H.W.F. Larned, Augusta, Rutland, New York, April 16, 1835—1924. Author of six volumes of stories for children and of one on Greek mythology and another on Norse mythology. Contributor to various periodicals and for 20 years correspondent and editorial writer with _The Christian Register_, Boston. She published in 1895 a book of poems entitled _In the Woods and Fields_ from which was taken her hymn on peace of mind, _In quiet hours the tranquil soul_, for inclusion in the _Isles of Shoals Hymn-Book_, 1908; _The New Hymn and Tune Book_, 1914 and _Hymns of the Spirit_, 1937. H.W.F. Lathrop, Rev. John Howland, D.D., Jackson, Michigan, June 6, 1880—still living. He graduated from Meadville Theological School in 1903, then entered Harvard where he took an A.B. in 1905. He also studied at the University of Chicago, and the University of Jena. He served as minister of the First Unitarian Church of Berkeley, California, 1905-1911, and the First Unitarian Congregational Church of Brooklyn, New York, 1911 to 1957, when he became pastor emeritus. In 1935 he wrote a hymn for Palm Sunday beginning, _Hosanna in the highest! Our eager hearts acclaim_, which was included in _Hymns of the Spirit_, 1937, set to St. Theodulph. H.W.F. Livermore, Rev. Abiel Abbot, D.D., Wilton, New Hampshire, October 26, 1811—November 28, 1892, Wilton, New Hampshire. He graduated from Harvard College in 1833, and from the Harvard Divinity School in 1836. He was ordained minister of the Unitarian Church at Keene, New Hampshire, in November, 1836, and remained there until 1850, when he accepted a call to Cincinnati, Ohio. After a period in New York he was elected president of the Meadville Theological School in 1862, and served in that capacity until 1890, when he retired to his ancestral home at Wilton. He received the degree of D.D. from Harvard in 1888. He was author of a number of books, and of several hymns, printed in Putnam’s _Singers and Songs_. He was the chief editor of the Cheshire Pastoral Association’s _Christian Hymns_, 1844, one of the finest and most widely circulated American Unitarian collections, to which he contributed his Communion hymn beginning, _A holy air is breathing round_, This hymn was included in Martineau’s _Hymns_, 1873, in most American Unitarian collections, and appears in slightly altered form in _The New Hymn and Tune Book_, 1914, and _Hymns of the Spirit_, 1937. J. 680 H.W.F.