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* HUNT. 330 HUNT. actually in progress he was mobbed and impris- oned fur his activity in the royal cause, but lied to Kiij;lanil, where he en(ereil the C'liureli. .fter preaching' in Loudon for a time he turned pri- vate tutor and wrote The I'olilivtil Family, or (I rHnroiirsf I'ointinfi out thr I'lriinonil .{ilrrin- liigts fc/iic/i Flotr from an Vninlvnuptcd Union beticcen Ureal Urilain and Iut Avicrieun Colonics (1775), and Uiijht of Knglishinvn. an Antidote to the I'oison of 'J'tiomas I'uine (17'.tl). HUNT, Jamks Hknry Lki(ii (17S41859). . Knylish pcx-l and essayist, bom at .South{;ate, Jliddlesex, October 1!), 1784. He was a son of Isaac Hunt ((|.v.). His mother was of (Juaker descent. The boy was educated at Christ's Hospital, London. While at school he wrote verse in imitation of Collins, (!ray, and others. A selection of tliese juvenile ])oems his father helped him to pul>lish in 1801. In 1805 l>ei<jh at- tracted some notice by his theatrical ami literary criticism in the Sewn, a shortlived paper started by his elder brother John. Two years later he maile out of these contril)utions a book entitled Criliciil Ksxaiifi. lie also served as clerk in the office of his brother Stephen, who was an attor- ney, and for a short time he occupied a minor post in the War Olhce. In ISOS he joined with his brother John in fonndinfi a newspa|K'r called the ICxamincr, of which he was editor for thirteen years. Hunt was a Liberal in politics before Lib- eralism had become fa.shionablc ; and for one of his arliclcs, rellcctin"; on the obesity of the Prince Repent — 'a fat -Vdouis of fifty," llimt bad called him — he was sentenced to pay a fine of £.500. and to underijo two years' imprisonment. Hunt was happy enough in his confinement; he hid the prison bars with (lower.s, and received visits from Byron. Shelley, and Keat.s. Released in 1S15. he published the next year The Slory of Rimini, a verse narrative based on Dante's episode of Paolo and Francesca. In 1818 appeared a vojume of original poems and translatirais entitled I'oliiinv. Tlie next year he .started another journal, the IiiiUiiilnr (con- tinued for sevcnly-si.x weeks), in which first ap- peared some of his best essays. In 1821. having severed his London literary connections, he went to Italy to assume the editorship of a journal pro- jected by Ryron and Shelley. There were annoy- ing delays: Shelley died: Byron and Hunt quar- reled: and of this journal, called the lAheral, only four numbers api)cared (1822-23). Re- turning to London, Hunt gave his version of the enlcrprise in l.urd Ihiron and Smne of his Con- tempornriex (1828). In the same year he began the ComjMnion (28 nos.), a sequel to the Indi- cator. In 18:14 be started the London Journal, which he edited for about two years. His prin- cipal works, besides those already mentioned, are: Captain ftirord and Cajytnin Pen, a poem ( 18,35) ; Legend nf Florence, a fine play (1840) : The Seer, a selection from his essays in varioiis magazines (1840) ; some remarkable prefaces to an edition of the Restoration dramatists (1840); Palfreii. a Love Story of Old Times 1 1842) : One fjundrcd It'omanees of Real Life (1843), made up from con- tributions to the London Jonrnnl in 1834-35; Imagination or Faneif. containing the well-known essay on What Is Pnetriit (1844) ; a volume of his collected poems (1844): 'Wit and Humour, selections from the English poets, with com- ments (1840) ; Stories of the Italian Poets. iriVA Lives (184G); Men, Women, and Books, a de- lightful collection of miscellanies (1847) ; .4 Jar of Honey from ilount Jlylda (1848), made up mostly of contriluitions to .linsworlh's .Maya^ine in 1844; The Autubioyraphy (1850) ; Table Talk (1851) ; and The Old Court Suburb (1855). In spite of his industry. Hunt was always poor. In 1844 Sir Percy Shelley settled U]>on him a pen- sion of £120, which was augmented in 1847 liy a Government jjension of £200. He died at Putney, August 28, 185U. Hunt undoulitedly wrote too much, but the best of his [loems and essays render bis reputa- tion secure. The Story of Rimini is one of the linesl narnitivc poems since IJryden; his Palfny is delightful from its good spirits and bright, sunny glimpses of landsca]ie and character; and Abou-hen-Adhcm is a charming fable. As an essayist he is always cheerful and fanciful, and as a critic he is subtle and appreciative. His style is graceful. Consult: Autobiography, ed. by his son, T. Hunt (London, 18H0) ; Poetical Works (ib., 1800), and Corresiiondenee (ib., 1802); Reeolleetiims of Charles and Mary Coudrn. Clarke (London, 1878); Ireland. List of Writings of Hazlilt and Hunt (ib., 1808) : Monkhouse, Life of Hunt, in "tireat Writers Series" (ib., 1893) ; .(ohiison, Leigh Hunt (il)., 1806) ; .selections from works by Oilier (ib., 1800, new cd. 18!)0), Sy- mous (ib., 1887), Kent (ib., 1889), Johnson (ib.. 190002), and Classical Talcs (ib., 1804); Dramatic Es.iags, selected by Archer and Lowe (ib., 1894); Tales, wi€h nuMiioir. Knight ( ib.. 1890) : reprint of The Months, edition of 1821, with introdviction by Andrews (ib., 1897). HUNT. RioiiARD AIoRRis (1828-95). An .American ari-liitect. born at Brattleboro. Vt.. the brother of William :l(>rris Hunt. .t fifteen he began the study of architecture in Ocneva. Switz- erland, and later studied at the Kcole des Beaux- Arts in Paris. After travel in Europe. Asia, and Eg>pt. he was employed as inspector of works on the buildings connecting the Tuileries with the Louvre, under his old master Lefucl, who had succeiMled Visconti as architect in charge. In 1835 he returned to his own country, and was architect of the Capitol extension at Washing- ton, tlu' Lenox Library, the Tribune Building. Xew York, the I'nitcd States Xaval Observatory at Washington, the Divinity College Building at Yale, the Administration Building for the World's Fair. Cliicago, and the Yorktown Monu- ment. Among j)rivate houses by him are; W. K. Vanderbilt's, cw York ; the country house of George Vanderhilt. Biltmore. X. C. : and several beautiful sunnner houses at Xewport, R. I., in- cluding the 'Jlarblc House' and the 'Breakers.' Mr. Hunt exercised a powerful influence on the architecture of America, and many prominent architects were his laipils. He was one nf the founders, and in 1888 became presi<lent of, the Institute of Architects. He was a knight of the Legion of Honor and a foreign associate of the Institute of France. In 1898 the associ- ated architectural and art societies of N'cw York City erected a beautiful memorial to him, inchiding a bust of Mr. Hunt, in the wall of Central Park opposite the I/cnnx Library. It was designed by Daniel C. French and Bruce Price. HUNT, Thomas Sterry (1820-92). An American scientist, bom at Xorwich. Conn. He studied chemistrj' and acted as laboratory as-