Part 17

=Denison, Frederic.= _Ct._, 1819-1901. A Baptist divine of Rhode Island. The Supper Institution; The Sabbath Institution; History of the First Rhode Island Cavalry; Westerly and its Witnesses, 1626-1876; Picturesque Narragansett; Picturesque Rhode Island, are his principal writings.

=Denison, John Henry.= _Ms._, 1841- ----. A Congregational clergyman retired from active service, but at one time college pastor at Williamstown, Massachusetts. Christ’s Idea of the Supernatural. _Hou._

=Denison, John Ledyard.= _Ct._, 1826- ----. Brother of F. Denison, _supra_. A publisher of Norwich, Connecticut. Picturesque History of the Wars of the United States; Illustrated History of the New World.

=Denison, Mrs. Mary [Andrews].= _Ms._, 1826- ----. Wife of C. W. Denison, _supra_. A prolific author of tales, mainly of home life, some of them to be classed as Sunday-school literature, while others are of a more ambitious character. Among them are Opposite the Jail; That Husband of Mine, which was issued anonymously and enjoyed an extraordinary popularity for a short time; That Wife of Mine; Rothmell; His Triumph; Old Slip Warehouse; Home Pictures; Like a Gentleman; If She Will, She Will. _Har. Le. Lip._

=Dennie, Joseph.= _Ms._, 1768-1812. A journalist and essayist of Philadelphia, whose reputation in his day vastly exceeded his deserts. The Lay Preacher, or Short Sermons for Idle Readers, is his only literary legacy. _See A. H. Smyth’s Philadelphia Magazines, 1892._

=Denton, Franklin Evert.= _O._, 1859- ----. A journalist of Cleveland who published in 1883 The Early Poems of Franklin Denton.

=Depew, Chauncey Mitchell.= _N. Y._, 1834- ----. A very prominent lawyer and railway president of New York city, of wide fame as a ready after-dinner speaker. He has published Orations and After-Dinner Speeches; Later Speeches. _Cas._

=De Peyster, John Watts.= _N. Y._, 1821- ----. An historical writer of New York city, and a general of the State militia. Life of Torstenson; The Dutch at the North Pole and the Dutch in Maine; Decisive Conflicts of the Late Civil War; Personal and Military History of General Kearney; Life of Sir John Johnston; Mary, Queen of Scots, a Study; The Character of Mary and a Justification of Bothwell; Bothwell, a drama; The Thirty Years’ War; Before, At, and After Gettysburg; Life of Baron Cohorn; Caurausius, the Dutch Augustus; The Real Napoleon Bonaparte.

=De Puy, Henry Walter.= _N. Y._, 1820- ----. A lawyer and journalist. Kossuth and his Generals; Louis Napoleon and his Times; Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys of ’76.

=De Puy, William Harrison.= _N. Y._, 1821-1901. A Methodist clergyman of western New York. Threescore Years and Beyond; Statistics of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Home and Health; Home Economics, a very popular book. _Meth._

=Derby, Elias Hasket.= _Ms._, 1803-1880. A noted railway attorney of Boston. Two Months Abroad; Catholic Letters; The Overland Route to the Pacific; Position and Prospects of the United States with Respect to Finance, Commerce, and Prosperity.

=Derby, George.= _Ms._, 1819-1874. Cousin of E. H. Derby, _supra_. A physician of Boston, prominent as a sanitarian, who published Anthracite and Health.

=Derby, George Horatio.= “John Phœnix.” _Ms._, 1823-1861. Son of J. B. Derby, _infra_. A topographical engineer in the United States army who was a popular humourist in his day. Phœnixiana; Squibob Papers.

=Derby, James Cephas.= _N. Y._, 1818-1892. A noted publisher of New York and San Francisco, and author of Fifty Years Among Authors, Books, and Publishers.

=Derby, John Barton.= _Ms._, 1792-1867. Half-brother of G. Derby, _supra_. A verse-writer whose later years were spent in Boston. Musings of a Recluse; The Sea; The Village.

