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Marie Joson d'Eiqitar. A French bibli- ographer, of Paris ; b. in Rennes ; d. in Paris.

Quevedo, Walter C. Odds and Ends. An American journalist, of Xew York City

Quincey, Thomas. T Q .

An English writer, father of Thomas de Quineey.

Quiiicy, Edmund, AM., 1808-77. Elites An American scholar and writer ; b."in Boston; Harv. Univ., 1827,- lived and d in Dedham, Mass

Quincy, Josiah, Jr, 1744-75. Ed- na-id Sexby ; Calisthenes; Marchmont Xeedham ; An Old Man. An eminent


American lawyer and patriot, of Bos- ton.

Quincy, Samuel Miller, 1833- A High Private. An American lawyer and journalist ; b. in Boston ; Harv Umv , 1852 , served in the civil war, 1861-65 ; for several years one of the editors of the " Monthly Law Reporter," Boston.

Quivogne-Chartrouse, Marie Emi- lie, 1850- Marc de Hontifaud A French author ; b. at Paris ; married at an early age the Spanish Count Quivogne, who became a bookseller, and his business was devoted almost entirely to the sale of the works of his wife, whose first book \\ as published when she was 13 years old.


Raafce, Wilhelm, 1S31-. Jakob Cot- lunts A German humorous writer; b at Eschershausen in Brunswick; has taught philosophy at the University of Berlin for a time from 1855 ; since 1870 has resided in Brunswick.

Rack, Edmund, 1735-87. usebius; A Fnend to Tiue Liberty An English Friend; b in At tleborough, Norfolk; be- came a linen-draper at Bardfield, Essex; about 1775 removed to Bath, where he died.

Radcliffe, Alida O. A. G. R. An American C 2 ) hymn writer.

Rae, William A Piobationei of the Church of Scotland.

Raffles, Thomas, IXD., LL D., 1788- 1863. A Docfoi of Divinity, but not of Ox- ford; Three Friends. An English Dis- senter ; b. in Spitalfields ; pastor of the Cong. Church at Hammersmith, 1808-11 ; and of the Great George Street Chapel, Liverpool, 1811-61; d. at Edge-Hill, Liverpool.

IRaine, Rev. Matthew, 1760-1810.

        • . An English clergyman; Fellow

of Trin. Coll., Cambridge, 1783 ; school- master of the Charter House, 1791; Preacher of Gray's Inn, 1809 ; Rector of Little Hallingbury, Essex, 1810.

Raissou, Horace Napoleon, 1798- 1854. A. B. P&rigoid. A French man of letters ; b. in Paris ; was in the office of the ministry of finance, 1818-22 ; then devoted himself to literature.

Raithby, John, Esq A Member of Lincoln's Inn. An English law writer; originally a law-stationer of Chancery Lane, London,


Raleigh, Walter S W. 8. R. An

American C 2 ) writer of the day

Ralph, James, 1762 A Gentleman of the Middle Temple; An Impartial In- quner; Lilburne; A Lover of Truth and Liberty ; A Pnmcock ; A Woman of Qual- ity. An English political journalist and pamphleteer, dramatist, poet, and histo- rian; probably b. in Philadelphia; in 1724 went to London with Benjamin Franklin ; d. at Chiswick.

Ralph, Julian E The Gei man Barber. An American journalist, of New York City.

Ralphs, . Issachar aj ebone. An

English journalist, of London, of the 18th century. Probably James Ralph.

Ralston, Thomas N, D.D. Ewela. An American clergyman.

Ram, Rev. Stopford James, M.A. Ruth Vernon. An English clergyman ; St. John's Coll , Cambridge, 1849 ; Vicar of Christ Church, Battersea, 1877-80 et seg.

Ramsay, . E. An English libra- rian, of London Library, Ludgate Street, long since extinct.

Ramsay, Allan, 1685-1758. Quod Ar. Scot. A Scottish poet; b at Leadlnlls, Lanarkshire; was first a wig-maker ; then a bookseller at Edinburgh

Ramsay, Allan, Jr , 1713-84. En- tanmcus; Marcellus; Steady ; Zeio. A Scottish portrait painter; b. at Edin- burgh ; son of the poet ; settled first in Edinburgh, then in London ; " the son of the poet was a man of literature as well as genius", d. at Dover.

Ramsay, D. Hortensius.

Ramsay, James. A Gentleman. A