=Berard, Augusta Blanche.= _N. Y._, 1824-1901. An educational writer of West Point. School History of the United States; School History of England; Manual of Spanish Art and Literature; Reminiscences of West Point in the Olden Time. =Berg, Joseph Frederick.= _W. I._, 1812-1871. A Dutch Reformed clergyman of Philadelphia and a once noted controversialist. Lectures on Romanism; Rome’s Policy towards the Bible are among his writings. =Berg, Louis de Coppet.= _N. Y._, 1856- ----. An architect and civil engineer of New York city, who has published a valuable work on Safe Building. =Bergh, Henry.= _N. Y._, 1823-1888. A New York philanthropist who founded the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The Streets of New York, a volume of sketches; Love’s Alternative, a drama; Married Off, a poem. =Bernheim, Gotthardt Dellman.= 1827- ----. A Lutheran clergyman at Phillipsburg, New Jersey, from 1883. The Success of God’s Work; Localities of the Reformation; History of the German Settlements in North and South Carolina. =Berrian, William.= 1787-1862. An Episcopal clergyman who was rector of Trinity Church, New York city, 1830-62. Travels in France and Italy; Devotions for the Sick Room; On Communion; Enter thy Closet; The Sailors’ Manual; Recollections of Departed Friends; Family and Private Prayers; Historical Sketch of Trinity Church. =Bessey, Charles Edwin.= _O._, 1845- ----. A botanical professor in the University of Nebraska. Geography of Iowa; Botany for High Schools and Colleges; The Essentials of Botany. _Ho._ =Bethune= [beh-thoon´], =George Washington.= _N. Y._, 1805-1862. A Dutch Reformed clergyman of Brooklyn of considerable note as a preacher. Orations and Discourses; Fruits of the Spirit; History of a Penitent; Lays of Love and Faith, a volume of verse, are some of his works. He was an ardent fisherman, and edited Walton’s Complete Angler. _See Memoir by Van Nest._ =Betts, Craven Langstroth.= _N. B._, 1853- ----. Songs from Béranger; The Perfume Holder: A Persian Love Poem; co-author with A. W. H. Eaton (_infra_) of Tales of a Garrison Town. _Sto._ =Beverley, Robert.= _Va._, 1675-1716. A writer whose one work, a History of the Present State of Virginia, 1705, is full of life and vigour. In it occurs the phrase “the almighty power of gold,” which anticipates Irving’s “almighty dollar.” _See Tyler’s American Literature; Jameson’s Historical Writing in America, pp. 62-67._ =Bianciardi, Mrs. Elizabeth Dickinson [Rice].= _Ms._, _c._ 1833-1885. At Home in Italy. _Hou._ =Bickmore, Albert Smith.= _Me._, 1839- ----. An ethnologist, since 1885 the curator of the American Museum of Natural History in New York city. Travels in the East Indian Archipelago; The Ainos or Hairy Men of Jesso, Saghalien, etc.; Sketch of a Journey from Canton to Hankow.