=De Saussure, Henry William.= _S. C._, 1763-1839. A jurist of South Carolina, who was director of the United States Mint in 1794, and published Reports of the Courts of Chancery and Equity in South Carolina from the Revolution to 1813.

=Deshon, George.= _Ct._, 1823-1903. A Roman Catholic priest of the Paulist order, whose Guide for Young Catholic Women has had a very extended circulation.

=De Smet, Peter John.= _Bm._, 1801-1872. A noted Roman Catholic missionary to the Indians, who came to the United States in 1821. His writings, originally published in French, include The Oregon Missions and Travels over the Rocky Mountains; Indian Letters and Sketches; Western Missions and Missionaries; New Indian Sketches.

=De Trobriand= [trō-brĕe-ăan´], =Philip Regis.= _F._, 1816-1897. A military writer who came to the United States in 1841, entered the army, and, after serving through the Civil War, retired from active service in 1879, and resided in New Orleans. Les Gentilshommes de l’Ouest, a novel; Quatre ans de Campagnes à armée du Potomac.

=De Vere, Mary Ainge=, “Madeline Bridges.” _N. Y._, 18-- - ----. A writer of Brooklyn, Long Island. Love Songs and Other Poems; Poems.

=De Vere, Maximilian Schele.= _Sn._, 1820-1898. A philologist of note who came from Sweden to the United States in 1843, and after 1844 was a professor in the University of Virginia. Outlines of Comparative Philology; Studies in English; Americanisms; Wonders of the Deep; Grammar of the Spanish Language; Stray Leaves from the Book of Nature; Romance of American History, include the most important of his works. _Lip. Put. Scr._

=Devereux, Thomas Pollock.= _N. C._, 1793-1869. A North Carolina lawyer who published Reports of North Carolina Supreme Court, 1826-34; Reports in the Superior Court, 1834-40; Equity Reports, 1826-40.

=De Vinne, Daniel.= _I._, 1793-1883. A Methodist clergyman of New York city. The Methodist Episcopal Church and Slavery; Recollections of Fifty Years in the Ministry; Irish Primitive Church.

=De Vinne, Theodore Low.= _Ct._, 1828- ----. Son of D. De Vinne, _supra_. A noted printer of New York city. Printer’s Price List; Invention of Printing; Historic Types.

=Dew, Thomas Roderick.= _Va._, 1802-1846. An educator of Virginia, president of William and Mary College, 1836-46. A Digest of the History and Laws of Ancient and Modern Nations is his chief work. Other writings of his include The Policy of the Government; Lectures on History; Usury; Essay in Favour of Slavery, which had a great influence in turning popular sentiment against emancipation. _Ap._

=De Walden, Thomas Blaides.= _E._, 1811-1873. A New York actor of some note as an author and adapter of many plays, among which are The Upper Ten and the Lower Twenty; Kit; The Jesuit.

=Dewees, William Potts.= _Pa._, 1768-1841. A once popular physician of Philadelphia, professor of obstetrics in the University of Pennsylvania. His literary style was bad, yet his writings were widely circulated in the profession and highly valued. Medical Essays; Physical and Medical Treatment of Children; System of Midwifery; Practice of Medicine. _See Gross’s Sketches of Contemporaries._

=Dewey, Chester.= _Ms._, 1783-1867. A botanist who as an educator was connected with various colleges, and lastly with the University of Rochester. Besides a History of Herbaceous Plants of Massachusetts, he wrote an elaborate monograph on the Carices of North America, the result of many years’ labour.

=Dewey, Melvil.= _N. Y._, 1851- ----. The librarian of Columbia College and director of the New York State library. Library School Rules; The Decimal Classification and Relation Index.

=Dewey, Orville.= _Ms._, 1794-1882. A Unitarian clergyman of conservative opinions, once prominent as a pastor in New York and Boston. Unitarian Belief; Discourses on Human Life; The Old World and the New; Letters on Revivals; Problems of Human Life and Destiny; Education of the Human Race, comprise his principal writings. _See Autobiography and Letters, 1883._ _A. U. A._

=De Witt, Benjamin.= 1774-1819. A New York physician and scientist who published Oxygen; Minerals in New York.

