of Lake Forest, Illinois. Churches and Castles of Mediæval France.
_Scr._
=La Roche, René.= _Pa._, 1794-1872. A Philadelphia physician.
Pneumonia: its Supposed Connection with Autumnal Fevers; Treatise on
Yellow Fever.
=Larrabee, William Clark.= _Me._, 1802-1859. A once prominent Methodist
clergyman and educator of Indiana, professor in De Pauw University
for a number of years. Scientific Evidences of Natural and Revealed
Religion; Wesley and his Co-Laborers; Asbury and his Co-Laborers;
Rosebower, a volume of essays. _Meth._
=Latham, Charles Sterrett.= _Cal._, 1861-1890. A Translation of Dante’s
Eleven Letters, with Explanatory Notes and Historical Comments. _Hou._
=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.