Alphabetical List of Writers
| ADAMS, SARAH FLOWER | 1805-1848 | |
| AINSWORTH, WILLIAM HARRISON | 1805-1882 | |
| ALISON, SIR ARCHIBALD | 1792-1867 | |
| ALLINGHAM, WILLIAM | 1824-1889 | |
| ARNOLD, MATTHEW | 1822-1888 | |
| ARNOLD, THOMAS | 1795-1842 | |
| AUSTIN, JOHN | 1790-1859 | |
| AYTOUN, WILLIAM EDMONDSTOUNE | 1813-1865 | |
| BAILEY, PHILIP JAMES | 1816-1902 | |
| BARHAM, RICHARD HARRIS | 1788-1845 | |
| BARNES, WILLIAM | 1801-1886 | |
| BATES, HENRY WALTER | 1825-1892 | |
| BLACKIE, JOHN STUART | 1809-1895 | |
| BLANCHARD, SAMUEL LAMAN | 1804-1845 | |
| BORROW, GEORGE | 1803-1881 | |
| BOSWORTH, JOSEPH | 1789-1876 | |
| BRONTË, ANNE | 1820-1849 | |
| BRONTË, CHARLOTTE | 1816-1855 | |
| BRONTË, EMILY JANE | 1818-1848 | |
| BROUGH, ROBERT BARNABAS | 1828-1860 | |
| BROWN, DR. JOHN | 1810-1882 | |
| BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT | 1806-1861 | |
| BROWNING, ROBERT | 1812-1889 | |
| BUCKLE, HENRY THOMAS | 1821-1862 | |
| BURTON, JOHN HILL | 1809-1881 | |
| CAIRNES, JOHN ELLIOT | 1823-1875 | |
| CALVERLEY, CHARLES STUART | 1831-1884 | |
| CARLETON, WILLIAM | 1794-1869 | |
| CARLYLE, THOMAS | 1795-1881 | |
| CHAMBERS, ROBERT | 1802-1871 | |
| CHAMIER, FREDERICK | 1796-1870 | |
| CLARK, WILLIAM GEORGE | 1821-1878 | |
| CLARKE, CHARLES COWDEN | 1787-1877 | |
| CLARKE, MARY COWDEN | 1809-1897 | |
| CLOUGH, ARTHUR HUGH | 1819-1861 | |
| COLENSO, JOHN WILLIAM | 1814-1883 | |
| COLERIDGE, HARTLEY | 1796-1849 | |
| COLERIDGE, SARA | 1802-1852 | |
| COLLIER, JOHN PAYNE | 1789-1883 | |
| COLLINS, MORTIMER | 1827-1876 | |
| COLLINS, WILLIAM WILKIE | 1824-1889 | |
| CONINGTON, JOHN | 1825-1869 | |
| CORY, WILLIAM | 1823-1892 | |
| CRAIK, DINAH MARIA | 1826-1887 | |
| CROKER, THOMAS CROFTON | 1798-1854 | |
| DARWIN, CHARLES ROBERT | 1809-1882 | |
| DE MORGAN, AUGUSTUS | 1806-1871 | |
| DE TABLEY, J. B. LEICESTER WARREN, LORD | 1835-1895 | |
| DE VERE, AUBREY | 1814-1902 | |
| DICKENS, CHARLES | 1812-1870 | |
| DISRAELI, BENJAMIN, EARL OF BEACONSFIELD | 1804-1881 | |
| DOBELL, SYDNEY THOMPSON | 1824-1874 | |
| DOYLE, SIR FRANCIS HASTINGS | 1810-1888 | |
| DUFFERIN, HELEN SELINA SHERIDAN, LADY | 1807-1867 | |
| DYCE, ALEXANDER | 1798-1869 | |
| ELIOT, GEORGE | 1819-1880 | |
| FERGUSON, SIR SAMUEL | 1810-1886 | |
| FERRIER, JAMES FREDERICK | 1808-1864 | |
| FINLAY, GEORGE | 1799-1875 | |
| FITZGERALD, EDWARD | 1809-1883 | |
| FORSTER, JOHN | 1812-1876 | |
| FROUDE, RICHARD HURRELL | 1803-1836 | |
| FROUDE, JAMES ANTHONY | 1818-1894 | |
| GASKELL, ELIZABETH CLEGHORN | 1810-1865 | |
| GLADSTONE, WILLIAM EWART | 1809-1898 | |
| GLASCOCK, WILLIAM NUGENT | 1787?-1867 | |
| GORDON, ADAM LINDSAY | 1833-1870 | |
