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Thomas, Michael, of Stockton, Salop. 1. Serm., Lon., 1655, 4to. 2. Church Reformation; two Serms., 1661, 4to.

Thomas, Mrs. Millicent, d. 1831, aged 67, was a daughter of the Rev. John Parkhurst, (supra,) and when new editions of his Greek or his Hebrew Lexicon were wanted, after his death, she corrected the press. She also assisted Miss Starke in translating Madame de Genlis's Theatre of Education, 1783-8, 3 vols. 12mo. Thomas, Moy and J. H., (q. v.) Synopsis of the Law of Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes, Lon., 1814, 8vo.

Thomas, Pascoe. Journal of Commodore Anson's Voyage to the South Seas and round the Globe, Lon., 1745, 8vo.

Thomas, R., 1. The Glory of America: Memoirs of Officers engaged in the Late War with Great Britain, N. York, 1836, 12mo; new ed., Phila., 12mo. 2. History of the American Wars, 1853, 8vo.

Thomas, R. J. E. Arithmetical Tables, Lon., 1849, 12mo.

Thomas, Ralph, Serjeant-at-Law, father of the succeeding, was a contributor to Cobbett's, Monthly, Court, and Town and Country Magazines, (see HandBook for Fietitions Names, by Olphar Hamst, Esq., 60, 110,) and left in MS. a Life of John Martin, the artist,which we hope his son will publish.

Thomas, Ralph, son of the preceding, and a zealous and accurate bibliographer. 1. A Few Words on Swimming; with Practical Hints to Beginners, by Ralph Harrington, Lon., Holyoake & Co., 1861, pp. 16; 2d ed., J. R. Smith, s. a., sed 1868, pp. 16, and a List of Works on Swimming, pp. 14. This list is extracted from a work of the author's in MS., which we should be pleased to see in print. 2. A Martyr to Bibliography: a Notice of the Life and Works of Joseph Marie Quérard, Bibliographer, &c., by, Olphar Hamst, Esq., Bibliophile, J. R. Smith, 1867, 8vo. 200 copies for sale. Excellent. See Notes and Queries, and Lon. Rev., both July 20, 1867, Lon. Chron., July 27, 1867, Lon. Morn. Star, Sept. 2, 1867, and Lon. Spec., Oct. 26, 1867. 3. Hand-Book for Fictitious Names; being a Guide to Authors, chiefly in the Lighter Literature of the XIXth Century, who have written under Assumed Names: and to Literary Forgers, Impostors, Plagiarists, and Imitators, by Olphar Hamst, Esq., &c., J. R. Smith, 1868, 8vo, pp. xiv., 235. 25 on thick paper. See Notes and Queries, 1869, i. 167. In 1866 Mr. Thomas privately printed 12 copies of Prospectus of a Bibliotheca of English Law Literature; being a Biographical and Bibliographical Dictionary of Writers upon English Jurisprudence, with Critical Remarks on their Works. Such a work is greatly needed; and we hope that enough subscribers will appear to warrant the publication of Mr. Thomas's book.

Thomas, Richard. 1. Report on a Survey of the Mining District of Cornwall, &c., Lon., 1819, 4to. 2. Geological Map of the Great Mining District of Cornwall, &c. 3. Observations on Railways, 8vo. 4. Tables of Estates, &c., 8vo.

Thomas, Robert, M.D., a surgeon in the island of Nevis, subsequently a physician in Salisbury, England, d. 1835, aged 82. 1. Medical Advice to the Inhabitants of Warm Climates, Lon., 1790, Svo. 2. Modern Practice of Physic, 1801, 2 vols. 8vo, by Edward Miller, M.D.; N. York, 1813, 8vo, by David Hosack, M.D., 1820, 1822, 1825. 8vo, (Abridged by Wm. Currie, M.D., and D. F. Condie, M.D., Phila., 1817, 8vo;) 11th Lon. ed., by A. Frampton, 1853, 2 vols. 8vo, 288.; red. in 1860 to 108.

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Thomas, Rev. Robert. Cause of Truth, &c., Dundee, 1798, 12mo.

Thomas, Robert Baily, of West Boylston, Mass., d. 1846, aged 80, prepared for the press annually for 53 years (1793-1846) The Old Farmer's Almanack, (published at Boston, 8vo,) which became very popular and is still continued: the sale for 1863 reached 225,000 copies.

Thomas, Robert P., M.D., b. in Philadelphia, 1821, graduated at the University of Pennsylvania; Professor of Materia Medica in the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy; d. Feb. 3, 1864. He translated from the French P. Cazeaux's Midwifery, Phila., 1850, 8vo; edited the 10th and 11th edits. of Dr. Benj. Ellis's Medical Formulary, 1854, '64, 8vo, and the 2d ed. of Dr. R. E. Griffith's Universal Formulary, 1854, 8vo; and contributed to the Amer. Jour. of Med. Sci., the Med. and Surg. Reporter, and the Amer. Jour. of Pharmacy.

Thomas, S., a merchant. 1. British Negotiator, Lon., 1759, 8vo. 2. Commercial Palladium, 1776, 8vo. Thomas, S. A. Southern First Spelling-Book, 12mo. Thomas, Mrs. S. B. Travels in Europe, Egypt, and Palestine; with an Introduction by Prof. L. C. Loomis, Phila., 12mo.

Thomas, Rev. Samuel, Chanter of Christ Church, Oxford, d. 1693. 1. The Presbyterian Unmasked; or, Animadversions upon a Nonconformist Book called The Interest of England, &c., (by John Corbet,) Lon., 1676, Svo: anon.: again, entitled The Dissenters Disarmed, 1681. Baxter rebukes Thomas as a "shameless writer." 2. Animadversions on The Protestant Reconciler, &c., 1683, 4to. Other works: see Bliss's Wood's Athen. Oxon., iv. 390.

Thomas, Rev. T. Memoirs of Owen Glendower, (Owain Glyndwr,) with a Sketch of the History of the Ancient Britons, &c., with Notes, Haverf., 1822, 8vo. Thomas, T., Jr. Working Man's Cottage Architecture, N. York, 1848, 8vo. Thomas, T. F.

