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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Wills, James

​Wills, James (1790-1868). Poet and miscellaneous writer, younger s. of a Roscommon squire, was ed. at Trinity Coll., Dublin, and studied law in the Middle Temple. Deprived, however, of the fortune destined for him and the means of pursuing a legal career by the extravagance of his elder brother, he entered the Church, and also wrote largely in Blackwood's Magazine and other periodicals. In 1831 he pub. The Disembodied and other Poems; The Philosophy of Unbelief (1835) attracted much attention. His largest work was Lives of Illustrious and Distinguished Irishmen, and his latest publication The Idolatress (1868). In all his writings W. gave evidence of a powerful personality. His poems are spirited, and in some cases show considerable dramatic qualities.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Willis, Nathaniel Parker

​Willis, Nathaniel Parker (1806-1867).—Poet, b. at Portland, and ed. at Yale, was mainly a journalist, and conducted various magazines, including the American Monthly; but he also wrote short poems, many of which were popular, of which perhaps the best is "Unseen Spirits," stories, and works of a more or less fugitive character, with such titles as Pencillings by the Way (1835), Inklings of Adventure, Letters from under a Bridge (1839), People I have Met, The Rag-Tag, The Slingsby Papers, etc., some of which were originally contributed to his magazines. He travelled a good deal in Europe, and was attached for a time to the American Embassy in Paris. He was a favourite in society, and enjoyed a wide popularity in uncritical circles, but is now distinctly a spent force.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Stoddart, James

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​STODDART. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 15; h-p., 5.)
James Stoddart is third son of the late Rear-Admiral Pringle Stoddart.
This officer entered the Navy, 27 April, 1827, as Midshipman, on board the Wellesley 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, fitting for the Mediterranean; on his return whence he joined, in Oct. 1830, the St. Vincent 120, Capt. Hyde Parker. He served next, from Feb. 1831 until Oct. 1834, as Midshipman and Mate (he passed his examination in July, 1833), in the Asia 84, flag-ship of the present Sir Wm. Parker off Lisbon – from April, 1835, until Oct. 1837, as Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, in the Columbine 18, Capt. Thos. Henderson, in the Mediterranean and on the coast of Africa – and from the latter date until Dec. 1838, as Mate, in the Donegal 78, Capt. John Drake, again off Lisbon. His official promotion to the rank of Lieutenant took place on 27 of the month last mentioned. His next appointments were – 26 June, 1839, for 12 months, to the Princess Charlotte 104, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford in the Mediterranean – 27 Oct. 1840 to the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest, fitting at Plymouth – and 5 April, 1841, to the Cornwallis 72, fitting for the flag of Sir Wm. Parker, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies. For his exertions during the operations on the coast of China, where he served on shore at the capture of Woosung, assisted at the reduction of Shanghae, and displayed excellent judgment and good conduct in command of the boats in the attack upon Chin-Kiang-Foo,the was promoted to his present rank 23 Dec. 1842.: Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 3400.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1848, p. 3403.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 3821.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Stockdale, Charles Boddam

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​STOCKDALE. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 9; h-p., 34.)
Charles Boddam Stockdale entered the Navy, 22 June, 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Culloden 74, Capt. Christopher Cole, fitting for the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies; where he became Master’s Mate, 9 July, 1808, and 31 Aug. 1811, of the Phaeton 38, Capt. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, and Illustrious 74, Commodore Wm. Robt. Broughton. In the Culloden he was present at the capture and destruction, 27 Nov. 1806, of a Dutch frigate, seven brigs of war, and about 20 armed and other merchant- vessels lying in Batavia Roads; also at the taking of Samarang; and at the annihilation at Griessee, 11 Dec. 1807, of the dockyard and stores and of all the men-of-war remaining to Holland in India. He accompanied, in the Phaeton, the expedition of 1810 against the Isle of France; and while co-operating, in that ship and the Illustrious, in the reduction of Java, he landed and aided at the bombardment and storming of Fort Cornells 26 Aug. 1811. After acting for some time as Lieutenant of the Illustrious, he was superseded by order of Rear-Admiral Sir Sam. Hood, 6 April, 1812; and in the course of the same year he returned to England in the Doris 36, Capt. Wm. Jones Lye. Since 27 Aug. 1846 Mr. Stockdale, whose commission bears date 8 May, 1812, has been attached to the Ocean 80 and Wellington 72, guard-ships at Sheerness, Capts. Rich. Arthur and David Price. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Stokes, Henry

