1808, Svo. New ed., by James Scholefield, Cantab., 1826, 8vo. See WAKEFIELD, Gilbert, No. 19. See strictures on ed. of 1797, in Monthly Review, 1799, i. 79, 192, 428, and ii. 311, 426, by an eminent Grecian, (see Edin. Rev., Nov. 1811, 65,) and a review of ed. of 1808, in Edin. Rev., Nov. 1811, 64, 95, by Peter Elmsley. Hermann's De Metris, Lips., 1796, and his ed. of the Hecuba, 1800, must be read with Porson's Preface. With the English prose, by T. W. C. Edwards, 1822, 8vo; with English Notes, by Rev. J. R. Major, 1826, 8vo. Commended by Lit. Chron., Jan. 1827. With reference to Porson's Hecuba, see De Quincey's Philos. Writers, Bost., 1854, 81-82; Lon. Quar. Rev., xxxix. 312, (by Rev. J. J. Blunt.) II. Orestes, Lon., 1798, 1811, 1818, 8vo. With the English prose, by T. W. C. Edwards, 1824, 8vo. III. Phoenissæ, Lon., 1799, 1811, 8vo. With the English Prose, by T. W. C. Edwards, 1823, 8vo. IV. Medea, Cantab., 1801, 8vo; Lon., 1812, '17, 8vo. With the English prose, by T. W. C. Edwards, 1821, 8vo. I., II., III., IV. were pub. in 1 vol., 1802, 8vo; again, 1822, 8vo. Porson's enthusiasm for Euripides is proverbial: "When asked why he had written so little, Porson replied, 'I doubt if I could produce any original work which would command the attention of posterity. I can be known only by my notes; and I am quite satisfied if, three hundred years hence, it shall be said that "One Porson lived towards the close of the eighteenth century, who did a good deal for the text of Euripides.""-Porsoniana: Rogers's Tuble-Talk. 13. Collation of the Harleian MS. of the Odyssey (with some short Notes, repub. in Class. Jour., ix.) for the superb ed. of Homer, Oxon., 1800, 4 vols. sm. 4to. Impensis D.D. Buckingham et Grenville excusa, Curis Th. Grenville, R. Porson, Randolph, Cleaver et Rogers. Ugo Foscolo says that the editors had done much to depreciate the merits of Wolff, nevertheless they had adopted all his readings. 25 copies were printed on large paper, with three engravings not in the other copies. Of these 25, 7 have been sold at different times for £552 108.,about £80 each on an average. 14. British Critic, May, 1801, Review of Wakefield's Lucretius; appears to be principally by Porson. 15. Monthly Magazine, Dec. 1802, Letter signed by J. N. Dawes, on some Greek constructions. 16. Museum Crit., i. 326, a Letter to Professor Dalzel, dated Sept. 1803, and an Epigram respecting Hermann, in Greek and English. 17. Herodotus, Edin., 1806, 7 vols. cr. 8vo. Porson corrected the press for the first volume. 18. Supplement to some Indices. Repub. in Tracts, xxxvi. 19. Supplements on the plate of the Rosetta Stone engraved by the Society of Antiquaries. Repub. in Tracts, xxxvii. See, also, Dr. Clarke's Greek Marbles, Camb., 1809, 8vo; Life of Porson, in Encyc. Brit., by Thomas Young, M.D. 20. Articles in Classical Journal, viz.: I. Authors cited by the Scholiast on Plato, ii. 619. Repub., Tracts, Xxxviii. II. The Epitaph, iii. 233. Repub. in Tracts. III. Charade in Latin, vii. 248. IV. Notes on Eschylus, vii. 456; viii. 15, 181; x. 114. VIII. Lines in Euclid; Notes on Apollonius Rhodius, xviii. 370. POSTHUMOUS. 21. Adversaria Notæ et Emendationes in Poetas Græcos quas ex Schedis MSS. Porsoni, apud Collegium SS. Trinitatis Cantabrigiæ repositis deprompserunt et ordinarunt nec non indicibus instruxerunt J. H. Monk et C. J. Blomfield, Cantab., 1812, 8vo, £1 58.; large paper, r. 8vo, £2 28. Reprinted at Amsterdam. Contains a Lecture on Euripides, and Notes on Athenæus, Euripides, on the Fragments of the Tragic and Comic Poets, on Stobæus, &c. Reviewed by Lon. Mon. Rev., 1817, iii. 420–31. 22. Tracts and Miscellaneous Criticisms, collected and arranged [with a Life of Porson] by the Rev. T. Kidd, Lon., 1815, 8vo, 148.; large paper, r. 8vo, £1 48. In addition to the articles already noticed as reprinted in this volume, there are some Notes on Dawes's Miscellanea Critica, No. 51; supplementary pages of Simplicius and Cebes; Notes on Athenæus, Menander, Philemon, Aristides, Pausanias, and the lexicographers; and some Indices of authors quoted by the Scholiasts. Reviewed by Lon. Mon. Rev., 1818, i. 18-28. 23. Notæ in Aristophanem quibus Plutum partim ex ejusd. recens. partim e MSS. emend. adjecit P. P. Dobree, Cantab., 1820, 8vo. 24. Gaisford Lectiones Platonicæ; accedunt R. Porsoni Notæ ad Pausaniam, Oxon., 1820, 8vo. "When Porson first met Perry after the fire in the horse of the latter at Merton, he immediately inquired if any ives had been lost?' Perry replied, 'No.' 'Well,' said Porson, then I shall not complain, though I have lost the labours of my life.' His transcript of the Cambridge Photius, which was burnt in that fire, he afterwards replaced by patiently making a second transcript; but his numerous notes on Aristophanes, which had also been consumed, were irrecoverably gone."-Porsoniana : Rogers's Table-Talk. Aristophanes, we need scarcely remind the reader, was one of Porson's choicest books. See Gibbon's Decline and Fall, ed. 1837, 1010; Mathias's Pursuits of Lit., ed. 1812, 144, n. To Porson were long attributed Eloisa en Dishabille, 1794, 4to, 1801, imp. 8vo, (since claimed for John Matthews: see Moore's Life of Byron, vol. i.,) and The Devil's Walk, really the joint production of Coleridge and Southey. (See Blackw. Mag., xix. 136, and-by De Quincey-xxviii. 671; Notes and Queries, 1866, i. 197.) Mr. De Quincey rates Porson's powers of humour very low: childish and dull beyond description."-Blackw. Mag., xxviii. 671. "Porson's jeux-d'esprit in the newspapers of his day were all He also finds great fault with Porson's Latinity: "In fact, he wrote Latin of any kind-such Latin even as was framed on his own poor ideal-with singular want of freedom and facility."