=Dekker, Thomas.= c. 1570-1641. Dramatist. Author Satiriomastix, etc. D. wrote mainly with other dramatists, but so far as his separate work can be traced, it shows tenderness and pathos. _See Eng. edition of Dekker, 1873._ _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 2._ =De la Rame [deh-lä-rä-m[=a]´], Louisa=, "Ouida." 184 Novelist. Author of Strathmore, Moths, Bebée, Wanda, etc. An entertaining, sprightly writer, of much genius, whose works are of a doubtful moral tendency. _Pub. Lip._ =De Morgan, Augustus.= 1806-1871. Mathematician. Author Essays on Probabilities, Formal Logic, Paradoxes and Problems, etc. =Denham, Sir John.= 1615-1668. Poet. His poem Cooper's Hill shows fine descriptive powers. _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 2._ =Dennis, John.= 1657-1734. Dramatist and critic. Author of A Plot and No Plot, Appius and Virginia, The Usefulness of the Stage, The Grounds of Criticism, etc. =De Quincey, Thomas.= 1785-1859. Critic and essayist. A great master of Eng. prose. He possessed great acuteness and fine descriptive powers, but lacked creative ability. Confessions of an Opium-Eater and Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts are two of the best examples of his style. _See Page's Life of, 1877; Biographical Sketches by H. Martineau._ _Pub. Hou._ =Derby, Earl of.= See Stanley, Edward G. S. =De Redcliffe, Lord Stratford.= 1788-1880. Poet and theologian. =De Vere, Sir Aubrey.= 1788-1846. Irish poet. Author Julian the Apostate, etc. =De Vere, Aubrey Thos.= 181 Irish poet. Son to preceding. Author May Carols, Irish Odes, The Sisters, etc. His verse is pleasing, and possesses merit. =De Vere, Edward.= Earl of Oxford. 1545-1604. Poet. =Dibdin, Charles.= 1745-1814. Poet and miscellaneous writer. Author of a complete Hist. of the Eng. Stage, but best known by his naval songs, over 1200 in number. _For the latter, see Hogarth's edition, 1843._ =Dibdin, Thos.= 1771-1841. Son to C. D. A prolific song-writer and playwright. Author of a Metrical Hist. of England, etc. =Dibdin, Thos. Frognall.= 1776-1847. Bibliographer. Neph. to C. D. Author Bibliomania, Typographical Antiquities of Gt. Britain, Bibliographical Decameron, etc. =Dicey, Edward Stephen.= 183 Journalist. Author Memoir of Cavour, Rome in 1860, The Schleswig-Holstein War, etc. =Dick, Thomas.= 1772-1857. Scotch writer. The Christian Philosopher is his best known work. _Pub. Har. Clx. Phi._