Song," 1897; "The Slopes of Helicon, and Other Poems," 1898; "Echoes of Greek Idyls," 1899; and “The Fields of Dawn," 1900.

MILLER, Alice (Duer), sister of Caroline Duer (q. v.), b. near Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, N. Y., 187-. In 1899 she was married to Henry Wise Miller, and her present residence is Costa Rica, Central America. Mrs. Miller is the joint author with her sister of "Poems by Caroline and Alice Duer," 1896.

MILLER, Cincinnatus Hiner (Joaquin), b. Wabash District, Ind., 10 Nov., 1841. When about thirteen he removed to Willamette Valley, Oregon. After a brief experience in a California gold mine he returned, in 1860, to Oregon, studied law, was admitted to the bar, edited the Eugene " Democratic Register," and practised law in Canyon City. He wrote a defence of the Mexican brigand, Joaquin Murietta, and adopted his first name for a pseudonym. From 1866 to 1870 he was judge of Grant Co., Oregon. He visited England and other parts of Europe in 1870, and in the following year published his first volume of verse,

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Songs of the Sierras." In 1887, after some years of journalistic work in Washington, D. C., he removed to Oakland, Cal. In 1898 he visited the Klondike. His picturesque home is on the heights behind Fruitvale, overlooking San Francisco Bay. Among his works are Songs of the Sunlands," 1873; "The Ship of the Desert," "The Ships in the Desert," Songs of the Desert," 1875; "The Baroness of New York," novel, 1877; "Songs of Italy," 1878; "Shadows of Shasta," 1881; The Danites in the Sierras," 1881, a novel, dramatized and successfully produced as "The Danites; "Memorie and Rime," 1884; "Songs of the Mexican Seas," 1887; Songs of the Soul," 1896. A collective edition of his poems was issued in California, in 1897.

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"MILLER, Joaquin." - See C. H. Miller. MILLER, Katherine (Wise), b. Spezia, Italy, 18-. Daughter of the late Commodore Henry A. Wise, U. S. N. (author of "Los Gringos," "Capt. Brand," etc.), and wife of Commodore J. W. Miller of the naval reserve. Her poem, "Stevenson's Birthday," is based on an actual occurrence.

MITCHELL, Langdon Elwyn, b. Philadelphia, Penn., 1862. Son of Dr. S. Weir Mitchell. Received his education at Berlin and Heidelberg, Germany, and studied for several years at the Harvard law school. He passed the bar examination in New York City. His first book of verse, "Sylvian, a Tragedy, and Poems," 1885, was issued over the pen name of John Philip Varley." His "Poems" appeared in 1894. Mr. Mitchell has made a study of dramatic construction. Sharp," his successful dramatization of Thackeray's Vanity Fair," was produced at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, by Mrs. Fiske, in 1899.

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MITCHELL, Silas Weir, b. Philadelphia, Penn., 15 Feb., 1829. He was graduated at Jefferson Medical College in 1850. Dr. Mitchell has published numerous technical and popular medical works of importance. His volume of short stories, Hepzibah Guinness," 1880, was followed by "In War Time," 1884; "Roland Blake," 1886; Characteristics," 1893; Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker," 1897; "The Adventures of François," 1898; "The Autobiography of a Quack," 1899. His first volume of verse, "The Hill of Stones, and Other Poems," appeared in 1882, his collected poems to date in 1896, and The Wager and Other Poems," 1900. It is interesting to note that Dr. Mitchell, through seniority of years, leads off the authors of the "Second Lyrical Period" (p. 311), although almost the first lyric by which he won the critical public was the delightful bit of "patrician verse, A Decanter of Madeira," composed in 1880. His son, Langdon Elwyn, by a pleasant coincidence, and by transmission of the poetic gift, is the firstnamed author in the closing division of this Anthology.

MITCHELL, Walter, clergyman, b. Nantucket, Mass., 1826. He was graduated at Harvard, entered the Episcopal ministry, and presided over several churches in the East. Was editorially connected with "The Churchman," contributed to other periodicals, in verse and prose, and is the author of the well-known polemic novel, "Bryan Maurice," and of a volume of poems.

