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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$novel, but in the preface we are assured that' at least three out of every four of the incidents herein narrated really took place.' —Ath., No. 2964. Bernard, Alice. Love and its Counterfeit: a Novel, Lon., 1883, 3 vols. cr. Svo. Bernard, Bayle, (his name was originally William Baile Bernard,) son of John Bernard, the actor, [q. v., ante, vol. i.] The Life of Samuel Lover, R.H.A., Artis- tic, Literary, and Musical: with Selections from his Un- published Papers and Correspondence, Lon., 1874, 2 vols, p. Svo. The career of a man with his triple reputation of mu- sician, painter, and poet could not fail to be engaging, even had he not also happened to be a humourist and an Irishman. . . . Mr. Bernard has agreeably and instruc- tively filled an undeniable blank in biographical litera- ture.—Spectator, xlviii. 308. Bernard, Mrs. Bayle. (Ed.) Retrospections of America, 1797-1811. By John Bernard. Edited from the Manuscript by Mrs. Bayle Bernard: with an Intro- duction, Notes, and Index by Laurence Hutton and Brander Matthews. Illust. N. York, 1887. John Bernard's earlier recollections, which included only his experience in his own land, were edited from his papers many years ago by his son, and this volume of his American life is made up'mainly of extracts fnmi the same originals, also prepared by his son, and now I'dilcd liy the latter's widow. . . . The Vvork is really a valualile illustra- tion of our early theatre, as well as thoroughly entertain- ing.—Nation, xliv. I'l. Bernard, David. 1. Light on Freemasonry ; 3d ed., 1867; 11th ed., rev., Dayton, 0., 1870, 12mo. 2. Reminiscences of Morgan Times, Chic, 12mo. Bernard, Rev. David. Tekel: Materialism, An- nihilation, and I'niversalism weighed in the Balance and found Wanting, .Jamestown, 1868, Svo. Bernard, Franz. The Physical Education of Young Ladies, Manchester, 1860, Svo. Bernard, G. S. Civil Service Reform versus the Spoils System, N. York, 1885, 16mo. Bernard, Henry F. Redistribution by Propor- tional Representation considered, with Special Refer- ence to Population and Voting Power, Lon., 1884, Svo. Bernard, Rev. Henry Norris, M.A., LL.B., graduated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, 1859; ordained 1859; rector of Ripple since 1879. The Mental Characteristics of the Lord Jesus Christ, Lon., 1888, p. Svo. Bernard, Herman Hedwig, [ante, vol. i., add.,] 1785-1867 ; for many years Hebrew teacher in the Uni- versity of Cambridge. The Book of Job. Edited by F. Chaucer. With Appendix. Lon., 1884, Svo. Bernard, Right Hon. Mountague, 1820-1882, b. in Gloucestershire, Eng., and educated at Trinity College, O.\ford. He studied law under Roundell Pal- mer, afterwards Lord Selborne. In 1859 he was ap- pointed Chichester professor of international law and diplomacy in the University of Oxford. In 1871 he visited America as one of the commissioners who signed the treaty of Washington, and in the following year he was a member of the Geneva arbitration commission. 1. Two Lectures on the Present American War, Lon., 1861, Svo. The great point is to draw clearly the distinction be- tween the concessions of belligerent rii/lilx uud the recogni- tion of independence. As to the first, Mr. Bernard shows conclusively that foreign powers have I'eally no choice.— Sat. Rev., xii. 541, 565. 2. Notes on some Questions suggested by the Case of the Trent, Oxford, 1862, Svo. 3. The Schleswig-Hol- stein Question considered in a Lecture, Lon., 1864, Svo. 4. Remarks on some Late Decisions respecting the Colonial Church, Lon., 1866, Svo. 5. Four Lectures on Subjects connected with Dijdomacy, Lon., 1868, Svo. 6. Notes on the Academical Study of Law, Lon., 1868, Svo. 7. An Historical Account of the Neutrality of Great Britain during the American Civil War, Lon., 1870, r. Svo. The author has conferred a great benefit on all students of international law by the documents, or extracts from documents, which he adds to his text, and by the brief judgments on points of international law which are con- tinually given. But the highest praise must be awarded to his candor and fairness of mind. . . . He has stated his doctrine on disputed points with a wise moderation.