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=Conrad, Timothy Abbott.= _N. J._, 1803-1877. A conchologist who
published Fossil Shells of the Tertiary Formations of North America;
New Fresh-Water Shells of the United States; Miocene Shells of the
United States; Palæontology of State of New York.
=Converse, Mrs. Harriet [Maxwell].= _N. Y._, 184- -1903. A writer of
verse and prose in New York city. Sheaves, a collection of verses; The
Religious Festivals of the Iroquois Indians; Mythology and Folk-Lore of
the North American Indian.
=Conway, Katherine Eleanor.= _N. Y._, 1853- ----. A journalist of
Boston, on the editorial staff of The Pilot. Songs of the Sunrise
Slope; A Dream of Lilies, a volume of poems; A Lady and Her Letters;
Making Friends and Keeping Them.
=Conway, Moncure Daniel.= _Va._, 1832- ----. A Unitarian clergyman of
extremely radical views, who was for many years settled in charge of
a congregation in London. He has been a prolific writer in several
fields, and among his many published books are The Rejected Stone;
Idols and Ideals; Demonology and Devil Lore; The Wandering Jew;
Sketch of Carlyle; The Earthward Pilgrimage; Sacred Anthology, a
compilation; Emerson at Home and Abroad; George Washington and Mount
Vernon; Omitted Chapters in Life and Letters of Edmund Randolph; Life
of Thomas Paine; Tracts for To-Day; Natural History of the Devil;
The Golden Hour; Testimonies Concerning Slavery; Human Sacrifices
in England; Lessons for the Day; Travels in South Kensington; A
Necklace of Stories; Pine and Palm, a novel; Prisons of Air, a novel;
Autobiography. _Har. Ho._
=Conwell, Russell Herrman.= _Ms._, 1842- ----. A Baptist minister of
Philadelphia. Why the Chinese Emigrate; Woman and the Law; Life of
President Hayes; Life of Bayard Taylor; Life of President Garfield;
Joshua Giavencola, the Captain of the Vineyards of Lucerna. _Lo. Mer._
=Conyngham, David Power.= _I._, 1840-1883. A New York journalist,
editor of The Tablet. Sherman’s March Through the South; Lives of
the Irish Saints and Martyrs; The Irish Brigade and its Campaigns.
In fiction: Sarsfield, or the Last Great Struggle for Ireland; The
O’Donnells of Glen Cottage; O’Mahoney, Chief of the Commeraghs; Rose
Parnell, the Flower of Avondale.
=Cook, Albert John.= _Mch._, 1842- ----. A professor of zoölogy at
Michigan Agricultural College. Injurious Insects of Michigan; Manual of
the Apiary.
=Cook, Albert Stanborough.= _N. J._, 1853- ----. A professor of English
at Yale University, who has edited Siever’s Old English Grammar;
Judith, an Old English Epic Fragment; Sidney’s Defence of Poesy. _Gi._
=Cook, Clarence Chatham.= _Ms._, 1828-1900. An art critic of New York
city, and editor of The Studio. He edited Lübke’s History of Art, and
published also The House Beautiful; Essays on Beds and Tables, Stools
and Candlesticks; The Central Park. _Scr._
=Cook, George Hammell.= _N. J._, 1818-1889. A professor of geology at
Rutgers College and State geologist, whose only published work is The
Geology of New Jersey.
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