Quarterly Review, and published several other works. But his labors on the Annotated Bible were his best and most important work.

CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON, 1782-1852, an eminent Baptist preacher of Edinburgh, is chiefly known in this country by his Annals of the English Bible, in 2 vols., 8vo. Though defective in some respects, it is by far the best work extant on this subject. From its diligent and comprehensive citation of authorities, it is indispensable to any one who wishes to study the history of the English version of the Scriptures. His other works are: Services and Design of the Domestic Institution; Historical Sketches of the Ancient Native Irish; Singular Introduction of the English Bible.

REV. HENRY BLUNT, 1794-1843, was a clergyman of the English Church, and a very popular writer on religious subjects, some of whose works have gone through forty editions in England, besides being frequently reprinted in the United States.

Blunt's works are mostly in the shape of continued sermons or lectures on certain portions of the Sacred Volume, or on certain topics connected with religious truth and duty; eight Lectures on the History of Jacob; twelve on Abraham; on Elisha; twelve on St. Paul; nine on St. Peter; On the History of Christ; Sermons, On the Sacrament; On the Lord's Day; Discourses, On the Doctrinal Articles of the Church of England; On the Trials of the Spirit; A Practical Exposition of the Epistles to the Seven Churches; A Family Exposition of the Pentateuch, etc.

REV. EDWARD BICKERSTETH, 1786-1850, was a laborious minister of the English Church, and a prolific writer on subjects connected with practical religion. His works have been published in 17 vols, 8vo. The Scripture Help, designed to assist in reading the Bible profitably, has had a prodigious sale. Other popular works are: The Christian Student, Justification by Faith, A Treatise on the Lord's Supper, A Practical Guide to the Prophecies, Christian Truth, etc.

REV. JAMES BENNETT, 1774–1862, an English Dissenting clergyman, wrote, jointly with David Bogue, a History of the Dissenters, 4 vols., intended as a continuation of Neal's History of the Puritans; also, Lectures on the History of Jesus Christ, 2 vols., 8vo; Theology of the Early Christian Church; Lectures on the Acts; Justification by Faith; and other works.

WILLIAM ARCHER BUTLER, 1814-1848, a native of Ireland, and a Catholic by education, but a convert to the Protestant faith, was Professor of Moral Philosophy in Trinity College, Dublin. Besides a volume of Sermons, he published Letters on the Development of Christian Doctrine; Letters on Protestantism; Lectures on the History of Ancient Philosophy.

LANT CARPENTER, LL. D., 1780-1840, an English Unitarian, was a voluminous writer on religious and educational subjects. Works: Unitarianism the Doctrine of the Gospel; Examination of the Charges against Unitarianism by Dr. Magee in his Work on the Atonement; Principles of Education, Intellectual, Moral, and Physical; Harmony, or Synoptical Arrangement of the Gospels, etc.

JOSIAH CONDER, 1789-1855, was born in London, the son of a bookseller, and was himself bookseller, publisher, and author. He purchased the Eclectic Review in 1814,

and continued to be its editor until 1837. He had the co-operation of many eminent writers among the Non-conformists, such as Robert Hall, John Foster, Dr. Vaughan, etc. His own works are numerous: Protestant Non-conformity; A New Translation of the Epistle to the Hebrews; The Law of the Sabbath; The Choir and the Oratory; The Poet of the Sanctuary; History of Italy; The Star in the East; Dictionary of Ancient and Modern Geography; View of All Religions; Modern Traveller; Literary History of the New Testament.

REV. THOMAS DICK, LL. D., 1774–1857, was a learned theologian and philosopher of the Secession Church of Scotland.

Dick's works are numerous and extremely valuable. The Christian Philosopher, or the Connection of Science with Religion; The Philosophy of Religion; The Philosophy of a Future State; The Improvement of Society by the Diffusion of Knowledge; The Mental Illumination and Moral Improvement of Mankind; Christian Beneficence contrasted with Courteousness; Celestial Scenery; The Sidereal Heavens; The Practical Astronomer; The Solar System; The Telescope and Microscope, etc. Dr. Dick's works have been reprinted in the United States, in 10 vols., 12mo.

REV. WILLIAM GOODE, D.D., 1801 Dean of Ripon, has written numerous works, chiefly against the doctrines put forth in the Oxford

Tracts.

Works: The Extraordinary Gifts of the Spirit; The Established Church; The Divine Rule of Faith and Practice; Tract "90" Historically Refuted; Doctrine of the Church of England as to the Effects of Baptism in the Case of Infants; Disputed Points in the Ceremonial of the Church of England, etc.

Dean Goode was educated at St Paul's School, and at Cambridge, where he took high honors. He was for several years editor of The Christian Observer.

REV. FRANCIS GOODE, 1797-1842, a divine of the Church of England, has written several works that are in excellent repute: The Better Covenant, which has passed through many editions; Watchwords of Gospel Truth; Sermons, etc.

Alexander Duff.

