CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY BOUGHT WITH THE INCOME OF THE SAGE ENDOWMENT FUND GIVEN IN 1891 BY HENRY WILLIAMS SAGE -.w«». .Cornell University Library Z1224 .A21 1897 "''^'iMiimillfiiiSi.ii.'S'.'Di^''''^^" authors by Oscar olin 3 1924 029 558 057 Cornell University Library The original of tliis book is in tlie Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924029558057 PREFACE. The present volume is an outgrowth of the writer's " Handbook of American Authors," first published in 1884, several features which the judgment of the public approved in the earlier work having been retained in this. Without pretending to contain an exhaustive list of American writers, it may neverthe- less lay claim to be fairly inclusive, as the more than six thousand names herein mentioned will serve to show. A few names that might naturally be looked for here have been omitted at the request of their owners ; while some others have not been included, for the reason that diligent search failed to discover any trustworthy data concerning them. Here and there, too, the reader may chance upon unfilled dates of birth, or initials unexpanded. Yet in the ma- jority of such cases application by letter made directly to the owners of the names aforesaid, or to relatives and immediate friends of such persons, has failed to elicit any response. All reasonable effort has been made to obtain trustworthy information upon such points, but failure to obtain replies to let- ters of inquiry must account for the greater number of such omissions ; and here it may not be out of place to mention that information of more general character obtained from private sources has now and then been received too late to be of service, owing to the fact that the work was already eleotrotyped before it came to hand. In a comprehensive work like this, including so large a number of names and so many thousand dates, errors must of necessity occur, and the author cannot hope to escape adverse criticism in this respect. While absolute accu- racy would have been impossible to attain, he has nevertheless taken no little pains to approach this ideal ; and to this end, besides resorting to the ordinary means of information, he has consulted hundreds of catalogues of libraries, colleges, and publishers, as well as denominational year-books, and in number- less instances has availed himself of trustworthy information?, received directly from private sources. It thus happens that in certain eases dates given in this volume differ from those in other works of reference, and where this occurs the reason for the adoption of a different date l)ereiB4s supported by excellent authority. N,,^ It has been thought advisable to retain the " u " in the spfeljihg of such words as "colour," "favour," and the like, the exceptions to this duRcurring in titles where the spelling of the original has been followed. , In conne^^on with this ■s-i PREFACE it may not be amiss to note that the original spelling of titles has been very commonly though not invariably retained. To have done this in every instance, however, would have entailed more labour than it was desirable to incur. For several reasons the author has thought best in his classification of cer- tain authors to discriminate between poets and verse-writers. To apply the name of poet to each and every writer of verse would have been manifestly unjust. The poets of a. generation are not numerous, but the verse-writers are very many. If the term " poet " be loosely applied it loses its signification, while to deny that name to many a writer of excellent verse is to do him no injustice, but rather a service, as it is no disparagement to a private soldier not to be addressed as colonel. To the many persons who have so cordially responded to his letters of in- quiry, and whom he may not thank by name, the writer desires in this place to express his acknowledgments. To Mr. Arthur Mason Knapp, the superintend- ent of the Bates Hall department of the Boston Public Library, he has been indebted for very much in the way of help and suggestion from the time the work was uegun, and to other officials of that department he is under obli- gations likewise. He also grate&illy acknowledges much timely assistance received from the publishing firms of Lee & Shepard, T. Y. Crowell & Co., and Lamson, WolfPe & Co. In the reading of the proofs many valuable sug- gestions have been received from the proof-readers at the Riverside Press ; but his especial thanks are due his friend, Mr. Francis H. Allen, of Boston, whose watchful, critical supervision has been exercised upon every page of proof from first to last. The debt of gratitude which the writer owes him for this service may not be lightly estimated. Without his help, the book would have fallen far short of whatever measure of excellence it may now be judged to attain. The Hermttage, Boston, Massachtjsbtts, JOOT 17, 1897. /? ay PUBLISHERS NAMED IN THIS VOLUME. Am American Book Co New York. Ap D. Appleton & Co New York. Ar Arena Publishing Co Boston. A. U. A American Unitarian Association Boston. Bai Henry Carey Baird & Co Philadelphia. Ban Banner of Light Publishing Co.^ Boston. Bap American Baptist Publication Society Philadelphia. Bar A. S. Barnes & Co New York. Bo Bowen-Merrill Co Indianapolis. Bur Burrows Brothers Co Cleveland. 