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

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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$Bidllle, Daniel. 1. A Post-Mortera Examination ; or, What is tlie Condition of the Disembodied Human Spirit? Lon. and Edin., 1867, 8vo. 2. The Spirit of Controversy : Letters and Dissertations on the Human Spirit and Soul, their Nature, &c., Lon,, 1869, 12mo. ?>. The Blessed Sacrament of the Lord's Supper regarded from a Layman's Point of View, Lon., 1S70, p. 8vo. Bidtlle, George, and Paul, John Rodman. Acts relating to the Philadelphia Passenger Railways and Steam Railroads, Ac, Phila., 1884, 8vo. Biddle, George Washington, of the Philadel- phia bar. 1. (Trans.) The Two Orations on the Crown : jEsohylus and Demosthenes, Phila., 1881, 12mo. 2. Sketch of the Professional and Judicial Character of the late George Sharswood, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania: an Address, Phila., 1883. With McMuRTRiE, R. C, General Inde.x to English Common Law Reports, vols. i. and ii., Phila., 1862, 8vo. Biddle, Horace P. 1. The Musical Scale, Bost., 1867, 12mo. 2. Poems, N. Yorlt, 1868, 16mo. S.Ameri- can Boyhood: Poems, Phila., 1876, 12mo. A distinctly original and interesting book, which ■would be vastly better in prose than in its present garb of verse.—Nation, xxii. 15. 4. Elements of Knowledge, Cin., 1881, 12mo. Biddle, John, of Chancery Lane, London. A Table of Reference to Three Thousand Unrepealed Public General Acts, arranged in the Alphabetical Order of their Short or Popular Titles, Lon., 1864, 8vo; 2d ed., enl., 1869-70. Biddle, John B., M.D. Review of Materia Medica, for the Use of Students, Phila., 1852, 8vo; 9th ed., rev. by C. Biddle and H. Morris, 1883. Biddle, Tyrrel E. 1. A Treatise on the Con- struction, Rigging, and Handling of Model Yachts, Ships, and Steamers, Lon., 1879, 8vo ; 2d ed., 1883. 2. How to make Knots, Bends, and Splices as used at Sea, Lon., 1879, 8vo. .3. The Corinthian Yachtsman ; or, Hints on Yachting, Lon., 1881, 8vo. 4. Construction, Rigging, and Handling of Yachts, Ships, &c.; 2d ed., Lon., 1883, 8vo. 5. Amateur Sailing in Open and Half- Decked Boats. Illust. Lon., 1885, 8vo. 6. Hints on Yacht-Building for Amateurs, Lon., 1888, 8vo. Biddle-Cope. See Cope. Biddleconihe, Captain Sir George, R.N., 1807-1878, b. at Portsea, Eng.; entered the royal navy as a second master in 1828, having previously served in the mercantile marine, and became noted for his great skill in conducting naval surveys in many parts of the world, in- eluding newly-discovered islands in the Pacific Ocean, the anchorages of the Ionian Archipelago, the shore's of the Black Sea, &o. In 1854 he was master of the Baltic fleet, and directed the navigation of the combined Eng- lisli and French fleets sent against Cronstadt. Besides the accounts of surveys made by him, which were pub- lished by order of the admiralty, he wrote: 1. The Art of Rigging, Lon., 1848, 8vo. 2. Directions for Making and Entering the River Tagus, Lon., 1848, Svo. 3. Remarks on the English Channel, 1850 ; 6th ed., 1863. 4. Naval Tactics and Trials of Sailing, 1850. 5. Steam Fleet Tactics, Lon., 1857, 4to. 6. Autobiography: with a Portrait and Obituary, Lon., 1878, p. 8vo. This book is likely, we should think, to prove very attractive reading to those who, like ourselves, were bred up on Marryat's novels. . . . We venture to say that there is none of tlie cheery, boisterous, improbable incidents which made those novels so supremely attractive to young folks . . . which may not be paralleled out of Sir George Biddlecombe's early sea-life.—Spectator, lii. 17. Biddulph, C. E., M.A., of the Bombay Uncove- nanted Civil Service. Our Western Frontier in India, Lon., 1887, cr. 8vo ; 2d ed., 1888. Biddulph, Major J., of the Bengal Civil Service; was a member of Sir T. D. Forsyth's mission to Kashgar in 1873, and appointed political resident at Gilgit in 1877. Tribes of the Hindoo Koosh, Lon., 1881. He has . . . far better claims to speak as an authority on the country than former travellers.—^Wi., No. 2791. Biddulph, Gen. Sir Michael Anthony Shrapnel, K.C.B., b. 1823; served in the Crimea, in India, &c. The Lady of Karani : a True Tale of the War in the Crimea in 1854-55, 12mo. Privately printed. Biddulph, P. Joyce, Lon., 1877, p. Svo. Biden, James. 