=Abbott, John Stevens Cabot.= _Me._, 1805-1877. Brother of Jacob Abbott, _supra_. An historical writer, whose partisan spirit seriously impairs the value of his very readable works. He was for some years a Congregational minister, but after 1844 devoted himself to literature and educational work. Among his works are comprised The Mother at Home; Practical Christianity; Romance of Spanish History; American Pioneers and Patriots; History of Napoleon; Napoleon at St. Helena; History of the French Revolution; History of the Civil War in America; Lives of the Presidents; History of Maine from its Discovery by Northmen; Christopher Carson; History of Napoleon III.; History of Frederick the Great; History of Christianity. _See Bibliography of Maine. Do. Har._ =Abbott, Lyman.= _Ms._, 1835- ----. Son of Jacob Abbott, _supra_. A Congregational minister of broad views, who as editor of The Outlook and successor to H. W. Beecher as pastor of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, has exercised a wide influence. Christianity and Social Problems; Jesus of Nazareth; Old Testament Shadows of New Testament Truths; Illustrated Commentary on the New Testament; A Layman’s Story; How to Study the Bible; Life of Christ; In Aid of Faith; The Evolution of Christianity; A Study in Human Nature; Dictionary of Religious Knowledge (with T. J. Conant, _infra_). _Bar. Do. Dut. Fo. Har. Hou. Meth. Put._ =Abeel, David.= _N. J._, 1804-1846. A Reformed Dutch missionary in China. Journal of a Residence in China; A Missionary Convention at Jerusalem; The Claims of the World to the Gospel. _See Memoirs by G. B. Williamson, 1849._ =Abert= [ā´bert], =Silvanus Thayer.= _Pa._, 1828- ----. A civil engineer in the United States service. Notes Historical and Statistical upon the Projected Route for an Interoceanic Canal between the Atlantic and Pacific. =Adams, Mrs. Abigail [Smith].= _Ms._, 1744-1818. Wife of President John Adams, _infra_. Known to literature by her entertaining Letters edited by her grandson. =Adams, Brooks.= _Ms._, 1848- ----. Son of Charles Francis Adams, _infra_. A lawyer of Boston. The Gold Standard; The Emancipation of Massachusetts, a careful study of the evolution of religious freedom; The Law of Civilization and Decay, an Essay in History. _See The Forum, January, 1897. Hou. Mac._ =Adams, Charles.= _N. H._, 1808-1890. A Methodist clergyman who wrote extensively, and among whose works are Evangelism in the Middle of the 19th Century; Women of the Bible; The Poet Preacher, a Memorial of Charles Wesley; The Earth and its Wonders; Life of Cromwell; Life Sketches of Macaulay. _Meth._ =Adams, Charles Baker.= _Ms._, 1814-1853. A naturalist, who published Contributions to Conchology; Monographs of Several Species of Shells. =Adams, Charles Coffin.= 182- -1888. An Episcopal clergyman. Creation, a Recent Work of God; Life of Christ; Anthrosophy; The Bible, a Scientific Revelation.