1838, 12mo.

Lectures on the Trinity, Lon.,

Thomas, Theodore Gaillard, M.D., b. in Charleston, S.C., 1831, graduated at the Medical College of Charleston, 1852, and in the same year removed to the city of New York, where he became Professor of Obstetrics and the Diseases of Women and Children in the College of Physicians and Surgeons. 1. Essay upon Prolapse of Funis, N. York, 1858, (N. York Acad. of Med.) 2. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Women, Phila., 1868, r. Svo; 2d ed., Revised and Improved, 1869, r. 8vo, pp. xviii., 648. Commended by Lon. Med. Times, Humboldt Med. Archives, Quar. Jour. of Psychol. Med., N. York Med. Record, &c., all April, 1868, and N. York Jour. of Obstet., &c., May, 1868. 3. The History of Nine Cases of Ovariotomy, 1869, 8vo, pp. 28. Contributed to periodicals, Lectures, Essays, and Clinical Reports. Thomas, Thomas. Extravasated Blood; Med. Com., 1778.

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Thomas, Tristram. Disputatio Medica Inauguralis de Pneumonia Sthenica, Phila., 1792, 8vo. Thomas, Vaughan, Vicar of Yarnton. the Education of Poor Children, Lon., 1812, 8vo. Thomas, W. Cave. 1. Pre-Raphaelitism tested by the Principles of Christianity, &c., Lon., 1861, 8vo. See RUSKIN, JOHN, No. 6. 2. The Holiness of Beauty; and The Conformation of the Material by the Spiritual: Christian Idealism, Lon., 1863. Noticed in Lon. Reader, 1863, i. 152. 3. The Science of Moderation; or, The Quantitative Theory of the Good and Beautiful, 1867, p. 8vo. Mr. Thomas's zeal for his theory is thought to have transcended "moderation." In 1863 this artist was commissioned by the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education to execute a design for a fulllength figure of Albert Dürer for one of the new courts of the South Kensington Museum, to be executed in mosaic by the students of the Female Schools of Art; and in 1865 he was chosen to paint the Twelve Apostles for the new church of the Russian Embassy. His work entitled The Reinstatement of Nature in Moral Forms: Formative Ethics, promised "shortly" in 1863, has not yet (1870) appeared.

Thomas, W. G. Goethe's Minor Poetry, 1859, 8vo. Thomas, W. H. Surgical and Descriptive Anatomy of the Bones, Ligaments, and Joints, Lon., 1834, 12mo. Thomas, W. H. Tinterne and its Vicinity Described, Lon., 1839, 12mo. Thomas, W. H. Days, 1 to 3 per Cent., Thomas, W. L. a Tragedy, 1843, 8vo.

Interest Tables from 1 to 100 Lon., 1851, 4to.

Theresa, the Maid of the Tyrol;

Thomas, William, a native of Wales, educated at Oxford; became Clerk of the Council to Edward VI., 1549, subsequently Preb. of St. Paul's and Rector of Presthead, and was executed on suspicion of meditating the death of Queen Mary, or of Gardiner, (accounts differ,) May 18, 1554. 1. Of the Vanity of the World, Lon., 1545, Svo; 1549, 8vo. 2. The Historie of Italie, 1549, 4to; 1556, 4to; 1561, 4to; 1562, 4to.

"This really excellent book."-DR. BLISS: Wood's Athen. Oxon., i. 219, (q. v. for an account of Thomas and his Works.)

3. Principal Rules of the Italian Grammar, with a Dictionarie, 1550, 4to; 1560, 4to; 1561, 4to; 1567, 4to; J. Lilly's B. A.-C., 1869, £2 12s. 6d. The Principal Rules were repub. 1724, 4to. 4. Translation of Cato's Speech, and Valerius's Answer, from Livy, 1551, 12mo. He left some works and translations from the Italian in MS. There have since been published-5. Works of William Thomas, with Notes by Abr. D'Aubant, 1774, 8vo. 6. The Pilgrim: a Dialogue on the Life and Actions of King Henry the Eighth; Edited, with Notes, from the Archives at Paris and Brussels, by J. A. Froude, (p. 640, supra,) 1861, 8vo. See H. Walpole's Letters, ed. 1861, v. 401. Thomas, William, M.P. anno 1643, at Oxford, published several speeches, q. v. in Bliss's Wood's Athen. Oxon., iii. 105.

Thomas, William, Rector of Ubley, 1616; d. 1667; published several theological treatises, &c., q. v. in Bliss's Wood's Athen. Oxon., iii. 798. See, also, Calamy's Ejected Ministers, ii. 578-597.

Thomas, William, b. at Bristol, 1613; became a student of St. John's College, Oxford, 1629, and removed to Jesus College, of which he became Fellow and tutor obtained the livings of Penbryn, Cardiganshire, and of Langham; deprived during the Commonwealth; reinstated at the Restoration; Rector of Llanbeder, Pembrokeshire, 1661; Dean of Worcester, 1665; Rector of Hampton Lovet, 1670; Bishop of St. David's, 1677; trans. to Worcester, 1683; was preparing to resign rather than take the oaths to William and Mary, when he d., June 25, 1689. He published several sermons, An Apology for the Church of England, 1679, 8vo, &c., and after his death appeared his Roman Oracles Silenced, 1691, 4to, an answer to TUBERVIL, HENRY, No. 1. See Bliss's Wood's Athen. Oxon., iv. 262, 874; Burnet's Own Times;

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Thomas, William, grandson of the preceding, b. 1670; Rector of St. Nicholas, Worcester; d. 1738. Antiquitates Prioratus Majoris Malverne in Agro Wicciense, cum Chartis originalibus easdem illustrantibus, ex Registris Sedis Episcopalis Wigorniensis; Nunc primum editi, (a Gul. Thomas,) Londini, 1725, 8vo. 2. Survey of the Cathedral Church of Worcester, with an Account of the Bishops thereof to 1660, 4to, 1736. 1660 is an error of the press for 1610: some copies have reprinted title-pages, with 1610 for 1660, and dated 1737 instead of 1736. See, also, DUGDALE, SIR WILLIAM, No. 2. He left collections for a History of Worcestershire, some of which were used by Dr. Nash, to whose Worcestershire we refer for a notice of this zealous antiquary. Thomas, William. 1. Essay on Gonorrhoea, Lon., 1780, 8vo. 2. Commentaries on Schirri and Cancers, 1805, 8vo. 3. Observations on the Egyptian Ophthalmia, 1808, 8vo.

