Part 38

=Lathbury, Mary Artemisia.= _N. Y._, 1841- ----. That Sweet Story of Old; Bethlehem and her Children; Child’s History of Paul; Fleda and the Voice; From Meadow Sweet to Mistletoe. _Meth._

=Lathrop, George Parsons.= _H. I._, 1851-1898. A littérateur of New York city, and more recently of New London. His writings in verse include, Rose and Rooftree; Dreams and Days. In fiction they comprise, Afterglow; An Echo of Passion; In the Distance; Newport; Would You Kill Him?; True; Two Sides of a Story; Love Wins; Gold of Pleasure; Behind Time. Other works are, A Study of Hawthorne; Spanish Vistas; A Story of Courage: Annals of the Georgetown Convent (with Mrs. Lathrop, _infra_). _Cas. Fu. Har. Hou. Lip. Scr._

=Lathrop, Mrs. Rose [Hawthorne].= _Ms._, 1851- ----. Wife of G. P. Lathrop, _supra_, and daughter of N. Hawthorne, _supra_. Along the Shore, a volume of verse; Some Memories of Hawthorne. _Hou._

=Latimer, Charles.= _D. C._, 1827-1888. An engineer of note who published Roadmaster’s Assistants; The Divining Rod; Battle of Standards.

=Latimer, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth [Wormeley].= _E._, 1822-1904. An educator of Baltimore. Familiar Talks on Shakespeare’s Comedies; France in the Nineteenth Century, 1830-90; Russia and Turkey in the Nineteenth Century; England in the Nineteenth Century; Europe in Africa in the Nineteenth Century; Italy in the Nineteenth Century. _Mg. Rob._

=Latrobe, John Hazelhurst Boneval.= _Pa._, 1803-1891. A lawyer of Baltimore. Son of the architect Benjamin Latrobe. History of Mason and Dixon’s Line; Three Great Battles; Justices’ Practice under the Laws of Maryland; Reminiscences of West Point; Odds and Ends, a book of verse; History of Maryland in Liberia.

=Latta, Samuel Arminius.= _O._, 1804-1852. A Methodist clergyman of Ohio, subsequently a physician in Cincinnati, who published The Chain of Sacred Wonders.

=Laughlin, James Lawrence.= _O._, 1850- ----. A political economist of note, professor at Harvard University, 1883-87, and at Chicago University from 1892. Facts About Money; Study of Political Economy; Elements of Political Economy; History of Bi-Metallism in the United States. _Ap. Am._

=Lawrence, Eugene.= _N. Y._, 1823-1894. An historical writer of New York city. Lives of the British Historians; Historical Studies; Essays and Papers; Literature Primers; The Jews and their Persecutors; Columbus and his Contemporaries. _Har._

=Lawrence, Mrs. Margaret Oliver [Woods].= “Meta Lander.” _Ms._, 1813-1901. Daughter of L. Woods, _infra_. Light on the Dark River; Fading Flowers; L’Espérance; The Tobacco Problem; Marion Graham. _Le._

=Lawrence, William.= _O._, 1819-1899. A jurist of Ohio who was comptroller of the national treasury, 1880-85. Decisions of Ohio Supreme Court; The Treaty Question; Law of Religious Societies and Religious Corporations; Law of Claims Against the Government; Organization of the United States Treasury Department; Decisions of the First Comptroller of the Treasury.

=Lawrence, William.= _Ms._, 1850- ----. The seventh Protestant Episcopal bishop of Massachusetts. Life of Amos A. Lawrence; Visions and Service, discourses in collegiate chapels. _Hou._

=Lawrence, William Beach.= _N. Y._, 1800-1881. An eminent jurist of New York city, and after 1850 of Newport, Rhode Island. Letters on the Treaty of Washington; an edition of Wheaton’s Elements of International Law; Visitation and Search; Institutions of the United States; Commentaire sur les éléments du droit international; Administration of Equity Jurisprudence, include his principal writings.

