2. The Comedies of Plautus; translated into Familiar Blank Verse, 1767, 2 vols. 8vo; revised, 1769, 2 vols. Svo. The Merchant was translated by George Colman the Elder; the Captives, by Richard Warner. Warner translated the plays of Plautus not in these vols., and pub. them in 3 vols. 8vo, 1774. The whole are known as Thornton's translation, 1779-84, 5 vols. 8vo. Thornton's translations are considered the best in the volumes. The notes, from the best commentators, add to the value of this edition. 3. The Battle of the Wigs; an additional Canto to Dr. Garth's Poem of The Dispensary, 1768, 4to. This was followed by his City Latin, in ridicule of the inscription on Blackfriars Bridge. He contributed to The Student, (pub. at Oxford, Jan. 31, 1750-July 3, 1751: authors, T. Warton, C. Smart, G. Colman, Dr. S. Johnson, and B. Thornton;) Have At Ye All; or, The Drury Lane Journal, (1752;) The Public Advertiser; St. James's Chronicle, (of which he was an early proprietor;) The Connoisseur, (established by Colman and himself: pub. at London, Jan. 31, 1754-Sept. 30, 1756, 140 Nos. ;) and is said to have written the papers in The Adventurer signed A. "In his writings and conversation he had a wonderful liveliness, with a vein of pleasantry peculiarly his own."-DR. JOSEPH WARTON. See Chalmers's Biog. Dict.; some editions of the Brit. Essayists, Pref. to The Connoisseur. Thornton, Cyril. Conyers Lea; or, Sketches of Character, Lon., 1862, p. 8vo; 1864, p. 8vo. "A light, gossiping book."-Lon. Athen., 1863, i. 119. See, also, Lon. Lit. Budget, May 1, 1862, 296. Thornton, Edward, of the India House. 1. India, its State and Prospects, Lon., 1835, 8vo. "So favourably known to the Eastern world by his work on India and its State and Prospects."-Blackw. Mag., xlvii. 248. "A lady distinguished alike for the graces of literature, a rich poetical fancy, kindly affections, and Scriptural piety."Portland Christian Mirror. Thornton, F. V. Education of the Middle Classes in England, Lon., 1862, 8vo. Thornton, Henry, the second son of John Thornfather, an eminent merchant and an excellent man, was ton, (see Cowper's Works and Letters,) and, like his for more than thirty years a Member of Parliament. 1. Inquiry into the Nature and Effects of the Paper Credit of Great Britain, Lon., 1802, Svo, pp. 320; Phila., 1807, 8vo. It is said that this work, a few years after its publication, was suppressed by the author. It was favourably reviewed by Francis Horner in Edin. Rev., Oct. 1802, 172-201; and Dr. George Miller (see his Lects. on the Philos. of Mod. Hist.) remarks that its publication forms an epoch in the history of the science to which it belongs. 2. Serious Reflections on Paper Money in General, &c., Lon., 1802, 8vo. See, also, HORNER, FRANcis, M.P., (Bullion Report of 1810.) After his death appeared: 3. Family Prayers for a Month, and Prayers on the Ten Commandments, 1834, 12mo; 24th ed., 1849, 12mo; 30th ed., 12mo. See No. 4. 4. Family Commentary on the Sermon on the Mount; in Lectures, 1835, 12mo; 2d ed., 1843, 12mo; 3d ed., 1852, fp. 8vo. Nos. 3 and 4, ed. by Rev. Manton Eastburn, D.D., N. York, 1836 or '37, 12mo; 20th ed., (about the 33d 1000,) 1862, 12mo. See UPFOLD, GEORGE, D.D. "It is simple, grave, weighty, and reverential, and forms a clear, though a faint and subdued, echo of the voice in which the Deity has revealed his sovereign will to man."