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=Caruthers, William Alexander.= _Va._, 1800-1850. A physician of
Savannah who wrote a number of romances now quite forgotten. The
Kentuckian in New York; The Cavaliers of Virginia; Knights of the Horse
Shoe; Life of Charles Caldwell, _supra_.
=Cary, Alice.= _O._, 1820-1871. An Ohio writer who came with her
sister Phœbe to New York city in 1852, and as poet and novelist became
prominent in literary circles there. The weekly receptions of the
sisters were attended by artists and writers for many years. Her books
of verse include Lyra, and Other Poems; A Lover’s Diary; Ballads,
Lyrics, and Hymns; Early and Late Poems (with Phœbe Cary, _infra_). Her
other works are Clovernook, a book of the type of Miss Mitford’s Our
Village; Pictures of Country Life; the novels, Hagar; The Bishop’s Son;
Married, not Mated. Snowberries, a juvenile; From Year to Year, a Token
of Remembrance (with P. Cary). _See Memorials of Alice and Phœbe Cary,
by Mrs. [Clemmer] Hudson._ _Hou. Lip._
=Cary, Edward.= _N. Y._, 1840- ----. A journalist of New York city
on the editorial staff of The Times. Life of George William Curtis,
_infra_. _Hou._
=Cary, George Lovell.= _Ms._, 1830- ----. A professor of New Testament
literature at Meadville Theological School since 1862. Introduction to
the Greek of the New Testament.
=Cary, Phœbe.= _O._, 1824-1871. Sister of A. Cary, _supra_. Poems
and Parodies; Poems of Faith, Hope, and Love. She will be longest
remembered by the well-known hymn, Nearer Home. _Hou. Lip._
=Casey, Silas.= _R. I._, 1807-1882. A general in the United States army
who published Infantry Tactics; Infantry Tactics for Colored Troops.
=Cass, Lewis.= _N. H._, 1782-1866. A statesman of Michigan who was
the Democratic candidate for president in 1845. Inquiries Concerning
the History, Traditions, and Languages of the Indians in the United
States; France, its King, Court, and Government, 1840. _See Lives by
Schoolcraft, 1848; W. L. G. Smith, 1856; McLaughlin, 1891._
=Cassin, John.= _Pa._, 1813-1869. A naturalist of Philadelphia whose
American Ornithology is a continuation of Audubon’s work on that
subject. Other works of his are Ornithology of the Japan Expedition;
Mammalogy and Ornithology of the Wilkes Exploring Expedition;
Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, etc.; A General
Synopsis of North American Ornithology. _Lip._
=Castlemon, Harry.= _See Fosdick._
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