum notis, Paris, 1667, fol. Paralipomena Operum, Col. Agr., 1624, 8vo. Continuatio: Historia Ingulphi, &c., Oxf., 1654? Blessington, Countess of, 1787-1849, was b. at Knockbut, Tipperary, Ireland, the second daughter of Edmund Power, Esq., of Carrabeen. At the age of fifteen she married Captain Farmer of the 47th Regiment, R. A. He died in 1817. Possessed of great personal beauty, and highly accomplished, she did not long remain a widow, and in 1818 was married to Charles John Gardiner, Earl of Blessington. The Earl and Countess resided chiefly on the Continent until the death of the former in 1829, when she moved to London, and resided there, first in Berkeley-Square, and subsequently at Gore House, until 1849, when she removed to Paris, where she died in the same year. The marriage of her step-daughter, Lady Harriet Anne Frances Gardiner, the only child of the Earl of Blessington, to Count D'Orsay, their separation, and Empire of Fashion or the Republic of Letters. the subsequent family history, are no secrets either in the Lord Byron was a great admirer of Lady Blessington, and her published Conversations with him was one of the most popular books of the day. Lady B.'s publications The Two Friends. Meredith. "The plot is one which must be read through to be appreciated; and we take leave of Lady Blessington, knowing that the name of her readers will be legion, and that they will find ample amusement and interest in the clever and fanciful story of Meredith."London Court Journal, July 8, 1843. The Idler in Italy. The Idler in France. the most brilliant society in the French metropolis, her Idler in "As Lady Blessington, during her residence in Paris, moved in France, as may readily be imagined. is remarkably rich in piquant anecdote. Exclusive of the large number of distinguished foreigners who have a place in these volumes, her lady ship introduces the reader to an assemblage, equally brilliant, of her own compatriots. Among others, the Dukes of Wellington and Hamilton; the Ladies Hawarden, Combermere, Stuart de Rothsay, Lyndsay, and Dysart; Lords Byron, Yarmouth, Lilford, Lansdowne, Darnley, Charlemont, Stuart de Rothsay, Erskine, Glenelg, Rosslyn, John Russell, Allen, Pembroke, Palmerston, Castlereagh, Cadogan, and Abinger; Sirs Robert Peel, Francis Burdett, Andrew Barnard, William Drummond, William Gell; Colonels E. Lygon, Leicester Stanhope, and Caradoc; and Messrs. Charles Mills, Douglas Kiucaird, Standish, Cuthbert, Disraeli, Walter Savage Landor, Shelley, William Spencer, Rogers, Luttrell, &c." "In Paris and Parisian society, Lady Blessington is quite at home."-London Athenarum. "A couple of delightful volumes, by the most delightful of female writers."-London Weekly Chronicle. The Governess. Confessions of an Elderly Gentleman. "This is a most charming volume-full of the nice feeling, the elderly gentleman, who has been in love six times, has done his keen perception, and the delicate mind of a woman. Certainly an duty by the female sex ; but the six lovely faces collected by Parris quite warrant the proceeding. Each face has its separate history delightfully done. The stories are singularly lively, and lighted up by a myriad of observations either shrewd or touching."-Len. Literary Gazette. "This is much the best of Lady Blessington's fictions. It has the consistency of an autobiography; and the reader will listen with interest and curiosity till the Elderly Gentleman has nothing more to confess. There is incident enough in each of his tales to have furnished a three-volume novel. The two pathetic stories relieve the livelier ones very happily; and we close the records of his dreams and follies with a full conviction that the Elderly Gentleman deserved his six disappointments."-Lon. Athenæum. "These Confessions are sparkling in their execution, and like all the novels of the accomplished writer, they are peculiarly Romans de Société-the characters that move and breathe throughout them are the actual persons of the great world; and the reflections with which they abound belong to the philosophy of one who has well examined the existing manners. Her portraiture of familiar scenes, of every-day incidents, are matchless for truth and grace."-Edinburgh Review. "There are few fictions, though of thrice the exterior pretensions of these Confessions, that possess so much weight."-London Monthly Review. Country Quarters. Marmaduke Herbert. Confessions of an Elderly Lady. "The Confessions of an Elderly Gentleman is a deservedly popu lar work; but its present companion is, we think, even superior. The niceties of feminine perception; the workings of the female heart; the innate feelings and educational restraints which control and modify the passions of the sex, shape its actions, and form its character, are all portrayed with striking fidelity. It is with these slight shades, which, like the strong colours in man's life, work out the destinies of woman, that Lady Blessington has painted the portrait of her heroine, and illustrated every turn of her fate, from over-indulged infancy to irritable and peevish age. The lesson is a fine one; the incidents full of interest, and the denon ement most skilful and admirable. Of axiomatic beauties, which always distinguish productions of real talent and merit, there are some sparkling gems, which cast a brilliant light upon the fabric, and afford a happy relief to the tissue of loves, and cares, and | Blessington; compiled and edited by Dr. R. R. Madden," hopes, and disappointments, and sorrows. Parris's eight portraits author of The Life of Savonarola, Travels in the East, &c. are exquisite: we know not which is most lovely. They are, inBlewert, William. On Annuities, Lon., 1783-92; deed, delightful illustrations of the story."