Thomas, William. 1. Gothic Ornaments, Lon., Pt. 1, 1839. 2. Designs for Monuments and ChimneyPieces, 1843, imp. 8vo.

Thomas, William Moy, b. 1828, at Homerton, near London, England; younger son of Moy Thomas, of London, Solicitor, and author of a work on the Laws of Bills of Exchange; educated under the care of his uncle, J. H. Thomas, of Trinity College, Oxford, editor of Coke upon Littleton; was destined to the study of the law, but began early in life to devote himself to literary pursuits; was one of the staff of writers enlisted by Charles Dickens in the support of his weekly periodical, Household Words, in 1850; subsequently a frequent contributor to the London Athenæum on various subjects, but chiefly of criticisms in Political Philosophy. Mr. Thomas has also been a contributor of papers on literary history, political economy, &c., to Chambers's Journal, the North British Review, the Pall Mall Gazette, The Economist, Notes and Queries, and numerous other journals; was in 1866-7 London Correspondent of The New York Round Table, in which journal his letters were signed "Q;" is now engaged on the staff of The Daily News, where the weekly article entitled "In the Recess," the Dramatic Criticisms, and other papers are known to be from his pen; was the original editor of Cassell's Magazine; and has published some anonymous works. Mr. Thomas married Sara Maria, daughter of Francis Higginson, Commander in the British Royal Navy, by whom he has four children, (1870.)

1. The Poetical Works of William Collins, (with a Memoir and Notes,) Lon., 1858, fp. 8vo, pp. 166. "What Mr. Moy Thomas, the Editor, modestly styles a 'Memoir,' is in reality a biography of considerable merit. . . .

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an editor, Mr. Thomas has done his work excellently."-Lon. Athen., 1858, i. 172, 173.

2. When the Snow Falls, (stories repub. from Household Words,) 1859, 2 vols. p. 8vo; 2d ed., 1861, or. 8vo; 1866, p. 8vo; 1868, 12mo.

"Stories of a very remarkable excellence."-Lon. Critic. Also commended by Lon. Lit. Gaz., Lon. Exam., and Lon. D. News.

3. Pictures in a Mirror, 1861, p. 8vo, 58.; cheap ed., 2s. 6d. 4. The Letters and Works of Lady Wortley Montague, edited by Lord Wharncliffe, [q. v. ;] Third Edition, with Important Additions and Corrections derived from the Original Manuscripts, a new Memoir, and Illustrative Notes, (with General Index, and portraits on steel,) 1861, 2 vols. demy 8vo, (Bohn's Eng. Gent. Lib. for April and Sept.)

"It has been carefully edited, with more labour, we suspect, than will be appreciated or apparent, except to the critical. Those only who shall read the Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montague by the light of Mr. Thomas's Memoir will be able to understand and do justice to her character."-Lon. Athen., 1861, i. 494, ii. 437.

See, also, 1860, i. 465, 511; 1861, i. 460; Lon. National Rev., Jan. 1862; N. Amer. Rev., April, 1862, (by Miss Luyster.) Add to this volume, Letters of Lady M. W. Montague, &c., Edin. and Lon., 1865, 12mo.

Mr. Thomas is, or was, engaged upon a Life of Lady M. W. Montague, for which purpose he has been intrusted with 500 letters, unpublished, an autobiographical fragment left by her ladyship, and other family papers, (Lon. Athen., 1861, i. 696.)

5. The Toilers of the Sea, by Victor Hugo; Translated, Lon., 1866, 3 vols. cr. 8vo; 1868, p. 8vo; N. York, 1866, '69, sq. 8vo. 6. A Fight for Life, Lon., 1868, 3 vols. p. 8vo. From Cassell's Magazine. He had in preparation in 1864, The Choicest Jests of English Wits.

Thomas, William Widgery, Jr., late U. States Consul at Gothenburg, Sweden. The Last Athenian; Translated from the Swedish of Victor Rydberg, Phila., 1869, 12mo.

"The best and most genial historical novel that ever was written in the Swedish language."-FREDERIKA BREMER.

Recommended to their pupils, as a faithful picture of the times, by the professors of the Swedish universities at Upsala and Lund.

Thomason, A. Men and Things in America; being the Experience of a Year's Residence, &c., Lon., 1838, fp. 8vo.

"His volume represents a class which must be shamed out of being."-Lon. Athen., 1838, 211.

Thomason, Rev. D. R. 1. Fashionable Amusements; with a Preface by Gardiner Spring, N. York, 1831, 12mo; with a Review of Rev. Dr. Bellows's Lec2. Teetotalism as a ture on the Theatre, 1857, 12mo. Rule of Duty unknown to the Bible, &c., 1867, 12mo. 3. Reply to Dr. Marsh on Teetotalism, &c., 1867, 18mo.

Thomason, Sir Edward, 1770-1849, for many years an eminent manufacturer, of Birmingham. Memoirs during Half a Century, Lon., 1845, 2 vols. 8vo. Reviewed in Lon. Gent. Mag., 1846, i. 395; and see 1849, ii. 430, for an obituary of the author.

