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C.D. Warner, et al., comp.
The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

Lindley Murray (1745–1826)

Murray, Lindley, whose name was long a synonym for grammar in America, was born in Swatara, PA, April 22, 1745; died near York, England, Jan. 16, 1826. His publications include: ‘Grammar of the English Language’ (1795, first ed.); ‘The Power of Religion on the Mind’ (1787); ‘Compendium of Religious Faith and Practice.’ ‘Memoirs of the Life and “Writings of Lindley Murray’ was issued in 1826.