-Lon. Literary Gazette. "It forms a pendant to Confessions of an Elderly Gentleman, 4th ed.; Tables corrected by J. B. Brize, Lon., 1847. by the same fair hand, and fully equals, if not exceeds. its prede- Blewitt, J. The Organ Service of the United Church cessor. There are a grace and elegance about both works which of England and Ireland. cannot fail to attract and captivate."-John Bull. "A more perfect moral anatomization of the female heart has seldom been exhibited in any work of fiction. The serious passages are agreeably relieved by some amusing sketches of the aristocracy of by-gone times. . . . If the confessions of the Lady' do not exhibit so much variety as those of the Gentleman,' they are infinitely superior in the depth of their interest, and in the excellence of the lessons they inculcate."-Morning Post. "No actual confessions, whosoever the autobiographer might be, ever interested us more; nor were any ever made that proffer a finer and truer lesson to humanity, to women especially. Vanity and pride in women were never laid bare by a firmer or gentler hand.... Immeasurably superior to the Confessions of an Elderly Gentleman."-Court Journal. "The tale throughout is written with ease and elegance.”— Athenæum. Desultory Thoughts and Reflections. "These terse and well-digested aphorisms are as remarkable for their moral value as for their elegant and graceful setting.”— Conservative Journal. The Belle of a Season. Tour through the Netherlands to Paris. Strathren. Memoirs of a Femme de Chambre. The Lottery of Life, and other tales. "Lady Blessington's book has been very pleasant reading to us. It is gracefully written throughout, and with a lively power of good-hearted ridicule. Lady Blessington excels in what we may call refined caricature, in which a spirit of frolic and exaggeration runs side by side with a cheerful fancy, shrewd observation, and humour both sharp and genial. These volumes will add to Lady Blessington's reputation, as a lively, acute, and agreeable writer." -London Examiner. Lady B. contributed many articles to the periodicals of the day, and for 7 or 8 years edited The Keepsake and The Gems of Beauty. We present the reader with a full-length portrait of the Countess of Blessington, drawn by the graphic pencil of an acquaintance of her ladyship-N. P. Willis, Esq., of New York, "The portrait of Lady Blessington in the Book of Beauty is not unlike her, but it is still an unfavourable likeness. A picture by Sir Thomas Lawrence hung opposite me, taken, perhaps, at the age of eighteen, which is more like her, and as captivating a representation of a just matured woman, full of loveliness and love, the kind of creature with whose divine sweetness the gazer's heart aches, as ever was drawn in the painter's most inspired hour. The original is now (she confessed it very frankly) forty. She looks something on the sunny side of thirty. Her person is full, but preserves all the fineness of an admirable shape; her foot is not crowded in a satin slipper for which a Cinderella might be looked for in vain, and her complexion (an unusually fair skin, with very dark hair and eyebrows) is of even a girlish delicacy and freshness. Her dress of blue satin (if I am describing her like a milliner, it is because I have here and there a reader of the Mirror in my eye who will be amused by it) was cut low, and folded across her bosom, in a way to show to advantage the round and sculpture-like curve and whiteness of a pair of exquisite shoulders, while her hair dressed close to her head, and parted simply on her forehead with a rich fercnière of turquoise, enveloped in clear outline a head with which it would be difficult to find a fault. Her features are regular, and her mouth, the most expressive of them, has a ripe fulness and freedom of play, peculiar to the Irish physiognomy, and expressive of the most unsuspicious good humour. Add to all this a voice merry and sad by turns, but always musical, and manners of the most unpretending elegance, yet even more remarkable for their winning kindness, and you have the most prominent traits of one of the most lovely and fascinating women I have ever seen."-Pencillings by the Way. We conclude with two opinions of rather a conflicting character: "Many things have contributed to raise her to her present position of polite letters, beyond the general merits of her works. The charm of title, her indisputable taste in the fine arts, and, above all, her beauty, have been all along so many assisting excellencies to support her literary reputation.. When a lady condescends to write, whose equipage arrests the attention of the thousands that throng daily the fashionable localities of London, she is all the time, as her carriage rolls on from street to street, creating a new class of readers. Struck with the appearance of her equipage, they are anxious to ascertain how its owner looks, thinks, acts, and writes; the circulating libraries gain new subscribers, and Lady Blessington extends in this way the reputation of her genius."