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920: 75 Contents. Konradin von Hohenstaufen.-R: Whittington.-Jeanne d'Arc. Die sachsische prinzenraub.-Die söhne könig Eduards IV von England.Alexander Menschikoff. - Valentine Duval. Der kleine Heineken.-Raphael Mengs.-J: M. Georg.J: G. Seume.-G. Mezzofanti.- Der sohn Ludwigs XVI von Frankreich.-Cäsar Ducornet.-Der könig von Rom.-Kaspar Hauser. Masson, A: Michel Benoît Gaudichot-, known as Michel. Celebrated children of all ages and nations. Tr. from the french by mrs. L. Burke. Ill. Lond. 1867. D. x 920: 36 Contents. Royal children. The children of Edward IV.-Eudocia, empress of the east.-Lady Jane Grey. -Ivan VI, emperor of Russia.-Joash, king of Israel. -Louis XVII.-Napoleon II.-Edward VI, the last of the Tudors. Martyr children. N: Ferry.-Nicolette de Foix.-Gaspar Hauser.-The Maccabees.-Marciali, called the man with the iron mask.-H: of Nemours. -The sons of Ugolino. Children celebrated for their filial affection. Appius.-Elizabeth Cazotte.-Fi-ken. Hal-mehi. Prascovia Lopouloff, or The exiles of Siberia. Laborious children. Valentine Jameray Duval.-P: Laramée, or Ramus.-C: Linnæus.-Michael Verino. Courageous children. Silvina d'Aubencourt. Ambrose de Boufflers. David. Matthew Goffin.-Joan of Arc. - Frances Mariette. -Volney Bekner. Poet children. Frances de Beauchateau.Milton. Lucretia Davidson.- Metastasio. Lucius Valerius. Learned children. James Crichton.-Giovanni Pico della Mirandola. Vincenzio Viviani. Artist children. Adrian Brauwer.-Antonio Canova. -The two Lazzaroni.-Lesueur.-J: Baptiste Lulli.Marcilia Euphrosine.-Peter of Cortona.-The Raisin family.-J: Philippe Rameau.

3. National biographies.

American.

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Allen, W: The american biographical dictionary; containing an account of the lives, characters and writings of the most eminent persons deceased in North America from its first settlement. Bost. 1857. Q. 920.1 R1 Drake, Francis S: Dictionary of american biography, incl. men of the time; containing nearly 10,000 notices of persons of both sexes, of native and foreign birth, who have been remarkable, or prominently connected with the arts, sciences, literature, politics or history of the amer. continent; giving also the pronunciation of many of the foreign and peculiar amer. names, a key to the assumed names of writers, and a supp. Bost. 1872. O. 920.1: R2 Duyckinck, Evert A: National portrait gallery of eminent americans; incl. orators, statesmen, naval and military heroes, jurists, authors, etc., from original paintings by Alonzo Chappel, with biogr. and historical narratives. N. Y. [1862]. 2 v. Q. 920.1: R3 Sparks, Jared. The library of american biography. [1st series]. N. Y. 1845-1848. 10

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Contents. V. 1. Everett, E:, J: Stark.-Prescott, W: H., C: Brockden Brown.-Armstrong, J, R: Montgomery.-Sparks, J., Ethan Allen. 2. Peabody, W: B. O., Alexander Brown.-Hillard, G: S., Capt. J: Smith. 3. Sparks, J., Benedict Arnold.4. Armstrong, J:, Anthony Wayne.-Upham, C: W.. Sir H: Vane. 5. Francis, C., J: Eliot. 6. Wheaton, H:, W: Pinkney. - Channing, E: T., W: Eller.ý-Peabody, W: B. O., Cotton Mather. x denotes books specially adapted for children.

Sparks, Jared.—Continued.

7. Bowen, F., Sir W: Phips.-Peabody, O. W. B., Israel Putnam. Sedgwick, C. M., L. M. Davidson. Renwick, J., D: Rittenhouse." 8. Miller, S:, Jonathan Edwards.-Peabody, W: B. O., D: Brainerd. 9. Bowen, F., Baron Steuben.-Hayward, C:, jr., Sebastian Cabot.-Felton, C. C., W: Eaton. 10. Renwick, J., Robert Fulton. Everett, A. H., Joseph H. Warren.-Cleveland, H: R., H: Hudson. -Sparks, J., Father Marquette.-List of lives.-Index to the 10 v.

