Part 1

A

DICTIONARY

OF

AMERICAN AUTHORS

BY

OSCAR FAY ADAMS

AUTHOR OF “THE STORY OF JANE AUSTEN’S LIFE,” “THE ARCHBISHOP’S UNGUARDED MOMENT,” ETC.; EDITOR OF “THROUGH THE YEAR WITH THE POETS,” ETC.

FIFTH EDITION REVISED AND ENLARGED

BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY 1904

REPUBLISHED BY GALE RESEARCH COMPANY, BOOK TOWER, DETROIT, 1969

COPYRIGHT 1884, 1897, 1904 BY OSCAR FAY ADAMS

To My Mother

PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION

In the present issue of this work such errors and misprints as the writer or others have noted in earlier editions are corrected, while the supplement has been extended sixty-five pages by the insertion of thirteen hundred and twenty names in excess of those included in the fourth edition. Wherever needful the entries in this portion of the volume have been materially amplified, and this has occurred in numerous instances, while throughout the book there have been supplied many dates of deaths happening since the first issue of the Dictionary, in 1897. Since that year the work has been enlarged to the extent of one hundred and forty-six pages of addenda in all, and though it still falls much short of perfection in its line, the writer trusts that it will yet be found responsive to all reasonable requirements that may be made upon it.

BOSTON, DECEMBER 1, 1904.

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 nevertheless 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 majority 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 letters 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 electrotyped 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 accuracy 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 numberless instances has availed himself of trustworthy information received directly from private sources. It thus happens that in certain cases 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 herein is supported by excellent authority.

It has been thought advisable to retain the “u” in the spelling of such words as “colour,” “favour,” and the like, the exceptions to this occurring in titles where the spelling of the original has been followed. In connection with this 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 certain 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 inquiry, and whom he may not thank by name, the writer desires in this place to express his acknowledgments. To Mr. Arthur Mason Knapp, the superintendent 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 begun, and to other officials of that department he is under obligations likewise. He also gratefully acknowledges much timely assistance received from the publishing firms of Lee & Shepard, T. Y. Crowell & Co., and Lamson, Wolffe & Co. In the reading of the proofs many valuable suggestions 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 HERMITAGE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, JUNE 17, 1897.