=De Witt, John.= _N. Y._, 1821- ----. A Reformed Dutch clergyman, professor in the Theological Seminary at New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1863-92. The Sure Foundation and how to Build on It; The Psalms, a New Translation (1891); What is Inspiration? _Rev._

=De Witt, John.= _Pa._, 1842- ----. A Presbyterian clergyman, professor at Princeton Theological Seminary since 1892, and the author of Sermons on the Christian Life.

=De Witt, Simeon.= _N. Y._, 1756-1834. A once famous surveyor who is commonly held responsible for the classical nomenclature of places in central and western New York. He published Elements of Perspective.

=Dexter, Henry Martyn.= _Ms._, 1821-1890. A Congregational clergyman of prominence in Boston as editor of The Congregationalist, 1867-90. He was a positive, dogmatic writer, much addicted to historical and religious controversy. His most important work is The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years. Handbook of Congregationalism; Pilgrim Memoranda; The Verdict of Reason; As to Roger Williams and his Banishment, a marked example of special pleading; History of the Old Plymouth Colony; History and the Study of History; The Right Use of Books; The Study of Politics, include the greater number of his other works. _C. P. S. Har._

=Dexter, Samuel.= _Ms._, 1761-1816. A jurist of Boston who was secretary of war under President John Adams. Letters on Free Masonry; Progress of Science, a poem; Speeches and Political Papers.

=Diaz, Mrs. Abby [Morton].= _Ms._, 1821-1904. A Boston writer who in youth was one of the famous company at Brook Farm, and was afterward prominent in relation to social reforms. Her books for juvenile readers, which are characterized by a strong vein of humour, include The William Henry Letters; William Henry and his Friends; Chronicles of the Stimpcett Family; The Cats’ Arabian Nights; The John Spicer Lectures; Lucy Maria; Polly Cologne; Jimmyjohns; A Story-book for Children. Other works are Bybury to Beacon Street, a discussion of social topics; Domestic Problems; Only a Flock of Women. _Lo._

=Dibble, Sheldon.= _N. Y._, 1809-1845. A missionary to the Sandwich Islands who published History of the Sandwich Island Missions.

=Dickenson, Baxter.= _Ms._, 1795-1875. A Congregational clergyman of Boston, author of Letters to Students.

=Dickinson, Anna Elizabeth.= _Pa._, 1842- ----. A once famous lecturer on politics and woman-suffrage who, after a short and unsuccessful career as an actress, has since lived in retirement. A Paying Investment, a Plea for Education; A Ragged Register of People, Places, and Opinions; What Answer? a novel; and two plays, Mary Tudor; The Crown of Thorns. _Har. Hou._

=Dickinson, Charles Monroe.= _N. Y._, 1842- ----. A journalist of Binghamton, New York, who published The Children, and Other Verses.

=Dickinson, Daniel Stevens.= _Ct._, 1800-1866. A Democratic politician, long prominent in the State of New York. Speeches and Correspondence, with a biography of him by his brother, appeared in 1867.

=Dickinson, Emily.= _Ms._, 1830-1886. A poet whose entire life was passed in Amherst, Massachusetts, in great seclusion, and who rarely published any of her work. Since her death attention has been drawn to the strikingly original nature of her poetry by the publication of three volumes of Poems, selected from her manuscripts. They display an utter disregard of technique as well as an almost startling originality of conception. _See Letters of, 1847-1886, edited by Mrs. Todd._ _Rob._

=Dickinson, John.= _Md._, 1732-1808. A political writer of great influence during the period of the Revolution. Dickinson College, which he helped to found, was named in his honour. He wrote vigorously against the Stamp Act, and his various state papers display both eloquence and dignity. Petition to the King; Second Petition to the King; Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer; Letters of Fabius.

=Dickinson, Jonathan.= _E._, 16-- -1722. A chief justice of Pennsylvania who came to the colony in 1696. His book, entitled God’s Protecting Providence Man’s Surest Help in Times of Danger, is a narrative of personal adventure, and has been several times reprinted since its first appearance in 1699.

