2. The Comedies of Plautus; translated into Familiar Blank Verse, 1767, 2 vols. 8vo; revised, 1769, 2 vols. 8vo.

"A lady distinguished alike for the graces of literature, a rich poetical fancy, kindly affections, and Scriptural piety.' Portland Christian Mirror,

Thornton, F. V. Education of the Middle Classes in England, Lon., 1862, 8vo.

Thornton, George A. Inaugural Dissertation on the Progressive State of Medical Science, &c., Phila., 1807, 8vo.

"In his writings and conversation he had a wonderful liveli ness, with a vein of pleasantry peculiarly his own."-DR. JOSEPH

WARTON.

See Chalmers's Biog. Dict.; some editions of the Brit. Essayists, Pref. to The Connoisseur.

Thornton, Cyril. Conyers Lea; or, Sketches of Character, Lon., 1862, p. 8vo; 1864, p. 8vo.

"A light, gossiping book."-Lom. Athen., 1863, í. 119. See, also, Lon. Lit. Budget, May 1, 1862, 296. Thornton, Edward, of the India House. 1. India, its State and Prospects, Lon., 1835, 8vo.

So favourably known to the Eastern world by his work on India and its State and Prospects.”—Blackw. Mag., xlvii. 248. 2. Chapters of the Modern History of British India, Dec. 1839. 8vo.

"Distinguished by judgment, candour, and research."— Blackw. Mag, xlvii. 248.

3. History of the British Empire in India, 1841-45, 6 vols. 8vo, £4 168.; 2d ed., 1858, 8vo, 168.; 3d ed., 1862, Svo, 12s.

"A sound, an impartial, and a searching composition.”—Colonial Mag.

**On no occasion does he shrink from the duty of telling the undisguised truth."-Lon. Times, Sept. 8, 1842.

But see Lon. Athen., 1844, 806, and 1846, 1016, conclusion.

"A work of standard authority."-Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1852, 512. See, also, MILL, JAMES, No. 5: TROTTER, LIONEL JAMES: The Comprehensive History of India, from the Earliest Period to the Suppression of the Sepoy Revolt, by Henry Beveridge, Esq., 1860-62, 3 vols. r. vo; The History of India as Told by its Own Historians, by the Late Sir H. M. Elliot, edited by E. B. Cowell; and Memoirs of the History, Philology, and Ethnic Distribution of the Races of the North-Western Provinces of India, being an amplified edition of the Glossary of Indian Terms by the Late Sir H. M. Elliot, arranged from manuscript materials collected by him, by Dr. Reinhold Rost.

4. Gazetteer of the Countries adjacent to India on the North-West, 1844, 2 vols. 8vo; 1857, 8vo.

"The work is invaluable.”—U. Service Gaz,

5. Gazetteer of India, 1854, 4 vols. 8vo, £4; Corrected to the Latest Period by the Author, 1857, 8vo, £1 1. See, also, MILBURN, WILLIAM. To the Encyc. Brit., 8th ed., (1853-60,) Mr. Thornton contributed the articles Bombay, Bengal, Ganges, Nepaul; and, in conjunction with David Buchanan, Afghanistan and Burmah; and he revised the article Hindustan. Thornton, Mrs. Eliza. 1. Lady Alice; a Ballad Romance, Lon., 1842, p. 8vo. 2. The Marchioness; a Tale, 1842, 2 vols. p. 8vo.

"This old-fashioned novel of incident surprised us into an amount of interest we have not recently felt."-Lon. Athen., 1842, 501.

Thornton, Henry, the second son of John Thornton, (see Cowper's Works and Letters,) and, like his father, an eminent merchant and an excellent man, was for more than thirty years a Member of Parliament. 1. Inquiry into the Nature and Effects of the Paper Credit of Great Britain, Lon., 1802, 8vo, pp. 320; Phila., 1807, 8vo. It is said that this work, a few years after its publication, was suppressed by the author. It was favourably reviewed by Francis Horner in Edin. Rev., Oct. 1802, 172-201; and Dr. George Miller (see his Lects. on the Philos. of Mod. Hist.) remarks that its publication forms an epoch in the history of the science to which it belongs. 2. Serious Reflections on Paper Money in

CIS, M.P., (Bullion Report of 1810.) After his death appeared: 3. Family Prayers for a Month, and Prayers on the Ten Commandments, 1834, 12mo: 24th ed., 1849, 12mo; 39th ed., 12mo. See No. 4. 4. Family Commentary on the Sermon on the Mount; in Lectures, 1835, 12mo; 2d ed., 1843, 12mo; 3d ed., 1852, fp. 8vo. Nos.