-Blackw. Mag., xxix. 777. In this respect he, of course, places him below Reiske, Wolff, Sir Wm. Jones, Bishop Lowth, Taylor, (ed. of Demosthenes,) and Parr. These strictures on Porson occur in De Quincey's articles on Bentley and Parr, and were repub. in his Essays on Philosophical Writers, &c., Bost., 1854, 5, 81, 111, 237. ... It must be candidly admitted that at Eton Porson was not the first Grecian: "When Goodall, Head-Master, . ... was examined in 1818 before the Education Committee of the House of Commons tion to King's College, he at once declared that the celebrated respecting the alleged passing over of Porson in giving promoGrecian was not by any means at the head of the Etonians of his day; and on being asked by me (as chairman) to name his superior, he at once said Lord Wellesley."-LORD BROUGHAM: States, of the Time of George III., ed. 1856, ii. 208-209. How eminent he became in later life by his intense application, aided by a prodigious memory, we all know. No man ever spoke more modestly of his own merits than did Porson: "He insisted that all men are born with abilities nearly equal. Any one,' he would say, 'might become quite as good a critic as I am, if he would only take the trouble to make himself so. I have made myself what I am by intense labour: sometimes, in order to impress a thing upon my memory, I have read it a dozen times, and transcribed it six.'"-Porsoniana: Rogers's Table-Talk. "Porson was conscious of his own powers; and, though frank and good-humoured even to a fault with the unlearned, he was unbending among those who assumed the title of scholars. It has been observed that he neither would give nor take praise; and when he was told that a person named had called him a giant in literature, he remarked that a man had no right to tell the height of that which he could not measure."-Creasey'▲ Memoirs of Eminent Etonians: Richard Porson, 1850, 466–471. "Nothing came amiss to his memory," says Mr. Weston. "He would set a child right in his two-penny fable-book, repeat the whole moral tale of the Dean of Badajoz, a page of Athenæus or cups, or of Eustathius on Homer, even though he did every thing to impair his mental faculties." See two wonderful instances of his memory recorded in Keddie's Cyc. of Lit. and Sci. Anecdotes, 1854, 126. 285. See, also, 22, 127, 265, 285, 286. We quote some other opinions respecting Porson : "Mr. Porson is a giant in literature, a prodigy in intellect, a critic whose mighty achievements leave imitation panting at a distance behind him, and whose stupendous powers strike down all the restless and aspiring suggestions of rivalry into silent admiration and passive awe."-DR. PARR: Reply to Combe. But why put "Dr. Parr" after such bombast? Who does not recognize the "Brummagem Doctor"? "Our first luminary in Greek learning, Mr. Porson."-DR. PARR: Lon. Gent. Mag., May, 1825, 387. "I have been furnished with many opportunities of observing Porson, by a near inspection. He has been at my house several times, and once for an entire summer's day. Our intercourse would have been frequent but for three reasons: 1. His extreme irregularity and inattention to times and seasons, which did not at all comport with the methodical arrangements of my time and family; 2. His gross addiction to that lowest and least excusable of all sensualities, immoderate drinking; and, 3. The uninteresting insipidity of his society; as it is impossible to engage his mind on any topic of mutual inquiry, to procure his opinion on any author or on any passage of an author, or to elicit any conversation of any kind to compensate for the time and attendance of his company. And as for Homer, Virgil, and Horace, I never could hear of the least critical effort on them in his life. He is, in general, devoid of all human affections; but 25. Photii Lexicon e Codice Galeano descripsit, Lon., such as he has, are of a misanthropic quality; nor do I think 1822, 2 vols. 8vo, £1 108. that any man exists for whom his propensities rise to he lowest pitch of affection and esteem. He much resembles Proteus in Lycophron: ᾧ γελως απεχθεται, little to attest his skill,-which is, however, as I have already said, in my opinion second only to that of Bentley among English scholars. I ought, however, to express these opinions with diffidence; for my classical studies, though not wholly abandoned, have been much interrupted for many years."—Edward Everett to S. Austin Allibone, Oct. 20, 1859. Dr. Thomas Young, who knew Porson for the last twenty years of his life, in his memoir of his friend, in the Encyc. Brit., does not hesitate to pronounce him "The greatest of the verbal critics and classical scholars of modern times." Again: Και δακρυ though, I believe, he has satirical verses in his treasury for Dr. Bellenden, as he calls him, (PARR,) and all his most intimate associates. But in his knowledge of the Greek Tragedies and Aristophanes, in his judgment of MSS., and in all that relates to the metrical proprieties of dramatic and lyric versification, with whatever is connected with this species of reading, none of his contemporaries must pretend to equal him. His grammatical knowledge also, and his acquaintance with the antient Lexicographers and Etymologists, is most accurate and profound; and his intimacy with Shakspeare, B. Jonson, and other dramatic writers, is probably unequalled. He is, in short, a most extraordinary person in every view, but unamiable; and has been debarred of a comprehensive intercourse with Greek and Roman authors by his excesses, which have made those acquirements impossible to him, from the want of that time which must necessarily be expended in laborious reading, and for which no genius can be made a substitute. No man has ever paid a more voluntary and respectful homage to his talents, at all times, both publickly and privately, in writings and conversation, than myself; and I will be content to forfeit the esteem and affection of all mankind whenever the least particle of envy and malig-with all his industry and parade, not even Bentley himself, with nity is found to mingle itself with my opinions."