=Hosmer, James Kendall.= _Ms._, 1834- ----. A professor in Washington University of St. Louis, 1874-92, and since the latter date public librarian of Minneapolis. Short History of Anglo-Saxon Freedom; The Story of the Jews; Life of Sir Henry Vane; Life of Samuel Adams; Thomas Hutchinson, Royal Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay; The Color Guard, a narrative of personal experience; The Thinking Bayonet, a novel; A Short History of German Literature; How Thankful was Bewitched. _Hou. Put. Scr._ =Hosmer, Mrs. Margaret [Kerr].= _Pa._, 1830-1897. A Philadelphia writer of Sunday-school tales, among which are, A Chinaman in California; The Chinese Boy; The Little Captives; Lonny the Orphan. She wrote, also, three novels, Blanche Gilroy; The Morrisons; Ten Years of a Life Time. _Co. Lip._ =Hosmer, William Henry Cuyler.= _N. Y._, 1814-1877. A lawyer of western New York who wrote much in verse, the greater part of which is concerned with Indian legends. Fall of Tecumseh; Legends of the Senecas; The Themes of Song; The Months; Yonnondio; Bird Notes; Indian Traditions and Songs; The Pioneers of Western New York. _See Griswold’s Poets and Poetry of America._ =Hotchkiss, James Harvey.= _Ct._, 1781-1851. A Presbyterian minister of Prattsburg, New York, the author of History of the Churches of Western New York. =Hough= [hŭff], =Franklin Benjamin.= _N. Y._, 1820-1885. A physician whose later years were passed in Lowville, New York, in scientific and historical study. Among his works are, Catalogue of Plants in Lewis and Franklin Counties; History of St. Lawrence and Franklin Counties; The Siege of Charleston in 1780; Duty of Government in the Preservation of Forests; Report on Forestry; Elements of Forestry; American Constitutions. _Clke._ =Hough, George Washington.= _N. Y._, 1836- ----. An astronomer of Chicago, director of the Dearborn Observatory. Annals of Dudley Observatory; Report of Dearborn Observatory; The Galvanic Battery, are among his writings. =Houghton= [ho´ton], =George Washington Wright.= _Ms._, 1850-1891. A journalist and verse-writer of New York city. His published volumes of verse include, Songs from Over the Sea; Album Leaves; Drift from York Harbor, Maine; The Legend of St. Olaf’s Kirk; Niagara, and Other Poems. _Hou._ =Houghton, Henry Clark.= _Ms._, 1837-1901. A physician of New York city, dean of the ophthalmic hospital. Lectures on Clinical Otology. =House, Edward Howard.= _Ms._, 1836-1901. A journalist and critic of Boston and New York, long resident in Japan. The Simonoseki Affair; The Kagosima Affair; The Japanese Expedition to Formosa; Japanese Episodes; Yone Santo, a Child of Japan; The Midnight Warning, and Other Stories. _Har._ =Houston, Daniel Franklin.= _N. C._, 1866- ----. A professor of political economy in the University of Texas. A Critical History of Nullification in South Carolina. _Lgs._