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DEBELL, REV. PHILIP. Wesleyan Missionary. b. Cornwall. d. St. Christopher, West Indies, 25th Jan., 1803. cf. Methodist Mag., xxvi, 493 (1803); xlvi, 140-41 (1823).

An Elegy written on the Death of Mr. P. Debell. Methodist Mag., xxxii, 224 (1809).

DEBILL, NICHOLAS, of University Coll., Oxford. (son of John Debill). V. of Maker 1602-31, afterwards R. of Calstock. b. Cornwall, 1576. Academiæ Oxoniensis pietas erga...Jacobum, Angliæ Regem. 1603, 4°.

NOTE.-Contains verses by N. Debill.

DE COURCY, ADMIRAL MICHAEL (3rd son of John, 25th Lord Kinsale). d. Stockton House, near Saltash, 22nd Feb., 1824. cf. Gent. Mag., xciv, pt. 1, 640-41 (1824).

DE COURSON, AURELIEN.

Histoire des Peuples Bretons dans le Gaule, et dans les Iles Britanniques, Langue, Coutumes, Mœurs, Institutions, &c., &c., avec un Glossaire Cornouaillais, Armorican et Gallois. Paris, 1846, 2 vols., 8°.

DEEBLE, JOSEPH HARRY (son of Joseph Deeble). b. Falmouth, 18th Oct., 1819.

The Casket; a Collection of Poems. By J. H.

DEEBLE, JOSEPH HARRY. (Con.).

Deeble. Coleford, Printed by Charles Hall, 1842, 8°., pp. 102. For private circulation only. The Sorceress of Saragossa. By C. Devonshire (1846), q.v.

NOTE. The Prologue written by J. H. Deeble.

The Jew and the Vintner. A True Story. Anon. Second edition, n.p. [Falmouth], 1853, 8o., pp. 17, 6d.

Azora, a Romaunt of the Moors, Reuben Gray, Spirit Warnings, Ivan and Anna (a Russian Tale), A Painter's Adventure, and Miscellaneous Poems. By J. H. Deeble. Falmouth, C. S. Dixon, 31, Market Street, 1855, 8., pp. 200, 2/6.

DE DUNSTANVILLE, FRANCIS, LORD [Sir Fras. Basset (son of Fras. Basset), cr. Baronet 24th Nov., 1779]; Baron de Dunstanville, of Tehidy, 17th June, 1796; Baron Basset, of Stratton, 30th Oct., 1797. b. Walcot, 9th Aug., 1757. d. London, 5th Feb., 1835. cf. Gent. Mag., iii, 655-57 (1835); Annual Biog. for 1836, pp. 35-39.

Thoughts on Equal Representation. Anon. Lond., printed for R. Blamire, 5, Strand; sold by B. Law, Ave-Mary-Lane...1783, 8°.

Observations on the Treaty of Commerce between Great Britain and France. Anon. Lond., printed for R. Blamire, 1787, 8°.

Thoughts on the Theory and Practice of the French Constitution. In 4 Letters. Lond., printed for R. Blamire, 1794, 8°.

NOTE. The 4th Letter is signed "An Englishman." The Crimes of Democracy. Anon. Lond., printed for R. Faulder, 1798, 8°.

A Speech made at the County Meeting at Bodmin, on Monday, 15th May, 1809, against certain resolutions proposed there. Anon. Lond., printed for J. Faulder, New Bond Street, 1809,

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NOTE. "Political Tracts." A Volume so labelled is in the Library of the Royal Instit. of Cornwall, with the following inscription on the fly leaf: "My own Pamphlets, De Dunstanville, the Gift of the Author to his Dearest Friend, Miss Lemon, 1824." It contains all the above Pamphlets.

Remarks on a Pamphlet entitled "A Speech made at the County Meeting, at Bodmin..." Anon. 1809, 8°. See Budd, E.

Richard Carew's Survey of Cornwall... By Lord de Dunstanville. 1811, 4°. See Carew, Rich.

Experiments in Agriculture. By Sir F. Basset. 62 (1794). Arthur Young's Annals of Agriculture, xxii, 145–

Reply to a Circular Letter of A. Young's. ib., xxiv, 234-6 (1795).