-GILBERT WAKEFIELD: Correspondence of Wakefield and Charles James Fox, Lon., 1813, pp. 93–101. "In hini criticism lost the most able, most expert, most accomplished support of her sceptre; learning, one of its greatest ornaments. His knowledge was far more extensive than was generally understood, or imagined, or believed. There are very few languages with which he had not some acquaintance. His discernment and acuteness in correcting what was corrupt, and explaining what was difficult and perplexed, were almost intuitive; and, in addition to all this, his taste was elegant and correct."-BELOE: Sexagenarian. But every classical scholar asks, How does he compare with Bentley? On this theme something has already been cited, (see BENTLEY, RICHARD, D.D., p. 172, supra ;) and the inquirer must examine the authorities to which we shall presently refer him. A few lines more, however, we may quote; and the first shall be from a memoir of Porson, by an acquaintance of his, published in the English Cyclopædia, Biography, iv., 1857, 939-942. "Richard Porson was one of the profoundest Greek scholars and the greatest verbal critic that any age or country has produced. He possessed every quality which is necessary to the formation of a scholar,-a stupendous memory, unwearied application, great acuteness, strong sound sense, and a lively perception both of the beautiful and the ludicrous. Besides these qualifications, he enjoyed the rare faculty of conjecturing from the imperfect data of corrupt readings the very words of the author whose text he sought to restore; in this last particular we know of no one, with the single exception of Bentley, who can be named in comparison with him, and in some points we should not hesitate to place Porson before that great Aristarchus of criticism. . . . It is a great mistake to suppose that Porson's reading was confined to the Greek poets; we doubt if there were any classical author whom he had not read, and we are confident that he was familiar with the whole mass of Greek literature. We have looked through the editions of Greek books that belonged to him, which are now in the hands of different individuals or in public libraries, and there is not one which does not bear some traces of his careful and critical perusal. He was, besides, an excellent French scholar, and was thoroughly acquainted with the French literature of the middle ages. His knowledge of English literature was immense; and so extraordinary was his memory that he could repeat whole pages, not only of poetry, but of prose, in the most accurate and beautiful manner. The greatest complaint that can be made against Porson is that with such vast capabilities he did so little. A very large sum was offered him for an edition of Aristophanes, but he would not undertake the work, which, in Dr. Raine's opinion, would not have occupied more than six months. The money was no temptation to him, and he was over-scrupulous in his notions of the duties of an editor, never fully satisfying himself, and conceiving that something was still wrong where no one but himself could discover any deficiency." A learned friend, to whom, alas! we can no more ap peal on questions of classical scholarship, favoured us with the following: "I remain of the opinions, on Bentley's character for Greek scholarship, which I expressed many years ago, and to which you have referred in your Dictionary, [BENTLEY, RICHARD, D.D., p. 172, supra.] Porson I regard as standing next to him on the list of English Hellenists; and I concur in the main with the comparative judgment expressed of them by the Quarterly Reviewer whom you cite in the article on Bentley. But, it Bentley's time was partly wasted in paltry squabbles with his fellows, much of Porson's was lost in a less creditable way. In natural capacity he might have been Bentley's equal; but the latter had been a more laborious student, and had surveyed a wider field of criticism. Porson had the advantage of much ampler materials and numerous able collaborators. In England Bentley stood alone. So deplorably low was the standard of philology at that time, that the wits of the day assigned the palm to Boyle, in the famous controversy between him and Bentley. In Porson's time, the idea of Boyle as an antagonist to Bentley would have been universally scouted. Porson, I think, deserves all the credit which the Quarterly Reviewer gives him for accuracy; but he dwells very much on verbal criticism, and has left but "It may safely be conceded to common fame and to partial friendship that he was one of the greatest men, and the very greatest critic, of his own or of any other age. ... It has indeed been asserted, and perhaps with truth, (Classical Journal, xxi.,) that with things Porson appears to have possessed but a very inconsiderable acquaintance; and not a trace is to be found amidst his writings of that combination of universal encyclopædiacal knowledge with language-learning which is so abundantly found in the Dissertation on Phalaris, and the countless pages of Scaliger, Salmasins, and Casaubon.' Certainly, however, neither Salmasius nor Casaubon, with all their learning, much less Scaliger, all his talent and acuteness, was at all comparable to Porson in his own department,—that is, as a sound, accurate, and refined Greek critic." This is high praise; but here is something worth the whole of it: "There is one quality of the mind in which it may be confidently maintained that Mr. Porson had no superior-I mean, the most pure and inflexible love of truth. Under the influence of this principle, he was cautious and patient and persevering in his researches, and scrupulously accurate in stating facts as he found them. All who were intimate with him bear witness to this noble part of his character, and his works confirm the testimony of his friends."