Thomason, G. T. Memories; a Poem, Lon., 1855,

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Thomason, T. F., Chaplain to the Calcutta Committee of the Church Missionary Society. Serm., Zech. iv. 10, (Calcutta Ch. Miss. Soc.,) Calcutta, 1819, 8vo. See SARGENT, REV. JOHN, No. 2; Amer. Quar. Obs., 150. N. Orleans, 1860, 4to, pp. 254. See Hist. Mag., 1861, 95. Thomassy, R. Géologie pratique de la Louisiane, Thome, J. A., and Kimball, J. Horace. Emancipation in the West Indies, N. York, 1838, 12mo. Thomes, William H. 1. The Gold-Hunter's Adventures; or, A Life in Australia, Bost., 1864, 8vo; 2. The Bushranger: a Yankee's Glasg., 1866, 12mo. Adventures during his Second Visit to Australia, Bost., 1865, 12mo; Life at the Gold-Mines of Ballarat, Glasg., 1866, 12mo. 3. The Gold-Hunters in Europe; or, The Dead Alive, Bost., 1869, 12mo.

Thomlinson, T. Storm at Wigton; Phil. Trans.,

1757.

Thompson. See, also, THOMSON. Thompson's Entries. Liber Placitandi, Lon., 1671, fol., 1674, fol., is often so cited in law-books.

Med. Obs. and Inq., 1767.
Thompson. Account of an Aneurism of the Aorta;

Thompson, Mrs. Scripture Portions, &c., by Mrs. J. Bowen, née E. M. Lloyd, 2d ed., Lon., 1858, 8vo. Thompson, Aaron. History of the Transactions of the Kings of Britain; from the Latin of M. Galfri

dus, with a large Preface, Lon., 1718, 8vo, some 1. p. ; repub., corrected, in Six Old English Chronicles, 1848, sq. 12mo, (Bohn's Antiq. Lib.) See GEOFFREY OF MON

MOUTH.

Thompson, Alexander, of Manchester, England. John Calvin; a Tercentenary Memorial, Lon., 1864, pp.

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Thompson, Alexander Herbert. Stenography; or, A Complete System of Short-Hand, Lon., 1868, 12mo. "With Mr. Thompson as a guide, however, no student need despair."-Lon. Bookseller, Oct. 1, 1868.

Thompson, Alexander Ramsay, b. in the city of New York, 1822; graduated at the University of New York, 1842; subsequently ordained a minister in

the Reformed Dutch Church. 1. Address at Funeral of S. R. Smith, M.D., N. York, 1852, 8vo. 2. Tribute to the Memory of Rev. George W. Bethune, D.D., (his colleague in the pastorate in the city of New York,) 1862, Svo. Contributions to periodicals. See, also, THOMPSON, JOHN B., D.D.

Thompson, Ann Stuart. Miscellaneous Poems, Lon., 1864, fp. 8vo.

Thompson, Rev. Anthony F. The English School-Room, Lon., 1865, p. 8vo.

Thompson, Archer. Sermon, Lon., 1798, 8vo. Thompson, Arthur Bailey. 1. Visitor's New Pocket Guide to London, Lon., 32mo, 1861, '62. 2. Victoria History of England, B.C. 54 to A.D. 1863; with upwards of 400 engravings, 1865, cr. 8vo. 2000 Questions to ditto, 1865, er. Svo, and bound up with some copies of the History,-which is a very attractive book.

Thompson, Augustus C., D.D., b. in Goshen, Litchfield co., Conn., 1812, and educated at Yale College, the Theological Seminary at East Windsor, Conn., and Berlin, Prussia, was in 1842 installed pastor of Eliot Church, (Orthodox Congregational.) Roxbury, Mass., which connection he still (1869) retains. In 1855-56 he accompanied the Rev. Dr. Rufus Anderson (the esteemed Corresp. Sec. A. B. C. F. M.) as member of a Deputation from the American Board to Missions in India. 1. Songs in the Night, (selections,) Bost., 1845. 6 editions. 2. Last Hours; or, The Words and Acts of the Dying, 1851, 12mo. 3. Lambs Fed: a Biblical Catechism. 2 edits. before it was stereotyped. Trans. into Marathi. 4. Young Martyrs. 2 edits. 5. Poor Widow, Bost., 1854. Trans. into Tamul. 6. The Better Land; or, The Believer's Journey and Future Home, 1854, 12mo. edits. Lon., 1855, 12mo; with a Preface by the Rev. Dr. Archer, Edin., 1866, fp. 8vo; new ed., 1869, fp. 8vo. Commended in N. Amer. Rev., lxxix. 539, (by A. P. Peabody.) 7. The Yoke in Youth, Bost., 1856. 8. Gathered Lilies; or, Little Children in Heaven, 1858, 18ino. 4 edits. Commended in N. Amer. Rev., lxxxvi. 576. 9. Eliot Sabbath-School Memorial, 1859. Morning Hours in Patmos, 1860, 12mo. See Evangel. Rev., xii. 157. 11. Lyra Coelestis: Hymns on Heaven; Selected, 1863, 12mo: 1. p., sq. 8vo.

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"As the name imports, and as we should expect from the compiler, a singularly rich and beautiful collection."-A. P. PEABODY, D.D.: N. Amer. Rev., Jan. 1863, 281.

12. The Mercy-Seat; or, Thoughts on Prayer, 1863, 12mo; Edin., 1864, '67, sm. cr. 8vo. Commended by Evangel. Quar. Rev., xv. 302. 13. Seeds and Sheaves; or, The Words of Scripture, their History and Fruits, Bost., Dec. 1868, 12mo.

"It is a storehouse of facts and incidents which may be read with advantage and used in the pulpit to give point to some important truth.”—Erangel. Quar. Rev., Jan. 1869, 157.

14. Christus Consolator: Hymns for the Suffering and Sorrowing; Compiled, 1869, 8vo, pp. 360. Also occasional sermons, addresses, and papers in periodicals. Thompson, B. Digest of Grand Jury Acts, Ireland, Lon., 1843, 12mo.

Thompson, Sir Benjamin, Count of Rumford. See RUMFORD. A new edition of his works, with a Life of the Author, is in preparation, (1870.)

