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=Greer, David Hummell.= _W. Va._, 1844- ----. Protestant Episcopal
bishop-coadjutor of New York from 1904. The Preacher and his Place;
From Things to God; Visions. _Scr. Wh._
=Greey= [gree], =Edward.= _E._, 1835-1888. An English writer of French
descent who came to America in 1868, and was for many years a dealer
in Japanese curios in New York city. His writings include the dramas,
Vendome, and Mirah; Blue Jackets, a novel; The Golden Lotus; the
juvenile tales Young Americans in Japan; The Wonderful City of Tokio;
The Bear Worshippers of Yezo; and translations from the Japanese of the
novels, The Loyal Ronins; The Captive of Love. _Le._
=Gregg, Alexander.= _S. C._, 1819-1893. The first Protestant Episcopal
bishop of Texas. History of the Old Cheraws, an Account of the Indian
Tribes in the Valley of the Pedee.
=Gregory, Daniel Seeley.= _N. Y._, 1832- ----. A Presbyterian
clergyman, president of Lake Forest University, Illinois, 1878-86.
Christian Ethics; Why Four Gospels; Practical Logic; The Tests of
Philosophic Systems; Christ’s Trumpet Call to the Ministry. _Fu._
=Gregory, John Milton.= _N. Y._, 1822-1898. A Baptist clergyman and
educator of Michigan and Illinois. Handbook of History; New Political
Economy; The Seven Laws of Teaching.
=Greylock, Godfrey.= _See Smith, J. E. A._
=Griffin, Edward Dorr.= _Ct._, 1777-1837. A Congregational clergyman of
Boston and elsewhere who was president of Williams College, 1821-36.
Lectures in Park Street Church, Boston; Sixty Sermons on Practical
Subjects. _See Recollections of, by P. Cooke, 1856._
=Griffin, George.= _Ct._, 1778-1860. Brother of E. D. Griffin, _supra_.
A lawyer of New York city. Sufferings of Our Saviour; Evidences of
Christianity; The Gospel its Own Evidence.
=Griffin, Gilderoy Wells.= _Ky._, 1840-1891. A journalist who was a
consul in Australia and elsewhere. Studies in Literature; Danish Days;
Visit to Stratford; New Zealand, her Commerce and Resources; Life of
George Prentice, _infra_.
=Griffin, Solomon Bulkley.= _Ms._, 1852- ----. A journalist of
Springfield, Massachusetts, who has published Mexico of To-Day (1886).
_Har._
=Griffis, William Elliot.= _Pa._, 1843- ----. A Dutch Reformed
clergyman, pastor at Schenectady 1877-86, in charge of the Shawmut
Congregational Church in Boston 1886-92, and subsequently settled at
Ithaca, New York. An authority upon Japanese topics. The Mikado’s
Empire; Japanese Fairy World; Corea: the Hermit Nation; The Tokio
Guide; The Yokohama Guide; Japan in History, Folk-Lore, and Art; The
Religions of Japan; Brave Little Holland and What She Taught Us;
The Lily Among Thorns, a biblical study; Life of Matthew Calbraith
Perry; Sir William Johnson and the Six Nations; Townsend Harris, first
American Envoy in Japan; Honda the Samurai: a Story of Modern Japan.
_Do. Har. Hou. Scr._
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