MONROE, Harriet, b. Chicago, Ill., 186–. Graduated at the Visitation Academy, Georgetown, D. C. She has always resided at Chicago, where she wrote the text of the cantata for the opening of the Chicago Auditorium, 1889. Miss Munroe having been appointed to write the "Columbian Ode " on the occasion of the dedicatory ceremonies of the World's Columbian Exposition, her ode was read before a vast gathering on the 400th anniversary, -21 Oct., 1892 - of the discovery of America. It was published the following year. Author of "Valeria, and Other Poems," 1891; "John Wellborn Root, a Memoir," 1896; and of many reviews and sketches.

MONTGOMERY, George Edgar, b. New York, N. Y., 1855; d. there, 1898. Studied at the College of the City of New York, and at Paris. Always a resident of New York. Was for some time dramatic critic of the N. Y. Times," and correspondent for various papers. His writings in prose and verse have not been collected.

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MOODY, William Vaughn, educator, b. Spencer, Ind., 1869. Graduated at Harvard, 1893, and has been instructor in English literature at the University of Chicago and assistant in the English department of Harvard. Editor of the Cambridge" Milton, 1899, and author of uncollected poems and of "The Masque of Judgment," drama, 1900.

years in legal practice and in mercantile pursuits before he began his literary career. Randolph and Seventy-Six," the most notable of his fiction, followed the production of several novels, some poems, and some historcial work. In 1824 he went abroad, where, under the guise of an Englishman, he appeared in Blackwood's Magazine" and other British quarterlies, to correct prevailing opinion of social and political conditions in the United States. He is said to have been one of the first Americans to write on American topics in England, an originator of the woman's suffrage movement, among the first to establish a gymnasium in this country, and one of the earliest to encourage Poe's talents. "Wandering Recollections of a Somewhat Busy Life," 1869, was his last volume.

NEGRO SPIRITUALS. The editor has thought it well to represent the most characteristic folk-songs which this country has produced by a few of those universal among the colored population of the Southern States. They have the tunes and words, the essential melody and import that constitute original "themes." The text is chiefly that adopted for Stedman and Hutchinson's "Library of American Literature" from the collection edited by W. F. Allen, E. P. Ware, and Lucy McKim Garrison, 1867, and from the Hampton "Cabin and Plantation Songs" arranged by T. P. Fenner, 1875. Colonel Higginson's article entitled "Negro Spirituals can be found in the "Atlantic Monthly," 1867.

NESMITH, James Ernest, artist, b. Mass., 1856; d. 1898. Mr. Nesmith resided in Lowell, Mass., and published "Monadnoc, and Other Sketches in Verse," 1888; Philoctetes, and Other Poems and Sonnets," 1894. His poetry is refined and scholarly, with a thoughtful undertone, the second collection containing some "Later Sonnets." vigorous

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NEWELL, Robert Henry, "Orpheus C. Kerr," b. New York, N. Y., 1836. He was on the staff of the N. Y." Mercury," 1858-62, and of the N. Y. 'World," 1869–74. Edited "Hearth and Home," 1874-76, and published "The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers," a famous satirical series during and after the Civil War, 1862-68; The Palace Beautiful, and Other Poems, 1865; The Cloven Foot," story, 1870; several other romances, and "Studies in Stanzas," 1882. Is now a resident of Brooklyn, N. Y.

NORTON, Andrews, Unitarian clergyman, b. Hingham, Mass., 1786; d. Newport, R. I., 1853. He was graduated at Harvard, and was professor of sacred literature in that institution from 1819 to 1830. Besides numerous theological works, he was the author of several cherished hymns and of other poems.