3 and 4, ed. by Rev. Manton Eastburn, D.D., N. York, 1836 or '37, 12mo; 20th ed., (about the 33d 1000,) 1862, 12mo. See UPFOLD, GEORGE, D.D.

"It is simple, grave, weighty, and reverential, and forms a clear, though a faint and subdued, echo of the voice in which the Deity has revealed his sovereign will to mau.”—SIR JAMES STEPHEN: un infra.

Svo.

5. Family Commentary on Portions of the Pentateuch; Lectures, with Prayers, Lon., 1837, 8vo; 2d ed., 1843, 6. On the Ten Commandments; Lectures, with Prayers, 1843, fp. 8vo; 2d ed., 12mo. 7. Female Characters: Lectures, with Prayers, 3d ed., 1846, ip. 8vo. An admirable portrait of Mr. Thornton will be found in Edin. Rev. for July, 1844, 252-57: The Clapham Sect, by Sir James Stephen, and repub. in his Essays. See, also, Lord Brougham's States. of the Time of George III., (Mr. Wilberforce;) Life and Corresp. of William Allen.

Thornton, Henry John. Fitz-Henry; or, A Few Weeks in Paris, Lon., 1846, 8vo. "Sad namby-pamby."—Lon. Athen., 1846, 709. Thornton, J. See THORNTON, REV. JOHN. Thornton, Judge J. Quinn. Oregon and California in 1848; The Gold-Mines of California, &c., N. York, 1849, 2 vols. 12mo.

Thornton, James B. Digest of the Conveyancing, Testamentary, and Registry Laws of all the States of the Union, &c., Phila., 1847, 12mo; 2d ed., by John N. Commended. Thornton, Bust., 1854, Svo.

Thornton, Jessie. Gold Filings; compiled for the Presbyterian Board of Publication, Phila., 18mo. Thornton, Rev. John. 1. Advantages of Early Piety, Lon., 1811, 12mo; 1825, 18mo. 2. Advice to Cottagers, 18mo. 3. Anecdotes, 1821, 2 vols. 12mo. 4. Bereaved Parents Consoled, 1833, 32mo. 5. Christian's Consolation, 12ino. 6. Companion for the Sick Chamber, 1850, 18ino. 7. Counsels and Cautions for Youth, Bost., 18mo. 8. Fruits of the Spirit, Lon., 1813, 12mo; 1818, 18mo; 1838, 18mo.

"A practical and edifying work."-Bickersteth's C. S., 453. "Very striking."-WILLIAM ALLEN: Life and Corresp. 10. 9. Fulness, &c. of Spiritual Blessings, 18mo. 11. Maxims, &c. for Youth, Journey to Salem, 18mo. 1811, 18mo. 12. Piety Exemplified, 12mo. 13. Prac. Expos. of Twenty-third Psalm, 18mo. 14. Prodigal, 1833, 18mo. 15. Pure Religion Recommended, 12mo. 16. Repentance, 18mo; Balt., 1834, 18mo. 17. Serious Warnings, Lon., 12mo. 18. Sermons, 1815, 8vo; 1819,

"The plot, eliciting a series or succession of plots, is vivid and interesting, and many of the scenes painted with considerable force."-Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1847, 143.

Thornton, Mrs. Eliza B., wife of James B. Thornton, of Scarborough, Maine, and daughter of Daniel Gookin, of Northampton, N.H., d. 1854, in her 60th year. Her contributions during many years to the Southern Literary Messenger, the Christian Mirror, &c. are in preparation for the press under the editorial care of her sons, of whom John Wingate Thorntou (infra) is one.

Village Conversations, 18mo. See Memoirs of Rev. John Thornton, by J. Thornton, 1843, fp. 8vo.