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Lgs Longmans, Green & Co London and New York. Lip J. B. Lippincott Co Philadelphia. Lit Little, Brown & Co Boston. LI LoveU, Coryell & Co New York. Lo Lothrop Publishing Co Boston. * Since the above was in type the firm name has become L. C. Page & Co. viu PUBLISHEKS NAMED IN THIS VOLUME. Lov A. Lovell & Co New York and Chicago. Mac Macmillan & Co New York and London, Mer Merriam Co New York. Meth Methodist Book Concern New York. Mg A. C. McClurg cfe Co Chicago. Mor John P. Morton & Co Louisville. My David McKay Philadelphia. Ne F. Tennyson Neely New York. Pt Preston & Rounds Providence. Put G. P. Putnam's Sons New York. Ba Rand, MoNaUy & Co Chicago and New York. Ran A. D. F. Randolph & Co New York. liev Fleming H. Revell Co Chicago. Ric George H. Richmond & Co New York. Rob Roherts Brothers Boston. iS Herbert S. Stone & Co Chicago. '*"; Scott, Foresman & Co Chicago. Scr Charles Scribner's Sons New York. Se N. J. Stone & Co San Francisco. Sil Silver, Burdett & Co Boston! *' Stone & Kimball New York. Uto Frederick A. Stokes Co New York. Vn D. Van Nostrand Co New York. Wat John D. Wattles & Co Philadelphia. We W. A. Wilde & Co Boston. Wh Thomas Whittaker New York. Wil John Wiley & Sons New York. Wn Bradlee Whidden Boston. Wy Way & WiUiams Chicago. PLACE OF BIRTH OF AUTHORS. The place of birth of the larger number of the authors mentioned in this volume is indicated by an abbreviation placed before the date of birth, which the following list will serve to explain : — A. Austria. Al. Alabama. A. M. Asia Minor. At. Ai'gentina. Ark. Arkansas. B. Brazil. Ba. Bermuda. B. G. British Guiana. Bh. Burmah. Bm. Belgium. Bo. Bohemia. Bv. Bavaria. C. Cuba. Cat. California. Ch. China. Ct. Connecticut. Cy. Ceylon. Dd. Delaware. D. C. District of Columbia. Dk. Denmark. E. England. E. I. East Indies. F. France. Fl. Florida. G. Germany. Ga. Georgia. Gr. Greece. H. Holland. H. I. Hawaiian Islands. Hy. Hungary. I. Ireland. la. Iowa. II. Illinois. Ind. Indiana. Ion. Ionian Islands. ly. Italy. j. Jamaica. Ky. Kentucky. La. Louisiana. L. I. Long Island. Ma. Moravia. Mch. Michigan. Md. Maryland. Me. Maine. Mg. Mecklenburg. Mi. Mississippi. Min. Minnesota. Mo. Missouri. Ms. Massachusetts. N. Norway. N. B. New Brunswick. 2V. C. North Carolina. N.H. New Hampshire. N.J. New Jersey. N.M. New Mexico. N.S. Nova Scotia. N. Y. New York. O. Ohio. Out. Ontario. Or. Oregon. p. Prussia. Pa. Pennsylvania. P. E. /. Prince Edward Island Per. Persia. Ph. Philippine Islands. PI. Portugal. Po. Poland. Q- Quebec. B. Russia. R.L Rhode Island. S. Scotland. Sa. Syria. S. C. South Carolina. Sd. Switzerland. Sg. Sohleswig. S L Staten Island. sa. Silesia. SI. Senegal. Sn. Sweden. Sp. Spain. Sxy. Saxony. Sy. Sicily. Tn. Tennessee. Ts. Texas. Ty- Turkey. Va. Virginia. Vt. Vermont. w. Wales. Wa. Westphalia. Wg. Wurtemburg. Wis. Wisconsin. W.I . West Indies. W.Va. West Virginia. A DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN AUTHORS* Abbe, Cleveland. N. Y., 1838- . A meteorologist of distinction who in 1871 became professor of mete- orology in the national "weather burean and has since continued in that posi- tion. The more important of his many publications include Solar Spots and Terrestrial Temperature ; A Plea for Terrestrial Physics ; Atmospheric Ra- diation ; Treatise on Meteorological Apparatus ; Preparatpry Studies for Deductive Methods in Meteorology. Abbe, Frederick Randolph. Ct., 1827-1889. A Congregational clergy- man in Massachusetts. The Temple Eebuilt, a Poem of Christian Faith. Abbey, Henry. N. Y., 1842 . A resident of Kingston, New York, who has published several collections of pleasant unpretentious verse. Ballads of Good Deeds ; The City of Success ; May Dreams ; Kalph and Other Poems ; Stories in Verse. Abbey, Richard. N. Y., 1805- A prominent clergyman of the South- em Methodist Church, among whose many theological and controversial writ- ings are. End of the Apostolical Succes- sion ; Creed of All Men ; Diuturnity ; Ecce Ecelesia, a reply to Ecce Homo ; The City of God and the Church Makers. Abbot, Abiel. N. H., 1765-1859. A Congregational clergyman of Connecti- cut and Massachusetts. History of An- dover ; Genealogy of the Abbot Family. Abbot, Abiel. Ms., 1770-1828. A Congregational clergyman of Beverly, Massachusetts. Letters from Cuba. His Sermons with Memoir were pub- lished in 1831. Abbot, Ezra. JWe., 1819-1884. A Uni- tarian biblical scholar of much promi- nence, who was for many years a pro- fessor in the Divinity School of Har- vard University, and widely known for the extent of his bibiiographical ac- quirements. Literature of the Doctrine of a Future Life ; Authenticity of the Fourth Gospel ; The Fourth Gospel and Other Critical Essays. "With H. B. Haokett, infra, he prepared the Amer- ican edition of Smith's Bible Diction- ary. See Memorial of, 1884-. El. Abbot, Francis Ellingwood. Ms., 1836 -. A religious and philosoph- ical thinker of advanced views, for some years editor of The Index, whose home is at Cambridge. Scientific Theism ; The Way out of Agnosticism. Lit. Abbot, Gorham Dummer. Me., 1807-1874. A Congregational clergy- man, long an educator of New York city. He was a brother of Jacob Ab- bott, infra, but returned to an older spelling of his surname. Prayer-Book for the Young ; Pleasure and Profit ; The Family at Home. Abbot, Henry Larcom. Ms., 1831- . A general in the United States array, of prominence as an engineer. Besides several series of Professional Papers, his writings include Lectures on the Defence of the Sea Coast of the United States ; Physics and Hydraulics of the Mississippi River. Yn. Abbot, Willis Jphn. Ct., 186.3 . Grandson of J. S. C. Abbott, infra, but using an older spelling of the surname. A journalist of New York city. Blue Jackets of 1776 ; Blue Jackets of 1812 ; Blue Jackets of '61, three volumes of history for young people ; Battle Fields of '61 ; Battle Fields and Camp Fires ; Battle Fields and Victory; Life of Carter Harrison. Do, Abbott, Arthur Vaughan. H. Y., 1854 . Son of B. V. Abbott, infra. 