History of American Literature Part 46

HOLLAND, J. G. (1819-1881), b. Belchertown, Ma.s.s. Editor of the first series of _Scribner's Monthly_, wrote several poems, of which _Bitter-Sweet_ was the most popular, and several novels, the best of which is _Arthur Bonnicastle_.

HOLLEY, MARIETTA (1850- ), b. Ellisburg, N. Y. Humorist, Author of _Josiah Allen's Wife_, _My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's_, _Sweet Cicely_, _Samantha at Saratoga_, and _Poems_.

HOWARD, BLANCHE WILLIS (1847-1898), b. Bangor, Maine. Novelist. _Guenn_ is an unusually strong novel. _One Summer_, _Aunt Serena_, and _The Open Door_ are wholesome, pleasing stories.

HOWE, JULIA WARD (1819-1910), b. New York, N. Y. Philanthropist, author of the famous _Battle Hymn of the Republic_.

HUTCHINSON, THOMAS (1711-1780), b. Boston, Ma.s.s. America's greatest historical writer before the nineteenth century. His great work is _The History of the Province of Ma.s.sachusetts Bay_.

IRELAND, JOHN (1838- ), b. Ireland. Roman Catholic archbishop. _The Church and Modern Society_.

JANVIER, THOMAS ALLIBONE (1849-1913), b. Philadelphia, Pa. Journalist and author. _Color Studies_, _Stories of Old New Spain_, _An Emba.s.sy to Provence_, _The Pa.s.sing of Thomas_.

JEWETT, SARAH ORNE (1849-1909), b. South Berwick, Maine. Artistic novelist of old New England villages. _Deephaven_, _The Country of the Pointed Firs_, _The Tory Lover_. She shows a more genial side of New England life than Miss Wilkins gives.

KING, CHARLES (1844- ), b. Albany, N. Y. Soldier, novelist. _A War-Time Wooing_, _The Colonel's Daughter_, _The Deserter_, _The General's Double_.

KIRK, ELLEN OLNEY (1842- ), b. Southington, Conn. Novelist. _Through Winding Ways_, _A Midsummer Madness_, _The Story of Margaret Kent_, _Marcia_.

LARCOM, LUCY (1826-1893), b. Beverly Farms, Ma.s.s. A factory hand in Lowell, encouraged by Whittier to write. _Poems; A New England Girlhood, Outlined from Memory_.

LATHROP, GEORGE P. (1851-1898), b. Oahu, Hawaii. Son-in-law of Nathaniel Hawthorne, editor, author. _A Study of Hawthorne_, _Spanish Vistas_, _Newport_.

LAZARUS, EMMA (1849-1887), b. New York, N. Y. Poet, translator, essayist.

_Admetus_, _Songs of a Semite_, _Poems_.

LELAND, CHARLES G.o.dFREY ("Hans Breitmann") (1824-1903), b. Philadelphia, Pa. Humorist. _Hans Breitmann's Ballads_, written in what is known as Pennsylvania Dutch dialect.

LOCKE, DAVID ROSS ("Petroleum V. Nasby") (1833-1888), b. Vestal, N. Y.

Political satirist. _Nasby Letters_.

LODGE, HENRY CABOT (1850- ), b. Boston, Ma.s.s. Statesman, historian, essayist. _A Short History of the English Colonies in America, Alexander Hamilton, Daniel Webster, Studies in History, Hero Tales from American History_ (with Theodore Roosevelt).

"LUSKA, SIDNEY." See HARLAND, HENRY.

MABIE, HAMILTON W. (1846-1916), b. Cold Spring, N. Y. Editor, essayist. _My Study Fire, William Shakespeare: Poet, Dramatist, and Man, Essays on Books and Culture_.

MACKAYE, PERCY WALLACE (1875- ), b. New York, N. Y. Dramatist. _Jeanne d'Arc_, _Sappho and Phaon_, _The Canterbury Pilgrims_, _Ticonderoga and Other Poems_.

MCMASTER, JOHN BACH (1852- ), b. Brooklyn, N. Y. Historian and professor of American history. _A History of the People of the United States from the Revolution to the Civil War_. 7 vols. An entertaining history, sometimes suggestive of Macaulay.

MARKS, MRS. LIONEL. See PEABODY, JOSEPHINE PRESTON.

"MARVEL, IK." See MITCh.e.l.l, DONALD G.

MELVILLE, HERMAN (1819-1891), b. New York, N. Y. Novelist. _Typee Omoo_, _Mardi_, _White Jacket or the World in a Man of War_, _Moby d.i.c.k or the White Whale_ contain interesting accounts of his wide travels.

