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fancy to endow animals with man's power to reason. Some of his nature books are: _Wake-Robin, Signs and
Seasons, Pepacton, Riverby, Locusts and Wild Honey, Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers. Indoor Studies_ and
_Whitman, A Study_, show keen critical powers and genuine literary appreciation. Burroughs reminds the
reader of Thoreau in closeness of observation and honesty of expression, but Burroughs is less of a
philosopher and poet and more of a scientist.
CARY, ALICE (1820-1871) and her sister Phoebe Gary (1824-1871), b. Miami Valley, near Cincinnati,
Ohio. Moved to New York, N. Y. Poets. Poems by Alice and Phoebe Cary.
CHAMBERS, ROBERT W. (1865- ), b. Brooklyn, N. Y. Author of exciting romances. The Red Republic, A
King and a Few Dukes, _The Conspirators._
CHARMING, WILLIAM ELLERY (1780-1842), b. Newport, R. I. Great Unitarian preacher and reformer.
Spiritual Freedom, Evidences of Christianity and of Revealed Religion, _Self-Culture_, _Slavery._
CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880), b. Medford, Mass. Novelist, editor. Hobomok, a story of life in
colonial Salem; _The Rebels,_ a tale of the Revolution, introduces James Otis, Governor Hutchinson, and the
Boston Massacre; _Appeal for that Class of Americans called Africans._
CHURCHILL, WINSTON (1871- ), b. St. Louis, Mo. Home in Cornish, N. H. Novelist. _Richard Carvel,
The Crisis,_ and The Crossing are interesting novels of American historical events. _Mr. Crewe's Career._
CLARKE, JAMES FREEMAN (1810-1888), b. Hanover, N. H. Noted Unitarian clergyman. _Orthodoxy: Its
Truths and Errors_, Ten Great Religions, _Self-Culture._
CONE, HELEN GRAY (1859- ), b. New York, N. Y. Poet. Oberon and Puck, The Ride to the Lady, _Verses
Grave and Gay._
COOKE, ROSE TERRY (1827-1892), b. West Hartford, Conn. Poet and short-story writer. The Two
Villages is her best-known poem, and _The Deacon's Week_ one of her best stories.
CRAIGIE, PEARL MARY TERESA ("John Oliver Hobbes") (1867-1906), b. Boston, Mass. Novelist. School
for Saints, The Herb Moon, The Flute of Pan, _The Tales of John Oliver Hobbes._
CRANCH, CHRISTOPHER PEARSE (1813-1892), b. Alexandria, Va. Educated in Massachusetts. Artist,
transcendental poet, and contributor to The Dial. Best poems, _Gnosis, I in Thee._
CRANE, STEPHEN (1870-1900), b. Newark, N. J. Novelist. The Red Badge of Courage is a remarkable
romance of the American Civil War.
CRAWFORD, FRANCIS MARION (1854-1909), b. Bagni di Lucca, Italy. Voluminous writer of novels and
romances. Some are historical, and the scenes of the best of them are laid in Italy. He wrote his Zoroaster and
_Marzio's Crucifix_ in both English and French, and received a reward of one thousand francs from the
French Academy. Saracinesca, _Sant' Ilario_, and Don Orsino, a trio of novels about one Roman family, and
Katherine Lauderdale and its sequel, The Ralstons, are among his best works.
CURTIS, GEORGE WILLIAM (1824-1892), b. Providence, R. I. Literary and political essayist, civil service
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reformer, and critic. Was a resident in his youth at Brook Farm. Spent four years of his early life in foreign
travel. Nile Notes of a Howadji and The Howadji in Syria are poetic descriptions of his trip. His masterpiece is
Prue and I, a prose idyl of simple, contented, humble life. The largest part of his work was done as editor. He
was editor of _Putnam's Magazine_ at the time of its failure in 1857, and undertook to pay up every creditor, a
task which consumed sixteen years. He wrote the Easy Chair papers in _Harper's Monthly_. A volume of
these essays contains some of his easiest, most urbane, and humorous writings. They are light and in the vein
of Addison's Spectator. In Orations and Addresses are to be found some of his strongest and most polished
speeches on moral, historical, and political subjects.
DANA, RICHARD HENRY, SR. (1787-1879), b. Cambridge, Mass. Author, diplomat, judge. Co-editor
North American Review when it published Bryant's Thanatopsis. Champion of the romantic school of
Wordsworth and Coleridge. Dana's best known poem, The Buccaneer, shows the influence of this school.