DE DUNSTANVILLE.

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DE LA BECHE.

DE DUNSTANVILLE, FRANCIS, LORD. (Con.). A Fat Ox. By Lord De Dunstanville. ib., xxxiii, 636-7 (1799).

Crops and Prices. ib., xxxiv, 263–5, 267–68 (1800).

Letter to Lord De Dunstanville. By Wrey I'Ans. Dated Whitstone House, Mar. 31, 1800. [Relative to the Culture of Potatoes]. ib., xxxv, 113-19 (1800).

Crops in Cornwall. ib., xxxvi, 106-9 (1801). Mildew. ib., xliii, 471-2 (1805).

Letter to the Rev. Canon Rogers, on the Appropriation of the Dunstanville Fund. By Sir C. Lemon. 1838, 8°.

History of the Manor...of Castle Combe, in Wilts...with Memoirs of the Families of Dunstanville, Badlesmere, etc. By George Poulett Scrope, M.P. Printed for private circulation. [Lond., J. B. Nichols and Sons], 1852, 4°., pp. x and 403.

Grecian Prospects. A Poem, in Two Cantos. By Rev. R. Polwhele. Helston, 1799, 4°.

NOTE.-Dedicated to Lord De Dunstanville.

Sonnet written 25th Aug., 1825, to Lord De Dunstanville, on his return to his native country. By Rev. R. Polwhele. Gent. Mag., xevi, pt. 1, 552 (1826).

Letter from Sir G. Rodney to Lord De Dunstanville. cf. Life and Corresp. of Lord Rodney, ii, 312, 335-37.

DE FOE, DANIEL (son of James Foe). b. London, 1663. d. London, 24th April, 1731.

The Storm; or a collection of the most remarkable casualties and disasters which happened in the late dreadful tempest, both by sea and land. Anon. Lond., printed for G. Sawbridge, in Little Britain; and sold by J. Nutt, near Stationers'-Hall; 1704, 8°., pp. 272, and Preface 1 sheet not paged.

NOTE.-Letter signed W. T., and dated "From St. Kevearn Parish, in Cornwall, May 26, 1704," pp. 14850; Letter signed "R. P., May 28, 1704," containing an account of a ship laden with tin, whereof Anthony Jenkins, of Falmouth, was commander, which was blown from her anchorage at Helford to the Isle of Wight in 8 hours, pp. 196-9; cf. also pp. 66, 209, 213, 223.

The Dumb-Philosopher, or Great Britain's Wonder; containing: I. A faithful and very surprizing account how Dickory Cronke, a Tinner's son, in the County of Cornwal, was born dumb, and continued so for 58 years; and how, some days before he died, he came to his speech: with memoir of his life and the manner of his death. II. A declaration of his faith and principles... III. His prophetical observations... To which is added his Elegy, written by a young Cornish gentleman, of Exeter Coll., in Oxford

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NOTE. A fictitious narrative, supposed to be by D. De Foe.

A Tour thro' the whole Island of Great Britain, divided into Circuits or Journeys. Giving a particular and entertaining account of whatever is curious and worth observation...By a Gentleman [i.e., D. Defoe]. Third Edition, with very great additions...to the year 1742. Lond., printed for J. Osborn, &c., 1742, 4 vols., 8°.

NOTE. The account of Cornwall contained in I, 337-56; II, 1—8.

A Tour thro' the whole Island of Great Britain...7th Edition. Lond., printed for J. and F. Rivington, &c., 1769, 4 vols., 8°.

NOTE. In this edition the account of Cornwall is comprised in I, 387-415; II, 1—8.

DEGENHARDT, B. CHARLES.

On the Geological Formation of the Gold Regions of the Eastern Coast of Virginia. Rep. R.C.P. Soc., 1838, pp. 162-63.

DE LA BECHE, SIR HENRY THOMAS, F.R.S. b. London, 1796. d. London, 13th April, 1855. Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset, by H. T. De la Beche, Director of the Ordnance Geological Survey. Map, woodcuts, and 12 plates. Lond., Longman, 1839, 8°., pp. 648, 14/-.

