thuino Gratio editus, Londini, 2 vols. fol.; first pub. at "We can refer to this volume as THE BOOK to be recommended." Cologne in 1535, by Orthuinus Gratius. The tracts relate-Lindley's Gardener's Journal. Brown, James. Grammatical works, Bost., Salem, and Phila., 1815-41. See Goold Brown's Grammar of Grammars, Cat., xiii. to the Council of Basil, early reformers, and the errors of the Church of Rome. Trans. into English of Father Paul's Letters, with preface., Lon., 1693, 8vo. Brown, Edward. Descrip. of an Annual World, &c., 1641, 8vo. Warning Piece for England, 1643, 4to. Brown, Edward, Rector of Langley, Kent. Sermons, 1699, 4to. Brown, Edward. Travels and Adventures of Ed ward Brown, formerly a Merchant in London, Lon., 1739, 8vo. Written by John Campbell, LL.D. Brown, Frances, b. 1816, is a native of Stranorlar, county of Donegal, Ireland, where she is known by the name of "The Blind Poetess of Ulster." Lyrics, and Miscellaneous Poems, Lon., 1847, 12mo. The Star of Attéghéi, and other Poems, Lon., 1844, 12mo. Her poems are much admired. "The bard gathers dignity from the darkness amid which she sings, as the darkness itself is lightened by the song."-Preface to vol. pub. in 1844. Brown, James B. Views of Canada and the Colonists. "The intelligence conveyed is not only abundant, but of great value."-Church and State Gazette. Brown, James Baldwin, LL.D., 1781-1843. Mem. of John Howard, 4to. Studies of First Principles; with a Preface by the Rev. Thomas Binney, 12mo. "A valuable contribution to our higher popular religious library, and an incontestable evidence that the author has a dignified, enlarged, and correct appreciation of the Christian economy and life.” Ion. Biblical Review. Other works, Historical, Biographical, and Poetical. See Bibl. Brit. Brown, Francis, D.D., 1784-1820, President of Dart-practical, 1678, 4to. mouth College, a native of New Hampshire, pub. several sermons, 1810-14. Brown, George. Arithmetical Treatises, 1700-18. Brown, Goold, 1791–1857, an American grammarian. 1. Institutes of English Grammar, N. York, 1823, '32, '46, 12mo. 2. First Lines of English Grammar, 1823, '27, 18mo; 1844, 12mo. 3. Grammar of English Grammars, N. York, 1850-51, 8vo; 2d ed., 1857, 8vo, pp. 1070. Prefixed to this work is a valuable Digested Catalogue of English Grammars and Grammarians, &c. Other grammatical treatises: vide supra. Brown, Henry. Trans. from the Greek of Justin Martyr's Dialogue with Trypho the Jew, 1755, 2 vols. 8vo. Brown, Henry. History of Illinois, New York, 1844, 8vo. Brown, Hugh. Principles of Gunnery, Lon., 1777, 4to. Brown, Humphrey. The Ox muzzled or Ox-ford dried, or a Vindication of the Churches Rights against her Sacrilegious Enemies, Lon., 1649, 4to. Brown, Isaac Baker, Surgeon Accoucheur to St. Mary's Hospital, London. Treatment of Scarlatina, Lon., 1846, p. 8vo. On some Diseases of Women admitting of Surgical Treatment, 1854, 8vo. Brown, J. Mathemat. Tables; 2d ed., 1808, 8vo. Brown, J. H. Elements of English Grammar: see GENGEMBRE, P. W. Brown,J. Newton, born in New London, Conn., 1803; grad. Hamilton Lit. and Theol. Inst., (now Madison Univ.,) June, 1823. Life and Times of Menno, 18mo, pp. 72, 1853. Baptismal Balance, 18mo, pp. 72, 1853. Baptist Church Manual, 18mo, pp. 26, 1853. Obligation of the Sabbath, (A Discussion with W. B. Taylor,) 18mo, pp. 300, 1853. Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Boston, 1835. Apocalypse, a Poem, 1836. Emily and other Poems, pp. 276, 1840. Practical Works of John Bunyan, 8 vols. 12mo, 1852; with about 150 smaller books, as Editorial Secretary of the Amer. Bap. Pub. Soc. for the last four years. He is now (1858) writing a new History of the Church from a strictly Christian point of view, aiming to unfold its evangelical constitution and spirit impartially through all ages. Brown, James. Scripture Redemption, Lon., 1673. Brown, James, 1709-1787, originated The Directory, or List of Principal Traders in London, first pub. in 1782. He consigned the project to Kent, the printer, who made a fortune by the annual publication of a similar volume. Brown pub. (anon.) Orations of Isocrates. Brown, James, Vicar of Kingston near Taunton, Somersetshire. Funeral Sermon, 1756, 8vo. Brown, James. The Frolic; a Play, 1783, 8vo. Brown, James, Miss'y in the Province of Georgia. The Restitution of all Things, 1785, 8vo. Civil Government, 1792, 8vo. Brown, James, D.D., of Barnwell, Northamptonshire. An attempt towards an Explanation of the Book of Revelation, &c., Lon., 1812, 8vo. Brown, James. Con. to Trans. Hortic. Soc., 1817. Brown, James. The Forester; being a Practical Treatise on the Formation, Draining, and Fencing of Plantations; the Planting, Rearing, and Management of Forest Trees; the Cutting and Preparation of Wood for Sale; with an Improved Process for the Transplantation of Trees of large size. A new edition, greatly enlarged, with 109 Illustrations engraved on wood, demy 8vo. "Beyond all doubt this is the best work on the subject of Forestry extant."—Gardeners' Journal. 17 Brown, or Browne, John, Surgeon at St. Thomas's Hospital, London. A Complete Treatise of the Muscles, as they appear in the Human Body, and arise in Dissection. Illustrated with Copperplates. Lon., 1671, '81, '98, fol. Complete Description of Wounds, both general and Other profess. treatises, 1678-1703. Brown, John, D.D., a native of Rothbury, in Northumberland, was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge; obtained the living of Great Horkesley, Essex, 1754; Vicar of St. Nicholas, Newcastle, about 1758; committed suicide, when insane, 1766. Honour, a Poem. Essay on Satire. Two Sermons, 1746, 4to. A Sermon on Gaming, &c., preached at Bath, April 22, 1750. In consequence of this sermon, the public gambling tables at Bath were suppressed by the magistracy. Essays on Shaftesbury's Characteristics, Lon., 1751, 8vo: suggested to Brown by Warburton, and to Warburton by Pope, who told Warburton that to his knowledge the