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. _Ba._ Baker & Taylor Co. New York. _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. _Ben._ Benziger Bros. New York. _Bo._ Bowen-Merrill Co. Indianapolis. _Bon._ Bonnell, Silver & Co. New York. _Bur._ Burrows Brothers Co. Cleveland. _Cas._ Cassell Publishing Co. New York. _Cent._ Century Co. New York. _Clke._ Robert Clarke Co. Cincinnati. _Co._ Henry T. Coates & Co. Philadelphia. _Cop._ Copeland & Day Boston. _C. P. S._ Congregational S. S. & Publishing Society Boston. _Cr._ Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. New York and Boston. _Dil._ G. W. Dillingham Co. New York. _Dit._ Oliver Ditson Co. Boston. _Do._ Dodd, Mead & Co. New York. _Dou._ Doubleday, Page & Co. New York. _Dut._ E. P. Dutton & Co. New York. _El._ George H. Ellis Boston. _Est._ Estes & Lauriat Boston. _Fen._ R. F. Fenno & Co. New York. _Fl._ Flood & Vincent Meadville, Pa. _Fo._ Fords, Howard & Hulbert New York. _Fu._ Funk & Wagnalls Co. New York. _Gi._ Ginn & Co. Boston. _Har._ Harper & Bros. New York. _He._ D. C. Heath & Co. Boston. _Hi._ J. A. Hill Co. New York. _Ho._ Henry Holt & Co. New York. _Hou._ Houghton, Mifflin & Co. Boston. _Int._ International Book Co. Chicago. _J. H. U._ Johns Hopkins University Baltimore. _Ju._ Orange Judd Co. New York. _Ke._ Charles H. Kerr & Co. Chicago. _Kt._ Joseph Knight Co.[1] Boston. _Lai._ Laird & Lee Chicago. _Lam._ Lamson, Wolffe & Co. Boston. _Le._ Lee & Shepard Boston. _Lgs._ Longmans, Green & Co. London and New York. _Lip._ J. B. Lippincott Co. Philadelphia. _Lit._ Little, Brown & Co. Boston. _Ll._ Lovell, Coryell & Co. New York. _Lo._ Lothrop Publishing Co. Boston. _Lov._ A. Lovell & Co. New York and Chicago. _Mac._ Macmillan & Co. New York and London. _Mar._ Marlier, Callanan & Co. Boston. _Mc._ McClure, Phillips & Co. New York. _Mer._ Merriam Co. New York. _Meth._ Methodist Book Concern New York. _Mg._ A. C. McClurg & Co. Chicago. _Mor._ John P. Morton & Co. Louisville. _My._ David McKay Philadelphia. _Ne._ F. Tennyson Neely New York. _Pa._ L. C. Page & Co. Boston. _Pen._ Penn Publishing Co. Philadelphia. _Pr._ Preston & Rounds Providence. _Put._ G. P. Putnam’s Sons New York. _Ra._ Rand, McNally & Co. Chicago and New York. _Ran._ A. D. F. Randolph & Co. New York. _Rev._ Fleming H. Revell Co. Chicago. _Ric._ George H. Richmond & Co. New York. _Rob._ Roberts Brothers Boston. _S._ Herbert S. Stone & Co. Chicago. _Sc._ Scott, Foresman & Co. Chicago. _Scr._ Charles Scribner’s Sons New York. _Se._ N. J. Stone & Co. San Francisco. _Sh._ Sheldon & Co. New York. _Sil._ Silver, Burdett & Co. Boston. _Sm._ Small, Maynard & Co. Boston. _St._ Stone & Kimball New York. _Sto._ 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. _West._ West Publishing Co. Milwaukee. _Wh._ Thomas Whittaker New York. _Wil._ John Wiley & Sons New York. _Wn._ Bradlee Whidden Boston. _Wy._ Way & Williams 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. _Ar._ Argentina. _Ark._ Arkansas. _B._ Brazil. _Ba._ Bermuda. _B. G._ British Guiana. _Bh._ Burmah. _Bm._ Belgium. _Bo._ Bohemia. _Bv._ Bavaria. _C._ Cuba. _Cal._ California. _Ch._ China. _Ct._ Connecticut. _Cy._ Ceylon. _Del._ 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. _Ia._ Iowa. _Il._ Illinois. _Ind._ Indiana. _Ion._ Ionian Islands. _Iy._ 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. _N. 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. _Ont._ Ontario. _Or._ Oregon. _P._ Prussia. _Pa._ Pennsylvania. _P. E. I._ Prince Edward Island. _Per._ Persia. _Ph._ Philippine Islands. _Pl._ Portugal. _Po._ Poland. _Q._ Quebec. _R._ Russia. _R. I._ Rhode Island. _S._ Scotland. _Sa._ Syria. _S. C._ South Carolina. _Sd._ Switzerland. _Sg._ Schleswig. _S. I._ Staten Island. _Sil._ Silesia. _Sl._ 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.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

Brackets occurring in the names of men indicate that the portion they inclose has been dropped from the owner’s signature. In the names of women the bracketed portion is the maiden name and, in the case of a second marriage, the first married name also.

A DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN AUTHORS.[2]

=Abbe, Cleveland.= _N. Y._, 1838- ----. A meteorologist of distinction who in 1871 became professor of meteorology in the national weather bureau and has since continued in that position. The more important of his many publications include Solar Spots and Terrestrial Temperature; A Plea for Terrestrial Physics; Atmospheric Radiation; Treatise on Meteorological Apparatus; Preparatory Studies for Deductive Methods in Meteorology.

=Abbe, Frederick Randolph.= _Ct._, 1827-1889. A Congregational clergyman in Massachusetts. The Temple Rebuilt, 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; Ralph and Other Poems; Stories in Verse.

=Abbey, Richard.= _N. Y._, 1805-1891. A prominent clergyman of the Southern Methodist Church, among whose many theological and controversial writings are, End of the Apostolical Succession; Creed of All Men; Diuturnity; Ecce Ecclesia, a reply to Ecce Homo; The City of God and the Church Makers.

=Abbot, Abiel.= _N. H._, 1765-1859. A Congregational clergyman of Connecticut and Massachusetts. History of Andover; Genealogy of the Abbot Family.

=Abbot, Abiel.= _Ms._, 1770-1828. A Congregational clergyman of Beverly, Massachusetts. Letters from Cuba. His Sermons with Memoir were published in 1831.

