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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![Arrest of Pulmonary Consumption, Lon., 1863, 8vo. 2. Hospitals of the Lung, Lon., 1S77, Svo. Bird, Sarah. Amy's First Trial. By a Mother. Lon., 1854, 12mo. Birds, James Adey, B.A., F.G.S. (Trans.) <}oethe's Faust: with Introduction and Notes, Lon., 1880, cr. 8vo. Birdsell, Ella S. Phil Preston; or, Into the Light, N. Yorli, 1888, 12mo. Birdseye, Charles F. A Table, chronologically arranged, of the Statutes of the State of New York from 1777 to End of 1SS6, N. York, 1886, 2 vols. Svo. Birdwood, Sir George Christopher Moles- worth, M.D., C.S.I., b. 1839, at Belgaum, India; was appointed to the Bombay branch of the medical service 1854; became professor of botany and materia medica at the Grant Medical College, and held several other posts, including that of secretary to the Asiatic Society. Since 1864 he has resided in England, where he is special assistant in the revenue, statistics, and commerce depart- ment of the India Office, and has devoted himself chiefly to the organization of the India Museum. He was knighted in 1881, and was royal commissioner at the India and Colonial Exhibition in 1886. 1. Catalogue of the Economic Products of the Bombay Presidency, Bombay, 1862, Svo; 2d ed., 1865. 2. The Industrial Arts of India, (South Kensington Museum Art Hand- Books,) Lon., 1880, 2 vols.; p. Svo. Birkbeck, Miss A. M. Rural and Historical Gleanings from Eastern Europe, Lon., 1854, 12mo. Birkbeck, John. 1. The Path of Duty, Lon., 1878, Svo. 2. The Present Position of the Eastern Ques- tion, Lon., 1879, Svo. Birkbeck, William Lloyd, M.A., 1806-1887; son of George Birkbeck, M.D., [ante, vol. i.;) graduated at Trinity College, Cambridge; called to the bar at the Inner Temple 1833; Downing professor of the laws of England at Cambridge from 1880. Historical Sketch of the Distribution of Land in England: with Sugges- tions for some Improvement in the Law, Lon., 1885, p. Svo. From his researches it appears to be highly probable that both in Saxon and Norman times the ' extent of land in the hands of small free proprietors was insignificant when compared with that which was cultivated by means of serf labour.' . . . Prof. Birkbeck is an advocate for the granting of small allotments at moderate rents to agricul- tural labourers.—Alh., No. 3068. Birkby, Thomas Simpson. History of England to the Present Time, Lon., 1870, 32mo. Birkett, Rev. Thomas, M.A., graduated at St. John's College, Cambridge, 1858; ordained 1858. Church House: a Centre of Church Life and Church Work, Lon., 1887, Svo. Birkhimer, Capt. William E., graduated at the U.S. Military Academy 1870. Historical Sketch of the Organization, Administration, Materiel, and Tactics of the Artillery, United States Army, Wash., 1884, Svo. Birkinshaw, Maria Louisa. The Chevaliers : a Tale: with a True Account of an American Revival, Lon., 1860, Svo. Birks, Rev. Herbert Alfred, M.A., graduated at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1878; ordained 1880; assistant tutor in London College of Divinity 1881-85; curate of Chigwell since 1885. Studies of the Life and Character of St. Peter, Lon., 1887, p. Svo. Birks, Thomas Rawson, [ante, vol. 1., add.,] 1810-1883, b. at Staveley, in Derbyshire, the son of a tenant farmer of the Duke of Devonshire. He was educated first at a dissenting college and afterwards at Cambridge, where he won a scholarship at Trinity and gained high honors. On leaving the university he joined the Church of England, took orders, and became curate to the Rev. Edward Biokersteth, whose daughter he afterwards married. In 1866 he accepted the charge of Trinity Church, Cambridge, and in 1872, on the death of F. D. Maurice, he was elected his successor as Knights- bridge professor of moral philosophy at Cambridge, an appointment which led to much discussion. He was an active controversialist. His Supernatural Revelation was an answer to the anonymou« work on Supernatural Religion, and his Modern Physical Fatalism was an examination of the doctrines of Herbert Spencer, and was followed by a controversy with that author. The following list of his publications includes the only one mentioned by its title f(n(e, vol. i.: 1. First Elements of Sacred Prophecy : including an Examination of several Recent Expositions, Lon., 1843, 12mo. 2. Faith, Hope, and Charity : a Seatonian Poem, Cambridge, 1843, 8ro. 3. The Four Prophetic Empires, and the Kingdom of the Messiah: being an