=Lawson, James.= _S._, 1799-1880. A New York city journalist. Tales and Sketches by a Cosmopolite; Poems; Giordana, a tragedy. _See Wilson’s Poets and Poetry of Scotland._

=Lawson, John.= _E._, 16-- -1712. The surveyor-general of North Carolina, burned at the stake by hostile Indians. His entertaining travels were published with the title of History of North Carolina. _See Tyler’s American Literature._

=Lawton, William Cranston.= _Ms._, 1853- ----. A classical teacher and lecturer, formerly of Cambridge, now (1897) of Brooklyn and professor in Adelphi College there. Three Dramas of Euripides; Folia Dispersa, a book of verse; Art and Humanity in Homer. _Hou. Mac._

=Lay, Henry Champlin.= _Va._, 1823-1885. The first Protestant Episcopal bishop of Easton (Maryland), but from 1859 to 1869 the third bishop of Arkansas. Studies in the Church; The Church and the Nation.

=Lazarus, Emma.= _N. Y._, 1849-1887. A talented Jewish writer of New York city who wrote much in verse and prose for The Century and other periodicals. Alide, an Episode of Goethe’s Life; Poems; Admetus, and Other Poems; Songs of a Semite; Poems and Ballads translated from Heine. Her Complete Poems, with a brief memoir, appeared in 1889. _Hou._

=Lazarus, Josephine.= _N. Y._, 1846- ----. Sister of E. Lazarus, _supra_. The Spirit of Judaism; The Love-Letters of a Portuguese Nun, a translation from the French. _Cas. Do._

=Lazelle, Henry Martyn.= _Ms._, 1832- ----. A United States army officer, since 1887 in charge of the bureau of war records. One Law in Nature; Improvements in the Art of War.

=Lea, Henry Charles.= _Pa._, 1825- ----. Son of I. Lea, _infra_. A prominent writer and publisher of Philadelphia. Superstition and Force; An Historical Sketch of Sacerdotal Celibacy in the Christian Church; Chapters from the Religious History of Spain; Studies in Church History; Translations, and Other Rhymes; History of the Inquisition. _See Allibone’s Dictionary, Supplement; Catholic World, March, 1897._ _Har. Hou._

=Lea, Isaac.= _Del._, 1792-1886. A publisher and naturalist of Philadelphia. Contributions to Geology; Observations on the Genus Unio, in thirteen volumes; Fossil Footmarks in the Red Sandstones of Pottsville.

=Lea, Matthew Carey.= _Pa._, 1823-1897. Son of I. Lea, _supra_. A chemist of Philadelphia whose Manual of Photography is a standard work.

=Leaming, Jeremiah.= _Ct._, 1717-1804. An Episcopal clergyman of Connecticut. Defense of Episcopal Government; Evidences of the Truth of Christianity; Dissertations.

=Learned, Walter.= _Ct._, 1847- ----. A verse-writer of New London who has published Between Times, a collection of poems, and translated Ten Tales from Coppée. _Sto._

=Leavitt, John McDowell.= _O._, 1824- ----. An Episcopal clergyman. Faith, a Poem; Afranius; The Siege of Babylon, a tragedy; Hymns to Our King; New World Tragedies from Old World Life; Reasons for Faith; Visions of Solyma.

=Le Conte= [le-kŏnt], =John.= _Ga._, 1818-1891. A naturalist and physician, president of the University of California, 1875-81, and professor of physics there before and after his presidency. Philosophy of Medicine; Study of the Physical Sciences; Vital Statistics.

=Le Conte, John Eaton.= _N. J._, 1784-1860. Uncle of J. Le Conte, _supra_. A naturalist who in early life served in the corps of army engineers with the rank of major. Monographs of North American Species of Utricularia, Gratiola, and Ruellia; North American Species of Viola.

=Le Conte, John Lawrence.= _N. Y._, 1825-1883. Son of J. E. Le Conte, _supra_. An entomologist of distinction, author of List of Coleoptera of North America, and other technical publications.

=Le Conte, Joseph.= _Ga._, 1823-1901. Brother of John Le Conte, _supra_. A geologist of eminence, professor of geology in the University of California from 1869. Elements of Geology; Sight; Evolution and its Relation to Religious Thought; Religion and Science. _Ap._

=Lee, Alfred.= _Ms._, 1807-1887. The first Protestant Episcopal bishop of Delaware, and prominent as a Low Churchman. The Harbinger of Christ; Life of St. Peter; Eventful Nights in Bible History; Life of St. John; Treatise on Baptism. _Har. Ran._

=Lee, Benjamin.= _Ct._, 1833- ----. Son of A. Lee, _supra_. A physician of Philadelphia. Treatment for Angular Curvature of the Spine; Tracts on Massage.

=Lee, Benjamin Franklin.= _N. J._, 1841- ----. A Methodist clergyman of African birth, president of Wilberforce University from 1876. Wesley the Worker; Causes of the Success of Methodism.

