A DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN AUTHORS BY OSCAR FAY ADAMS AUTHOR OF “THE STORY OF JANE AUSTEN’S LIFE,” “THE ARCHBISHOP’S UNGUARDED MOMENT,” ETC.; EDITOR OF “THROUGH THE YEAR WITH THE POETS,” ETC. FIFTH EDITION REVISED AND ENLARGED BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY 1904 REPUBLISHED BY GALE RESEARCH COMPANY, BOOK TOWER, DETROIT, 1969 COPYRIGHT 1884, 1897, 1904 BY OSCAR FAY ADAMS To My Mother PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION In the present issue of this work such errors and misprints as the writer or others have noted in earlier editions are corrected, while the supplement has been extended sixty-five pages by the insertion of thirteen hundred and twenty names in excess of those included in the fourth edition. Wherever needful the entries in this portion of the volume have been materially amplified, and this has occurred in numerous instances, while throughout the book there have been supplied many dates of deaths happening since the first issue of the Dictionary, in 1897. Since that year the work has been enlarged to the extent of one hundred and forty-six pages of addenda in all, and though it still falls much short of perfection in its line, the writer trusts that it will yet be found responsive to all reasonable requirements that may be made upon it. BOSTON, DECEMBER 1, 1904. PREFACE.