HORNE, THoruAs HARTWELL., was born of humble parentage in 1780. He was educated at Christ's Hospital, where he was a contemporary of Coleridge, who taught him his Greek alphabet, and assisted him in his work. He began life as a barrister's clerk on £zo a year, and took to such literary work as he could find, with the view of increasing his income. In 'Sol he sketched the first plan of his well-known ` Introduction,' which was published in 1818, after seventeen years soli tary, prayerful, unassisted labour.' Bishop How ley, satisfied with the fitness for holy orders which this book demonstrated, ordained him in 1819. In 1824. he was appointed to superintend a classed catalogue of the books in the British Museum Library. In 1831, Bishop Blomfield collated him to a prebendal stall worth Xir a year, but did not expect it to be quite so small.' In 1833 Dr IIowley, then archbishop, gave him the rectories of St. Edmund and St. Nicholas, in the city of London, with X3oo a year. In this post he died, Jan. 27, 1862, at the age of 82.
Mr. Horne was a man of immense industry, and the list of his works comprises more than fifty books, sermons, and pamphlets. Of these, the only one of any theological importance is, An Intro duction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, which has now reached the 1th edition. It consists of a summary of evidences for the genuineness of the Bible ; an introduction to the criticism of the O. and N. T., and a summary of Biblical geography and antiquities. It con tains a large amount of useful information on the subjects of which it treats, and does the highest credit to Mr. Horne's patient research and wide reading. It must, however, be admitted that the book is defaced by dogmatism and want of liberality, and though it was almost invaluable at the time when it appeared, it is not, as a whole, in any way worthy of the present more advanced position of English theology.—F. W. F.