Thornton, Major Johu. Diary of a Tour through the Northern States of the Union and Canada, Lon., 1850, 12mo.

"A worse and a duller book it is not often our misfortune to fall in with."-Lon. Athen., 1851, 20.

Thornton, John N. See THORNTON, JAMES B. Thornton, John Wingate, Counsellor-at-Law, Boston, Massachusetts, a descendant in the 7th generation from the Rev. Thomas Thornton, of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, (d. 1700, aged 92,) who was a descendant

Thornton, W. Householder's Manual of Family Prayers, Lon., 1853, p. 8vo.

Thornton, William, Principal of Hart Hall, Oxford. Vindication of the Twenty-Third Article of the Church of England from a Late Exposition ascribed to my Lord Bishop of Sarum, Lon., 1702, 4to. Anon. Also in W. B. Flower's Church and the Ministry, 47.

Thornton, William, M.D. Cadmus; or, A Treatise on the Elements of Written Language, Phila., 1793, 8vo. From Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., iii. 262. Curious. Honoured by the Magellanic Gold Medal by the Philos. Soc., Dec. 1792.

Thornton, William. 1. Treatise on the Teeth and Gums, Lon., Svo. 2. Do. Physiology and Diseases of the Ear, 1837, 8vo.

Thornton, William Thomas, b. 1813, in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, has been since 1836 in the office of the East India Company. 1. Over-Population and its Remedy, Lon., 1846, Svo.

"A useful addition to the means of information regarding the philosophy of social life.”—Edin. Rev., 1xxxv. 178.

See, also, Lon. Athen., 1846, 268; N. Amer. Rev., lxv. 461, (by Francis Bowen.)

Svo.

2. Plea for Peasant Proprietors, 1848, p. "Mr. Thornton evinces considerable ability."-Lon. Allas. 3. On Labour: Its Rightful Dues and Wrongful Claims, Actual Present and Possible Future, 1869, 8vo.

Other publications on subjects of political economy. He has also published: 4. Zohrab, or a Midsummer's Day Dream, and other Poems, 1854, fp. 8vo. See Lon. Athen., 1854, 274; N. Amer. Rev., lxxviii. 538. 5. The Siege of Silistria; a Poem. See Lon. Athen., 1854,

1041.

Thornwell, Emily. 1. Young Lady's Own Book, N. York, 1855, 12mo: Phila., 1864, 12mo. 2. Lady's Guide to Perfect Gentility, N. York, 1856, 12mo; Phila., 1865, 12mo. 3. American Cottage Cook-Book, 12mo. 4. Rainbow around the Tomb, new ed., Phila., 1864. 12mo. Thornwell, James Henry, D.D., b. in Marlborough District, South Carolina, 1811, graduated with the highest distinction in his class at South Carolina College, and subsequently studied at Harvard University and in Europe; after some attention to the law, devoted himself to theology, was ordained in the Presbyterian Church, and commenced preaching as minister of the Waxhaw Church; was at different times, with intervals of pastoral labour, (in the Presbyterian Church at CoJumbia, and in the Glebe Street Church at Charleston,) Professor of Logic and Belles-Lettres, Sacred Literature, and the Evidences of Christianity, Chaplain, and President (Dec. 1852-1856) of the South Carolina College; from 1856 until his death, at Charlotte, N.C., August 1, 1861, Professor of Theology in the (Old-School Presbyterian) Theological Seminary, Columbia, and also pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of that place. 1. The Arguments of Romanists from the Infallibility of the Church and Testimony of the Fathers on Behalf of the Apocrypha, Discussed and Refuted, &c., N. York, 1845, pp. 417. This is an answer to a series of letters (elicited by an essay of Dr. Thornwell's in The Spirit of the Nineteenth Century) by the Rev. Dr. (afterwards Bishop) Lynch, on the inspiration of the Apocrypha. "As a refutation, this work of Mr. Thornwell's is complete."Bibl. Rep. and Prince. Rev., April, 1845, 268.

2. Discourses [7] on Truth; delivered in the Chapel of the South Carolina College, 1855, 12mo, pp. 328; 1869, 8vo. Highly commended. He published single sermons, tracts, essays, &c., and papers in the Southern Presbyterian Review, (see Duyckiuck's Cyc. of Amer. lit., 1856, ii. 334.)