Thompson, Benjamin, of Kingston-upon-Hull, translated into English 21 plays of Kotzebue, Schiller, Lessing, &c., published separately, Lon., 1798-1801, (see, also, his German Theatre, 1801, 6 vols.; again, 1805, 6 vols. 12mo: Dramatic Works of Kotzebue, 1802, 3 vols. Svo:) Ildegerte, from Kotzebue, 1798, 2 vols. 12mo; The Escape, from Kotzebue, 1799, 12mo; Lesteyrie on Merino Sheep, from the French, 1810, 8vo, &c. See Biog. Dramat.; Watt's Bibl. Brit.

Thompson, Benjamin F. History of Long Island, N. York, 1839, 8vo; 2d ed., 1843, 2 vols. 8vo. See Hist. Mag., 1861, 140.

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Thompson, Charles. Rules for Bad Horsemen, Lon., 1763, 12mo.

Thompson, Corden, M.P. Strictures on [James] Montgomery's Essay on the Phrenology of the Hindoos and Negroes, Lon., 1829, 8vo.

Thompson, D. 1. The Bleeding Heart; or, Am Anxious, Lon., 1851, 32mo. 2. Sight of Christ, 1860,. 32mo.

Thompson, D. Engineer's Guide to the Naval and Local Marine Boards, Glasg., 1865, 12mo.

Thompson, Mrs. D. P. 1. Brief Account of Change of Religious Opinion in Dingle, Lon., 1846, p. 8vo; 2d ed., 1847. 2. Ellen of Dingle, 1850, 18mo. 3. Notes on Scripture. Other works.

Thompson, Daniel Pierce, b. at the foot of. Bunker Hill, Oct. 1, 1795, and graduated at Middlebury College, 1820, for many years practised law at Montpelier, Vermont, where he was successively Clerk of the Legislature, Judge of Probate, County Clerk, and Secretary of State; d. 1868. 1. The Laws of Vermont, 1824 -34 inc.; being a Continuation of Slade's Compilation, Montpelier, 1835, 8vo. See SLADE, WILLIAM, JR., No. 2. 2. The Adventures of Timothy Peacock, Esq., or Freemasonry Practically Illustrated, &c.; by a Member of the Vermont Bar, Middlebury, 1835. 3. May Martin; or, The Money-Diggers, Burlington, Vt., 1835, 12mo. Originally pub. as a prize tale in The New England Galaxy. Many edits. in America and London. See No. 6. 4. The Green Mountain Boys, Montpelier, 1840, 2 vols. 12mo. Repub. in London. This and No. 6 (q. v.). are illustrative of the Revolutionary history of Vermont. 5. Locke Amsden; or, The School-Master, Bost., 1845, 12mo. Rangers; or, The Tory's Daughter, 1851, 2 vols. 12mo. Partly autobiographical. See No. 6. 6. The See No. 4. A uniform impression of Nos. 2, (and other Tales,) 4, 5, and 6, in 4 vols. 8vo, was stereotyped in Boston, 1851-52; and an illustrated edition was issued. by the same publishers (Mussey & Co.) in 1856. total sale in the U. States to May 1, 1863, was as follows: No. 3, 20 edits.; No. 4, 40 edits.; No. 5, about 8 edits.; No. 6, 10 edits. 7. Address before the Vermont Historical Society, Burlington, 1850, 8vo. 8. Gaut Gurley; or, The Trappers of Lake Umbagog, Bost., 1857, 12mo. Sale in U. States to May 1, 1863, 6 edits. 9. The Doomed Chief, Phila., 1860, 8vo. Sale in U. States to May 1, 1863, 4 edits. 10. History of the Town of Montpelier, Vermont, 1781-1860, Montpelier, 1860, 8vo. Judge Thompson contributed the account of Montpelier to 1824, 12mo; edited the Green Mountain Freeman, a Zadock Thompson's Gazetteer of the State of Vermont, weekly political paper, from 1849 to 1856; and furnished articles to many periodicals,--The Democratic Review, New World, Literary World, Ladies' Mirror, Harper's Monthly, N. York Ledger, &c.

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Thompson, Daniel Robert. Treatise on Vaccination in India, Madras, 1864, 12mo.

Thompson, D'Arcy Wentworth, Professor of Greek, Queen's College, Galway, Queen's University in Ireland, and late Classical Master in the Edinburgh Academy. 1. Latin Grammar for Elementary Classes, Edin., 1859, 12mo. 2. Ancient Leaves; or, Metrical Renderings of Poets, Greek and Roman, 1862, fp. 8vo. Reviewed in Macmillan's Mag., Oct. 1863, (by John Kerr.) 3. Nursery Nonsense: Rhymes without Reason, 1863, sup. r. 16mo; 2d ed., 1864. 4. Fun and Earnest; or, Rhymes with Reason; Illust. by C. H. Bennett, 1864, sq. cr. 8vo. 5. Day-Dreams of a School-Master, 1864, cr. 8vo; 2d ed., 1865. "We have read the book with the greatest satisfaction."— Lon Reader, 1864, ii. 412.

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6. Wayside Thoughts of an Asophophilosopher: Odds and Ends, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 1864-65, 3 vols. fp. Svo. Lon. Reader, 1865, ii. 232. 7. Scale Novæ; or, A Ladder to Latin, 1866, cr. 8vo. 8. Sales Attici: Maxims of Athenian Tragic Drama, Dec. 1867, er. 8vo. 9. Wayside Thoughts of a Professor: being a Series of Desultory Essays on Education, 1868, cr. 8vo.

"May be commended to instructors of every grade."-Lon. M. Star.

Contributor to Macmillan's Mag., &c. Thompson, David, late of the Royal Scots. History of the Late War between Great Britain and the United States, &c., Niagara, 1832, 12mo. Thompson, Rev. David. The Cross of esus;

or, Heaven on Earth to Me, Lon., 1865, 18mo; N. York, | the Pantheon; from the Spanish of De los Santos; with 1865, 16mo. Plates, 1760, 4to.

Thompson, E. A. The Four Evangelists, Lon., 1868, cr. 8vo.

Thompson, E. Symes, M.D. See THOMPSON, THEOPHILUS, M.D., No. 2.