-SIR JAMES STEPHEN: ubi infra. 2. Chapters of the Modern History of British India, Lectures, with Prayers, Lon., 1837, 8vo; 2d ed., 1843, 5. Family Commentary on Portions of the Pentateuch; Dec. 1839, 8vo. "Distinguished by judgment, candour, and research."Black. Mag., xlvii. 248. 3. History of the British Empire in India, 1841-45, 6 vols. 8vo, £4 168.; 2d ed., 1858, 8vo, 168.; 3d ed., 1862, 8vo, 12s. “A sound, an impartial, and a searching composition."-Colonial Mag. "On no occasion does he shrink from the duty of telling the undisguised truth."-Lon. Times, Sept. 8, 1842. But see Lon. Athen., 1844, 806, and 1846, 1016, conclusion. "A work of standard authority."-Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1852, 512. See, also, MILL, JAMES, No. 5; TROTTER, LIONEL JAMES; The Comprehensive History of India, from the Earliest Period to the Suppression of the Sepoy Revolt, by Henry Beveridge, Esq., 1860-62, 3 vols. r. 8vo; The History of India as Told by its Own Historians, by the Late Sir H. M. Elliot, edited by E. B. Cowell; and Memoirs of the History, Philology, and Ethnic Distribution of the Races of the North-Western Provinces of India, being an amplified edition of the Glossary of Indian Terms by the Late Sir H. M. Elliot, arranged from manuscript materials collected by him, by Dr. Reinhold Rost. 4. Gazetteer of the Countries adjacent to India on the North-West, 1844, 2 vols. 8vo; 1857, 8vo. The work is invaluable."-U. Service Gaz. 5. Gazetteer of India, 1854, 4 vols. 8vo, £4; Corrected to the Latest Period by the Author, 1857, 8vo, £1 18. See, also, MILBURN, WILLIAM. To the Encyc. Brit., 8th ed., (1853-60,) Mr. Thornton contributed the articles Bombay, Bengal, Ganges, Nepaul; and, in conjunction with David Buchanan, Afghanistan and Burmah; and he revised the article Hindustan. Thornton, Mrs. Eliza. 1. Lady Alice; a Ballad Romance, Lon., 1842, p. 8vo. 2. The Marchioness; a Tale, 1842, 2 vols. p. 8vo. This old-fashioned novel of incident surprised us into an amount of interest we have not recently felt."-Lon. Athen., 1842, 501. 3. Truth and Falsehood; a Romance, 1847, 3 vols. p. 8vo. The plot, eliciting a series or succession of plots, is vivid and interesting, and many of the scenes painted with considerable force."-Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1847, 143. Thornton, Mrs. Eliza B., wife of James B. Thornton, of Scarborough, Maine, and daughter of Daniel Gookin, of Northampton, N.H., d. 1854, in her 60th year. Her contributions during many years to the Southern Literary Messenger, the Christian Mirror, &c. are in preparation for the press under the editorial care of her sons, of whom John Wingate Thornton (infra) is one. Svo. 6. On the Ten Commandments; Lectures, with Prayers, 1843, fp. 8vo; 2d ed., 12mo. 7. Female Characters; Lectures, with Prayers, 3d ed., 1846, fp. 8vo. An admirable portrait of Mr. Thornton will be found in Edin. Rev. for July, 1844, 252-57: The Clapham Sect, by Sir James Stephen, and repub. in his Essays. See, also, Lord Brougham's States. of the Time of George III., (Mr. Wilberforce;) Life and Corresp. of William Allen. Thornton, Henry John. Fitz-Henry; or, A Few Weeks in Paris, Lon., 1846, 8vo. "Sad namby-pamby."