O'BRIEN, Fitz-James, b. Limerick, Ireland, 1828; d. Cumberland, Md., 1862. Was educated at Dublin University, came to America in 1852, and lived in New York City till

1861, when he enlisted in the United States army; a year later he was fatally wounded. The facts that his literary career was chiefly in America, and that he gave his life for this country, eminently warrant his representation here. He was a frequent contributor to " Harper's Magazine." His story "The Diamond Lens" appeared in an early number of "The Atlantic Monthly." His most successful play was "A Gentleman from Ireland," produced at Wallack's Theatre. The Poems and Stories of Fitz-James O'Brien; Edited, with a Sketch of the Author, by William Winter,” appeared in 1881; and a collection of his stories in 1887.

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"OCCIDENTE, Maria del.” See Maria Gowen Brooks.

O'CONNOR, Joseph, journalist, b. Tribes Hill, N. Y., 1841. Graduated at the University of Rochester. Entered journalism in 1870, and became editor of the Rochester "Post-Express in 1886. His Poems" were published in 1895.

O'CONNOR, Michael, brother of the preceding, b. Eastchester, N. Y., 1837; d. Potomac Station, Va., 28 Dec., 1862. Sergeant of volunteers in the Civil War.

O'HARA, Theodore, soldier, b. Danville, Ky., 1820; d. near Guerryton, Ala., 1867. He served in the U. S. army during the Mexican War, and in the Confederate army during the Civil War, and at one time practised law in Washington. His oft-quoted poem, "The Bivouac of the Dead," "commemorates the Kentuckians who fell at Buena Vista.

O'REILLY, John Boyle, b. Dowth Castle, Co. Meath, Ireland, 28 June, 1844; d. Hull, Mass., 10 Aug., 1890. Son of the master of Nettleville Institute at Dowth Castle. He did some journalistic work in Drogheda, near his birthplace, but was sent to England as an agent of the Fenian society. He was arrested and condemned to death, but his sentence was commuted, and he was sent to Australia. After a year of penal servitude he escaped in a boat, was rescued by an American whaler, and landed at Philadelphia, Penn., 1869. He became editor and joint owner of the Boston "Pilot," and published "Songs of the Southern Seas," 1873; Songs, Legends, and Ballads," 1878; Moondyne," novel, 1879; "Statues in the Block," poems, 1881; "In Bohemia," 1886

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The Ethics of Boxing," 1888; Stories and Sketches," 1888. At the time of his death he was preparing a work on Ireland. In 1896 a statue of Mr. O'Reilly by Daniel French was unveiled in Boston. Below the statue, which is fourteen feet tall, is a group of symbolic fig

tributed extensively to magazines. His books, The Spell of Ashtaroth," 1888, and The Robe of Nessus," 1890, are historical romances. OSGOOD, Frances Sargent (Locke), b. Boston, Mass., 1811; d. Hingham, Mass., 1850. When a child she contributed verses to Lydia Maria Child's "Juvenile Miscellany." In 1834 the artist S. S. Osgood won her heart while painting her portrait. Soon after their marriage they went to London, and while there she published A Wreath of Wild Flowers from New England," poems. Her play," The Happy Release, or the Triumphs of Love,' written at Sheridan Knowles's request, was accepted but never produced. During a residence in New York she formed a friendship with Poe, and her influence over him lasted till his death. Her "Poetry of Flowers" appeared in 1841, her "Poems," 1846, and "The Floral Offering," 1847.

OSGOOD, Kate Putnam, b. Fryeburg, Me., 1841. Sister of the late publisher, James R. Osgood. She has spent a number of years in Europe, and lives in Boston, Mass. Her poem Driving Home the Cows" appeared in "Harper's Monthly," 1865.

PAGE, Thomas Nelson, b. Oakland, Va., 23 Apr., 1853. He was educated at the Washington and Lee University, and graduated in law at the University of Virginia. Practised law at Richmond from 1875 to 1893, when he removed to Washington, D. C. Some of this leading Southern novelist's books of fiction

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In Ole Virginia," 1887; "Two Little Confederates," 1888; "On New-found River," 1891; Red Rock," 1899. He has also published "The Old South Essays, Social and Political," 1892; and, with A. C. Gordon, "Befo' de War," verse, 1888.

