Among his publications on general religious subjects are:
- ‘A Sermon at the Funeral of John Taylor, D.D.,’ &c., 1761, 8vo.
- ‘An Account of the Conversion of a Deist,’ &c., 1762, 8vo.
- ‘Reflections on … Deathbed Repentance,’ &c., 1762, 8vo (reached a third edit.).
- ‘Chearful Thoughts on … a Religious Life,’ &c., 1764, 8vo (reached a second edit., and was translated into Dutch).
- ‘Confession of Faith,’ printed with Amory's sermon and Chandler's charge at his ordination, 1765, 8vo.
- ‘A Letter to the Rev. Mr. Caleb Evans, occasioned by his … Confession of Faith,’ &c., 1768, 8vo.
- ‘The Melancholy Doctrine of Predestination,’ &c., 1768, 12mo.
- ‘The Life and Character of Jesus Christ,’ &c., 1772, 8vo.
- ‘Five Dissertations,’ &c., 1772, 8vo (defines his theological position; the second dissertation ‘on the Socinian scheme’ was republished with additions, 1783, 4to, and 1786, 8vo).
- ‘Of Temperance and Intemperance,’ &c., 1774, 8vo.
- ‘Seven Sermons,’ &c., 1777, 12mo.
- ‘The … Duty … of Contentment,’ &c., 1782, 12mo.
- ‘A Letter to the Rev. S. Badcock,’ &c., 1785, 8vo.
- ‘Discourses,’ &c., 1790, 8vo.
[For Harwood's life the chief authorities are his letters to the Gent. Mag. (see references above, also 1783 p. 691, 1793 p. 409), and the prefaces to some of his works; Aikin's General Biog., 1804, v. 73 (article signed M.); Watt's Bibliotheca Britannica, 1824, i. 472 (gives other publications by Harwood, but omits some specified above); Rutt's Memoir of Priestley, 1831, i. 44 sq.; Cat. of Edinb. Graduates, 1858, p. 243; Baines's Lancashire, 1870, ii. 82; Gregory's Prolegomena to Tischendorf's Greek Test., 1884, pp. 241, 248 sq.; Walter Wilson's manuscript account of Dissenting Congregations, in Dr. Williams's Library.]
HARWOOD, EDWARD (d. 1814), numismatist, was the eldest son of Edward Harwood, D.D. [q. v.] He was for many years a surgeon in the navy, and served under Captain (afterwards Admiral) William Bligh [q. v.] on board the Providence in 1791–4 (see Gent. Mag. 1793, ii. 994). He was a collector of ancient coins, and his cabinet of Greek and Roman large brass coins, together with his books, was sold at Leigh & Sotheby's on 28–30 April 1814 (Sale Catalogue, 1814). The first seven lots in the sale consisted of the coins illustrated in the plates of his published work, ‘Populorum et Urbium selecta numismata Græca ex aere descripta,’ London, 1812, 4to (with brief notes and a list of places that issued autonomous and Greek imperial coins). Harwood is described as ‘a benevolent friend and an elegant scholar.’ He died on 6 Jan. 1814 at Kirby Street, Hatton Garden, London.
[Gent. Mag. 1814, lxxxiv. pt. i. p. 200; Brit. Mus. Cat.]
HARWOOD, ISABELLA (1840?–1888), dramatist and novelist, daughter of Philip Harwood [q. v.], editor of the ‘Saturday Review,’ and of a Scotch lady of the name of Neil, was born about 1840. She commenced her literary career as a reviewer and writer of fiction, and between 1864 and 1870 produced a series of successful novels, among which ‘Abbot's Cleve,’ ‘Carleton Grange,’ and ‘Raymond's Heroine’ deserve especial notice. At a later period she found her true sphere in the almost utterly neglected department of the poetical drama. Her plays, published under the pseudonym of Ross Neil, ‘Lady Jane Grey,’ ‘Inez’ (1871), ‘The Cid,’ ‘The King and the Angel,’ ‘Duke for a Day’ (1874), ‘Elfinella,’ ‘Lord and Lady Russell’ (1876), ‘Arabella Stuart,’ ‘The Heir of Linne,’ ‘Tasso’ (1879), ‘Andrea the Painter,’ ‘Claudia's Choice,’ ‘Orestes,’ ‘Pandora’ (1883), are always elegant and often truly poetical, and merit a high rank as literary compositions, though too purely literary and too little substantial for the stage. Miss Harwood was most amiable, sensible, and accomplished, and shared her father's musical taste and proficiency. She did not long survive him, dying at Hastings in June 1888.
[Personal knowledge.]
HARWOOD, PHILIP (1809–1887), journalist, was born at Bristol in 1809, and in his youth was placed in a solicitor's office. Upon serving out his articles, however, he determined to enter the ministry, and after studying at Edinburgh University, where Dr. Chalmers's lectures produced the undesigned effect of converting him to unitarianism, he became in 1835 pastor of the unitarian congregation at Bridport. While there he published several single sermons, in one of which he attacked the principle of ecclesiastical establishments with great vigour. In 1839 he officiated for a time at St. Mark's Chapel, Edinburgh, where his scepticism as to the miraculous involved him in an acrimonious controversy with the Rev. George Harris of Glasgow, and other members of his denomination. In 1840 he removed from Bridport to London, where he became in 1841 assistant minister to William Johnson Fox [q. v.] at South Place Chapel. After a while he accepted an engagement to lecture on Sundays at the Beaumont Institution, Mile End, which continued until 31 Dec. 1843, when
