=Agassiz, Mrs. Elizabeth [Cary].= _Ms._, 1822- ----. Wife of L. Agassiz, _infra_. Life of Louis Agassiz; Seaside Studies in Natural History (with A. Agassiz, _supra_). =Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe.= _Sd._, 1807-1873. A naturalist of eminence. Founder of the Museum of Natural History at Cambridge. Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles; Lake Superior, Natural History of Fresh-Water Fishes of Central Europe; Etudes sur les Glaciers; Système Glacière; Methods of Study in Natural History; Geological Sketches; Structure of Animal Life; Journey in Brazil. _See Whipple’s Character and Characteristic Men; Louis Agassiz and Evolution, Popular Science Monthly, vol. 32; Lives by Mrs. E. Agassiz, Holder, 1892, Jules Marcou, 1896; Lowell’s ode, Agassiz._ =Agnew, David Hayes.= _Pa._, 1810-1892. A physician who was for a long time professor of surgery in the University of Pennsylvania. His writings were the outcome of wide experience. Handbook of Practical Anatomy; Principles and Practice of Surgery: a treatise on Surgical Diseases and Injuries. _See Life of, by J. H. Adams, 1892._ _Lip._ =Aikman, William.= _N. Y._, 1824- ----. A Presbyterian clergyman. The Moral Power of the Sea; Life at Home, or the Family and its Members; The Altar in the Home; A Bachelor’s Talks about Married Life. =Aimwell, Walter.= _See Simonds._ =Ainslie, Hew.= _S._, 1792-1878. A Scottish poet who emigrated to America in 1822 and lived mainly in Kentucky. Pilgrimage to the Land of Burns, a prose work with lyrics interspersed; Scottish Songs, Ballads, and Poems. =Akers, Elizabeth.= _See Allen, Mrs._ =Albee, John.= _Ms._, 1833- ----. Formerly a clergyman; now living at Chocorua, New Hampshire. Literary Art; St. Aspenquid: an Indian Idyl; Prose Idyls. _Hou. Put._ =Alcott= [awl´kot], =Amos Bronson.= _Ct._, 1799-1888. A philosopher of a singularly unpractical type, whose personality was of greater interest than his writings. Conversations with Children on the Gospels; Table Talk, Emerson; Essays; Tablets, Concord Days, Sonnets, and Canzonets; New Connecticut: a poem. _See Miss E. P. Peabody’s Records of a School; Life, by F. B. Sanborn and W. T. Harris, 1893._ _Rob._ =Alcott, Louisa May.= _Pa._, 1832-1888. Daughter of A. B. Alcott, _supra_. A writer whose books for young people have been widely popular. They cannot, however, claim consideration as examples of literary art. Among them are Little Women; Little Men; An Old-Fashioned Girl; Eight Cousins; Under the Lilacs. Moods; Hospital Sketches; A Modern Mephistopheles, are works for older readers. The thoughtful poem, Thoreau’s Flute, is her finest effort. _See Life, Letters, and Journals, edited by Mrs. Cheney; Recollections of, by Mrs. M. S. Porter, 1893._ _Rob._ =Alcott, William Andrus.= _Ct._, 1798-1859. Cousin of A. B. Alcott, _supra_. An energetic, earnest writer upon diet reform. The House I Live in; Vegetable Diet; Library of Health.