American literature -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries; Authors, American -- Biography -- Dictionaries
=Eddy, Thomas Mears.= _O._, 1823-1874. A Methodist minister of Chicago,
who published Patriotism of Illinois, a history of that State during
the Civil War.
=Eddy, Zachary.= _Vt._, 1815-1891. A Presbyterian minister of Augusta,
Georgia. Immanuel, or the Life of Christ; Hymns of the Church; Songs of
the Church.
=Edes, Henry Herbert.= _Ms._, 1849- ----. A Boston merchant of
antiquarian tastes, who has published Charlestown’s Historic Points;
Memorial of Josiah Barker.
=Edes, Robert Thaxter.= _Me._, 1838- ----. A physician of Washington.
Nature and Time in the Cure of Diseases; Physiology and Pathology of
the Sympathetic or Ganglionic Nervous System; Therapeutical Handbook
of United States Pharmacopœia; Text Book of Therapeutics and Materia
Medica.
=Edgar, Cornelius Henry.= _N. J._, 1811-1884. A Dutch Reformed
clergyman of Easton, Pennsylvania. Lectures on Slavery; Discourses on
the Death of Lincoln; Curse of Canaan Rightly Interpreted; Exposition
of the Nine Last Wars (1867).
=Edgren, August Hjalmar.= _Sn._, 1840- ----. A Swedish scholar who came
to the United States in 1862, and served for a time in the Federal
army, and afterwards in the Swedish army. Since 1884 he has been
professor of languages in the University of Nebraska. Complete Sanskrit
Grammar; German and English Dictionary (with W. D. Whitney, _infra_);
The Literature of America (in Swedish); Public Schools and Colleges of
the United States; Swedish Literature in America; American Antiquities.
=Edmonds, John Worth.= _N. Y._, 1799-1874. A prominent jurist of New
York city, noted as an ardent defender of Spiritualism. Spiritualism
(with G. T. Dexter); Reports of Select Law Cases; Letters and Tracts
on Spiritualism.
=Edwards, Bela Bates.= _Ms._, 1802-1852. A Congregational clergyman,
professor in Andover Theological Seminary, and editor of the
Bibliotheca Sacra. He published an Eclectic Reader; Biography of
Self-made Men; Memoirs of E. Cornelius; but his principal work was in
the line of religious editorship. _See Memoir by E. A. Parks, infra._
=Edwards, Charles.= _E._, 1797-1868. A New York lawyer who was counsel
to the British consulate. The Juryman’s Guide; Parties to Bills and
Other Pleadings; Feathers from my Own Wings; Receivers in Chancery;
Reports of Chancery Cases; Receivers in Equity; Referees; History and
Poetry of Finger Rings; Pleasantries about Courts and Lawyers.
=Edwards, Emory.= _Va._, 1841- ----. A naval engineer who served in the
United States navy as assistant engineer, 1864-68, and was subsequently
employed in a similar capacity in the merchant marine service. A
Catechism of the Marine Steam Engine; Modern American Locomotive
Engines; Modern American Marine Engines, Boilers, and Screw Propellers;
The Practical Steam Engineer’s Guide. _Bai._
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