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2d series. Bost. 1844-48. 15 v. S. 923.1:22 Contents. V. 1. Sparks, J., Robert Cavelier de La Salle. Everett, A. H., Patrick Henry. 2. Bowen, F., James Otis.-Peabody, W: B. O., James Oglethorpe. 3. Peabody, O. W. B., J: Sullivan.-Hoffman, C: F., Administration of Jacob Leisler. Ware, W, Nathaniel Bacon. Ellis, G: E., J: Maron. 4. Gammell, 'W:, Roger Williams. Sprague, W: B., Timothy Dwight. - Sparks, J., Count Pulaski. 5. Renwick, J., Count Rumford.Whiting, H:, Zebulon Montgomery Pike.-Mackie, J: M., S: Gorton. 6. Kingsley, J. L., Ezra Stiles. -Whittlesey, C, J: Fitch.-Ellis, G: E., Anne Hutchinson. 7. Sparks, J., J: Ribault.-Francis, C., Sebastian Rale. - Palfrey J: G., W: Palfrey. 8. Sparks, J., C: Lee.-Reed, H:, Joseph Reed. 9. Burnap, G: W., Leonard Calvert.-Gammell, W:, S: Ward. Hall, J., T: Posey. 10. Greene, G: W., Nathaniel Greene. 11. Mackenzie, A. S., Stephen Decatur. 12. Sabine, L., E: Preble. Ellis, G: E., W: Penn. 13. Peck, J: M., Daniel Boone.-Bowen, F., B: Lincoln. 14. Sparks, J., J: Ledyard. 15. Hubbard, F. M., W: Richardson. -Lothrop, S: K., S: Kirkland.

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New England historic genealogical society. Memorial biographies: Towne memorial fund. Bost. 1880-1883. 3 v. O.

923.1: R16 Muzzey, Artemas B. Reminiscences and memorials of men of the revolution and their families. Portr. and ill. Bost. 1883. O. 920.1:8 Ellet, Elizabeth Fries, born Lummis. The women of the amer. revolution. 5th ed. N. 920.1:11 Y. 1852, 1853. 3 v. D. Carroll, Howard. Twelve americans; their lives and times. N. Y. 1883. D. 920.1:10 Contents.

Horatio Seymour.- C: F. Adams.-P: Cooper. Hannibal Hamlin.-J: Gilbert.-Robert C. Schenck.-F: Douglass.-W: Allen.-Allen G. Thurman. Joseph Jefferson.-E. B. Washburne.-A. H. Stephens.

Parton, James. Famous americans of recent times. Bost. 1881. O.

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Contents. H: Clay.- Daniel Webster. — J: C. Calhoun.--J: Randolph.--Stephen Girard, and his college. -James Gordon Bennett, and the New York herald. -C: Goodyear.-H: Ward Beecher and his church.Commodore Vanderbilt.-Theodosia Burr.-J: Jacob Astor.

Bolton, Sarah, born Knowles. How success is

won. Portr. Bost. [1885]. S. 920.1:13 Contents. P: Cooper.--J: B. Gough.-J: G. Whittier.-J: Wanamaker.-H: M. Stanley.-Johns Hopkins. W: M. Hunt.-Elias Howe, jr.- Alexander H. Stephens.-T: A. Edison.-W: G. T. Morton. -J: H. Vincent.

