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._
=Doggett, David Seth.= _Va._, 1810-1880. A Methodist bishop who lived
at Richmond, Virginia, and published The War and its Close.
=Dolbear, Amos Emerson.= _Ct._, 1837- ----. A professor of physics
and astronomy at Tufts College since 1874. The Art of Projecting;
The Speaking Telephone; Sound and its Phenomena. Matter, Ether, and
Motion. _Le._
=Dole, Charles Fletcher.= _Me._, 1845- ----. A Unitarian clergyman of
Boston. The Citizen and the Neighbour; Jesus and the Men about Him; A
Catechism of Liberal Faith; The American Citizen.
=Dole, Edmund Pearson.= _Me._, 1850- ----. Cousin of C. F. Dole,
_supra_. Assistant attorney-general of the Hawaiian Islands. Talks
About Law. _Hou._
=Dole, Nathan Haskell.= _Ms._, 1852- ----. Brother of C. F. Dole,
_supra_. A littérateur of Boston who, besides publishing translations
from the Russian of Tolstoï and other writers, is the author of A Score
of Famous Composers; The Hawthorn Tree and Other Poems, a collection
of pleasing, unpretentious verse; Not Angels Quite; History of the
Turko-Russian War of 1877-1878; On the Point, a Summer Idyl; Flowers
from Foreign Gardens. One of his most important works is a variorum
edition of the Rubáyát of Omar Khayyám. _Cr. Est. Kt. Mer._
=Donald, Elijah Winchester.= _Ms._, 1848-1904. An Episcopal clergyman
of Boston, rector of Trinity Church from 1892. The Expansion of
Religion. _Hou._
=Donaldson, Frank.= _Md._, 1822-1891. A Baltimore physician, professor
of hygiene in the University of Maryland since 1866. Influence of City
Life and Occupations in Consumption.
=Donaldson, James Lowry.= _Md._, 1814-1885. A colonel and brevet
major-general in the United States army who published Sergeant Atkins,
a tale of the Florida War.