Characteristics had done more harm to revealed religion in England than all the other works of infidelity put together. The Essays were so popular that a 5th edit. was pub. in 1764. A Defence of Pitt. Letter to Dr. Lowth, 1766, 8vo. Diss. on Poetry and Musick, 1763, 4to. Brown pub. a number of other theological and literary works, 1754-66, but the only one which gave him great reputation was An Estimate of the Manners and Principles of the Times, Lon., 1757, 8vo. This proved to be one of the most popular treatises ever pub. in the language; no less than seven editions being called for in little more than a year from its appearance. A second vol. was pub. in 1758, and an edition in 3 parts, with an explanatory Defence of it, 1760-61. "It was perhaps as extravagantly applauded, and as extrava gantly censured, as any book that was ever written. The design of it was to show that 'a vain, luxurious, and selfish effeminacy, in the higher ranks of life,' marked the character of the age, and to point out the effects and sources of this effeminacy. And it must be owned, that, in the prosecution of it, the author has given abundant proofs of great discernment and solidity of judgment, a deep insight into human nature, and extensive knowledge of the world; and that he has marked the peculiar features of the time with great justice and accuracy.' He committed suicide, Sept. 23, 1766, in his 51st year. Brown, John, 1722–1787, a native of Carpow, county of Perth, Scotland, a schoolmaster and divine at Haddington, attained great distinction by his knowledge of languages, acquired by his own industry, without the aid of teachers. He was acquainted with Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Persian, Syriac, Ethiopic, Arabic, French, Italian, and German. Two Short Catechisms, Edin., 1764; Glasg.,1777, 12mo. The Christian's Journal, Edin., 1765. Dictionary of the Holy Bible on the plan of Calmet, Lon., 1769, 2 vols. 8vo; often reprinted. "A useful rather than a profound work; and has contributed very considerably to disseminate religious information in this thor, though a man of learning, and very general information, purcountry. As it was intended chiefly for common readers, the auposely avoided a display of learning."-ORME. "Allowances being made for some of his sentiments, his work may be advantageously substituted for Calmet's, the price of which necessarily places it above the reach of many persons."HORNE. "A very valuable body of information on divinity."-BICKER STETH. Self-Interpreting Bible, Lon., 1791, 2 vols. 4to. Simply an edition of the Scriptures, with many marginal references, short notes, and reflections. "An admirable book, either for ministers or families." A new edit. by Rev. John Barr, with the assistance of the author's son and grandson, was recently pub. by Blackie & Son, Glasgow, and in Lon. in 1838. A General History of the Christian Church to the present Times, Edin., 1771, 2 vols. 12mo. A very useful compendium, somewhat on the plan of Mosheim or Lampe. Other theological works. Brown, John, d. 1679, of the Scotch Church, Rotterdam. Christ the Way, the Truth, and the Life, Rott, 1677, 12mo. Quakerism the Pathway to Paganism, in answer to R. Barclay's Apology, Edin., 1678, 4to. An Explanation of the Epistle to the Romans, Edin., 1679, 4to. "The author was a Calvinist of the old school, a man of learning, piety, and good sense. The work is heavy, but valuable; chiefly as a doctrinal and practical exposition." ORME. of Modern Divinity, collected by Rev. J. Brown, 1831, 12mo. of books to which it refers than any other book with which we are acquainted." "This book gives a complete history of that important affair known as The Marrow Controversy, which so agitated North Bri tain in the early part of the last century. It contains also lives of the principal Marrow Men, with notices of their works; it is very Brown, John, D.D., b. 1785, Whitburn, Linlithgow-valuable on this account, as it contains more notices of the class shire, Senior Minister of the United Presby. Congr., Broughton Place, Edin., Prof. of Theology, &c., grandson of John Brown of Haddington, has pub. a number of theological works, 1821-52. We notice a few. Expository Discourses on the First Epistle to the Romans; 2d ed., Edin., 1849, 2 vols. 8vo. Discourses and Sayings of our Lord Jesus Christ; 2d ed., Edin., 1852, 3 vols. 8vo. "These volumes add fresh lustre to Dr. Brown's well-deserved reputation as a Biblical scholar and practical theologian. They bear the impress of keen critical sagacity, of calm, comprehensive, and independent judgment, of extensive research, of sound exe getical principles, and of the most devout and loving reverence for Him whose Sayings' they illustrate. They are exquisite and exhaustive expositions of the words of our Lord."-Eclectic Rev. "A noble work."-Free Church Magazine. "One of the most valuable expository works in our language." -Baptist Magazine. An Exposition of our Lord's Intercessory Prayer, Edin., 1850, 8vo. Discourses suited to the Administration of the Lord's Supper, Edin., 1823, 12mo. Highly commended. The Resurrection of Life, Edin., 1852, 8vo. Expository Lectures on the First Epistle of Peter, 2d ed., 1849, 8vo. Of this work, the North British Review says: "It is neither Scottish nor German, but sprung from the high and rare union of the best qualities of both schools in a single mind. It has the Scottish clearness, precision, orthodoxy, practicality; the German learning, minuteness of investigation, and disregard of tradition; and for certain qualities too rare in bothresolute adherence to the very truth of the passage-unforced development of the connection, and basing of edification on the right meaning of the Scripture, we have not met with any thing in either country that surpasses it." Brown, John, D.D., Minister of Langton, Berwickshire. The Testimony of Experience to the Utility and Necessity of Sabbath Schools, Edin., 1826, 8vo. Brown, John, Vicar of St. Mary's, Leicester. Christ Crucified, the only Theme of Gospel Ministration. Visitation Sermon, 1 Cor. i. 23, Lon., 1841, 8vo. Brown, John, 1752-1787, a Scotch artist, a native of Edinburgh. Letters on the Poetry and Music of the Italian Opera, 1789, 8vo. Brown, John. Historical and Genealog. Tree of the Royal Family of Scotland, 1796; new edit., 1811; of the Family of Graham, 1808; Elphinstone, 1808; Macdonald, 1810. Brown, John, of Great Yarmouth. Treatises on the British Navy, 1806, '07. Brown, John. Trans. of Mem. of Prince Staimatoff, 1814, 12mo. Psyche, or the Soul, 1818, 12mo. The Northern Courts; containing original Memoirs of the Sovereigns of Sweden and Denmark since 1776, Lon., 1818, 2 vols. 8vo. "A more clumsy and unworkmanlike performance we have seldom witnessed."