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The speeches of the Hon Thomas Erskine, when at the bar, on subjects
connected with the liberty of the press, and against constructive
treasons; collected by J. Ridgway. 4 vols 1810, 1812,
Georgetown 1813, 4 vols London 1813–16, 1847 (with prefatory
memoir by Lord Brougham), 2 vols 1870 (with memoir by E.
Walford).
The beauties of Erskine: consisting of selections from his prose and
poetry, by A. Howard. [1834?]
The modern orator: the most celebrated speeches of the Earl of
Chatham, R. B. Sheridan, Lord Erskine and Edmund Burke. 1847.
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Plain thoughts of a plain man addressed to the common sense of the
people of Great Britain. 1797.
A view of the causes and consequences of the present war with
France. 1797 (35 edns); tr Fr [1797] (23 edns at least).
Cruelty to animals: the speech of Lord Erskine in the House of Peers
on the second reading of the bill for preventing malicious and
wanton cruelty to animals. 1809, 1824.
Armata: a fragment. 1817 (anon, 4 edns); The second part of Armata,
1817 (3 edns). A political romance.
A short defence of the Whigs against the imputations attempted to
be cast upon them during the late election for Westminster. 1819,
1819.
A letter to An elector of Westminster, author of A reply to the short
defence of the Whigs. 1819.
The defences of the Whigs. 1819. Rptd from the 2 preceding.
The farmer’s vision, by E. 1819 (priv ptd).
A letter to the Earl of Liverpool on the subject of the Greeks. 1822
(2nd edn).
The poetical works; with a biographical memoir. 1823.
Age of reason: Erskine’s defence of the cause of Newton, Boyle,
Locke, Hale and Milton, versus T. Paine. [1831.]
Erskine’s opinion of Paine’s Age of reason. [1831.]
The speeches above constitute only a representative selection from a considerable
body of pbd speeches and pams.
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A sketch of the character of Erskine. Pamphleteer 23 1823.
Campbell, J. In his Lives of the Lord Chancellors ser 3, 6 1847.
Duméril, H. Erskine: étude sur le barreau anglais à la fin du XVIIIe
siècle. Paris 1883.
Fraser, J. A. L. Erskine. Cambridge 1932.
John Foster 1770–1843
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Essays in a series of letters to a friend. 2 vols 1805, 1806 (rev), 1806, 1
vol 1830 (9th edn, embodying final revisions); ed J. M. 1876 (as
Decision of character and other essays). On a man’s writing
memoirs of himself; On decision of character; On the application
of the epithet romantic; On some of the causes by which evangelical
religion has been rendered less acceptable to persons of cultivated
taste.
Discourse on missions. 1818.
An essay on the evils of popular ignorance. 1820, 1821 (with a
Discourse on the communication of Christianity to the people of
Hindoostan), 1846 (rev and enlarged).
Contributions biographical, literary and philosophical to the
Eclectic Review. 2 vols 1844; ed J. E. Ryland 1856.
Lectures delivered at Broadmead Chapel, Bristol. Ed J. E. Ryland 2
ser 1844–7, 2 vols 1853 (with addns).
The life and correspondence of John Foster. Ed J. E. Ryland, with
notices of Mr Foster as a preacher and a companion by John
Sheppard 2 vols 1846.
A brief memoir of Miss Sarah Saunders, with nine letters addressed
to her during her last illness. [1847.]
Fosteriana: consisting of thoughts, reflections and criticisms of
John Foster, selected from periodical papers not hitherto published
in a collected form. Ed H. G. Bohn 1858.
An essay on the improvement of time and other literary remains;
with a preface by John Sheppard. Ed J. E. Ryland 1863, 1886 (with
Notes of sermons and other pieces).
Letters from Foster to Thomas Coles MA, now first published with
an appendix by Henry Coles. 1864.
An important introductory essay by Foster is prefixed to the 1825 and later
edns of Doddridge, The rise and progress of religion. Foster also pbd
various sermons, religious discourses and controversial works. He was a
regular contributor to the Eclectic Rev 1806–39.
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Hall, R. Reviews. 1825. Includes a review of Foster’s Essays, above.
Gilfillan, G. In his Galleries of literary portraits vol 2, Edinburgh
1856.
Whately, E. Life and writings of Foster the essayist. In his Afternoon
lectures on English literature, Dublin 1863.
Everts, W. W. Life and thoughts of Foster. 1868.
Bayne, P. In his Six Christian biographies, 1887.
Kaufman, P. Foster’s pioneer interpretation of the romantic. MLN
38 1923.
Basil Hall 1788–1844
Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea and the
Great Loo-Choo Island; with an appendix and a vocabulary of the
Loo-Choo language by H. I. Clifford. 1818, 1820 (with plates),
Edinburgh 1826, London 1840 (with an interview with Napoleon
Bonaparte at St Helena).
Extracts from a journal written on the coasts of Chili, Peru and
Mexico, in the years 1820, 1821, 1822. 2 vols 1823, Edinburgh 1824,
London 1825 (4th edn); tr Portuguese 1906, Sp 1920.
Hall’s voyages. 4 vols Edinburgh 1826–7.
Travels in North America in the years 1827 and 1828. 3 vols
Edinburgh 1829, 2 vols Philadelphia 1829; tr Fr [1841?].
Fragments of voyages and travels. Ser 1 3 vols 1831; ser 2 3 vols
Edinburgh 1832; ser 3 3 vols Edinburgh 1833, 1834; tr Fr 1858.
Autobiographical sketches from this work were separately pbd as
The midshipman and The lieutenant and commander, 1862.
Schloss Hainfeld: or a winter in Lower Styria. Edinburgh 1836,
1836.
Patchwork. 3 vols 1841.
Voyages and travels. 1895. With biographical preface.
Travels in India, Ceylon and Borneo, selected and edited with biographical
introduction by H. G. Rawlinson. 1931.
Henry Hallam 1777–1859
See col 2430.
Julius Charles Hare 1795–1855
Bibliographies
GM Apr 1855. Incomplete but accurate bibliography with much
information unobtainable elsewhere.
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La Motte Fouqué’s Sintram and his companions. 1820.
Guesses at truth, by two brothers. Ser 1 1827, 1838 (with addns), 1840
(rev); ser 2 1848 (title page states ‘2nd edn with large addns’, but
preface explains that ‘2nd edn’ means that part of ser 1 is
included); both ser, 1866, 1871 (with memoir of J. C. Hare by E. H.
Plumptre), 1905. With A. W. Hare, until his death; essays, epigrams
etc.
Niebuhr’s The history of Rome. 3 vols 1828–42. Vols 1–2 by Hare and