BEECHER, HENRY WARD (1813-1887), b. Litchfield, Conn. Congregational clergyman, widely popular as a preacher and lecturer. Delivered noted anti-slavery lectures in England. Some of his published works are _Eyes and Ears_, _Life Thoughts_, _Star Papers_, _Yale Lectures on Preaching_. "BILLINGS, JOSH." See SHAW, HENRY WHEELER. BOKER, GEO. H. (1823-1890), b. Philadelphia, Pa. Dramatist, poet, diplomat. _Francesca da Rimini_, _Dirge for a Soldier_. "BREITMANN, HANS." See LELAND, CHARLES GODFREY. BROOKS, PHILLIPS (1835-1893), b. Boston, Mass. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. One of the foremost preachers of his day. Wrote many works on religious subjects, also _Essays and Addresses_, _Letters of Travel._ BROWN, ALICE (1857- ), b. Hampton Falls, N. H. Novelist, _The Story of Thyrza, John Winterburn's Family, Country Neighbors, Tiverton Tales, The Mannerings._ BROWNE, CHARLES F. ("Artemus Ward") (1834-1867), b. Waterford, Maine. Newspaper writer and lecturer. Famous humorist of the middle of the nineteenth century. _Artemus Ward: His Book_, _Artemus Ward: His Travels_, _Artemus Ward in London._ BROWNSON, ORESTES A. (1803-1876), b. Stockbridge, Vt. Clergyman, journalist, Christian socialist. Brownson's _Quarterly Review_ (1844-1875), _New Views of Christianity, Society, and the Church._ BUNNER, HENRY CUYLER (1855-1896), b. Oswego, N. Y. Editor of _Puck_ for many years. A clever and successful short-story writer. _Short Sixes_, _Love in Old Cloathes_, _Zadoc Pine and Other Stories._ BURROUGHS, JOHN (1837- ), b. Roxbury, N. Y. An exact observer of life in the woods and one of the most conservative and entertaining writers on nature. He tells only what he sees and does not draw on his fancy to endow animals with man's power to reason. Some of his nature books are: _Wake-Robin, Signs and Seasons, Pepacton, Riverby, Locusts and Wild Honey, Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers. Indoor Studies_ and _Whitman, A Study_, show keen critical powers and genuine literary appreciation. Burroughs reminds the reader of Thoreau in closeness of observation and honesty of expression, but Burroughs is less of a philosopher and poet and more of a scientist. CARY, ALICE (1820-1871) and her sister Phoebe Gary (1824-1871), b. Miami Valley, near Cincinnati, Ohio. Moved to New York, N. Y. Poets. _Poems_ by Alice and Phoebe Cary. CHAMBERS, ROBERT W. (1865- ), b. Brooklyn, N. Y. Author of exciting romances. _The Red Republic_, _A King and a Few Dukes_, _The Conspirators._ CHARMING, WILLIAM ELLERY (1780-1842), b. Newport, R. I. Great Unitarian preacher and reformer. _Spiritual Freedom_, _Evidences of Christianity and of Revealed Religion_, _Self-Culture_, _Slavery._ CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880), b. Medford, Mass. Novelist, editor. Hobomok, a story of life in colonial Salem; _The Rebels,_ a tale of the Revolution, introduces James Otis, Governor Hutchinson, and the Boston Massacre; _Appeal for that Class of Americans called Africans._