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
- Date:
- 1891
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Credit: 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. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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No text description is available for this image![Digest of the Domesday of Bedfordshire : with Prelimi- nary Note by his Son, Basil Reginald Airy, Bedford, 1882. Aitch, E. Cheer or Kill: a Novel, Lon., 1878, 3 vols. cr. 8vo. Aitchenbie, H. Melchior Gorles: a Tale of Modern Mesmerism, Lon., lS(i7, 3 vols. p. 8vo. Aitchison, Charles Uinphersoii. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sunnuds relating to India and neighbouring Countries. Revised and con- tinued by Lieut. A. C. Talbot. Calcutta, 1876-1878, 8 vols. 8vo. Aitchison, James. The Chronicle of Mites: a Satire; and other Poems, Lon., 1887, 12mo. Aitchison, James Edwaii Tierney. 1. A Catalogue of the Plants of the Punjab and Sindh, &c, Lon., 1869, 8vo. 2. Hand-Book of the Trade Products of Leh, Calcutta. 1874, 8vo. Aitchison, Robert Swan. Synopsis of Thera- peutics for Prescribers, &c., Edin., 1886, 18mo. Aitken, Cora Kennedy. 1. Legends and Memories of Scotland, Lon., 1874, 12mo. 2. Sonnets, Songs, and Stories, Lon., 1 875, 12mo. Aitken, George Shaw, Architect. The Abbeys of Arbroath, Balmerino, and Lindores, Illustrated and Described, Dundee, 1885, 4to. Aitken, Jane Carlyle, niecp of Thomas Carlyle. (Ed.) The Last Words of Thomas Carlyle. Edited by ^J. C. A. Edin., 1882. Aitken, Miss Mary Carlyle. Scottish Song: a Selection of the Choicest Lyrics of Scotland, Compiled and Arranged, with Brief Notes, Golden Treasury Series,) Lon., 1874, 12mo. Miss Aitken, it need scarcely be said, has retained nothing which is unfitted for general reading, and her book is one that should delight everybody.—Spectator, xlvii. 1040. Aitken, Rev. Robert, 1800-1873, a clergyman of the Church of England, withdrew from that Church, , having in consequence of some irregularities in preach- ing fallen under the displeasure of his bishop, and preached for some years to Wesleyan congregations. In 1840 he returned to the Anglican Church, and in 1844 became Rector of Pendeen, Cornwall, where he erected from his own designs a fine cruciform church on the model of the cathedral of lona. He was known throughout England as a preacher of almost unrivalled fervor. 1. The Conversion and Holy Life of St. Augustine, Lon., 1852, 12mo. 2. Spiritual Vitality, 1852, (or before.) See, for pamphlets in reply, Cole, Rev. Francis Edward Barton, and Humble, Rev. Michael Morgan, infra. 3. The Teaching of the Types : Tracts for the Clergy and the Earnest-Minded, Lon., 1854-55, 10 numbers, or 1 vol. 8vo. 4. The Prayer-Book Unveiled in the Light of Christ; or, Unity without Liturgical Revision, 1863, 12mo. 5. High Truth : the Christian's Vocation, Progress, Perfection, and State in Glory, Lon., 1806, 12mo. 6. Pamphlets on Church Reform, ed. by [his son. Rev. William Hay Maedowall Hunte Aitken] W. H. M. H. A., Lon., 1880, Svo. Aitken, Robert, a grandson of Robert Aitken, to whom Burns dedicated the Cotter's Saturday Night. Memorials of Robert Burns and of some of his Contem- poraries and their Descendants: with Portrait and Fac-Similes, Lon., 1876, cr. Svo. Aitken, Sir William, M.D., LL.D., P.R.S., b. 1825; knighted 1887; Fellow of the Sanitary Institute of Great Britain; corresponding member of the Royal Imperial Society of Physicians of Vienna, <to. ; profes- sor of pathology in the British Army Medical School, Netley Hospital, since 1860; examiner in medicine for the medical services of the Queen. 1. Jlanual of the Science and Practice of Medicine, Lon., 1857, p. Svo. 2. The Science and Practice of Medicine, Lon., 1863, 2 vols. r. 8vo; 7th ed., revised and enlarged, and to a great extent rewritten, 1880. The work is an admirable one, and adapted to the requirements of the student, professor, and practitioner of medicine.—Lancet. Excellent from the beginning, and improved in each successive issue, Dr. Aitken's great and standard work has now, with vast and judicious labour, been brought abreast of every recent advance in scientific medicine and the healing art.—J. Crichton-Browne : Brain. 3. Outlines of the Science and Practice of Medicine : a Text-Book for Students, Lon., 1874, p. Svo; 2d ed., 1882. 