Volume 1

A supplement to Allibone's Critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors : containing over thirty-seven thousand articles (authors), and enumerating over ninety-three thousand titles / by John Foster Kirk.

  • John Foster Kirk
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1891
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    in which the personage he describes lived, and with the aims and ideas wliicli were natural to it, however strange they may seem to us. It is in this necessary knowledge that Dr. Abbott most distinctly fails.—S. R. Gardiner: Acad., xxvii. 411. 11. The Kernel and the Husk: Letters on Spiritual Christianity. By the Author of Philoehristus and Onesimus. Lon., 1886, p. 8vo. Anon. This remarkable book may be regarded as a natural complement of the author's previous works, Philocliristus and Onesimus. It affords a reply to some such question as this: Assuming the origin and early growth of Christianity to be what you represent, how do you propose to apply your method and conclusions to the practical needs of Christian theology in the present day? ... He wishes to substitute for a miraculous a non-miraculous, or, as he terms it, a spiritual Christianity. . . . Incidental defects miglit be noticed, but tliey are scarcely worth mention in view of the many excellencies of his work. In my opinion it is one of the mo.st noteworthy productions of recent English theology. No candid reader, of whatever school of thought, can rise from its perusal without being equally interested and instructed.—John Owen : Acad., xxxi. 123. The work resolves itself on examination into three connected parts, one of which is personal and biographical, one is philosophical and constructive, and one is critical and theological. The first tells how doubts arose, how the author partly fought and overcame them, and how some of them overcame him ; the second describes and justifies the method by which he has reached the goal, and sets forth thebasison which his belief rests; and the third part criticises the,ordinary belief in the miraculous, and seeks to substitute belief in the naturalness of the Divine for belief in the miraculous. The whole book is of great interest, apart from the vast issues discussed in it, because it affords us a curious insight into the workings of an individual mind of unusual versatility and quick- ness of apprehension, and also of quite unusual culture. —Upectatur, Ix. 264. With RusHBROOKE, W. G., M.L., formerly fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, The Common Tradition of the Synoptic Gospels in the Text of the Revised Version, Lon., 1884, p. 8vo. With Seeley, John Robert, English Lessons for English People, Lon., 1871, p. 8vo. Abbott, Evelyn, LL.D., b. 1843, was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, where he gained the Gaisford Prize in 1864 and graduated first class Lit. Hum. 1866. He was elected a fellow of the college in 1874, and became subsequently tutor and librarian. 1. Eluci- dations of the Student's Greek Grammar, from the German of Prof. Curtius, Lon., 1874. 2. Elements of Greek Accidence, with Philological Notes, Lon., 1874, r. 8vo. .3. Index to Plato, compiled for the Second Edition of Professor Jowett's Translation of the Dia- logues, (separate ed.,) Lon., 1875, 8vo. 4. (Ed.) Hel- lenica: a Collection of Essays on Greek Poetry, Phi- losophy, History, .and Religion, Lon., 1880, 8vo. (Con- tains articles by six members of the University of Oxford and three Cantabrigians.) This book may be fairly said to give the measure of the present condition and tendency of scholarship in England.—Acad., xviii. 93. 6. (Trans.) History of Antiquity. From the German of Max Duneker. Lon., 1877-81, 6 vols. 8vo. 6. A Skele- ton Outline of Greek History, chronologically arranged, Lon., 1884, 12mo. 7. A History of Greece: Part I., From the Earliest Times to the Ionian Revolt, Lon., 1888, or. 8vo. Not so vast by any means as that of Grote, nor so eloquent and conjectural as that of Curtius, Mr. Abbott's History is full of interest, it is never dull, and it has certain merits which cannot be found in any of its English predecessors.—Sat. Rev., Ixvi. 57. See, also, Alleyne, Sarah Frances, infra. Abbott, Franklin Pierce. 1. (Trans.) An- nouohka: a Tale, by Ivan S. Turgenef, from the French of the Author's Own Translation, Bost., 1884, 12mo. 2. (Trans.) Annals of a Sportsman, by Ivan Turgenieff, ( Leisure Hour Ser.,) N. York, 1885, 16mo. Abbott, G. The Good Spirit: a Story for the Christmas Fireside, Lon., 186.3, 8vo. Abbott, George. 