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=Furness, Horace Howard.= _Pa._, 1833- ----. Son of W. H. Furness,
_infra_. A distinguished Shakespearean scholar of Philadelphia, widely
known in the literary world for his scholarly and exhaustive variorum
editions of King Lear, Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Othello,
Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, Midsummer Night’s Dream, and others
of Shakespeare’s plays. _Lip._
=Furness, William Henry.= _Ms._, 1802-1896. A Unitarian clergyman of
Philadelphia, from 1825 to 1875 pastor of the Unitarian church in
that city. A theologian of radical views, but reverent temper. The
Unconscious Truth of the Four Gospels; Jesus and his Biographers;
History of Jesus; Thoughts on the Life and Character of Jesus; The
Story of the Resurrection Told Once More; The Power of Spirit;
Discourses; The Veil Lifted and Jesus becoming Visible; Verses:
Translations and Hymns; The Faith of Jesus; a much admired translation
of Schiller’s Song of the Bell. _See Harvard Graduates’ Magazine, June,
1896._ _El. Lip._
=Futhey, John Smith.= _Pa._, 1820-1888. A lawyer and antiquarian of
Eastern Pennsylvania. History of Chester County; Historical Collections
of Chester County.
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=Gage, Mrs. Frances Dana [Barker].= _O._, 1808-1884. A prominent
advocate of woman-suffrage who lectured much on that subject as well
as upon temperance and anti-slavery. Elsie Magoon, a temperance story;
Poems; Gertie’s Sacrifice; Nightcaps, a Series of Books; Sparks Upward.
She wrote much over the signature “Aunt Fanny.” _Lip._
=Gage, Mrs. Matilda Joslyn.= _N. Y._, 1826-1898. A noted woman
suffragist of Fayetteville, New York. Woman’s Rights Catechism; Woman
as an Inventor; Woman, Church, and State; History of Woman Suffrage
(with Miss Anthony and Mrs. Stanton). _Ke._
=Gage, Simon Henry.= _N. Y._, 1851- ----. A physiologist who has been
professor of physiology at Cornell University. The Microscope and
Histology; Anatomical Technology (with B. G. Wilder, _infra_).
=Gage, William Leonard.= _N. H._ 1832-1889. A Congregational clergyman
of Hartford, 1868-84. Trinitarian Sermons to a Unitarian Congregation;
Songs of War Time; Light in Darkness; Life of Carl Ritter; Studies in
Bible Lands; Verses; The Home of God’s People; A Leisurely Journey;
Palestine, Historic and Descriptive; The Salvation of Faust; a number
of translations from the German. _Lo._
=Gallagher= [găl´a-ḡer], =William Davis.= _Pa._, 1808-1894. A
journalist of Cincinnati prominent in the early literary annals of the
Ohio Valley, whose home in later years was near Louisville. Miami Woods
and Other Poems; A Golden Wedding, and Other Poems; Erato (verse). _See
Griswold’s Poets and Poetry of America._ _Clke._
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