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​STOKES. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Henry Stokes entered the Navy 15 Feb. 1828; passed his examination 6 Dec. 1834; and on the paying off of the Daphne 18, Capt. John Windham Dalling, in which vessel he had been serving in the Mediterranean, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 21 June, 1842. His appointments have since been – 14 Oct. 1842, to the Stromboli steamer, Capt. Wm. Louis, again in the Mediterranean – 12 July, 1843, for six months, to the Penelope steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Jones, employed on particular service – 11 July, 1844, to the Tartarus steam surveying-vessel, Capt. Jas. Wolfe, stationed on the coast of Ireland, where he remained until the following Dec. – and, 26 May, 1845, to the command, which he still holds, of a station in the Coast Guard. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Stokes, John Lort

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​STOKES. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 19; h-p., 4.)
John Lort Stokes entered the Navy, 20 Sept. 1824, as Fst.-el. Vol., on board the Prince Regent 120, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Moorsom at Sheerness. From Oct. 1825 until Nov. 1830 he aided, as Midshipman of the Beagle 10, Capt. Robt. FitzRoy, in surveying the Straits of Magellan; and from June, 1831, until Nov. 1836, he was employed as Mate and Assistant-Surveyor in the same vessel, under Capt. FitzRoy, in examining and defining the coast of South America. He obtained his first commission 10 Jan. 1837; and on being re-appointed, 25 Feb. following, to the Beagle, then commanded by Capt. John Clements Wickham, he sailed on a voyage of discovery to Australia, whence he returned to England and was paid off 14 Oct. 1843. In Dec. 1840 he was severely wounded in an affray with the natives. In March, 1841, Capt. Wickham’s health obliging him to invalid, he succeeded to the command of the Beagle; and on 16 Aug. following his appointment was confirmed. He attained his present rank 4 July, 1846; and since 14 Oct. 1847 has been in command of the Acheron steam surveying-vessel in the East Indies.
Capt. Stokes married, in Jan. 1841, at Port Phillip, Fanny Jane, daughter of the late Major Marlay. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Stoddart, John

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​STODDART. (Captain, 1825. f-p., 17; h-p., 33.)
John Stoddart entered the Navy, in Dec. 1797, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Adamant 50, Capt. Wm. Hotham. In that ship, after cruizing off the coast of France, he sailed for the Cape of Good Hope, and on 11 Dec. 1799 assisted, in company with the Tremendous 74, in driving the French frigate La Preneuse on shore, under a heavy fire from the batteries in the neighbourhood of Port Louis, Isle of France. In Dec. 1801, having returned to England, he removed as Midshipman, a rating he had acquired in 1798, to the Firm sloop, Capt. Bulkeley Mackworth Praed, lying at Sheerness; where, in 1802, he joined the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier. In 1803 he was again placed under the command of Capt. Wm. Hotham in the Raisonnable 64, stationed in the North Sea. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 14 May, 1804; was next, from that year until he invalided in July, 1808, employed on the West India, Home, and Halifax stations in La Vertu, Capt. Roberts, and Melampus 36, Capts. Stephen Poyntz and Edw. Hawker; and in April, 1809 and Nov. 1811 was appointed, in the Mediterranean, to the Canopus 80, flag-ship of Admirals Geo. Martin and Chas. Boyles, and Invincible 74, Capt. Chas. Adam. In the Melampus he assisted in capturing two brigs, each carrying 2 long 24- pounders, 1 18-pounder, and 50 men, most of them soldiers; four luggers of 1 long 18-pounder and 25 men each, from Bordeaux bound to Brest; and a Spanish privateer, the Hydra, of 28 guns and 192 men, 3 of whom were killed and several wounded before she surrendered. In Sept. 1806, the Melampus being then in company with the Belleisle and Bellona 74’s, he contributed to the destruction, off Cape Henry, of the French 74 L’Impétueux. While serving in the Canopus he witnessed, 26 Oct. 1809, the self-destruction, off Cape Cette, of the ships of the line Robuste and Lion. He was nominated, 2 May, 1812, Acting-Commander of the Stromboli bomb; was confirmed to that vessel (in which he appears to have actively co-operated with the Catalonian patriots, and to have assisted at the capture of the fort of St. Philippe in the Col de Balaguer) 3 July following; and was subsequently, from July to Nov. 1814 and from 1 Jan. 1824 until posted 27 May, 1825, employed on the Mediterranean and West India stations in the Crocus and Primrose sloops. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. Agent – J. Hinxman.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Stirling, Spencer

