William James Linton, an English engraver, born in London in 1812. He entered warmly into the radical movements from 1844 to 1848, and was deputed to carry to the French provisional government the first congratulatory address of the British workmen. As an engraver on wood he ranks in the first class, and has prepared and illustrated " The History of Wood Engraving" and a series of " Works of Deceased British Artists " (1860). He has contributed largely to periodicals, and published " Claribel and other Poems " (1865), "A Life of Thomas Paine," and three volumes of "The English Republic." In 1867 he came to America, and took up his residence in New York, where he executed several admirable works. He subsequently removed to New Haven, Conn., where he conducts a large engraving establishment. - Eliza (Lynx), his wife, born at Keswick in 1822, has published "Azeth, the Egyptian" (1846); "Amymone, a Romance of the Days of Pericles" (1848); "Realities" (1851); " Witch Stories " (1861); "The Lake Country," illustrated by her husband (1864); " Grasp your Nettle " (1865); "Lizzie Lorton of Greyrigg" (1866); "Sowing the Wind" (1867); "Ourselves: Essays on Women" (1869); "The True History of Joshua Davidson, Christian and Communist" (1872; 6th ed., 1874); and " Patricia Kemball" (1874).