American literature -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries; Authors, American -- Biography -- Dictionaries
=Hall, Mrs. Sarah [Ewing].= _Pa._, 1761-1830. A Philadelphia writer
well known at one time as the author of Conversations on the Bible.
Selections from her work were published in 1833, with Memoir by
Harrison Hall, _supra_.
=Hall, Thomas Mifflin.= _Pa._, 1798-1828. A Philadelphia littérateur.
Son of Mrs. Sarah Hall, _supra_.
=Hall, William Whitty.= _Ky._, 1810-1876. A physician of New York
city, the founder of Hall’s Journal of Health. Health and Good Living;
Health and Disease as Affected by Constipation; Fun Better than Physic;
Consumption; Sleep; Guide-Board to Health; Coughs and Colds; Health at
Home; How to Live Long; Dyspepsia; Treatise on Cholera; Bronchitis and
Kindred Diseases. _Hou._
=Hallam, Robert Alexander.= _Ct._, 1807-1877. An Episcopal clergyman
who was rector of St. James’s Church, New London, Connecticut, from
1835 till his death. Lectures on the Morning Prayer; Lectures on Moses;
Sovereigns of Judah; Sermons; Annals of St. James’s.
=Halleck, Fitz-Greene.= _Ct._, 1790-1867. A poet who was for many years
a clerk in a New York banking-house, and subsequently confidential
adviser to John Jacob Astor. His verse has grace and sweetness, but is
wanting in positive qualities, and has already largely passed out of
remembrance. Marco Bozzaris is his most famous poem. Fanny; Alnwick
Castle, and Other Poems. _See Life and Letters, by Grant Wilson;
Lowell’s Fable for Critics; Bryant and his Friends; Appleton’s American
Biography._ _Ap. Cr._
=Halleck, Henry Wager.= _N. Y._, 1816-1872. A major-general who was
general-in-chief of the armies of the United States, 1862-64. Bitumen,
its Varieties, Properties, and Uses; Mining Laws of Spain and Mexico;
Elements of International Law (1866); Treatise on International Law
(1861); Elements of Military Art and Science. _See Appleton’s American
Biography._ _Lip._
=Halliday, Samuel Byram.= _N. J._, 1812-1897. A Congregational
clergyman of Brooklyn, assistant of Henry Ward Beecher at Plymouth
Church for nearly twenty years. The Little Street Sweeper; The Lost and
Found, or Life Among the Poor; Winning Souls; The Church in America
and Its Baptisms of Fire (with D. S. Gregory, _supra_). _Fu._
=Hallock, Charles.= _N. Y._, 1834- ----. A journalist of New York
city, founder of Forest and Stream. The Fishing Tourist; Camp Life in
Florida; The Sportsman’s Gazetteer; Our New Alaska. _Har._
=Hallock, Mrs. Julia Isabel [Sherman].= _Ct._, 1846- ----. A
Connecticut writer. Broken Notes from a Gray Nunnery, a study of
country life. _Le._
=Hallock, Mrs. Mary Angelina [Ray] [Lathrop].= _Ms._, 1810- ----. Wife
of W. A. Hallock, _infra_. A writer of Sunday-school books, including
That Sweet Story of Old; Child’s History of the Fall of Jerusalem;
Child’s Life of Daniel; The Story of Moses; Bethlehem and her Children;
Beasts and Birds; Child’s History of Solomon; Life of the Apostle Paul.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account