PAINE, Albert Bigelow, b. New Bedford, Mass., 1861. Early removed to Illinois, where he was educated in the public schools. Engaged in business in the West until the success of his contributions of fiction and verse led him to make his home in New York. Joined the staff of "St. Nicholas," 1899. Author of 'Rhymes by Two Friends," with W. A. White, 1893; "The Arkansaw Bear," fiction, 1898; "The Bread Line," fiction, 1900; etc.

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PALFREY, Sarah Hammond, "E. Foxton," b. Massachusetts, 1823. Daughter of John Gorham Palfrey, the historian. Her verse includes "Prémices," 1855; "Sir Pavon and St. Pavon," 1867; " The Chapel and Other Poems," 1880; "The Blossoming Red and Other Poems," 1886. In fiction she has published Hermann, or Young Knighthood,' "Katherine Morse, or First Love and 1866; Best," 1867.

PALMER, John Williamson, physician, b. Baltimore, Md., 1825. Early in life he practised his profession in San Francisco. Resided in New York after 1870, and engaged in general literary work; was editorially connected

with the Century Dictionary." His ballad Stonewall Jackson's Way" was written at Oakland, Md., on the 17th of September, 1862, while the battle of Antietam was in progress. Collected poems are published in " For Charlie's Sake, and Other Ballads and Lyrics," 1901.

PALMER, Ray, Cong. clergyman, b. Little Compton, R. I., 1808; d. Newark, N. J., 1887. Pastor at Bath, Me., and Albany, N. Y. His hymn "My Faith Looks up to Thee" has been translated into twenty languages. He published several volumes of hymns. His complete poetical works appeared in 1876.

PARADISE, Caroline Wilder (Fellowes), b. East Orange, N. J., 186-. She was married, in 1890, to the Rev. Frank Ilsey Paradise, of Boston, Mass. Her poetry is uncollected.

PARKER, Theodore, the eminent Unitarian clergyman and abolitionist, b. Lexington, Mass., 1810; d. Florence, Italy, 1860. The poem "Jesus," given in the Anthology, is taken from his lecture, "Mistakes about Jesus." His complete works, edited by Frances Power Cobbe, appeared in London, 1863-65, and a Boston edition in 1870. Among his biographers are Weiss and Frothingham.

PARSONS, Thomas William, b. Boston, Mass., 18 Aug., 1819; d. Scituate, Mass., 3 Sept., 1892. He received his education at the Boston Latin School and at home. Visited Europe in 1836, and pursued in Italy the studies which culminated in his metrical translation of the first ten cantos of Dante's "Inferno," 1843, reissued in extended form in 1867 and 1893. He studied dentistry, and practised in Boston and London, residing in the former city after 1872. Dr. Parsons's noble lyric "Lines on a Bust of Dante" first appeared in the Boston Advertiser and Patriot," 1841. His books of original poetry are "The Magnolia, and Other Poems," 1867; The Old House at Sudbury," 1870; "The Shadow of the Obelisk, and Other Poems," 1872; and "Poems," definitive edition, 1893. Cp. "Poets of America," p. 55.

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PAULDING, James Kirke, early novelist, b. Pleasant Valley, N. Y., 1779; d. Hyde Park, N. Y., 1860. Associated with Washington and William Irving in the publication of "Salmagundi," 1807-08. Secretary of the navy under President Van Buren, 1837-41. His works, chiefly fiction, include "The Diverting History of John Bull and Brother Jonathan," 1812; "The Backwoodsman," a poem, 1818; "Königsmarke," 1823; "The Dutchman's Fireside," 1831; The Puritan and His Daughter," 1849; 'Letters on Slavery," 1835; "Life of George Washington," 1854.