=Lee, Charles Alfred.= _Ct._, 1810-1872. A physician of New York city who published Elements of Geology for Popular Use; Human Physiology.

=Lee, Day Kellogg.= _N. Y._, 1816-1869. A Universalist clergyman of New York city. Summerfield, or Life on a Farm; Master Builders, or Life at a Trade; Merrimack, or Life at a Loom.

=Lee, Mrs. Eliza [Buckminster].= _N. H._, 1794-1864. Sister of J. S. Buckminster, _supra_. A once popular Boston writer. Life of Richter; Sketches of a New England Village; Naomi; Florence, the Parish Orphan; Parthenia, or the Last Days of Paganism.

=Lee, Mrs. Hannah Farnham [Sawyer].= _Ms._, 1780-1865. A once prominent writer of Boston. Grace Seymour; Luther and his Times; Sculpture and Sculptors; Three Experiments in Living, which was extraordinarily popular both in America and England; Familiar Sketches of the Old Painters; The Huguenots in France and America; Memoir of Pierre Toussaint.

=Lee, Henry.= _Va._, 1756-1818. A famous general in the American army during the Revolution. He published Memoirs of the War in the Southern Departments of the United States. In his oration in Congress on the death of Washington first occurs the familiar phrase, “first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.”

=Lee, Henry.= _Va._, 1786-1837. Son of H. Lee, _supra_. A Virginia writer who published The Campaign of 1781 in the Carolinas; Life of Napoleon.

=Lee, Jesse.= _Va._, 1758-1816. A Methodist missionary, called “the Apostle of Methodism,” who published a History of Methodism, which is a valuable record of the early years of that faith. _See Life and Times by L. M. Lee._

=Lee, Luther.= _N. Y._, 1800-1889. A Wesleyan clergyman of Michigan. Universalism Examined and Refuted; Church Polity; Immortality of the Soul; Slavery in the Light of the Bible; Elements of Theology.

=Lee, Mrs. Mary Catherine [Jenkins]=. _Ms._, 18-- - ----. A novelist of Springfield, Massachusetts. A Quaker Girl of Nantucket; In the Cheering-Up Business; A Soulless Singer. _Hou._

=Lee, Mary Elizabeth.= _S. C._, 1813-1849. A writer of Charleston, author of Historical Tales for Youth, and a volume of Poems issued in 1851 with memoir by S. Gilman, _supra_.

=Leech, Samuel Van Derlip.= _N. Y._, 1837- ----. A Methodist clergyman and temperance reformer. The Drunkard; Ingersoll and the Bible; The Inebriates. _Fu._

=Leeds, David.= _E._, 1652-1720. A prominent figure among the early settlers of Burlington, New Jersey, and a violent opponent of the Quakers. His writings, directed almost entirely against them, include The Temple of Wisdom; The News of a Trumpet; Hue and Cry against Error; A Trumpet Sounded; The Rebuker Rebuked; The Great Mystery of Fox-Craft Discovered.

=Leeser= [lā´zer], =Isaac.= _Wa._, 1806-1868. A Jewish rabbi of Philadelphia who published The Jews and the Mosaic Law; Discourses on the Jewish Religion; Portuguese Forms of Prayer; a Translation of the Scriptures from the original Hebrew.

=Lefferts, George Morewood.= _L. I._, 1846- ----. A physician of New York city. Diseases of the Nose; Diagnosis of Nasal Catarrh; Pharmacopœia for Diseases of the Throat and Nose.

=Legare= [lā-gree´], =Hugh Swinton.= _S. C._, 1799-1843. A South Carolina jurist and essayist, attorney-general of the United States in 1841. Constitutional History of Greece; Essay on Classical Learning; Essay on Roman Literature.

=Legare, James Matthews.= _S. C._, 1823-1859. An inventor and verse writer. Orta-Undis, and Other Poems.

=Leggett, William.= _N. Y._, 1802-1839. A journalist once prominent in New York city. Leisure Hours at Sea; Tales by a Country Schoolmaster; Naval Stories; Political Writings. _See Memoir by T. Sedgwick, infra._

=Leidy= [lī´dĭ], =Joseph.= _Pa._, 1823-1891. A Philadelphia scientist of distinction who was a constant contributor to scientific periodicals. Among his writings are, The Extinct Species of the American Ox; Ancient Fauna of Nebraska; Cretaceous Reptiles of the United States; Elementary Text-Book on Human Anatomy. _Lip._

=Leighton= [lī´ton], =William.= _Ms._, 1833- ----. A writer of Wheeling, West Virginia. The Sons of Godwin, a tragedy that appeared simultaneously with Tennyson’s “Harold” on the same theme; At the Court of King Edwin, a drama; Shakespeare’s Dream; Change; The Subjection of Hamlet.