1. The True Church, Lon., 1851, 12mo. 2. Plain and Practical Sermons, 1853, 8vo. 3. The Only Sacrifice, 1S55, p. Svo. 4. The Church and her Destinies, Lon., 1855, Svo. 5. Punishment the Conceit of Men's Minds, Lon., 1858, Svo. 6. Religious Reformation imperatively demanded : Bishop Colenso's Critical Inquiries answered : t'ne Inspiration of Scripture maintained, Lon., 1864, Svo. 7. The Pestilence: why Inflicted; its Dur.ation, &o., Gosport, 1866, Svo. 8. The Bible Plan unfolded; 2d ed., Lon., 1872, Svo. Biden, William Downing. 1. 'The History and Antiquities of the Ancient and Royal Town of Kingston- upon-Thames, Kingston, 1852, Svo. 2. Rule.s, Formula, and Tables for the Valuation of Estates, &c., Lon., 1861, Svo. 3. Practical Rules for Valuers, Lon., 1862, Svo. Bidie, George. The Timber Trees of India: alphabetically arranged, Madras, 1862, Svo. Bidwell, Charles Toll, F.R.C.S., H. M. consul for the Balearic Islands. 1. The Istlimus of Panama, Lon., 1S65, Svo. 2. The Balearic Islands. Maps and Illust. Lon., 1876, p. Svo. It is never prolix, it is often lively, and it gives a very comprehensive idea of localities of which we have hith- erto known very little.—Sa(. Rev., xlii. 50. 3. The Cost of Living Abroad: Reports and Statistics, Lon., 1876, p. Svo. Bidwell, Edwin M, Genealogy of the Bidwell Family, Albany, 1884, Svo. Bidwell, George H. 1. Printer's Hand-Book: a Treatise on the Imposition of Forms, N. York, 1865; 2d ed., N. York, 1875, ISmo. 2. The Prompt Computer: for the Use of Book, News, and Job Printers, N. York, 1875, Svo. Bidwell, Shelford, M.A. Caius College, Cam- bridge, b. 1848; called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn 1873. Changes by Magnetism in the Dimensions of Rings and Rods of Iron, (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society,) Lon., 1S8S, 4to. Bidwell, Walter Hilliard. (Ed.) Imperial Courts of France, England, Russia, Prussia, <fee. Illust. N. York, 1862, imp. Svo. Bielfeld, H. A Guide to Painting on Glass, Lon., 1855, Svo. Bien, Herman M. Samson and Delilah; or, Dagon stoops to Sabaoth : a Biblio-Romantic Tragedy, in Five Acts, San Fran., 1860, 12mo. Bierbaum, F. J. History of the English Lan- guage and Literature, including the Literature of North America, Heidelberg, 1S83, Svo. Bierbower, Austin, b. 1844, at Shelly's Island, Pa.; graduated at Dickinson College 1864 ; became a lawyer in Chicago. 1. Principles of a .System of Phi- losophy to reconcile Metaphysics and Religion with the Sciences and Common Sense, N. York, 1870, 16mo. 2. Life and Sermons of Dr. Hiram W. Thomas, Chic, 1881, 12mo. 3. The Virtues and their Reasons : a System of Ethics for Society and Schools, Chic, 1SS8, 16mo. Bierce, M. H., M.A. Cobwebs from an Empty Skull. Illust. By Dod Grile. N. York, 1873, sq. 16mo. Bierstadt, O. A. (Trans.) The Public Debts of Europe, by Alfred Nieymarck, N. York, 1888, Svo. Bigandet, Pierre, Bishop of Ramatha, and vicar- apostolic at Rangoon. The Life or Legend of Gaudama, the Budhaof the Burmese: with Annotations, 1858 ; 2d ed., Rangoon, 1866, Svo; 3d ed., Lon., 1880, 2 vols. Svo. BigeloAV, Erastus Brigham, 1814-1S79, b. at West Boylston, Mass.: was distinguished as an inventor of carpet-looms and other machinery for manufacturing purposes. A copy of the s])ecifications of the patents granted to him in England from 1837 to 1868 filled six large volumes, and was presented by him to the Massa- chusetts Historical Society, of which he was a member. 1. Remarks on the Depressed Condition of Manufactures in Massachusetts, Bost., 1858, Svo. 2. The Tarift'Ques- tion considered in Regard to the Policy of England and the Interest of the United States, Bost., 1863, 4to. 3. The Tarifl Policy of England and the United States contrasted, Bost., 1877, Svo. Bigelow, Miss Grace, daughter of John Bigelow, infra. (Ed.) Letters from Russia, by Count von Moltke, N. York, 1877, 12mo. Bigelow, Henry Jacob, M.D. 1. Manual of Orthopaedic Surgery, Bost., 1S55, Svo. 2. On the Mech- anism of Dislocation and Fracture of the Hip, with the Reduction by the Flexion Method, Phila., 1869, Svo. 3, Litholapa.xy, or Rapid Lithotrity with Evacuation, 1S7S, Svo. Bigelow, Horatio Ripley. Hydrophobia, Phila., 1SS2, Svo. Bigelow, Jacob, M.D., [foite, vo\. i., add.,] 1787- 1879 ; was a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, pre^dent of the American Academy of Arts$