=Dickinson, Jonathan.= _Ms._, 1688-1747. A Presbyterian clergyman of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, who was one of the chief American theologians of his day, and the first president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton College). He was a voluminous writer, and much given to controversy of a theological nature. Among his many works are included Familiar Letters upon Important Subjects in Religion; Reasonableness of Christianity; True Scripture Doctrine. _See Tyler’s American Literature._

=Dickinson, Richard William.= _N. Y._, 1804-1874. A Presbyterian clergyman of New York city. Scenes from Sacred History; Responses from the Sacred Oracles; Religious Teaching by Example; Life and Times of John Howard; The Resurrection of Christ Historically and Logically Viewed.

=Dickinson, Rodolphus.= _Ms._, 1787-1863. An Episcopal clergyman in Deerfield, Massachusetts, who published a much criticised New and Corrected Version of the New Testament; Geographical and Statistical View of Massachusetts.

=Dickson, Andrew Flinn.= _S. C._, 1825-1879. A Presbyterian clergyman of Alabama. Plantation Sermons; The Temptation in the Desert; The Light, is it Waning?

=Dickson, John.= _N. H._, 1783-1852. A New York congressman, early prominent in opposition to slavery. Remarks on the Presentation of Petitions for the Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia.

=Dickson, Samuel Henry.= _S. C._, 1798-1872. A physician of eminence in Charleston, and afterwards in Philadelphia, where from 1858 to 1872 he was a professor in the Jefferson Medical College. He wrote much on medical and other topics, his literary style being greatly admired. Essays on Life, Sleep, Pain, and Death; On the Correlation of Forces; Æsthetics of Suicide; Elements of Medicine; Dengue, its History, Pathology, and Treatment; Manual of Pathology; Practice of Medicine; Essays on Pathology and Therapeutics; Studies in Pathology and Therapeutics. _See Allibone’s Dictionary; Gross’s Sketches of Contemporaries._

=Didier= [dy´deer], =Eugene Lemoine.= _Md._, 1838- ----. Son of F. J. Didier, _infra_. A Baltimore littérateur whose style as a critic is somewhat aggressive. Life of Poe; Life and Letters of Madame Bonaparte; Primer of Criticism; The Political Adventures of James G. Blaine (1884). _Scr._

=Didier, Franklin James.= _Md._, 1794-1840. A Baltimore physician who was the author of Didier’s Letters from Paris; Franklin’s Letters to his Kinsfolk.

=Dillaye, Stephen Devalson.= _N. Y._, 1820-1884. The Money and Finances of the French Revolution of 1789.

=Dillon, John Forrest.= _N. Y._, 1831- ----. A noted jurist of Iowa, and, since 1879, of New York city. United States Circuit Court Reports; Municipal Corporations; Removal of Causes from State to Federal Courts; Municipal Bonds; Laws and Jurisprudence of England and America. _Lit._

=Diman, Jeremiah Lewis.= _R. I._, 1831-1881. A Congregational clergyman who was professor of history and political economy in Brown University from 1864. Orations and Essays; The Theistic Argument as Affected by Recent Theories. _See Memoirs by Caroline Hazard, infra._ _Hou._

=Dimitry, Charles Patton.= _D. C._, 1837- ----. A novelist and journalist of New Orleans. Guilty or not Guilty; Angela’s Christmas; The Alderly Tragedy; The House in Balfour Street.

=Dimitry, John Bull Smith.= _D. C._, 1835-1901. Brother of C. P. Dimitry, _supra_. A journalist of New York city. History and Geography of Louisiana from its Earliest Settlement to the Close of the Civil War.

=Dimmock, George.= _Ms._, 1852- ----. A naturalist of Cambridge, at one time editor of Psyche, a journal of entomology. Anatomy of Mouth Parts of Some Insects of the Order of Diptera.

=Dinnies, Mrs. Anna Peyre [Shackelford].= _S. C._, 1816-1886. A verse-writer of New Orleans who published The Floral Year, a collection of one hundred poems.

