=Bliss, William Root.= _Ct._, 1825- ----. A business man of New York city. Side Glimpses from the Colonial Meeting-House; The Old Colony Town and other Sketches; Colonial Times on Buzzard’s Bay; Quaint Nantucket; Paradise in the Pacific. _Hou._ =Blodget, Lorin.= _N. Y._, 1823-1901. An eminent statistician of Philadelphia who published more than 150 volumes, mainly reports upon finance, revenue, and industrial progress. The Climatology of the United States; Commercial and Financial Resources of the United States. _Lip._ =Bloede, Gertrude.= “Stuart Sterne.” _Sxy._, 1845- ----. A poet and novelist of Brooklyn who has usually written under a pseudonym. Angelo; Giorgio and Other Poems; Beyond the Shadow; Pièro da Castiglione, a tale in verse of the time of Savonarola; The Story of Two Lives: a novel. _Hou._ =Bloomfield-Moore, Mrs. Clara Sophia [Jessup].= _Pa._, 1824-1899. A Philadelphia writer who passed much time abroad, and chiefly in England. Miscellaneous Poems; On Dangerous Ground, a romance of American Society; Sensible Etiquette; Gondaline’s Lesson and Other Poems; Slander and Gossip; The Warden’s Tale and Other Poems. _Co._ =Blot, Pierre.= _F._, 1818-1874. A once noted cooking instructor of New York city. What to Eat and How to Cook It; Lectures on Cookery; Handbook of Practical Cookery. _Ap._ =Blunt, Edmond March.= _N. H._, 1770-1862. A bookseller of Newburyport whose chief work, The American Coast Pilot (1796), is still in use. =Blunt, George William.= _Ms._, 1802-1878. Son of E. M. Blunt, _supra_. Hydrographer. Atlantic Memoir; Sheet Anchor; Harbour Laws of New York; Plan to Avoid the Centre of Violent Gales. =Blunt, Joseph.= _Ms._, 1792-1860. Son of E. M. Blunt, _supra_. A lawyer who was one of the founders of the Republican party. Historical Sketch of the Formation of the American Confederacy; Speeches, Reviews, and Reports; Merchants’ and Shipmasters’ Assistant. =Boardman, George Dana.= _Bh._, 1828-1903. A prominent Baptist clergyman of Philadelphia. Coronation of Love; Studies in the Creative Week; Epiphanies of the Risen Lord; Studies in the Mountain Instruction; University Lectures on the Ten Commandments; The Divine Man. _Ap. Bap._ =Boardman, Henry Augustus.= _N. Y._, 1808-1880. A once noted Presbyterian divine of Philadelphia. The Bible in the Family; The Bible in the Counting-House; The Christian Ministry not a Priesthood; Earthly Suffering and Heavenly Glory; A Handful of Corn, are among his writings. _Lip. Ran._ =Bogart, William Henry.= _N. Y._, 1810-1888. A writer of New York state. Life of Daniel Boone; Who Goes There? or Men and Events. _Le._ =Bok, Edward William.= _H._, 1863- ----. Editor of the Ladies’ Home Journal. The Young Man in Business; Successward, a Young Man’s Book for Young Men. _Rev._