| GRANT, JAMES | 1822-1887 | |
| GRAY, DAVID | 1838-1861 | |
| GREENWELL, DORA | 1821-1882 | |
| GROTE, GEORGE | 1794-1871 | |
| HALLAM, ARTHUR HENRY | 1811-1833 | |
| HALLIWELL-PHILLIPPS, JAMES ORCHARD | 1820-1889 | |
| HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM | 1788-1856 | |
| HANNAY, JAMES | 1827-1873 | |
| HAWKER, ROBERT STEPHEN | 1803-1875 | |
| HELPS, SIR ARTHUR | 1813-1875 | |
| HINCKS, EDWARD | 1792-1866 | |
| HOOD, THOMAS | 1799-1845 | |
| HOOK, THEODORE EDWARD | 1788-1841 | |
| HOOK, WALTER FARQUHAR | 1798-1875 | |
| HORNE, RICHARD HENGIST | 1803-1884 | |
| INGELOW, JEAN | 1820-1897 | |
| JAMES, GEORGE PAINE RAINSFORD | 1801-1860 | |
| JAMESON, ANNA BROWNELL | 1794-1860 | |
| JERROLD, DOUGLAS WILLIAM | 1803-1857 | |
| JONES, EBENEZER | 1820-1860 | |
| JOWETT, BENJAMIN | 1817-1893 | |
| KAYE, SIR JOHN WILLIAM | 1814-1876 | |
| KEBLE, JOHN | 1792-1866 | |
| KINGLAKE, ALEXANDER WILLIAM | 1809-1891 | |
| KINGSLEY, CHARLES | 1819-1875 | |
| KINGSLEY, HENRY | 1830-1876 | |
| LANDON, LETITIA ELIZABETH | 1802-1838 | |
| LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM | 1801-1876 | |
| LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED | 1827-1876 | |
| LAYARD, SIR AUSTEN HENRY | 1817-1894 | |
| LEAR, EDWARD | 1812-1888 | |
| LEVER, CHARLES JAMES | 1806-1872 | |
| LEWES, GEORGE HENRY | 1817-1878 | |
| LEWIS, SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL | 1806-1863 | |
| LIVINGSTONE, DAVID | 1813-1873 | |
| LOCKER-LAMPSON, FREDERICK | 1821-1895 | |
| LOCKHART, JOHN GIBSON | 1794-1854 | |
| LOVER, SAMUEL | 1797-1868 | |
| LYELL, SIR CHARLES | 1797-1875 | |
| LYTTON, EDWARD BULWER, LORD | 1803-1873 | |
| LYTTON, EDWARD ROBERT, LORD | 1831-1891 | |
| MACAULAY, THOMAS BABINGTON | 1800-1859 | |
| McCLINTOCK, SIR FRANCIS LEOPOLD | 1819- | |
| MADDEN, SIR FREDERICK | 1801-1873 | |
| MAGINN, WILLIAM | 1793-1842 | |
| MAHONY, FRANCIS SYLVESTER | 1804-1866 | |
| MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER | 1822-1888 | |
| MANGAN, JAMES CLARENCE | 1803-1849 | |
| MANSEL, HENRY LONGUEVILLE | 1820-1871 | |
| MARRYAT, FREDERICK | 1792-1848 | |
| MARSTON, JOHN WESTLAND | 1819-1890 | |
| MARTINEAU, HARRIET | 1802-1876 | |
| MASSEY, GERALD | 1828-1907 | |
| MAURICE, JOHN FREDERICK DENISON | 1805-1872 | |
| MAXWELL, WILLIAM HAMILTON | 1792-1850 | |
| MERIVALE, CHARLES | 1808-1893 | |
| MILL, JOHN STUART | 1806-1873 | |
| MILLER, HUGH | 1802-1856 | |
| MILMAN, HENRY HART | 1791-1868 | |
| MILNES, RICHARD MONCKTON, LORD HOUGHTON | 1809-1885 | |
| MORRIS, WILLIAM | 1834-1896 | |
| MOTHERWELL, WILLIAM | 1797-1835 | |
| MUNRO, HUGH ANDREW JOHNSTONE | 1819-1885 | |
| NEALE, JOHN MASON | 1818-1866 | |
