E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Head, Sir Francis Bond
(b. near Rochester, 1793; d. July 23rd, 1875). “Rough Notes on the Pampas” (1826); “A Life of Bruce the Traveller” (1830); “Bubbles from the Brunnen of Nassau” (1833); “The Emigrant” (1846); “The Defenceless State of Britain” (1850); “A Faggot of French Sticks” (1851); “A Fortnight in Ireland” (1852); “Descriptive Essays” (1857); “The Horse and his Rider” (1860): “The Royal Engineer” (1860), etc.
