=Derby, John Barton.= _Ms._, 1792-1867. Half-brother of G. Derby, _supra_. A verse-writer whose later years were spent in Boston. Musings of a Recluse; The Sea; The Village. =De Saussure, Henry William.= _S. C._, 1763-1839. A jurist of South Carolina, who was director of the United States Mint in 1794, and published Reports of the Courts of Chancery and Equity in South Carolina from the Revolution to 1813. =Deshon, George.= _Ct._, 1823-1903. A Roman Catholic priest of the Paulist order, whose Guide for Young Catholic Women has had a very extended circulation. =De Smet, Peter John.= _Bm._, 1801-1872. A noted Roman Catholic missionary to the Indians, who came to the United States in 1821. His writings, originally published in French, include The Oregon Missions and Travels over the Rocky Mountains; Indian Letters and Sketches; Western Missions and Missionaries; New Indian Sketches. =De Trobriand= [trō-brĕe-ăan´], =Philip Regis.= _F._, 1816-1897. A military writer who came to the United States in 1841, entered the army, and, after serving through the Civil War, retired from active service in 1879, and resided in New Orleans. Les Gentilshommes de l’Ouest, a novel; Quatre ans de Campagnes à armée du Potomac. =De Vere, Mary Ainge=, “Madeline Bridges.” _N. Y._, 18-- - ----. A writer of Brooklyn, Long Island. Love Songs and Other Poems; Poems. =De Vere, Maximilian Schele.= _Sn._, 1820-1898. A philologist of note who came from Sweden to the United States in 1843, and after 1844 was a professor in the University of Virginia. Outlines of Comparative Philology; Studies in English; Americanisms; Wonders of the Deep; Grammar of the Spanish Language; Stray Leaves from the Book of Nature; Romance of American History, include the most important of his works. _Lip. Put. Scr._ =Devereux, Thomas Pollock.= _N. C._, 1793-1869. A North Carolina lawyer who published Reports of North Carolina Supreme Court, 1826-34; Reports in the Superior Court, 1834-40; Equity Reports, 1826-40. =De Vinne, Daniel.= _I._, 1793-1883. A Methodist clergyman of New York city. The Methodist Episcopal Church and Slavery; Recollections of Fifty Years in the Ministry; Irish Primitive Church. =De Vinne, Theodore Low.= _Ct._, 1828- ----. Son of D. De Vinne, _supra_. A noted printer of New York city. Printer’s Price List; Invention of Printing; Historic Types. =Dew, Thomas Roderick.= _Va._, 1802-1846. An educator of Virginia, president of William and Mary College, 1836-46. A Digest of the History and Laws of Ancient and Modern Nations is his chief work. Other writings of his include The Policy of the Government; Lectures on History; Usury; Essay in Favour of Slavery, which had a great influence in turning popular sentiment against emancipation. _Ap._ =De Walden, Thomas Blaides.= _E._, 1811-1873. A New York actor of some note as an author and adapter of many plays, among which are The Upper Ten and the Lower Twenty; Kit; The Jesuit.