Among his last publications are an article on The State of the Country in the S. Presby. Rev., (repub. N. York, 1861, 8vo,) and a vindication of the New Southern Old-School Presbyterian Church, 1861. A eulogistic notice of Dr. Thornwell will be found in La Borde's History of South Carolina College, 1859. See, also, Presbyterian Mag., vol. vii., (portrait.)

Thornycroft, Major Edward. Doctrine of Combinations and Alterations Improved, &c., Phil. Trans., 1705.

Thorold, Mrs. Letters from Brussels, in 1835, Lon., p. 8vo.

Thorold, Rev. Anthony W. 1. On Being Ill, Lon., 1865, fp. 8vo. 2. The Presence of Christ, 1869, cr. 8vo.

Thorold, Rev. J. Treatise on the Seventy Years' Captivity of the Jews foretold by Jeremiah, 1809, 8vo.

Thorold, Sir John, d. 1775. 1. View of Popery, Lon., 1766, 8vo. 2. Scripture Interpreted by Scripture, 1771, 8vo. 3. Extracts of Letters relating to Methodists and Moravians, &c., 2d ed., 1772, 8vo. 4. Scripture Knowledge, 1775, 8vo. 5. Thoughts on the Trinity, 1804, 8vo. See Nichols's Lit. Anec., vii. (Index) 691.

Thoroton, Robert, M.D. The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, Lon., 1677, fol., some 1. p. A copy on thick paper, wanting the leaf of imprimatur and the slip of arms, was sold at the sale of Archbishop Tenison's library, June, 1861, for £36 108. Standish, 1863, No. 830, slightly imperfect, £5 158.; W. B. D. D. Turnbull, 1863, No. 1527, slightly imperfect, £9 9s.; J. B. Nichols, 1864, £13. New ed., with large Additions by John Throsby, (infra,) 1790, 3 vols. 4to, some 1. p. It was written at the instance of Sir William Dugdale. Add to this. History and Antiquities of Nottingham, No. 1, 1781, fol., some 1. p. See Nichols's Lit. Anec., vii. (Index) 420, 691; Nichols's Illust. of Lit., v. 400. Thorowgood, Dr. Notes on Asthma, Lon., 1870,

12mo.

Thorowgood, Thomas, S.T.B. Norfolciensi, one of the Assembly of Divines. 1. Serm., Phil. iv. 5, Lon., 1645, 4to. 2. Lewes in America; or, Probabilities that the Americans are of that Race, &c., Lon., 1650, 4to; 2d part, 1660, 4to. Very curious and rare.

Thorp, Ann. 1. With God all Things are Possible, Edin., 1850, 18mo. 2. Aunt Kate's Story, 1853, 18mo. Thorp, Charles, D.D., Rector of Ryton, 1807; Archdeacon of Durham, 1831; d. Oct. 10, 1861. Serm., Matt. vi. 25, Newc., 1818, 8vo.

Thorp, Miss Eliza. 1. Broken Wreath, &c., Birm., Dec. 1852, fp. 8vo; 1857. 12mo. 2. A Fortune with a Wife, and a Fortune in a Wife, 1857, 12mo.

Thorp, George. 1. Serm., Matt. vii. 12, Lon., 1677, 4to. 2. Examination of Bellarmin's 5th Note of the Church, viz.: the Succession of Bishops, 1688, 4to. Anon. Repub. in Gibson's Preservative, iii. 278.

Thorp, J. Letter to the Lords of Trade on the Cotton and Silk Manufactures, 1807, 8vo. Thorp, Mary. The Rector's Grandchildren, Birm., 1857, 18ino.

Thorp, Robert. See NEWTON, SIR ISAAC, (p. 1418.) Thorp, Thomas, Archdeacon of Bristol. 1. Charge, Lon., 1837, Svo. 2. Four Serms., 1838, 8vo. 3. Two Charges, Camb., 1840, Svo. 4. Serm., 1840, 8vo. 5. Statement, Restoration of Round Church, 1845, 8vo. Thorp, W. Three Serms., Lon., 1818, 8vo. Thorp, W. Martyrs of Conscience; a Bicentenary Ode, Lon., 1862.

