=Diaz, Mrs. Abby [Morton].= _Ms._, 1821-1904. A Boston writer who in youth was one of the famous company at Brook Farm, and was afterward prominent in relation to social reforms. Her books for juvenile readers, which are characterized by a strong vein of humour, include The William Henry Letters; William Henry and his Friends; Chronicles of the Stimpcett Family; The Cats’ Arabian Nights; The John Spicer Lectures; Lucy Maria; Polly Cologne; Jimmyjohns; A Story-book for Children. Other works are Bybury to Beacon Street, a discussion of social topics; Domestic Problems; Only a Flock of Women. _Lo._ =Dibble, Sheldon.= _N. Y._, 1809-1845. A missionary to the Sandwich Islands who published History of the Sandwich Island Missions. =Dickenson, Baxter.= _Ms._, 1795-1875. A Congregational clergyman of Boston, author of Letters to Students. =Dickinson, Anna Elizabeth.= _Pa._, 1842- ----. A once famous lecturer on politics and woman-suffrage who, after a short and unsuccessful career as an actress, has since lived in retirement. A Paying Investment, a Plea for Education; A Ragged Register of People, Places, and Opinions; What Answer? a novel; and two plays, Mary Tudor; The Crown of Thorns. _Har. Hou._ =Dickinson, Charles Monroe.= _N. Y._, 1842- ----. A journalist of Binghamton, New York, who published The Children, and Other Verses. =Dickinson, Daniel Stevens.= _Ct._, 1800-1866. A Democratic politician, long prominent in the State of New York. Speeches and Correspondence, with a biography of him by his brother, appeared in 1867. =Dickinson, Emily.= _Ms._, 1830-1886. A poet whose entire life was passed in Amherst, Massachusetts, in great seclusion, and who rarely published any of her work. Since her death attention has been drawn to the strikingly original nature of her poetry by the publication of three volumes of Poems, selected from her manuscripts. They display an utter disregard of technique as well as an almost startling originality of conception. _See Letters of, 1847-1886, edited by Mrs. Todd._ _Rob._ =Dickinson, John.= _Md._, 1732-1808. A political writer of great influence during the period of the Revolution. Dickinson College, which he helped to found, was named in his honour. He wrote vigorously against the Stamp Act, and his various state papers display both eloquence and dignity. Petition to the King; Second Petition to the King; Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer; Letters of Fabius. =Dickinson, Jonathan.= _E._, 16-- -1722. A chief justice of Pennsylvania who came to the colony in 1696. His book, entitled God’s Protecting Providence Man’s Surest Help in Times of Danger, is a narrative of personal adventure, and has been several times reprinted since its first appearance in 1699.