actress in New York, 1872, but played chiefly in England for some years. In 1881 ill-health compelled her to leave the stage. Her first husband was Edward Clymer, a merchant. In 1899 she was married in London to Webster Glynes, barrister. Mrs. Glynes was a founder of the Sorosis Society and its fifth president. She also helped to form the Church and Stage

Guild, 1880. Author of "The Triumph of

Love," 1878; "The Triumph of Time," 1884; The Triumph of Life," 1885.

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GOODALE, Dora Reed, b. Mount Washington, Mass., 1866. Sister of Mrs. Charles A. Eastman, and author with her, in childhood, of Apple Blossoms," 1878; "In Berkshire with Wild Flowers," 1879, and All Round the Year," 1880. Has since contributed to many magazines. Her separate volume, "Heralds of Easter," appeared in 1887.

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GORDON, Armistead Churchill, b. Albemarle Co., Va., 1855. A graduate of the Virginia University, founded by his grandfather, General, W. F. Gordon. While in college he contributed to the New York magazines, and in 1880 published, with Thomas Nelson Page, "Befo' de War," poems. This was followed by "Echoes in Negro Dialect," 1888, and "For Truth and Freedom," 1898. Mr. Gordon is a lawyer and ex-mayor of Staunton, Va.

GOULD, Hannah Flagg, b. Lancaster, Mass., 1789; d. Newburyport, Mass., 1865. She was a sister of Benjamin Apthorp Gould, the classical scholar, and resided at Newburyport for the greater part of her life. Her three volumes of Poems" appeared in 1832, 1836, and

1841.

GOURAUD, George Fauvel, lawyer, b. New York, N. Y., 1872. Studied at Harrow, England, and the Polytechnicum, Hanover, Germany. Graduated at the Yale Law School, and was admitted to the New York bar, 1896. "Ballads of Coster-Land," 1897.

GRAY, David, b. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1836; d. Binghamton, 1888. In 1856 he joined the staff of the Buffalo, N. Y., "Courier," of which he afterward became editor, resigning on account of ill-health. His Letters, Prose Writings, Poems, etc., were edited by J. N. Larned in 1888.

GREENE, Albert Gorton, lawyer, b. Pro

vidence, R. I., 1802; d. Cleveland, O., 1868. Graduated at Brown University. Was for twenty-five years clerk of the Municipal Court at Providence, and its judge 1858-67. The original school bill of Rhode Island was drafted by his hand. He was conspicuous in the founding of the Providence Athenæum. For fourteen years president of the Rhode Island Historical Society. His poems have never been published in a collected form. Judge Greene was the founder of the "Harris Collection of American Poetry," bequeathed to Brown University by the late Senator Anthony. The editor of the present Anthology has frequently profited by the resources of this collection.

GREENE, Homer, lawyer, b. Ariel, Penn., 1853. A graduate of Union College, and now a resident of Honesdale, Penn., where he has practised law since 1879. Author of several books of fiction and of occasional poems. His winsome and melodious ballad, What my Lover

Said," fairly deserves its popularity.

GREENE, Sarah Pratt (McLean), b. Simsbury, Conn., 1858. Educated at Mt. Holyoke, Mass. Taught school near Plymouth, Mass., where she obtained the material for her "Cape Cod-Folks,' 1881. She was married to F. L. Greene, and removed to the West. Since his death she has resided in New England. Among her books are "Towhead," 1884, containing her best-known poem, “De Sheepfol';" "Lastchance Junction," 1889.

GRISSOM, Arthur, b. Payson, Ill., 1869. Well-known as editor of "Spirit," and a member of Mr. Munsey's staff. Of late years he has been interested in the Kansas City Independent," and is now editor of "The Smart Set." He has published a volume of society verse entitled "Beaux and Belles," 1896.

"GROOT, Cecil de." - See Wallace Rice.

GUINEY, Louise Imogen, b. Boston, Mass., 1861. Daughter of the late Gen. Patrick Robert Guiney. She graduated from Elmhurst Academy, Providence, R. I., and since has resided chiefly in and near Boston, engaged in literary pursuits. Her works include Songs at the Start," 1884; "Goose Quill Papers," 1885; "The White Sail," 1887; Monsieur Brownies and Bogies," 1888;

HALE, Edward Everett, clergyman and author, b. Boston, Mass., 3 April, 1822. Dr. Hale has been identified with humanitarian projects for over half a century, and his influence as pastor, writer, and philanthropist will long be felt. His patriotic tale, "The Man Without a Country," the best short story of its time, is enough for one author's fame. The poem which represents him in this collection is a vivid expression of his striking personality, and of university traditions in which his record and bearing are an essential part. In addition to his prose works, Dr. Hale has published a volume of poems under the title of For Fifty Years."

