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=Fitzgerald, Oscar Penn.= _N. C._, 1820- ----. A bishop of the
Methodist Church South, living at Atlanta. California Sketches;
Christian Growth; Centenary Cameos; Bible Nights; The Class Meeting;
Life of Judge Longstreet, _infra_.
=Fitzhugh, George.= _Va._, 1807-1881. A lawyer of Port Royal, Virginia,
noted as an advocate of slavery as the proper condition for the mass
of mankind. Sociology for the South; Cannibals All, or Slaves without
Masters.
=Flagg, Edmund.= _Me._, 1815-1890. A lawyer and journalist of St. Louis
and elsewhere, living in West Salem, Virginia, in recent years. Venice,
the City of the Sea, a history, is his most important work. Other
writings of his include North Italy since 1849; Commercial Relations of
the United States; Blanche of Artois; Edmond Dantes, a sequel to Monte
Christo.
=Flagg, Isaac.= _Ms._, 1843- ----. Son of W. Flagg, _infra_. A
professor of Greek at Cornell University, 1871-88, and professor
at the University of California since 1891. The Hellenic Orations
of Demosthenes; Versicles; The Seven Against Thebes, of Æschylus;
Iphigenia among the Taurians, of Euripides. _Gi._
=Flagg, John Foster Brewster.= _Ms._, 1804-1872. A Philadelphia
physician. Ether and Chloroform and their Employment in Surgery,
Dentistry, Midwifery, etc.
=Flagg, Wilson.= _Ms._, 1805-1884. A naturalist of Cambridge. Studies
in the Field and Forest; Woods and By-Ways of New England; Halcyon
Days; A Year among the Trees; A Year among the Birds.
=Flanders, Henry.= _N. H._, 1826- ----. A lawyer of Philadelphia.
Maritime Law; The Law of Shipping; Lives of the United States Chief
Justices (1858); Memoirs of Cumberland; Exposition of the United States
Constitution; The Law of Fire Insurance; Adventures of a Virginian.
=Flash, Henry Lynden.= _O._, 1835- ----. An officer in the Confederate
army during the Civil War. Since 1887 he has lived in Los Angeles. He
published a volume of Poems (1860).
=Fleeta.= _See Hamilton, Kate._
=Fleming, Mrs. May Agnes [Early].= _N. B._, 1840-1880. A prolific
author of sensational romances, some of which were issued under the
pseudonym “Cousin May Carleton.” Among them are Guy Earlscourt’s Wife;
Lost for a Woman; Pride and Passion.
=Fleming, George.= _See Fletcher, Julia._
=Fletcher, James Cooley.= _Ind._, 1823-1901. A Presbyterian clergyman,
missionary to Brazil, 1851-54, author with D. P. Kidder of the once
very popular work Brazil and the Brazilians, which first appeared in
1857, and reached an eighth edition in 1868. _See Hart’s American
Literature._
=Fletcher, Julia Constance.= “George Fleming.” _B._, 1853- ----.
Daughter of J. C. Fletcher, _supra_. A novelist whose home is in Rome.
Kismet; The Head of Medusa; Mirage; Vestigia; Andromeda; The Truth
About Clement Ker; For Plain Women Only. _Rob._
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