E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Lewis, Matthew Gregory,
called “Monk” Lewis (b. 1775; d. 1818). “The Monk,” a romance (1795); “The Castle Spectre,” a drama (1797), “Tales of Wonder” (1801), “The Bravo of Venice” (1804); “Romantic Tales” (1808); besides many plays, and translations from the German See “Lewis’s Life and Correspondence” (1839)