-Lon. Athen., 1846, 709. Thornton, James B. Digest of the Conveyancing, Thornton, Jessie. Gold Filings; compiled for "A practical and edifying work."-Bickersteth's C. S., 453. "Very striking."-WILLIAM ALLEN: Life and Corresp. 9. Fulness, &c. of Spiritual Blessings, 18mo. 10. Journey to Salem, 18mo. 11. Maxims, &c. for Youth, 1811, 18mo. 12. Piety Exemplified, 12mo. 13. Prac. Expos. of Twenty-third Psalm, 18mo. 14. Prodigal, 1833, 18mo. 15. Pure Religion Recommended, 12mo. 16. Repentance, 18mo; Balt., 1834, 18mo. 17. Serious Warnings, Lon., 12mo. 18. Sermons, 1815, 8vo; 1819, 19. Treatise on Prayer, 1844, 12mo. 20. Village Conversations, 18mo. See Memoirs of Rev. John Thornton, by J. Thornton, 1843, fp. 8vo. 2 vols. 12mo. Thornton, Major John. Diary of a Tour through the Northern States of the Union and Canada, Lon., 1850, 12mo. "A worse and a duller book it is not often our misfortune to fall in with."-Lon. Athen., 1851, 20. Thornton, John N. See THORNTON, JAMES B. Thornton, John Wingate, Counsellor-at-Law, Boston, Massachusetts, a descendant in the 7th generation from the Rev. Thomas Thornton, of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, (d. 1700, aged 92,) who was a descendant in the 7th generation from John Thornton, Lord Mayor of York, England, was b. at Saco, Maine, August 12, 1818. 1. Genealogical Memoir of the Gilbert Family in both Old and New England, Bost., 1850, 8vo, pp. 23. Privately printed: 50 copies. 2. Lives of Isaac Heath and John Bowles, &c., and of Rev. John Eliot, Jr., s. a., sed Roxbury, MDCCCL., 12mo, pp. 216. Privately printed: 50 copies. 3. Mementos of the Swett Family: in Memoriam, Roxbury, Dec. 1851, 8vo, pp. 26. Privately printed: 100 copies. "The author is one of the best-informed antiquaries of New England, and it is to be hoped that he will soon permit the public to see the History of Massachusetts, on which he has so long been employed. As a genealogist his name will be found in several places on our list, [pp. 73, 74, 81, 180, 181, 234;] he was one of the founders of the N.E. Gen. Society, and an early contributor to the Register."-WILLIAM H. WHITMORE: Hand-Book of Amer. Genealogy, Albany, 1862, 4to, 81. See, also, Hist. Mag., N. York, 1862, 43, 328. 1. Medical Extracts, Lon., 1796, 4 vols. 8vc; 31 ed., 1798, 4 vols. 8vo; 4th ed., Philosophy of Medicine, 17991800, 5 vols. 8vo; 5th ed., 1807, 5 vols. 8vo; 1813, 2 vols. Svo. In support of the Brunonian system. 2. New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnæus, with 314 col'd plates, atlas fol., in Nos., 1799-1807, £42. New titlepage, Temple of Flora, &c. This work ruined him; nor did his Botanical Lottery in 1811 (prizes £77,000) retrieve his fortunes. 3. Politician's Creed, 1799, 3 vols. 8vo. 4. Philosophy of Botany, 1799, fol.; 1809-10, 3 vols. imp. fol. 5. Facts Decisive in Favour of the CowPock, 1802, 8vo; 4th ed., 1803, 8vo. 6. Plates of the Heart, 1804, 4to. 7. History of Medical Plants, 8vo. 8. Vaccina Vindicia, 1806, 8vo. See ROWLEY, WILLIAM, M.D. 9. Practical Botany, Svo: vol. i., 1807; 1808; 1809. 10. Outlines of Botany, 1810, 8vo. 11. New Family Herbal, 1810, r. 8vo; 2d ed., 1814, r. 8vo. 12. Grammar of Botany, 1811, 12mo; N. York, 1818, 12mo. There is A Companion to Dr. Thornton's Lectures on Botany, Lon., 8. a., 12mo; N. York, 1816, 8vo. 13. British Flora, Lon., 1812, 5 vols. r. 8vo. 14. Elements of Botany, 1812, 2 vols. r. 8vo. 15. School Virgil, 1812, 12mo; 1813, 12mo; 1814, 12mo. 16. Illustrations to the School Virgil, 1812, 1814. 