=Abbot, Willis John.= _Ct._, 1863- ----. Grandson of J. S. C. Abbott, _infra_, but using an older spelling of the surname. A journalist of New York city. Blue Jackets of 1776; Blue Jackets of 1812; Blue Jackets of ’61, three volumes of history for young people; Battle Fields of ’61; Battle Fields and Camp Fires; Battle Fields and Victory; Life of Carter Harrison. _Do._ =Abbott, Arthur Vaughan.= _N. Y._, 1854- ----. Son of B. V. Abbott, _infra_. A civil, electrical, and mechanical engineer of Chicago. Electrical Transmission of Energy; The Evolution of a Switchboard; History and Use of Testing Machines; Treatise on Fuel. _Vn._ =Abbott, Austin.= _Ms._, 1831-1896. Son of Jacob Abbott, _infra_. A lawyer of New York city who was dean of the Law School of New York University at the time of his death. Besides preparing several works with his brother Benjamin, _infra_, he published Legal Remembrancer, Principles and Forms of Practice in Civil Actions in Courts of Record; The Law of Evidence; Select Cases on Code Pleading; Digest of New York Statutes. =Abbott, Benjamin Vaughan.= _Ms._, 1830-1890. Son of Jacob Abbott, _infra_. A lawyer of New York city. Law Dictionary; Travelling Law School and Famous Trials; First Lessons in Government and Law; Patent Laws of All Nations; Year-Book of Jurisprudence for 1880; Judge and Jury. _Har. Lit. Lo._ =Abbott, Charles Conrad.= _N. J._, 1843- ----. A naturalist and physician of Trenton, New Jersey, whose writings show a very close and sympathetic observation of nature. The Stone Age in New Jersey; Primitive Industry; A Naturalist’s Rambles about Home; Cyclopædia of Natural History; Upland and Meadow; Wasteland Wanderings; The Birds About Us; Days Out of Doors; Outings at Odd Times; Recent Rambles; Travels in a Treetop; Notes of the Night; A Colonial Wooing, a novel; Bird-Land Echoes. _Ap. Cent. Har. Lip._ =Abbott, Charles Edward.= _Me._, 1811-1880. Brother of Jacob Abbott, _infra_. An educator in Connecticut. Down the Hill; Village Boys. =Abbott, Edward.= _Me._, 1841- ----. Son of Jacob Abbott, _infra_. An Episcopal clergyman of Cambridge, but prior to 1878 a Congregational minister and editor of The Congregationalist. He is now [1897] the editor of The Literary World. Dialogues of Christ; The Long Look series of juvenile tales; A Trip Eastward; Revolutionary Times; Paragraph History of the United States; Paragraph History of the American Revolution. _Rob._ =Abbott, Jacob.= _Me._, 1803-1879. An educator of New England, who was a voluminous and popular writer for young people. Among his numerous writings the best known are The Franconia Stories; Marco Paul’s Adventures; The Rollo Books; Histories of Celebrated Sovereigns; Harper’s Story Books. _See Bibliography of Maine. Cr. Har._