-Lon. Quarterly Review, xix. 380. Anecdotes and Characters of the House of Brunswick, 1820, 8vo. Brown, John. Elem. of Eng. Education, 1809, 12mo. Brown, John. On Mathematical Instruments, 1671, '78, 8vo. Brown, John, of Biggar. Remarks on the Plans and The Sufferings and Glories of the Messiah, 1853, 8vo. Ex-Publications of Robert Owen, Esq., of New Lanark, 1818. position of the Epistle of Paul to the Galatians, 1853, 8vo. Brown, John. Chem. Con. to Phil. Trans., 1722, 24. Brown, John. Sermon, 1758, 8vo. On Baptism, 1764, 8vo. Brown, John. The Psalms in Metre, 1775, 8vo. The Bible, with Notes, Edin., 1778, 2 vols. 4to. Brown, John, M.D., 1735-1788, the author of the Brunonian system in Medicine, was a native of Berwickshire. He was placed at school at Dunse, and soon distinguished himself by his proficiency in the Greek and Latin classics. He lectured on medicine at Edinburgh, and had his theory of medicine and practice of life been better, nothing could have prevented his attaining to great eminence. His new positions were embodied in Elementa Medicine, in Latin, 1780, 8vo. Editio alteram plurimum emendata et integrum demum opus exibens, Edin., 1787, 2 vols. 8vo; 1794, 8vo. His work has been trans. into many languages. The author pub. an English version, Lon., 1788, 2 vols. 8vo; a new edit. by Dr. Beddoes, 1795, 2 vols. 8vo. Dr. Brown pub. Edin., 1787, 8vo, Observations on the Principles of the Old System of Physic, exhibiting a compound of the New Doctrine, &c. This work contains a violent attack upon Dr. Cullen's doctrine of Spasms. Dr. C. had been a warm friend of Dr. Brown's, and dissuaded him from seeking a professorship in one of the colleges of America, which was Brown's favourite scheme. Unfortunately, variance succeeded to friendship. A new edit. of Dr. Brown's works was pub. in 1804, Lon., 3 vols. 8vo, by Dr. William Cullen Brown. Mr. Pettigrew proves Brown to have been a better man than the popular estimate of his character would indicate. The Brunonian theory has been thus summed up,-imperfectly, no doubt: "All general or universal diseases were reduced to two great families or classes,-the sthenic and the asthenic; the former de pending upon excess, the latter upon deficiency, of exciting power. The former were to be removed by debilitating, the latter by stimulant, medicines, of which the most valuable and powerful are brandy and opium." The controversy, pro and con., was carried on with great ardour. So keen became the wordy war at the Royal Medical Society that a number of duels were fought, and a law was passed that no future references should be had to the hostile field. Nor was the war confined to the place of its birth. France, Spain, Italy, Poland, and Russia took up the cudgels; and in Germany the combat waxed so fierce that the military were obliged to take possession of the University of Göttingen to quell the Brunonians and Anti-Brunonians. See Beddoes's edit. as above; Pettigrew; Rees's Encyc.; Chalmers's Biog. Dict. Brown, John, of Whitburn. Gospel Truth, stated and illustrated by Hog, Boston, E. and R. Erskine, and others; occasioned by the republication of The Marrow 258 hill, Massachusetts, pub. a Sermon on the Death of Thomas Brown, John, d. 1752, aged 46, Minister of HaverSymmes, 1726. umph of the Blessed and only Potentate, Lon., 1823, 2 vols. Brown, John Aquila. The Even-tide, or Last Triof Daniel and St. John, &c. This work contains a Development of the Mysteries 8vo. "New and questionable interpretations; but with many valuable points."-BICKERSTETH. The Jew the Master-key of the Apocalypse, Lon., 1827, 8vo. In answer to Frere, Irving, and others. The Mount of Vision, etc., 18mo. A familiar illustration of the prophecies of Daniel, designed for the young. Brown, John P., Dragoman of the Legation of the United States at Constantinople. Trans. of the Turkish Evening Entertainments, &c., by Ahmed Ben Hemden, the Kiyaya, New York, 12mo. "The historical and amusing interest of the two hundred and seven curiosities, which I might call anecdotes, is obvious, &c." VON HAMMER, the celebrated Orientalist, to the Translator. "This book is one of the most interesting and amusing which have appeared."-Jour. Asiatique. Brown, Rev. John W., 1814-49, an American poet. Christmas Bells, and other Poems, N. York, 12mo. Brown, John Wm. Life of Da Vinci, Lon., 1828, 8vo. Brown, Joseph. Joseph and his Brethren, 1767. Brown,Josiah, d. 1793. Legal compilations, 1779, &c. Brown, Littleton. Con. to Phil. Trans., 1738. Brown, or Browne, Moses, 1703-1787, Vicar of Olney, Bucks. Polidus, a Tragedy. All-bedevilled, a Farce. Poems on Various Subjects, 1773, 8vo. An edit. of Walton and Cotton's Angler; with a Preface, Notes, and some valuable Additions, 1750, '59, '72. Sunday Thoughts, 1752, '64, '81. Percy Lodge; a Poem, 1755, 4to. Sermons, 1754, '61, '65. Other works. Brown, Peter. New Illustrations of Zoology, Lon., 1776, 4to. Designed as a supplement to Edwards's Birds. Descriptions mostly written by Pennant. Brown, R. Complete Farmer, 1758, 2 vols. 12mo. Brown, R. B. Extraordinary Adventures of several famous men, Lon., 1683, 12mo. Brown, or Browne, Richard. Medica Musica, Lon., 1674, 8vo. Other works, 