=Danforth, Samuel.= _Ms._, 1666-1727. Son of S. Danforth, _supra_. A Congregational clergyman of Taunton, Massachusetts, famous for his great learning and wide influence. Eulogy on Thomas Leonard; Essay Concerning the Singing of Psalms. The MS. of his Indian Dictionary is now the property of the Massachusetts Historical Society. =Dangé, Henri.= _See Hammond, Mrs._ =Daniel, John Moncure.= _Va._, 1825-1865. A once noted Virginia journalist who edited The Richmond Examiner, and was minister to Italy 1853-60. _See Writings of, with Memoir by his brother, 1868._ =Daniel, John Warwick.= _Va._, 1842- ----. A prominent Virginia lawyer who was an adjutant-general in the Confederate army during the Civil War. Attachments under the Code of Virginia; Negotiable Instruments. =Daniels, Mrs. Cora [Linn].= _Ms._, 1852- ----. A novelist of Franklin, Massachusetts. Sardia, a Story of Love; As It Is to Be. _Ban. Le._ =Daniels, William Haven.= _Ms._, 1836- ----. A Methodist clergyman, prominent as an evangelist. D. L. Moody and his Work; That Boy, who Shall Have Him?; The Temperance Reform and its Great Reformers; Moody, his Words, Work, and Workers; Illustrated History of Methodism in the United States; Graduated with Honour; Memorials of Gilbert Haven; Short History of the People called Methodists. _Meth._ =Dannelly, Mrs. Elizabeth Otis [Marshall].= _Ga._, 1838- ----. A Texas writer of verse. Cactus, or Thorns and Blossoms; Wayside Flowers. =Da Ponte, Lorenzo.= _Iy._, 1749-1838. An Italian dramatist who furnished libretti for Mozart’s operas, Don Giovanni and Nozze di Figaro. He came to America in 1805, and after 1828 was professor of Italian in Columbia College. He published his own Life (1823); History of the Florentine Republic and the Medici (1833). =Darby, John.= _See Garretson._ =Darby, John.= _Ms._, 1804-1877. An educator who was connected with various colleges North and South. Manual of Botany; The Botany of the Southern States; Chemistry, are some of his publications. =Darby, William.= _Pa._, 1755-1834. A geographer who published Geographical Dictionary of Louisiana; Plan of Pittsburg and Adjacent Country; Emigrant’s Guide to the Western Country; Tour from New York to Detroit (1819); Geography and History of Florida; View of the United States (1823); Lectures on the Discovery of America; Mnemonica, a Register of Events from the Earliest Period; Geographical Dictionary. =Darden, Mrs. Fannie [Baker].= _Al._, 1829- ----. Romances of the Texas Revolution; Poems. =Dargan, Clara Victoria.= _See Maclean, Mrs._ =Darley, Felix Octavius Carr.= _Pa._, 1822-1888. A well-known artist and illustrator whose home was at Claymont, Delaware. His only writing is included in Sketches Abroad with Pen and Pencil.