Researches in Theoretical Geology. By H. T. De la Beche. Lond., C. Knight, 22, Ludgate Street, 1834, 8°., pp. xvi and 408.

How to observe Geology. By H. T. De la Beche. Lond., C. Knight, 1835, 12°., pp. viii and 312.

Inaugural Discourse at the Opening of the Government School of Mines, 6th November, 1851. By Sir H. T. De la Beche. Lond., printed by Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1851, 8°., Pp. 24.

Mining, Quarrying, and Metallurgical Processes and Products. By Sir H. T. De la Beche. In "Lectures on the Results of the Great Exhibition of 1851, delivered before the Society of Arts." (Lond., Bogue, 1852, 8°.), pp. 37-73.

NOTE. The above four works contain references to the Geology of Cornwall.

Notice of Fossils from the schistose rocks of North Cornwall. Proc. Geol. Soc., ii, 225-26 (1835).,

On the Influence of Atmospheric Pressure on

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DE LA BECHE, SIR HENRY THOMAS. (Con.). the Tidal Waters of Cornwall and Devon. Edinb. New Philos. Journ., xxvi, 415-19 (1839).

On the Connexion between Geology and Agriculture in Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset. Agric. Soc. Journ., iii, 21-35 (1842).

On Estuaries and their Tides. Philos. Mag., xxiv, 485-91 (1844); Trans. R.G.S.C., vi, 211-18 (1846).

On the Formation of the Rocks of South Wales and South-Western England. Mem. of Geol. Survey of Great Britain, i, 1–296 (1846).

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DELANY, MARY (dau. of Bernard Granville). b. Coulton, Wiltshire, 14th May, 1700. firstly Alex. Pendarves, of Roscrow (who d. 1724); m. secondly Rev. Patrick Delany, D.D. (who d. 1768). d. Windsor, 15th April, 1788. The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville (Mrs. Delany), with interesting Reminiscences of King George the Third and Queen Charlotte. Ed. by the Rt. Hon. Lady Llanover. Lond., R. Bentley, 1861, 3 vols., 8°.-Second Series, 1862, 3 vols., 8°., 50/-.

NOTE. The account of Mrs. Delany whilst she was wife of Mr. Pendarves, is contained in 1 S., i, 22—109.

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DENDY, WALTER COOPER. (Con.).

The Beautiful Islets of Britaine. By W. C. Dendy. Described and illustrated from sketches on the spot, by the Author. Re-issue, with additions. Lond., Bickers, 1860, post 8°., pp. 151, 3,6.

NOTE.-Account of Scilly, with map and 8 woodcuts, pp. 37-66, in both editions.

DENNERS, MR. b. 1728. d. Frogwell, near Callington, 4th Oct., 1802.

The Grace of God manifested in the conversion and happy death of Mr. Denners. By J. Kingston. Methodist Mag., xxix, 77-81 (1806).

DENNIS, ALEXANDER. b. Sawah, St. Levan, 1739. d. Madron, 6th July, 1823.

Journal of a Tour through great part of England and Scotland, in the year 1810, performed by A. Dennis, of Trembath. Penzance, T. Vigurs, 1816, 12o., pp. 163.

DENNIS, THOMASINE (dou. of the preceding). b. Sawah, 29th Sept., 1771. d. Sawah, 30th Aug., 1809. cf. D. Gilbert's Cornwall, iii, 33.

Sophia St. Clare. A Novel. In two volumes. Anon. Lond., printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's

Churchyard, 1806, 2 vols., 12°. Cornwall County

Lib.

Poems. MSS.

DENZELL, JOHN (son of John. Denzell, of St. Mawgan). Created Serjeant-at-Law, 23 Hen. VIII. d. 3rd Jan., 1535. bur. St. Giles' in the Fields, London. cf. Dugdale's Origines Judiciales (3rd ed.), pt. i, 251, pt. ii, 83.

Nine Readings of J. Denishill, Serjeant-at-Law, upon the Statute 4 Hen. VII, beginning with the second reading. MSS. Camb. Univ. Lib., Hh. ii, 1, art. 1, ff. 28–45.

