PURNELL

Thomas (son of Robert Purnell). b. Tenby 1834; matric. at Trin. coll. Dublin 1852; a istant secretary and librarian of Archæological institute of Great Britain and Ireland 1862–6; contributed a series of dramatic criticisms under the signature Q to the Athenæum 1870–1; founded a club known as the Decemviri; invented the nickname tea-cup and saucer comedy for the Robertson i an school of plays; edited James Hind’s Hist or i a quatuor regum Angliæ for the Roxburghe club 1868; and The correspondence and works of C. Lamb, 4 vols. 1870; author of Literature and its profe ors 1867; Dramatists of the present day. By Q 1871; To London and elsewhere 1881; The Lady Drusilla, a psychological romance 1887; Dust and diamonds, e ays 1888. d. Lloyd sq. Pentonville, London 17 Dec. 1889. London Figaro 28 Dec. 1889 p. 11 portrait ; Athenæum 21 Dec. 1889 p. 860.