=Dinsmore, Robert.= _N. H._, 1757-1836. A homely verse-writer of Windham, New Hampshire, who was known as “The Rustic Bard,” and published Incidental Poems, strongly imitative of Burns. _See Whittier’s Old Portraits and Modern Sketches._

=Dirck, Cornelius Lansing.= _N. Y._, 1785-1857. A Presbyterian clergyman for many years connected with Auburn Theological Seminary, who published Sermons on Important Subjects.

=Disosway, Gabriel Poillon.= _N. Y._, 1798-1868. An antiquary of New York city. The Children’s Book of Sermons; The Earliest Churches of New York and its Vicinity.

=Disturnell, John.= _N. Y._, 1801-1877. A map-publisher of New York city who was an industrious compiler of guide-books and similar literature. New York as it Was and Is, 1876; Influence of Climate in North and South America; The Great Lakes of America; Traveller’s Guide to Hudson River; Tourist’s Guide to the Upper Mississippi, include some of his more important works.

=Ditson, George Leighton.= _Ms._, 1812- ----. A noted traveller who published Circassia, or a Tour to the Caucasus; Crimora; The Para Papers, or France, Egypt, and Ethiopia; The Crescent and the French Crusaders; The Fedariti of Italy, a Romance of Circassian Captivity.

=Dix, Dorothea Lynde.= _Me._, 1802-1887. A famous Massachusetts philanthropist the greater part of whose life was spent in efforts to improve the condition of the insane. The present enlightened treatment of the insane throughout the world is due in large measure to the impetus given in that direction by her labours in America and Europe. Her writings, except Prisons and Prison Discipline, are intended for children, and include The Garland of Flora; Conversations about Common Things; Alice and Ruth; Evening Hours. _See Life by F. Tiffany, infra._

=Dix, John Adams.= _N. H._, 1798-1879. A general and statesman who while secretary of the treasury in 1861 issued the celebrated order, “If any one attempts to tear down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.” A Winter in Madeira, and A Summer in Spain and Florence; Speeches and Occasional Addresses; Resources of the State of New York. _See Memoir, by Morgan Dix, infra._ _Ap._

=Dix, John Homer.= _Circa_ 1810-1884. An oculist and aurist of Boston who published Changes of the Blood, a translation from the French of Gibert; Treatise on Strabismus; Morbid Sensibility of the Retina; The Opthalmoscope and its Uses.

=Dix, Morgan.= _N. Y._, 1827- ----. Son of J. A. Dix, _supra_. A prominent Episcopal clergyman of New York city conspicuous among High Church theologians, and rector of Trinity Church since 1859. Sermons, Doctrinal and Practical; Lectures on the Calling of a Christian Woman; Memoir of J. A. Dix, _supra_; Gospel and Philosophy; The Sacramental System; The Seven Deadly Sins; Lectures on the First Prayer Book of King Edward VI.; The Two Estates,--Wedded in the Lord, Single for the Kingdom of Heaven’s Sake. _Ap. Dut. Har._

=Dixon, James Main.= _S._, 1856- ----. A professor of English literature in Washington University, St. Louis, since 1892, and the author of A Dictionary of Idiomatic English Phrases.

=Doane, George Hobart.= _Ms._, 1830- ----. Son of G. W. Doane, _infra_. A prelate of the papal household at Rome since 1886, with the title of Monsignore. First Principles; Exclusion of Protestant Worship from Rome; Manual of Instructions and Prayers.

=Doane, George Washington.= _N. J._, 1799-1859. The second Protestant Episcopal bishop of New Jersey; consecrated bishop in 1832. Songs by the Way; Sermons on Various Occasions. The familiar hymn beginning “Softly now the light of day” is one of his most noted poems. _See Life and Writings of, by W. C. Doane, infra._

=Doane, William Croswell.= _N. J._, 1832- ----. Son of G. W. Doane, _supra_. The first Protestant Episcopal bishop of Albany. He has contributed much to reviews and other periodicals on topics of the day, is the author of a number of poems, among which The Sculptor Boy is often quoted, and has published several works, including Sermons; Mosaics, or the Harmony of Collect Epistle and Gospel for the Sundays of the Christian Year. As a theologian his place is amongst liberal High Churchmen.

