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=Crockett, David.= _Tn._, 1786-1836. A noted hunter and pioneer who
enlisted in the Texan army in the revolt against Mexico, and was
slain in the massacre at the Alamo, in San Antonio. Tour to the North
and Down East; Life of David Crockett, by Himself (1834); Colonel
Crockett’s Exploits in Texas; Life of Martin Van Buren, Heir Apparent;
Leisure Hour Musings in Rhyme. _See Life by E. S. Ellis; Bibliography
of Texas._
=Croffut, William Augustus.= _Ct._, 1835- ----. A well-known journalist
attached to many journals, East and West, and connected with the United
States Geological Survey since 1888. The War History of Connecticut; A
Helping Hand; Bourbon Ballads; Deseret, an Opera; A Midsummer Lark, a
humorous volume of travels; The Vanderbilts; The Folks Next Door; The
Prophecy, and Other Poems.
=Croly, David Goodman.= _N. Y._, 1829-1889. A journalist of New
York City. Life of Horatio Seymour; History of Reconstruction; The
Positivist Primer; Glimpses of the Future.
=Croly, Mrs. Jane Cunningham.= “Jennie June.” _E._, 1829-1901. Wife of
D. G. Croly, _supra_. The founder of Sorosis, and editor of Demorest’s
Magazine, 1860-87. The originator of duplicate correspondence. Talks
on Women’s Topics; For Better or Worse; Knitters and Crochet; Letters
and Monograms; Cookery Book for Young Beginners; Thrown upon her Own
Resources. _Cr._
=Crooks, George Richard.= _Pa._, 1822-1897. A Methodist clergyman
and religious journalist. Life of John McClintock, _infra_; Life of
Matthew Simpson; First Books in Latin and Greek (with J. McClintock);
Latin-English Lexicon (with A. J. Schem). _Fu. Har._
=Crosby, Alpheus.= _N. H._, 1810-1874. An educator of Massachusetts who
published Greek Lessons; Greek Fables; Greek Tables; First Lessons in
Geometry; an edition of Xenophon’s Anabasis.
=Crosby, Howard.= _N. Y._, 1826-1891. A Presbyterian clergyman long
prominent in New York City who was chancellor of the University of New
York city, 1870-81. The Christian Preacher; Notes on the New Testament;
Life of Jesus; Christ and Science; At the Lord’s Table; Sermons; Lands
of the Moslem; Œdipus Tyrannus of Sophocles, with Notes; Bible Manual;
Bible Companion; Bible View of the Jewish Church; The Seven Churches
of Asia, or Worldliness in the Church; Thoughts on the Pentateuch;
Commentary on the New Testament, include his principal works. _Fu. Ran._
=Crosby, Nathan.= _N. H._, 1798-1885. Brother of A. Crosby, _supra_.
A prominent lawyer of Lowell, who published First Half Century of
Dartmouth College.
=Crosby, William Otis.= _O._, 1850- ----. A professor of geology in the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology who has published Common Minerals
and Rocks; Contributions to the Geology of Eastern Massachusetts.
=Cross, Charles Robert.= _N. Y._, 1848- ----. A professor of physics
in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Course in Elementary
Physics; Lecture Notes on Mechanics and Optics.
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