1 * See Addenda, p. 441. ABBOTT ABEEL A ciTil, electrical, and nieclianical en- g'ineer of Chicago. Electrical Trans- mission of Energy ; The Evolution of a Switchboard ; History and Use of Test- ing Machines ; Treatise on Fuel. Vn. Abbott, Austin. JWs., 1831-1896. Son of Jacob Abbott, infra. A lawyer of New York city who was dean of the Law School of New York University at the time of his death. Besides pre- paring several works with his brother Benjamin, infra, he published Legal Remembrancer, Principles and Forms of Practice in Civil Actions in Courts of Record ; The Law of Evidence ; Select Cases on Code Pleading ; Digest of New York Statutes. Abbott, Benjamin Vaughan. Ms., 1830-1890. Son of Jacob Abbott, in- fra. A lawyer of New York city. Law Dictionary ; Travelling Law School and Famous Trials ; First Lessons in Gov- ernment and Law ; Patent Laws of All Nations ; Year-Eook of Jurispru- dence for 1880 ; Judge and Jury. Har. Lit. Lo. Abbott, Charles Conrad. N. J., 1843 ■ — . A naturalist and physician of Trenton, New Jersey, whose writings show a very close and sympathetic ob- servation of nature. The Stone Age in New Jersey ; Primitive Industry ; A Naturalist's Rambles about Home ; Cyclopsedia of Natural History ; Up- land and Meadow ; Wasteland Wander- ings ; The Birds About Us ; Days Out of Doors ; Outings at Odd Times ; Recent Rambles ; Travels in a Treetop ; Notes of the Night ; A Colonial Wooing, a novel ; Bird-Land Echoes. Ap. Cent. Har. Lip. Abbott, Charles Edward. Me., 1811-1880. Brother of Jacob Abbott, infra. An educator in Connecticut. Down the Hill ; Village Boys. Abbott, Edward.* Me., 1841 . Son of Jacob Abbott, infra. An Epis- copal clergyman of Cambridge, but prior to 1878 a Congregational minister and editor of The Congregationalist. He is now [1897] the editor of The Literary World. Dialogues of Christ ; The Long Look series of juvenile tales ; A Trip Eastward ; Revolution- ary Times ; Paragraph History of the United States ; Paragraph History of the American Revolution. Roh, Abbott, Jacob. Me., 1803-1879. An educator of New England, who was a voluminous and popular writer for young people. Among his numerous writings the best known are The Fran- eonia Stories ; Marco Paul's Adven- tures ; The RoUo Books ; Histories of Celebrated Sovereigns ; Harper's Story Books. See Bibliography of Maine. Cr. Har. Abbott, John Stevens Cabot. Me., 1805-1877. Brother of Jacob Ab- bott, supra. An historical writer, whose partisan spirit seriously impairs the value of his very readable works. He was for some years a Congregational minister, but after 1844 devoted him- self to literature and educational work. Among his works are comprised The Mother at Home ; Practical Christian- ity ; Romance of Spanish History American Pioneers and Patriots ; His- tory of Napoleon ; Napoleon at St. Helena ; History of the French Revo- lution; History of the Civil War in America; Lives of the Presidents History of Maine from its Discovery by Northmen ; Christopher Carson History of Napoleon IIL ; History of Frederick the Great ; History of Chris- tianity. See Bibliography of Maine. Bo. Har. Abbott, Lyman. Ms., 1885- Son of Jacob Abbott, supra. A Con- gregational minister of broad views. who as editor of The Outlook and suc- cessor to H. W. Beecher as pastor of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, has exer- cised a wide influence. Christianity and Social Problems ; Jesus of Naza- reth ; Old Testament Shadows of New Testament Truths ; Illustrated Com- mentary on the New Testament; A Layman's Story ; How to Study the Bible; Life of Christ; In Aid of Faith ; The Evolution of Christianity ; A Study in Human Nature ; Dictionary of Religious Knowledge (with T. J. Conant, infra). Bar. Bo. But. Fo. Har. Halt. Meth. Put. Abeel, David. N. J., 1804^1846. A Reformed Dutch missionary in China. Journal of a Residence in China; A Missionary Convention at Jerusalem; The Claims of the World to the Gos- pel. See Memoirs by 6. B. William- son, 1849. ABERT J Abert [a'bert], Silvanus Thayer. Pa.j 1828 . A civil engineer in the United States service. Notes His- torical and Statistical upon the Pro- jected Route for an Interoceanic Canal between the Atlantic and Pacific. Adams, Mrs. Abigail [Smith]. Ms., 1744-1818. Wife of President John Adams, infra. Known to literature by her entertaining Letters edited by her grandson. Adams, Brooks. Ms., 1848 . Son of Charles Francis Adams, infra. A lawyer of Boston. The Gold Standard ; The Emancipation of Massachusetts, a careful study of the evolution of re- ligious freedom ; The Law of Civiliza- tion and Decay, an Essay in History. See The Forum, January, 1897. Hon. Mac. Adams, Charles. N.H., 1808-1890. A Methodist clergyman who wrote ex- tensively, and among whose works are Evangelism in the Middle of the 19th Century ; Women of the Bible ; The Poet Preacher, a Memorial of Charles Wesley ; The Earth and its Wonders ; Life of Cromwell ; Life Sketches of Macaulay. Meth. Adams, Charles Baker. Ms., 1814- 1853. A naturalist, who published Con- tributions to Conehology ; Monographs of Several Species of Shells. Adams, Charles CofBn. 