1678, '92 '94, 8vo. Brown, Richard. Med. treatise, Lon., 1730, 4to. Brown, Richard, D.D., Canon of Christ Church, and Regius Professor of Hebrew, &c., Oxford. Job's Expectation of a Resurrection, 1747, 8vo. The Case of Naaman Considered, 1750, 8vo. Brown, Richard. Principles of Practical Perspec tive, 1815, 4to. Elucidation of Drawing Ornaments, 4to. Rudiments of Drawing Cabinet, &c., Furniture, 4to. Con. to Phil. Mag., 1816. Treatise on Domestic Architecture, 4to. Sacred Architecture, its Rise, Progress, and Present State, r. 4to, 1845, with 63 plates by Adlard. "This useful and comprehensive work embraces the Babylonian, Indian, Egyptian, Greek, and Roman Temples, the Byzantine, Saxon, Lombard, Norman, and Italian Churches; with an Analytical Inquiry into the Origin, Progress, and Perfection of the Gothic Churches in England; also the Elements of Church Design, &c." "If we were asked, For what class of readers is this very elegant production intended? our answer would be, For none exclusively, for several beneficially. The bishop and his suffragans-the man of education-and the votary of art, may each take useful lessons from it."-Colonial Mag. A Brown, or Browne, Robert, d. 1630, the founder of the Brownists, afterwards called Independents. Treatise of Reformation without tarrying for any. A Treatise of the 23d Chapter of St. Matthew. A Book which sheweth the Life and Manners of all true Christians. These three works are contained in a thin quarto vol., pub. at Middleburgh, in 1582. Brown, Robert. Death of Charles I., Lon., 8vo. Brown, Robert, 1756-1831. Agricult. works, Lon., 1799-1816. "Mr. Brown's works have been translated into the French and German languages, and he is quoted by all continental writers as an authority."-Donaldson's Agricult. Biog., q. v. for an interesting account of Mr. Brown, his farming and his literary labours. Brown, Robert. Military works, 1796, '97, 8vo. Brown, Robert, D.C.L., 1773-1858, b. at Montrose; a distinguished botanist; entered Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1787; studied Medicine at the Univ. of Edinburgh, 1790-94; in 1806, appointed Librarian of Linnæan Society, and President of the same from 1849 to '53. Contributed an important article On the Asclepiade; Trans. Wernerian Soc., 1809. On the Natural Order of Plants called Proteacea; Trans. Linn. Soc., 1810. Prodromus Flora Nova Hollandiæ et Insula Van Diemen, Lon., 1810, vol. i., 8vo. This vol. was suppressed by its author. Editio secunda, curavit C. G. Nees ab Essenbeck, Dr., Norimb., 1827, 8vo. General Remarks, Geographical and Systematical, on the Botany of Terra Australia, 1814. "Mr. Brown was the first English botanist to write a systematic work of any extent according to the natural method of Jussieu. No one has done more than he to make the method known in England, and, as has been truly observed, no one has done so much in any country to throw light on its intricacies.'"-Knight's Eng. Cyc., Div. Biog., vol. i. Observations on the Natural Family of Plants called Composite; Trans. Linn. Soc., vol. xii. An account of a new genus of plants named Rafflesia; Trans. Linn. Soc., vol. xiii. Brief Account of Microscopical Observations on the Particles contained in the Pollen of Plants, and on the general existence of Active Molecules in Organic and Inorganic Bodies, 1828, 8vo. Botanical Appendices to the Voyages of Ross and Parry to the Arctic Regions, Tuckey's Expedition to the Congo, and Oudney, Denham, and Clapperton's Explorations of Central Africa. Supplementum Prodromus, 1830. Many of his writings are to be found in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Reports of the British Association, Horsfield's Plantæ Javanicæ Rariores, &c. His works prior to 1834 were collected, translated into German, and published in 5 vols. 8vo, by Nees von Essenbeck. "Mr. Brown has been termed by Humboldt Botanicorum facile princeps." An ed. of his complete works is much needed, in which would be brought to light for the first time his views in regard to the water-controversy, wherein he favours the claims of Cavendish. See Lon. Athen., July 17, 1858. Brown, Robert. Chloris Melvilliana, 1823, 4to. Brown, S. Presby. Ch. Government, 1812, 12mo. Brown, or Browne, Samuel. The Sum of Christian Religion by Way of Catechism, Lon., 1630, 8vo. Brown, Samuel. Horticult. Con. to Phil. Trans., 1698. Brown, Samuel, 1768-1805, a native of Worcester, Massachusetts, pub. a Dissertation on Bilious Malignant Fever, 1797. A Dissertation on Yellow Fever, which received the premium of the Humane Society, 1800, and a Paper on Mercury in Med. Repos., vol. vi. Brown, Samuel R., a volunteer in the war of 1812, afterwards editor of The Patriot, printed at Cayuga, New York, pub. A View of the Campaigns of the N. Western Army, 1814. History of the War of 1812, 2 vols. Western Gazetteer, or Emigrant's Directory, 1817. Brown, Sarah. A Medical Letter to a Lady, 1777, 8vo. Brown, Simon. Discourses, 1722, 2 vols. 8vo. Brown, Stafford, Perpetual Curate of Christ Church. Truth on Both Sides; or Can the Believer Finally Fall? Lon., 1848, 12mo. “A useful book, with passages of considerable interest.”-British Magazine. "A most interesting volume, replete with good things-well said, forcible, and true."-Church and State Gazette. Brown, T. Miscellanea Aulica, Lon., 1702, 8vo: A Collection of State Treaties. Brown, Thomas. Sermon, Oxf., 1634. Brown, or Browne, Thomas, d. 1704, commonly called Tom Brown of Facetious Memory, as Addison styles him, was a native of Shropshire, and educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He seems to have had an equal taste for the acquisition of languages and the circulation of indecencies. Among his works are three pieces relative to Dryden, 1688, '89, '90. The Welch Levite tossed in a Blanket, Lon., 1691, fol. Trans. from the French, Lon., tles out of Roman, Greek, and French authors, 1682, 8vo. The Salamanca Wedding, 1693. Short Epis1692, '93. Whole Works, Lon., 1707, '08, 3 vols. 8vo. Like most scoffers, upon the approach of death he exhibited great remorse: but what an insecure hope to sinners is a so-called death-bed repentance! "Brown was not a man deficient in literature, nor destitute of fancy; but he seems to have thought it the pinnacle of excellence to be a merry fellow;' and therefore laid out his powers upon small jests and gross buffoonery, so that his performances have little intrinsic value, and were read only while they were recommended by the novelty of the event that occasioned them. What sense or knowledge his works contain is disgraced by the garb in which it is exhibited."