Thorp, William. 1. Serm., 1804, 8vo. 2. Speech, 1812, 8vo.

Thorpe, Serjeant and Judge. Charge to the Grand Jury at York, 1648, 1648, 4to. Repub. in Harl. Miscell., ii. 1.

Thorpe, Benjamin, an eminent Anglo-Saxon scholar, member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Munich, and of the Society of Netherlandish Literature at Leyden, was b. about 1808.

1. Rask's Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Tongue, with a Praxis, new ed., Enlarged and Improved by the Author, ed. by B. Thorpe, Copenhagen, 1830, 8vo; some fine paper; 2d ed., 1865, p. 8vo. Often referred to in Thorpe's Analecta Anglo-Saxonica. See N. Amer. Rev., xxxiii. 325, (by Henry Wheaton;) Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1831, 360. 2. Cædion's Metrical Paraphrase of Parts of the Holy Scriptures, in Anglo-Saxon; with an English Translation, Notes, and a Verbal Index, Lon., 1832, r. 8vo. See CEDMON; Lon. Gent. Mag., 1833, i. 329; 1834, ii. 484; 1855, i. 611; Milman's Lat. Chris., vol. ii., b. iv., ch. iv. 3. Anglo-Saxon Version of the Story of Apollonius of Tyre upon which is founded the Play of Pericles; from a MS., with a Translation and Glossary, 1834, p. Svo. 4. Analecta Anglo-Saxonica: a Selection in Prose and Verse from Anglo-Saxon Authors of Various Ages, with a Glossary, Oxf., 1834, r. 8vo; new ed., 1846, p. Svo; 1868, p. 8vo. 5. Libri Psalmorum Versio antiqua Latina cum Paraphrasi Anglo-Saxonica, &c.; Edidit B. Thorpe, 1835, 8vo. See Horne's Bibl. Bib., 58. Ancient Laws and Institutes of England; comprising Laws enacted under the Anglo-Saxon Kings from Ethelbert to Canut, with an English Translation of the Saxon, &c., Lon., 1840, fol., £2; or in 2 vols. r. Svo, £1 10. See Lon. Quar. Rev., 1xxiv. 281. 7. The Holy Gospels in. Anglo-Saxon, edited from the Original MS., Oxf., 1842, p. 8vo; N. York, 1846, 12mo; Oxf., 1848, p. 8vo. 8. Codex Exoniensis; a Collection of Anglo-Saxon

6.

Poetry, &c.; with English Translation and Notes; Edited by B. Thorpe, Lon., 1842, r. 8vo. 9. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church: The First Part, &c., with an English Version, 1843-46, 10 Pts. in 2 vols. 8vo, (Ælfric Soc.) 10. History of England under the Anglo-Saxon Kings; Translated from the German of Dr. J. M. Lappenberg, with Additions and Corrections by the Author and Translator, 1845, 2 vols. 8vo; new ed., 1857, 8vo.

"The best and surest guide in penetrating the labyrinth of early English History."-DR. REINHOLD PAULI: König Aelfred, &c., Berlin, 1851. See No. 16.

11. Florentii Wigorniensis, Monachi Chronicon ex Chronicis ad fidem Codd. MS. Edidit B. Thorpe, 184849, 2 vols. 8vo. 12. Northern Mythology, &c.; Compiled from Original and other Sources, 1851, 3 vols. er. Svo; 1863, p. 8vo. Commended by Lon. Athen., 1852, and Notes and Queries. 1852. See, also, Lord Dufferin's Letters from High Latitudes. 13. Yule-Tide Stories: a Collection of Scandinavian Tales and Traditions; Edited, 1853, p. 8vo, (Bohn's Antiq. Lib., xviii.) 14. Pauli's Life of Alfred the Great; to which is appended Alfred's AngloSaxon Version of Orosius, with a Literal Translation, Notes, &c., 1854, p. Svo, (Bohn's Antiq. Lib., xxii.) 15. The Anglo-Saxon Poems of Beowulf, &c.; with a Literal Translation, Notes, Glossary, &c., Oxf., 1855, 8vo. See KEMBLE, JOHN MITCHELL. 16. History of England under the Norman Kings, &c.: Translated from the German of Dr. J. M. Lappenberg, Oxf., 1857, 8vo. See No. 10. "A most important contribution to historical knowledge."Lon. Athen., 1857, 471.

