OTHER PROSE WRITERS OF THIS AGE.

HISTORICAL.

JARED SPARKS (1794-1866), editor of American Biography, 25 vols., and author of Life of Washington, Life of Franklin, and various other works.

S. AUSTIN ALLIBONE, LL. D. (1816- ), author of Dictionary of Authors, an immense and valuable work in three large volumes, Poetical Quotations, and Prose Quotations.

JAMES PARTON (1822- ), a popular biographer and essayist, author of Life of Jackson, Life of Franklin, Life of Jefferson, Famous Americans, People's Book of Biography, etc.

HORACE GREELEY (1811-1872), founder of the N. Y. Tribune, a great editor and reformer, and author of The American Conflict, 2 vols., Recollections of a Busy Life, etc.

BENSON J. LOSSING (1813

), author of Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, History of the War of 1812, Pictorial History of the Civil War,

GEORGE TICKNOR (1791-1871), a man of wide culture, Professor in Harvard College (Longfellow's predecessor), author of History of Spanish Literature, and of the Life of Prescott.

JOHN GILMARY SHEA, LL. D. (1824Missions among the Indian Tribes, The

), author of History of Catholic Catholic Church in the United

States, Legendary History of Ireland, etc.; also translator, editor, and compiler of many valuable works.

RICHARD HILDRETH (1807-1865), author of a valuable History of the United States, in 6 vols., 8vo.

FICTITIOUS.

MISS C. M. SEDGWICK (1789-1867), author of Hope Leslie, Redwood, and many other novels and tales.

MRS. LYDIA MARIA CHILD (1802-1880), a prolific and popular writer, author of Frugal Housewife, The Mother's Book, The Girl's Book, Lives of Madame de Staël, Madame Roland, etc., Biography of Good Wives, Condition of Women in All Ages, Romance of the Republic, etc.

MRS. EMILY JUDSON, "Fanny Forrester" (1817-1854), third wife of Dr. Judson, the missionary, author of Alderbrook, Life of Sarah C. Judson, an Olio of Domestic Verses, and several stories for children.

JOHN ESTEN COOKE (1830-1886), an eminent Southern writer, author of The Virginia Comedians, Henry St. John, Surry of Eagle's Nest, Lives of Generals Lee and Stonewall Jackson, etc.

EDWARD EVErett Hale (1822- ), a Boston clergyman, author of many novels, among them The Man without a Country, My Double, etc.; If, Yes, and Perhaps, The Ingham Papers, Ten Times One, etc., etc.

T.S. ARTHUR (1809-1885), author of Ten Nights in a Bar-Room; Sketches of Life and Character; Lights and Shadows of Real Life; Advice to Young Men; Advice to Young Women; Maiden, Wife, and Mother, etc. MRS. SARA J. LIPPINCOTT, "Grace Greenwood" (1823- ), a lively newspaper correspondent, and a graceful story writer, author of Greenwood Leaves, Record of Five Years, Haps and Mishaps of a Tour in Europe, Poems, etc. MRS. LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON (1835- ), a vivacious and sparkling writer, author of This, That, and the Other, Bed-time Stories, Some Men's Wives, etc.

MISS LOUISE M. ALCOTT (1832-1888), a very popular story writer, author c Little Women, Old-Fashioned Girl, Little Men, Work, Morning Glories, etc. The sale of these books has been immense.

CAROLINE CHESEBRO (

-1873), author of Dream of Land by Daylight,

Victoria, The Foe in the Household, etc.

MRS. MARY J. HOLMES has written many popular novels and tales, among them Lena Rivers, Darkness and Daylight, Tempest and Sunshine, etc.

MRS. TERHUNE, "Marion Harland," is the author of Alone, The Hidden Path, and other popular works. She is the wife of Rev. Dr. E. P. Terhune, of Newark, N. J.

MRS. AUGUSTA EVANS WILSON is a novelist of great power and originality. Her most popular works are Beulah, Macaria, St. Elmo, and Infelice.

MRS. A. D. T. WHITNEY (1824- ), a popular novelist and poetess, author of Faith Gartney's Girlhood, The Gayworthys, We Girls, etc.

MRS. MARY CLEMMER Ames, a vivacious and interesting writer, author of Eirene, His Two Wives, Memorial of Alice and Phoebe Cary, Poems, etc. Having been divorced, she resumed her maiden name, Mary Clemmer then married Mr. Hudson, and died soon after, in 1884.