17. Popular Treatise on the Venereal Disease, 1815, 12mo. 18. Medical Guardian of Youth, 12mo. 19. Easy Introduction to the Science of Botany, 1823, 12mo. He contributed to the Philosophical and Monthly Magazines, &c., and edited, with a Life, William Curtis's Lectures on Botany, 2d ed., 1804, 3 vols. 8vo; and, with a Life, a new ed. of James Lee's Introduction to Botany, 1810, 8vo. See Lon. Gent. Mag., 1837, ii. 94, (Obituary.) Thornton, Spencer, Vicar of Wendover. See Memoir of, by the Rev. W. R. Freemantle, Lon., 1850, 12mo. Thornton, Rev. T., Curate of Golborne, Lanin-cashire, and Fellow of the University of Durham. The Life of Moses, in a Course of Village Lectures; with a Preface Critical of Bishop Colenso's Work on the Pentateuch, Lon., 1863, fp. 8vo. Not commended by Lon. Reader, 1863, ii. 224. 4. The Landing at Cape Anne; or, The Charter of the First Permanent Colony on the Territory of the Massachusetts Company; now Discovered and first Published from the Original Manuscript; with an Inquiry into its Authority, and a History of the Colony, 1624-1628: Roger Conant, Governor, Bost., 1854, (some 1855,) Svo, Pp. xii., 84. "The history... is given with great learning and ingenuity." -EDWARD EVERETT: Orations and Speeches, iii. 308, n. See, also, N. Amer. Rev., lxxx. 260, (by A. P. Peabody, D.D.,) and Lon. Athen., 1855, 549. It was highly commended by the venerable Josiah Quincy. 5. Ancient Pemaquid: an Historical Review: Prepared at the Request of the Maine Historical Society for its Collections, [vide vol. v., 1857,] Portland, 1857, Svo, pp. 168. Privately printed. "Mr. Thornton has shown all his wonted acuteness and dustry in this work."-N. Amer. Rev., 1xxxvi. 295, (q. v.) "A very interesting narrative."-Hist. Mag., 1857, 320. 6. The First Records of Anglo-American Colonization; their History, Bost., 1859, 8vo, pp. 12. Privately printed: 250 copies. See Hist. Mag., 1858, 33; 1859, 226, and 1860, 81. 7. The Pulpit of the American Revolution; or, The Political Sermons of the Period of 1776; with a Historical Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations, 1860, 12mo, pp. xxxviii., 537. Commended by N. Englander, Jan. 1861, (L. Bacon, D.D.;) Chris. Exam., Jan. 1861; Bibl. Sacra, April, 1861, (Prof. Parks ;) N. Amer. Rev., April, 1861, (A. P. Peabody, D.D.;) Atlantic Monthly, May, 1861, (E. P. Whipple:) Lit. Chron. and Advert., Dec. 1861, (Rev. Henry Giles;) Bost. Eve. Transcript, Nov. 2, 1867, (C. W. Upham;) commended, with qualification, by Ilist. Mag., Sept. 1861; censured, without qualification, by Amer. Church. Quarterly, April, 1861, (T. W. Coit, D.D.) 8. Colonial Schemes of Popham and Gorges: Speech at the Fort Popham Celebration, August 29, 1862, under the Auspices of the Maine Historical Society, 1863, r. 8vo, pp. 20. "Admirable. It leaves nothing to be added,-is perfectly exhaustive."-GEORGE BANCROFT. "I was astonished at the accumulation of authorities with such wonderful diligence collected."