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=Cornwall, Henry Bedinger.= _Ct._, 1844- ----. A professor of
mineralogy at Princeton College since 1873, who has published A Manual
of Blow-Pipe Analysis.
=Cornwallis, Kinahan.= _E._, 1835- ----. A New York journalist who came
to America about 1860. His more important works are Yarra Yarra, or the
Wandering Aborigine, a Poetical Narrative; The New Eldorado of British
Columbia; Wreck and Ruin, or Modern Society; My Life and Adventures,
an Autobiography; Adrift with a Vengeance; Pilgrims of Fashion; The
Gold Room and the New York Stock Exchange. _Har._
=Cornwell, Henry Sylvester.= _N. H._, 1831-1886. A physician of New
London, Connecticut, who wrote much thoughtful verse. The Land of
Dreams and Other Poems (1879), is the only collection that has been
made of his poems.
=Corson, Hiram.= _Pa._, 1828- ----. A Chaucerian and Early English
scholar, professor at Cornell University since 1870. The Voice and
Spiritual Education; Elocutionary Manual; Jottings on the Text of
Hamlet; Introduction to the Study of Browning; Lectures on English
Language and Literature; The Aims of Literary Study; Vocal Culture in
Relation to Literary Study; Thesaurus of Early English; Handbook of
Anglo-Saxon and Early English. He has also edited Chaucer’s Legende of
Goode Women. _Gi. Ho. Mac._
=Corson, Juliet.= _Ms._, 1842-1897. A cooking instructor of New York,
founder of the School of Cooking there in 1876. Cooking Manual; Cooking
School Text-Book; Twenty-Five Cent Dinners for Families of Six; Meals
for the Million; Practical American Cookery; Family Living on Five
Hundred Dollars a Year; Diet for Invalids and Children. _Do. Har._
=Corthell, Elmer Lawrence.= _Ms._, 1840- ----. A civil engineer of
distinction. History of the Jetties at the Mouth of the Mississippi.
=Corwin, Edward Tanjore.= _N. Y._, 1834- ----. A Reformed Dutch
clergyman of New Jersey, among whose works are Manual of the Reformed
Protestant Dutch Church in North America; Manual of the Reformed Church
in America; Corwin Genealogy.
=Cossett, Franceway Ranna.= _N. H._, 1790-1863. A Cumberland
Presbyterian clergyman of Tennessee. He published The Life and Times
of Ewing, which gives a history of the beginnings of the Cumberland
Presbyterian denomination.
=Cotheal, Alexander Isaac.= _N. Y._, 1804-1894. An Oriental scholar of
New York City who published Sketch of the Language of the Mosquito
Indians; Atoff the Generous, a translation from the Arabic.
=Cotting, John Ruggles.= _Ms._, 1783-1867. A once noted Georgia
scientist. Introduction to Chemistry; Lectures on Geology; Soils and
Manures.
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