4. Complete Hand-Book of Treatment: an Alpha- betical Index of Diseases, Phila., 1883, 12mo; N. York, 1887, Svo. 6. The Growth of the Recruit and Young Soldier: with a View to a Judicious Selection of Growing Lads for the Army, and a Regulated System of Training for Recruits; 2d ed., Lon., 1887, cr. Svo. 6. Animal Alkaloids, the Ptomaines, Leucomaines, and E,x- tractives, in their Pathological Relations: a Short Sum- mary of Recent Researches as to the Origin of some Diseases by or through the Physiological Processes going on during Life, Lon., 1887, 12ino. Aitken, Rev. William Hay Maedowall Hunter, son of Rev. Robert Aitken, supra, b. 1841, in Liverpool, Eng.; educated at his home in Pendeen, Cornwall, and at Wadham College, O.xford, where he graduated in 1865: ordained in 1865, and made curate of St. Jude's, in the northern part of London; in 1871 became incumbent of Christ Church, Everton, Liver- pool. In 1875 he gave up his parish to devote himself to the work of a mission preacher, and founded as a memorial to his father a mission society, since known as the Church Parochial Mission Society, of which he is general superintendent. 1. The Difficulties of the Soul, Lon., 1878, 12mo. 2. Mission Sermons, 1st to 3d Series; 3d ed., Lon., 1878, p. Svo. 3. Mission Sermons at St. Margaret's, Brighton, Series 3, Lon., 1876, p. Svo. 4. School of Grace: Expository Thoughts on Titus ii., Lon., 1S79, p. Svo. 5. Sermons preached at All-Souls', Brighton, Lon., 1876, p. Svo. 6. Ten Days' Mission, 1875. 7. Twenty Sermons ; 3d ed., Lon., 1876, p. Svo. 8. What is your Life ? Addresses to Young Men, 1879. 9. Stumbling Stones; or. Hindrances to Believing, 1880. 10. God's Everlasting Yea, Divine Provision for Human Need, Lon., 1881, p. Svo. 11. The Glory of the Gospel : Mission Pulpit, 1st Series, Lon., 1882, p. Svo. 12. The Highway of Holiness: Helps to the Spiritual Life, 1883, p. Svo. 13. Around the Cross : First Principles of the Doctrine of Christ, Lon., 1884, p. Svo. 14. The Re- vealer Revealed: Thoughts upon Christ, kc, 1885, p. Svo. 15. The Love of the Father, Lon., 1887, p. Svo. Aiton, Rev. John,D.D., [ox^e, vol. i., add.,] 1797- 1863, son of William Aiton, [j. v., ante, vol. i.,] a Scot- tish writer on agriculture, was born at Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He attracted attention by a pamphlet published in 1824 entitled A Refutation of Mr. Robert Owen's Objections to Christianity, and was soon after presented to the living of Dolphinton, South Lanarkshire, which he held for the remainder of his life. His publications, including the one mentioned in vol. i., were : 1. The Life and Times of Alexander Hen- derson, Edin., 1836. 2. Clerical Economics, Edin., 1842 ; 2d ed., 1856. 3. Eight Weeks in Germany, Edin., 1842. 4. The Lands of the Messiah, Mahomet, and the Pope, Edin., 1852. 5. The Drying-up of the Euphrates, Lon., 1853. 6. St. Paul and his Localities : their Past and Present Condition, Lon., 1856, p. Svo. Akerman, J. T. 1. Handy Book for the Recovery of Debts, Lon., 1865, ]2mo. 2. Legal Guide for Land- lords, Tenants, and Lodgers; new ed., Lon., 1885, 12mo. Akerman, J. Y. (Ed.) Letters from Roundhead Officers, written from Scotland, and chiefly addressed to Captain Adam Baynes, (Bannatyne Club Pub.,) Edin., 1854, 4to. Akerman, Richard. On the Present State of the Iron Manufacture in Sweden, N. York, 1876, 4to. Akeroyd, James. (Trans.) Major Frank: from the Dutch of A. L. G. Bosboom-Toussaint, Lon., 1885, Svo. Akers, Mrs. Elizabeth. See Allen, Mrs. Elizabeth, (Chase.) Akin, Thomas Beamish, b. 1809, at Liverpool, Nova Scotia, became a solicitor, and in 1857 was put in charge of the documents relating to the history of Nova Scotia, from which material he published several pam- phlets, including: 1. History of Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1S47. 2. Rise and Progress of the Church of England in the British North American Provinces, 1849. 3. Selections from the Public Documents of the Province of Nova Scotia, 1869. Akroyd, Edward. 1. On Improved Dwellings for the Working Classes, Lon., 1862, r. Svo. 2. The Present Attitude of Political Parties, Lon., 1874, r. Svo. Alabaster, C. Catalogue of Chinese Objects in the South Kensington Museum : with an Introduction and Notes, Lon., 1872, Svo. Alabaster, Henry, Interpreter of H.B.M. Con- sulate-General, Siam. The Wheel of the Law, illustrated from Siamese Sources by the Modern Buddhist, [Chao Phya Tripakon,] Lon., 1871, Svo.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24749382_0001_0037.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)