=Abbot, Ezra.= _Me._, 1819-1884. A Unitarian biblical scholar of much prominence, who was for many years a professor in the Divinity School of Harvard University, and widely known for the extent of his bibliographical acquirements. Literature of the Doctrine of a Future Life; Authenticity of the Fourth Gospel; The Fourth Gospel and Other Critical Essays. With H. B. Hackett, _infra_, he prepared the American edition of Smith’s Bible Dictionary. _See Memorial of, 1884. El._

=Abbot, Francis Ellingwood.= _Ms._, 1836-1903. A religious and philosophical thinker of advanced views, for some years editor of The Index, whose home was at Cambridge. Scientific Theism; The Way out of Agnosticism. _Lit._

=Abbot, Gorham Dummer.= _Me._, 1807-1874. A Congregational clergyman, long an educator of New York city. He was a brother of Jacob Abbott, _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 army, 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. _Vn._

=Abbot, Willis John.= _Ct._, 1863- ----. 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.= _N. Y._, 1854- ----. Son of B. V. Abbott, _infra_. A civil, electrical, and mechanical engineer of Chicago. Electrical Transmission of Energy; The Evolution of a Switchboard; History and Use of Testing Machines; Treatise on Fuel. _Vn._

=Abbott, Austin.= _Ms._, 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 preparing 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, _infra_. A lawyer of New York city. Law Dictionary; Travelling Law School and Famous Trials; First Lessons in Government and Law; Patent Laws of All Nations; Year-Book of Jurisprudence 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 observation of nature. The Stone Age in New Jersey; Primitive Industry; A Naturalist’s Rambles about Home; Cyclopædia of Natural History; Upland and Meadow; Wasteland Wanderings; 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 Episcopal 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; Revolutionary Times; Paragraph History of the United States; Paragraph History of the American Revolution. _Rob._

=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 Franconia Stories; Marco Paul’s Adventures; The Rollo 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 Abbott, _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 himself to literature and educational work. Among his works are comprised The Mother at Home; Practical Christianity; Romance of Spanish History; American Pioneers and Patriots; History of Napoleon; Napoleon at St. Helena; History of the French Revolution; History of the Civil War in America; Lives of the Presidents; History of Maine from its Discovery by Northmen; Christopher Carson; History of Napoleon III.; History of Frederick the Great; History of Christianity. _See Bibliography of Maine. Do. Har._

=Abbott, Lyman.= _Ms._, 1835- ----. Son of Jacob Abbott, _supra_. A Congregational minister of broad views, who as editor of The Outlook and successor to H. W. Beecher as pastor of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, has exercised a wide influence. Christianity and Social Problems; Jesus of Nazareth; Old Testament Shadows of New Testament Truths; Illustrated Commentary 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. Do. Dut. Fo. Har. Hou. 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 Gospel. _See Memoirs by G. B. Williamson, 1849._

=Abert= [ā´bert], =Silvanus Thayer.= _Pa._, 1828- ----. A civil engineer in the United States service. Notes Historical and Statistical upon the Projected 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 religious freedom; The Law of Civilization and Decay, an Essay in History. _See The Forum, January, 1897. Hou. Mac._

=Adams, Charles.= _N. H._, 1808-1890. A Methodist clergyman who wrote extensively, 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 Contributions to Conchology; Monographs of Several Species of Shells.

=Adams, Charles Coffin.= 182- -1888. An Episcopal clergyman. Creation, a Recent Work of God; Life of Christ; Anthrosophy; The Bible, a Scientific Revelation.

=Adams, Charles Follen.= _Ms._, 1842- ----. A humourous verse-writer of Boston, principally known as the author of Leedle Yawcob Strauss. Leedle Yawcob Strauss, and Other Poems; Dialect Ballads. _Har. Le._

=Adams, Charles Francis.= _Ms._, 1807-1886. Son of President John Quincy Adams, _infra_. An eminent diplomatist, who was Minister to England during the period of the Civil War. He edited The Life and Works of John Adams; Letters of Mrs. Abigail Adams; Life and Works of John Q. Adams; Familiar Letters of John and Abigail Adams, with Memoir of Mrs. Adams. _See Life by his son, C. F. Adams, infra. Hou._