J. T. TROWBRIDGE (1827- ), a novelist and poet, author of Brighthope Series, Neighbor Jackwood, Coupon Bonds, and other stories, and Poems. Some of his poems, e. g., Darius Green and the Flying Machine, The Vagabonds, The Charcoal Man, and Farmer John, have been very popular.

EDWARD EGGLESTON, D. D. (1837- ), is the author of four very popular stories, The Hoosier Schoolmaster, The End of the World, Mystery of Metropolisville, and the Circuit Rider.

MRS. MARY A. SADLIER (1820-), a popular Catholic writer, author of many Sunday-school books and novels. Among the latter are Alice Riordan, Blakes and Flanagans, Red Hand of Ulster, Willie Burke, etc., etc.

POLITICAL AND SCIENTIFIC.

CHARLES SUMNER (1811-1874), late Senator from Massachusetts, a profound scholar, pure statesman, great orator, and champion of freedom. Author of The True Grandeur of Nations, The Barbarism of Slavery, and other great orations and speeches.

DR. JOHN W. DRAPER (1811-1882), Prof. of Chemistry in the University of New York, author of History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, History of the American Civil War, The Conflict of Science and Religion, and of many scientific works.

HON. GEORGE P. MARSH (1801-1882), author of Lectures on the English Language, History of the English Language, and Man and Nature. His works on Language are among the most valuable ever written.

W. D. WHITNEY, LL. D. (1827- ), Prof. in Yale College, one of the best oriental scholars of the age, author of Language and the Science of Language, a very valuable work.

ALEXANDER H. EVERETT (1792-1847), brother of Edward Everett, a statesman and diplomatist, author of State of Europe, State of America, etc.

FRANCIS WAYLAND, D. D., LL.D. (1796-1865), President of Brown University, author of Moral Science, Intellectual Philosophy, Political Econ. omy, etc.

JAMES MCCOSH, D. D., LL.D. (1811- ), President of Princeton Col lege, one of the greatest living metaphysicians, author of the Method o Divine Government, The Intuitions of the Mind, Mill's Philosophy, Logic, Christianity and Positivism, and other works. He is a Scotchman; came to this country in 1868.

HORACE MANN (1796-1859), a distinguished educator, author of Lectures on Education, Report of an Educational Tour in Germany, Great Britain, etc., A Few Thoughts for a Young Man on Entering Life, and other works.

CRITICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.

MARGARET FULLER, Countess d'Ossoli (1810-1850), a brilliant writer on art and literature. She was drowned, with husband and child, on her way home from Italy.

HENRY REED, LL. D. (1808-1854), Professor in the University of Pennsylvania, editor of Wordsworth's Works, etc., and author of four volumes of delightful lectures on English Poets, English Literature, and English History as Illustrated by Shakspeare's Historical Plays.

RUFUS W. GRISWOLD, D. D. (1815-1857), author of Female Poets of America, Prose Writers of America, and Poets and Poetry of America,

DUYCKINCK BROTHERS, (E. A., 1816-1878; G. L., 1823-1863), authors of a very valuable work, Cyclopædia of American Literature (recently revised by Mr. Simon).

MISS MARY ABIGAIL DODGE, "Gail Hamilton" (1838- ), a piquant and original writer, author of A New Atmosphere, Gala Days, Country Living.

GEO. W. CURTIS (1824- ), the genial editor of Harper's Monthly and Harper's Weekly, author of Nile Notes of a Howadji, The Potiphar Papers, Prue and I, Trumps, etc.

MRS. LYDIA H. SIGOURNEY (1791-1865), a noble woman and excellent writer both of poetry and prose. Author of Letters to Young Ladies, Letters

to My Pupils, Letters to Mothers, Past Meridian, Letters of Life, etc., prose works; and Indian Names, Death of an Infant, etc., poems.

DONALD G. MICHELL, "Ik Marvel" (1822- ), a genial, graceful wri ter, author of Dream Life, Reveries of a Bachelor, My Farm at Edgewood, Seven Stories, etc.

"FANNY FERN," Mrs. Jas. Parton (1811-1872), a witty and spicy writer of sketches and tales, author of Fern Leaves, Little Ferns, Folly as it Flies, Ginger Snaps, etc., made up of short sketches; also two novels, Ruth Hall and Rose Clark.

ORESTES A. BROWNSON, LL. D. (1803–1876), a vigorous and brilliant Catholic writer, editor of Brownson's Quarterly, author of Charles Elwood, or the Infidel Converted; The Covenant, or Leaves from My Experience, etc.