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​STIRLING. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Spencer Stirling is son of the late Lieut.-Col. Thos. John Stirling, R.M.; grandson of the late Lieut.-Col. T. Stirling, R.M.; and brother-in-law of the late Lieut. Chas. Joseph Cater, R.N. This officer entered the Navy 13 Nov. 1824; passed his examination 6 April, 1831; and was employed in the Coast Guard as Mate and Lieutenant (commission dated 11 Jan. 1843) from 18 Jan. 1840 until appointed, 24 Nov. 1843, to the Cyclops steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Fred. Lapidge. In that vessel, which was paid off at the commencement of 1847, he served on the south-east coast of America and in the Channel; and since 14 Sept. in the same year he has again had charge of a station in the Coast Guard. He was allotted a pension for wounds 5 March, 1847.
He is senior of 1843.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Stirling, Thomas

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​STIRLING. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 28.)
Thomas Stirling entered the Navy, 15 Feb. 1809, as L.M., on board the Victorious 74, Capts. Graham Eden Hamond and John Talbot; in which ship, after assisting at the reduction of Flushing, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where he attained the rating of Midshipman, and joined, 10 Feb. and 11 June, 1812, the Active 38 and Imperieuse 38, Capts. Jas. Alex. Gordon and Hon. Henry Duncan. Previously to following the latter officer, about Aug. 1814, into the Glasgow 50, he contributed, we believe, to the destruction, 27 June, 1812, of a French convoy and of the batteries of Languelia and Alassio; was also, 17 Aug. in the same year, present in a spirited skirmish with a powerful Neapolitan squadron in the Bay of Naples; and, in 1813-14, witnessed the capture of Port d’Anzo, and the operations against Leghorn and Genoa. He left the Glasgow, on her return from a voyage to Madeira, 21 Aug. 1815; was promoted, 20 Sept. following, to the rank of Lieutenant; and was afterwards, from 7 July, 1831, until the close of 1833, and from 4 April, 1840, until the summer of 1841, employed in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Stirling is married and has issue. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Stocker, Walter Broad

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​STOCKER. (Commander, 1847. f-p., 32; h-p., 6.)
Walter Broad Stocker was born 2 Aug. 1795. He is brother of Lieut. Stephen Stocker, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 Nov. 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Medusa 32, Capts. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie and Geo. Bell; under the former of whom he cruized with activity in the Bay of Biscay, assisted at the capture of several privateers, and frequently landed for the purpose of co-operating with the patriots on the north coast of Spain. He was also for some time employed in blockading Cherbourg. Removing, towards the close of 1813, to the Venerable 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham in the West Indies, he was there, in 1815, afforded an opportunity of contributing to the reduction of Guadeloupe. He returned home in the spring of 1816; and on 16 Sept. in that year, having fought as Admiralty-Midshipman of the Prometheus sloop, Capt. Wm. Bateman Dashwood, at the bombardment of Algiers, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. From 14 Jan. 1822, until advanced to his present rank, 1 Jan. 1847, he served in the Coast Guard.
Commander Stocker, who is Senior of 1847, married, 4 June, 1839, Jane, daughter of the late Henry Fowkes, Esq., Deputy Recorder of Shrewsbury.
# Acrostic (Carroll, "Little maidens, when you look")

* "Lines" in Phantasmagoria and Other Poems (1869)
* "Acrostic" in The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (1920)
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Boyle, The Hon. Robert

​Boyle, The Hon. Robert (1627-1691).—Natural Philosopher and chemist, 7th s. of the 1st Earl of Cork, was b. at Lismore, Co. Waterford, and ed. at Eton and by private tutors, after which he pursued his studies on the Continent. On his return to England he ​devoted himself to the study of science, especially natural philosophy and chemistry. He was one of the founders of the Royal Society, and, by his experiments and observations added to existing knowledge, especially in regard to pneumatics. He at the same time devoted much study to theology; so much indeed that he was strongly urged by Lord Clarendon to enter the Church. Thinking, however, that he could serve the cause of religion better as a layman, he declined this advice. As a director of the East India Co. he did much for the propagation of Christianity in the East, and for the dissemination of the Bible. He also founded the "Boyle Lectures" in defence of Christianity. He declined the offer of a peerage. B. was a man of great intellectual acuteness, and remarkable for his conversational powers. Among his writings are Origin of Forms and Qualities, Experiments touching Colour, Hydrostatical Paradoxes, and Observations on Cold; in theology, Seraphic Love. His complete works were pub. in 5 vols. in 1744.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Bramston, James