-EMORY WASHBurne. See, also, N. Amer. Rev., July, 1863, 288, (by A. P. Peabody.) Contributions to the Historical Magazine and other periodicals. See, also, OLIVER, PETER, (alias William Pynchon Oliver;) Hist. Mag., 1858, 286. Thornton, L. M. Poems for the Domestic Hearth, Lon., 1854, 32mo. Thornton, Matthew, M.D., Judge of the Superior Court of New Hampshire, b. in Ireland about 1714, d. at Newburyport, Mass., 1803, contributed political essays to the papers, and left in MS., Paradise Lost, on the Origin of the Evil called Sin Examined, &c.: never published. See Thacher's Amer. Med. Biog., ii. 123. Thornton, Neyland. Story about Rifles and Riflemen, Lon., 1860, 12mo. Treats of Andrew Hofer and his companions. See Lon. Athen., 1860, i. 755. Thornton, Richard. Two Serms., Gen. xi. 23, Lon., 1635, 4to. Thornton, Robert. Morte Arthure: Edited from Robert Thornton's MS. (ab. 1440 A.D.) preserved in Lincoln Cathedral Library, by George G. Perry, M.A., &c., Lon., 1865, 1 vol., (Eng. Text Soc.) Thornton, Robert, C. and P. Engineer. Treatise on Land-Surveying and Levelling, Lon., 1863, 12mo. Thornton, Robert John, M.D., the younger son of Bonnell Thornton, (supra,) was b. about 1758, and educated at Cambridge; became Physician to the Marylebone Dispensary and Lecturer on Botany at Guy's Hospital, Jan. 21, 1837. Thornton, Rev. T. C. Inquiry into the History of Slavery in the United States, Washington, 1841, 12mo. Reviewed in South. Lit. Mess., viii. 234. Thornton, Rev. Thomas. True and Authentic History of his Excellency George Washington, &c., Phila., 1790. Thornton, Thomas, of Thornville Royal, Yorkshire, Lieutenant-Colonel of the West York Militia, and long a famous Nimrod, d. 1823. 1. Sporting Tour through the Northern Parts of England and great Part of the Highlands of Scotland, &c., with 16 plates, Lon., 1804, 1805, 4to. Reviewed in Edin. Rev., v. 398, (by Sir Walter Scott,) and Lon. Mon. Rev., liii. 12. 2. Sporting Tour through Various Parts of France in the Year 1802, with 80 plates, 1806, 2 vols. 4to; l. p., r. 4to. "Certainly calculated to afford amusement in its descriptions and its graphic representations."-Lon. Month. Rev., liii. 28. 3. Vindication of Colonel Thornton's Conduct in his Transactions with Mr. Burton, 1806, 8vo. Thornton, Thomas, for 15 years a resident of Constantinople. Present State of Turkey, Lon., 1807, 4to; 2d ed., 1809, (some 1810,) 2 vols. 8vo. pire hitherto published."-Edin. Rev., x. 250. "On the whole, the best general account of the Turkish em Also reviewed in Lon. Mon. Rev., liv. 225. Thornton, Thomas, was connected with The London Times from 1825 until his death, Mar. 25, 1866, aged 79. For about twenty years he had prepared for The Times the summaries of the debates in the House of Commons, "which, for condensation, accuracy, and comprehensive grasp, could rarely be equalled." He was well acquainted with Indian affairs, and edited the papers of one of the most eminent statesmen connected with the East India Company. He was also a contributor to The Edinburgh Review. 1. Complete Works of Thomas Otway, with Notes and a Life, 1813: see OrwAY, THOMAS. 2. Compendium of the Laws recently passed for regulating the Trade with the East Indies, 1814, 8vo. 3. Notes of Cases in the Ecclesiastical and Maritime Courts, East. Term, 1841East. Term, 1850, Lon., 1843-50, 7 vols. 8vo. 4. East India Calculator, Lon., 8vo. 5. History of China to 1842, 2 vols. 8vo: vol. i., 1844; all pub. See Lon. Athen., 1844, 807. 