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DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY.*
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WILLIAM GEORGE WJBD AND THE OXFORD MOVEM...
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nett , Mr . G . A . Sala , Professor Mahaffy , Mr . Campbell Wyke Bay Praed liss , Mr Mr . . Fraser Herman ¦ Rae Merivale Mr . Andrew , Mr .
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IJawrence Mr . Moy Hutton Thomas , Mr - Mr . . Norman Egmont McCol Hake l , Mr Mr . .
William a ____ ^ K ^ V ^ M . ^ P V __ Lord Tiftrrl w , ^_ M ^ ^^^ ^»^^ ^^» ^ Westall _ P _ ^ Pembroke "PftT ^^^»«^^ n ^^^ " ^^ hrolr ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ — ^ , ^™^™ and , w fi ( ^—•¦ ^ gave ^ cave - — ¦ Mr A ^ M ^ ^^ A . a a E ^ — ^ ta ^ ft ^ H —— heartv hearty . ^— al ^ . " ^ R . Francillon ^ M ^^ i —¦ ^ B welcome welcome — — — - A ^ B ^ B , . to to
Professor onding Mahaff association y , as the representativ in Francei ' e La of So the
corresp 1 / UlH / Ol / VllU . llig OOO ^ VJUVJ . V 11 XIX JL'lttilVV , ) I XJl * *^ v of ci ^ his te * des remarks Gens stated de Lettres that , ' althoug and in h the the course
relations between , author and , publisher were not in a very satisfactory conditionit spoke
volumes for the general uprightness , and generosit ^ 3 y •/ of the publishers J . that up JLto the
present time it had been found possibleJjCLdo withbut an association for the protection of authors . He described the present copyright
relations between England and America as a * scandal to civilisation , ' and referred to the
fact that although 400 , 000 copies of ' Robert Elsmere M had been sold in America ^ the
authoress would not receive one farthing from that source . Mr . ! Besantin responding to
the toast of the evening , mentioned , that the Society now numbered nearly 500 members
and that the policy which it endeavoured , to carry out was the treatment of literary
property The subsequent as if it were speakers houses were , lands Mr . , or E . a Gosse mine .
Mr . Sala , Mr . Merivale , Professor Bonney , ,
Mr . Molman Hunt , and Sir John Stamer .
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Dictionary Of National Biography.*
DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY . *
The present volume of Mr . Leslie Stephen ' s Dictionary extends from FinchAnneCountess
of Winchelsea ( d . 1720 ) , a minor , poetess , not quite destitute of merit , to Forman , Simon
( 1552-1611 ) , astrologer and quack-doctor . Although the last mentioned is not at all a
name known to the general reader , still the ¦ bearer w ^^ r" ^^^ r ™ ™ - ^ " - — - ™ r of ~— —¦¦ it ¦— ™~ gets hh ^ m - ^ - — over —** ~ three — — ¦ — pages — " ¦— — ^^^» - *~ w - ~~ in ¦ the " ^ ' ' ^ ^^^
dictionary , and very curious and entertaining pages they are . These two names are a fair
specimen of the contents of the volume . There is no great name of the first , we can hardly
say or even that there third is class any . great The name truth of of the this , second will
be seen when , we point out that the most important biography i £ that of John Flaxman
. Mr ( 1755 . Sidney -1826 ) , Colvin the scul is the ptor author and draug and htsman as was .
, to bo expected , he has done his work , extremel , y well . In a few singularly «/ happy JL phrases he
thus sums up the chief ^? merits of v X . Flaxman s best work which we are told is to be found
and * not sketches among his and sculptu o res utli , but his and drawings wash pen pen
ana or pencil generalised , slig , ht as as they is commonl their , y treatment are , abstract \ of ,
anatomical peculiar quality forms of , their they beaut stand y , alone expressing by the In
lines from of that a charm of anti equal que vase to and painting partly and caug bas ht
-Steph , ' * The en . 2 Vol > ictionary . xix . of London National : Smith Biography , Elder . & Edited Co . by Leslie
Dictionary Of National Biography.*
reliefs singularl , the y . g inventions ifted , pure and , lo observations fty , and tender of a
spirit . ' ' The chief contributions of the editor are , * Duncan i Mareraret Forbes , Fleminer of Culloden * ( 1685-1 H 7 ) ,
and ana ¦ jyiargaret Fleming * ' ? C Pet iret margane Marfirajie ' 1803-1811 ) . The second of these is one whose , ' lifeds probably the shortest to be recorded
