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=Harkness, James.= _S._, 1803-1878. A Presbyterian clergyman who
emigrated from Scotland in 1839, and was a pastor in Jersey City,
1862-78. Messiah’s Throne and Kingdom was his only published work.
=Harkness, William.= _S._, 1837- ----. Son of J. Harkness, _supra_. A
mathematician of distinction who has published Magnetic Observations on
the Monadnock.
=Harlan, George Cuvier.= _Pa._, 1835- ----. Son of R. Harlan, _infra_.
A Philadelphia physician who has made a specialty of diseases of the
eye, and is the author of Eyesight and How to Take Care of It.
=Harlan, Richard.= _Pa._, 1796-1843. A physician and naturalist of
Philadelphia. Observations on the Genus Salamandra; Fauna Americana;
American Herpetology; Medical and Physical Researches.
=Harland, Henry.= “Sidney Luska.” _N. Y._, 1861- ----. A novelist of
New York city who removed to London, and has there edited The Yellow
Book. Grandison Mather; Mea Culpa; As It Was Written; Mrs. Peixada; The
Land of Love; The Yoke of the Thorah; My Uncle Florimond; Grey Roses.
_Cas. Rob._
=Harland, Marion.= _See Terhune, Mrs._
=Harman, Henry Martyn.= _Md._, 1822-1897. A Methodist clergyman,
professor in Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, from 1870.
Journey to Egypt and the Holy Land; Introduction to Study of the
Scriptures. _Meth._
=Harney, John Milton.= _Del._, 1789-1825. A Savannah journalist who
became a Dominican monk. He published Crystallina, a fairy tale in
verse, and his other poems appeared posthumously in periodicals.
=Harney, William Wallace.= _Ia._, 1831- ----. A journalist and
verse-writer of Florida whose poems have appeared in magazines and
anthologies, but have not been gathered into book form.
=Harper, Robert Goodloe.= _Va._, 1765-1825. A once noted South Carolina
and Maryland statesman. Letters on the Proceedings of Congress; Letters
to Constituents. His Select Works appeared in 1814.
=Harper, William Rainey.= _O._, 1856- ----. A Baptist clergyman,
president of the University of Chicago. Elements of Hebrew; Elements
of Hebrew Syntax; Hebrew Vocabularies; An Introductory New Testament,
Greek Method (with R. F. Weidner). _Scr._
=Harrigan, Edward.= _N. Y._, 1845- ----. An actor and playwright of New
York city among whose many plays of low life in the metropolis are,
Squatter Sovereignty; Cordelia’s Aspirations.
=Harriman, Walter.= _N. H._, 1817-1884. A New Hampshire politician,
governor of his state, 1867-68, and during the Civil War a Federal
officer. History of Warner, New Hampshire; Travels and Observations in
the Orient. _See Life by Amos Hadley._ _Le._
=Harrington, Mark Walrod.= _Il._, 1848- ----. A scientist, professor
of astronomy in the University of Michigan. The Analysis of Plants;
Identification of Crude Drugs.
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