Holloway, Laura Carter. Famous american

fortunes and the men who have made them; a series of sketches of many of the notable merchants, manufacturers, capitalists, railroad presidents, bonanza and cattle kings of the country. Portr. Phila. 1884. O. 920.1+14 Bonney, Catharina, born Van Rensselaer. A legacy of historical gleanings, compiled and arr. by mrs. C. V.'R. Bonney. Ill. and autographs. Albany. 1875. 2 v. O. 920.1+7 Anthony, H: Bowen. Memorial addresses on several occasions del. in the senate of the Providence. 1875. Q. 920.1+12

U. S.

Ellet, Elizabeth Fries, born Lummis. Pioneer women of the west. N. Y. 1852. D. 920.1:4 Frost, J: Heroic women of the west; comprising narratives of the pioneer mothers of the western country. T. p. w. [Phila. 1854]. S. 920.1:5 Tenney, Horace A., and D: Atwood. Memorial record of the fathers of Wisconsin; sketches of the lives and career of the members of the constitutional conventions of 1846 and 1847-8, with a history of early settlement in Wisconsin. Madison. 1880. O. 920.1:9 American biogr. pub. company. The U. S. biographical dictionary and portrait_gallery of eminent and self-made men: Wisconsin volume. Chicago. 1877. Q. 920.1: R15

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and Lillie Eggleston Seelye. Montezuma, and the conquest of Mexico. (Famous amer. indians). N. Y. 1880. D. 920.1:109

- - Pocahontas; incl. an account of the early settlement of Virginia, and of the adventures of capt. J: Smith. (Famous amer. indians). N. Y. [1879]. D. 920.1:110

- Brant and Red Jacket; incl. an account of the early wars of the six nations and the border warfare of the revolution. (Famous amer. indians). N. Y. 1879. D. 920.1: 105 Stone, W: Leete. Life of Joseph Brant, incl. the border wars of the amer. revolution, and sketches of the indian campaigns of gens. Harmar, St. Clair and Wayne, and other matters connected with the indian relations of the U. S. and Great Britain, from the peace of 1783 to the indian peace of 1790. Cooperstown. 1846. 2 v. O.

920.1:104 - Life and times of Red Jacket; with a memoir of the author by his son. Albany. 1866. O. 920.1:106

- Uncas and Miantonomoh; a historical discourse, del. at Norwich, Conn., on the 4th of july 1842, on the occasion of the erection of a monument to the memory of Uncas. N. Y. 1842. S.

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Hubbard, J. Niles. An account of Sa-go-yewat-ha, or Red Jacket and his people, 1750-1830. Albany. 1886. O. 920.1:116 Drake, B: Life of Tecumseh and his brother the prophet, with a historical sketch of the Shawanoe indians. Cinc. 1841. D.

920.1:107 Eggleston, E, and Lillie Eggleston Seelye. Tecumseh and the Shawnee prophet; incl. sketches of G: Rogers Clark, Simon Kenton, W: H: Harrison, Cornstalk, Blackhoof, Bluejacket, the Shawnee Logan, and others famous in the wars of Tecumseh's time. (Famous amer. indians). N. Y. [1878]. D. x 920.1:114 Copway, G: Kah-ge-ga-gah - bowh. Life, letters and speeches. N. Y. 1850. D.

920.1:115 Beckwourth, James P. Life and adventures, written from his own dictation by T. D. Bonner. N. Y. 1856. D. 920.1: 103 Howard, Oliver O. Nez Percé Joseph; an account of his ancestors, his lands, his confederates, his enemies, his murders, his war, his pursuit and capture. Bost. 1881. O. 920.1:108

Great Britain and Ireland.

Biographia britannica, or The lives of the most eminent persons who have flourished in Great Britain and Ireland from the earliest ages down to the present times; collected from the best authorities, both printed and ms., and digested in the manner of mr. Bayle's historical and critical dictionary. Lond. 1747-1766. 6 v. F. 920.2: R2 Stephen, Leslie, ed. Dictionary of national biography. N. Y. 1885-86. 5 v. O. 920.2: R15 Contents. V. 1. A-Anne. 2. Annesley- Baird. 3. Baker-Beadon. 4. Beal-Biber. 5. BichenoBottisham.

Ward, T: Humphrey, ed. Men of the reign; a biographical dictionary of eminent persons of british and colonial birth who have died during the reign of queen Victoria. Lond. 1885. D. 920.2: R19 Lodge, Edmund. Portraits of illustrious personages of Great Britain, with biogr. and historical memoirs of their lives and actions. Lond. 1849, 1850. 8 v. D.