182—1888. An Episcopal clergyman. Creation, a Recent Work of God ; Life of Christ ; Anthrosophy ; The Bible, a Scientific Revelation. Adams, Charles FoUen. Ms., 1842- . A humourous verse - writer of Boston, principally known as the au- thor of Leedle Yaweob Strauss. Lee- dle Yaweob Strauss, and Other Poems ; Dialect Ballads. Sar. Le. Adams, Charles Francis. Ms., 1807- 1886. Son of President John Quincy Adams, infra. An eminent diploma- tist, who was Minister to England dur- ing the period of the Civil War. He edited The Life and Works of John Adams ; Letters of Mrs. Abigail Ad- ams ; Life and Works of John Q. Ad- ams ; Familiar Letters of John and Abigail Adams, with Memoir of Mrs. Adams. See Life by his son, C. F. Adams, infra. Hou. ' ADAMS Adams, Charles Francis, Jr. Ms., 1835 . Son of C. F. Adams, supra. An of&cer in the Union army during the Civil War, and subsequently an expert in railway science and president of the Union Pacific Railway. Since resigning that oifice he has devoted his attention to historical writing, his esti- mates of men and motives often differ- ing materially from those of other writ- ers in the same field. Notes on Railway Accidents ; Chapters of Erie ; Rail- roads ; A College Fetich ; Massachu- setts, its Historians and its History ; Three Episodes of Massachusetts His- tory ; Richard Henry Dana [infra], a Biography ; Life of Charles Francis Adams. Hou. Le. Put. Adams, Charles Kendall. F<., 18.35- . The president of Wisconsin Uni- versity and formerly of Cornell Univer- sity. Manual of Historical Literature ; Democracy and Monarchy in France ; Christopher Columbus. Har. Adams, Francis Colburn. Circa 1850. A writer of Charleston, South Car- olina, who wrote under various pseudo- nyms. Manuel Pereira, or the Sovereign Rule of South Carolina; Uncle Tom at Home ; Our World, or the Democrats' Rule ; Justice in the Byways ; Life and Adventures of Major Potter ; An Out- cast, a novel ; The Story of a Trooper ; Siege of Washington, for Little People ; The Von Toodleburgs, or the Memoirs of a Very Distinguished Family. Adams, George Burton. Vt., 1851- . Ah historical writer, professor of history at Yale University. Civili- zation during the Middle Ages ; The Growth of the French Nation. Fl. Scr. Adams, Hannah. Ms., 17.55-1832. An industrious and painstaking writer on religious and historical siibjects, whose chief claim to distinction at pres- ent is that she was the first woman in America who made literature a profes- sion. A View of Religious Opinions ; History of New England ; History of the Jews ; Evidences of Christianity. See Memoir by herself, with additions by another hand, 18S2. Adams, Henry. Ms., 1838 . Son of Charles Francis Adams, supra. An historian and political biographer, liv- ing in Washington. Life of John Ran- dolph ; Life of Albert Gallatin ; History ADAMS i of the United States, 1801-17 ; Histor- ical Essays ; Essays in Anglo-Saxon Law. Hou. Lip. Scr. Adams, Henry Carter. la., 1852- . A political economist of note. Public Debts : an Essay in the Science of Finance ; Taxation in the United States, 1789-1816. Ap. Adams, Herbert Baxter. Ms., 1850- . A professor of history at Johns Hopkins University, and the secretary of the American Historical Association from its beginning. The Germanic Origin of New England Towns ; Saxon Tithingmen in America ; Norman Con^ stables in America ; Village Communi- ties of Cape Ann and Salem ; Thomas Jefferson and the University of Vir- ginia ; Methods of Historical Study ; History of the United States Constitu- tion. He has edited the Life and Writ- ings of Jar^ Sparks, infra. Hou. Adams, Jasper. Ms., 1793-1841. An Episcopal clergyman, once noted as an educator at West Point, Charleston, and elsewhere, who published The Ele- ments of Moral Philosophy. Adams, John. N. S., 1704-1740. A clergyman of Newport and Philadel- phia, much esteemed in his day as a poet. Poems on Several Occasions, a volume of his verses posthumously col- lected and printed, shows, however, no very especial marks of poetic talent. Adams, John. Ms., 1735-1826. The second President of the United States, and a political writer of great ability and force. A Dissertation on Canon and Feudal Law, a work relating to the constitutional rights of New England ; Thoughts on Government ; Novanglus : a History of the Dispute with America from 1754 to 1774; Defence of the American Constitution; Discourses on Davila : a Series of Papers on Political History. See complete Works in 10 volumes, 1850-B6. See, also. Lives hy J. q. and a F. Adams, 1871 ; John Adams, hy Morse, 1885; Histories of the United States, by Bancroft, McMas- ter, Henry Adams, and Schouler ; Par- ker'' s Historic Americans ; Appleton^s American Biography. Adams, John Coleman. Ms., 1849- . Son of J. G. Adams, infra. A Universalist clergyman and editor of [ ADAMS New York city. Christian Types of Heroism ; The Fatherhood of God ; The Leisure of God and Other Studies in Spiritual Evolution. Adams, John Greenlesif. N. H., 1810-1887. A Universalist clergyman, among whose writings the chief are The Universalist Church, its Faith and its Works ; Universalism of the Lord's Prayer; Talks About the Bible to Young Folks ; Fifty Notable Years, or Views of the Ministry of Universalism. Adams, John Quincy. Ms., 1767- 1848. Son of President John Adams, supra. The sixth President of the United States, and a statesman whose writings, though mainly political in theii' character, include several pui-ely literary works. Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory ; The Bible and its Teach- ings ; Poems of Religion and Society ; Letters on Freemasonry ; Lives of Cel- ebrated Statesmen, and many State Papers. See Complete Works, edited by C. F. Adams, with Life ; also Diary of; Lives by Seward, Quincy, Morse ; His- tories of the United States by Bancroft, McMaster, Schouler. Lip. Adams, John Turrell. B. G., 1805- 1882. A lawyer of Norwich, Con- necticut. The Knight of the Golden Melice, an historical tale ; The Lost Hunter. Adams, Julius "Walker. Ms., 1812- . An engineer of distinction, who has been employed in many important engineering works. Sewers and Drains for Populous Districts. Adams, Myron. N. Y., 1841-1895. A Congregational clergyman of Roch- ester, New York, from 1876 until his death. The Creation of the Bible; The Continuous Creation, an Applica- tion of the Evolutionary Philosophy to the Christian Religion. Hou. Adams, Nehemiah. Ms., 1806-1878. A once noted Congregational clergy- man of Boston, whose most famous work, A South Side View of Slavery, provoked much hostile criticism. Among other works by him are Walks to Emmaus ; Scriptural Argument for Endless Punishment ; Remarks on Uni- tarian Belief ; Life of John Eliot ; Agnes and the Little Key; Evenings with the Doctrines. ADAMS S Adams, Robert Chamblet. Ms., 1839 . Son of Neliemiah Adams, supra. History of England in Rhyme ; History of the United States in Rhyme ; On Board the Rocket; Aids to En- deavour, Evolution, a Summary of Evi- dence ; Travels in Faith from Tradition to Reason ; Pioneer Pith. Lo. Adams, Samuel. Ms., 1'722-1803. Cousin of President John Adams, su- pra. A statesman and orator who fills a large place in the annals of the Amer- ican Revolution. See Lives by Wells, Hosmer, 1885; Harper'' s Magazine, vol. 53. Adams, William. Ct, 180Y-1880. A Presbyterian clergyman of prominence in New York city, 1835-80. The Three Gardens : Eden, Gethsemane. Paradise ; Conversations of Jesus Christ with Representative ' Men ; In the World, not of the World ; Thanksgiv- ing, Memories of the Day and Helps to the Habit. Adams, William. I., 1813-1897. An Episcopal clergyman who was one of the founders of Nashotah Theological Seminary, Wisconsin, and professor of systematic divinity there from 1841. Mercy to Babes ; Elements of Christian Science ; New Treatise of Baptismal Regeneration. Adams, William Taylor, "Oliver Optic." Ms., 1822-1897. A prolific and popular writer of books for boys, who was for many years a teacher in the Boston public schools. Among his writings are Army and Navy Series; Young America Abroad Series ; Lake Shore Series ; Starry Flag Series. Le. Ade, George.. iZ., 1866 . A Chi- cago journalist. Artie : a Story of the Streets and Town. S. Adeler, Max. See Clark, C. H. Adler, Felix. G., 1851 ;-. An eth- ical reformer of New York city. Creed and Deed; The Moral Instruction of Children. Ap. Put. Adler, Georg. G?., 1821-1868. A phi- lologist of New York city who was the author of a valuable German and Eng- lish Dictionary and other educational works. Ap. Agassiz [ag'a-see or a-gas-se'], Alex- ander. Sd., 1835 . Son of L. Agassiz, infra. Marine zoologist. Born '< ALBEE in Neuehatel, he came to America with his father, and has distinguished him- self in lines of special scientific re- search. Exploration of Lake Titicaca ; List of the Echinoderms ; Three Cruises of the Blake : a Contribution to Amer- ican Thalassography. Hou. Agassiz, Mrs. Elizabeth [Gary]. Ms., 1822 . Wife of L. Agassiz, infra. Life of Louis Agassiz ; Seaside Studies in Natural History (with A. Agassiz, supra). Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe. Sd., 1807-1873. A naturalist of emi- nence. Founder of the Museum of Natural History at Cambridge. Re- eherohes sur les Poissons FossUes ; Lake Superior, Natural History of Fresh -Water Fishes of Central En- rope ; Etudes sur les Glaciers ; Syst^me Glacifere; Methods of Study in Nat- ursd History ; Geological Sketches ; Structure of Animal Life ; Journey in BrazU. See Whipple's Character and Characteristic Men ; Louis Agassiz and Evolution, Popular Science Monthly, vol. 32; Lives by Mrs. E. Agassiz, Holder, 189S, Jules Marcou, 1896; Lowell's ode, Agassiz. Agne-w, David Hayes. Pa., 1810- 1892. A physician who was for a long time professor of surgery in the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. His writings were the outcome of wide experience. Handbook of Practical Anatomy ; Prin- ciples and Practice of Surgery : a trea- tise on Surgical Diseases and Injuries. See Life of, by J. H. Adams, 189S. Lip. Aikman, William. I., 1824 . A Presbyterian clergyman. The Moral Power of the Sea; Life at Home, or the Family and its Members ; The Al- tar in the Home ; A Bachelor's Talks about Married Life. Aimivell, Walter. See Simonds. Ainslie, Hew. S., 1792-1878. A Scottish poet who emigrated to Amer- ica in 1822 and lived mainly in Ken- tucky. Pilgrimage to the Land of Burns, a prose work with lyrics inter- spersed ; Scottish Songs, Ballads, and Poems. Akers, Elizabeth. See Allen, Mrs. Albee, John. Ms., 1833 . For- merly a clergyman ; now living at Cho- corua. New Hampshire. Literary Art ; ALCOTT 6 ALEXANDER St. Aspenquid : an Indian Idyl ; Prose Idyls. Hou. Put. Alcott [awl'kot], Amos Bronson. Ct., 1799-1888. A pWlosopher of a, singularly unpractical type, whose per- sonality was of greater interest than his writings. Conversations with Chil- dren on the Gospels ; Table Talk, Em- erson ; Essays ; Tablets, Concord Days, Sonnets, and Canzonets ; New Connect- icut : a poem. See Miss E. P. Pea- body's Becords of a School ; Life, by F. B. Sanborn and W. T. Harris, 1893. Bob. Alcott, Louisa May. Pa., 1832- 1888. Daughter of A. B. Alcott, supra. A writer whose books for young people have been widely popular. They can- not, however, claim consideration as examples of literary art. Among them are Little Women ; Little Men ; An Old - Fashioned Girl ; Eight Cousins ; Under the Lilacs. Moods ; Hospital Sketches ; A Modern Mephistopheles, are works for older readers. The thoughtful poem, Thoreau's Flute, is her finest effort. See Life, Letters, and Journals, edited by Mrs. Cheney ; Becol- lections of, by Mrs. M. S. Porter, 1893. Bob. Alcott, William Alexander. Ct., 1798-1859. - Cousin of A. B. Alcott, supra. An energetic, earnest writer upon diet reform. The House I Live in ; Vegetable Diet ; Library of Health. Alden [awl'den], Henry Mills. Vt., 1836 . A thoughtful and sugges- tive writer on religious themes who has been editor of Harper's Magazine from 1869. God in his World ; A Study of Death. Sar. Alden, Mrs. Isabella [Macdonald]. "Pansy." N. Y., 1841 . Avery prolific writer of religious tales for young people, the literary worth of which is inconsiderable. Four Girls at Chautauqua ; Chautauqua Girls at Home, are among the earlier ones. Lo. Alden, Joseph. N. Y., 1807-1885. An industrious contributor to educa- tional and Sunday-school literature. He was for many years president of the Normal School at Albany. Example of Washington ; Citizen's Manual ; Christian Ethics ; The Science of Gov- ernment ; Studies in Bryant ; Elements of Intellectual Philosophy. Ap. Le. Meth. Alden, William Livingston. Ms., 1837 . Son of J. Alden, supra. A humourous writer who has for some time resided in London. A New Robinson Crusoe ; Domestic Explosions ; Shoot- ing Stars ; Moral Pirates ; Cruise of the Canoe Club ; Life of Christopher Co- lumbus. Har. Ho. Put. Aldrich [awl'dritch], Annie Reeve. N. Y., 1866-1892. A New York city writer of notably erotic verse and fic- tion. The Rose of Flame and Other Poems of Love ; Songs about Life, Love, and Death ; The Feet of Love : a novel. Put. Aldrich, James. N. Y., 1810-1866. A litterateur of New York, who estab- lished The Literary Gazette in 1840, in which a number of his verses appeared. His Poems were privately printed by his daughter in 1884. Aldrich, Thomas Bailey. N. K, 1837 . A poet and novelist whose work in both verse and prose is dis- tinguished for grace of expression and delicacy of execution. Verse : The Bells ; Ballad of Baby Bell ; Pam- pinea ; Flower and Thorn ; Cloth -of Gold ; Friar Jerome's Beautiful Book ; XXXVI Lyrics and XII Sonnets ; The Sisters' Tragedy ; Wyndham Towers ; Unguarded Gates ; Mercedes and Later Lyrics ; Judith and Holof ernes. Prose : Prudence Palfrey ; The Queen of She- ba ; The Stillwater Tragedy ; Marjorie Daw and Other Stories ', Two Bites at a Cherry, with Other Tales ; The Story of a Bad Boy ; An Old Town by the Sea : a description of Portsmouth, the author's birthplace ; From Ponkapog to Pesth : Travel Sketches. See Sted- man's Poets of America; Vedder's Amer- ican Writers. Hou. Alexander, Archibald. Va., 1772- 1851. A Presbyterian clergyman who was professor at Princeton Theologi- cal Seminary 1812-51. Evidences of Christianity ; The Canon of Scripture ; Moral Science ; Bible Dictionary, are some of his many works. See Life, by J. W. Alexander ; Sprague's Annals of the American Pulpit. Scr. Alexander, Caleb. N. Y., 1775-1828. A clergyman, much of whose life was spent in teaching at Onondaga, New ALEXANDER York. He published Latin and Eng- lish granxraars ; Essay on the Deity of Christ ; The Columbian Dictionary ; Grammar Elements : a literal prose ver- sion of Virgil. Alexander, James Waddel. Va., 1804-1859. Son of A. Alexander, supra. A Presbyterian clergyman of New York city. Plain Words to a Young Com- municant ; Sacramental Discourses ; Thoughts on Preaching ; Life of Arch- ibald Alexander ; Consolation ; The American Mechanic and Worldngman, are among his writings. Han. Scr. Alexander, John Henry. Md., 1812- 1867. A once noted Maryland scien- tist. History of the Metallurgy of 'Iron ; Universal Dictionary of Weights and Measures, Ancient and Modem ; Inter- national Tonnage ; Treatise of Mathe- matical Instruments ; Introits ; Catena Dominica : a collection of religious poems. Alexander, Joseph Addison. Fa., 1809-1860. Son of A. Alexander, su- pra. A Presbyterian clergyman, pro- fessor at Princeton College, and Theo- logical Seminary, 1820-60. He was the author of Commentaries on the Psalms, Isaiah, Acts, Matthew, and Mark ; and many theological reviews, often as sarcastic as they were forcible. See Life, by H. C. Alexander; Hart's American Literature. Scr. Alexander, Samuel Davies. N. J., 1819-1894. Son of A. Alexander, su- pra. A Presbyterian clergyman of New York city