=Benjamin, Park, Jr.= _N. Y._, 1849- ----. Son of P. Benjamin, _supra_. A New York lawyer whose specialty is patent law. Shakings: Etchings for the Naval Academy; Wrinkles and Receipts: Suggestions for the Mechanic, Engineer, etc.; The Age of Electricity; The Intellectual Rise in Electricity: a History. _Ap. Scr. Wil._ =Benjamin, Samuel Green Wheeler.= _Gr._, 1837- ----. A contributor to the field of general literature; at one period minister to Persia. Art in America; Contemporary Art in Europe; The Atlantic Islands; Troy: its Legend, Literature, and Topography; A Group of Etchers; Persia and the Persians; The Story of Persia; The Cruise of the Alice May in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; Sea Spray, or Facts and Fancies of a Yachtsman. _Ap. Har. Hou. Lo. Scr._ =Bennett, Charles Wesley.= _N. Y._, 1828-1891. A Methodist clergyman prominent in educational matters. National Education in Italy, France, Germany, England, and Wales, Popularly Considered; Christian Art and Archæology of the First Six Centuries. _Meth._ =Bennett, De Robique Mortimer.= _N. Y._, 1818-1882. A noted free-thinker who was several times arrested and imprisoned on account of his extreme views. The World’s Reformers; Champions of the Church; From Behind the Bars; An Infidel Abroad; A Truth Seeker Around the World. =Bennett, Edmund Hatch.= _Vt._, 1824-1898. A New England jurist, dean of the Boston University Law School. English Law and Equity Reports; Fire Insurance Cases; Leading Cases in Criminal Law. He has also edited many legal works of importance. _Hou._ =Bennett, Emerson.= _Ms._, 1822- ----. A Philadelphia writer of sensational romances quite worthless as literature, but which have been very popular. Prairie Flower, Leni Leoti, are perhaps the most noted of his fifty or more novels. =Bensel, James Berry.= _N. Y._, 1856-1886. A verse-writer whose lines are often musical and pathetic, though sometimes lacking in finish. In the King’s Garden, and Other Poems; King Cophetua’s Wife, a novel. _Lo._ =Benson, Carl.= _See Bristed._ =Benson, Egbert.= _N. Y._, 1746-1833. A jurist and politician. Vindication of the Captors of Major André; Memoir on Dutch Names of Places. =Benson, Eugene.= _N. Y._, 1840- ----. An American artist long resident in Italy. Gaspara Stampa, a biography; Art and Nature in Italy. _Rob._ =Benton, Joel.= _N. Y._, 1832- ----. A verse-writer and critic. Under the Apple Boughs, a collection of verse; Emerson as a Poet. _Ho._ =Benton, Thomas Hart.= _N. C._, 1782-1858. An eminent statesman who represented Missouri in the United States Senate for 30 years. His political writing is notable for its simple, direct style and absence of invective. Speeches; Thirty Years’ View; History of the Workings of Congress, 1820-50; Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, 1789-1856. _See Life by T. Roosevelt._ _Ap._