ALEXANDER DUFF, D. D., LL. D., 1806 ——, is a native of Perthshire, Scotland, and a prominent minister of the Free Church.

Dr. Duff is well known in the United States, which he visited in 1854. He has great power and fervor as a preacher, and draws large audiences wherever he goes. He has distinguished himself by his zeal for foreign missions, and has himself planted a most successful mission at Calcutta. He has published: Missions the Chief End of the Christian Church; India and Indian Missions; Missionary Addresses; The Indian Rebellion, its Causes and Results; The Jesuits, their Origin, etc.; Addresses at the Assembly of the Free Church; New Era of the English Language and Literature in India.

EBENEZER HENDERSON, D. D., 1784-1858, was an eminent biblical scholar and critic, and Professor of Theology among the Independents.

Henderson was born at Dunfermline, Scotland. He was employed at one time by the Bible Society in supplying the people of Scotland with the Scriptures. His principal works are the following: Journal of a Residence in Ireland; Biblical Researches and Travels in Russia; The Great Mystery of Godliness Incontrovertible; Commentary on Isaiah, with a New Translation; Commentary on the Twelve Minor Prophets, etc.

JULIUS CHARLES HARE, 1796-1855, Archdeacon in the Church of England, educated at Cambridge, author of a number of sermons and theological works, is best known as one of the authors-in conjunction with Augustus William Hare, his brother, and others of Guesses at Truth. He was also associated with Bishop Thirlwall in translating vols. 1 and 2 of Niebuhr's History of Rome. In 1848 he edited the tales and essays of John Sterling, with a Memoir.

JOHN J. CONYBEARE, 1779-1824, was Professor of Poetry in Oxford. Publications: The Bampton Lectures for 1824, on the Interpretation of Scripture; Illustrations of Anglo-Saxon Poetry. - WILLIAM D. CONYBEARE, 1787-1857, was eminent both as a theologian and as a cultivator of natural sciences. Publications: Bampton Lectures for 1849, on the Fathers during the Ante-Nicene Period; Theological Lectures; Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales. - WILLIAM J. CONYBEARE, d. 1857, son of William D. Conybeare, was Principal of the Collegiate Institution, Liverpool. In connection with Rev. John S. Howson, he wrote the Life and Epistles of Paul, 2 vols., 4to, a work of extraordinary merit, and one of the best extant for enabling a person to understand the full force and meaning of Paul's life and labors.

JOHN S. HOWSON, 1815, Dean of Chester, is chiefly known in the United States by the publication of the Life and Epistles of Paul, 2 vols., 4to, made jointly by Conybeare and Howson. In addition to his share in this work, Dean Howson has written Eternal Life through Christ Only, a prize essay; Sermons on Good and Bad Habits; Sermons for Family Reading, etc.

JOHN HARRIS, D. D., 1804-1856, a Dissenting divine, obtained great celebrity by his writings on practical religion.

He was born at Ugborough, and became Principal of New College. His chief works are the following: The Great Teacher; Mammon, or Covetousness the Sin of the Christian Church, a prize essay, of which more than 100,000 copies were sold; The Great Commission, also a prize essay; The Pre-Adamite Earth; Man Primeval; Patriarchy, or the Family, its Constitution, etc.; The Christian Citizen; The Witnessing Church; The Condition and Claims of France.

The Haldanes.

ROBERT HALDANE, 1764–1842, was originally an officer in the Royal Navy, but left the service for the purpose of preaching and spreading the gospel.

He became an Independent itinerating minister, and spent a large fortune in erecting houses of worship and educating ministers. He gained considerable note also as a writer. The following are his principal works: The Evidence and Authority of

Divine Revelation; The Verbal Inspiration of the Scriptures; Exposition of the Epistle to the Romans, etc. In 1817 and 1818, he was successful in promoting a revival of religion in Geneva, which has been the means of raising up a school of famous divines of an evangelical character, both in Switzerland and in France. -JAMES ALEXANDER HALDANE, 1768-1851, like his brother Robert, was originally in the naval service, and quitted it for the purpose of preaching the gospel as an Independent minister. He wrote Social Worship of the First Christians; Forbearance; Baptism; Association of Believers; Revelation; Man's Responsibility; Inspiration of the Scriptures; The Atonement; Exposition of Galatians, etc.

JOSEPH JOHN GURNEY, 1788-1847, was a distinguished banker, philanthropist, and preacher of the Society of Friends.

He was born at Earlham Hall, near Norwich, where the family have possessed great influence for two centuries. He was the brother of Mrs. Elizabeth Fry, and shared with her in many of her benevolent enterprises. He was a good classical scholar, and studied for some time at Oxford, though without being matriculated, as his religious principles would not allow him to subscribe to the Thirty-Nine Articles. He made missionary tours among the prisons of Great Britain and Ireland, paid three visits to the continent, and spent three years in travel in the United States.