6. History of the Punjab and of the Sikhs, 1846, 3 vols. p. 8vo. "The best and most authentic work extant on the important country of which it treats."--Britannia, May 23, 1846. Add to this, Travels in the Punjab, &c., by Mohun Lal, (Sec'y to Sir A. Burnes,) 1846, 8vo. Thornton, W. Householder's Manual of Family Prayers, Lon., 1853, p. 8vo. Thornton, William, Principal of Hart Hall, Oxford. Vindication of the Twenty-Third Article of the Church of England from a Late Exposition ascribed to my Lord Bishop of Sarum, Lon., 1702, 4to. Anon. Also in W. B. Flower's Church and the Ministry, 47. Thornton, William, M.D. Cadmus; or, A Treatise on the Elements of Written Language, Phila., 1793, 8vo. From Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., iii. 262. Curious. Honoured by the Magellanic Gold Medal by the Philos. Soc., Dec. 1792. Thornton, William. 1. Treatise on the Teeth and Gums, Lon., 8vo. 2. Do. Physiology and Diseases of the Ear, 1837, Svo. Thornton, William Thomas, b. 1813, in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, has been since 1836 in the office of the East India Company. 1. Over-Population and its Remedy, Lon., 1846, 8vo. “A useful addition to the means of information regarding the philosophy of social life.”—Edin. Rev., lxxxv. 178. See, also, Lon. Athen., 1846, 268; N. Amer. Rev., lxv. 461, (by Francis Bowen.) 2. Plea for Peasant Proprietors, 1848, p. 8vo. "Mr. Thornton evinces considerable ability.”—Lon. Atlas. 3. On Labour: Its Rightful Dues and Wrongful Claims, Actual Present and Possible Future, 1869, 8vo. Other publications on subjects of political economy. He has also published: 4. Zohrab, or a Midsummer's Day Dream, and other Poems, 1854, fp. 8vo. See Lon. Athen., 1854, 274; N. Amer. Rev., lxxviii. 538. 5. The Siege of Silistria; a Poem. See Lon. Athen., 1854, 1041. Thornwell, Emily. 1. Young Lady's Own Book, N. York, 1855, 12mo: Phila., 1864, 12mo. 2. Lady's Guide to Perfect Gentility, N. York, 1856, 12mo; Phila., 1865, 12mo. 3. American Cottage Cook-Book, 12mo. 4. Rainbow around the Tomb, new ed., Phila., 1864, 12mo. Thornwell, James Henry, D.D., b. in Marlborough District, South Carolina, 1811, graduated with the highest distinction in his class at South Carolina College, and subsequently studied at Harvard University and in Europe; after some attention to the law, devoted himself to theology, was ordained in the Presbyterian Church, and commenced preaching as minister of the Waxhaw church; was at different times, with intervals of pastoral labour, (in the Presbyterian Church at Columbia, and in the Glebe Street Church at Charleston,) Professor of Logic and Belles-Lettres, Sacred Literature, and the Evidences of Christianity, Chaplain, and President (Dec. 1852-1856) of the South Carolina College; from 1856 until his death, at Charlotte, N.C., August 1, 1861, Professor of Theology in the (Old-School Presbyterian) Theological Seminary, Columbia, and also pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of that place. 1. The Arguments of Romanists from the Infallibility of the Church and Testimony of the Fathers on Behalf of the Apocrypha, Discussed and Refuted, &c., N. York, 1845. pp. 417. This is an answer to a series of letters (elicited by an essay of Dr. Thornwell's in The Spirit of the Nineteenth Century) by the Rev. Dr. (afterwards Bishop) Lynch, on the inspiration of the Apocrypha. "As a refutation, this work of Mr. Thornwell's is complete."Bibl. Rep. and Prince. Rev., April, 1845, 268. 