See also:ALEXANDER BALLOCH See also:GROSART (1827-1899)
, Scottish divine and See also:literary editor, the son of a See also:building contractor, was See also:born at See also:Stirling on the 18th of See also:June 1827
.
He was educated at See also:Edinburgh University, and in 1856 became a Presbyterian See also:minister at Kinross
.
In 1865 he went to See also:Liverpool, and three years later to See also:Blackburn
.
He resigned from the See also:ministry in 1892, and died at See also:Dublin on the 16th of See also:March 1899
.
Dr See also:Grosart is chiefly remembered for his exertions in reprinting much rare Elizabethan literature, a See also:work which he undertook in the first instance from his strong See also:interest in Puritan See also:theology
.
Among the first writers whose See also:works he edited were the Puritan divines, See also:Richard Sibbes, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Brooks and See also:Herbert See also:Palmer
.
See also:Editions of See also:Michael See also:Bruce's Poems (1865) and Richard See also:Gilpin's Demonologia sacra (1867) followed
.
In 1868 he brought out a bibliography of the writings of Richard See also:Baxter, and from that See also:year until 1876 he was occupied in reproducing for private subscribers the " See also:Fuller Worthies Library," a See also:series of See also:thirty-nine volumes which included the works of Thomas Fuller, See also:Sir See also:John See also:Davies, See also:Fulke Greville, See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Vaughan, See also:Andrew Marvell, See also:George Herbert, Richard See also:Crashaw, John See also:Donne and Sir See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip See also:Sidney
.
The last four volumes of the series were devoted to the works of many little known and otherwise inaccessible authors
.
His Occasional Issues of Unique and Very Rare Books (1875–1881) is of the utmost interest to the See also:book-See also:lover
.
It included among other things the Annalia Dubrensia of See also:Robert See also:Dover
.
In 1876 still another series, known as the " See also:Chertsey Worthies Library," was begun
.
It included editions of the works of See also:Nicholas See also:Breton, See also:Francis See also:Quarles, Dr See also:Joseph See also:Beaumont, See also:Abraham See also:Cowley, Henry More and John Davies of See also:Hereford
.
Grosart was untiring in his See also:enthusiasm and See also:energy for this See also:kind of work
.
The two last-named series were being produced simultaneously until 1881, and no sooner had they been completed than Grosart began the " Huth Library," so called from the bibliophile Henry Huth, who possessed the originals of many of the reprints
.
It included the works of Robert See also:Greene, Thomas See also:Nash, See also:Gabriel See also:Harvey, and the See also:prose tracts of Thomas See also:Dekker
.
He also edited the See also:complete works of See also:Edmund See also:Spenser and See also:Samuel See also:Daniel
.
From the See also:Townley See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall collection he reprinted several See also:MSS. and edited Sir John See also:Eliot's works, Sir Richard See also:Boyle's See also:Lismore Papers, and various publications for the Chetham Society, the See also:Camden Society and the See also:Roxburghe See also:Club
.
Dr Grosart's faults of See also:style and occasional inaccuracy do not seriously detract from the immense value of his work
.
He was unwearied in searching for rare books, and he brought to See also:light much interesting literature, formerly almost inaccessible
.
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