— Nation, x. 339. Bernard, Rev. Thomas Dehaney, b. 1815, at Clifton, Bristol, Eng., and educated at Exeter College, Oxford; became vicar of Great Baddow, Essex, 1841; of Terling 1848; rector of Walcot, Bath, 1863 ; prebend.ary of Huselbere and canon residentiary of Wells Cathedral 1S6S; chancellor of Wells Cathedral 1S69. 1. The Wit- 138 ness of God : Five Sermons preached before the Univer- sity of Oxford, Lon., 1863, iSmo. 2. The Progress of Doctrine in the New Testament: Bampton Lectures for 1864, Lon., 1865, Svo ; 4th ed. 3. Before his Presence with a Song: 117 Hymns; 2d ed., Lon., 1887, 12mo. Bernard, W. C. The New Gospel and Perfection Conferences, briefly considered. By a Lay Member of the Church of England. Cheltenham, 1875, Svo. Bernard, William Leigh, b. 1845; educated at Trinity College, Dublin ; called to the bar at King's Inns, Dublin, 1875, and at Gray's Inn, London, 1883; chief clerk to commissioners of church temporalities in Ire- land 1870-Sl ; editor of Thom's Statistics of th(j United Kingdom since 1880, and legal editor of the Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette since 1883. 1. Decisions under The Irish Church Act, 1869, Dublin, 1S71, Svo. 2. Irish Ecclesiastical Property Statutes and Leading Cases, Dublin, 1876, Svo. Bernays, Albert James, Ph.D., professor of chemistry at St. Thomas's Hospital ; examiner in chem- istry at the Royal College of Phj'sicians, London. 1. Household Chemistry; or. Rudiments of the Science applied to Every-Day Life, Lon., 1852, 16mo; 3d ed., 1854. 2. First Lines in Chemistry, Lon., 1855, Svo. 3. The Science of Home Life, Lon., 1862, p. Svo. A writer who has really no pretensions to rank above the many compilers of undigested science.—Sa(. Rev., xiv. 27. 4. Notes for Students in Chemistry : being a Syllabus of Chemistry, compiled mainly from the Manuals of Fownes, Miller, Watts, AVurtz, and Schorlemmer; 5th ed., Lon., 1870, 12mo; 6th ed., 1878, fp. Svo. 5. Chem- istry, ( Manuals of Elementary Science,) Lon., 1874, 12mo. 6. Food, Lon., 1876, 12mo. 7. Skeleton Notes on Analytical Chemistry, Lon., 1879, 12mo ; 2d ed., 1886. Bernays, Lewis A. The Olive and its Products: a Treatise on the Habits, Cultivation, and Propagation of the Tree, &g.. Brisbane, 1872, Svo. Berncastle, Dr. Julius. 1. Voyage to China and the Cape of Good Hope, Lon., 1850, 2 vols. p. Svo. 2. The Revolt of the Bengal Sepoys, Sydney, 1857, Svo. 3. The Defenceless State of Sydney, Sydney, 1S65, Svo. 4. Australian Snake-Bites, their 'Treatment and Cure; the Use and Abuse of Tobacco, Melbourne, 1S6S, Svo. Berners, Charles H. Two Months in Syria in 1876; or, Reminiscences of Tent Life, Lon., 1876, p. Svo. Berners, J. First Lessons on Health, Lon., 1872, ISmo. Berney, S. Hand-Book of Alabama : a Complete Index to the State, Mobile, 1879, Svo. Bernhard, >Villiam. The Book of One Hundred Beverages, Lon., 1850 ; new ed., N. Y^ork, 1862, IGmo. Bernheim, Gotthardt Dellmann, D.D., b. 1827, at Iserlohn, Westphalia; graduated at the Lu- theran Seminary, Lexington, S.C., 1849; held charges in several towns of North Carolina, and in 1883 became pastor of a Lutheran church in Philllpsburg, N. J. Besides pamphlets, he has published : 1. History of the German Settlements and of the Lutheran Church in North and South Carolina, to 1S50, Phila., 1872, 12mo. 2. The First Twenty Years of the History of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Wilmington, N.C., Wilmington, 1879. Berri, David Gardea. 1. The Art of Lithog- raphy, Lon., 1864, Svo. 2. The Art of Printing, Lon., 1864, Svo; 2d ed., 1865. 3. Monograms, Historical and Practical, Lon., 1869, Svo. Berrian, Hobart. 1. The Spirit of Jewish Tra- dition, N. York, 1867, 16mo. 2. A Catechism of the Ancient Schools, Religious and Moral, N. York, 186S, ISmo. Berrill, John. The Christian Teacher's Visit to the Twickenham Economic Museum, Lon., 1864, Svo. Berriman, Major Matthew. The Militiaman's Manual and Sword-Play without a Master, N. York, 1861, 12rao; 4th ed., 1864. Berring, Sir P. Churches and their Creeds, Lon., 1871, p. Svo. Berrington, B. S. The Fortunes of Albert Trav- ers : a Tale of the Eighteenth Century, Lon., 1888, p. Svo. Berry, A. Moore. 1. Reports of the St. Louis Court of Appeals, vols, i.-xii., (1S77-1SS2,) St. Louis, 1877-82, Svo. 2. Cases determined in the St. Louis Court of Appeal, 1884-1S86, vol. xvi., St. Louis, 1SS6, Svo. With Mister, James F., Cases determined in the$