HALE, Sarah Josepha (Buell), b. Newport, N. H., 1788; d. Philadelphia, Penn., 1879. Editor of the Ladies' Magazine" at Boston, 1828-37, and of " Godey's Ladies' Book" until 1877. An early advocate of the higher education of women. It is said that the celebration of Thanksgiving as a national festival was largely due to her influence. Her first publication was Genius of Oblivion, and Other Original Poems," 1828. Her literary reputation rests upon the collection" Three Hours, or the Vigil of Love, and Other Poems.'

HALLECK, Fitz-Greene, b. Guilford, Conn., 8 July, 1790; d. there, 19 Nov., 1867. He was of Puritan and Pilgrim descent, and counted John Eliot, the apostle to the Indians, among his ancestors. Educated at the schools of his native town, he took a position as a clerk in the store of his relative, Andrew Eliot, of Guilford, when fifteen years old. Six years later, in 1811, he came to New York, and obtained a place in the banking house of Jacob Barker, with whom he remained until 1832. From 1832 to 1849 he was employed as an accountant by John Jacob Astor, receiving a pension on the latter's death, and retiring to Guilford, where the remainder of his life was passed. His friendship with Joseph Rodman Drake resulted in their series of satirical

Croaker" papers, published anonymously in the New York "Evening Post" in 1819 (see Drake, J. R.). The reputation gained by this work was further enhanced by the appearance of Halleck's poem "Fanny " in the same year, a travesty of the manners of the time. His bestknown poem, Marco Bozzaris," was printed by Bryant in the "New York Review," in 1825. "Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems," his first volume, came out in 1827. The collective edition of his Poetical Writings," 1869, and "The Life and Letters of Fitz-Greene Halleck," 1869, were prepared by General James Grant Wilson.

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HALPINE, Charles Graham, O'Reilly," b. Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland, 1829; d. New York, N. Y., 1868. He was graduated at the University of Dublin, and came to America about 1851. He joined the staff of the Boston Post," and in 1857 became editer of the New York "Leader." Enlisting early in the Union army, he rose to the rank of brig adier-general of volunteers. After the war, in 1864, he returned to newspaper life and politics in New York. His "Life and Adventures. Songs, etc., of Private Miles O'Reilly," 1864, and "Baked Meats of the Funeral," 1866, first appeared as papers in the New York "Herald." The Poetical Works of Charles G. Halpine," 1869, was a posthumous volume.

HANSBROUGH, Mary Berri (Chapman), b. Washington, D. C., 187-. A writer of prose and verse. She was married in 1897 to Heary Clay Hansbrough, senator from North Dakota, Her volume "Lyrics of Love and Nature" appeared in 1895.

HARDY, Arthur Sherburne, novelist and mathematician, b. Andover, Mass., 13 Ang, 1847. Graduated at West Point, and wa made 2d lieutenant in the 3d artillery regi ment, U. S. A., 1869. He resigned from the army the following year, and after a period of travel and study abroad was appointed profes sor of civil engineering at Iowa College. From 1878 to 1893 he was professor of mathematics at Dartmouth. After a brief connection with the Cosmopolitan" magazine, Mr. Hardy was made minister to Persia in 1897, and two years later was transferred to the ministry at Athens. Author of "Francesca of Rimini," poem, 1878;

But yet a Woman," 1883; The Wind of Destiny," 1886; "Passe Rose," 1889; "Life and Letters of Joseph Hardy Neesima," 1891.

HARNEY, Will Wallace, b. Bloomington, Ind., 1831. He studied at Louisville College and taught in the Kentucky State Normal School. He succeeded his father as editor of the Louisville "Democrat" in 1869, but soon removed to an orange grove in Florida. His contributions to different periodicals have not been collected.

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HARRIS, Joel Chandler, b. Eatonton, Ga.. 9 Dec., 1848. He learned the printer's trade in the office of the Georgia Countryman. and his early compositions appeared in that paper. In 1890 he became editor of the Atlanta "Constitution," in which journal he had first published his "Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings," 1880, now a veritable classic. His works include Nights with Uncle Remus," 1882; Mingo, and Other Sketches," 1884; Daddy Jake the Runaway," 1889; a biography of Henry W. Grady, 1890; "Balaam and his Master," 1891; Little Mr. Thimble finger and his Queer Country," 1894; Aaroe in the Wildwoods," 1897; "Tales of the Home Folks in Peace and War," 1898; "Georgia from the Invasion of De Soto to Recent Times," 1899.