2. Discourses [7] on Truth; delivered in the Chapel of the South Carolina College, 1855, 12mo, pp. 328; 1869, 8vo. Highly commended. He published single sermons, tracts, essays, &c., and papers in the Southern Presbyterian Review, (see Duyckinck's Cyc. of Amer. Lit., 1856, ii. 334.) Among his last publications are an article on The State of the Country in the S. Presby. Rev., (repub. N. York, 1861, 8vo,) and a vindication of the New Southern Old-School Presbyterian Church, 1861. A eulogistic notice of Dr. Thornwell will be found in La Borde's History of South Carolina College, 1859. See, also, Presbyterian Mag., vol. vii., (portrait.) Thornycroft, Major Edward. Doctrine of Combinations and Alterations Improved, &c., Phil. Trans., 1705. Thorold, Mrs. Letters from Brussels, in 1835, Lon., p. 8vo. Thorold, Rev. Anthony W. 1. On Being Ill, Lon., 1865, fp. 8vo. 2. The Presence of Christ, 1869, er. 8vo. Thorold, Rev. J. Treatise on the Seventy Years' Captivity of the Jews foretold by Jeremiah, 1809, 8vo. Thorold, Sir John, d. 1775. 1. View of Popery, Lon., 1766, Svo. 2. Scripture Interpreted by Scripture, 1771, Svo. 3. Extracts of Letters relating to Methodists and Moravians, &c., 2d ed., 1772, 8vo. 4. Scripture Knowledge, 1775, 8vo. 5. Thoughts on the Trinity, 1804, 8vo. See Nichols's Lit. Anec., vii. (Index) 691. Thoroton, Robert, M.D. The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, Lon., 1677, fol., some 1. p. A copy on thick paper, wanting the leaf of imprimatur and the slip of arms, was sold at the sale of Archbishop Tenison's library, June, 1861, for £36 10s. Standish, 1863, No. $30, slightly imperfect, £5 158.; W. B. D. D. Turnbull, 1863, No. 1527, slightly imperfect, £9 98.; J. B. Nichols, 1864, £13. New ed., with large Additions by John Throsby, (infra,) 1790, 3 vols. 4to, some 1. p. It was written at the instance of Sir William Dugdale. Add to this, History and Antiquities of Nottingham, No. 1, 1781, fol., some 1. p. See Nichols's Lit. Anec., vii. (Index) 420, 691; Nichols's Illust. of Lit., v. 400. Thorowgood, Dr. Notes on Asthma, Lon., 1870, 12mo. Thorowgood, Thomas, S.T.B. Norfolciensi, one of the Assembly of Divines. 1. Serm., Phil. iv. 5, Lon., 1645, 4to. 2. Lewes in America; or, Probabilities that the Americans are of that Race, &c., Lon., 1650, 4to; 2d part, 1660, 4to. Very curious and rare. Thorp, Ann. 1. With God all Things are Possible, Edin., 1850, 18mo. 2. Aunt Kate's Story, 1853, 18mo. Thorp, Charles, D.D., Rector of Ryton, 1807; Archdeacon of Durham, 1831; d. Oct. 10, 1861. Serm., Matt. vi. 25, Newc., 1818, 8vo. Thorp, Miss Eliza. 1. Broken Wreath, &c., Birm., Dec. 1852, fp. 8vo; 1857, 12mo. 2. A Fortune with a Wife, and a Fortune in a Wife, 1857, 12mo. Thorp, George. 1. Serm., Matt. vii. 12, Lon., 1677, 4to. 2. Examination of Bellarmin's 5th Note of the Church, viz. the Succession of Bishops, 1688, 4to. Anon. Repub. in Gibson's Preservative, iii. 278. Thorp, J. Letter to the Lords of Trade on the Cotton and Silk Manufactures, 1807, 8vo. Thorp, Mary. The Rector's Grandchildren, Birm., 1857, 18mo. Thorp, Robert. See NEWTON, SIR ISAAC, (p. 1418.) Thorp, Thomas, Archdeacon of Bristol. 