| NEWMAN, FRANCIS WILLIAM | 1805-1897 | |
| NEWMAN, JOHN HENRY | 1801-1890 | |
| NORTON, HON. MRS. | 1808-1877 | |
| OUTRAM, GEORGE | 1805-1856 | |
| OWEN, SIR RICHARD | 1804-1892 | |
| PALGRAVE, SIR FRANCIS | 1788-1861 | |
| PATMORE, COVENTRY | 1823-1896 | |
| PATTISON, MARK | 1813-1884 | |
| PLANCHÉ, JAMES ROBINSON | 1796-1880 | |
| PRAED, WINTHROP MACKWORTH | 1802-1839 | |
| PROCTER, ADELAIDE ANNE | 1825-1864 | |
| PUSEY, EDWARD BOUVERIE | 1800-1882 | |
| RANDS, WILLIAM BRIGHTY | 1823-1882 | |
| RAWLINSON, SIR HENRY CRESWICKE | 1810-1895 | |
| READE, CHARLES | 1814-1884 | |
| REYNOLDS, JOHN HAMILTON | 1796-1852 | |
| ROBERTSON, FREDERICK WILLIAM | 1816-1853 | |
| ROSCOE, WILLIAM CALDWELL | 1823-1859 | |
| ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA GEORGINA | 1830-1894 | |
| ROSSETTI, DANTE GABRIEL | 1828-1882 | |
| RUSKIN, JOHN | 1819-1900 | |
| SCOTT, MICHAEL | 1789-1835 | |
| SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL | 1811-1890 | |
| SENIOR, NASSAU W. | 1790-1864 | |
| SMEDLEY, MENELLA BUTE | 1820-1877 | |
| SMITH, ALEXANDER | 1829-1867 | |
| SPENCER, HERBERT | 1820-1903 | |
| STANHOPE, PHILIP HENRY, EARL | 1805-1875 | |
| STANLEY, ARTHUR PENRHYN | 1815-1881 | |
| STERLING, JOHN | 1806-1844 | |
| STIRLING-MAXWELL, SIR WILLIAM | 1818-1878 | |
| STRICKLAND, AGNES | 1806-1874 | |
| TALFOURD, SIR THOMAS NOON | 1795-1854 | |
| TAYLOR, SIR HENRY | 1800-1886 | |
| TAYLOR, TOM | 1817-1880 | |
| TENNYSON, ALFRED, LORD | 1809-1892 | |
| THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE | 1811-1863 | |
| THIRLWALL, CONNOP | 1797-1875 | |
| THOM, WILLIAM | 1798-1848 | |
| THORNBURY, GEORGE WALTER | 1828-1876 | |
| TRENCH, RICHARD CHENEVIX | 1807-1886 | |
| TROLLOPE, ANTHONY | 1815-1882 | |
| TUPPER, MARTIN FARQUHAR | 1810-1889 | |
| TURNER, CHARLES TENNYSON | 1808-1879 | |
| WADE, THOMAS | 1805-1875 | |
| WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL | 1822- | |
| WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE | 1812-1882 | |
| WARREN, SAMUEL | 1807-1877 | |
| WHATELY, RICHARD | 1787-1863 | |
| WHITEHEAD, CHARLES | 1804-1862 | |
| WHEWELL, WILLIAM | 1794-1866 | |
| WHYTE-MELVILLE, GEORGE JOHN | 1821-1878 | |
| WILBERFORCE, SAMUEL | 1805-1873 | |
| WOOD, MRS. HENRY | 1814-1887 |
Footnotes
1 In later times this has been confused with the very different doctrine that there is a domain of authority within the domain of reason.
2 I.e., if Ainsworth was the author of Sir John Chiverton.
3 The ‘Young Friend’ to whom these remarkable letters are addressed is now Lady Hills-Johnes, of Dolancothy, Carmarthenshire.
4 One early criticism was that the book was suspiciously teres atque rotundus.