A dictionary of American authors

Name: A dictionary of American authors
Author: Adams, Oscar Fay

Adams, Oscar Fay

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=Holcombe, James Philemon.= _Va._, 1820-1873. A lawyer and educator
of Virginia, professor of law in the University of Virginia, 1852-60,
and member of the Confederate Congress, 1861-1863. Law of Debtor and
Creditor; Literature and Letters; Introduction to Equity Jurisprudence;
Leading Cases upon Commercial Law; Digest of United States Supreme
Court Decisions; Merchants’ Book of Reference. _Ap._

=Holcombe, William Frederick.= _Ms._, 1827- ----. A physician of
New York city, professor of eye and ear diseases in several medical
institutions. History of Mount Sterling, Kentucky; History of the
Holcombes in America; Family Records, their Importance and Value.

=Holcombe, William Henry.= _Va._, 1825-1894. Brother of J. P. Holcombe,
_supra_. A homœopathic physician of New Orleans, who was well known
as a Swedenborgian writer. Our Children in Heaven; Lost Truths of
Christianity; The Other Life; Southern Voices, a volume of verse;
Scientific Basis of Homœopathy; How I Became a Homœopath; Poems; The
Sexes Here and Hereafter; In Both Worlds; The End of the World; The
New Tenant; Letters on Spiritual Subjects; Condensed Thoughts About
Christian Science. _Lip._

=Holden, Edward Singleton.= _Mo._, 1846- ----. An astronomer, president
of the University of California since 1880, and director of the Lick
Observatory. Astronomy for Students (with S. Newcomb, _infra_); Life
of Sir William Herschel; Monograph of the Central Parts of the Nebula
of Orion; Notes on the Bastion System of Fortification; Astronomical
Bibliography; Handbook of Lick Observatory; The Mogul Emperors of
Hindustan. _Scr._

=Holden, George Henry.= _Ms._, 1848- ----. The proprietor of a bird
store in Boston who has published Canaries and Cage Birds. _Ju._

=Holden, Luther Loud.= 18-- - ----. Persis, a Tale of the White
Mountains; A Summer Jaunt through the Old World.

=Holder, Charles Frederick.= _Ms._, 1851- ----. Son of J. B. Holder,
_infra_. A naturalist of New York city, and a popular writer upon
natural history topics. Elements of Zoölogy (with J. B. Holder);
Marvels of Animal Life; The Ivory King; Living Lights; Wonder Wings; A
Strange Company; A Frozen Dragon, and Other Tales; All About Pasadena;
Along the Florida Reef; Life of Agassiz; Young Folks’ Story Book of
Natural History. _Ap. Do. Le. Lo. Put. Scr._

=Holder, Joseph Bassett.= _Ms._, 1824-1888. A zoölogist who was a
curator in the American Museum of Natural History, New York city.
History of the North American Fauna; History of the Atlantic Right
Whales; The Living World.

=Holdich, Joseph.= _E._, 1804-1893. A Methodist clergyman who was
secretary of the American Bible Society, 1849-78. Bible History; Life
of A. H. Hurd; Life of Wilbur Fisk, _supra_. _Har. Meth._

=Holland, Edward Clifford.= _S. C._, 1794-1824. A journalist of
Charleston who was the author of a volume of Odes, Naval Songs, and
Other Poems.

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A dictionary of American authors

Adams, Oscar Fay

American literature -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries; Authors, American -- Biography -- Dictionaries

=Holcombe, James Philemon.= _Va._, 1820-1873. A lawyer and educator
of Virginia, professor of law in the University of Virginia, 1852-60,
and member of the Confederate Congress, 1861-1863. Law of Debtor and
Creditor; Literature and Letters; Introduction to Equity Jurisprudence;
Leading Cases upon Commercial Law; Digest of United States Supreme
Court Decisions; Merchants’ Book of Reference. _Ap._

=Holcombe, William Frederick.= _Ms._, 1827- ----. A physician of
New York city, professor of eye and ear diseases in several medical
institutions. History of Mount Sterling, Kentucky; History of the
Holcombes in America; Family Records, their Importance and Value.

=Holcombe, William Henry.= _Va._, 1825-1894. Brother of J. P. Holcombe,
_supra_. A homœopathic physician of New Orleans, who was well known
as a Swedenborgian writer. Our Children in Heaven; Lost Truths of
Christianity; The Other Life; Southern Voices, a volume of verse;
Scientific Basis of Homœopathy; How I Became a Homœopath; Poems; The
Sexes Here and Hereafter; In Both Worlds; The End of the World; The
New Tenant; Letters on Spiritual Subjects; Condensed Thoughts About
Christian Science. _Lip._

=Holden, Edward Singleton.= _Mo._, 1846- ----. An astronomer, president
of the University of California since 1880, and director of the Lick
Observatory. Astronomy for Students (with S. Newcomb, _infra_); Life
of Sir William Herschel; Monograph of the Central Parts of the Nebula
of Orion; Notes on the Bastion System of Fortification; Astronomical
Bibliography; Handbook of Lick Observatory; The Mogul Emperors of
Hindustan. _Scr._

=Holden, George Henry.= _Ms._, 1848- ----. The proprietor of a bird
store in Boston who has published Canaries and Cage Birds. _Ju._

=Holden, Luther Loud.= 18-- - ----. Persis, a Tale of the White
Mountains; A Summer Jaunt through the Old World.

=Holder, Charles Frederick.= _Ms._, 1851- ----. Son of J. B. Holder,
_infra_. A naturalist of New York city, and a popular writer upon
natural history topics. Elements of Zoölogy (with J. B. Holder);
Marvels of Animal Life; The Ivory King; Living Lights; Wonder Wings; A
Strange Company; A Frozen Dragon, and Other Tales; All About Pasadena;
Along the Florida Reef; Life of Agassiz; Young Folks’ Story Book of
Natural History. _Ap. Do. Le. Lo. Put. Scr._

=Holder, Joseph Bassett.= _Ms._, 1824-1888. A zoölogist who was a
curator in the American Museum of Natural History, New York city.
History of the North American Fauna; History of the Atlantic Right
Whales; The Living World.

=Holdich, Joseph.= _E._, 1804-1893. A Methodist clergyman who was
secretary of the American Bible Society, 1849-78. Bible History; Life
of A. H. Hurd; Life of Wilbur Fisk, _supra_. _Har. Meth._

=Holland, Edward Clifford.= _S. C._, 1794-1824. A journalist of
Charleston who was the author of a volume of Odes, Naval Songs, and
Other Poems.

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A dictionary of American authors

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