=Leland, Charles Godfrey.= “Hans Breitmann.” _Pa._, 1824-1903. A very versatile Philadelphia author who lived much in Europe, and was considered an authority upon Gypsy lore. Hans Breitmann Ballads; The Music Lesson of Confucius, and Other Poems; Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land; The English Gypsies and their Language; Origin of the Gypsies; The Gypsies; The Algonquin Legends of New England; Egyptian Sketch Book; Abraham Lincoln and the Abolition of Slavery; Practical Education; Manual of Wood Carving; Memoirs, include his more important works. _See Allibone’s Dictionary and Supplement; Appletons’ American Biography._ _Ap. Hou. Lip. Mac. Scr._

=Leland, Henry Perry.= _Pa._, 1828-1868. Brother of C. G. Leland, _supra_. A Philadelphia writer who served as lieutenant in a Pennsylvania regiment during the Civil War. The Americans in Rome; The Grey Bay Mare, and Other Humorous Sketches.

=Lemmon, John Gill.= _Mch._, 1832- ----. A botanist attached to the California department of forestry from 1880. Ferns of the Pacific Coast; Discovery of the Potato.

=Leonard, Agnes.= _See Hill, Mrs. Agnes._

=Leonard, William Andrew.= _Ct._, 1848- ----. The fourth Protestant Episcopal bishop of Ohio. Via Sacra; The Christmas Festival, its Origin, etc.; Summary of Herbert Spencer’s “First Principles;” Brief History of the Christian Church.

=Leonowens, Mrs. Anna Harriette [Crawford].= _W._, 1834- ----. An Englishwoman who was governess in the royal family of Siam for four years, came to New York in 1867, and has since taught there. The English Governess at the Siamese Court; The Romance of the Harem; Life and Travels in India; Our Asiatic Cousins. _Co. Lo._

=Le Plongeon, Mrs. Alice [Dixon].= _E._, 1851- ----. The wife of the archæologist and explorer, Dr. Le Plongeon. Here and There in Yucatan.

=Lesley, John Peter.= _Pa._, 1819-1903. A Philadelphia geologist of distinction. Man’s Origin and Destiny from the Platform of the Sciences; Coal and its Topography; The Iron Manufacturer’s Guide.

=Leslie, Eliza.= _Pa._, 1787-1858. A Philadelphia writer of tales and sketches whose work was extremely popular in her day. She was a sister of the famous English artist Charles Robert Leslie. Among her writings are, Domestic Cookery; Mrs. Washington Potts; The Behaviour Book; Pencil Sketches; American Girl’s Book; The Dennings. She wrote nothing that will live, but much that was of service to her generation. _See Hart’s American Literature._ _Bai._

=Lesquereux= [lā-ke-rü´], =Leo.= _Sd._, 1806-1889. A Swiss paleontologist who came to America in 1848 and settled in Columbus, Ohio. Catalogue of the Mosses of Switzerland; Musci Americani Exsiccati (with Sullivant); Icones Muscarum; Land Plants in the Lower Silurian; The Tertiary Flora; The Coal Flora; Mosses of North America (with T. P. James).

=Leslie, Madeline.= _See Baker, Mrs._

=Lester, Charles Edwards.= _Ct._, 1815-1890. A journalist and littérateur of New York city, at one time consul at Genoa. Life of Vespucius; The Napoleon Dynasty; Artists of America; The Glory and Shame of England; My Consulship; Condition and Fate of England; Samuel Houston and his Republic; Life of Charles Sumner; Our One Hundred Years; America’s Advancement; The Mexican Republic; History of the United States; Stanhope Burleigh, a novel; with several translations of standard Italian authors, include the greater portion of his work.

=Leverett, Frederick Percival.= _Ms._, 1803-1836. A once distinguished educator of Boston. Besides annotated editions of Juvenal and other classics, he prepared a much valued Lexicon of the Latin Language. _Lip._

=Le Vert, Mrs. Octavia [Walton].= _Ga._, 1820-1877. A once prominent social leader of Mobile, whose literary reputation was greater than her actual accomplishment seemed to warrant. Souvenirs of Travel was her only published book.

