CATHERINE MARIA TROWBRIDGE. Ct. 1818-. Author: Christian Heroism; Victory at Last; Will and Will Not; Snares and Safeguards. SUSAN WARNER. N. Y. 1818–1885. Pseud. Elizabeth Wetherell. Books noted for strained religious sentimentality. With her, the school of Hannah More came to an end. Author: The Wide, Wide World (1851); Queechy (1852); Say and Seal (in collaboration with her sister). Reference: Appleton. REV. WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THAYER. Mass. 1820–1898. Congregational minister; member of legislature. Author: Youth’s History of the Rebellion; The Bobbin Boy; The Pioneer Boy; The Printer Boy; Men Who Win; Women Who Win. Edited _The Home Monthly_ and _The Mother’s Assistant_. Reference: Appleton. WILLIAM TAYLOR ADAMS. Mass. 1822–1897. Pseud. Oliver Optic. In early life ed. _Student and School-Mate_. In 1881, ed. _Our Little Ones_. Then ed. _Oliver Optic’s Magazine_. Author: About one hundred volumes; first one published 1853, Hatchie, the Guardian Slave. Reference: Appleton. CHARLES CARLETON COFFIN. N. H. 1823–1896. Self-educated. Varied career as a war correspondent during the Civil War. Author: The Boys of ’76. Reference: Life by Griffis; Appleton. WILLIAM HENRY THOMAS. 1824–1895. Belonged to the school of dime novelists. Boys in the 60’s eagerly devoured the Beadle and (later) Munro books. Author: The Belle of Australia; Ocean Rover; A Whaleman’s Adventure. Reference: Appleton. MRS. ALICE (BRADLEY) (NEAL) HAVEN. N. Y. 1828–1863. Pseud. Alice G. Lee. Wrote for Sunday-schools. Author: No such Word as Fail; Contentment Better Than Wealth. Reference: Memoir in _Harper’s Magazine_, Oct., 1863; Appleton. JANE ANDREWS. Mass. 1833–1887. Author: Seven Little Sisters who live on the Round Ball that Floats in the Air; The Stories Mother Nature Told. CHARLES A. FOSDICK. N. Y. 1842-. Pseud. Harry Castlemon. Went through the Civil War. Author: Gunboat series; Rocky Mountains series; Roughing It series; Frank series; Archie series. MRS. ANNIE M. MITCHELL. Mass. 1847-. Religious books for children. Author: Martha’s Gift; Freed Boy in Alabama. MRS. MARY L. CLARK. Fairford, Me. 1831-. Religious juveniles. Author: The Mayflower series; Daisy’s Mission. MRS. CAROLINE E. DAVIS. Northwood, N. H. 1831-. Sunday-school tales, about fifty or more. Author: No Cross, No Crown; Little Conqueror Series; Miss Wealthy’s Hope; That Boy; Child’s Bible Stories. Reference: Appleton. SARA H. BROWNE. Author: Book for the Eldest Daughter (1849). MARIA J. BROWNE. Author: The Youth’s Sketch Book (1850). Reference for both: Hart (Bibl.). III. THE PRESENT SITUATION.