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Contents. V. 1. Elizabeth of York. -T: Stanley, earl of Derby.-Margaret of Lancaster, mother of Henry VII.-Cardinal Wolsey.-W: Warham, archbp. of Canterbury. Sir J: More. Sir T: More. - Anne Bullen.-Jane Seymour.-Sir N: Carew.-T: Cromwell, earl of Essex.-Margaret Tudor.-C: Brandon, duke of Suffolk.-Cardinal Beatoun. - H: Howard, earl of Surrey.-Henry VIII.-Catharine Parr. -T: lord Seymour of Sudeley. Sir Anthony Denny. E: Seymour, duke of Somerset.-Edward VI. Dudley, duke of Northumberland.-T: Howard, duke of Norfolk.-Lady Jane Grey.-H: Grey, duke of Suffolk. J: Russell, 1st earl of Bedford.-N: Ridley, bishop of London.-T: Cranmer, archbp. of Canterbury.-E: Courtenay, earl of Devonshire.-Cardinal Pole.

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2. Mary, queen of England.-W: 1st lord Paget.--E: 1st lord North.-H: Stuart. lord Darnley.-James Stuart, earl of Murray.-J: Knox.-T: Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk.-W: Powlett, marquis of Winchester. Sir W: Maitland. - James Hamilton, earl of Arran.-Matthew Parker, archbp. of Canterbury.Walter Devereux, earl of Essex.--Sir N: Bacon.-Sir

T: Gresham.-H: Fitzalan, earl of Arundel.-James Douglas, earl of Morton. - T: Radclyffe, earl of Sussex. E: Clinton, earl of Lincoln. -Sir Philip Sidney. Mary Stuart.-Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester. Ambrose Dudley, earl of Warwick.-Sir Francis Walsingham. -Sir Christopher Hatton. Cardinal Allen. Sir Francis Drake.- Philip Howard, earl of Arundel. J: 1st lord Maitland. W: Cecil, lord Burghley.-Robert Devereux, earl of Essex.

3. Elizabeth.-John, 1st marquis of Hamilton.-G: Clifford, earl of Cumberland. - C: Blount, baron Montjoy and earl of Devonshire.-T: Sackville, earl of Dorset. Sir T: Bodley.-Robert Cecil, earl of Salisbury. Henry, prince of Wales. - H: Howard, earl of Northhampton.- Lady Arabella Stuart.-T: Egerton, viscount Brackley.- Sir Walter Raleigh.Mary Sydney, countess of Pembroke.-T: Cecil, 1st earl of Exeter.-H: Wriothesley, earl of Southhampton.-James, 2d marquis of Hamilton.-C: Howard of Effingham, earl of Nottingham. -Lodowick Stuart, duke of Richmond. - Francis Bacon.-T: Howard, earl of Suffolk.- E: Somerset, earl of Worcester.Lucy Harington, countess of Bedford.-G: Villiers, duke of Buckingham.-Fulke Greville, lord Brooke. G: Carew, earl of Totnes.-W: Herbert, earl of Pembroke. Sir Hugh Middleton. - H: Percy, earl of Northumberland.-G: Abbot, archbp. of Canterbury. -R: Weston, earl of Portland.