the in these most j - ™ - _— charming volumes — - — — — — — ^^ f — , characters and — - - - ~ certainl —~ —— . ' y Her — she r— - ^ r biograph is ~— one " ^"" ^^ ^^^~ - ^^^« ' ^^ of ^^^ b
only occupies a column of the Dictionary , but y it is a perfect little gem in its way , or shall we
say a flower blooming in a cleft . of a huge rock able article ? * Duncan . By the Forbes way ' both - *~ is also Mr . an Step extremel hen and — - ^^—i ^^ y
his _ " ~ — — contributors ¦ — ^^ m have — ' — " a very , - j - considerable " ™ » ^— ^^ ^ r ^ relish for scandal with which they at every
opportunity enliven the unavoidable bareness of many of these biographical sketches . Thus
Mr . Stephen tells that Forbes and his brother ^ became ' known as " the greatest boomers iif the
north , ' and Mr . S . Lee carefully records the not quite' creditable love affairs of Mary Fitton
one of Queen MhL Elizabeth ^^^^^^ k ^ b A ^ B - > a . ' s maids d ^^ m of . ^^ honour ^ H . , Poor Mary Fitton ! After three centuries surely
her ^ n little ^ M ^ _ ^^ escapades ^^ mi ^ ght ^^ have AM been ^ a t . allowed ^ A ^^ . ^ to slumber under the kindly accumulation of
the dust book . However pleasant , it reading is gossi . py In details this connection that ntake
throp we may ist mention ( 1632-1697 c Thomas ) 4 Fighting Firming Fitzgerald philan- /
and 'Mrs . Fitzherbert , , the left-handed wife of George I"V . of which all are interesting
biographies and , full of minute and often curious details of people who are now more
than half forgotten . Among other articles we i shall content ourselves with mentioning
patriot Andre , w by Fletcher Mr . Francis , of Saltoun Espinasse , ' the , Scotch k Jdhn j Fletcher' of Beaumont and Fletcherwhich
Mr is . contributed A . H , . Bullen by and the * competent Albany Fonblanque hands , of
the journalist , by Mr , . Richard Garnett . ,
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William George Wjbd And The Oxford Movem...
WILLIAM GEORGE WJBD AND THE OXFORD MOVEMENT . *
* William George Ward and the Oxford Movement / by Wilfrid Ward . This workin
which biography and history are happ , ily blendedis an invaluable contributionto the
literature - - — ' — , w ~ — of the Oxford --- _ — , ^ r -. - * movement _^ , , . - ^ _^ ^^^ -- ^^ - ^ r- ^ m ^ f ^ p . - ^^ V ^^ ^^ , I As ^ V ^^^ the ^^ ^^ ^ - " title — — indicates M the book is - _ - concerne I I d both with , ^ -- ~ — - — ¦ - ¦ - ¦ w - ^_ - ¦ - » - ^^*« W ^^^ P ^^ V ^^ V ^^ ^^^ ™ ™™ ^^^ ¦ ^ F ™ ^^ ^
™ indeed the ^ i ^^ - ^ ^^ ¦ i ^^ man ^ — ^— , ~^ m through ' ~ ¦ and » — ^^ ^~ ^ T ^^^ l the ¦ which w ^ ^ '"~» " ~~^ movement ¦ i ¦ ¦ ¦ the ^ i ^ ^ " ^ « n « ^^^ history ¦ " ¦ ^ ^ f ^¦ ™ ¦ ^^ ; ^^^ f ( H ^ f the w is flHw V ^^^ medium viewed W *^ P ^^ H ^^ ^ . W ^^^^ ^^ ^^ , ,
is of , in marked fact , the and entire j engag ^ life ^^ ing of a character religious . thinker The i
who personal —— - r - - were - — - ~ - — ~ re Ward collections - — — — — ° — - — -i — ' w s ^^ - —— contemporaries ~_ - - __ ^— — ~ f - ^ ^ of ^^ ~ H ^*~ ^^— i ^ ¦ r ^ H ^ fc distinguished ' ¦ ¦ ' *~ - — ^ - ^^ v ^ ~^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^ m ^ ^ ^ ^ f ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ at ^ ^ t ^^ r ^^^^ ^^ w ^ ^*^ ^^ Oxford ~| ~ ^^>^^^^^ men ^^^^ ' ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
to are the of singular the greatest charm interest of a man , and of they strong testify and
mentl vivid y pers from onality many ¦ h , of who ¦ his ¦ ¦ , w contemporaries hile differing vehe yet
retained ~— ' . ~~ —r ^^ - ^ _ - — g w their ^— _^ personal ^ r - ^ ^«^^ w ^^ ~ ^ —^ affection ^^^ m i V ^^ - ^ ' ^^ ^^ V ^ B ^^ H H . ^ to ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^* the tf ^ ^* i ¦ P ^^ F , ^ B last ^^ - Ward went up to Christ Church in 1830 .
The Tractarian movement had not then been fairly launched , for it was not until 1833 that
Wilfrid * Willia Ward m . Gteorg Portrait * Ward . London and the : Maomillan Oxford Movement & Co . . By
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 15, 1889, page 830, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15071889/page/12/
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