=Lewis, Abram Herbert.= _N. Y._, 1836- ----. A Seventh Day Baptist clergyman of Plainfield, New Jersey, and a writer of much prominence in his denomination. Sabbath and Sunday; Biblical Teachings Concerning the Sabbath and Sunday; Critical History of the Sabbath; Critical History of Sunday Legislation; Biography of the Puritan Sunday; Paganism in Christianity. _Ap. Put._

=Lewis, Alonzo.= _Ms._, 1794-1861. A verse-writer of Lynn, once styled “The Lynn Bard.” Forest Flowers and Sea Shells; History of Lynn. A complete edition of his poems was issued in 1883.

=Lewis, Charles Bertrand.= “M. Quad.” _O._, 1842- ----. A journalist of Detroit on the staff of the Free Press for many years, and since 1891 on that of The New York World. Quad’s Odds; Goaks and Tears; The Lime Kiln Club.

=Lewis, Charlton Thomas.= _Pa._, 1834-1904. Grandson of Enoch Lewis, _infra_. A lawyer and mathematician of Morristown, New Jersey. History of the German People; Latin Dictionary for Schools; Elementary Latin Dictionary. _Har._

=Lewis, Dio.= _N. Y._, 1823-1886. A well-known Boston physician and health reformer. New Gymnastics; Our Girls; Our Digestion; Chastity; Weak Lungs and How to Make Them Strong, are among his most important works.

=Lewis, Elisha Joseph.= _Md._, 1820- ----. A Philadelphia physician. Hints to Sportsmen; The American Sportsman. _Lip._

=Lewis, Enoch.= _Pa._, 1776-1856. An educator among the Friends of Pennsylvania. Vindication of the Society of Friends; Oaths; Baptism; Life of William Penn.

=Lewis, Mrs. Estelle Anna Blanche [Robinson].= “Stella.” _Md._, 1824-1880. A Brooklyn writer whose life was largely spent in Europe. Her verse, which once received much more praise than its degree of excellence at all warranted, is now nearly forgotten. Sappho of Lesbos; Records of the Heart; Child of the Sea; Myths of the Minstrel; Helémah, or the Fall of Montezuma.

=Lewis, Mrs. Harriet.= 1841-1878. Amber, the Adopted; Her Double Life.

=Lewis, Laurence.= _Pa._, 1857-1890. A lawyer of Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Courts in the 17th Century; History of the Bank of North America; Memoir of Edward Shippen; Original Land Titles in Philadelphia.

=Lewis, Tayler.= _N. Y._, 1802-1877. An educator of note who was professor of Greek in Union College from 1849 until his death. The Platonic Theology; The Bible and Science; Six Days of Creation; Defence of Capital Punishment (with G. B. Cheever, _supra_); The Divine-Human in the Scriptures; States’ Rights; Heroic Periods in the Nation’s History; The Light by which we See Light.

=Lieber= [lee´be̯r], =Francis.= _P._, 1800-1872. An eminent publicist, professor of political economy in the University of South Carolina, 1835-56, and subsequently at Columbia College. Reminiscences of Niebuhr; The West, and Other Poems; Manual of Political Ethics; Laws of Property; Civil Liberty and Self-Government; Legal and Political Hermeneutics; Instructions for the Armies in the Field; The Character of the Gentleman; Miscellaneous Writings. _See Life and Letters of, by T. S. Perry; Life, by Harley._ _Lip._

=Lieber, Oscar Montgomery.= _Ms._, 1830-1862. Son of F. Lieber, _supra_. A soldier in the Federal army during the Civil War. The Assayer’s Guide; The Analytical Chemist’s Assistant; The Geology of Mississippi. _Bai._

=Light, George Washington.= _Me._, 1809-1860. A journalist of Boston. Life of Timothy Claxton; Keep Cool, Go Ahead, and a Few More Poems.

=Lillie, John.= _S._, 1812-1867. A Presbyterian clergyman of Kingston, New York, who published The Perpetuity of the Earth.

