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- Austin, Sarah
- Sarah Austin - A Modern Theodora, by Sylvia R. Hershey
(Century Magazine, 1896A)
- The wife of John Austin, "the greatest power in the whole history of English jurisprudence;" she was his editor and determined, on his death, to edit his works for the public.
- Bacon, Leonard
- A Good Fight Finished
(Century Magazine, 1883A)
- Writer, preacher and abolitionist.
- Balestier, Wolcott
- Wolcott Balestier
(Century Magazine, 1892A)
- An American writer and editor notable primarily through his connection to Rudyard Kipling, who married his sister.
- Baring-Gould, Rev. S.
- A Chat with Rev. S. Baring-Gould, by Frederick Dolman
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1895)
- Use the search box to locate articles by S. Baring-Gould on this site.
- Beecher, Henry Ward
- Beecher at Liverpool, by J.M. Buckley
(Century Magazine, 1889A)
- An American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery.
- The Last Manuscript of Henry Ward Beecher, by Henry Ward Beecher
(Century Magazine, 1889A)
- Bryce, Professor James
- Professor James Bryce, MP, Author of
The American Commonwealth
(Century Magazine, 1890A)
- For more information on the book itself, see A Full-Length Portrait of the United States.
- Burroughs, John
- John Burroughs and His Last Two Books, by Edith M. Thomas
(Century Magazine, 1886B)
- For a collection of nature articles by Burroughs, visit the Burroughs page in the Nature section.
- Cable, George W.
- George W. Cable
(Century Magazine, 1882A)
- A southern writer and journalist, particularly devoted to recording the history and culture of New Orleans. (Use the search button to locate articles by George Cable on this site.)
- Coleridge, Sara
- Sara Coleridge
(Demorest, 1879)
- English author and translator.
- Cowden-Clarke, Mary
- Love-Serve: A Few Recollections Inspired by the Name of Mary Cowden-Clarke, by C.A. Macirone
(Girl's Own Paper, 1889)
- Noted author of a Shakespearian concordance.
- De Tocqueville, Alexis
- Alexis de Toqueville and His Book on America, 60 Years After, by Daniel Gilman
(Century Magazine, 1898B)
- D'Istria, Dora
- Dora D'Istria
(Scribners, 1879A)
- Helen Ghika, the Wallachian Princess Massalsky. "As an authoress, philanthropist, traveler, artist, and one of the strongest advocates of freedom and liberty for the oppressed of both sexes, and of her suffering sisters especially, she is an honor to the time and to womanhood."
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo
- The Homes and Haunts of Emerson
(Scribners, 1879A)
- George Eliot and Emerson
(Century Magazine, 1882A)
- Emerson's Personality, by Emma Lazarus
(Century Magazine, 1882B)
- Emerson, by Edmund C. Stedman
(Century Magazine, 1883A)
- Early Letters of Emerson, by Mary S. Withington
(Century Magazine, 1883B)
- Emerson's Talks with a College Boy, by Charles J. Woodbury
(Century Magazine, 1890A)
- Mary Moody Emerson, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Atlantic Monthly, 1883)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson's aunt.
- Faithfull, Miss Emily
- Miss Emily Faithfull
(Demorest, 1873)
- British author, lecturer and philanthropist. "She took a great interest in the conditions of working-women. With the object of extending their sphere of labour, which was then very limited, in 1860 she set up in London a printing establishment for women, called The Victoria Press." - Wikipedia
- Fuller, Margaret
- Margaret Fuller Ossoli, by J.E. Runtz Rees
(Girl's Own Paper, 1880)
- An American journalist and women's rights activist who died at sea in 1850.
- Margaret Fuller, by Josephine Lazarus
(Century Magazine, 1893A)
- Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli (1810-1850), commonly known as Margaret Fuller, was an American journalist, critic, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movement. She was the first full-time American female book reviewer in journalism. Her book Woman in the Nineteenth Century is considered the first major feminist work in the United States. - Wikipedia
- Gibbon, Edward
- Edward Gibbon, by W.D. Howells
(Atlantic Monthly, 1878)
- Hall, Mr. and Mrs. S.C.
- Mr. and Mrs. S.C. Hall
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1883)
- Memoirist S.C. Hall and his wife. Use the search box to locate articles by the Halls on this site.
- Hay, John
- The Biographers of Lincoln, by Clarence King
(Century Magazine, 1886B)
- See the Lincoln page for links to the biography.