-Hunt's London Journal. Audi alteram partem: "As an acute and brilliant delineator of the traits and foibles of fashionable life, Lady Blessington is unequalled. She draws with a steady yet delicate hand the denizens of le beau monde, justly discriminating the various shades of character she has to deal with; and presents, at last, a lively picture, replete with striking contrast, yet exquisitely natural, of which we admire the execution, whilst we acknowledge the truth."-Court Journal. For further information respecting her ladyship, we must refer the reader to the following work, in 3 vols. demi 8vo, with portraits by R. J. Lane, Esq., A.R.A.: The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of "Mr. Blewitt is entitled to the thanks of all young organists, for the very clear and conspicuous manner in which he has led them through the whole of the service; there is also displayed considerable taste in his delicate touches in the form of voluntary, upon the swell, in his interludes," &c.-Harmonicon. Blewitt, Octavius, Secretary of Literary Fund, London, author of a vol. of Poems, Panorama of Torquay, 12mo, and Hand-Book for Southern Italy, (Murray's,) 1853. Blewitt, R. J. The Court of Chancery; a Satirical Poem. "The object of this book is to embody, in immortal verse, the reflections of the author on every thing connected with Chancery. The volume contains some very clever hits at several members of the English bench and bar, with a pretty large share of abuse and venom. The author, whoever he may be, is shooting masked, Blewitt being an assumed name.'" Blick, F. Sermon, Buckingham, 1791, 8vo. Blicke, Sir Charles, Knt., Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London. An Essay on the Yellow Fever of Jamaica, collected from the MSS. of a late Surgeon, Lon., 1772, 8vo. Bligh, Arthur. Poetical works, 1806. Bligh, Michael. Church of God, 1765, 8vo. Bligh, Richard. Reports and Legal treatises, Lon., 1821, &c. Mr. Bligh's Reports of Cases heard in the House of Lords are in continuation of those by Mr. Dow, 10 vols. Bligh, William. A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board H. M. Ship Bounty, Lon., 1790, 4to. This was trans. into French: it was incorporated by Bligh in A In 1794 he Voyage to the South Sea, Lon., 1792, 4to. pub. Answers to Mr. E. Christian's Assertions relative to the Trial of the Mutineers of the Bounty. This interesting story-the Mutiny on the Bounty-is well known. Blind Harry. See HENRY THE MINSTREL. Blinman, Richard, first minister of New London, Connecticut, a native of Great Britain, arrived in America in 1642. He pub. A Rejoynder to Mr. Henry Danvers his brief friendly reply to my answer about Infant Baptism, Lon., 1675, 24mo. Blinshall, James, D.D. Evidence of the future Publication of the Gospel to all Nations, with an Account of the Soc. Scot. Prop. Chr. Knowledge, Edin., 1780, 8vo. Bliss, Anthony. A Sermon, 1725, 8vo. Bliss, George. The obligatory Nature of the Sacraments, or Strictures on Mr. Gurney's Remarks, Lon., 1826, 12mo. Notes on the New Testament, &c. Bliss, John. Mineral Waters of Hampstead, &c., 1802. Bliss, Nathaniel. Bradley's Astronomical Observations, with a Continuation, Oxf., 1789-1805, 2 vols. fol. Astronom. Papers in Phil. Trans., 1761, 4to. Bliss, Philip, D.D., D.C.L., &c., 1788-1857, b. in Gloucester co., Eng., Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford, edited Earle's Micro-Cosmography, with Notes, Lon., 1809, 8vo; Aubrey's Lives of Eminent Men, trans. from the original MSS. in the Ashmolean Museum,-forming a portion of the work known as the Letters from the Bodleian, 1813, 3 vols. 8vo; Bibliographical Miscellanies, 1813, thin 4to: 104 copies printed. He repub. two old plays; ed. Henshaw's Meditations, 1841, 12mo; Historical Papers, printed from the collection in his own library, 1846; ed. for the Ecclesiastical Historical Society The Life of Anthony à Wood, which was intended to form the first vol. of a new edition of Athen. Oxon., 1848; Catalogue of Oxford Graduates from 1649 to 1850, 1851, 8vo; Reliquiæ Hearnianæ : extracted from the Diaries of Thomas Hearne, This work was commenced, and be1857, 2 vols. 8vo. tween 500 and 600 pages were printed, more than forty years before it was published. The entire edition of 150 copies on small and 50 copies on large paper were sold in Dr. B. deserves enduring six weeks after publication. honours for his invaluable edition of Wood's Athenæ Oxoniensis, Lon., 1813-20, 4 vols. 4to, which we shall Dr. Dibdin notice in our article WooD, ANTHONY, q. v. handsomely acknowledges his obligations to him, and these pages attest ours: "My friend the Rev. Dr. Bliss, of the Bodleian Library, has enabled me to enrich these pages not only by the examination of many treasures in that wonderful repository, but by the loan of his work (not yet published) of the Reliquiæ Hearnianæ. The pages of his Athene Oxoniensis have been also at times singularly useful.... If the Athenæ Oxoniensis be thrice welcome,' in any shape, it is nine times welcome in the recent impression just alluded to! for more care, attention, accuracy, and valuable enlarge |