=Dod, Albert Baldwin.= _N. J._, 1805-1845. A Presbyterian clergyman, professor of mathematics at Princeton College, 1830-45. Theological Essays was his only published work.

=Dodd, Mrs. Anna Bowman [Blake].= _L. I._, 1855- ----. A New York writer whose volumes of travels have been very popular. The Republic of the Future, or Socialism a Reality; Cathedral Days; Glorinda: a Story; Three Normandy Inns; In the Norfolk Broads. _Cas. Rob._

=Dodd, Stephen.= _N. J._, 1777-1856. A Presbyterian minister of Connecticut, who published History of East Haven; Revolutionary Memorials.

=Doddridge, Joseph.= _Pa._, 1769-1826. An Episcopal clergyman of western Virginia. Logan, a drama; Notes on the Settlement and Indian Wars of the Western Country, 1763-83.

=Dodge, David Low.= _Ct._, 1774-1852. A New York merchant who was the first president of the New York Peace Society. The Mediator’s Kingdom not of this World; War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ. _See Memorials of, 1854._

=Dodge, Ebenezer.= _Ms._, 1819-1890. A Baptist clergyman, president of Madison (now Colgate) University, 1868-90. Evidences of Christianity; Christian Theology.

=Dodge, Mary Abby.= “Gail Hamilton.” _Ms._, 1838-1896. A noted essayist and magazinist of Hamilton, Massachusetts, whose aggressive, pungent style made her writings at one time extremely popular. Much of her work is ephemeral in its nature, but it is always readable and often brilliant. A New Atmosphere; Gala Days; Woman’s Wrongs; Red-Letter Days; Summer Rest; Battle of the Books; Twelve Miles from a Lemon; Sermons to the Clergy; First Love is Best; What Think ye of Christ?; Country Living and Country Thinking; Skirmishes and Sketches; Wool-Gathering; Woman’s Worth and Worthlessness; Little Folk Life; Nursery Noonings; Our Common School System; Divine Guidance; The Insuppressible Book; A Washington Bible Class; Biography of James G. Blaine. _Ap. Har._

=Dodge, Mrs. Mary Barker [Carter].= _Pa._, 18-- - ----. Belfry Voices; The Gray Masque and Other Poems. _Lo._

=Dodge, Mrs. Mary [Mapes].= _N. Y._, 1838- ----. A writer of New York city who has edited the Saint Nicholas Magazine since 1873. Her writings for young people include Hans Brinker; Donald and Dorothy; Rhymes and Jingles; Irvington Stories; A Few Friends; The Land of Pluck; When Life is Young, poems for young people. She has also written Theophilus and Others; Along the Way: a volume of Short Poems. _Scr._

=Dodge, Nathaniel Shatswell.= _Ms._, 1810-1874. A Boston littérateur who was the author of Stories of a Grandfather about American History. _Le._

=Dodge, Richard Irving.= _N. C._, 1827-1895. A colonel in the United States army who saw much service in Indian campaigns, and made careful study of the Indian character. The Black Hills; The Plains of the Great West; Our Wild Indians; A Living Issue.

=Dodge, Theodore Ayrault.= _Ms._, 1842- ----. A captain and brevet lieutenant-colonel in the United States army, prominent as a military historian. The Campaign of Chancellorsville; A Bird’s-Eye View of our Civil War; Great Captains; Alexander, a History of the Origin and Growth of the Art of War from the Earliest Times to the Battle of Ipsus, B. C. 301, with a detailed account of the Campaigns of the Great Macedonian; Hannibal; Cæsar; Gustavus Adolphus; Patroclus and Penelope, a Chat in the Saddle; Riders of Many Lands. _Har. Hou._

=Dods, John Bovee.= _N. Y._, 1795-1872. A clergyman of New York city whose published works include Thirty Sermons; Philosophy of Mesmerism; Philosophy of Electrical Psychology; Immortality Triumphant; Spirit Manifestations Examined and Explained.

=Doe, Charles Henry.= _Ms._, 1838-1900. A journalist of Worcester, Massachusetts. Buffets, a novel.

=Doesticks, Q. K. Philander.= _See Thomson, Mortimer._