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Harrison (FREDERIC an English writer)

FREDERIC, an English writer; born in London, Oct. 18, 1831.

He was educated at King's College School, London, and Wadham College, Oxford. A Positivist in religion and an advanced Liberal in politics, he argued his opinions in many vigorous and wellwritten articles in the magazines and reviews. Of his works the chief are "The Meaning of History" (1862); "Order and Progress" (1875); "The Present and the Future" (1880); "Lectures on Education" (1883); "On the Choice of Books" (1886); "Oliver Cromwell" (1888); "The Meaning of History" (1894); "Literary Essays" (1895); and "William the Silent" (1897); "Creed of Layman" (1907); "Among My Books" (1912) "The German Peril" (1915) etc.