E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Barbauld, Anna Letitia
(b. Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire, June 20th, 1743; d. March 9th, 1825). “Miscellaneous Poems” (1773); “Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose” (with her brother, Dr. Aikin) (1773); “Early Lessons for Children” (1774); “Hymns in Prose” (1774); “Devotional Pieces, Composed from the Psalms and the Book of Job” (1775); “A Poetical Epistle to Mr. Wilberforce on the Rejection of the Bill for the Abolition of the Slave Trade” (1790); “Remarks on Gilbert Wakefield’s Inquiry into the Expediency and Propriety of Public and Social Worship” (1792); “Evenings at Home” (with Dr. Aikin) (1792–95); “Selections from the Spectator, Tatler, Guardian, and Freeholder” (1804); “A Life of Samuel Richardson” (1805); an edition of “The British Novelists” (1810); “The Female Spectator” (1811); and “Eighteen Hundred and Eleven” (1812). Works, with “Memoir” by Lucy Aikin in 1827. “Letters and Notices” by Breton appeared in 1874.