1. Charge, Lon., 1837, 8vo. 2. Four Serms., 1838, Svo. 3. Two Charges, Camb., 1840, 8vo. 4. Serm., 1840, 8vo. 5. Statement, Restoration of Round Church, 1845, 8vo. Thorp, W. Three Serms., Lon., 1818, 8vo. Thorp, W. Martyrs of Conscience; a Bicentenary Ode, Lon., 1862. 2. Speech, Thorp, William. 1. Serm., 1804, 8vo. 1812, 8vo. Thorpe, Serjeant and Judge. Charge to the Grand Jury at York, 1648, 1648, 4to. Repub. in Harl. Miscell., ii. 1. Thorpe, Benjamin, an eminentAnglo-Saxon scholar, member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Munich, and of the Society of Netherlandish Literature at Leyden, was b. about 1808. 1. Rask's Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Tongue, with a Praxis, new ed., Enlarged and Improved by the Author, ed. by B. Thorpe, Copenhagen, 1830, 8vo; some fine paper; 2d ed., 1865, p. 8vo. Often referred to in Thorpe's Analecta Anglo-Saxonica. See N. Amer. Rev., xxxiii. 325, (by Henry Wheaton;) Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1831, 360. 2. Cædmon's Metrical Paraphrase of Parts of the Holy Scriptures, in Anglo-Saxon; with an English Translation, Notes, and a Verbal Index, Lon., 1832, r. Svo. See CEDMON; Lon. Gent. Mag., 1833, i. 329; 1834, ii. 484; 1855, i. 611; Milman's Lat. Chris., vol. ii., b. iv., ch. iv. 3. Anglo-Saxon Version of the Story of Apollonius of Tyre upon which is founded the Play of Pericles; from a MS., with a Translation and Glossary, 1834, p. 8vo. 4. Analecta Anglo-Saxonica: a Selection in Prose and Verse from Anglo-Saxon Authors of Various Ages, with a Glossary, Oxf., 1834, r. 8vo; new ed., 1846, p. Svo; 1868, p. 8vo. 5. Libri Psalmorum Versio antiqua Latina cum Paraphrasi Anglo-Saxonica, &c.; Edidit B. Thorpe, 1835, Svo. See Horne's Bibl. Bib., 58. 6. Ancient Laws and Institutes of England; comprising Laws enacted under the Anglo-Saxon Kings from Ethelbert to Canut, with an English Translation of the Saxon, &c., Lon., 1840, fol., £2; or in 2 vols. r. 8vo, £1 10s. See Lon. Quar. Rev., 1xxiv. 281. 7. The Holy Gospels in Anglo-Saxon, edited from the Original MS., Oxf., 1842, p. 8vo; N. York, 1846, 12mo; Oxf., 1848, p. 8vo. S. Codex Exoniensis; a Collection of Anglo-Saxon Poetry, &c.; with English Translation and Notes; Edited by B. Thorpe, Lon., 1842, r. 8vo. 9. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church: The First Part, &c., with an English Version, 1843-46, 10 Pts. in 2 vols. 8vo, (Elfric Soc.) 10. History of England under the Anglo-Saxon Kings: Translated from the German of Dr. J. M. Lappenberg, with Additions and Corrections by the Author and Translator, 1845, 2 vols. 8vo; new ed., 1857, 8vo. "The best and surest guide in penetrating the labyrinth of early English History."-DR. REINHOLD PAULI: König Aelfred, &c., Berlin, 1851. See No. 16. 49, 2 vols. 8vo. 11. Florentii Wigorniensis, Monachi Chronicon ex Chronicis ad fidem Codd. MS. Edidit B. Thorpe, 184812. Northern Mythology, &c.; Compiled from Original and other Sources, 1851, 3 vols. cr. Svo; 1863, p. 8vo. Commended by Lon. Athen., 1852, and Notes and Queries, 1852. See, also, Lord Dufferin's Letters from High Latitudes. 13. Yule-Tide Stories: a Collection of Scandinavian Tales and Traditions; Edited, 1853, p. 8vo, (Bohn's Antiq. Lib., xviii.) 14. 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