-DR. JOHNSON: Life of Dryden. Brown, Thomas, the Youngest. Intercepted Lotters in the Two Penny Post Bag, Lon., 1812, 8vo; many editions. Written by Thomas Moore. Brown, Thomas, Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. The Story of the Ordination of our first Bishops in Q. Elizabeth's Reign at the Nag's Head Tavern in Cheapside, thoroughly examined; and proved to be a lateinvented, inconsistent, self-contradicting, and absurd fable. In Answer to Le Quien, and to remarks on Le Courayer, Lon., 1731, 8vo. An Answer to a Discourse by Bishop Stillingfleet, the Unreasonableness of a New Separation, &c., Lon., 1749, 8vo. Brown, Thomas. The Evangel. Hist. of Christ, 1777, 2 vols. 8vo. Brown, Thomas. Con. to Mem. Med., 1790. Brown, Thomas, Surgeon. An Inquiry relative to Vaccination, Edin., 1809, 8vo. Correspondence on same Subject, Lon., 1809. Con. to Med. Com., 1793, '95. Annals of Med., 1797. Phil. Trans., 1778. Brown, Thomas. Agricult. of the County of Derby, Lon., 1794, 4to. Brown, Thomas, M.D., 1778-1820, one of the most eminent of modern metaphysicians, was the son of the Rev. Samuel Brown, Minister of Kirkmabreck, in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Scotland. He was sent to England to school at the age of seven, and returned to Scotland when fourteen. At Edinburgh he applied himself to his studies with great diligence and success. In 1796 he commenced the study of the law, but abandoned it for medicine, in which he took a doctor's diploma in 1803. In 1806 he entered into copartnership with the celebrated Dr. Gregory. Dugald Stewart, being indisposed in the winter of 1808-09, engaged Dr. Brown to read lectures for him in the Moral Philosophy Class. Brown's success was most decided. He satisfied both himself and his hearers that he had found his proper sphere, and, acting upon this persuasion, in 1810 he resigned his practice, and accepted the appointment of colleague to Dugald Stewart in the Chair of Moral Philosophy.. His first appearance as an author was in 1798, when he pub. Observations on the Zoonomia of Erasmus Darwin, M.D., Edin., 1798, 8vo. "The perhaps unmatched work of a boy in the eighteenth year of his age."-SIR JAS. MACKINTOSH. "This was very favourably received by the public. and exhibited astonishing prematurity of talents and attainments." Poems, Edin., 1804, 2 vols. 12mo. "A collection which exhibits unquestionable marks of fertility of invention and refinement of taste." A Criticism on Charges against Mr. Leslie, 1806, 8vo. In 1814 he completed a poem with which he had employed some intervals of leisure for several years. The Paradise of Coquettes, (anon.) A reviewer of note declared this to be "By far the best and most brilliant imitation of Pope that has appeared since the time of that great writer; with all his point, polish, and nicely-balanced versification, as well as his sarcasm and witty malice." The War Fiend, 1816. The Wanderer in Norway; a Poem, 1816, 8vo. Agnes; a Poem, 1818, 8vo. Emily and other Poems, 2d edit., 1818, 8vo. But Dr. Brown's great work was Observations on the Nature and Tendency of Mr. Howe's Doctrine concerning the Relation of Cause and Effect, Edin., 1804, 8vo; 2d edit., 1806; 3d edit., greatly enlarged and improved, 1818. The merit of this work is too well known to render any detailed account of it necessary. See Welsh's life of Brown, Edin., 1825. 8vo. "His first tract on Causation appeared to me the finest model of discussion in Mental Philosophy since Berkeley and Hume; with this superiority over the latter, that its aim is that of a philosopher who seeks to enlarge knowledge, not that of a skeptic, the most illustrious of whom have no better end than that of displaying their powers in confounding and darkening every truth; so that their very happiest efforts cannot be more leniently described than as brilliant fits of debauchery."-SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH: 2d Prelim. Diss. in Encycl. Brit. "Neither Bacon, nor Hobbes, nor Berkeley, nor Locke, possessed powers of mind so splendid and so various. Brown is, beyond comparison, the most eloquent of philosophic writers. So much power and delicacy of intellect were never before united in an individual."-Tail's Magazine. "This is a book of great power. Before Dr. Brown wrote, we were confessedly all in the dark about causation. If ever there was a system which deserved the appellation of intelligible, compact, consistent, simple, this is the one."-N. American Review. After Dr. Brown's decease appeared his Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Edin., 1820, 4 vols. 8vo; reprinted by Welsh in 1828, 1 vol. 8vo, with an Index and Memoir. Of this excellent work many editions have been pub. in Great Britain and America. "An inestimable book."-DR. PARR. "It would be unjust to censure severely the declamatory parts of his Lectures; they are excusable in the first warmth of composition. They might even be justifiable allurements in attracting young hearers to abstruse speculations. The prose of Dr. Brown is brilliant to excess... It is darkened by excessive brightness; it loses ease and liveliness by over-dress; and, in the midst of its luxurious sweetness, we wish for the striking and homely illustrations of Tucker, and for the pithy and sinewy sense of Paley." SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH. "The style is so captivating, the views so comprehensive, the arguments so acute, the whole thing so complete, that I was almost insensibly borne along upon the stream of his reasoning and his eloquence. In the power of analysis he greatly transcends all philosophers of the Scottish school who preceded him."