Thompson, Captain Edward, b. in Hull, about 1738, d. on board of his ship, the Grampus, on the coast of Africa, 1786, was the author of The Soldier, a Poem, 1764, 4to; several plays, 1766, &c.; Sailor's Letters from 1754-1759, 2 vols. 12mo, 1766, (some 1767;) Trinculo's Trip to the Jubilee, 1769, 4to; a number of licentious poems, which were published together under the title of The Court of Cupid, 1770, 2 vols.; many minor pieces, and some greatly admired sea-songs,-Loose every Sail to the Breeze, The Topsail shivers in the Wind, Behold upon the Gallant Wave, &c. See, also, MARVELL, ANDREW, M.P.; OLDHAM, JOHN; WHITEHEAD, PAUL. Notices of Thompson will be found in Biog. Dramat., Cens. Lit., and Chalmers's Biog. Dict.

Thompson, Edward. 1. The Rector of Auburn; Essays, Lon., 2 vols. 12mo. 2. Twelve Serms., with Notes, 12mo. 3. Prophecy, Types, and Miracles the Great Bulwarks of Christianity, 1838, 8vo.

"This truly valuable work."-Horne's Bibl. Bib., 362.

4. Serms. for Families, 1838, 8vo. 5. Serms. preached in Critical Times, 1840, 8vo. 6. Questions on the Old and New Testaments, and on the Common Prayer, 1841, 12mo. 7. Serms. upon the Future State of Happiness, 1843, p. 8vo; 2d ed., 1844. 8. Differences between the Church of England and the Church of Rome, 1845, p. 8vo. 9. Serms. on the Asiatic Churches, 1848, p. 8vo. Thompson, Edward G. See WOODWARD, EDWARD G.

Thompson, Edward Healy. 1. Remarks on Certain Anglican Theories of Unity, Lon., 1846, 8vo. 2. Unity of the Episcopate Considered, 1847, cr. 8vo; Phila., 18mo. In reply to ALLIES, T. W., No. 1. Also editor of The Library of Religious Biography. Thompson, Edward M. Life of M. Olier, Founder of S. Sulpice, Lon., 1861, 12mo.

Thompson, Edward P. 1. Note-Book of a Naturalist, Lon., 1845, p. Svo. Censured by Lon. Athen., 1845, 857. 2. Life in Russia, 1848. p. 8vo.

"A work of sound judgment, shrewd observation, and extensive knowledge."-Eclec. Rev., 4th Ser., xxiv. 479.

Also commended by Lon. Spec., and Lon. Athen., 1848. 3. Austria, 1849, p. 8vo.

"His style is bad, but his information is ample.”—Lon. Athen., 1848, 844.

Commended by Lon. Athen., Lon. Spec., and Lon. Observer. See, also, N. Amer. Rev., 1xx. 473, (by Francis Bowen.)

4. The Passions of Animals, 1851, p. Svo. "A pleasant octavo.”—Lon, Lit. Gaz., 1851, 792. Thompson, F. E., of Trinity College, Cambridge, Incumbent of Old Brentford. Twelve Lectures in Lent, 1844-45, Lon., 1845, 12mo.

"The style is agreeable, the manner rapid and impressive."— Lon. Spec.

Thompson, George, for eight years a resident at the Cape. Travels and Adventures in Southern Africa, with 40 plates, Lon., 1827, 4to; 2d ed., 1827, 2 vols. 8vo. "Mr. Thompson's narrative is of the most romantic kind." -Lon. New Month. Mag. "The completest book on the subject." "-Lon. Atlas.

See, also, Westm. Rev., ix. 21; Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1827, 195.

Thompson, George. Three Lectures on British Colonial Slavery, Lon., 1832, 8vo.

Thompson, George. Short Sermons for Families, Lon., 1840, fp. 8vo.

Thompson, George. Prison Thoughts and Reflections, Oberlin, O., 12mo.

Thompson, George, C.E., Lieut.-Col. of Engineers in the Paraguayan Army, and Aide-de-Camp to President Lopez. The Paraguayan War; with Sketches of the History of Paraguay, and of the Manners and Customs of the People, &c., Lon., 1869, p. 8vo.

"This book possesses much interest in many ways."-Lon. Sat. Rev.

Thompson, George Poulett. See SCROPE, GEORGE POULETT, M.P.

Jefferson College, Penna., 1806; District U.S. Attorney,
Thompson, George W., b. 1806, graduated at
1851-52, and left Congress for the Bench.
Western Virginia, 1849; M.C. from Wheeling District,
Forces of the Universe; The Temple and the Worship-
The Living
pers: Know and Govern Thyself, Phila., 1866, 12mo.
He published An Address on Common Schools, 1841; A
Dissertation on the Historical Right of Virginia to the
Territory Northwest of the Ohio; An Historical and
Legal View of the Power and the Obligation of Congress
to Arrest the Final Decision of the Supreme Court of the
United States for the Abatement of the Bridge; and a
Life of the Hon. Linn Boyd; and contributed to the
Boston Quarterly Review, 1839-42.

Thompson, Gilbert, M.D. 1. Memoirs, &c. of Dr. John Fothergill, Lon., 1782, 8vo. See, also, FOTHERGILL, JOHN, M.D. 2. Select Translations from Homer and Horace, with Original Poems, 1801, 12mo; 1802, 8vo. Thompson, H. French Grammar, Lon., 12mo. Thompson, H. A., Mining Engineer. Notes on the Reduction of Gold Ores, &c., Melbourne, 1867, cr. 8vo.

Thompson, Hedge. Experimental Inaug. Dissert. on the Spigelia Marilandica, Phila., 1802, Svo.

Thompson, Henry, b. 1797, graduated at St. John's College, Cambridge, B.A. 1822, M.A. 1825, was for some time Curate of Wrington, Somerset, and since 1853 has been Vicar of Chard, in the same county. 1. Davidica: Twelve Practical Sermons on the Life and Character of David, King of Israel, Lon., 1827, 8vo. Highly commended by Lon. Chris. Rememb., 1828. 2. Pastoralia: a Manual of Helps for the Parochial Clergy, 1830, 12mo; 2d ed., 1832, 12mo.

