=Akenside, Mark.= 1721-1770. Poet and physician. Author of a philosophical poem in blank verse on The Pleasures of the Imagination. _Pub. Hou._ =Alcuin [[)a]l´-kwin].= c. 735-804. Abp. York. Writer of Latin commentaries, dogmatic treatises, and numerous Latin poems. =Aldhelm.= 656-709. Anglo-Latin poet. His principal theme is the praise of virginity, on which he has written in both prose and verse. =Alexander, Adam.= 1741-1809. Scotch grammarian. Author of Classical Biog. etc. =Alexander, Mrs. Cecil Frances.= 18-- ----. Poet. Best known by her famous poem, The Burial of Moses. _Pub. Dut. Mac._ =Alexander, Mrs.= Novelist. See Hector, Mrs. Annie Alexander. =Alexander, Wm.= c. 1580-1640. Scotch poet. Author Recreations with the Muses, Doomsday, etc. Style didactic and heavy. _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 2._ =Alford [awl'ford], Henry.= 1810-1871. Dean of Canterbury. Author of Poems, a valuable edition of the Greek Testament, a much criticised Plea for the Queen's English, etc. _See Life, Journals, and Letters. See Moon's The Dean's English._ _Pub. Har. Ran. Rou._ =Alfred the Great.= 848-901. The Father of English Prose. An untiring scholar whose labors gave form and dignity to the English tongue. His translations from the Latin are numerous and valuable, among them being Bæda's Ecclesiastical History and Boethius's Consolations of Philosophy. _See Green's Making of England._ =Alfric.= ---- 1006. Abp. Canterbury. A noted theologian and grammarian. His 80 Homilies his chief work. He translated the books of Moses and wrote many theological works. =Alison, Archibald.= 1757-1839. Scotch theological writer. Essays on Taste, etc. _Pub. Har._ =Alison, Sir Archibald.= 1792-1867. Son to preceding. Historian. Author of a Hist. of Europe in 18 vols. and a Life of Marlborough. _Pub. Har._ =Allein [[)a]l'l[)e]n], Joseph.= 1633-1668. Theologian. Author of Alarm to the Unconverted. =Allen, Chas. Grant.= 184 Author of Physiological Æsthetics, Color and Sense, Force and Energy, etc. _Pub. Apl._ =Allingham, Wm.= 182 Irish poet. Author Day and Night Songs, Songs, Ballads and Stories, etc. _Pub. Mac._ =A. L. O. E.= See Tucker, Charlotte. =Andrews, Lancelot.= 1555-1626. Bp. Winchester. The most eminent preacher of his time, and a High Church theologian of great rigor and learning. He was one of the translators of the Bible and author of 4 vols. of Sermons and a Manual of Private Devotions. Style involved and artificial. _Pub. Dut._ =Anster, John.= 1798-1867. Irish poet. Author of a much admired translation of Faust. =Anstey, Christopher.= 1724-1805. Poet. The New Bath Guide (pub. 1766) is his chief work and was the most popular book of its day. It is a lively, versified description of life and manners of Bath. _See his Works, pub. 1808, with Life, by his son._