NOTE.-A French version of the above is stated in Bishop Tanner's "Bibliotheca Britannico-Hibernica," to have been amongst the MSS. of Sir William Glynn, Bart., 1672.

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DERRICK, FRANCIS. (Con.).

By F. Derrick.

Olive Varcoe. A Novel. Lond., Saunders, Otley, & Co., 1868, 3 vols., 8°., 31.6.

Simple as a Dove. A Novel. By the Author of "Olive Varcoe." Lond., Tinsley Bros., 1869, 3 vols., 8., 31/6.

Beneath the Wheels. A Romance. By the Author of "Olive Varcoe." Lond., Tinsley Bros., 1870, 3 vols., 8°., 31/6.

Patience Caerhydon. A Story. By the Author of "Beneath the Wheels." Lond., Tinsley Bros., 1870, 3 vols., 8°., 31/6.

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NOTE. Reprinted from the Englishwoman's Domestic Mag., vol. iv, v, vi, vii (1868), where it is called The Journal of Miss Patience Caerhydon, of Gualmara." The work is "Dedicated to my own people, the dear, kindly, ancient Cornish race, whose memory, like a 'lengthening chain,' has followed me to many lands, but among whom I am now a stranger."

My Love Amy. A Cornish Tale. Belgravia, i, 299-322 (1867).

An Episode in the Life of Miss Tabitha Trenoodle. ib., ii, 305-18.

Another Episode in the Life of Miss Tabitha Trenoodle. ib., v, 489-98 (1868).

A Sealed Heart. [A Valentine Story]. Bow Bells (Extra Valentine Number, 12th Feb., 1868), pp. 2-4.

DES MAISEAUX, PIERRE. 6. Auvergne, 1666. d. London, June, 1745.

The Survey of Cornwall...By R. Carew. With the Life of the Author, by H**** C*****. [pseud., i.e., P. Des Maiseaux], 1723. See Carew, R.

DEVILLE, LOUIS.

Excursions dans le Cornouailles et le Devonshire. Par L. Deville. Paris, E. Dentu, EditeurLibraire de la Societé des Gens de Lettres, Palais Royal, 1863, sm. 8°., pp. 180.

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DEVONSHIRE, CHARLES (son of John Devonshire). b. Falmouth, 10th Dec., 1783. Indiana, U.S. America, 15th Oct., 1851. Kenilworth, a Tragedy, in five acts. play is founded on Sir W. Scott's celebrated romance of Kenilworth, and adapted to theatrical representation... Entered at Stationers' Hall. Falmouth, printed and published by James Philp; and sold in London by Simpkin and Marshall; 1830, 8o., 1/-.

Clara, or the Marriage Feast. A Tragic Drama, in five acts. By a Mechanic [i.e., C. Devonshire]. Falmouth, printed and published by J. W. Dixon, near the Church, 1836, 8°., 2/-.

The Sorceress of Saragossa. A Play, in five acts. By C. Devonshire, Author of Kenilworth,

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DEVONSHIRE, ADMIRAL RICHARD (son of Thomas Devonshire). b. Truro, 25th June, 1784. d. Plymouth, 19th March, 1860. cf. Gent Mag., viii, 527 (1860); O'Byrne's Naval Biog. Dict.

DIBDIN, CHARLES. b. Southampton, 1745. d. London, 25th July, 1814.

Observations on a Tour through almost the whole of England and a considerable part of Scotland, in a series of letters, addressed to a large number of intelligent and respectable Friends. By Mr. Dibdin. Lond., G. Goulding, n.d. [1801], 2 vols., 4o.

NOTE.-Contains an account of Cornwall with 4 views, I, 127-76, in letters addressed to Rev. Mr. Penneck and Col. G. C. George.

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DICKEN, CAPT. HENRY PERRY, R.N. Witheridge, Devon, 2nd Aug., 1795. Remarks on a heavy gale of wind experienced in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in Sept., 1839, on board H.M. Brig "Reindeer." Rep. R.C.P. Soc., 1842, pt. ii, pp. 72-73.

DICKINSON, REV. THOMAS GUSTAVUS.

