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* HAZLITT. 672 HEAD. malion (1823; new ed. New York, 1902). Soon alter his divorce, lie married a widow, apparently on a sudden impulse, but after a year's travel on the Continent they, too, separated. The most important literary works of his later life are: Table Talk (1821); The l:ipirit of the Age (1825); The I'lain Hpeaker (1826); and Hket dies and Essays (1829). His Life of Napo- leon, of whom he was an ardent admirer, was neither a literary nor a financial success. Dis- appointed and harassed by anxieties, he died on ^^^•pt^ulber 18. 1830, with Charles Lamb at his bedside; his last words, despite all that he had sull'ered, were, "Well, I've had a happy life." Consult: W. C. Hazlitt, Memoirs (London, 1807 ) : an excellent volume of selections in the Cavendish Library (ib., 1889), with introduction by A. Ireland, who has also compiled a List of the Writings of Hazlitt and Bunt (ib., 1868) ; his Life by A. Birrell, in the "English Men of Letters Series" ( ib., 1902) ; also essays by Saints- bury in Essays in English Literature, IISO-ISGO, 1st .series (ib., 1890), and by Leslie Stephen in Hours in a Lihrary, 2d series (ib., 1877). A complete edition of his works, in 12 vols., was published in 1902, with an introduction by W. E. Henley. HAZLITT, William (1811-93). An English writer, son of the essayist. He became a lawyer and was appointed registrar of the Court of Bankruptcy in London in 18.54. He edited the writings of his father, and made translations of some of the works of Guizot, Thierry, Hue, and others. He also reedited Johnson's Lives of the Poets, and assisted in compiling a Manual of Maritime Warfare. Consult W. C. Hazlitt (his son). Four Generations of a Literary Family (London. 1897). HAZLITT, William Cakew (1834—). An English man of letters, grandson of the essayist. He was born in London, studied law and civil engineering; but became a journalist, and finally devoted himself to literature, including bibliog- raphy, history, archa'ology, and numismatics. His works include: a History of the Venetian Re- puhlic (4 vols., 1800) ; Memoirs of William- Ha::- lift (2 vols., 1867); Poems (1877); Offspring of Thought and Solitude, essays (1884); The Livery Companies of London- (1892); Coins of Europe (1893-97)'; Coin Collector (1890); Four Generations of a Literary Family (2 vols., 1897) ; The Lamhs: Their Lives, Their Friends, and Their Correspondence (1897); and Lamb and Hazlitt (1899). He also edited a large variety of dra- matic and poetical works, such as Dodsley's Old Plays (15 vols., 1874-76), and Shakespeare's Library (5 vols.) ; has edited Lamb's Letters ( 1 886) . and a number of volumes of Bibliographi- cal Collections and Notes (1867-92). HEAD. See Skull; Nervous System. HEAD, Barclay Vincent (1844—). An English numismatist, born at Ipswich, and edu- c;ited there at Saint Elizabeth's School. He was made assistant in the British Museum in 1864, and in 1893 keeper of the department of coins and medals. He became a member of the Imperial German Archaeological Institute, a laurfat of the French Institute, and joint editor of the Numis- matic Chronicle. He wrote; a history of Greek coinage, in single volumes (1874-1901) ; a Guide to the Coins of the .Ancients (1881) : The Young Collector's Handbook of Greek and Roman Coins (1883) ; the very valuable manual, Historia Nu- moruin (1887); and A Guide to the Principal Gold and Silver Coins of the Ancients in the liritish Musieum (4th ed. 1895). HEAD, Sir Edmund Walker (1805-68). An English Governor-General of Canada. He was born near Maidstone, Kent, was educated at Winchester and Oxford, and was a fellow at Merton College ( 1830-37 ), a University exami- ner, and a law student. Succeeding to his father's title in 1838, he was a Poor-Law Commissioner in 1841, went to New Brunswick six years later as Lieutenant-Governor, and from 1854 to 1861 was Governor-General of Canada. By that time the different provinces controlled their own af- fairs, so that- the per.sonal character of the Governor was a matter of small moment; but during Sir Edmund's term of office the clergy reserves and seigneurial tenures were abolished, the Victoria Bridge at Montreal was buiU. and Ottawa was chosen by the Queen as capital of Canada. After his return to England he was made a civil-service commissioner. He published a Handbook of Painting of the German, Dutch, Spanish, and French Schools ( 1848) ; The Temple of Sera pis at Pozzuoli (1858); Viga Glum, a translation of an Iceland story (1806). His poetical contributions to Eraser's Magazine were published posthimiously in 1808. HEAD, Sir FrAxXCIs Bond (1793-1875). An English colonial Governor and author, of Portu- guese-Jewish descent. He was born at the Her- mitage, Higham, Kent, and was educated at Rochester and in the Woolwich Military Acade- my, where he was made first lieutenant of engineers in 1811. He saw service on the Con- tinent, and was at the battle of Waterloo, but retired on half pay in 1825, when he went to South America to prospect in gold and silver mines. His first work recounted his experiences imder the title, Rough Notes of a .Journey in the Pampas and Andes (1828), and the rapidity of his traveling gained him the nickname 'Gallop- ing Head.' In 1835-37 he was Lieutenant-Gov- ernor of Upper Canada. Knowing nothing of the political situation of the country, he opposed the union of the provinces, and assumed that a popular desire for responsible government merely indicated a desire for annexation to the United States. He fancied he could govern with- out the aid of his council, and through his bad judgment and want of tact seems to have been largely to blame for the Upper Canadian share in the' rebellion of 1837. He was made a baronet in 1837. Among his published works are: Life of James Bruce (1830) ; Bubbles from the Brun- nen of Nassau (1833); The Emigrant (1840): Stokers and Pokers (1849) ; Defenceless State of Great Britain (1850): Fagot of French Sticks (1852) : The Horse and Bis Rider (1800) ; The Royal Engineer (1809); Sketch of the Life of Sir J. M.'Burgoyne (1872). HEAD, Sir George (1782-1855). An English traveler, elder brother of Sir Francis Bond Head. He was bom in Higham Parish, Kent, was edu- cated at the Charterhouse School, and went to the Peninsular War as a commissary clerk, rising gradually to be next to the head of the com- missariat in 1814. This experience provided material for his Memoirs of nn Assistant Com- missary-General (1837), while from his five years' service in Halifax he gleaned Forest Seen-