THOMPSON, DANIEL PIERCE (1793-1868). Began his literary career with a satirical novel entitled, _The Adventures of Timothy Peacock, Esq.; or, Freemasonry Practically Illustrated_, which caused quite a stir among Freemasons and others in 1835. THOMPSON, MAURICE (1844), author of _Songs of Fair Weather_, _By-Ways and Bird Notes_, _Sylvan Secrets_, etc. An intense lover of nature and out-door life, as his poems show. See Professor Roberts’ _Poems of Wild Life_, “Canterbury Poets.” THOMPSON, MORTIMER H. (1830-1875). Wrote under the _nom de guerre_ “Q. K. Philander Doesticks.” His work for a time was popular in the newspapers of “the States.” Author of _The Dodge Club_. THOMPSON, WILLIAM TAPPAN (1812-1882). He wrote a number of articles known as the “Major Jones’ Series,” in which the humour is plentiful. He was the first white child born in the Western Reserve. THOREAU, HENRY DAVID (1817-1862), one of the best known of the New England “transcendentalists.” He has a fine vein of ironic humour. His _Walden_ and _A Week on the Concord and Merrimac Rivers_ have had a wide circulation in England. TIMOTHY TITCOMB. _See_ HOLLAND. TROWBRIDGE, JOHN TOWNSEND (1827). The most popular writer of stories for boys in America. His work usually appears in the _Youths’ Companion_, Boston. His pathetically humorous poem, “The Vagabonds,” is a favourite with reciters in England as well as America. TROWBRIDGE, ROBERTSON, a verse-writer whose work has appeared in the _Century Magazine_. TURNBULL, JOHN (1751-1831), author of _The Progress of Dulness and MacFingal_. TYLER, ROYALL (1757-1826), a lawyer who in 1794 was made Judge of the Supreme Court, and in 1800 Supreme Justice. He was the first to use the Yankee dialect in literature, and his play, _The Contrast_, has the distinction of being “the first American play ever acted on a regular stage by an established company of comedians.” _May-Day, or New York in an Uproar_; _The Georgia Spec., or Land in the Moon_; and _The Algerine Captive_, are from his pen. VANDEGRIFT, MARGARET, a frequent contributor of humorous verse to the _Century_ and other publications. VAUGHAN, SIR WILLIAM (1577-1640), who established a small settlement in Newfoundland early in the seventeenth century, published in London, 1626, under the pseudonym of “Orpheus Junior,” a humorous poem, entitled “The Golden Fleece.” He was a Welsh physician, and died in Newfoundland.