from 1855. Princeton Col- lege in the 18th Century. Scr. Alexander, Stephen. N. T., 1806- 1883. An astronomer who was a pro- fessor at Princeton College, 1834—78. Physical Phenomena of Solar Eclipses ; Certain Harmonies of the Solar Sys- tem. Alger [al'jSr], Horatio, Jr. Ms., 1832- . The author of a long series of popular juvenile tales, among which the Ragged Dick stories are best known. Co. Alger, 'William Rounseville. Ms., 1822 . A Unitarian clergyman and lecturer of Boston. Symbolic History of the Cross ; The School of Life ; His- tory of the Doctrine of a Future Life ; The Solitudes of Nature and Man ; The ALLEN Friendships of Women ; Poetry of the Orient ; Life of Edwin Forrest. A. U. A. Lip. Rob. Alice, Aunt. See Graves, Mrs. Alice, Cousin. See Haven, Mrs. Allan, William. Va., 1837-1889. A lieutenant-colonel in the Confederate army during the Civil War. Battle- fields of Virginia ; Jackson's Valley Campaign; Army of Northern Vir- ginia. Hou. Lip. Allen, Alexander Vlets Griswold. Ms., 1841 . An Episcopal clergy- man, prominent among leaders of mod- ern religious thought, and a professor in the Episcopal Theological School at Cambridge. The Continuity of Chris- tian Thought : a Study of Modern Theology in the Light of its History ; Life of Jonathan Edwards ; The Greek Theology and the Renaissance of the 19th Century ; Religious Progress. Hou. Allen, Mrs. Elizabeth Ann [Chase] [Akers], "Florence Percy." Me. 1832 . A writer of verse, whose song, " Rook Me to Sleep, Mother," is her most famous though not her best poem. The Triangular Society ; Queen Catharine's Rose ; Forest Buds ; Poems by Florence Percy ; The Silver Bridge ; The High Top Sweeting. Hou. Scr. Allen, Frederick De Forest. O., 1844 . A professor of classical philology at Harvard University from 1880. Remnants of Early Latin ; Greek Versification in Inscriptions. Allen, Fred Hovey. N. H, 1845- . A clergyman, author of the text in a number of popular art works, such as Great Cathedrals of the World ; Mod- em German Masters ; The Bowdoin Collection ; The Dor^ Album ; The Gerome Album ; Discovery and Con- quest of Peru ; Discovery and Con- quest of Mexico. Meth. Allen, Harrison. Pa., 1841 . A surgeon of Philadelphia, professor in the University of Pennsylvania from 1865. Outlines of Comparative Anat- omy ; System of Human Anatomy. Lip. Allen, Ira. Ct., 1751-1814. An officer in the American army during the Rev- olutionary War, who was afterwards instrumental in settling the disputes ALLEN ALLERTON between Vennout and its neighbours. Natural and Political History of Ver- mont. Allen, James Lane. Ky., 1849 . At one time a teacher, now devoted to literature. A writer of short stories, notable for literary excellence. Flute and Violin ; The Blue Grass Region and Other Sketches of Kentucky ; John Gray : a Novel ; The Kentucky Cardi- nal; Aftermath; A Summer in Ar- cady ; The Choir Invisible. See Atlan- tic Monthly, January, 1897. Har. Lip. Mac. Allen, Jerome. Vt., 1830-1894. An educator of New York, dean of the School of Pedagogy. Handbook of Experimental Chemistry ; Methods for Teachers in Grammar ; Mind Studies for Young Teachers ; Temperament in Education. Allen, Joel Asaph. Ms., 1838 . A naturalist who since 1885 has been curator of ornithology and mammalogy in the American Museum of Natural History in New York city. History of North American Pinnipeds ; Mono- graphs of North American Rodentia (with E. Cones, infra). Allen, Joseph Henry. Ms., 1820- . A Unitarian clergyman of Cam- bridge, who is also noted as the author of a number of valuable and popular classical text-books. Ten Discourses on Orthodoxy ; Hebrew Men and Times ; Christian History in Three Great Pe- riods ; Fra^^raents of Christian History ; Historical Sketch of the Unitarian Movement since the Reformation ; Our Liberal Movement in Theology ; Out- line of Christian History, A. D. 50-1880 ; are some of his religious works. El. Gi. Rob. Allen's Wife, Josiah. See Holley. Allen, Lewis Fally. N. Y., 1799- 18 — . A once prominent cattle broker. Rural Architecture ; The American Herd Book ; American Cattle. Allen, Nathan. Ms., 1813-1889. A physician of Lowell. The Law of Hu- man Increase ; The Opium Trade ; Physical Development. Allen, Paul. S,. I., 1775-1826. A journalist of Philadelphia. Poems : Noah, a poem in five cantos ; Life of Alexander I. ; Lewis and Clark's Nov- els. The Life of Washington, which bears his name, was written by John Neal, infra, and others. Allen, Richard Lamb. Ms., 1803- 1869. Brother of L. F. Allen, supra, with whom, in 1842, he founded the American Agriculturalist. Domestic Animals; Diseases of Domestic Ani- mals ; New American Farm Book (with L. F. Allen). See Last Letters of, with Memoir. Allen, Stephen Merrill. N. H., 1819-1894. A banker and merchant of Boston. Fibrilia and Fibrous Man- ufactures, Ancient and Modem ; Theo- ries of Light ; Religion and Science. Allen, Timothy Field. Vt, 1837- . A physician of New York city, dean of the Homoeopathic Medical College since 1882. Charaeese Ameri- canse ; Genesal Symptom-Register of Homoeopathic Materia Medica. He has edited Bncyelopsedia of Pure Ma- teria Medica. Allen, William. Jlfs., 1784-1868. The author of an American Biographical and Historical Dictionary, the first edi- tion of which appeared in 1809, the earliest work of the kind in the United States. From 1820 to 1829 he was president of Bowdoin College. Lec- tures