"We are informed that Mr. Thorpe, the translator of Lappenberg's History of England under the Anglo-Saxon and Norinan Kings, is engaged on a translation of Dr. Pauli's continuation of that work."—Ibid., 661.

17. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, according to the several Original Authorities; Edited, with a Translation; Published, &c. under the Direction of the Master of the Rolls, Lon., 1861, 2 vols. r. 8vo. See Lon. Athen., 1861, i. 653. 18. Diplomatarium Anglicum Ævi Saxonici: a Collection of English Charters, from the Reign of King Ethelbert of Kent, A.D. DCV., to that of William the Conqueror, containing: I., Miscellaneous Charters; II., Wills; III., Guilds; IV., Manumissions and Acquittances; with a Translation of the Anglo-Saxon, 1865, 8vo.

"To the liberality of Mr. [Joseph] Mayer [of Liverpool] the public owes another lasting debt of gratitude for the possession of this most valuable record of Anglo-Saxon life and manners, the labour of love of one of the most accomplished Anglo-Saxon scholars and antiquaries."-Lon. Reader, 1865, ii. 394.

See, also, WILKINS, DAVID, D.D., No. 3; Bohn's Lowndes, 2077. Mr. Thorpe has ready for the press a volume of Tales and Traditions of Denmark, and a complete translation of the Edda, (Saemund's,) and is engaged upon an Icelandic Grammar.

Thorpe, Charles. British Marine Conchology; Illust. by G. B. Sowerby and W. Wood, Lon., 1844, 12mo. Thorpe, F. Outlines of European Literature, Lon., 1856, 12mo.

ment of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, Lon., 1858, 2 vols. imp. 8vo.

"Mr. Thorpe has executed the task assigned to him by Sir John Romilly with commendable zeal and swiftness; and we receive his volumes as one more testimony to the excellence and success of this great national work."-Lon. Athen., 1858, ii. 105.

Thorpe, Robert, Archdeacon of Northumberland, 1792, d. 1812, aged 76. 1. Serm., 1803, 4to. 2. Duty of the Parochial Clergy in the Religious Education of the Children of the Poor, 1811, 8vo.

Thorpe, Judge Robert, LL.D. 1. Letter to W. Wilberforce on the Sierra Leone Co., &c., 1815, 8vo. 2. Reply to the Special Report of the Directors of the AfriSee Life and Corresp. of can Institution, 1815, 8vo. 3. William Allen, i. ch. v.; Blackw. Mag., xxi. 317. View of the Present Increase of the Slave-Trade, 1818, 8vo.

Thorpe, S. Narrative of Incidents in the Early Military Life of, Lon., 1854, 8vo.

Thorpe, Rev. Thomas.

Church Rates and Endowed Schools: a Charge, Lon., 1860, 12mo. Thorpe, Thomas Bangs, b. at Westfield, Mass., March 1, 1815; graduated at the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., 1842; after some experience as an artist, dropped the pencil for the pen, and soon became widely known as a graphic delineator of Southwestern manners and (he accompanied the American army in From 1836 to 1853 he Mexico) a military annalist. resided chiefly in Louisiana. In 1862-63 he was in the United States service under General Butler at New Orleans, and acted as City Surveyor.

"No man could have done the work better."-PARTON: General Butler in New Orleans, 1864, 308.

1. The Mysteries of the Backwoods; or, Sketches of the Southwest, Phila., 1846, 12mo. 2. Our Army on the Rio Grande, N. York, 1846, 12mo. 3. Our Army at Monterey, Phila., 1847, 12mo. 4. The Hive of the BeeHunter; a Repository of Sketches, N. York, 1854, 12mo. 5. Lynde Weiss; an Autobiography, Phila., 1854, cr. 8vo. 6. A Voice to America; the Model Republic: its Glory or its Fall, N. York, 1855, 8vo. Mr. Thorpe was for many years editor of one of the leading Whig newspapers of New Orleans; in 1846 established The Conservator at Baton Rouge: in 1859 became co-proprietor and editor of the (New York) Spirit of the Times, (to which he had formerly been a contributor;) and is the author of articles in Black wood's and Harper's Magazines and other periodicals. See, also, PORTER, WILLIAM T.; PRENTISS, SERGEANT SMITH.