4. Walter, 1st lord Aston. Frances Howard, duchess of Richmond. Sir H: Wotton. - Thomas, lord keeper Coventry.-Francis Russell, earl of Bedford. T: Wentworth, earl of Strafford. Robert Bertie, earl of Lindsey. Robert Greville, lord Brooke. Spencer Compton, earl of Northhampton. -Robert Dormer, earl of Caernarvon.-W: Villiers, viscount Grandison.-W: Fielding, earl of Denbigh.H: Spencer, earl of Sunderland.-Lucius Carey, viscount Falkland.-H: Danvers, earl of Danby.-W: Laud, archbp. of Canterbury.-Lionel Cranfield, earl of Middlesex.-H: Somerset, 1st marquis of Worcester.T: Howard, earl of Arundel and Surrey. Robert Devereux, earl of Essex.-Arthur, lord Capel. Charles I.- Edward, lord Herbert of Cherbury.James, 1st duke of Hamilton. Blanch Somerset, baroness Arundell of Wardour.-H: Rich, earl of Holland.-G: Gordon, marquis of Huntley.-George, lord Goring.-James Graham, marquis of Montrose. Philip Herbert, earl of Pembroke and Montgomery. 5. William, 2d duke of Hamilton.-James Stanley, earl of Derby. - Francis. lord Cottington. Ralph, lord Hopton.- E: Sackville, 4th earl of Dorset.-J: Selden.-James Stuart, duke of Richmond.-Robert Rich, earl of Warwick.-Oliver Cromwell.-Dorothy Percy, countess of Leicester.-W: Seymour, marquis of Hertford. Lucy Percy, countess of Carlisle. Archibald Campbell, marquis of Argyll.-Elizabeth, queen of Bohemia. Charlotte de La Tremoüille, Countess of Derby.-Sir Kenelm Digby.-Montague Bertie, earl of Lindsey.-E: Somerset, 2d marquis of Worcester.-T: Wriothesley, earl of Southhampton.Algernon Percy, earl of Northumberland.-Henrietta Maria.-G: Monk, duke of Albemarle.-E: Montagu, earl of Manchester.-Anne Hyde, duchess of York.E: Montagu, earl of Sandwich.-Thomas, lord Clifford of Chudleigh.-E: Hyde, earl of Clarendon.-J: Powlett, marquis of Winchester. - Anne Clifford, countess of Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery. W: Kerr, earl of Lothian.

6. W: Cavendish, duke of Newcastle.-Sir Matthew Hale.-G: Digby, earl of Bristol.- W: Howard, viscount Stafford.-J: Leslie, duke of Rothes.-Prince Rupert.-J: Maitland, duke of Lauderdale.-Heneage Finch, earl of Nottingham. D: Leslie, 1st lord Newark.-Dorothy Sidney, countess of Sunderland.W:, lord Russell. - Algernon Sidney.-Anne Carre, countess of Bedford.-King Charles II.-James Scot, duke of Monmouth.-H: Bennet, earl of Arlington.Francis North, lord Guildford.-Archibald Campbell, earl of Argyll.-James Butler, duke of Ormond.-J: Graham, viscount of Dundee. Elizabeth Cecil, countess of Devonshire. The hon. Rober Boyle.-J: Tillotson.-W:, 1st earl of Craven.-W: Russell, duke of Bedford.-Robert Spencer, earl of Sunderland.Frances Theresa Stewart, duchess of Richmond. Archibald Campbell, 1st duke of Argyll.-J: Locke.Catherine of Braganza.

7. W: Cavendish, 1st duke of Devonshire.-Sidney Godolphin, earl of Godolphin.-T: Osborne, 1st duke of Leeds.-Queen Anne.-Gilbert Burnet.-John, 1st lord Somers. C: Talbot, duke of Shrewsbury. -J: Churchill, duke of Marlborough.-Rachel Wriothesley, lady Russell.-Robert Harley, earl of Oxford.

Sir I: Newton.-Francis Atterbury.-C: Mordaunt, 3d earl of Peterborough. -J: Campbell, 2d duke of Argyll.-Sarah Jennings, duchess of Marlborough.James Butler, 2d duke of Ormond.-Robert Walpole, 1st earl of Orford.-C: Seymour, 6th duke of Somerset.-J: Montagu, 2d duke of Montagu.-H: St. John, 1st viscount Bolingbroke.-R: Boyle, earl of Burlington.-Horatio, 1st lord Walpole.-W: Pulteney, earl of Bath.-Philip Yorke, 1st earl of Hardwicke.-T: Pelham Holles, duke of Newcastle. -J: Manners, marquis of Granby.-J: Russell, duke of Bedford.H: Fox, 1st lord Holland.- Robert, lord Clive.-W: Pitt, 1st earl of Chatham.