-REV. THOMAS TURTON, in his Vindication of the Literary Character of the Late Professor Porson, &c., by Crito Cantabrigiensis, 1827, 8vo. See BURGESS, THOMAS, D.D. Crito Cantabrigiensis was answered by Bishop Burgess in A Letter to Rev. Thomas Beynon, in reply to A Vindication of the Literary Character of Professor Porson, by Crito Cantabrigiensis, Salisbury, 1829, 8vo. See, also, in addition to authorities already cited, An Account of the Last Illness of R. Porson, in Savage's Librarian, vol. i. 274; Narrative of the Last Illness and Death of R. Porson, by Adam Clarke, LL.D., 1808, 8vo; A Short Account of the Late Mr. Porson, by Rev. S. Weston, 1808, 8vo;-repub., with additions, under the title of Porsoniana, &c., 1814, 8vo; Kidd's Imperfect Outline of his Life in Tracts, 1815; Moore's Byron, Letter CCCVIII.; Aikin's Gen. Biog., 1815, 4to: Chalmers's Biog. Diet., vol. xxv., 1816; Cambridge Essays, (by Mr. Luard;) Gent. Mag., 1808, ii. 775, 862, 904, 946, 1183, 1186; 1847, ii. 351; Blackw. Mag., xix. 136; xxiv. 317; Month. Mag.; Dubl. Univ. Mag., xxiii. 75, (Kenealy on Porson ;) Morning Chronicle, Oct. 6, 1808; Class. Jour. i. 1, 81, 385; ii. 720; ix. 386; xxiii. 179; Archæologist, 1841, No. 1, 65; Athenæum, iv. 426, 551; v. 55; T. Moore's Journal, &c., 1853, v. 203, 204; Barker's Lit. Anec., 1852, (see BARKER, EDMUND HENRY;) Nichols's Lit. Anec., vii., Index; Nichols's Lit. Illust., viii., 1858, Index; Recollec. by S. Rogers, 1859, 67, 115-123; and especially WATSON, JOHN SELBY, No. 4. The handwriting of Porson was very beautiful; and Greek type was cut at Cambridge in imitation of the letters of his Greek notes. This is the well-known "Porsonian type," which has been used in England and in this country for the production of some exquisitelyprinted Greck books. We have had engraved for this article a fac-simile of some of his corrections on one of formerly in the library of the Duke of Sussex, now (1869) the fly-leaves of a copy of the first edition of his Meden, in the possession of our esteemed friend Charles Short, LL.D., Professor of Latin in Columbia College, New York, -one of the ripest classical scholars of the present day. Portbury, E. J. 1839, 12mo. Formation of the Mind, Lon., Portch, Julian. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., &c.; by James Boswell, Esq.; a New Edition, Illustrated by Copious Notes; with Illustrations by Julian Portch, Lon. and N. York, G. Routledge & Sons, 1867, cr. 8vo. A beautiful little book. Porteous, Captain. See his Life and Death, Edin., 1737. 8vo; Information against, Lon., 1736, 8vo; Trial of, 1736, 8vo; Sir W. Scott's Heart of Mid-Lothian, Notes; Cat. of the Library at Abbotsford, 16, 87. Porter. Genealogical and Chronological Charts of the Kings of France, Lon., 1854. Porter, Albert G., b. 1824, at Lawrenceburg, Indiana, official Reporter of 5 vols. Svo of Decisions of the Supreme Ct. of Indiana, Indianapolis, 1853-56. See HUGHES, JAMES, No. 4. Porter, Mrs. Ann Emerson, née Emerson, b. 1816, at Newburyport, Mass., and married in 1841 to Charles E. Porter, of Springfield, Vermont, is the author of contributions in periodicals; two vols. for SundaySchools; Uncle Jerry's Letters to Young Mothers, Bost., 1854, 16mo; and The Lost Will, 1860, 18mo. See Hart's Female Prose Writers of Amer., ed. 1855, 387. Porter, Charles T. Auburn, 1849, 12mo. Porter, Charles T. Descriptions of Richards's Improved Steam-Engine Indicator, Lon., 1868, 8vo. Porter, David, D.D., 1761–1851, a native of Hebron, Conn.; graduated at Dartmouth College, 1784; pastor of the Congregational Church at Spencertown, N. York, 1787-1803, and of the First Presbyterian Church at Catskill, 1803-31. He pub. 9 separate Sermons, 1801, '03, '09, '12, '13, '16, '28, and A Dissertation on Christian Baptism, 1809. See Sprague's Annals, Presbyterian, iii., 1858, 496-506. Review of the Mexican War, Porter, David, 1780-1843, Commodore U. States Navy, after gaining distinction in the service, resigned his commission in consequence of difficulties with his Government, and entered the Mexican navy. In 1829 he was appointed American minister at Constantinople, where his services proved of great value. 1. Journal of a Cruise made to the Pacifick Ocean in the U.S. Frigate Essex in 1812-13-14, Phila., 1815, 2 vols. 8vo; 2d ed., N. York, 1822, 2 vols. 8vo. Of this journal there appeared what Rich calls (Bibl. Amer. Nova, ii. 79) "a most outrageous attack" in the Lon. Quar. Rev., xiii. calculated to make a very good impression on a critic. Lowndes (Bibl. Man., 1485) calls it a "fallacious work;" but John Neal (Blackw. Mag., xvii. 200) styles it "a foolish, pompous, ridiculous, true book." It was also reviewed in the N. Amer. Review, i. 247-274; and in the Analec. Mag., iv. 289, 396. 2. Constantinople and its Environs: by an American long resident, 1835, 2 vols. 12mo. See A Report of the Trial of Commodore David Porter before a Court-Martial, 1825, &c., Wash., 1825, 8vo; An Exposition of the Facts, &c.; Exped. to Foxardo, 1825, 8vo; Memoir of David Porter in Analec. Mag., iv. 225, (by Washington Irving.) Porter, E. S., of Reformed Dutch Church. 