-Morell's History of Modern Philosophy. Brown, Thomas. Biblical Commentary on the Gospels and Acts, adapted especially for Preachers and Students, by Hermann Olshausen, D.D., Professor of Theology in the University of Erlangen. Trans. by the Rev. Thomas Brown, &c. In 4 vols. 8vo, forming vols. v., X., xvi. and xix. of Clark's Foreign Theological Library. "Olshausen's Commentaries are perhaps the most valuable contribution to the interpretation of Scripture that have made their way to us from Germany. Minute and accurate, yet comprehensive and full, they are most helpful in guiding to the right understanding of Scripture. They are scholar-like in their execution, sounder in their doctrinal views than most German expositions, and elevated in their tone. There is often an air of poetic beauty thrown over passages which attracts and rivets."-Quarterly Journal of Prophecy. Other works of this distinguished divine are pub. in the same series-T. & L. Clark's (Edinburgh) Foreign Theological Library. From the highly evangelical tone which in general pervades Olshausen's Commentaries, he may be regarded, in most cases, as a safe guide to the student who is just entering on the critical study of the New Testament."-Evangelical Mag.: notice of his Commentary on the Romans. Trans. by clergymen of the Church of England; vol. xiii. of Clark's For. Theol. Library. His Commentary on the Epistles to the Galatians, Ephesians, Colossians, and Thessalonians, trans. by a clergyman of the Church of England, forms vol. xxi. in Clark's For. Theol. Library; and vol. xxiii. contains Commentary on the Epistles to the Philippians, to Titus, and the first to Timothy; in Continuation of the work of Olshausen. Lic. August Wiesinger. Trans. by Rev. John Fulton. "Olshausen is a patient and learned writer, and evinces considerable moderation and reverence of tone."-English Review. "Olshausen's mind is of the family of Augustine. His admi rable Commentary on the New Testament is of inestimable benefit to the student, nay, to every thoughtful reader of the Bible."ARCHDEACON HARE. Our readers will perceive that although our Home Regulations forbid us to introduce foreigners as such into our Domestic Republic of Letters, yet we take the liberty of occasionally naturalizing a worthy stranger by smuggling him under an English flag. Brown, Captain Thomas. Popular Natural History, or the Characteristics of Animals portrayed in a series of illustrative Anecdotes, 1848, 3 vols. 12mo. "An immense fund of agreeable and useful reading, well fitted to interest as well as to instruct youth."-Nottingham Journal. Biographical Sketches and Authentic Anecdotes of Dogs, r. 18mo. "If any one wishes to entertain enlarged and enlightened opinions regarding this noble class of animals, let him peruse these Biographical Sketches, and Authentic Anecdotes. He will here find, besides a mass of highly useful and delightful information regarding the natural history and habits of every species of dog, upwards of two hundred and twenty anecdotes, illustrative of their dispositions, and all of the most entertaining kind."—Edin 1834. "This is a delightful work, with no fewer than 144 engravings, coloured after nature; and, both by the style of its scientific de scriptions, and its general arrangements, well calculated to convey ideas at once correct and popular." Other works. Brown, or Browne, William. Formula Bene Placitandi, Lon., 1671, fol. Other legal text-books, 1678-1706. Brown, William. Reports of Cases in Chancery from 1778 to 1785, Lon., 1785, fol. Reports in Chancery from 1778 to 1794; 1785-89, 4 vols. fol.; 5th edit., with improvements by Robert Belt, Lon., 1820, 4 vols. r. 8vo. First American, from the fifth London edition, by Hon. J. C. Perkins, Boston, 1844, 4 vols. 8vo. "From my knowledge of Mr. Perkins, as a well-read and exact lawyer, eminently fitted for the work, I anticipated a rich contribution to the stock of our Equity Jurisprudence. I have examined his Notes with some care, and find my expectations more than realized."-SIMON GREENLEAF. "The cases referred to by Mr. Brown are generally considered as too shortly taken; but that may be accounted for by the very brief and concise manner in which Lord Thurlow generally pronounced his decrees, seldom giving his reasons for his decisions." Brown, William, M.D. Med. Essays, Edin., 17941812. Brown, William. History of the Propagation of Christianity among the Heathen since the Reformation, 1814, 2 vols. 8vo. Robert Millar pub. a similar work, Edin., 1723, 2 vols. 8vo, and Lon., 1831. Brown, William, D.D., of Eskdale Muir. Antiquities of the Jews, compiled from authentic sources, and their Customs illustrated from Modern Travels, with Plans of the Temple, 1820, 2 vols. 8vo. "The most elaborate system of Jewish Antiquities extant in the English language."-HORNE. "This is decidedly the best compendium of Jewish Antiquities that has yet appeared in the English language. It contains many beautiful and just illustrations of Holy Scripture."-DR.E. WILLIAMS. For a very favourable notice of this work, see Christian Remembrancer, June, 1820. Brown, William, of Enfield. XL. Plain and Practical Sermons, Westley, 1821-26, 2 vols. 8vo. "The style in which these discourses are composed, will render them particularly acceptable to families of respectability, while their simplicity will make them intelligible to servants and persons of inferior education."