Bible Encyclopedias

Bardell`, Mrs.
a widow in the "pickwick papers," who sues pickwick for breach of promise.

Besant, Mrs. Annie
née orn in London; of Irish descent; married to an English clergyman, from whom she was legally separated; took a keen interest in social questions

Blimber, Mrs. Cornelia
a prim school-matron in "dombey & son."

Bridget, Mrs.
a character in "tristram shandy."

Candour, Mrs.
a slanderess in sheridan's "rivals."

Caudle, Mrs.
an imaginary dame, a conception of douglas jerrold, famous for her "curtain lectures" all through the night for 30 years to her husband mr. job caudle.

Craik, Mrs.
née orn at Stoke-upon-Trent; authoress of "John Halifax, Gentleman," her chief work, which has had, and maintains, a wide popularity; married

Cross, Mrs.
george eliot's married name.

Fitzherbert, Mrs.
a roman catholic lady, maiden name maria anne smythe, with whom, after her second widowhood, george iv., while prince of wales, contracted a secret marriage in 1785, which, however, under the royal marriage act, was declared invalid (1756-1837).

Fry, Mrs. Elizabeth
philanthropist, born at norwich, third daughter of john gurney, the quaker banker; married joseph fry of plashet, essex; devoted her life to prison reform and the reform of criminals, as well as other benevolent enterprises; she has been called "the female howard" (1780-1845).

Gatty, Mrs.
writer of tales for young people, "parables from nature," and editor of aunt judy's magazine ; daughter of the chaplain of the victory , nelson's ship at trafalgar, in whose arms nelson breathed his last (1809-1873).

Glasse, Mrs.
authoress, real or fictitious, of a cookery book, once in wide-spread repute; credited with the sage prescription, "first catch your hare."

Grant, Mrs. Anne
née uthoress, born in Glasgow; took to literature as a means of livelihood after the death of her husband, and produced several volumes descriptive

Grundy, Mrs.
an old lady referred to in thomas morgan's comedy of "speed the plough," personifying the often affected extreme offence taken by people of the old school at what they consider violations of propriety.

Jordan, Mrs. Dorothea
The stage name of Miss Bland, daughter of an actress, born at Waterford; played first in Dublin, then in Yorkshire, and appeared at Drury Lane in "The

Malaprop, Mrs.
a character in sheridan's "rivals," noted for her blunders in the use of fine or learned words, as in the use of "allegory" for "alligator."

Marcet, Mrs. Jane
authoress, born at geneva; married a swiss doctor settled in london; wrote elementary text-books on chemistry (from which faraday gained his first knowledge), political economy, natural philosophy, &c., under the title "conversations," and her best work, "stories for very little children" (1769-1858).

Néestevenson">gaskell, Mrs., Née Stevenson
novelist and biographer, born at cheyne row, chelsea; authoress of "mary barton," "ruth," "silvia's lovers," &c., and the "life of charlotte brontë," her friend (1810-1865).

Norton, Mrs.
english novelist and poet, née sheridan, granddaughter of sheridan, authoress of "stuart of dunleath," "lost and saved," &c., described by lockhart as "the byron of poetesses," figures in meredith's "diana of the crossways" (1808-1877).

Oliphant, Mrs. Margaret
Wilson), authoress, born at Wallyford, near Musselburgh, a lady of varied abilities and accomplishments, and distinguished in various departments of

Partington, Mrs.
an imaginary lady, the creation of the american humorist shillaber, distinguished for her misuse of learned words; also another celebrity who attempted to sweep back the atlantic with her mop, the type of those who think to stave back the inevitable.

Radcliffe, Mrs. Ann
née nglish novelist, born in london; wrote a series of popular works which abound in weird tales and scenes of old castles and gloomy forests, and of which the best known is the "mysteries of udolpho" (1764-1823).

Sigourney, Mrs.
american authoress, was a prolific writer; wrote tales, poems, essays, chiefly on moral and religious subjects; was called the american hemans (1791-1863).

Somerville, Mrs. Mary
A lady skilled in mathematics and physics, born at Jedburgh; was brought up at Burntisland and Edinburgh; contributed to the Transactions of the Royal

Ward, Mrs. Humphry
english authoress, born at hobart town; is a niece of matthew arnold; translated amiel's "journal," a suggestive record, but is best known by her romance of "robert elsmere," published in 1888, a work which was a help to some weak people and an offence to others of the same class; b . 1851.

Wood, Mrs. Henry
price), novelist, born in worcestershire; her best novels "the channings" and "mrs. halliburton's troubles," though her most popular "east lynne"; she wrote some thirty, all popular, and deservedly so (1820-1887).