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=Bulfinch, Stephen Greenleaf.= _Ms._, 1809-1870. A Unitarian clergyman
of Boston, and son of Charles Bulfinch, the noted architect. Poems,
Lays of the Gospel, Communion Thoughts; Contemplations of the Saviour;
The Holy Land and its Inhabitants; The Harp and the Cross; Honour, or
The Slave Dealer’s Daughter; Manual of the Evidences of Christianity;
Studies in the Evidences of Christianity. _A. U. A. Le._
=Bulfinch, Thomas.= _Ms._, 1796-1867. Brother of S. G. Bulfinch,
_supra_. A Boston banker whose leisure was devoted to literary
pursuits. Hebrew Lyrical History; The Age of Fable; The Age of
Chivalry; Boy Inventors; Legends of Charlemagne; Poetry of the Age of
Fable; Oregon and Eldorado, or Romance of the Rivers. _Le._
=Bulkley, Peter.= _E._, 1583-1659. A Congregational clergyman of
Concord, Massachusetts. His one work, The Gospel Covenant, or The
Covenant of Grace Opened, is a ponderous series of sermons notable for
its intellectual vigour. _See Tyler’s History of American Literature._
=Bullard, Asa.= _Ms._, 1804-1888. Brother-in-law of H. W. Beecher,
_supra_. A Congregational clergyman of Massachusetts, long prominent in
Sunday-school work. His principal writings are Sunnybank Stories; Shady
Dell Stories; Fifty Years with the Sabbath School; Incidents in a Busy
Life, an autobiography. _Le. Lo._
=Bullions, Peter.= _S._, 1791-1864. A United Presbyterian clergyman of
Troy, New York, well known as a classical scholar. Among his text-books
for schools are Principles of English Grammar; Principles of Greek
Grammar; Latin and English Dictionary.
=Bullock, Alexander Hamilton.= _Ms._, 1816-1882. A prominent
Massachusetts politician, at one period governor of the State.
Intellectual Leaderships; Address on Several Occasions, with Memoir by
G. F. Hoar. _Lit._
=Bump, Orlando Franklin.= _N. Y._, 1841-1881. A Baltimore lawyer,
author of The Law and Practice of Bankruptcy; Federal Procedure.
=Bumstead, Freeman Josiah.= _Ms._, 1826-1879. A physician of New York
city. Pathology and Treatment of Venereal Diseases, and translations
from the French of Ricord and Cullerier.
=Bunce, Oliver Bell.= _N. Y._, 1828-1890. A New York littérateur,
editor of Appleton’s Journal for the period of its existence, and well
known as the author of Don’t (1883), a small volume of social negations
which was widely circulated. He wrote also Bachelor Bluff, his
Opinions, a volume of essays; My House; Marco Bozzaris, a drama; Love
in ’76, a comedy; Romance of the Revolution; four stories, including
Life Before Him; Bensly; A Bachelor’s Story; The Adventures of Timias
Terrystone; Happinolande and Other Legends, a collection of sketches.
_Ap. Co. Scr._
=Bundy, Jonas Mills.= _N. H._, 1835-1891. A New York journalist,
prominent as editor of the Mail and Express from 1868. State Rights;
Are we a Nation?; Life of Garfield (1880). _Bar._
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