-Congregational Magazine. Brown, William Cullen, M. D. Institutions of the Practice of Medicine; trans. from the Latin of BurThe Medical Works serius, Lon., 1800-03, 5 vols. 8vo. of Dr. John Brown, with a biog. account of the author, 1804, 3 vols. 8vo, (q. v.) A View of the Navy, Army, and Private Surgeon, 1814, 8vo. Brown, William Hill, d. 1793, at Murfreesborough, North Carolina, aged 27, wrote a tragedy founded on the death of Andre, and a Comedy. His Ira and Isabella was pub. in 1807. Brown, or Browne, William Laurence, 17551830, a native of Utrecht, became minister of the English church there, 1778; removed to Scotland, 1795, appointed Professor of Divinity at Aberdeen, and afterwards Principal of Marischal College. An Essay on the Folly of Skepticism, Lon., 1788, 8vo. This work obtained the gold medal of the Teylerian Society at Haarlem in 1786, and was originally printed in the Memoirs of that Society. An Essay on the Existence of a Supreme Creator, Aberdeen, 1816, 2 vols. 8vo. To this Essay was awarded Mr. Burnet's first prize, £1250, at Aberdeen, August 4, 1815. Prefixed is a memoir relating to the founder of the prizes. The second prize was awarded to Dr. Sumner's Records of Creation. Eighteen Sermons, Edin., 1803, 8vo. it never sinks to meanness; it is never turgid; the author states This distinguished divine pub. several sermons sepa- Golden Lane Brewery Brown is often confounded with Browne, the more ancient spelling. In this matter the best authorities vary. We have taken much pains to make a proper distribution. Browne, Alexander. Works on Drawing, 1675, &c. Browne, Andrew, a Scotch physician of the 17th century, pub. The New Cure of Fevers, Edin., 1691, 8vo. Bellum Medicinale, 1699, 8vo. Vindic. of Sydenham's Method of curing continued Fevers, Lon., 1700, 8vo. Cold Baths, 1707. Institutions of Physick, 1714, 8vo. Browne, Arthur, d. 1773, aged 73, an Episcopal cler BRO gyman at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was a native of Ireland, and a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin. He pub. several sermons, 1738-57, and Remarks on Mayhew's Reflections on the Church of England, 1763. His grandson, ARTHUR BROWNE, will claim our notice hereafter. Browne, Arthur. A Short View of the first Principles of the Differential Calculus, Lon., 1825, 8vo. This is a commentary on the first two or three chapters of the Théorie des Fonctions. Browne, Arthur, d. 1805, son of Marmaduke Browne, rector of Trinity Church, Newport, Rhode Island, and grandson of the Rev. ARTHUR BROWNE, (see ante,) in his boyhood attended the school established by Dean (afterwards Bishop) Berkeley at Newport. Arthur went to Ireland in 1771 or 1772, and during the remainder of his life was connected with Trinity College, Dublin, as Professor of Civil Law. He also represented the University in the Irish House of Commons. As a professor, it has been deA Brief clared that he was the "idol of the students." View of the Question whether the Articles of Limerick have been violated? Dublin, 1788, 8vo. "Great stress having been laid by the Roman Catholics of Ireland on the privileges secured to them by the articles of Limerick, (of which they charge the penal laws they have lived under to have been violations,) the author of this well-written tract enters into an examination of these articles." Vide Lon. Month. Rev., 1778. A Compendious View of the Civil Law, and of the Law of the Admiralty; being the substance of a course of Lectures read in the University of Dublin, Dubl., 1797-98, 2 vols. 8vo; 2d edit., 1802; repub. in New York, 1840, 2 vols. 8vo. "The author has followed Blackstone's Commentaries in the order of treating his subject. His work has been deservedly popular, both on account of the learning, solidity, and accuracy of its research, and because it is the best book in the language showing the connexion between the Common and the Civil Law. It is often cited, and always with respect."-Marvin's Legal Bibl. See notice in Lon. Monthly Review for 1799. Miscellaneous Sketches, or Hints for Essays, 1798, 2 vols. 8vo. The style of Montaigne seems to have been kept in view in the composition of these Essays. Compendious View of the Ecclesiastical Law of Ireland, &c.: to which is added, A Sketch of the Practice of the Ecclesiastical Courts, 1803, 2 vols. 8vo. "His great powers of mind he improved by incessant study, and by intercourse with the most distinguished scholars and the most able and virtuous statesmen of his day." Browne, Charles. Two sermons, 1740, 4to. Browne, Danl. Jay, born 1804, N. Hampshire, son of a farmer. He devoted several years of his life to the study and investigation of Agriculture, Natural History, and resources of North and South America, W. Indies, Europe, and Western Africa. Served ten years as civil engineer on the public works of the U. S. and Prussia, and subsequently had charge of the Agricultural Dept. of the U. S. Patent-office. Sylva Americana. Trees of America. Entomological Encyclopedia. Tables for computing Interest, Exchanges, and Annuities. Treatise on Maize. American Poultry Yard. American Bird Fancier. Muck Book. Letters from the Canary Islands, &c. Editor of the Naturalist, and contrib. to various Agricultural Journals. Browne, Edward. Legacies of Sir James Cambel, Lon., 1642, sm. 8vo. Browne, Edward, M.D., 1644-1708, Physician to Charles II., and President of the London College of Physicians, the eldest son of the celebrated Sir Thomas Browne, was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and Merton College, Oxford. Several of his papers will be found in Phil. Trans., 1670, '74, '81, &c. He is best known by A Brief Account of Travels in Hungary, Servia, &c., Lon., 1673, 4to; 2d edit. (with additions) entitled Account of Travels through a great part of Germany and the Low Countries, &c., 1677, 4to; 3d edit. (with further additions) entitled Travels in Hungary, Servia, &c., 1685, fol. Travels containing his Obs. on France and Italy, &c., 1763, 2 vols. 12mo. Trans. of a Discourse of the Original Countrey, &c. of the Cossacks, Lon., 1672, 12mo. in Hungary, &c. have been highly commended by some authorities, and but little esteemed by others. His travels "The author has showed himself excellently qualified for a traveller by this ingenious piece, in which he has omitted nothing worthy the observation of so curious a person, having spent much of his time in the discovery of European rarities."