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Raleigh, Sir Walter
(b. Hayes, Devonshire, 1552; d. London, October 29th, 1618). “The Discovery of the Large, Beautiful, and Rich Empire of Guiana” (1596); “A History of the World” (1614); “Advice to his Son,” etc. “Works” in 1751 and 1829. For Biography, see the “Lives” by Whitehead, Oldys, Birch, Cayley (1805), Thomson (1830), Tytler (1833), Napier (1857), St. John (1868), and Edwards (1870); also, D’Israeli’s “Curiosities of Literature,” and Kingsley’s “Miscellanies.” For Criticism, see The Edinburgh Review, vol. lxxi., and Hannah’s edition of the “Poems” (1875). See also the “Bibliography” by T. N. Brushfield (1886).