=Lillie, Mrs. Lucy Cecil [White].= _N. Y._, 1855- ----. A writer of popular juveniles. Mildred’s Bargain; Nan; The Story of Music and Musicians; Rolf House; The Colonel’s Money; Jo’s Opportunity; The Household of Glen Holly; The Story of English Literature; Prudence, a Novel of Æsthetic London; Ruth Endicott’s Way; Alison’s Adventures. _Co. Har._

=Lincoln, Abraham.= _Ky._, 1809-1865. The sixteenth president of the United States. His place in literature is determined by his famous Gettysburg Address and the equally admirable Second Inaugural Address. His Complete Works are contained in two volumes, edited by Nicolay and Hay. _See Lives by Holland, 1865; Arnold, 1868; Lamon, 1872; Nicolay and Hay, 1890; Herndon, 1892; Abraham Lincoln, an Essay, by C. Schurz, 1892._

=Lincoln, Mrs. Almira.= _See Phelps, Mrs. A._ _Cent._

=Lincoln, Daniel Francis.= _Ms._, 1841- ----. A physician of Boston. School Hygiene; Electro-Therapeutics; School and Industrial Hygiene.

=Lincoln, Heman.= _Ms._, 1821-1887. A Baptist divine, professor of church history at Newton Theological Seminary from 1868. Outline Lectures in Church History; Outline Lectures in History of Doctrine.

=Lincoln, Mrs. Jeanie [Gould].= _N. Y._, 1846- ----. Granddaughter of James Gould, _supra_. A writer of Washington city. A Chaplet of Leaves, a book of verse; Marjorie’s Quest, a story for young people; Her Washington Winter; A Genuine Girl. _Hou._

=Lincoln, John Larkin.= _Ms._, 1817-1891. Brother of H. Lincoln, _supra_. A professor of Latin in Brown University, well known as a classical scholar, and editor of editions of Livy, Horace, and Cicero. _See In Memoriam: John Larkin Lincoln._

=Lincoln, Mrs. Mary Johnson [Bailey].= _Ms._, 1844- ----. A Boston teacher of cookery, culinary editor of The American Kitchen Magazine. Boston Cook Book; Carving and Serving; Twenty Lessons in Cookery; Kitchen Text-Book. _Rob._

=Linderman, Henry Richard.= _Pa._, 1825-1879. The director of the United States mint at Philadelphia from 1873, whose annual report for 1877 is a powerful argument for the gold standard. Money and Legal Tender in the United States.

=Lindsey, William.= _Ms._, 1858- ----. A Boston littérateur. Apples of Istakhar, a volume of verse; Cinder-Path Tales; At Start and Finish.

=Linen, James.= _S._, 1808-1873. A bookbinder of New York city. Songs of the Seasons; Poetical and Prose Writings.

=Lining, John.= _S._, 1708-1760. A physician and scientist of Charleston who published in 1753 a History of Yellow Fever, the earliest American treatise on the subject.

=Linn, John Blair.= _Pa._, 1777-1804. Son of W. Linn, _infra_. A Presbyterian clergyman of Philadelphia. The Power of Genius, a Poem; Valerian, a Poem; The Gallic Orphan, a drama; Miscellanea.

=Linn, John Blair.= _Pa._, 1831-1899. Grandson of W. Linn, _infra_. A Pennsylvania lawyer. Annals of Buffalo Valley; Pennsylvania Archives (with W. H. Egle); History of Centre and Clinton Counties.

=Linn, William.= _Pa._, 1752-1808. A Presbyterian clergyman of Philadelphia famous in his day as a preacher. Discourses on Leading Personages of Scripture History; Signs of the Times. His sermon on the death of Washington was formerly much quoted.

=Linn, William.= _N. Y._, 1790-1867. Son of W. Linn, _supra_. A lawyer of Ithaca. Life of Thomas Jefferson; The Roorback Papers; Legal and Commercial Commonplace Book.

=Linton, William James.= _E._, 1812-1897. An English engraver and poet who came to the United States in 1867 and settled in New Haven. Beside ably editing several poetical anthologies, he was the author of Claribel, and Other Poems; Life of Thomas Paine; a valuable History of Wood Engraving in America; The English Republic; The Flower and the Star, and Other Stories; Practical Hints on Wood Engraving; Wood Engraving, a Manual of Instruction; Poems and Translations; Three Score and Ten Years; Life of Whittier. _See Stedman’s Victorian Poets; Atlantic Monthly, February, 1883._ _Le. Mac. Rob. Scr._

=Lippard, George.= _Pa._, 1822-1854. A sensational romancer of Philadelphia, among whose now nearly forgotten tales are, Blanche of Brandywine; Legends of Mexico; The Ladye Annabel.