1. Serm. on Death of A. Rider, 8vo. 2. Serm., Chatham, 1846. 3. Serm., Albany, 1851. Porter, Miss Anna Maria, 1780–1832, a native of Durham, the daughter of the surgeon of the 6th, or En-352-383; but the extracts given from the book are not niskillen Dragoons, a sister of Jane, of Dr. William Ogilvie, and of Sir Robert Ker Porter, and a favourite in her childhood of Sir Walter Scott, then a student in Edinburgh, gained considerable celebrity as a novelist. An interesting account of the family, and notices of the works of Anna Maria and Jane Porter, will be found in Mrs. Elwood's Memoirs of the Literary Ladies of England, ii. 276-303. She published: 1. Artless Tales, 2 vols. 12mo: i., 1793; ii., 1795. Written when about twelve years of age. 2. Tales of Pity, 12mo. Anon. 3. Walsh Colville, 1797, 12mo. 4. Octavia, 1798, 3 vols. 12mo. 5. Lake of Killarney, 1804, 3 vols. 12mo; last ed., entitled Rose de Blaquière, 1856, 12mo. 6. A Sailor's Friendship and a Soldier's Love, 1805, 2 vols. 12mo. 7. Hungarian Brothers, 1807, 3 vols. 12mo; last ed., 1856, 8vo. Commended by Crit. Rev. 8. Don Sebastian, 1809, 4 vols. 12mo; 2d ed., 3 vols. 12mo; last British ed., 1855, 12mo. Considered her best work. Commended by Crit. Rev., &c. 9. Ballad Romances, and other Poems, 1811, 8vo. Reviewed in Analec. Mag., ii. 209. 10. Recluse of Norway, 1814, 12mo; last ed., 1851, 12mo. 11. Knight of St. John, 1817, 3 vols. 12mo; last ed., 1851, 12mo. 12. 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"In all her writings-though in none of them is it more apparent than in the Fast of St. Magdalen-Anna Maria Porter evinced the finest dramatic tact. Her fables, characters, incideuts, situations, even her scenery, are dramatic."-Lon. Gent. Mag., 1832, Pt. 2, 577, (Obituary.) See, also, 183; Memories of Jane Perter, by Mrs. S. C. Porter, Arthur L. Chemistry of the Arts, Phila., 1830, 8vo. Porter, Benjamin F. 1. Reports Supreme Ct. of Alabama, 1831-39, Tuscal., 1835-40, 9 vols. Svo. 2. Office, &c. of Executors and Administrators, &c., 1842, 8vo. See Amer. Whig Rev., ix. 447. Porter, C. A. Jesus the Soul's Head, Lon., 1862, r. 32mo. Porter, Mrs. C. B. Silver Cup of Sparkling Drops from Many Fountains, edited by Mrs. C. B. Porter, Lon., 1851, 12mo; N. York, 1856, 12mo; Bost., 1857, 12mo. This is a "temperance" book. Porter, Charles Leland, b. 1829, at Plattsburg, New York. Pebbles from the Lake Shore, or Miscellaneous Poems, Phila., 1854, 12mo. Contributions to Knickerbocker, Godey's, Graham's, and Peterson's Maga zines. Porter, Ebenezer, D.D., 1772-1834, a native of Cornwall, Conn.; graduated at Dartmouth College, 1792; licensed to preach, 1794; officiated as pastor of the Congregational Church, Washington, Conn., 1796-1811; Bartlet Professor of Pulpit Eloquence in the Theological Seminary at Andover from 1811, and President of the institution from 1827 until his death. He pub. 16 separate Sermons, 1806, '08, '10, '11, '13, '15, '16, '18, '19, 21, '23, 27, 28, 29; Two Fast Serms., 1831; An Abridgment of Owen on Spiritual Mindedness, 1833; An Abridgment of Owen on the 130th Psalm; and the following works: 1. Young Preacher's Manual, Bost., 8vo; 1819, 8vo; 2d ed., N. York, 1829. 2. Lect. on the Analysis of Vocal Inflections, Andover, 1824, Svo. 3. An Analysis of the Principles of Rhetorical Delivery, 1827, Svo; 3d ed., 1830, Svo; 8th ed., edited by A. H. Weld, Bost., 1839, 12mo. Reviewed in Chris. Month. Spec., ix. 363; Spirit of Pilg., iii. 314; U.S. Lit. Gaz., vi. 333. See Rush, JAMES, M.D., No. 1. 4. Syllabus of Lectures, &c., Andover, 1829, 12mo. 5. Rhetorical Reader, 1831, 12mo; 300th ed., N. York, 1858, 12mo, pp. 312; enlarged ed., pp. 504: see MACELLIGOTT, JAMES N., LL.D., No. 4. See, also, NEWMAN, SAMUEL P., No. 2. "300th edition" is testimonial sufficient. 6. Lects. on Revivals of Religion, Andover, 1832, 8vo. 7. Lect. on the Cultivation of Spiritual Habits and Progress in Study, 1833, 8vo. 8. Lects. on Homiletics, Preaching, and Public Prayer, with Serms. and Letters, Andover and N. York, 1834, 8vo; with Fref., Append., [and Alterations,] and Notes, by Rev. J. Jones, of Liverpool, Lon., 1835, p. 8vo; also, (Ward's Lib. of Stand. Div., vol. iv.,) 1840, med. 8vo, and 1861, med. Svo. "What a boon is Porter's Lectures to students in theology at the low price of 38.!”—Lon. Erangel. Mag. “A work of transcendent worth and importance,”—Cheltenham F. Press. See, also, Eclec. Rev., 4th Ser., vii. 101; Amer. Quar. Obs., ii. 325, (by G. C. Beckwith.) 186. 9. Lects. on Eloquence and Style; revised for Publication by Rev. Lyman Matthews, Andover, 1836, 8vo, pp Dr. Porter was a contributor to the Quarterly Register. See notices of this excellent man and eloquent preacher in Sprague's Annals, Trin. Congreg., ii. 1857, 351-361; Rev. Lyman Matthews's Memoir of E. Porter, Month. Spec., i. 79; Lit. and Theolog. Reg., v. 401, (by D.D., Bost., 1837, 12mo; Amer. Quar. Reg., ix. 1; Chris. W. Lord "A friend of mine attended service in the [Andover] Seminary one morning, some years after I left it, and heard one of Dr Porter's grand discourses; and, as the audience was leaving the POR chapel, Professor Stuart, in his deep tone, said, 'This is the majesty of the Gospel.' It was indeed the majesty of the Gospel!"-ORVILLE DEWEY, D.D.: Sprague's Annals, ut supra. Porter, Edm. Оɛоç Аvýρшñоdороç; or, God Incarnate, Lon., 1655, 8vo. Porter, Edward. Early Religion; Serm., Lon., 1792, 8vo. Porter, Eliphalet, D.D., a son of Rev. John Porter, (infra,) was b. at North Bridgewater, Mass., 1758; graduated at Harvard College, 1777; pastor of the First Church in Roxbury, Mass., from Oct. 2, 1782, until his death, Dec. 7, 1833. He pub. nine single sermons and discourses, 1783-1818, and A Eulogy on George Washington, Bost., (1800,) Svo. See Sprague's Annals, viii., Unitarian, 1865, 157. Porter, F. T. Act 6 & 7 Will. IV., c. 116, Gr. Juries in Ireland, Dubl., 1840, 12mo. Porter, Francis, a native of Meath, Ireland, was admitted into the order of the Recollects, and was afterwards divinity professor in the convent of Isidorus at Rome, where James II. gave him the title of his historiographer. He d. at Rome, 1702. 