The Church of England the pillar and stay of the truth. A Sermon preached on the opening of the Godolphin District Church, in the parish of St. Breage, on Thursday, July 11, 1850, by the Rev. T. G. Dickinson, Curate of St. Breage. Helston, J. C. Carlyon, 1850, 12°., pp. 23, 6d.

DILLWYN, LEWIS WESTON, F.R.S. & L.S. (son of Will. Dillwyn). b. Ipswich, 1779. d.

Sketty Hall, near Swansea, 31st Aug., 1855. The Botanist's Guide through England and Wales. By Dawson Turner, F.R.S., A.S., and L.S., and L. W. Dillwyn. Lond., printed and

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DIX, REV. EDWARD, M.A. (only son of Capt.
Edw. Dix, R.N.). R. of Truro 1833-9; V. of
Newlyn [East] 1839-56. b. 1804. d. Newlyn,
22nd Jan., 1856.

A Sermon preached in St. Mary's Church,
Truro, on Thursday, August 25, 1836, at the
Triennial Visitation of the Right Reverend the
Truro, 1836, 8°., pp. 19.
Lord Bishop of Exeter, by the Rev. E. Dix.

DIX, THOMAS. Master of North Walsham
Academy.

A New Map of the County of Cornwall,
divided into hundreds. By T. Dix. With
Engraving of the Cheesewring. Lond., W.
Darton, 58, Holborn Hill, 1st Jan., 1821.
Size, 17 in. by 132 in.

DOBBS, H., Helston.

Improved Repeating Time-Piece. Rep. R.C.P. Soc., 1835, p. 120.

DOCTON, THOMAS (son of Francis Docton). b.
Trevone, Padstow, 1st Sept., 1774. d. Little
Petherick, 1st March, 1863.

The Orphan's Prayer. Verses. Cornish Mag., iii, 67 (1828).

DODD, SAMUEL (son of John Thomas Dodd). b. London, 20th June, 1802.

Inscribed Slab near Penzance. Archæol.

J. Dinham appointed Senechal of the Duchy Journ., xxi, 100 (1864). of Cornwall. Harl. MSS., 433, art. 26 [Grants, &c., from the Crown during the Reign of Edw. V, Camden Soc., 1854, p. 24].

J. Lord Dinham, one of the Assessors of the County of Cornwall. ib., 433, art. 144.

J. Lord Dinham appointed Chief Steward to the Duchy of Cornwall. ib., 433, art. 401.

DINHAM, LADY JEAN (daughter of Sir Rich.
Arches and wife of the preceding).

The Lady Dinham hath four tuns of wine yearly. Harl. MSS., 433, art. 1123.

The Will of Lady Dinham. 26th Jan., 1496.
Test. Vetust., i, 379, 431, ii, 496.

DIODORUS SICULUS. b. Agyrium, in Sicily.
He wrote after B.C. 8.

Diodori Siculi Bibliotheca Historica. Ex
recognitione Immanuelis Bekkeri.
Sumptibus et Typis B. G. Teubneri.
4 vols., 8o.

Lipsiæ, 1853-4,

NOTE.-Description of the Tin Workers near Belerium [i.e., the Land's End] and the Island Ictis, Book v, chap. 21 and 22; The Cassiterides, Book v, chap. 38.

DODDRIDGE, SIR JOHN. b. Barnstaple, 1555. d. near Egham, 13th Sept., 1628.

The History of the Ancient and Moderne. Estate of the Principality of Wales, Dutchy of Cornewall, and Earldome of Chester, collected out of the Records of the Tower of London and divers Ancient Authors. By Sir John Dodridge, Knight, late one of His Majestie's Judges in the King's Bench, and by himself dedicated to King James, of ever blessed memory. Lond., printed by Tho. Harper, for Godfrey Edmondson and Thomas Alcherne, 1630, 4°., pp. 142.

An Historical Account of the Ancient and Modern State of the Principality of Wales, Dutchy of Cornwall, and Earldom of Chester, collected out of the Records of the Tower of London and divers Ancient Authors. By Sir J. Doddridge, Knight. The Second Edition. To which is added His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales' Patent, both in Latin and English; also an account of his Dignities, Privileges, Arms, Rank, and Titles, and of his Sons and Daughters. Lond., printed for J. Roberts,

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