SHAW, HENRY WHEELER (Josh Billings) (1818-1885), b. Lanesborough, Mass. Humorist. _Farmers' Allminax_, _Every Boddy's Friend_, _Josh Billings' Spice Box_. SHEA, JOHN DAWSON GILMARY (1824-1892), b. New York, N. Y. Editor, historian. _Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley_, _History of the Catholic Missions among the Indian Tribes of the United States_, _History of the Catholic Church in the United States_, and many other historical and religious studies. SHERMAN, FRANK DEMPSTER (1860-1916), b. Peekskill, N.Y. Professor of architecture, poet. _Madrigals and Catches_, _Lyrics for a Lute_, _Lyrics of Joy_. SHILLABER, BENJAMIN P. ("Mrs. Partington") (1814-1890), b. Portsmouth, N. H. Humorist of Mrs. Malaprop's style, mistaking words of similar sounds but dissimilar sense. _Life and Sayings of Mrs. Partington_, _Partingtonian Patchwork_, _Ike and his Friend_. SMITH, SAMUEL F. (1808-1895), b. Boston, Mass. Clergyman. Author of our national poem, _America_. Of him, Holmes wrote, "Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith." SPARKS, JARED (1789-1866), b. Willington, Conn. Unitarian minister and historian. _Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution_, _The Writings of George Washington_, _The Works of Benjamin Franklin_. SPOFFORD, HARRIET PRESCOTT (1835- ), b. Calais, Maine. Novelist, poet. _The Amber Gods and Other Stories_, _New England Legends_, _Poems_. STEDMAN, EDMUND CLARENCE (1833-1908), b. Hartford, Conn. Poet, critic. One of America's fairest critics. Did valuable work in compiling and criticizing modern English and American literature. _A Victorian Anthology_, _An American Anthology_, _Victorian Poets_, _Poets of America_. Co-editor of _Library of American Literature_ in eleven large octavo volumes. STOCKTON, FRANK R. (1834-1902), b. Philadelphia, Pa. Novelist and humorist. His novels have a farcical humor, due to ridiculous situations and absurdities, treated in a mock-serious vein. _The Lady or the Tiger?_ _The Late Mrs. Null_, _The Casting away of Mrs. Leeks and Mrs. Aleshine_, _The Hundredth Man_. STODDARD, CHARLES WARREN (1843-1909), b. Rochester, N.Y. Author, educator, traveler. _South Sea Idyls_, _Lepers of Molokai_, _Poems_. STODDARD, RICHARD HENRY (1825-1903), b. Hingham, Mass. Journalist, editor, poet. _Songs of Summer_, _Abraham Lincoln: a Horatian Ode_, _The Lion's Cub_. STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819-1895), b. Salem, Mass. Sculptor, author. _Roba di Roma_, or _Walks and Talks about Rome_, _Poems_, _Conversations in a Studio_, _Excursions in Art and Letters_. SUMNER, CHAS. (1811-1874), b. Boston, Mass. Noted anti-slavery statesman. His published speeches and orations fill fifteen volumes.