8. Admiral lord Hawke.-C: Watson Wentworth, 2d marquis of Rockingham.-Admiral viscount Keppel.-G: A: Elliott, lord Heathfield.- Admiral lord Rodney.-F: North, lord Guildford.-J: Stuart, earl of Bute.-Lord chief justice Mansfield.-Lord Chancellor Camden.-Sir W: Jones.-Horace Walpole, earl of Orford.-Jeffrey, 1st lord Amherst.-Admiral earl Howe. - Sir Ralph Abercromby. - Francis Russell, duke of Bedford.-Admiral viscount Duncan.- Admiral viscount Nelson.-C:, 1st marquis Cornwallis.William, 1st marquis of Lansdowne. W: Pitt.-C: James Fox.- Admiral viscount Bridport.- Admiral viscount Hood. - Princess Charlotte. Sir Joseph Banks.- Admiral the earl of St. Vincent. - Robert Bank Jenkinson, earl of Liverpool.-Sir Walter Scott. Admiral viscount Exmouth. Arthur Wellesley, duke of Wellington.

Walford, E: Tales of our great families. Lond. 1877. 2 v. D. 920.2:17 Same. 2d series. Lond. 1880. 2 v. D.

920.2:18 Nicoll, H: J. Great movements and those who achieved them. N. Y. 1882. D. 920.2:11 Contents. Prison reform: J: Howard.-The abolition of the slave-trade: W: Wilberforce.-The amelioration of the criminal code: Sir S: Romilly.-Popular education: Lord Brougham.-Cheap literature: Constable, Chambers, Knight and Cassell.-Penny postage: Sir Rowland Hill.-The repeal of the corn-laws: R: Cobden, J: Bright and C. P. Villiers.-The repeal of the fiscal restrictions upon literature and the press: T: Milner Gibson and others.-The introduction of gas: Murdoch, Winsor, Clegg and others.The steam-engine and its application to locomotion by land and water: Watt, Stephenson, Fulton and Bell. The electric telegraph: Cooke, Wheatstone and others.-Index.

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Lives of Englishmen in past days; v. 1. Lond. [1845]. S. 920.2:9 Contents. Alfred the great.-Sir T: More.-J: Evelyn.-J. Kettlewell.-H. Hammond.—Bp. Wilson.W. Mompesson.-J. Bold. Gardiner, S: Rawson. Historical biographies. (English history reading books. Lond. 1884. S. x 923.2:7 Contents. Simon de Montfort.-The black prince.Sir T: More.-Sir Francis Drake.-Oliver Cromwell.William III.

Adams, W: H: Davenport. Lives of old english worthies before the conquest. Ill. Lond. x 920.2:3 Contents. Alfred the great.- Dunstan.- Harold.— Stigand.

1877. D.

Warrior, priest and statesman, or English heroes in the 13th century. Edinb. 1873. D. x 920.2:5 Contents. Thomas A'Becket.-Stephen Langton.Simon de Montfort.

- Sword and pen, or English worthies in the reign of Elizabeth. Lond. 1877. D.

x 920.2:4 Contents. Raleigh.-Hawkins.-Gilbert.-T: Caven

dish.-Drake.-Sidney.-Shakespeare.

Gillow, Joseph. A literary and biographical history, or Bibliographical dictionary of the english catholics, from the breach with Rome in 1534 to the present time; v. 1, A-C. Lond. [1885]. O. 16: L

x denotes books specially adapted for children.

Georgian era, The; memoirs of the most eminent persons who have flourished in Great Britain from [1714 to 1828]. Lond. 1833, 1834. 4 v. D. 920.2:7

Contents. V. 1. The royal family.-The pretenders and their adherents. - Churchmen. - Dissenters. — Statesmen. 2. Military and naval commanders.Judges and barristers.- Physicians and surgeons.3. Voyages and travellers.-Philosophers and men of science.-Authors. 4. Political and rural economists.-Painters, sculptors, architects and engravers. Composers.-Vocal, instrumental and dramatic performers. Taylor, W: Cooke. The modern british Plutarch, or Lives of men distinguished in the recent history of England for their talents, virtues or achievements. N. Y. 1846. D. 920.2:8 Contents. R: Arkwright.-Edmund Burke.-Robert Burns. Lord Byron.-G: Canning.- Earl of Chatham. Adam Clarke.- Lord Clive.-Capt. Cook.-W: Cowper. G: Grabbe.- Sir Humphrey Davy.- Lord Eldon.-Lord Erskine.-C: James Fox.-B: Franklin. -Oliver Goldsmith.-H: Grattan.-Earl Grey.- Warren Hastings.-Bishop Heber.-J: Howard.-Dr. Jenner. Sir W: Jones. Sir James Mackintosh.- H: Martyn. Sir J: Moore. Lord Nelson.- W: Pitt.Sir S: Romilly.-Sir Walter Scott.-R: Brinsley Sheridan.-J: Smeaton.-James Watt.-Marquis of Wellesley. W: Wilberforce.- Sir D: Wilkie.- Duke of Wellington. Stewart, Dugald. Biographical memoirs of