THEOLOGICAL.*

E. H CHAPIN, D. D. (1814-1880), of New York, a Universalist preacher of great genius and eloquence, author of Hours of Communion, Characters in the Gospel, Christianity the Perfection of True Manliness, etc.

JOHN MCCLINTOCK, D. D., LL.D. (1814-1870), a learned and eminent Methodist minister, President of Drew Theological Seminary, author of several school books, and joint author with Dr. Strong of the great Theological and Biblical Cyclopædia now in course of publication.

RT. REV. C. P. McILVAINE, D. D., LL.D., D. C. L. (1798-1873), Episcopal Bishop of Ohio, author of Evidences of Christianity, etc.

REV. CHARLES Hodge, D. D., LL.D. (1797-1878), Professor in the Theoogical Seminary at Princeton, author of Systematic Theology, the greatest work of the kind ever produced in this country.

REV. ALBERT Barnes (1798-1870), noted chiefly as the author of Barnes's Notes on the Holy Scriptures.

REV. R. S. STORRS, D. D.(1821- ), the learned and eloquent pastor of the Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, author of The Constitution of the Human Soul, and many lectures and addresses.

ADDISON ALEXANDER (1809-1860), long professor in Princeton Theological Seminary, a great linguist and voluminous writer. Author of eight volumes of Commentaries, two volumes of Sermons, etc. THEODORE PARKER (1810-1860), a rationalistic daring and original thinker and brilliant writer. 12 volumes.

clergyman of Boston, a His collective works fill

HENRY WARD BEECHER (1813-1887), the eloquent pastor of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, author of Star Papers, Eyes and Ears, Yale Lectures on Preaching, and several volumes of Sermons.

*Archbishop Kenrick, Archbishop Bayley, Dr. Hackett, and many other eminent divines, are omitted from this list, because their writings, being mainly theological, do not properly belong to general literature.

RT. REV JOHN ENGLAND, D. D. (1786-1842), Bishop of South Carolina, a promoter of learning, encourager of literature, a friend of every benevolent scheme, and an able and eloquent divine. His works fill 8 vols. 8vo.

MOST REV. MARTIN JOHN SPALDING, D. D. (1810-1872), late Archbishop of Baltimore, one of the most eminent of Catholic prelates, author of A Review of D'Aubigne's History of the Reformation, Evidences of Catholicity, Smithsonian Lectures on Modern Civilization, etc.

MOST REV. JOHN HUGHES, D. D. (1797-1864), late Archbishop of New York, a man of great energy and ability, widely known on account of his controversies with Dr. Breckenridge and Erastus Brooks, his Lecture on Christianity (delivered in Washington, by request of Congress), etc.

PHILIP SCHAFF, D. D. (1819- ), the learned American editor of Lange's Commentary, author of America, Germany, History of the Christian Church, The Anglo-American Sabbath, The Person of Christ, etc.

CHARLES P. KRAUTH, D. D. (1823-1883), Prof. of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy in the University of Pennsylvania, author of The Conservative Reformation, Sketch of the Thirty Years' War, etc.

HUMOROUS.

"ARTEMUS WARD," Chas. F. Browne (1836-1867), a very celebrated humorist, author of Artemus Ward, his Book, Artemus Ward Among the Mormons, Artemus Ward Among the Fenians, and Artemus Ward in England.

"MRS. PARTINGTON," Mr. B. P. Shillaber (1814- ), author of Life and Sayings of Mrs. Partington, Knitting Work, etc.

"JOSH BILLINGS," H. W. Shaw (1818-1887), author of Sayings of Josh Billings, Josh Billings on Ice, Farmer's Alminax, etc. Very witty and wise, but not always refined.

CHARLES DUDLEY Warner (1829- ), a genial and refined writer, author of My Summer in a Garden, Back-log Studies, Baddeck and that Sort of Thing, and joint author with Mark Twain of the Gilded Age.

JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS (1846- ), a Southern poet and humorist. He has achieved remarkable success in his sketches of negro life and character, as typified by "Uncle Remus."

CHARLES G. LELAND (Hans Breitmann), C. H. WEBB (John Paul), JAMES M. BAILEY (Danbury News Man), D. R. LOCKE (Petroleum V. Nasby), MELVILLE D. LANDON (Eli Perkins), and R. H. NEWELL (Orpheus C. Kerr -office-seeker), are also noted humorists.

ENGLISH CONTEMPORARIES.

This age in American Literature is coextensive with the Victorian age in English Literature, represented by Tennyson, Macaulay, and others.