A dictionary of American authors

Name: A dictionary of American authors
Author: Adams, Oscar Fay

Adams, Oscar Fay

American literature -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries; Authors, American -- Biography -- Dictionaries

=Diman, Jeremiah Lewis.= _R. I._, 1831-1881. A Congregational clergyman
who was professor of history and political economy in Brown University
from 1864. Orations and Essays; The Theistic Argument as Affected by
Recent Theories. _See Memoirs by Caroline Hazard, infra._ _Hou._

=Dimitry, Charles Patton.= _D. C._, 1837- ----. A novelist and
journalist of New Orleans. Guilty or not Guilty; Angela’s Christmas;
The Alderly Tragedy; The House in Balfour Street.

=Dimitry, John Bull Smith.= _D. C._, 1835-1901. Brother of C. P.
Dimitry, _supra_. A journalist of New York city. History and Geography
of Louisiana from its Earliest Settlement to the Close of the Civil War.

=Dimmock, George.= _Ms._, 1852- ----. A naturalist of Cambridge, at one
time editor of Psyche, a journal of entomology. Anatomy of Mouth Parts
of Some Insects of the Order of Diptera.

=Dinnies, Mrs. Anna Peyre [Shackelford].= _S. C._, 1816-1886. A
verse-writer of New Orleans who published The Floral Year, a collection
of one hundred poems.

=Dinsmore, Robert.= _N. H._, 1757-1836. A homely verse-writer of
Windham, New Hampshire, who was known as “The Rustic Bard,” and
published Incidental Poems, strongly imitative of Burns. _See
Whittier’s Old Portraits and Modern Sketches._

=Dirck, Cornelius Lansing.= _N. Y._, 1785-1857. A Presbyterian
clergyman for many years connected with Auburn Theological Seminary,
who published Sermons on Important Subjects.

=Disosway, Gabriel Poillon.= _N. Y._, 1798-1868. An antiquary of New
York city. The Children’s Book of Sermons; The Earliest Churches of New
York and its Vicinity.

=Disturnell, John.= _N. Y._, 1801-1877. A map-publisher of New York
city who was an industrious compiler of guide-books and similar
literature. New York as it Was and Is, 1876; Influence of Climate in
North and South America; The Great Lakes of America; Traveller’s Guide
to Hudson River; Tourist’s Guide to the Upper Mississippi, include some
of his more important works.

=Ditson, George Leighton.= _Ms._, 1812- ----. A noted traveller who
published Circassia, or a Tour to the Caucasus; Crimora; The Para
Papers, or France, Egypt, and Ethiopia; The Crescent and the French
Crusaders; The Fedariti of Italy, a Romance of Circassian Captivity.

=Dix, Dorothea Lynde.= _Me._, 1802-1887. A famous Massachusetts
philanthropist the greater part of whose life was spent in efforts to
improve the condition of the insane. The present enlightened treatment
of the insane throughout the world is due in large measure to the
impetus given in that direction by her labours in America and Europe.
Her writings, except Prisons and Prison Discipline, are intended for
children, and include The Garland of Flora; Conversations about Common
Things; Alice and Ruth; Evening Hours. _See Life by F. Tiffany, infra._

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A dictionary of American authors

Adams, Oscar Fay

American literature -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries; Authors, American -- Biography -- Dictionaries

=Diman, Jeremiah Lewis.= _R. I._, 1831-1881. A Congregational clergyman
who was professor of history and political economy in Brown University
from 1864. Orations and Essays; The Theistic Argument as Affected by
Recent Theories. _See Memoirs by Caroline Hazard, infra._ _Hou._

=Dimitry, Charles Patton.= _D. C._, 1837- ----. A novelist and
journalist of New Orleans. Guilty or not Guilty; Angela’s Christmas;
The Alderly Tragedy; The House in Balfour Street.

=Dimitry, John Bull Smith.= _D. C._, 1835-1901. Brother of C. P.
Dimitry, _supra_. A journalist of New York city. History and Geography
of Louisiana from its Earliest Settlement to the Close of the Civil War.

=Dimmock, George.= _Ms._, 1852- ----. A naturalist of Cambridge, at one
time editor of Psyche, a journal of entomology. Anatomy of Mouth Parts
of Some Insects of the Order of Diptera.

=Dinnies, Mrs. Anna Peyre [Shackelford].= _S. C._, 1816-1886. A
verse-writer of New Orleans who published The Floral Year, a collection
of one hundred poems.

=Dinsmore, Robert.= _N. H._, 1757-1836. A homely verse-writer of
Windham, New Hampshire, who was known as “The Rustic Bard,” and
published Incidental Poems, strongly imitative of Burns. _See
Whittier’s Old Portraits and Modern Sketches._

=Dirck, Cornelius Lansing.= _N. Y._, 1785-1857. A Presbyterian
clergyman for many years connected with Auburn Theological Seminary,
who published Sermons on Important Subjects.

=Disosway, Gabriel Poillon.= _N. Y._, 1798-1868. An antiquary of New
York city. The Children’s Book of Sermons; The Earliest Churches of New
York and its Vicinity.

=Disturnell, John.= _N. Y._, 1801-1877. A map-publisher of New York
city who was an industrious compiler of guide-books and similar
literature. New York as it Was and Is, 1876; Influence of Climate in
North and South America; The Great Lakes of America; Traveller’s Guide
to Hudson River; Tourist’s Guide to the Upper Mississippi, include some
of his more important works.

=Ditson, George Leighton.= _Ms._, 1812- ----. A noted traveller who
published Circassia, or a Tour to the Caucasus; Crimora; The Para
Papers, or France, Egypt, and Ethiopia; The Crescent and the French
Crusaders; The Fedariti of Italy, a Romance of Circassian Captivity.

=Dix, Dorothea Lynde.= _Me._, 1802-1887. A famous Massachusetts
philanthropist the greater part of whose life was spent in efforts to
improve the condition of the insane. The present enlightened treatment
of the insane throughout the world is due in large measure to the
impetus given in that direction by her labours in America and Europe.
Her writings, except Prisons and Prison Discipline, are intended for
children, and include The Garland of Flora; Conversations about Common
Things; Alice and Ruth; Evening Hours. _See Life by F. Tiffany, infra._

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A dictionary of American authors

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