​Bramston, James (c. 1694-1744).—Satirist, ed. at Westminster School and Oxf., took orders and was latterly Vicar of Hastings. His poems are The Art of Politics (1729), in imitation of Horace, and The Man of Taste (1733), in imitation of Pope. He also parodied Phillips's Splendid Shilling in The Crooked Sixpence. His verses have some liveliness.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Bray, Anna Eliza

​Bray, Anna Eliza (1790-1883).—Novelist, dau. of Mr. J. Kempe, was married first to C.A. Stothard, s. of the famous R.A., and himself an artist, and secondly to the Rev. E.A. Bray. She ​wrote about a dozen novels, chiefly historical, and The Borders of the Tamar and Tavy (1836), an account of the traditions and superstitions of the neighbourhood of Tavistock in the form of letters to Southey, of whom she was a great friend. This is probably the most valuable of her writings. Among her works are Branded, Good St. Louis and his Times, Trelawney, and White Hoods.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Breton, Nicholas

​Breton, Nicholas (1545-1626).—Poet and novelist. Little is known of his life. He was the s. of William B., a London merchant, was perhaps at Oxf., and was a rather prolific author of considerable versatility and gift. Among his poetical works are A Floorish upon Fancie, Pasquil's Mad-cappe (1626), The Soul's Heavenly Exercise, and The Passionate Shepherd. In prose he wrote Wit's Trenchmour, The Wil of Wit (1599), A Mad World, my Masters, Adventures of Two Excellent Princes, Grimello's Fortunes (1604), Strange News out of Divers Countries (1622), etc. His mother married E. Gascoigne, the poet (q.v.). His lyrics are pure and fresh, and his romances, though full of conceits, are pleasant reading, remarkably free from grossness.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Bradwardine, Thomas

​Bradwardine, Thomas (1290?-1349).—Theologian, was at Oxf., where he became Prof. of Divinity and Chancellor, and afterwards Chaplain to Edward III., whom he attended in his French wars. He was twice elected Archbishop of Canterbury by the monks, and on the second occasion accepted, but d. of the plague within 40 days. He wrote on geometry, but his great work was De Causa Dei (on the Cause of God against Pelagius), in which he treated theology mathematically, and which earned for him from the Pope the title of the Profound Doctor.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Brewster, Sir David

​Brewster, Sir David (1781-1868).—Man of science and writer, b. at Jedburgh, originally intended to enter the Church, of which, after a distinguished course at the Univ. of Edin., he became a licentiate. Circumstances, however, led him to devote himself to science, of which he was one of the most brilliant ornaments of his day, especially in the department of optics, in which he made many discoveries. He maintained his habits of investigation and composition to the very end of his long life, during which he received almost every kind of honorary distinction open to a man of science. He also made many important contributions to literature, including a Life of Newton (1831), The Martyrs of Science (1841), More Worlds than One (1854), and Letters on Natural Magic addressed to Sir W. Scott, and he also edited, in addition to various scientific journals, The Edinburgh Encyclopædia (1807-29). He likewise held the offices successively of Principal of the United Coll. of St. Salvator and St. Leonard, St. Andrews (1838), and of the Univ. of Edin. (1859). He was knighted in 1831. Of high-strung and nervous temperament, he was somewhat irritable in matters of controversy; but he was repeatedly subjected to serious provocation. He was a man of highly honourable and fervently religious character.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Brome, Richard

​Brome, Richard (d. 1652?).—Dramatist, the servant and friend of Ben Jonson, produced upwards of 20 plays, some in conjunction with Dekker and others. Among them are A Fault in Friendship, Late Lancashire Witches (with Heywood and Dekker), ​A Jovial Crew (1652), The Northern Lass (1632), The Antipodes (1646), City Wit (1653), Court Beggar (1653), etc. He had no original genius, but knew stage-craft well.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Bradley, Edward

​Bradley, Edward (1827-1889).—Novelist, was a clergyman. He wrote under the name of "Cuthbert Bede" a few novels and tales, Fairy Fables (1858), Glencraggan (1861), Fotheringhay (1885), etc.; but his most popular book was Verdant Green, an Oxford Freshman, which had great vogue.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Braithwaite, or Brathwaite, Richard