PAYNE, John Howard, actor and dramatist, b. New York, N. Y., 9 June, 1791; d. Tunis, Africa, 9 April, 1852. Entered Union College, which he left for his first appearance

on the stage at New York in 1809. He had already gained attention as the editor of a juvenile paper, the "Thespian Mirror." Was successful as an actor in America and England. His best known plays are "Brutus" and Charles II.' The song "Home, Sweet Home is contained in Payne's opera "Clari, the Maid of Milan," produced at Covent Garden Theatre in 1823. He was U. S. consul at Tunis from 1841 until his death. In 1883 his remains were removed, under the supervision of John Worthington, U. S. consul at Malta, and at the expense of W. W. Corcoran, to Washington, D. C., and were interred in the Oak Hill Cemetery.

PAYNE, William Morton, educator and critic, b. Newburyport, Mass., 1858. He assisted Dr. Poole in the Chicago Public Library, 1874-76, and since 1876 has been a professor in the high schools of that city. Became associate editor of "The Dial," 1892, and is its leading reviewer. Author of Our New Education," 1884; Little Leaders," 1895; and translator of Norwegian classics. Mr. Payne is an authority upon modern Scandinavian literature, and prominent among American scholars and critics.

PEABODY, Josephine Preston, b. New York, N. Y., 187-. Now resident in Cambridge, Mass. Author of "The Wayfarers," 1898, a little volume containing some of the most expressive and essentially poetic verse that has come from our rising group of lyrists.

PEABODY, William Oliver Bourne, D. D., b. Exeter, N. H., 1799; d. Springfield, Mass., 1847. Graduated at Harvard. Pastor of the Unitarian Church at Springfield, 1820-47. Edited "The Springfield Collection of Hymns," 1833; wrote the report on "Birds of the Commonwealth," 1839. A prominent contributor to the "North American Review" and "Christian Examiner." The selection from Dr. Peabody relates to a passage in which Thomas Hope's Anastasius laments the death of his child Alexander. His "Literary Remains appeared in 1850. Dr. Peabody's twin brother, Oliver William Bourne Peabody, wrote an eloquent lyric, "Hymn to the Stars," which may be found in A Library of American Literature," vol. v.

PECK, Harry Thurston, L. H. D., educator and critic, b. Stamford, Conn., 1856. He graduated at Columbia, and afterward became professor of Latin in that university. Since 1895 he has been the American editor of "The Bookman," and is also literary editor of the New York" Commercial Advertiser." Author of "The Semitic Theory of Creation," 1886; Latin Pronunciation," 1890; "The Personal Equation," essays, 1897; "What is Good English, and Other Essays," 1899; "Greystone and Porphyry," verse, 1900, Editor of "The International Cyclopædia," 1892, and of classical text-books and reference works.

PECK, Samuel Minturn, b. Tuscaloosa,

PELLEW, George, b. Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, 1859; d. New York, N. Y., 1892. He was a grandson of John Jay. Graduated at Harvard, 1880, and at the Harvard law school, 1883. Although admitted to the bar, he devoted himself to literary work. A trip to Ireland resulted in his book In Cabin and Castle," 1888, commended by John Morley. Also author of Women and the Commonwealth," 1888; 66 John Jay," in American Statesmen" series, 1890; "Poems," edited by W. D. Howells, 1892.

PERCIVAL, James Gates, geologist, b. Berlin, Conn., 15 Sept., 1795; d. Hazel Green, Wis., 2 May, 1856. He was graduated at Yale, and practised as a physician at Charleston and in the U. S. recruiting service. Began the study of geology at New Haven in 1827, and prepared state reports on the geological conditions of Connecticut and Wisconsin. His first volume of poems, Prometheus," appeared in 1820. 'Poetical Works," 1859, contains his miscellaneous poems and tragedies. Cp. "Poets of America," p. 38.

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PERRY, Nora, b. Dudley, Mass., 183-; d. there, 1896. Her early life was passed in Providence, R. I. She was Boston correspondent of the Chicago Tribune," and later of the Providence "Journal." Among her writings are: After the Ball, and Other Poems," 1875; Her Lover's Friend, and Other Poems," 1879; "A Book of Love Stories," 1881; "For a Woman," novel, 1885; "New Songs and Ballads," 1886; "Legends and Lyrics," 1890; and numerous stories for girls.

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