-Introduc. to vol. 1st of Churchill's Voyages; "either written by, or at least under the direction of, the famous Mr. Locke."-Biog. Brit. Dr. Johnson states that he had heard Browne's book highly commended by a learned traveller, who had visited many places after him; upon which the doctor remarks, "But, whatever it may contribute to the instruction of a naturalist, I cannot recommend it as likely to give much pleasure to ⚫ common readers."-Life of Sir Thomas Browne. Dr. Johnson expresses a regret, in which we can all sympathize, that Sir Thomas Browne has left us no account of his travels. "A book extravagantly and absurdly praised in the Biographia Britannica. His travels yield some information to naturalists, but little to the philosophical or common reader."-Chalmers's Biog. Dict. "Natural history, the mines, mineral waters, as well as manners and customs, are described in this work, which bears a good character."-STEVENSON: Voyages and Travels. Dr. Browne, like his celebrated father, was distinguished for scholarship: "He was acquainted with Hebrew, was a critic in Greek, and no man of his age wrote better Latin. German, Italian, French, &c., he spoke and wrote with as much ease as his mother tongue. Physic was his business, and to the promotion thereof all his other acquisitions were referred. King Charles said of him that he was as learned as any of the college, and as well-bred as any at court.'" Browne, Edward Harold, Norrisian Prof. of Divinity, Univ. of Cambridge. Expos. of the 39 Articles, Lon., 1850, 2 vols. 8vo; 4th ed., 1858, 8vo. Fulfilment of the O. T. Prophecies relating to the Messiah, Camb., 1836, 8vo. This dissertation took the Norrisian Medal for 1835. Browne, Felicia Dorothea. See HEMANS. Browne, Francis, D.D., Canon of Windsor. Sermon, Prov. xxix. 25, 1712, 4to; on 2 Cor. v. 10, 1724, 4to. Browne, George, d. about 1560? consecrated Árchbishop of Dublin in 1535, was, according to Wood, originally "an Austin frier of the Convent of that order in London, and educated in academicals among those of his order in Oxon." He was the first bishop that embraced and promoted the Reformation in Ireland. Historical Collections of the Church of Ireland, Lon., 1681, 4to. Reprinted in vol. 1st of the Phenix, and in Harleian Miscellany, vol. 5th. See Strype's Memorials of Archbishop Cranmer. Browne, Henry. Hand-Book of Hebrew Antiquities, Lon., 12mo. Ordo Sæculorum: Chronology of the Scriptures, Oxford, 8vo. Browne, Hyde Mathis. The Apothecary's Vade Mecum, &c., Lon., 1811, 8vo. Browne, Isaac Hawkins, 1705-1760, a native of Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, was educated at Westminster school, and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He settled at Lincoln's Inn about 1727, and applied himself with great diligence to the study of the Law. Highmore, the painter, was his particular friend, and he addressed to him his poem on Design and Beauty. "In this, one of the longest of his poems, he shows an extensive knowledge of the Platonic philosophy; and pursues, through the whole, the idea of beauty advanced by that philosophy. By design is here meant, in a large and extensive sense, that power of genius which enables the real artist to collect together his scattered ideas, to range them in proper order, and to form a regular plan before he attempts to exhibit any work in architecture, painting, or poetry."-Preface to his Poems, pub. in 1768. The Pipe of Tobacco, also written whilst of Lincoln's Inn, is an excellent imitation of Cibber, Ambrose Philips, Thomson, Young, Pope, and Swift, who were then all living. "We need not say that the peculiar manner of these several writers is admirably hit off by our author, and that he hath shewn himself to have possessed an excellent imitative genius. Indeed, nothing but a wide spirit of discrimination, and a happy talent at various composition, could have enabled him to have succeeded so well as he hath done in The Pipe of Tobacco."-Ibid. In 1754 he pub. his principal work, a Latin poem, entitled De Animi Immortalitate, in two books, 4to. This poem excited great admiration. In a few months translations into English were pub. by Dr. Richard Grey, Mr. Hay, John Lettice, and others. A trans. (the best made) by Soame Jenyns will be found in his Miscellanies, Lon., 1770, 8vo. Mr. Browne intended to have added a third book, but did not complete his design. Not to "In these three books he purposed to carry natural religion as far as it would go, and in so doing, to lay the true foundation of Christianity, of which he was a firm believer. But he went no farther than to leave a fragment of the third book, enough to make us lament that he did not complete the whole.... mention the usefulness and importance of the subject, every man of taste must feel that the poem is admirable for its perspicuity, precision, and order; and that it unites the philosophical learning and eloquence of Cicero, with the numbers and much of the poetry of Lucretius and Virgil."-Biog. Brit. "I am better pleased, when I consider the nature of the subject, with that neatness and purity of diction which is spread over the whole, than I should have been had more poetical ornaments been bestowed upon it."-DR. GREEN, Bishop of Lincoln. "I need not enter into a detail to show how well you have followed, not servilely imitated, Lucretius and Virgil; how perspicuously, as well as elegantly, you have handled some of the abstrusest arguments, &c."-Letter to Browne, from the celebrated James Harris. Dr. Beattie, in his Essay on the Utility of Classical Learning, thus refers to our author: "Isaac Hawkins Browne, Esq., author of several excellent Poems, particularly one in Latin on the immortality of the soul; 261 |