- Hoffman, Professor (Angelo Lewis)
- "Professor Hoffman" and Conjuring, by George Knight
(Windsor Magazine, 1896B)
- "Professor Hoffman" is actually Angelo Lewis, author of the book Modern Magic.
- Jameson, Anna
- A Wreath on the Grave of the Late Anna Jameson
(Argosy, 1881)
- Jefferies, Richard
- Richard Jefferies
(Girl's Own Paper, 1889, 1890)
- British nature writer.
- Kemble, Frances
- Old Woman's Gossip, by Frances Kemble
(Atlantic Monthly, 1875)
- "A notable British actress from a theatre family in the early and mid-19th century. She was a well-known and popular writer, whose published works included plays, poetry, eleven volumes of memoirs, travel writing and works about the theatre." - Wikipedia
- Fanny Kemble's Journal
(Scribners, 1879B)
- Fanny Kemble was known for a very controversial and much criticized memoir.
- Kennan, George
- George Kennan, by Anna Laurens Dawes
(Century Magazine, 1888B)
- A writer and reporter best known for his study of the Russian prison system in Siberia, Kennan was also one of the first American explorers of Siberia itself. Use the search box to locate more articles by George Kennan on this site.
- King, Alice
- Alice King, by Alice King
(Demorest, 1885)
- Use the search box to locate articles by Alice King on this site.
- Alice King - Our Blind Contributor, by Alice King
(Girl's Own Paper, 1887)
- "At length came the, for me, happy days when that wonderful and beautiful machine, the type-writer, was brought to England from America." This enabled the writer to set down her own words rather than having to dictate to another - and Miss King was a prolific writer!
- Kingsley, Charles
- Charles Kingsley, by Mrs. L.F. Lewis
(Demorest, 1879)
- Author, philanthropist, historian and clergyman.
- Littré, Émile
- Émile Littré
(Century Magazine, 1884B)
- A French lexicographer, freemason and philosopher, best known for his Dictionnaire de la langue française, commonly called "The Littré".
- Marsden, Kate
- Kate Marsden and Her Mission to Russia and Siberia, by Emma Brewer
(Girl's Own Paper, 1891)
- Writer, explorer, and nurse. "This wonderful and dangerous mission... is to travel through Russia up to the remote parts of Siberia to see for herself the condition of the lepers...and to find some means of alleviating their misery and improving their physical condition..."
- Martineau, Harriet
- Harriet Martineau
(Demorest, 1879)
- British social theorist and Whig writer, often cited as the first female sociologist.
- Harriet Martineau
(Harper's Monthly, 1876B)
- Motley, John Lothrop
- Motley's Letters, by George William Curtis
(Harper's Monthly, 1889A)
- An American author, best known for his two popular histories
The Rise of the Dutch Republic and The United Netherlands. He was also a diplomat, who helped to prevent European intervention on the side of the Confederates in the American Civil War.
- Nicolay, John
- The Biographers of Lincoln, by Clarence King
(Century Magazine, 1886B)
- See the Lincoln page for links to the biography.
- Parkman, Francis
- Francis Parkman, by James Russell Lowell
(Century Magazine, 1893A)
- An American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life and his monumental seven-volume France and England in North America.
- Sill, Edward Rowland
- Edward Rowland Sill, by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
(Century Magazine, 1888B)
- American writer and educator.
- Sloane, William Mulligan
- Sloane's "Napoleon," by Charles Dudley Warner
(Century Magazine, 1895A)
- The author of The Life of Napoleon, serialized in Century.
- Taylor, Bayard
- Bayard Taylor
(Scribner's, 1879A)
- An American poet, literary critic, translator, travel author, and diplomat.
- Thoreau, Henry David
- April Days: Extracts from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau
(Atlantic Monthly, 1878)
- Henry D. Thoreau, by John Burroughs
(Century Magazine, 1882B)
- Thoreau and His English Friend Thomas Cholmondeley, by F.B. Sanborn
(Atlantic Monthly, 1893)
- Tolstoy, Leo
- A Visit to Count Tolstoi, by George Kennan
(Century Magazine, 1887B)
- Tucker, Charlotte
- "Life of A.L.O.E." by Agnes Giberne (book review)
(Girl's Own Paper, 1896)
- Review of a biography of religious writer Charlotte Tucker.
- Tytler, Patrick Fraser
- Patrick Fraser Tytler
(Leisure Hour, 1868)
- "The well-known historian of Scotland."
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