ARNOLD, MATTHEW

(1822-88), Eng. poet and critic; s. of Dr. Arnold of Rugby; Rugby, Winchester, and Oxford; won Newdigate Prize (Cromwell), 1843; Fellow of Oriel, 1845; prof. of - Poetry, Oxford, 1857-67; inspector of schools, 1851-86. His poetical works are: The Sirayed Reveller (1849), and Empedocles on Hina (1852), both pub. under the initial ‘A.’; and under his full name, Poems (1853); Poems, 2nd Series (1855); Merope (1858); New Poems (1867). Among his prose works are: On Translating Homer (1861-62); E ays in Criticism (2nd Series, 1865); Study of Celtic Literaturé (1867); Culture and Anarchy (1869); Friendship’s Garland (1871); Literature and Dogma (1878); God ard the Bible (1875); Mixed E ays (1879); Discourses an America (1885).