=Bowen, Eli.= _Pa._, 1824-188-. A once popular Pennsylvania author. Coal Regions of Pennsylvania; Pictorial Sketch Book of Pennsylvania; Rambles in the Path of the Iron Horse; The Creation of the Earth; United States Post-Office System; Coal and Coal Oil. =Bowen, Francis.= _Ms._, 1811-1890. A professor of philosophy at Harvard University for many years, and eminent both as philosopher and political economist. He opposed the systems of Kant, Fichte, Cousin, Comte, and Mill, and was answered by the latter in a third edition of his Logic. Critical Essays in Speculative Philosophy; Modern Philosophy from Descartes to Schopenhauer and Hartmann; Treatise on Logic; American Political Economy; Principles of Political Economy; A Layman’s Study of the English Bible considered in its Literary and Secular Aspects; Gleanings from a Literary Life. _Scr._ =Bowen, John Eliot.= _N. Y._, 1858-1890. A New York journalist. The Conflict of East and West in Egypt; Songs of Toil, a translation from Carmen Sylva. =Bowen, Mrs. Sue [Petigru] [King].= _S. C._, 1824-1875. A novelist of Charleston, South Carolina. Sylvia’s World; Gerald Gray’s Wife; Lily; Busy Moments of an Idle Woman, a collection of stories. =Bowker, Richard Rogers.= _Ms._, 1848- ----. The editor for some years of the Publishers’ Weekly. Work and Wealth: a Summary of Economics; A Primer for Political Education; Economics for the People; The Library List; Electoral Reform. _Har._ =Bowles, Samuel.= _Ms._, 1826-1878. Journalist of Springfield, Massachusetts, editor of the Springfield Republican. Across the Continent; Our New West. _See Life of, by Merriam, 1885._ =Bowne, Borden Parker.= _N. J._, 1847- ----. A philosophical writer and professor of philosophy in Boston University. The Philosophy of Herbert Spencer; Studies in Theism; Metaphysics: a Study of First Principles; Introduction to Psychological Theory; Philosophy of Theism; Principles of Ethics. _Har. Meth._ =Boyd, James Robert.= _N. Y._, 1804-1890. A Presbyterian clergyman, formerly professor of moral philosophy at Hamilton College. Elements of Rhetoric and Literary Criticism; Moral Philosophy; The Westminster Shorter Catechism, with Analysis; Elements of Logic; Last Days of a Christian Philosopher; Memoir of Doddridge, are some among his rather numerous publications. _Har._