Isles. Of his numerous prose works the prin-
cipal are the Waverley Novels, Lives of the
Novelists, of Dryden, of Swift, and of
Napoleon, and The Tales of a Grandfather,
pp. 232, 298.

Shakspeare, William (1564-1616), the greatest
name in our literature, was born at Stratford-
on-Avon. He became a player in London,
and afterwards the manager of a theatre.
His works consist of thirty-seven plays, two
poems, and a collection of sonnets, p. 180.
Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822), the son of a
Sussex baronet-Chief poems: Queen Mab,
written at the age of sixteen; Alastor, or
the Spirit of Solitude; The Revolt of Islam;
Prometheus Unbound, a classic drama; The
Cenci, a tragedy; and his odes to The Cloud
and to The Skylark, p. 242.

Shenstone, William (1714-1763), a native of
Shropshire, is known chiefly by his poems
The Schoolmistress, and the Pastoral
Ballad, and his Essays, p. 209.

Smith, Rev. Sydney (1768-1845), an English
clergyman-one of the wittiest and most
popular writers of his time. In conjunction
with Jeffrey, Murray, and Brougham, he
started The Edinburgh Review-Chief
works: Contributions to the Review, Peter
Plymley's Letters on the Catholics, and
Sermons, p. 296.

Smollett, Tobias George (1721-1771), a native

of Dumbartonshire-as a novelist was the
rival of Fielding. His chief works are: The
Adventures of Roderick Random, Peregrine
Pickle, and Humphry Clinker, p. 285.
Southey, Robert (1774-1843), born at Bristol-

a poet of the first rank-Chief poems: Thal-
aba, an Eastern tale; Madoc, founded on a
Welsh story; The Curse of Kehama, a tale
of Hindu superstition; and Roderick, the
Last of the Goths, p. 227

Spenser, Edmund (1553-1598), among English
poets, excelled only by Shakspeare, Chaucer,
and Milton. His great work is The Faerie
Queene, an allegorical poem, designed to
celebrate the principal virtues, p. 177.

Steele, Richard (1675-1729), Gazette-writer to
the Whig ministry in the reign of Queen
Anne-shares with Addison the honour of
having founded our periodical literature.

They issued successively the Tatler, Specta
tor, and Guardian, p. 265.
Sterne, Laurence (1713-1768), an eccentric
English clergyman-celebrated for his Life
of Tristram Shandy, and his Sentimental
Journey through France and Italy, p. 282.
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745), Dean of St Pa-
trick's, Dublin-the most powerful and original
prose-writer of his time. His most popular
works are: Gulliver's Travels, The Tale of
a Tub, and The Battle of the Books, p. 271.
Taylor, Jeremy (1613-1667), Bishop of Down
and Connor, and of Dromore-one of the
most admired writers on theology-Chief
works: The Liberty of Prophesying, Holy
Living and Holy Dying, The Life of
Christ, The Golden Grove, and Sermons, p.

253.

Tennyson, Alfred (1810- ), the son of a Lin-
colnshire clergyman-the greatest of our
living poets- became poet-laureate on the
death of Wordsworth-Chief poems: The
Princess, In Memoriam, Maud, Idylls of
the King, Enoch Arden, and many miscel
laneous poems, p. 249.

Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863),
born at Calcutta-the greatest novelist since
Scott-Chief works: Vanity Fair, Penden-
nis, Esmond, The Newcomes, The Virgi-
nians, Lovel the Widower, Philip, and his
lectures on The English Humourists and on
The Four Georges, p. 313.

Thomson, James (1700-1748), the son of a
Scottish clergyman in Roxburghshire-noted
for his poems on The Seasons, on Liberty,
and The Castle of Indolence, a poem in
imitation of Spenser, p. 206.

Wordsworth, William (1770-1850), one of our
greatest poets. From the residence of
Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey near
each other among the lakes of Westmore-
land and Cumberland, they have been
termed The Lake Poets.'-Chief poems:
The Excursion, Lyrical Ballads, The
White Doe of Rylstone, Peter Bell the
Waggoner, and one of the finest collections
of sonnets in the language, p. 221.
Young, Edward (1681-1765), at first a courtier,
and afterwards one of the king's chaplains-
best known by his poem entitled Night
Thoughts, and the tragedy of Revenge, p. 205.

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