Adam Smith, W: Robertson, T: Reid; ed. by sir W: Hamilton. Prefixed, A memoir of Dugald Stewart, with sel. from his correspondence by J: Veitch. Edinb. 1877. O. 191+8 v10

Bagehot, Walter. Biographical studies; ed. by R: Holt Hutton. Lond. 1881. O. 920.2:1 Contents. The character of sir Robert Peel.-Lord Brougham. Mr. Gladstone.-W: Pitt.- Bolingbroke as a statesman. - Sir G: Cornewall Lewis.Adam Smith as a person.-Lord Althorp and the reform act of 1832.-Addenda: The prince consort; What Lord Lyndhurst really was; The tribute at Hereford to sir G. C. Lewis; Mr. Cobden: Lord Palmerston; The earl of Clarendon; Mr. Lowe as chancellor of the exchequer; M. Guizot; Prof. Cairnes; Mr. Disraeli as a member of the house of commons. Rogers, S: Recollections.

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Bost. 1859. D.

920.2:6 Contents. C: James Fox. Edmund Burke. - H: Grattan.-R: Porson.-J: Horne Tooke.-Prince Talleyrand.-T: Erskine.-Sir Walter Scott.-Lord Grenville.-Duke of Wellington.

Paul, C: Kegan. Biographical sketches. Lond.

1883. D.

920.2: 12 Contents. E: Irving. J: Keble. Maria Hare. Rowland Williams. C: Kingsley.-George Eliot.

J: H: Newman.

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Fortunes made in business; a series of original sketches, biographical and anecdotic from the recent history of industry and commerce, by various writers. Lond. 1884. 2 v. O. 920.2:16

Contents. V. 1. The story of I: Holden. Mr. S. C. Lister and the story of "silk waste".-The Low Moor company. Sir Josiah Mason. The romance of invention: Sir H: Bessemer. -Sir J: Brown.-The Salts, and the discovery of alpaca.-The Peases of Darlington.-The Fisons and Forsters of Burley-in-Wharfedale.-The Fieldens of Todmorden. 2. The Fosters of Queensbury. Hornby castle. The fortunes of the Gladstone family.-The fortunes of the Bright

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München. Königliche akademie der wissenschaften; historische commission. meine deutsche biographie; [Rochus freiherr v. Liliencron and Franz Xaver Wegele, eds.] Leipz. 1875-85. 22 v. O. 920.3: R1

Note. V. 22 ends with Münchhausen.

Spamer, J: Gottlieb Christian Franz O:, (Franz

Otto). Deutsche dichter, denker und wissensfürsten im 18. und 18. jahrh.; in lebensbildern für jugend und volk, in verbindung mit O: Banck, H. Birnbaum, G. Höcker, K: Müller von Halle, K. Schröder, A: Werner, in 2ter sehr verm. aufl. herausg. von Franz Otto. Ill. Leipz. 1877. O. 920.3:2

Contents. Heroen des deutschen schriftthums: Banck, 0:, Winckelmann, Lessing; Werner, A:, Klopstock, Herder; Höcker, G., Wieland; Spamer, 0:. Goethe, Schiller.- Die alt- und grossmeister der philosophie: Werner, A:, Leibnitz, Kant, Fichte.Deutsche wissensfürsten im 18. und 19. jahrh.: Müller von Halle, K:, Albrecht v. Haller; Mohl, M. O., Alexander v. Humboldt; Steinhard, S., Leopold v. Buch; Birnbaum, H., K: Ritter.