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Thompson, Francis, of Queen's College, Oxford. True State of the Case conc. Election of a Provost of Q5. College, Oxf., 1704. Anon.

Thompson, Francis Benjamin. 1. Fire: its Causes, &c., Lon., 1857, 8vo, pp. 32. 2. Edited Universal Decorator, illust. by William Gibbs, 4to, vols. i., ii., iii., 1858-59; also all in 1 vol. 4to, 1859. Ed. by F. B. Thompson and John William Ross, the editor of 2d Series, 4to, vols. i., ii., 1860; also both in 1 vol. 4to, 1860. Thompson, G. Prize Essay on Manures, Lon., 1843, 8vo.

Thompson, G. A., British Commissioner on the state of Central America. 1. Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies; Containing an entire translation of the Spanish work of Don Antonio de Alcedo, [Madrid, 1786-89, 5 vols. sm. 4to.] with large Additions, &c., Lon., 1812-15, 5 vols. 4to, £10 108. See Rich's Bibl. Amer. Nova, i. 337, ii. 64; McCulloch's Lit. of Polit. Econ., 97. 2. New Theory of the Two Hemispheres, 1815, 8vo. From The Pamphleteer, No. 10. See Rich, ii. 79. 3. Self-Indicative Time Tables, 1821, fol. 4. Narrative of an Official Visit to Guatemala from Mexico, 1829, 12mo.

Much interesting information."-Lon. Month. Rer. 5. Hand-Book to the Pacific and California, 1849, 12mo. Thompson, George. 1. Account of what passed between him and Dr. John Burton, Lon., 1756, 8vo. Description of the Escurial and of the Chapel Royal of

2.

“A most serviceable companion."-Lon. Chris. Rememb.

3. Illustration of the Book of Psalms, 2 vols. 12mo. Infidelity Confuted on its own Ground, 3d ed., 1837. Short Prayers adapted to the New Testament, 12mo.

"Acutely and powerfully written."-Lowndes's Brit. Lib., 1208. 6. Life of Hannah More, with Notices of her Sisters, 1838, p. 8vo.

"Much new and interesting information."-Lon. Lit. Gaz, 1838, 554.

7. Maid of Orleans, and William Tell; trans. from Schiller, (with a critical preface,) 1845, 12mo. 8. Original Ballads by Living Authors, 1850; Edited; red. to 108. 6d., 1852, 8vo.

"A charming volume."-Lon. M. Post.

9. History of Roman Literature; Edited: see NEWMAN, JOHN HENRY, D.D. See, also, A Manual of Roman Literature; Edited by the Rev. Henry Thompson, 1859, p. 8vo. pp. 520, (Griffin & Co.) He also contributed to the History of Greek Literature, cr. 8vo, (Cab. ed. Encyc. Metrol., vol. ix. :) see, also, RICH, ELIHU.

10. Concionalia: Outlines of Sermons for Parochial Use throughout the Year, Nov. 1853, 2 vols. fp. 8vo; 2d ed., 1862, fp. 8vo.

11. Complete Works of Horace, from the text of Orellius, with 250 Illustrations, and Introd. Dissert. on the Life and Poetry of Horace, Dec. 1853, cr. 8vo. 12. Complete Works of Virgil, from the text of Heyne and Wagner, with 250 Illustrations and Memoir, Nov. 1854, cr. 8vo; 1860, cr. 8vo; 1862, cr. 8vo.

"I think that no boy in the Grammar-Schools of England

should be without a copy of the illustrated edition of Virgil."- | Coin Chart Manuals, 8vo, 1849, '53, '59, '66, &c. 2. AutoR. W. JELF, D.D., Principal of King's College, London. graphical Counterfeit Detector, 8vo, 1849, &c. See, also, The United States Mint, by William M. Runkle, Phila.,

Mr. Thompson has contributed to Lyra Messianica, &c., and to a number of periodicals, religious and secular, and translated several German ballads.

Thompson, Henry, b. at Framlingham, Suffolk, 1820, and educated at University College, London, was appointed Assistant Surgeon of University College Hospital, London, in 1853, Surgeon in 1863, and Professor of Clinical Surgery in 1866. He was appointed SurgeonExtraordinary to the late King of the Belgians in 1863, and to the present king in 1866, and made an Officer of the Order of Leopold in 1864. 1. Pathology and Treatment of the Stricture of the Urethra, &c., Lon., 1853, 8vo; 3d ed., 1869, p. 8vo, (Jacksonian Prize Essay of R. C. of S., 1852.) 2. The Enlarged Prostate: its Pathology and Treatment, &c., 1857, 8vo.

"A practical and valuable treatise."-Lon. Athen., 1858, i. 370.

1870.

Thompson, John, of the Inner Temple, Barristerat-Law. 1. Law relating to Benefit Building Societies, Lon., 1846, 12mo; 1850, 12mo. See Law Rev., xiv. 1. 2. Common-Law Procedure Act, Nov. 1854, 12mo. Thompson, John. Short-Hand as Swift as Speech, Lon., 1863, 8vo.

Thompson, John. Treatise on Hat-Making and Felting, Phila., 1868, 8vo.

Thompson, John B., D.D., Thompson, Alexander R., D.D., Vermilye, Ashbel G., D.D., and Eddy, Zachary, D.D., (originator.) Hymns of the Church: a New Selection of Hymns and Tunes, by a Committee of the Reformed Church, N. York, 1869, 8vo.

