=Dickens, Charles.= 1812-1870. Novelist. Author of some 30 novels and tales, all bearing marks of genius and originality. He is widely read and admired, and his novels delight readers of all ages. His principal faults consist in elaborating and dwelling on the grotesque and unattractive side of humanity, and in overstraining the pathetic portions of his novels. Pickwick Papers, Nicholas Nickleby, Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, and the Christmas Carol are among the best of his works. _See Fields's Yesterdays with Authors, and Lives by Forster and Mackenzie._ _Pub. Apt. Est. Har. Hou. Le. Lip. Lit. Pet. Por. Rou. Os._ =Digby, Sir Kenelm.= 1603-1665. Philosophical writer. =Digby, Kenelm Henry.= 180 Archæologist. Author Mores Catholici, The Broad Stone of Honor, etc. An industrious and careful writer. =Dilke, Chas. Wentworth.= 1789-1864. Critical writer of note. =Dilke, Sir Chas. Wentworth.= 184 Grandson to preceding. Traveler and political writer. Author Greater Britain, The Fall of Prince Florestan of Monaco, etc. _Pub. Har. Lip. Mac._ =Dillon, Wentworth.= Earl of Roscommon. 1633-1684. Poet. Essay on Translated Verse is his chief work. Style elegant and cold. =Disraeli [diz-r[=a]´el-ee], Benj.= 1805-1881. Novelist and statesman. Son to I. D. A talented and successful writer, possessed of great energy and strength of will. In his novels the leading people of his time are satirized. Vivian Gray, his first novel, and Endymion, his last, appeared fifty-five years apart. Others are Contarini Fleming, Henrietta Temple, Coningsby, Venetia, Tancred, and Lothair, all brilliant and showy productions. _Pub. Apl. Har._ =Disraeli, Isaac.= 1766-1848. An industrious writer of miscellaneous works, the best known being Curiosities of Lit., Calamities of Authors, Quarrels of Authors, etc. _See edition of, by his son, 1850._ _Pub. Arm. Har. Rou._ =Dixon, Wm. Hepworth.= 1821-1879. Historian and biographer. Author Personal Hist. of Lord Bacon, New America, Hist. of Two Queens, Her Majesty's Tower, etc. _Pub. Har. Lip._ =Dobell [d[)o]-bell´], Sydney.= 1824-1874. Poet. A writer who has an honorable place among modern minor poets. Author of The Roman, Balder, etc. _See Stedman's Victorian Poets; Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 4._ _See complete English edition, 1875; also, Life and Letters of, London, 1879._ =Dobson, Austin.= 184 Poet and critic. Author Vignettes in Rhyme, Proverbs in Porcelain, etc. An exceedingly graceful writer, whose poems all show a cultivated imagination and much tenderness of expression. Among the best are After Sedan, The Dead Letter, and The Young Musician. Fielding, in Eng. Men of Letters, is his chief prose work. _Pub. Ho._ =Doddridge, Philip.= 1702-1751. Moralist. Author Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul, Family Expositor, Hymns, etc. Style plain and simple. _See edition of, Leeds, 1802, 10 vols.; also, Life and Correspondence, 5 vols., London, 1831, and Life, by D. A. Harsha._