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=Allen, Frederick De Forest.= _O._, 1844-1897. A professor of classical
philology at Harvard University from 1880. Remnants of Early Latin;
Greek Versification in Inscriptions.
=Allen, Fred Hovey. N. H.=, 1845- ----. A clergyman, author of the
text of a number of popular art works, such as Great Cathedrals of the
World; Modern German Masters; Recent German Art; Famous Paintings;
Grand Modern Paintings; Glimpses of Parisian Art; History of the
Reformation.
=Allen, Harrison.= _Pa._, 1841-1897. A surgeon of Philadelphia,
professor in the University of Pennsylvania from 1865. Outlines of
Comparative Anatomy; System of Human Anatomy. _Lip._
=Allen, Ira.= _Ct._, 1751-1814. An officer in the American army during
the Revolutionary War, who was afterwards instrumental in settling the
disputes between Vermont and its neighbours. Natural and Political
History of Vermont.
=Allen, James Lane.= _Ky._, 1849- ----. At one time a teacher, now
devoted to literature. A writer of short stories, notable for literary
excellence. Flute and Violin; The Blue Grass Region and Other Sketches
of Kentucky; John Gray: a Novel; The Kentucky Cardinal; Aftermath; A
Summer in Arcady; The Choir Invisible; The Reign of Law; Two Gentlemen
of Kentucky. _Har. Lip. Mac._
=Allen, Jerome.= _Vt._, 1830-1894. An educator of New York, dean of the
School of Pedagogy. Handbook of Experimental Chemistry; Methods for
Teachers in Grammar; Mind Studies for Young Teachers; Temperament in
Education.
=Allen, Joel Asaph.= _Ms._, 1838- ----. A naturalist who since 1885 has
been curator of ornithology and mammalogy in the American Museum of
Natural History in New York city. History of North American Pinnipeds;
Monographs of North American Rodentia (with E. Coues, _infra_).
=Allen, Joseph Henry.= _Ms._, 1820-1898. A Unitarian clergyman of
Cambridge, who is also noted as the author of a number of valuable
and popular classical text-books. Ten Discourses on Orthodoxy; Hebrew
Men and Times; Christian History in Three Great Periods; Fragments of
Christian History; Historical Sketch of the Unitarian Movement since
the Reformation; Our Liberal Movement in Theology; Outline of Christian
History, A. D. 50-1880; are some of his religious works. _El. Gi. Rob._
=Allen’s Wife, Josiah.= _See Holley._
=Allen, Lewis Falley.= _Ms._, 1800-1890. A once prominent cattle
broker. Rural Architecture; The American Herd Book; American Cattle.
=Allen, Nathan.= _Ms._, 1813-1889. A physician of Lowell. The Law of
Human Increase; The Opium Trade; Physical Development.
=Allen, Paul.= _R. I._, 1775-1826. A journalist of Philadelphia. Poems:
Noah, a poem in five cantos; Life of Alexander I.; Lewis and Clark’s
Novels. The Life of Washington, which bears his name, was written by
John Neal, _infra_, and others.
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