Thompson, John R., b. in Richmond, Virginia, 1823, educated at the University of Virginia, and adThe Diseases of the Prostate, their Pathology and mitted to the Bar in 1845, was for many years editor of Treatment; comprising the Second Edition of "The EnThe Southern Literary Messenger. To this periodical larged Prostate' and the Jacksonian Prize Essay of the he has been a large contributor; and he has also written Royal College of Surgeons for 1860, 8vo, 1861; 3d for the Knickerbocker, Harper's, and Russell's Magaed., Svo, 1868. 3. Practical Lithotomy and Lithotrity, zines, the Home Journal, Literary World, &c., and de1863, Svo. 4. Clinical Lectures on Diseases of the Uri-livered a number of public addresses. A work of his, nary Organs; Delivered at University College Hospital, entitled Across the Atlantic; or, European Episodes, 1868, er. Svo; Phila., 1869, 8vo; 2d ed., Lon., 1870, cr. announced for publication in New York in 1856, and 8vo. described by Dr. Griswold as "a fresh, graceful, and brilliant book," was burnt. Eighteen years since was preSouthern States, 8vo, (see Internat. Mag., March, 1852, 420;) and there was announced for publication in December, 1860, Poets and Poetry of the South, Edited by John Esten Cooke and John R. Thompson, Svo. Neither of these volumes, we regret to say, has yet (Sept. 1869) made its appearance.

Thompson, Hugh Miller, Professor of Church
History in Nashotah Theological Seminary. Eternal Pen-paring for the press A Survey of the Literature of the
alty: Nine Essays from "The North-Western Church,"
Chicago, 1865, 12mo.

Thompson, J. Compleat Horsedealer, Lon., 1761,

12mo.

Thompson, J. Historical Sketches of Bridlington in Yorkshire, 1821, sm. 8vo. Thompson, J.

1825.

Hand-Book of Angling, Bristol,

Memorials of my Ministry, Hull,

Thompson, J. 1862, p. 8vo. Thompson, J. tory, Lon., 1867, p. 8vo.

Essay on English Municipal His

Thompson, J. Antiquities of Cambodia: 16 pho

tographs, Edin., 1867, 4to, £4 48.

Thompson, J. B. English Grammar, Lon., 1857,

12mo.

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Thompson, J. G. Practical Treatise on the Law of Highways, Albany, 1868, 8vo. Thompson, J. R.

1867, p. 8vo.
Thompson, J. W.
Lon., 1838, Svo.
Thompson, James.

1714, 8vo.

Symbols of Christendom, Lon.,

Construction of Hot-Houses,

Serm. before Cromwell, Lon.,

Thompson, James. 1. Hand-Book of Leicester, 2d ed., Lon., 1847, 12mo. 2. History of Leicester from the Time of the Romans to the End of the 17th Century, Leices., 1849, r. 8vo.

"Claims our notice and praise."-Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1849, 938. He is editor of The Leicester Chronicle and Mercury. See Lon. Reader, 1865, i. 313: notice of his Lecture on "The Roman Milestone."

Thompson, James. Time's Best Blessing; Essay on the Sabbath, Lon., 1849, fp. 8vo. Thompson, Jemima. Memoirs of Female Missionaries, Lon., 1841, fp. 8vo.

Thompson, Sir John. The Earl of Anglesey's State of the Government and Kingdom, with a Vindication, Lon., 1694, 4to.

Thompson, John, d. in Petersburg, Virginia, 1799, aged 22, published articles signed Casca, and Gracchus, against the Federal Administration, in the Petersburg Gazette. He also, in 1798, addressed Letters, signed Curtius, to Chief-Justice Marshall: they were published in a vol. 12mo, in 1804. See HAY, JUDGE GEORGE. Thompson, John. Botany Displayed, Lon., 1798,

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"He is one of the most accomplished and most useful writers of the Southern States."-DR. R. W. GRISWOLD: Poets and Poetry of America, 16th ed., 1855, 594, (q. v.)

See, also, Duyck inck's Cyc. of Amer. Lit., ii. 713. Thompson, Rev. John Samuel, b. at Bally William, Ireland, 1787. 1. The Monotessaron; or, The

Gospel History, according to the Four Evangelists,

Harmonised and Chronologically Arranged, in a New Translation from the Text of Griesbach. Balt., 1829, 8vo. 2. The Christian Guide to a Right Understanding of the Holy Scriptures, Utica, 1830. See Amer. Quar. Rev., viii. 227.

Thompson, John V. Pestilential Cholera Unmasked, &c.; with Proofs of its Contagion, Cork, 1832,

8vo.

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Thompson, Joseph, late of the East India House. Considerations respecting the Trade with China, Lon., 1840, p. 8vo.

"It abounds with carefully-considered and many important suggestions for the use of our mercantile classes."-Lon. Men. Rev.

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Thompson, Joseph Parrish, D.D., LL.D., b. in Philadelphia, August 7, 1819; graduated at Yale College, 1838; ordained in the Orthodox Congregational Church at New Haven, 1840; pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle, N. York, from 1845 to the present date, (May, 1870.) 1. Memoir of Timothy Dwight, (eldest son of President Dwight,) N. Haven, 1844, 16mo. Memoir of David Hale, late Editor of The Journal of Commerce; with Selections from his Miscellaneous Writings, 2d ed., N. York, 1845, 8vo; 1849, 12mo; 1850, 12mo. 3. Young Men Admonished, 1848, 12mo; 2d ed., Lectures to Young Men, Buffalo, 1851, 12mo; N. York, 1855 et seq. 4. Hints to Employers, 1851, 32mo. Stray Meditations, 1852, 12mo; 2d ed., Believer's Refuge, &c., 1854, 12mo; 1865, 24mo. 6. The Inalienable Possession, 1854, 32mo. 7. Photographic Views of Egypt, Past and Present, (with 20 Illustrations,) Bost., 1854, 12mo; Lon., 1855, 12mo; 2d ed., Bost., 1856, 12mo. Commended by N. Amer. Rev., lxxx. 268. The Good Man's Memorial, N. York, 1855, 18mo. 9. The Early Witnesses, 1857, sq.; 2d ed., Voices of Faith and Love, 1860; new ed., The Early Witnesses, 1865. 10. Last Sabbath in Broadway Tabernacle; a Historical Discourse, 1857, 16mo. 11. Teachings of the New Testament on Slavery, 1858. 12. Memoirs of David

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