at Madrid, 1868-70. After his return to America he joined the staff of the New York "Tribune," and was one of the ablest leader-writers that have adorned our journalism. As a diversion, he contributed some of his Pike County Ballads to that paper. He was assistant secretary of state under President Hayes, 1879-81, but it was not until 1897 that an administration gave him an opportunity, as ambassador to Great Britain, of fully utilizing his natural and trained abilities for the highest diplomatic service. In 1898 he was recalled to enter Pres. McKinley's cabinet as secretary of state, at the most important and historic stage, since the Civil War, of American events. Mr. Hay has published "Pike County Ballads, and Other Pieces, 1871; Castilian Days," 1871; "Poems," 1890; and with J. G. Nicolay, the authoritative history of Abraham Lincoln which first appeared in "The Century Magazine," 1887. He never has acknowledged his alleged authorship of the anonymous novel The Bread-Winners," 1883.

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HAYES, Ednah Proctor (Clarke), b. New York, N. Y., 187-. Daughter of Col. I. Edwards Clarke, of the U. S. Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C., which city was her chief place of residence until her marriage in 1899 to Dr. Henry L. Hayes, and her removal with him to the Hawaiian Islands. Is a cousin of Edna Dean Proctor. Author of "An Opal: Verses by Ednah Proctor Clarke," 1897.

HAYES, John Russell, asst. professor of English, Swarthmore College, b. West Chester, Penn., 1866. Graduate of Swarthmore, Harvard, and University of Pennsylvania Law School. Author of "The Old Fashioned Garden, and Other Verses," 1895; The Brandywine," 1898; West Chester Centennial Ode," 1899; Swarthmore Idylls," 1899.

HAYNE, Paul Hamilton, b. Charleston, S. C., 1 Jan., 1830; d. “Copse Hill," Grovetown, Ga., 6 July, 1886. He was graduated at the University of South Carolina, gave up the practice of law for literature, and edited successively, "Russell's Magazine," the Charleston Literary Gazette" and "Evening News." He was a colonel in the Confederate army, and wrote several popular Confederate songs. The war undermining his health and destroying his home, he retired with his family to a cottage,

Copse Hill," at Grovetown, in the pine barrens near Augusta, Ga. Hayne was long our representative Southern poet, honored and beloved by his colleagues in all portions of the United States, and by not a few in the Motherland. He issued "Poems," 1855; "Sonnets and Other Poems," 1857; Avolio, a Legend of Cos," 1859; "Legends and Lyrics," 1872; The Mountain of the Lovers, and Other Poems," 1873. He wrote a memoir of Henry Timrod, 1873; and lives of Hugh S. Legaré and of his uncle, Robert Y. Hayne, 1878. An elegant edition of his complete poems appeared in

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HAYNE, William Hamilton, b. Charleston, S. C., 1856. Son of Paul Hamilton Hayne. Received his education chiefly at home. The greater part of his life has been passed at

Copse Hill," Grovetown, the family residence near Augusta, Ga. His first published poem appeared in 1881. Author of "Sylvan Lyrics, and Other Verses,' ," 1893, and of numerous critical articles.

HEATON, John Langdon, journalist, b. Canton, N. J., 1860. Graduated there, at St. Lawrence University, 1880. Among his writings are "Stories of Napoleon," 1895; "The Quilting Bee, and Other Poems," 1896.

HEDGE, Frederic Henry, Unitarian clergyman, b. Cambridge, Mass., 1805; d. there, 1890. Son of Prof. Levi Hedge. In 1818 he was sent to Germany, where he passed five years in study. Graduated at Harvard in 1825, and in 1857 was appointed professor of ecclesiastical history there, and later professor of German. He edited "The Christian Examiner," 185760, wrote the standard work, "The Prose Writers of Germany," 1848; Martin Luther, and Other Essays," 1888; several theological works, and many hymns and translations of hymns. With Mrs. Annis Lee Wister he prepared Metrical Translations and Poems."

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HERBERT, Henry William (" Frank Forester"), b. London, Eng., 1807; died by his own hand, New York, N. Y., 1858. Son of the Dean of Manchester, and a graduate of Oxford. He came to New Jersey in the thirties, and made his living by work as a classical editor and man of letters. Edited the American Monthly," 1833-36. Author of "Cromwell," 1837; My Shooting Box," 1846, and many books on field sports and on historical themes. His (collected) Poems, a Memorial Volume," was edited by Mrs. Margaret Herbert Mather, ("Morgan Herbert ") and brought out in an elegant subscription edition, 1888.

