=Alexander, James Waddel.= _Va._, 1804-1859. Son of A. Alexander, _supra_. A Presbyterian clergyman of New York city. Plain Words to a Young Communicant; Sacramental Discourses; Thoughts on Preaching; Life of Archibald Alexander; Consolation; The American Mechanic and Workingman, are among his writings. _Ran. Scr._ =Alexander, John Henry.= _Md._, 1812-1867. A once noted Maryland scientist. History of the Metallurgy of Iron; Universal Dictionary of Weights and Measures, Ancient and Modern; International Tonnage; Treatise of Mathematical Instruments; Introits; Catena Dominica: a collection of religious poems. =Alexander, Joseph Addison.= _Pa._, 1809-1860. Son of A. Alexander, _supra_. A Presbyterian clergyman, professor at Princeton College, and Theological Seminary, 1820-60. He was the author of Commentaries on the Psalms, Isaiah, Acts, Matthew, and Mark; and many theological reviews, often as sarcastic as they were forcible. _See Life, by H. C. Alexander; Hart’s American Literature._ _Scr._ =Alexander, Samuel Davies.= _N. J._, 1819-1894. Son of A. Alexander, _supra_. A Presbyterian clergyman of New York city from 1855. Princeton College in the 18th Century. _Scr._ =Alexander, Stephen.= _N. Y._, 1806-1883. An astronomer who was a professor at Princeton College, 1834-78. Physical Phenomena of Solar Eclipses; Certain Harmonies of the Solar System. =Alger= [ă´jẽr], =Horatio, Jr.= _Ms._, 1832-1899. The author of a long series of popular juvenile tales, among which the Ragged Dick stories are best known. _Co._ =Alger, William Rounseville=. _Ms._, 1822- ----. A Unitarian clergyman and lecturer of Boston. Symbolic History of the Cross; The School of Life; History of the Doctrine of a Future Life; The Solitudes of Nature and Man; The Friendships of Women; Poetry of the Orient; Life of Edwin Forrest. _A. U. A. Lip. Rob._ =Alice, Aunt.= _See Graves, Mrs._ =Alice, Cousin.= _See Haven, Mrs._ =Allan, William.= _Va._, 1837-1889. A lieutenant-colonel in the Confederate army during the Civil War. Battlefields of Virginia; Jackson’s Valley Campaign; Army of Northern Virginia. _Hou. Lip._ =Allen, Alexander Viets Griswold.= _Ms._, 1841- ----. An Episcopal clergyman, prominent among leaders of modern religious thought, and a professor in the Episcopal Theological School at Cambridge. The Continuity of Christian Thought: a Study of Modern Theology in the Light of its History; Life of Jonathan Edwards; The Greek Theology and the Renaissance of the 19th Century; Religious Progress. _Hou._ =Allen, Mrs. Elizabeth Ann [Chase] [Akers]=, “Florence Percy.” _Me._ 1832- ----. A writer of verse, whose song, “Rock Me to Sleep, Mother,” is her most famous though not her best poem. The Triangular Society; Queen Catharine’s Rose; Forest Buds; Poems by Florence Percy; The Silver Bridge; The High Top Sweeting. _Hou. Scr._