Mr. Gurney wrote several valuable works, giving him an honorable rank in the field of letters: Essays on the Evidences, Doctrines, and Practical Operations of Christianity; Biblical Notes to Confirm the Deity of Christ; Brief Researches on the History, Authority, and Use of the Sabbath; Portable Evidences of Christianity; Notes on Prisons and Prison Discipline; Letter to a Friend on Christianity; Observations on the Religious Peculiarities of the Society of Friends; A Winter in the West Indies, described in Familiar Letters to Henry Clay; Puseyism Traced to its Root; Thoughts on Habit and Discipline, etc., etc.

Mr. Gurney was thrice married, his last wife being an American, Miss Eliza P. Kirkbride, of Philadelphia.

MRS. ELIZABETH (GURNEY) FRY, 1780-1845, was a sister of the well-known Joseph John Gurney, and was herself equally known by her remarkable talents and cultivation, and by her philanthropic efforts in behalf of prisoners. She did not write much except her letters and journal. The following are her principal publications: Observations on Visiting French Prisons; Letters, and Journal, contained in her Memoirs.

Taylor of Ongar.

ISAAC TAYLOR, 1759-1829, was an engraver in London. In 1786 he removed into the country, settling at Lavenham, Suffolk; from 1796 to 1810, he was minister to an Independent congregation at Colchester; and from 1811 to 1829, he ministered to the Independent congregation at Ongar, in Essex. He is generally known as Taylor of Ongar.

All of this family, of whom we have any record, were distinguished for their piety and for their literary tastes. The writings of Taylor of Ongar were chiefly the following: Advice to the Teens; Bunyan Explained to a Child; Book of Martyrs for the Young; Child's Birthday; Child's Life of Christ; Little Library; Mirabilia, or The

Wonders of Nature and Art; Biography of a Brown Loaf; Beginnings of British Biog raphy; Beginnings of European Biography; Scenes in England; in Europe; in Asia; in Africa-ANN TAYLOR, d. 1830, wife of the preceding, and mother of the celebrated writers Isaac, Jane, and Ann, was also herself an author. She wrote Advice to Mothers; Maternal Solicitude for a Daughter's Best Interests; Practical Hints to Young Females; Present of a Mistress to a Young Servant; Family Mansion; Retrospection; Reciprocal Duties of Parents and Children; and, in connection with her daughter Jane, Correspondence between a Mother and her Daughter. - CHARLES TAYLOR, 1756-1823, brother of Isaac Taylor, was, like him, an engraver in London. Charles Taylor did a great service to religions literature by editing an English translation of Calmet's Dictionary of the Bible, with Biblical Fragments, in 5 vols., 4to. The work has been superseded by later and better dictionaries. But at the time of Calmet's introduction to the English public, it was by far the best work on the subject, and the undertaking required no little labor and risk. Taylor wrote also Facts and Evidences on the Subject of Baptism, and two treatises on Drawing.

Isaac Taylor.

ISAAC TAYLOR, LL. D., 1787–1865, son of the preceding Isaac Taylor, received a more thorough education than the other members of the Taylor family, and his writings accordingly take a wider range.

He studied theology originally, with the intention of preaching, and afterwards he studied law, and finally he settled down into the life of a literary recluse, living in the country, and sending out, from time to time, the fruits of his study and of his musings. His works are scholarly and thoughtful, though quiet and subdued in tone, and have exercised a powerful influence upon the formation of opinion.

One of his works, The Natural History of Enthusiasm, which was published anonymously, made so deep an impression, that when the chair of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh, the highest professorship in that institution, became vacant, Dr. Chalmers publicly called upon the unknown author to declare himself, and become a candidate for the office. Taylor declared himself accordingly, and came near being elected, though the rival candidate was no less a man than Sir William Hamilton. Taylor's other works are, The Elements of Thought; History of the Transmission of Ancient Books to Modern Times; The Process of Historical Proof Exemplified and Explained; The Balance of Criminality, or Mental Error Compared with Immoral Conduct; New Model of Christian Missions; Saturday Evening; Fanaticism; Spiritual Despotism; Physical Theory of Another Life: Home Education; Ancient Christianity and the Doctrine of the Oxford Tracts; Man Responsible for his Dispositions, Opinions, and Conduct; Loyola and Jesuitism; The Litany and Dissenters; The Spirit of Hebrew Poetry, and some others.

In all this long list of works, there is not one that does not show independent and careful thought, or that has not yielded fruit in other minds more aggressive than that of the author himself. Writings of the quiet and thoughtful kind, like those of Isaac Taylor, do their chief work at second hand, in the suggestions which they give to intellects more daring and energetic than themselves.

ANN and JANE TAYLOR.-Ann Taylor, 1782-1866, daughter of Isaac Taylor of Ongar, and wife of Rev. Joseph Gilbert, was the author, jointly with her sister Jane, of the following exceedingly popular works: Original Poems for Infant Minds; Hymns for Infant Minds; Original Hymns for Sunday-Schools; Rhymes for the Nursery. - Jane Taylor, 1783-1824, also daughter of Isaac Taylor of Ongar, was the most distinguished of this excellent family, except her brother Isaac. Of the poems written jointly by