MITCh.e.l.l, DONALD GRANT ("Ik Marvel") (1822-1908), b. Norwich, Conn.

Essayist. _Reveries of a Bachelor_, _Dream Life_.

MITCh.e.l.l, S. WEIR (1829- ), b. Philadelphia, Pa. Physician, novelist, and poet. _Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker_; _The Adventures of Francois_; _Dr.

North and his Friends_; and _Constance Trescot_.

MOORE, CLEMENT CLARKE (1779-1863), b. New York, N. Y. Oriental scholar and poet. Known to children to-day for his poem, _'Twas the Night before Christmas_.

MOULTON, ELLEN LOUISE CHANDLER (1835-1908), b. Pomfret, Conn. Story writer, poet, correspondent. _Some Women's Hearts_, _Swallow Flights and Other Poems_, _In Childhood's Country_.

"NASBY, PETROLEUM V." See LOCKE, DAVID ROSS.

ODELL, JONATHAN (1737-1818), b. Newark, N.J. Clergyman, greatest anti-Revolution poetic satirist. Shows influence of Dryden and Pope. _The American Congress_, _The American Times_.

O'REILLY, JOHN BOYLE (1844-1890), b. Ireland. Journalist, poet. _Songs, Legends and Ballads_; _Moondyne_; _Songs from the Southern Seas_.

"PARTINGTON, MRS." See s.h.i.+LLABER, BENJAMIN P.

PAULDING, JAMES KIRKE (1779-1860), b. Pleasant Valley, N.Y. Satirical humorist and descriptive writer. _The Dutchman's Fireside._ a.s.sisted Irving in the _Salmagundi_ papers.

PAYNE, JOHN HOWARD (1792-1852), b. New York, N.Y. Dramatist. Author of the song, _Home, Sweet Home_.

PEABODY, JOSEPHINE PRESTON (Mrs. Lionel Marks) (1874- ), b. New York, N.Y. Poet, dramatist. _The Singing Leaves_, _Fortune and Men's Eyes_, _Marlowe_, _The Piper_ (Stratford-on-Avon prize drama). Author of excellent poems for children.

PERRY, BLISS (1860- ), b. Williamstown, Ma.s.s. Educator, editor, author.

_Walt Whitman_, _A Study of Prose Fiction_, _John Greenleaf Whittier_.

READ, THOMAS BUCHANAN (1822-1872), b. Chester Co., Pa. Poet and painter.

_The New Pastoral_, _Sheridan's Ride_.

REPPLIER, AGNES (1857- ), b. Philadelphia, Pa. Witty essayist. _Books and Men_, _Points of View_, _Essays in Idleness_.

RIGGS, MRS. See WIGGIN, KATE DOUGLAS.

ROE, EDWARD PAYSON (1838-1888), b. New Windsor, N.Y. Clergyman, novelist.

_Barriers Burned Away_, _Opening a Chestnut Burr_, _Nature's Serial Story_.

ROHLFS, MRS. CHARLES. See GREEN, ANNA KATHERINE.

ROOSEVELT, THEODORE (1858-1919), b. New York, N. Y. Ex-President of the United States. Lived for awhile on a western ranch and ama.s.sed material for some of his most popular works. _Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail_, _The Winning of the West_, _The Rough Riders_. He has written also on civil, economic, and ethical subjects with great vigor and incisive clearness. His _African Game Trails_ is the record of his trip to Africa.

SANGSTER, MARGARET (1838- ), b. New Roch.e.l.le, N. Y. Editor, writer of stories and poems. _Poems of the Household_, _Home Fairies and Heart Flowers_.

SAXE, JOHN G.o.dFREY (1816-1887), b. Highgate, Vt. Journalist, writer of humorous verse. _Humorous and Satirical Poems_, _The Money King and Other Poems_.

SCHOULER, JAMES (1839- ), b. Arlington, Ma.s.s. Lawyer, historian. _A History of the United States under the Const.i.tution_. 6 vols.

SCOLLARD, CLINTON (1860- ), b. Clinton, N. Y. Educator, poet. _With Reed and Lyre_, _The Hills of Song_, _Voices and Visions_.

SEDGWICK, CATHERINE M. (1789-1867), b. Stockbridge, Ma.s.s. Novelist. Her best stories are those of simple New England country life. _Redwood_, _Clarence_, _A New England Tale_.

SHAW, HENRY WHEELER (Josh Billings) (1818-1885), b. Lanesborough, Ma.s.s.