Exposition of the Fir?t Two Visions of Daniel, Lon., 1844, Svo. 4. Village Discourses : being the Parting Sermons preached in the Parish Church of Watton, Herts, Lon., 1845, 12mo. 5. The Christian State; or. The First Principles of Natural Religion, Lon., 1847, Svo. 6. Modern Astronomy, Lon., 1850, ISmo. 7. Memoir of the Rev. E. Bickersteth; 3d ed., Lon., 1852, 2 vols. Svo. 8. Horaj Evangelicae; or. The Internal Evidence of the Gospel Historj- : being an In- quiry into the Structure of the Four Gospels, Lon., 1852, Svo. 9. Modern Rationalism and the Inspiration of Scrip-; tures : Two Lectures, Lon., 1853, Svo. 10. Outlines of Unfulfilled Prophecy : being an Inquiry into the Scrip- ture Testimony respecting the Good Things to come, Lon., 1854, 8vo. 11. Truth and Life in the Church at Home, in their Influence on the Work of Foreign Mis- sions, Dublin, 1855, Svo. ] 2. The Difficulties of Belief in Connection with the Creation and the Fall, Cambridge, 1855, Svo ; 2d ed., 1876. 13. The Treasures of Wisdom ; or. Thoughts on the Connection between Natural Science and Revealed Truth, Lon., 1855, fp. Svo. 14. The Bible and Modern Thought, Lon., 1861, ]2mo. 15. On Mat- ter and Ether; or. The Laws of Physical Change, Cam- bridge, 1862, Svo. 16. The E.xodus of Israel: a Reply to Recent Objections, Lon., 1863, Svo. 17. The Ways of God ; or. Thoughts on the Difliculties of Belief in Con- nection with Providence and Redemption, Lon., 1863, cr. Svo ; 2d ed., 1876. 18. The Victory of Divine Good- ness, Lon., 1867, p. Svo. 19. Si-x Letters to the Protes- tants of England on the Irish Question, Lon., 1S68, 12mo. 20. Church and State : with Preface by Bishop Words- worth, Lon., 1869, p. Svo. 21. The Pentateuch and its Anatomists ; or. The Unity and Authenticity of the Books of Moses vindicated and confirmed: in Reply to Modern Criticisms, Lon., 1869, p. Svo. 22. The Atonement and the Judgment : a Reply to Dr. Candlish's Inaugural Lec- ture, Lon., 1870, Svo. 23. Commentary on the Book of Isaiah, Lon., 1871, Svo. 24. The Scripture Doctrine of Creation, with Reference to Religious Nihilism and Modern Theories of Development, Lon., 1872, 12mo. 25. Thoughts on the Sacraments, and on the Relations of Prayer and Science, Lon., 1873, 12mo. 26. First Principles of Moral Science : a Course of Lectures de- livered in the University of Cambridge, Lon., 1873, p. Svo. It is not in any sense a volume of lectures iipon moral philosophy; it is simply a collection of indifferent ser- mons, about up to the mark of a third-rate Bampton lec- ture.—^Wl, No. 2412. 27. Modern Utilitarianism ; or. The Systems of Paley, Bentham, and Mill examined and compared, Lon., 1874, p. Svo. 28. Modern Physical Fatalism and the Doc- trine of Evolution, Lon., 1876, p. Svo; 2d ed., 1882. 29. Essay on the Right Estimation of Manuscript Evi- dence in the Text of the New Testament, Lon., 1878, p. Svo. 30. Supernatural Revelation ; or. First Principles of Moral Theology, Lon., 1S79, Svo. 31. Thoughts on Times and Seasons of Sacred Prophecy, Lon., 1880, cr. Svo. 32. (Ed.) Justification and Imputed Righteousness: being a Review of Ten Sermons on the Nature and Effects of Faith, by James Thomas O'Brien, D.D., late Bishop of Ossory, Ferns, and Leighlin. Lon., 1887, cr. Svo. Birley, Miss Caroline. 1. We are Seven: a Tale for Children. Illust. by T. Pym. Lon., 1880, sq. ]6mo. 2. A Heap of Stones, Lon., 1881, p. Svo. 3. Undine, a Romance of Modern Days, and other Stories, Lon., 1883, p. Svo. 4. 0 Dear! what can the Matter be? a Tale of Churchill Wakes, Lon., 1883, p. Svo. 5. Eyes to the Blind, Lon., 1886, p. Svo. 6. Jessamine and her Lesson-Books: How she missed the Gipsy Tea, Lon., 1886, sq. 16mo. 7. The Linen-Room Window : What Snow conceals the Sun reveals, Lon., 1886, sq. 16mo. 8. My Lady Bountiful : the Tale of Harriot, Duchess St. Albans, Lon., 1888, ISmo. Birley, R. K., major and hon. lieut.-colonel of the Manchester Artillery. 1. Field Artillery for Home Ser- vice, Manchester, 1888, ISmo. 2. Volunteer Artillery Lessons, Manchester,'1888, ISmo. Birley, William Hornby, M.A. Balliol College, Oxford, b. 1834; called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn 1860. The Parliamentary Elections Acts, 1868, with Rules, Lon., 1868, 12mo. Birmingham, A. W. Poems, Lon., 1880, 12mo. Birmingham, John, 1816-1884, an Irish coun- 351](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24749382_0001_0169.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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