HIGGINSON, Thomas Wentworth, b. Cambridge, Mass., 22 Dec., 1823. A descendant of the Rev. Francis Higginson, distinguished among the earliest Puritan colonists of New England. Graduating at Harvard, he was for a time engaged in teaching. He studied for the liberal ministry, and was settled over churches at Newburyport and Worcester, Mass. During this period, 1847 to 1858, he took an active part in the anti-slavery movement, and served as a soldier in the Free State campaign in Kansas. He resigned from the ministry in 1858, and thereafter engaged in literary work. From 1862 to 1864 he was colonel of the first regiment of freed slaves recruited for the Federal army, and served in the Florida and South Carolina campaigns. A few years after the war he made his permanent residence at Cambridge, Mass. Colonel Higginson labored earnestly, both as a lecturer and writer, in behalf of woman suffrage and other reform movements. He was appointed military and naval historian of Massachusetts in the Civil War in 1889. He has published books in many departments of literature, including Outdoor Papers," 1863; "Malbone, an Oldport Romance," 1869; Army Life in a Black Regiment,' 1870; Atlantic Essays," 1871; "The Sympathies of Religions," 1871; "Common Sense about Women," 1882; "Life of Margaret Fuller," 1884; The Monarch of Dreams," 1887; The Afternoon Landscape: Poems and Translations," 1888; "Concerning All of Us," 1892; and Cheerful Yesterdays," autobiographical, 1898. As a scholar, critic, and exponent of his own early essay, "A Plea for Culture," Col. Higginson in his career has been identified with the progress of American thought and letters during the second half of the nineteenth century.

HILDRETH, Charles Lotin, b. New York, N. Y., 1857; d. 1896. A journalist of New York, who wrote for the "World," 1883, and was afterward a writer for "Belford's Magazine." Author of Judith," a novel, 1876; "The New Symphony, and Other Stories,' 1878; "The Masque of Death, and Other Poems," 1889.

HILL, Benjamin Dionysius (Father Ed

mund of the Heart of Mary, C. P.), b. Wottan Underwood, Buckinghamshire, Eng., 1842. Now a resident of Dunkirk, N. Y. His father was vicar of Wottan. Father Edmund was educated at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. His poetical works include Poems Devotional and Occasional," 1877; "Passion Flowers, 1898 "Mariae Corolla: a Wreath for 8,3 Our Lady," 1898.

HILL, George, b. Guilford, Conn., 1796; d. New York, N. Y., 1871. He graduated at Yale, and held several positions under the U. S. government. His "The Ruins of Athens, and Öther Poems," 1834, was reissued, with additions, in 1839, as "The Ruins of Athens, Titania's Banquet, and Other Poems."

HILLHOUSE, Augustus Lucas, b. New Haven, Conn., 1792; d. near Paris, France, 1859. Brother of J. A. Hillhouse, and a graduate of Yale. His hymn, "Forgiveness of Sins a Joy Unknown to Angels," written at Paris, was published in the Christian Spectator,' 1822.

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HILLHOUSE, James Abraham, b. New Haven, Conn., 1789; d. New Haven, Conn., 1841. Graduated at Yale. After engaging in mercantile pursuits for a few years, he resigned and spent the rest of his life quietly at his country home near New Haven. Dramas, Discourses, and Other Pieces" appeared in 1839. As he was one of the earliest Americans to write a truly poetic drama, its most effective scene, which in some degree reflects the influence of Byron, is included in the present Anthology.

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HIRST, Henry Beck, b. Philadelphia, Penn., 1813; d. there, 1874. A lawyer, who resided in his native city. He published a "Poetical Dictionary," 18-; "The Coming of the Mammoth, and Other Poems," 1845; Endymion, a Tale of Greece," verse, 1848; The Penance of Roland, a Romance of the Peine Forte et Dure, and Other Poems," 1849. He was severely criticised by Poe, who nevertheless paid tribute to his poetic qualities. A collective edition of poems has been promised under the editorship of Dr. Matthews Woods, who is of the belief that Poe found suggestions for some of his own effects in verse from the measures of the author of "The Funeral of Time" and kindred lyrics.

HOFFMAN, Charles Fenno, lawyer and journalist, b. New York, N. Y., 1806; d. Harrisburg, Penn., 1884. Studied at Columbia College, and practised law in New York. Was associate editor of the New York "American; founded the Knickerbocker Magazine," 1833; editor and owner of the American Monthly; edited the New York "Mirror" and "Literary World." In 1849 his mind became unbalanced, and the rest of his life was spent in retirement. Author of "A Winter in the West," 1835; "Wild Scenes in Forest and Prairie," 1837; Vanderlyn," 1837; Grayslaer, 1840. His Poems" complete appeared in 1873.