to Young Men; Junius Un- masked ; Wunissoo : a poem, with notes. Allen, William Francis. Ms., 1830- 1889. Brother of J. H. Allen, supra. A professor in the University of Wis- consin. He published Outline Studies in the History of Ireland ; Monographs and Essays ; and edited a collection of Slave Songs. Allen, Willis Boyd. Me., 1855 . A Boston litterateur whose writings are popular with juvenile readers. Among them are The Red Mountain of Alaska ; Pine Cones ; Silver Rags ; Kelp ; The Mammoth Hunters. He has publishccl In the Morning, a collection of verse. Mst. Lo. Man. Allen, Zachariah. B. L, 1795-1882. A noted inventor and manufacturer of Providence. Practical Tourist ; Prac- tical Mechanics ; Philosophy of the Mechanics of Nature ; Solar Light and Heat. See Memorial by A. Perry, 1883. Ap. Allerton, Mrs. Ellen [Palmer]. N, ALLIBONE J Y., 1835 . A Kansas writer living at Padoma in that State. Poems of the Prairies. Allibone, Samuel Austin. Pa., 1816-1889. A Philadelphia author widely known by his Critical Diction- ary of Eng-lish Literature and British and American Authors, a work of im- mense labour and research. It is of great value as a work of reference, but is not an infallible guide, and is more or less marred by trivial comment and moralizing. See Pennsylvania Maga- zine, vol. IS, 1S91. Lip. AUmond, Marcus Blakey. Va., 18.51 . An educator of Louisville who has published Estelle, an Idyl of Old Virginia, a volume of verse ; Agri- cola, an Eastern Idyl ; Outlines of Latin Syntax. AUston [awl'ston], Robert Francis Withers. S. C, 1801-1864. A South Carolina statesman well known at one time as an agricultural reformer. Me- moir on Rice ; Essay on Sea Coast Crops ; Report on Public Schools. AUston, Washington. S. C, 1'7'79- 1843. A once famous artist of Cam- bridge who was also known as a poet and romancer. Sylphs of the Seasons and Other Poems ; The Romance of Monaldi ; Lectures on Art. »See Tuck- erman's Book of the Artists ; Life and Letters, edited by J. Flagg, 1892. Alsop [awl'sop], Richard. Ct, 1761- 1815. Poet. A witty political satirist who, with Theodore D wight, wrote The Echo in 1791, a series of metrical parodies upon current publications, ora- tions, state papers, and the like. Other works by Alsop are The Charms of Fancy ; A Monody on the Death of Washington ; The Enchanted Lake of the Fairy Morgana. Alvord [awl'vord], Benjamin. Vt., 1813-1884. A United States officer who served in the Mexican and Civil wars. Tangenoies of Circles and Spheres; Interpretation of Imaginary Roots in Questions of Maxima and Mi- nima. Ames, Charles Gordon. Ms., 1828- . A Unitarian clergyman who be- came pastor of the Church of the Disci- ples in Boston on the death of J. F. Clarke, infra. George Eliot's Two Mar- I ANDERSON riages ; As Natural as Life : Studies of the Inner Kingdom. Ames, Mrs. Eleanor Maria [East- erbrook], "Eleanor Kirk." 1830- . A litterateur of Brooklyn. Up Broadway and Its Sequel ; Information for Authors ; Perpetual Yoiith. Ames, Fisher. Ms., 1758-1808. Son of N. Ames, infra. A statesman whose speeches are marked examples of con- densed effective statement as well as of felicitous expression. Laoeoon and Other Essays. See Works of, with Me- moir, 1854 ; Magoon's Orators of the American Revolution. Ames, Lucia True. N. H., 1856- . A Boston writer who has pub- lished Great Thoughts for Little Thinkers ; Memoirs of a Millionaire, a novel. Hou. Put. Ames, Mary Clemmer. See Hudson, Mrs. Ames, Nathaniel. Ms., 1708-1764. A physician of Dedham, Massachu- setts, who published, 172.5-64, an As- tronomical Diary and Almanac which contained much shrewd humour and original philosophy and was widely popular. See Tyler's American Litera- tures ; Essays, Humour and Poems of Nathaniel Ames, father and son, edited by S. Briggs, 1891. Ammen, Daniel. O., 1820 . A rear-admiral of the United States navy, the designer of the Ammen life raft. The Atlantic Coast; Country Homes and their Improvement ; The Old Navy and the New. Lip. Scr. Amory, Thomas Coffin. Ms., 1812- 1889. A lawyer of Boston. Life of James Sullivan, Governor of Massachu- setts ; Military Services of Major-Gen- eral John Sullivan ; Life of Sir Isaac Coffin. Anagnos, Mrs, Julia Romana [Howe]. 1844-1886. Daughter of Dr. S. G. and Julia Ward Howe, infra, and wife of M. Anagnos, the Superin- tendent of the Perkins Institute for the Blind in Boston. Stray Chords, a vol- ume of verse ; Philosophise Questor, Anderson, Alexander. N. Y., 1775-1870. The first wood-engraver in the United States. He was the author of an illustrated General His- tory of Quadrupeds. ANDERSON 10 ANGELL Anderson, John Jacob. N. Y., 1821 . An educator of New York city who prepared a number of histori- cal text books, among which are A His- tory of France ; Common School His- tory of the United States. My, Anderson, Mary. See Navarro. Anderson, Hasmus Bjorn. Wis., 1846 . A Norse scholar of Nor- wegian descent who has translated Bjornson^s novels and written much in relation to Norse mythology. America not Discovered by Columbus ; Norse Mythology ; Viking Tales of the North ; The Younger Edda ; The Elder Edda. Sc. Anderson, Rufus. Me., 1796-1880. A clergyman, who was secretary of the American Board of Foreign Missions, 1824-74. Foreign Missions, their Rela- tions and Claims ; History of the American Board's Missions in the Sand- wich Islands, Turkey and India, Pelo- ponnesus and Greek Islands. C. P.