=Brady, Nicholas.= 1659-1726. Chiefly known for his share in the version of the Psalms prepared by him with Nahum Tate. =Bray, Mrs. Anna Eliza.= 1790-1883. Miscellaneous writer of note. _See Lit. World, Feb. 24, 1883._ =Brewer, E. Cobham.= 181 Author Reader's Handbook, Dict. Phrase and Fable, Guide to Science, etc. Well edited and valuable books of reference. _Pub. Clx. Lip._ =Brewster, Sir David.= 1781-1868. Scientist. Author Natural Magic, More Worlds than One, Lives of Newton, Kepler, etc. _See Life, by his daughter, 1869._ _Pub. Har._ =Brontë [br[=o]n´te], Anne.= 1820-1849. Novelist. Sister to C. B. Author of Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Agnes Gray. _Pub. Har._ =Brontë, Charlotte.= 1816-1855. Sister to A. B. and E. B. Novelist. Author of The Professor, Jane Eyre, Shirley, and Villette. A writer of great power and originality, whose Jane Eyre marks an era in the history of fiction. _See Charlotte Brontë by T. W. Reid, 1877; Life of by Mrs. Gaskell, and H. Martineau's Biographical Sketches._ _Pub. Har._ =Brontë, Emily.= 1819-1848. Sister to C. B. Novelist. Her Wuthering Heights shows in places greater power than either of her sisters possessed, but as a whole is strained and unnatural. _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 4. Emily Brontë, by A. Mary F. Robinson, and London Athænum, June 16, 1883._ _Pub. Har._ =Brooke, Arthur.= ---- c. 1563. Poet. Wrote the Tragical Hist. of Romeo and Juliet, a paraphrase of Bandello's novel, the source of Shakespeare's drama. =Brooke, Charlotte.= ---- 1793. Daughter to H. B. Author of Reliques of Irish Poetry translated into Eng. verse, etc. =Brooke, Mrs. Frances Moore.= 1745-1789. Author of several novels, the opera Rosina, and a periodical called The Old Maid. =Brooke, Henry.= 1706-1783. Author of plays, poems, and a once famous novel called The Fool of Quality. _Pub. Mac._ =Brooke, Lord.= See Greville Fulk. =Brooke, Stopford.= 183 Religious writer. Author Life of F. W. Robertson, Freedom in the Ch. of England, Christ in Modern Life, Theology in the Eng. Poets, Primer of Eng. Lit., Sermons, etc. Style clear, thoughtful, and strong. _Pub. Apl. Mac._ =Brooks, Chas. Shirley.= 1815-1874. Dramatist and Novelist. Author Poems of Wit and Humor, The Gordian Knot, etc. _Pub. Har._ =Broome, Richard.= ---- 1562. Dramatist. Wrote in conjunction with others. =Brougham [broo´am or broo´m], Henry, Lord.= 1779-1868. Statesman and orator. A man of strong intellect, whose speeches are among the ablest of his time. A versatile writer, among whose numerous works are Eloquence of the Ancients and Lives of Men of Letters. _See Autobiography pub. 1871; Edinburgh Rev. April, 1858, and Life by Lord Campbell. His works in 10 vols., pub. 1857._ =Broughton, Rhoda.= 18-- ----. Novelist. Author of Red as a Rose is She, Nancy, Belinda, etc. Style spirited, but wanting in refinement of expression. _Pub. Lit._