1. The Atheist's Portrait; or, The Mind of Man : a Poem, Lon., 186,3, 8vo. 2. The Mother's Victory, and other Poems, Lon., 1867, Svo. Abbott, George Washington. Events, Anec- dotieal, Historical, and Biographical, in the Life of an Octogenarian, between the Years 1796 and 1815, 1st Ser., Lon., 1878, p. Svo. Abbott, Gervaise. The Heirs of Cheveleigh : a Novel, Lon., 1858, 3 vols. p. Svo. Abbott, Rev. Gorham Dummer, LL.D., 1807- 1874, brother of Jacob and John S. C. Abbott, [?. b. at Hallowell, Maine; educated at Bowdoin College and Andover Theological Seminary, and ordained as 4 a Congregationalist minister in 18.31. From 1845 till 1869 he was a teacher in New York City. He wrote for the American Tract Society and devoted much time to Biblical researches, and supplied the letter-press for a volume of engravings from paintings by T. Cole, The Voyage of Life, N. York, 1856, 4to. 1. The Family at Home. 2. Nathan W. Dickerman. 3. Pleasure and Profit. 4. Mexico and the United States: their Mutual Relations and Common Interests, N. York, 1869, Svo. Abbott, Henry L. Defence of the Sea-Coast of the United States : Lectures before the U.S. Naval War College, N. York, 1888, Svo. Abbott, J. J. C. 1. The Argenteuil Case: Report of the Controverted Election for the County of Ar- genteuil, Montreal, 1860, Svo. 2. The Insolvent Act of 1S64, with Notes, Ac, Quebec, 1864, Svo. Abbott, Rev. Jacob, [ante, vol. i., add.,] d. 1879, at Farmington, Me., where he had resided since 1839 ; published in addition to works mentioned ante, vol. i. : 1. American History, N. York, 1862-65, 8 vols. 16mo. 2. The Harlie Stories, N. York, 1862, 6 vols. 16mo. 3. Rollo and Lucy Books of Poetry, Phila., 1862, 3 vols. 12mo ; new ed., 1870. 4. Florence Stories, N. York, 1862-64, 6 vols. 16mo. 5. John Gay; or, Work for Boys, N. York, 1865, 4 vols. ISmo. 6. Mary Gay; or. Work for Girls, N. York, 1865, 4 vols. ISmo. 7. Wil- liam Gay; or. Play for Boys, N. York, 1869, 4 vols. 8. Juno Stories, N. York, 1870, 4 vols. 16mo. 9. August Stories, N. York, 1871-72, 4 vols. 16mo. 10. Aboriginal America. lUust. N. York, 16mo. 11. Discovery of America. lUust. N. York, 16mo. 12. Gentle Measures in Training the Young. Illust. N. York, 12mo. 13. Rainbow and Lucky Series. Illust. N. York, 5 vols. 16mo. 14. Rollo's Tour in Europe. Illust. N. York, 10 vols. 16mo. 15. Science for the Young. Illust. N. York, 4 vols. 12mo. Abbott, James, of Queen's College, Cambridge. 1. The Hand-Book of Idiotoy, Lon., 1856, 12mo. 2. Logi- cal Arguments and Metaphysical Verities, proving that Man has Free Will in Religious and Spiritual Things, Lon., 1856, 12mo. 3. The Book for Training Children; 2d ed., Lon,, 1864, 12mo. Abbott, Rev. John, graduated at St. Augustine's College, Canterbury, 1858; ordained 1861 ; minor canon of Halifax Cathedral 1860-74. 1. Memoirs of a Church of England Missionary in the North American Colonies. 2. Philip Musgrave; or, Church Missionary Life in Canada, Lon., 1861, p. Svo. Abbott, John. Treatise on Jack Pot Poker, with the Game of Sancho Pedro when played for Stakes, New Orleans, La., 1881, 24mo. Abbott, John L. Home-Book of Wonders in Nature, Science, and Art. Illust. Hartford, 1870, 12mo. Abbott, Rev. John Stephens Cabot, [ante, vol. i., add.,] 1805-1877, was a Congregational minister, but resigned his pastorate in 1844 and devoted himself to literature; published, in addition to the books men- tioned o»(e, vol. i.: 1. Practical Christianity, N.York, 1862, 16mo. 2. History of the Civil War in America, N. York, 1863-65, 2 vols. Svo. 3. Lives of the Presi- dents of the United States, Bost,, 1867, Svo. 4. Life of Gen. U. S. Grant, Bost., 1S68, 12mo. 5. History of Napoleon III., Bost., 1868, Svo. 6. Romance of Spanish History, N. York, 1869, 12mo. 7. American Pioneers and Patriots : Early History and Settle- ment of America. Illust. N. York, 187.3-76, 12 vols. 12mo. 8. Christopher Carson, familiarly known as Kit Carson, N. York, 1873, 12mo. 9. History of Frederick the Great. Illust. N.York, Svo. 10. History of Maine, from its Discovery by the Northmen. Illust. Bost., Svo. 11. Italy and the War for Italian Independence, includ- ing a Sketch of Pius IX., Ac, Bost., Svo. 12. King- doms 01 the World, N. York, 1883, 4 vols. Svo. Abbott, Rev. Lyman, D.D., [ante, vol. i., see Abbott, Benjamin V., Austin, and Lyman,] gave up the practice of law to enter the Congregational ministry in 1860 ; was pastor of a church in Terre Haute, Ind., till 1865, when he returned to New York as secretary of the American Union (Freedmen's) Commission, and became pastor of the New England Church in New York, but resigned his charge in 1869 to engage in journalism and literature. He succeeded Henry Ward Beecher as editor- in-cliief of the Christian Union. 1. Jesus of Naza- reth: his Life and Teachings. Illust. N. York, 1869, cr. Svo 2. Old Testament Studies of New Testament Truths. Illust. N. York, 1870, Svo. 3. A Layman's
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