[AN English theologian and poet. Born at Durham, June 28, 1814; graduated at Oxford in 1836; became vicar of Elton in 1843; went over to the Roman Catholic Church in 1845; founded the oratory of the brotherhood of St. Philip Neri in London in 1849, and in 1854 removed with it to Brompton, where he died Sept. 26, 1863. He will be remembered as the author of some exquisitely beautiful hymns, equally admired by all communions.]

PHILIP JAMES BAILEY.

[BORN at Nottingham, April 22, 1816. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1840, In 1839 he published Festus, a poem which treats of the highest theme of philosophy and religion, He wrote other poems also, entitled The Angel World, 1850; The Mystic, 1855; The Age, A Satire, 1858; and The Universal Hymn, 1867.]

[BORN Jan. 16, 1816, at Stranolar, Donegal County, where her father was the village postmaster. She lost her sight in infancy, but learned many of the lessons of her brothers and sisters. In 1540 she published Songs of Our Land, followed by contributions to the Athenæum and other Magazines. In 1847 she removed from Ireland to Edinburgh. In 1852 she removed to London, and has since contributed to the light literature of the day.]

[BORN about 1818 in Southwark. At an early age she contributed to various periodicals, and in 1840 published a volume of poems, which at once attracted the attention of the public and stamped her as a writer of merit and originality. Her poems reprinted in a collected form have passed through numerous editions. In 1864 she obtained a literary pension of £100 per annum.]