=Cunningham, Allan=. 1785-1842. Scotch poet and critic. C. wrote many spirited songs, among which A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea is best known. Author Hist. British Painters, Life of Wilkie, etc. _See Poems and Songs of, edited by Peter Cunningham, 1847._ _Pub. Har._ =Cunningham, John.= 1729-1773. Irish lyrical poet. =Cunningham, John Wm.= 1780-1861. Poet. =Cunningham, Peter.= 1816-1869. Son to A. C. Antiquary. Author Handbook of London, Modern London, Memoir of J. M. W. Turner, etc. =Dalrymple, Sir David.= 1726-1792. Scotch historian. Author Annals of Scotland, etc. =Dalrymple, John Hamilton.= 1726-1810. Scotch historian. Author Memoirs of Great Britain. =Daniel, Samuel.= 1562-1619. Poet and historian. D. wrote a Hist. of the Civil Wars in 8-line stanzas, also a prose Hist. of England. _See Campbell's Specimens of Eng. Poets._ =D'Arblay, Madame,= _née_ =Frances Burney.= 1752-1840. Novelist. Author Evelina, Cecilia, Camilla, etc. _See her Diary, pub. 1846; also Contemporary Rev., Dec., 1882._ _Pub. Har. Rob._ =Darwin, Chas. Robert.= 1809-1882. Naturalist. The most notable scientist of the age, and the originator of the Evolution Theory. He had a clear, well-balanced mind, and his statements are based on careful observation and reflection. Origin of Species, Variation under Domestication, Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals, Descent of Man, Insectivorous Plants, and Movements in Plants are his chief works. _See Atlantic Monthly, June, 1882; Century Mag., Jan., 1883._ _Pub. Apl._ =Darwin, Erasmus.= 1731-1802. Grandfather to C. D. Poet and physician. Author of The Botanic Garden, a hard, metallic poem of a scientific cast, polished and elaborated to excess. _See Miss Seward's Memoirs of; Craik's Eng. Lit., vol. 2; Krause's Life of._ =Davenant, Sir Wm.= 1605-1688. Dramatist. D. wrote 25 comedies and tragedies, and the long and feeble heroic poem Gondibert. _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 2._ =Davies, Sir John.= 1570-1626. Poet. Author of Nosce Teipsum, a poem on the immortality of the soul, of great power and beauty, and a poetical treatise on dancing, entitled Orchestra. _See Grosart's complete edition, 1876._ _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 1._ =Davy, Sir Humphrey.= 1778-1829. Chemist. Author Researches Chemical and Philosophical, Elements of Chemical Philosophy, Consolations of Travel, etc. _See Life and Works of, by John Davy, 9 vols., London, 1840._ _Pub. Rob._ =Day, Thomas.= 1748-1789. Author of the famous juvenile tale Sandford and Merton. _Pub. Har. Hou. Rob._ =Defoe, Daniel.= 1661-1731. Political writer and novelist. His stories form the link connecting the tales and romances of the 17th cent. with the novel of the 18th. Moll Flanders, Capt. Singleton, and Robinson Crusoe are among his chief works. Style lively, rapid, and realistic. _See Oxford edition, 20 vols., 1840._ _See Life, by Lee, 3 vols.; also, Defoe, by Wm. Minto, in Eng. Men of Letters._