CROWE, CATHERINE (STEVENS) (1800-1876).--Wrote dramas, children's books, and one or two novels, including _Susan Hopley_ (1841), and _Lilly Dawson_ (1847), but is chiefly remembered for her _Night-side of Nature_ (1848), a collection of stories of the supernatural. Though somewhat morbid she had considerable talent. CROWE, EYRE EVANS (1799-1868).--Historian and novelist, _s._ of an officer in the army, _b._ near Southampton, and _ed._ at Trinity Coll., Dublin. He wrote several novels, including _Vittoria Colonna_, _To-day in Ireland_ (1825), _The English in France_ (1828), and _Charles Dalmer_ (1853). Among his historical works are a _History of France_ in _Lardner's Cabinet Encyclopædia_, afterwards enlarged and separately _pub._, and a _History of Louis XVIII. and Charles X._ CROWE, SIR JOSEPH ARCHER (1825-1896).--Writer on art, _s._ of the above, was _b._ in London. Most of his childhood was spent in France, and on his return to England in 1843 he became a journalist. He was then for some years engaged in educational work in India, and was afterwards war correspondent for the _Times_ on various occasions, and filled various important consular posts, for which he was in 1890 made K.C.M.G. In collaboration with G.B. Cavalcasselle, an Italian refugee, he was the author of several authoritative works on art, including _The Early Flemish Painters_ (1856), _A New History of Painting in Italy_ (1864-68), _A History of Painting in North Italy_ (1871), _Titian, His Life and Times_ (1877), and _Raphael, His Life and Works_ (1883-85). The actual writing of all these was the work of C. CROWE, WILLIAM (1745-1829).--Poet, _b._ at Midgham, Berks, the _s._ of a carpenter, was _ed._ as a foundationer at Winchester, whence he proceeded to Oxf., where he became Public Orator. He wrote a smooth, but somewhat conventional poem, _Lewesdon Hill_ (1789), ed. Collins's Poems (1828), and lectured on poetry at the Royal Institution. His poems were _coll._ in 1827. C. was a clergyman and Rector of Alton Barnes, Wilts. CROWNE, JOHN (1640?-1703).--Dramatist, returned from Nova Scotia, to which his _f._, a Nonconformist minister, had emigrated, and became gentleman usher to a lady of quality. His first play, _Juliana_, appeared in 1671. He wrote in all about 17 dramatic pieces, of which the best is _Sir Courtly Nice_ (1685), adapted from the Spanish. It is amusing, and enjoyed a long continued vogue. In general, however, C. is dull.