HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER, born 1848. The greatest exponent of the negro dialect. In the columns of the _Atlanta Constitution_, of which he is editor and part proprietor, his _Uncle Remus_ sketches first saw the light, and proved enormously successful. His humour is delicate and fascinating, and as a consequence the _Remus_ series of books have had a world-wide circulation. No lover of the humorous should overlook Mr. Harris’s work. American publishers, Appleton & Co. HARTE, FRANCIS BRET, born 1836. Taking full advantage of his unique acquaintance with the West of America during the stirring days of ’49, when, in California, he was in turn gold-digger, express-rider, printer, and editor, Bret Harte has given to the world volume after volume of short stories which picture in an inimitable way the manners and men of the gold days. No writer is more characteristically American than he; his style is vivid and beautiful, and he has a wonderful fund of humour, which appears in every line he writes. His published works, prose and verse, are many. Messrs. Chatto & Windus have recently published a complete edition of his writings. American publishers, Houghton, Mifflin, & Co. HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL (1804-1864). Like most men of exceptional worth in literature; he found great difficulty at first in getting his work published. After writing and destroying many tales, he published, at his own expense, a novel entitled _Fanshawe_, which proved a failure; and it was not until 1837 that he, or rather a friend, induced a publisher to bring out _Twice-told Tales_. In the spring of 1850 appeared _The Scarlet Letter_, which raised the author from obscurity to the front rank of American literature, and the works which followed established his position in the letters of his country. HAY, COLONEL JOHN, born 1838, one of President Lincoln’s private secretaries during the war, and has since in collaboration written a history of the martyr-president. His reputation for humour was made by a small volume of verse entitled _Pike Country Ballads_. Best known of these ballads are “Little Breeches” and “Jim Bludso,” both strong pieces of verse. HENDERSON, WILLIAM JAMES, born 1855, a New York journalist who has written much pleasant verse and prose. HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881). For some time editor of _Scribner’s Monthly_ (now the _Century_), and a writer who, though judged from a literary point of view is quite second class, still is popular with the reading public of America. He wrote a number of articles under the _nom de plume_ of “Timothy Titcomb.” HOLLEY, MARIETTA. Under the pseudonym of “Josiah Allen’s Wife” she wrote a great deal of humorous matter. Author of _My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet’s_, _My Wayward Partner_, _Josiah Allen’s Wife as a P. A. and P.I._, etc.