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SAMUEL (1797-1868).-Song-writer and novelist, was a painter of portraits, chiefly miniatures. He produced a number of Irish songs, of which several-including _The Angel's Whisper_, _Molly Bawn_, and _The Four-leaved Shamrock_-attained great popularity. He also wrote some novels, of which _Rory O'More_ (in its first form a ballad), and _Handy Andy_ are the best known, and short Irish sketches, which, with his songs, he combined into a popular entertainment called _Irish Nights_. He joined with Dickens in founding _Bentley's Magazine_.