"No one enters more heartily into all the whims and grotesque humours of the backwoodsman, or brings him more actually and clearly before us."-R. W. GRISWOLD, D.D.: Prose Writers of America, 4th ed., 1852, 546, (q. v.)

Thorpe, Rev. William. 1. Address on Catholic Emancipation, 1814, 8vo. 2. Lects. on Destinies of the British Empire, &c., Lon., 1831, 12mo; 2d ed., 1839, 12mo; Phila., 1841, 8vo. 3. Plain Truths on Important Subjects, 1849, 12mo.

Thorpe, John, M.D., 1682-1750, published a vol. of Scheuchzer's Itinera Alpina, Lon., 1780, 4to, some topographical tracts, and two medical papers in Phil. Trans., 1705, '22; and assisted Dr. (afterwards Sir Hans) Sloane in the publication of Phil. Trans. See, also, THORPE, JOHN, (infra,) No. 1. Notices of Dr. Thorpe will be found in Nichols's Lit. Anec., vii. (Index) 420; Nichols's Illust. of Lit., viii. 108, (Index.)

Thorpe, John, 1714-1792, son of the preceding, and also an antiquary. 1. Registrum Roffense; or, A Collection of Ancient Records, &c. necessary for Illustrating the Ecclesiastical History and Antiquities of the Diocese and Cathedral Church of Rochester, &c.; Translated from the Originals by the Late John Thorpe, M.D., and now published by his Son, Lon., 1769, fol. 2. Custumale Roffense; from the Original MS., &c.; to which are added Memorials of that Cathedral Church, &c., 1788, fol. Many copies were destroyed by the fire at Messrs. Nichols's printing-office in 1808. Thorpe contributed to Phil. Trans., Bibl. Top. Brit., and Lon. Gent. Mag. See Nichols's Lit. Anec., vii. 420, 691; Nichols's Illust. of Lit., viii. 108, (Index.)

Thorpe, Kamba. Four Oaks; a Novel, N. York, 1867, 12mo.

Thorpe, Markham John, of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. Calendar of the State Papers relating to Scot land, 1509-1603, preserved in the State Paper Depart

16mo.

Thraikill, John W., M.D. Essay on the Causes of Infant Mortality, S. W. Book Pub. Co, Dec. 1869, Thrale, Mrs. See Piozzi, MRS. HESTER LYNCH. Thrall, W. Introduction to MOORE, CORNELIUS,

No. 2.

Thrasher, Halsey. The Hunter and Trapper, N. York, 1868, 12mo.

Thrasher, J. S., for about ten years (1834 et seq.) a resident of Havana. The Island of Cuba, by Alexander Humboldt; Translated from the Spanish, with Notes and Preliminary Essay, N. York, 1856, p. 8vo. Unfavourably reviewed in N. York Tribune, May 3, 1856. Thrasher, William. Jubar Astrologicum, Lon., 1671, 8vo.

Threlful, William, M.D. 1. Disput. Med. Inaug. de Testiculi, &c., Edin., 1770, 8vo. 2. Essay on Epilepsy, Lon., 1772, 8vo.

Threlkeld, Caleb, M.D., b. in Cumberland, 1676, d. in Dublin, 1728. Synopsis Stirpium Hibernicarum alphabetice dispositarum, sive Commentatio de Plantis Indigenis, præsertim Dubliniensibus, instituta, Dubl., 1727, 12mo. See Pulteney's Botany, vol. ii.

Thereopland, Samuel, M.D. Medical paper in Phil. Trans., 1685.

Thrift, Minton. Memoirs of Rev. Jesse Lee; with Extracts from his Journals, N. York, 1823, 12mo.