1. Secvris Evangelica ad Hæresis hujus Temporis Radices posita, two parts, Romæ, 1674, sm. 8vo; 2d ed., 1687, 8vo. "In this book he reduceth all controversies between the Protestants and Papists to the single question of the Perpetual Infallibility of the Church of Christ."-SIR JAMES WARE. 2. Palinodia Religionis prætense Reformatæ. 3. Compendivm Annalivm Ecclesiasticorvm Hiberniæ, Romæ, 1690, 4to. Lyte, £8 158.; Sotheby, (Bp. Daly,) 1858, £4 48. 4. Systema Decretorum, Dogmaticorum ab Initio nascentis Eccles. per summ. Pontific. Concil. Generalia et Particul. hucusque editorum Avenione, 1694, fol. Liber rarissimus. See Harris's Ware. Porter, G. Priest's Manual for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, 2d ed., Lon., 1867, 32mo. Porter, G. B. R. W. Houston v. John Dicks and Others: Action of Trespass, Phila., 1817, 8vo. We have much pleasure in making ter's hands by Mr. Cobden Mr. Porter was also a contributor to the Journal of the Statistical Society (of which he was one of the originators, Vice-President, and Treasurer) and to the Transactions of the Statistical Section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. See Blackw. Mag., xliv. 318, 324; xlvi. 759; 1. 13, 26, 279. By his death the cause of Free Trade in England lost one of its most effective and intelligent advocates. His widow is a sister of the late eminent political economist, David Ricardo. See PORTER, MRS. SARAH. Porter, Rev. H. S. Astronomical Serms., Louisb., 1854, 12mo. A Porter, Henry. The Pleasant Historie of the two Angrie Women of Abington, &c., Lon., 1599, 4to. dramatic piece. White Knight's sale, 3537, £9 9,. New ed., by the Rev. A. Dyce, 1841, p. 8vo, (Percy Soc., xii.) Porter, Hier. Flowers of the Lives of the Saints of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Doway, 1632, 4to. Porter, Huntington, D.D., minister of Rye, N. 3. Do., New-Year. 4. Hampshire; d. at Lynn, Mass., 1844, aged 89. 1. Serm., Century, 1802. 2. Do., Funeral. Do., Sickness, 1803. Porter, J. G. V. Some Agricultural and Political Irish Questions calmly discussed, Lon., 1843, 8vo. Porter, J. Thomas. Evidences of Fundamental Truths, Ports., 1813, 8vo. Porter, Jacob. Chlorides of Soda and Lime; by A. G. Labarraque; trans., 2d ed., N. Haven, 1831, 8vo. Porter, Jacob. Topog., Descrip., and Histor. Sketch of Plainfield, Mass., Greenfield, 1834, 8vo. Porter, Sir James, d. at Bath, England, 1786, Porter, Rev. G. S. Elements of Prophecy, Lon., aged 66; after discharging diplomatic duties at various 1834, 12mo. See Lowndes's Brit. Lib., 965. Porter, George Richardson, 1792-1852, a native of London, after an unsuccessful experience as a sugarbroker, in 1832, through the agency of Mr. Charles Knight, who declined the same offer, received an appointment in the Board of Trade, and subsequently became head of the Statistical Department; in 1840 was made senior member of the Railway Department, and in 1841 succeeded Mr. McGregor as one of the Secretaries of the Board, salary, £1500 per annum. (See Lon. Gent. Mag., Oct. 1852, 427; Eng. Cyc., Biog., iv., 1857, 946.) In early life he was a contributor to The Companion to the Al1. On the Nature and Properties of manac, 1831, &c. the Sugar-Cane, Lon., 1830, 8vo; Phila., 1831, 8vo; 2d Lon. ed., 1843, 8vo. Commended by Lon. Month. Mag., Lit. Gaz., Spectator, and Intelligencer. 2. Treat. on the Silk Manufacture, 1831, 12mo, (Lardner's Cyc., 95;) 2d ed., 1850, 12mo. 3. Treat. on the Manufacture of Porcelain and Glass, 1832, 12mo, (Lardner's Cyc., 91;) 2d ed., 1850, 12mo. 4. The Tropical Agriculturist, 1833, 8vo. 5. Tables of the Revenue, Population, Commerce, &c. of the United Kingdom and its Dependencies, from 1820 downwards, compiled from Official Returns, Lon., 1833See McCulloch's Lit. of Continued. 45, 12 Parts, fol. Polit. Econ., 222. 6. The Progress of the Nation, in its various Social and Economical Relations, from the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century to the Present Time, Sections, ii., in 1 vol. 12mo, 1836, (see Lon. Athen., 1836, 729) iii., iv., in 1 vol. 12mo, 1838, (see Athen., 1838, 301;) new eds. of i.-iv., with v.-viii., 1843, (some dated 1844,) 3 vols. er. 8vo; new ed. of the whole to 1847, 1847, 8vo, (see Athen., 1847, 45;) to 1851, 1851, 8vo. "We commend Mr. Porter's book to all interested in national progress and who regard our present activity as an earnest of better things. His official position enables him to give correct information on the multifarious topics brought under considera tion."-Chambers's Journal. "A book of the very highest character. We strongly recommend Mr. Porter's excellent work to the attention of all who feel interested in forming an estimate of the welfare of the nation."-Athenæum, To be depended upon for its accuracy, and its arrangement See, also, Gent. Mag., Oct. 1852, 429; Dubl. Univ. Mag., x. 702; D. News. is admirable."-Warren's Low Slu., ed. 1845, 264. courts, acted as English ambassador at Constantinople from 1747 to 1762. 1. Observations on the Religion, Law, Government, and Manners of the Turks, Lon., 1768, 2 vols. 12mo; again, 1771, 8vo. "His work is faithful and accurate, and is chiefly illustrative of the political state, manners, and habits of the Turks."