DANA, RICHARD HENRY, JR. (1815-1882), b. Cambridge, Mass. Lawyer, statesman, author. His Two
Years before the Mast keeps, its place among the best books written for boys during the nineteenth century.
The British admiralty officially adopted this book for circulation in the navy.
DAVIS, RICHARD HARDING (1864-1916), b. Philadelphia, Pa. Journalist, playwright, novelist. Best works
are short stones of New York life, such as Van Bibber and Others, Gallegher and Other Stories. The Bar
Sinister, which holds boys spellbound, is an excellent story of a dog.
DELAND, MARGARETTA WADE (1857- ), b. Allegheny, Pa. Voluminous writer of stories. Old Chester
Tales, _Dr. Lavendar's People_, John Ward, _Preacher._
DICKINSON, EMILY (1830-1886), b. Amherst, Mass. Author of unique short lyrics. Poems.
DICKINSON, JOHN (1732-1808), b. Crosia, Md. Statesman. _The Farmer's Letters to the Inhabitants of the
British Colonies_.
DODGE, MARY MAPES (1838-1905), b. New York, N. Y. Editor of Saint Nicholas Magazine. Among her
juvenile books may be mentioned Hans Brinker, Donald and Dorothy, The Land of Pluck.
DORR, JULIA C. R. (1825- ), b. Charleston, S. C. Moved to Vermont. Poet, novelist. Poems, _In Kings'
Houses_, Farmingdale.
DWIGHT, JOHN S. (1813-1893), b. Boston, Mass. Musician, transcendentalist. Best poem, Rest, appeared in
first number of The Dial.
EGAN, MAURICE FRANCIS (1852- ), b. Philadelphia, Pa. Diplomat, poet, essayist, novelist. Preludes,
Songs and Sonnets, Lectures on English Literature, The Ghost of Hamlet.
EVERETT, EDWARD (1794-1865), b. Dorchester, Mass. Orator, statesman. Orations and Speeches.
FIELDS, JAMES T. (1817-1881), b. Portsmouth, N. H. Editor Atlantic Monthly and publisher. Yesterdays
with Authors.
FISKE, JOHN (1842-1901), b. Hartford, Conn. Scientist and historian. His histories are both philosophical
and interesting. The Critical Period of American History, The Beginnings of New England, The American
Revolution, The Discovery of America.
FORD, PAUL LEICESTER (1865-1902), b. Brooklyn, N. Y. Novelist, historian. The Honorable Peter
Stirling, Janice Meredith.
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FOSTER, STEPHEN COLLINS (1826-1864), b. Pittsburgh, Pa. Writer of some of the most widely known
songs of the nineteenth century. Old Folks at Home ("Down on the Suwanee River"), My Old Kentucky Home,
Nellie was a Lady.
FREDERIC, HAROLD (1856-1898), b. Utica, N.Y. Novelist, journalist. The Damnation of Theron Ware,
Gloria Mundi.
GILDER, RICHARD WATSON (1844-1909), b. Bordentown, N. J. Editor and poet. Editor of Century
Magazine until his death. Poems: The New Day, Five Books of Song, For the Country.
GOODWIN, MAUD WILDER (1856- ), b. Ballston Spa, N. Y. Writer of romances, chiefly historical. The
Colonial Cavalier, or Southern Life before the Revolution, Four Roads to Paradise.
GRANT, ROBERT (1852- ), b. Boston, Mass. Novelist, essayist, jurist. Confessions of a Frivolous Girl, An
Average Man, The Art of Living.
GREELEY, HORACE (1811-1872), b. Amherst, N. H. Founder and editor of The Tribune, New York, N. Y.
Exerted strong influence on the thought of his time. Recollections of a Busy Life.
GREEN, ANNA KATHARINE (Mrs. Charles Rohlfs) (1846- ), b. Brooklyn, N. Y. Voluminous writer of
interesting detective stories, of which The Leavenworth Case is the most noted.
GUINEY, LOUISE IMOGEN (1861- ), b. Boston, Mass. Poet, essayist. The White Sail and Other Poems, A
Roadside Harp, _The Martyr's Idyl and Shorter Poems_.
HALE, EDWARD EVERETT (1822-1909), b. Boston, Mass. Unitarian divine, author, philanthropist. Best
known story, The Man without a Country. Wrote many miscellaneous essays.
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