Thring, Rev. Edward, Head-Master of Uppingham Grammar-School. 1. Elements of Grammar, Camb., 1851, demy 8vo; 3d ed., 1861; 4th ed., 1867, 18mo. "We strongly recommend this Grammar."-Eng. Jour. of Educat.

| sity of Cambridge in Lent, 1865, 1868, cr. 8vo. See, also, SMITH, WILLIAM, LL.D., (editor, &c. of the Classical Diotionaries,) No. 4. In the new Commentary on the Bible suggested by the Speaker of the House of Commons in 1863, to Mr. Thrupp, in conjunction with others, was as

"Its value is great."-Lon. Athen.

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Throckmorton, Job. His Defence against the Slaunders of Maister Sutcliffe, &c., 1594, 4to. See Lowndes's Bibl. Man.

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Throgmorton, G. Treatise of Faith; in Two Serms., Lon., 1624, 8vo.

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Thrower, William, Arithmetical Master in the English Department of the Free Grammar-School of King Edward the Sixth, Birmingham. Questions in Arithmetic, Birm., 1848, 12mo; last ed., 1860, 12mo. Answers to do., 1848, 8vo; last ed., 1862, 8vo. Thrupp, John. 1. Historical Law Tracts, Lon., 1843,

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Thrupp, Rev. Joseph Francis, Vicar of Barrington, late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. 1. Ancient Jerusalem: A New Investigation into the History, Topography, and Plan of the City, Environs, and Temple, Camb., 1855, 8vo.

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Thruston, Frederic, of Bayswater. Serms. on Various Subjects, Lon., 1821, 8vo. 2. XII. Discourses on the High Calling of the Gospel, 1822, 8vo.

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Thudichum, J. L. W., M.D. 1. Treatise on the Pathology of the Urine, Lon., 1858, 8vo. 2. Treatise on Gall Stones, 1863, 8vo.

Thumb, Thomas. The History of England, with wood-cuts, Lon., 1749, 12mo.

Thumb, Tom. See Bohn's Lowndes. 2681.

Thurber, George, M.D., Professor of Mathematics, Medicine, Botany, &c. in the New York College of Pharmacy, was b. at Providence, R.I., 1821; Edited American Weeds and Useful Plants, being a Second and Illustrated Edition of Agricultural Botany, N. York, 1859, 12mo. See DARLINGTON, WILLIAM, M.D., LL.D., No. 4. He is co-editor of The American Agriculturist. Thurgar, A. H. Grammar and System for Learning the German Language, Lon., 1859, 12mo. Thurgar, C. 1. Genders of French Nouns, Lon., 12mo. 2. Anthologie Française, 2d ed., 1840, 12mo. Thurlin, Thomas, D.D. Serm., Heb. xiii. 17, Camb., 1686, 4to.

Thurloe, John, Secretary of State to Oliver and Richard Cromwell, the son of the Rev. Thomas Thurloe, of Abbots Roding, Essex, was b. at that place, 1616; d. at Lincoln's Inn, Feb. 21, 1668. Collection of State Papers; containing Authentic Memorials of the English Affairs from the Year 1638 to the Restoration of King Charles II.; Published from the Originals, &c.; with Life of Thurle by Thomas Birch, D.D., Lon., 1742, 7 vols. fol.; 1. p., Marquis of Townshend, 3089, £9 9.; James Newman's Cat., 1869, calf, £4 48.

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Thurlow, Edward, son of the Rev. Thomas Thurlow, was b. at Little Ashfield, Suffolk, 1732; Lord Chancellor, 1778 to Feb. 1783, and from the close of 1783 to 1792; d. Sept. 12, 1806. See MANSFIELD, WILLIAM MURRAY, LORD, No. 2; Lord Campbell's Lord Chancellors, vol. v.; Lord Brougham's States. of the Time of George III., vol. i.; Roscoe's Brit. Lawyers, vol. ii.; Tomline's Life of Pitt; Mathias's Pursuits of Lit.; Cowper's Life and Letters.

"Thurlow, whose abilities and force of character had made him the dictator of the House of Lords."-LORD MACAULAY: Life of Pitt, in Enry Brit., 8th ed.

Thurlow, Edward Hovel, second Lord, nephew of the preceding, was b. 1781; M.A. at Magda