-Stevenson's Voy, and Trav., 559. In 1854 was published: 2. Turkey; its History and Progress: from the Journals and Correspondence of Sir James Porter, Fifteen Years Ambassador at Constantinople; continued to the Present Time, with a Memoir of Sir James Porter, by his Grandson, Sir George Larpent, Bart., 2 vols. 8vo. "The volumes are of an authentic character and of enduring interest."-Lon. Athen., 1854, 1260. 3. Plague at Constantinople; Phil. Trans., 1755. 4. Astronomical and Physical Observations in Asia; Phil. Trans., 1755. 5. Transit of Venus at Constantinople; Phil. Trans., 1761. Porter, James, D.D., of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 1. Compendium of Methodism, 20th ed., N. York, 12mo. Commended by Rev. Drs. Morris, A. Stevens, and T. E. Bond. See STEVENS, ABEL, D.D. 2. 3. Chart of Life, Camp Meetings Considered, 24mo. 4. Revivals of Religion, new ed., Bost., 1854, 12mo. 5. True Evangelist, Phila., N. York, 1860, fp. Svo. 6. Commonplace Book; with Introduction by 18mo. Rev. William Rice, 1861. · Porter, James M. The Right to Annual Charters of Incorporation: a Speech, Phila., 1837, 8vo. Porter, Miss Jane, 1776-1850, a native of Durham, was the elder sister of Anna Maria Porter, (supra,) which see for notices of the family and references to authorities. In 1842 she visited St. Petersburg, and with her brother, Sir Robert Ker Porter, was on the point of returning home to England, when her departure was delayed by Sir R. K. Porter's sudden decease. For some years before her death, Miss Porter resided with her brother, William Ogilvie Porter, M.D., of Bristol. She published: 1. Thaddeus of Warsaw; a Novel, Lon., 1803, 4 vols. 12mo; 9th ed., 1810, 4 vols. 12mo, and many eds. since; illust. ed., 1840, 8vo; last British edits., Lon., 1860, 12mo, 1868, er. Svo. Trans. into several foreign languages. Commended by Crit. Rev., Imper. Rev., Month. Rev., Anti-Jac. As an evidence of his appreciation of this work, Kosciusko sent Miss Porter a complimentary letter, and a relation of his presented her with a gold ring containing a portrait of the great "The original of the above work was first placed in Mr. Por-general. The authoress was also elected a lady chauoi 7. The Effect of Restrictions on the Importation of Corn, &c., 1839, 8vo. 8. Popular Fallacies regarding General Interests; trans. from the French of F. Bastiat, with Notes, 1849, fp. 8vo. 1645 3. ness of the Teutonic Order of St. Joachim, in the habit of which she appears in some of her portraits. 2. Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney; with Remarks, 1807, (some 1808,) 2 vols. 12mo. Commended by Oxford Rev. The Scottish Chiefs; a Romance, 1810, 5 vols. 12mo; many eds.; illust. ed., 1840, 2 vols. 12mo; last British edits., Halifax, 1862, 12mo; 1866, 12mo. Sir Walter Scott admitted (conversation with George IV. in the library of Carlton Palace) that this work suggested his Waverley Novels. "Wallace, in 'The Scottish Chiefs,'-which, through a rich variety of interesting imaginary adventures, conducts a character of most perfect virtue and heroism to an affecting and tragical end, is a romance deservedly popular."-JOANNA BAILLIE. "She has, however, added attributes which neither pertained to the times nor to the hero. . She has drawn him with a hand much too soft and gentle."-ALLAN CUNNINGHAM: Biog. and Crit. Hist. of the Lit. of the Last Fifty Years. 4. The Pastor's Fireside; a Novel, 1815, 3 vols. 12mo; many eds.; illust. ed., 1840, Svo; last British ed., 1857, 12mo. See MOORE, GEORGE, No. 3. 5. Duke Christian of Luneburgh; or, Traditions from the Hartz, 1824, 3 vols. 12mo. Written in consequence of "his Majesty's [George IV.] gracious request that Miss Porter's next subject should be the Life of his great and virtuous progenitor, Duke Christian of Luneburgh." The original documents were furnished by the king, (who declared that the work "had been completed to his fullest wishes,") and the Duke of Clarence (afterwards William IV.) took a lively interest in the progress of the narrative. 6. Houtercombe; in Tales round a Winter's Hearth, 1826, 2 vols. 8vo: see PORTER, MISS ANNA MARIA, No. 15. 7. The Field of Forty Footsteps, 1828, 2 vols. 12mo. This story, founded on a tradition connected with the ground near the London University, was dramatized. See PORTER, MISS ANNA MARIA, No. 17. 8. Sir Edward Seaward's Narrative of his Shipwreck and Consequent Discovery of certain Islands in the Caribbean Sea; with a Detail of many extraordinary and highly interesting Events in his Life, from the Years 1733 to 1749; as written in his own Diary; edited by Miss Jane Porter, Lon. and N. York, 1831, 3 vols. 12mo; 2d ed., 1832, 3 vols. 12mo; new ed., 1841, 2 vols. p. 8vo. This clever fiction was as successful as De Foc's Voyage to the World of Cartesius (p. 490, supra) and Sir Thomas More's Utopia, (p. 1362, supra.) After elaborate researches among Admiralty records, Indian maps, &c., a critic in the London Quarterly Review gravely informs his readers, "We are compelled to state that, notwithstanding its solemn and almost sacred character, it is neither more nor less than pure unmingled fiction from first to last."-Dec. 1832, 480-507. Its literary ability the reviewer commends. The Monthly Reviewer (July, 1831, 354-377) was for a time deceived; but he retained his admiration of the storyteller after he had parted with his faith in the story. The Eclectic Review, the New Monthly Magazine, and the Spectator are also among the eulogists of the Narrative. "At the merciless rummaging of Admiralty records and Indian maps, made by her critic, Miss Porter was more flattered than annoyed. When pressed to the real origin of Sir Edmund Seaward,' she would quietly say, 'Sir Walter Scott had his great secret; I must be allowed to keep my little one."