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ous living characters of France. Tr. by R. M. Walsh. Phila. 1841. D. 920.4:2 Contents. Preface. Thiers. Chateaubriand. Laffitte.-Guizot.-Lamartine.-Soult.- Berryer.-De la Mennais.- Victor Hugo. - Dupin. - Béranger. Odillon Barrot.-Arago. - George Sand.-The duke de Broglie. Hamerton, Philip Gilbert. Modern frenchmen;

five biographies. Bost. 1878. D. 920.4:1 Contents. Victor Jacquemont. - H: Perreyve. François Rude.-J: Jacques Ampère.-H: Regnault. Daudet, Ernest, and others. French celebrities as seen by their contemporaries; a series of brief biographies of the foremost frenchmen of our day. Tr. by Francis W. Potter. N. Y. 1883. 2 v. D. 920.4:3

Contents. 1st ser. Daudet, E., Marshal de MacMahon. Depasse, H., Léon Gambetta. - Delabrosse, L., Jules Grévy.-Edmond, C:, L: Blanc.Depasse, H., C: de Freycinet.-Claretie, J., Victor Hugo.-Pinard, A., Ferdinand de Lesseps. 2d ser. Sylvin, E:, Jules Ferry.-Pelletin, C., G: Clémenceau. Bourget, P., Ernest Renan. - Bazire, E., H: Rochefort. Depasse, H., Challemel-Lacour.Daudet, E., Jules Simon.-Claretie, J., ErckmannChatrian. Depasse, H., Paul Bert.-Claretie, J., Alphonse Daudet.

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1. Philosophy.

Collective biogr.

Fénelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe. Lives of the ancient philosophers. Tr. from the french, with notes and a life of the author by J: Cormack. N. Y. 1846. S. 921.6:1

Denslow, Van Buren. Modern thinkers, principally upon social science; what they think and why, with an introd. by Robert G. Ingersoll. Chicago. 1880. D.

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Contents. Pref. Introd. Sketch of the life of Swedenborg.-Emanuel Swedenborg and the origin of the christian ideas of heaven, hell and virtue. Sketch of the life of Adam Smith.- Adam Smith, founder of the school of the economists.-Sketch of the life of Jeremy Bentham.-Jeremy Bentham, the apostle of law reform, and of utilitarianism in morals. Sketch of the life of T: Paine.-T: Paine, the apostle of chronic revolution, in his relations to the declaration of independence and democracy in America. Sketch of the life of Fourier.-C: Fourier, the philosopher of passional harmony and co-operative association.-Sketch of the life of Spencer.-Herbert Spencer, a review of his theories of evolution and of morals. -Sketch of the life of Haeckel. Ernst Haeckel, the demonstrator of the doctrine of evolution.-Auguste Comte, founder of the positive philosophy and pontiff of the religion of humanity, includ. a sketch of his life.-The authorship of Junius, a sequel to the critique on T: Paine.-Wealth, a sequel to the critique on Adam Smith.

Morris, G: S. British thought and thinkers; introd. studies, critical, biogr. and philosophical. Chicago. 1880. D. 921.2:1 Contents. General philosophical attitude of the english mind.-Medieval anticipations of the modern english mind: John of Salisbury; Roger Bacon; Duns Scotus; William of Occam.-Englishmen of the renaissance: Edmund Spenser; Sir J: Davies; R: Hooker. W: Shakespeare. Francis Bacon. -T: Hobbes.-J: Locke.-G: Berkeley.-D: Hume. Sir W: Hamilton.-J: Stuart Mill.-Herbert Spencer.

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Individual biogr.

Alexander Campbell. Berkeley. [Phil. classics for eng. readers]. Phila. 1881. S.

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Mill, J: Stuart. Berkeley's life and writings. With his Three essays on religion. 204:30 Collins, W: Lucas. Butler. [Phil. classics for eng. readers]. Phila. 1881. S.

921.2:3 Mahaffy, J: Peytland. Descartes. [Phil. classics for eng. readers]. Phila. 1881. S. 921.4:1

Conway, Moncure Daniel. Emerson at home and abroad. Bost. 1882. D. 921.1:2 Cooke, G: Willis. Ralph Waldo Emerson; his life, writings and philosophy. Bost. 1881. D. 921.1:1

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