CAREY, HENRY (_d._ 1743).--Dramatist and song-writer, was believed to be an illegitimate _s._ of George Savile, Marquis of Halifax. He wrote innumerable burlesques, farces, songs, etc., often with his own music, including _Chrononhotonthologos_ (1734), a burlesque on the mouthing plays of the day, and _The Dragon of Wantley_ (1744?). His poem, _Namby Pamby_, in ridicule of Ambrose Phillips (_q.v._), added a word to the language, and his _Sally in our Alley_ is one of our best-known songs. _God Save the King_ was also claimed for him, but apparently without reason. CARLETON, WILLIAM (1794-1869).--Novelist, _s._ of a poor Irish cottar, _b._ and brought up among the Irish peasantry, acquired an insight into their ideas and feelings which has never been equalled. His finest work is in his short stories, collected under the title of _Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry_, of which two series were _pub._ in 1830 and 1832 respectively. He also wrote several longer novels, of which the best is _Fardorougha the Miser_ (1837), a work of great power. Others are _The Misfortunes of Barny Branagan_ (1841), _Valentine M'Clutchy_ (1845), _Rody the Rover_ (1847), _The Squanders of Castle Squander_ (1854), and _The Evil Eye_. C. received a pension of £200 from Government. CARLYLE, ALEXANDER (1722-1805).--Autobiographer, _s._ of the Minister of Cummertrees, Dumfriesshire, was _ed._ at Edin. and Leyden, and entering the Church became Minister of Inveresk, and was associated with Principal Robertson as an ecclesiastical leader. He was a man of great ability, shrewdness, and culture, and the friend of most of the eminent literary men in Scotland of his day. He left an autobiography in MS., which was ed. by Hill Burton, and _pub._ in 1860, and which is one of the most interesting contemporary accounts of his time. His stately appearance gained for him the name of "Jupiter" C.