-Lon. Gent. Mag., 1850, ii. 222. In 1819 a tragedy by this lady, called Switzerland, in which Charles Kean played the principal part, was condemned at the Drury Lane Theatre: (see Blackw. Mag., iv. 714.) In early life, in conjunction with Dr. T. F. Dibdin, Anna Maria and Robert Porter, she wrote for the Quiz, a weekly magazine, (see Prior's Life of Goldsmith, ii. 89-94; Dibdin's Reminiscences, 175;) she contributed the Life of Colonel Denham (p. 492, ante) to the Naval and Military Journal; the Life of Rev. Percival Stockdale (see Gent. Mag., 1850, ii. 364) to Gent. Mag., Oct. 1811, 384-390; and wrote for other periodicals. America her works have had a wide circulation (uniform In edit. pub. by Derby & Jackson, New York, 1857, &c.;) and in 1844 a number of the booksellers, publishers, and authors of the United States sent from New York to Miss Porter a handsome rosewood arm-chair, as a "memorial of high and respectful admiration" for the author of "some of the purest and most imaginative productions in the wide range of English literature." (See Gent. Mag., 1815, i. 173.) In addition to authorities already referred to, see Fraser's Mag., xi. 404, (with portrait;) Lon. Critic, July, 1859, and N. York Internat. Mag., i. 10. 201. "It is to Miss Porter's fame that she began the system of historical novel-writing which attained the climax of its renown in the hands of Sir Walter Scott. And no light praise it is that she has thus pioneered the way for the greatest exhibition of and tell Sir Walter, the greatest genius of our time. She may parody Bishop Hall, "I first adventured-follow me who list, And be the second Scottish novelist." Fraser's Magazine. Porter, Jerome. Life of St. Edward, King and Confessor, 1710, 8vo. Porter, John, first minister of North Bridgewater, Mass., father of Eliphalet Porter, D.D., d. 1802, aged 86. 1. Serm., Ordination of S. Brett. 2. Do., on Justification, 1749. 3. Reply to Mr. Bryant's Remarks on No. 2, 1751. Lon., 1839, 12mo and Svo; last ed., 1856, 8vo. Porter, John Addison, M.D., b. at Catskill, New York, 1822; graduated at Yale College, 1842, and was subsequently Tutor and then Professor of Rhetoric in Delaware College; studied under Liebig at the University of Giessen; Professor of Chemistry as applied to the Arts, in Brown University, 1850-52; Professor, in Yale College, of Agricultural Chemistry from 1853, and of Organic Chemistry from 1856 until 1864, when he resigned. and visited Europe for his health; d. at New Haven, Aug. 25, 1866. 1. Principles of Chemistry, N. York, 1856, 12mo. Commended. 2. First Book of Chemistry and Allied Sciences, 1857, 16mo. See NORTON, WILLIAM A., No. 2. 3. Selections from the Kalevala, the Great Finnish Epie; translated by the late Professor John A. Porter, &c., Dec. 1867, (1868,) 18mo. Contributor to Amer. Jour. of Sci., Amer. Jour. of Education, Annalen der Chimie, &c., and (Introduction) Yale Agricultural Lectures, Reported by H. S. Olcott, 1860, 12mo. See biographical notice in Appleton's Amer. Ann. Cyc., 1866. 618. Porter, Rev. John L. 1. Five Years in Damascus, &c., Lon., 1855, 2 vols. p. 8vo. "As companion volumes to Layard, Rawlinson, and Robinson, we hail them with special gratitude."-Lon. Christian Witness. "He is an excellent observer, but rather a poor reasoner."— N. Amer. Rev., July, 1856, 33. See, also, July, 1857, 78. 2. Hand-Book for Syria and Palestine, &c., 1859, 2 vols. p. Svo, (Murray's Hand-Books.) "Most excellent and trustworthy."--Lon. Athen., 1859, i. 483 See, also, 1861, ii. 690; 1862, i. 297, 397, 430, 693; 1863, i. 19; and Lon. Reader. 1863, i. 191. 3. The Pentateuch and the Gospels, 1864, sm. cr. 8vo. 4. The Giant Cities of Bashan, and Syria's Holy Places, 1865, p. 8vo; N. York, 1866, r. 12mo; Lon., 1866, '67, '69, p. Svo. He contributed the articles Syria and Tyre to the Encye. Brit., 8th ed., and is the author of Syria and the Druse Question in North British Review, Nov. 1860. See, also, SMITH, WILLIAM, LL.D., (editor, &c. of the Classical Dictionaries,) No. 4. Porter, Rev. John Scott, Professor of Sacred Criticism and Theology to the Association of Non-sub seribing Presbyterians in Ireland. 1. With BAGOT, REV. DANIEL, Discussion on the Unitarian Controversy, 1834, Edin., 8vo; new ed., Lon., 1865, 12mo. 2. Principles of Textual Criticism, &c., Lon., 1848, 8vo. Reviewed in Kitto's Jour., iii. 172, (S. Davidson,) 376, (J. S. Porter,) iv. 153, (S. Davidson;) Chris. Exam., xlviii. 26, (G. R. Noyes.) 3. Lectures on the Doctrine of the Atonement, Ireland, 1868, 8vo. See, also, WELLBELOVED, Charles, 1860, 8vo. 4. Plea for the Education of the Youth of No. 10. Porter, Joseph. Funl. Discourse, Lon., 1711, 8vo; 1715, 12mo. Porter, Lemuel, D.D., a Baptist Associate Secretary of the Western Department of the American Tract Society, (Boston,) d. at Chicago, Ill., 1864. "He was a man of fine culture, an excellent preacher, and the author of several religious works."-Amer. Ann. Cyc., 1864, 620, Porter, Nathaniel, D.D., minister of Conway, Mass., from 1778 for more than 30 years, d. 1837, aged 92; pub. six separate sermons. See Allen's Amer. Biog. Dict., 3d ed., 1857, 673. Porter, Nehemiah, minister of Ashfield, Mass., d. 1820, in his 100th year. Discourse, July 4, 1811. Porter, Noah, D.D., b. in Farmington, Conn., 1811: graduated at Yale College, 1831; Clark Professor of Moral Philosophy and Metaphysics in Yale College, 1846 Nov. 4, 1810, in Commemoration of the Settlement of the 1. Historical Discourse at Farmington, to 1866 et seq. Ancient Town, 1640, Hartford, 1841, 8vo. 2. The Educational Systems of the Puritans and Jesuits compared, N. York, 1851, 18mo. 3. The Human Intellect: with an |