​Braithwaite, or Brathwaite, Richard (1588-1673).—Poet, b. near Kendal, and ed. at Oxf., is believed to have served with the Royalist army in the Civil War. He was the author of many works of very unequal merit, of which the best known is Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys, which records his pilgrimages through England in rhymed Latin (said by Southey to be the best of modern times), and doggerel English verse. The English Gentleman (1631) and English Gentlewoman are in a much more decorous strain. Other works are The Golden Fleece (1611) (poems), The Poet's Willow, A Strappado for the Devil (a satire), and Art Asleepe, Husband?
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Broke, or Brooke, Arthur

​ Broke, or Brooke, Arthur (d. 1563).—Translator, was the author of The Tragicall Historie of Romeus and Juliett, from which Shakespeare probably took the story of his Romeo and Juliet. Though indirectly translated, through a French version, from the Italian of Bandello, it is so much altered and amplified as almost to rank as an original work. The only fact known regarding him is his death by shipwreck when crossing to France.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Lilly, William Samuel

See also William Samuel Lilly on Wikipedia.
​Lilly, William Samuel (1840).—Philosopher, etc. Ancient Religion and Modern Thought (1884), Chapters in European History (1886), A Century of Revolution (1889), The Great Enigma (1893), Four English Humorists of the Nineteenth Century (1895), Renaissance Types (1901), Studies in Religion and Literature (1904), Many Mansions (1907).
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/London, Jack

See also Jack London on Wikipedia.
​London, Jack (1876).—American novelist. The Son of the Wolf (1900), The God of his Fathers, Children of the Frost, People of the Abyss, Call of the Wild, Tales of the Fish Patrol (1905), The Road (1908), etc.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Lee, Sidney, D.Litt., LL.D.

See also Sidney Lee on Wikipedia.
​Lee, Sidney, D.Litt., LL.D. (1859).—Ed. of The Dictionary of National Biography (with Sir L. Stephen), Stratford on Avon from the Earliest Times to the Death of Shakespeare (1885), Life of Shakespeare (1898), A Life of Queen Victoria (1902), Shakespeare and the Modern Stage (1906), The French Renaissance in England (1909), etc. Has also ed. various English texts.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Lodge, Richard, LL.D., etc.

See also Richard Lodge on Wikipedia.
​Lodge, Richard, LL.D., etc. (1855).—Historian. Students' Modern Europe, Richelieu (Foreign Statesmen Series), The Close of the Middle Ages, etc.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Low, Sidney James

See also Sidney Low on Wikipedia.
​Low, Sidney James.—Journalist and miscellaneous writer. The Governance of England (1904), A Vision of India (1906), Dictionary of English History, etc.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Lockyer, Sir Joseph Norman, K.C.B., F.R.S.

See also Norman Lockyer on Wikipedia.
​Lockyer, Sir Joseph Norman, K.C.B., F.R.S. (1836).—Astronomer. Elementary Lessons in Astronomy (1870), Studies in Spectrum Analysis (1878), Star-gazing, Past and Present (1878), Chemistry of the Sun (1887), Dawn of Astronomy (1894), The Sun's Place in Nature (1897), Stonehenge and other British Stone Monuments, Astronomically Considered (1906-1907), etc.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph, F.R.S., LL.D.

See also Oliver Lodge on Wikipedia.
​Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph, F.R.S., LL.D. (1851).—Scientist and psychologist. Elementary Mechanics (1881), Modern Views of Electricity (1888, 1892, 1907), Signalling through Space without Wires (1894), Life and Matter: A Short Treatise on Fundamental Problems (1905), Electrons, or the Nature of Negative Electricity (1906), The Substance of Faith (1907), Man and the Universe: A Study of the Influence of Modern Discoveries on our Conception of Christianity (1908), The Ether of Space (1909), Survival of Man: A Study in Unrecognised Human Faculty (1909), etc.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Lucas, Edward Verall

See also E. V. Lucas on Wikipedia.
​Lucas, Edward Verall (1868).—Novelist. Ed. of Lamb, etc. The Open Road (1899), Old-fashioned Tales (1905), The Friendly Town (1905), Forgotten Tales of Long Ago (1906); ed. Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Life of C. Lamb (1905), books for children, etc.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Lyall, Sir Alfred Comyn, K.C.B., etc.

See also Alfred Comyn Lyall on Wikipedia.
​Lyall, Sir Alfred Comyn, K.C.B., etc. (1835).—Poet and biographer. Verses written in India, British Dominion in India, Asiatic Studies, Lives of Warren Hastings, Lord Dufferin, etc.