Volume 1

A supplement to Allibone's Critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors : containing over thirty-seven thousand articles (authors), and enumerating over ninety-three thousand titles / by John Foster Kirk.

  • John Foster Kirk
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1891
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    for the Times, Cin., 16mo. II. Life Sketclies of Maoaulav, N. York, 1880, :^2mo. Adams, Rev. Charles Coffin, S.T.D., D.D., Rector of St. Mary's Churcli, N. York. 1. Creation : a Recent Work of God, N. York, 1870, 8vo. 2. Life of Our Lord .Jesus Christ, 1878, 8vo. 3. Anthrosophy, N. York, 1881, 12mo. 4. The Bible: a Scientific Reve- lation, N. York, 1882, Ifiino. Adams, Charles Follen, b. 1842, at Dorchester, Mass.; has been a frequent contributor to periodicals, chiefly of humorous poems in German-English. Some of these have been publi.shed in book form under the title of: 1. Leedle Yaweob Strauss, and other Poems, Bost., 1877, 12mo. 2. Dialect Ballads. Illust. N. York, 1887, 12mo. Adams, Charles Francis, LL.D., [ante, vol. i., add.,] d. 1886, xt. 79. He was elected member of Con- gress for the third district of Massachusetts in 1858, and re-elected in 1860, but resigned in the spring of 1861 on his appointment as U.S. minister to England, a post which he continued to occupy until 1868. His services in this capacity during an eventful and critical period belong to the history of American diplomacy. In 1871- 72 he acted as arbitrator for the United States in the Commission which sat at Geneva to settle the Alabama claims. An attempt on the part of a body of indepen- dent voters to secure his nomination for the Presidency in 1872 proved unsuccessful. No biography of Mr. Adams has yet been published or announced, though he may be supposed to have left copious materials for such a work. The fullest sketch of his career that has yet appeared may be found in an article in Lippincott's Magazine, vol. vii. p. .357, which was written by his friend Dr. John Gorham Palfrey. Besides the works mentioned in vol. i. and some contributions to the North American Review, he published : 1. What makes Slavery a Question of National Concern : a Lecture, Bost., 1855, Svo. 2. Address at the Opening of the New Town Hall in Braintree, [with an Appendix,] Bost., 1858, Svo. 3. Life of John Adams. Begun by John Quincy Adams. Phila., 1871, 2 vols. 16mo. (Published origi- nally in Life and Works of John Adams, q. v., ante, vol. i.) In the compact and attractive form in which the biography now appears apart from the works, it will be likely to have, as it deserves, a wide circulation.—Nation, xii. 293. 4. The Struggle for Neutrality in America: an Address, N. York, 1871, Svo. 5. An Address on the Life, Character, and Services of W. H. Seward, Albany, 1873, Svo. 6. (Ed.) Memoirs of John Quincy Adams: comprising Portions of his Diary from 1795 to 1S4S, Phila., 1874-77, 12 vols. Svo. It is not from a literary point of view that these volumes are to be judged. They are the truthful record of the acts and opinions of a very eminent man during a very remark- able period of history ; a period into which more rises and falls of empires and more sudden changes in the fortunes of individuals were crowded together than in any other period since history began. ... In many of these events Mr. Adams had borne a conspicuous part. With many of the actors he was personally acquainted. Others he had seen at a distance. . . . He liad helped make international law, and there was not one of his American colleagues who might not have sat reverently at his feet wheti hedis- coursed of history.—Nalion, xxii'i. 283. 7. Address at Amherst College before the Social Union, July 7, 1875, N. York, 1875, Svo. 8. The Progress of Liberty in a Hundred Years: an Oration, Taunton, Mass., 1876, Svo. 9. (Ed.) Familiar Letters of John Adams and his Wife, Abigail Adams, during the Revolu- tion : with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams, N. York, 1876, 12mo. This volume takes its place by the side of the most valuable documents of our Revolutionary history.— Nation, xxii. 101. Adams, Charles Francis, second son of the preceding, b. 18?5, in Boston ; graduated at Harvard College 1856; admitted to the bar 1858 ; served in the volunteer army throughout the civil war, and was mustered out with the brevet rank of brigadier-general. In 1869 he was appointed a member of the board of railroad commissioners of Massachusetts; from 1879 to 1882 he was one of the arbitrators of the railroads of the Northern States, becoming in the latter year sole arbitrator; and in 1884 he was elected president of the Union Pacific Railway. 1. The Erie Railroad Row con- sidered as an Episode in Court, Bost., 1S68, Svo. Painph. 2. A Chapter of Brie, Bost., 1869, 18mo. 3. The Double Anniversary; '76 and '63: an Oration. 1869, Svo. 4. The Railroatl Problem : a Lecture, N. York, 1875, Svo. 5. Railroads : their Origin and Problems, N. York, 1878, 12mo; new ed., 1887. It will command the thoughtful consideration of the better class of professional transporters, and cannot fail to attract and enlighten a large portion of unprofessional but interested people.—A'a</tm, xxvii. 134. 6. Notes on Railroad Accidents, N. York, 1879, 12rao. What might be sensational reading if the narrative stood alone is dignified by the clear purpose of humanity and progress with which the book is written, so that we have the attractiveness of a novel with the value of awork of science.—Nation, xxx. 159. 7. New De])arture in the Common Schools of Quincy, and other Papers on Educational Topics, Bost., 1879, Svo ; also pub. with title The Public Library and the Common School: Essays on Educational Topics, Bost., 1879, Svo. S. Taxation of Railroads and Railroad Securities, N. York, 1880, 12mo. Pamph. 9. Federation of the Railroad System, Bost., ISSO, Svo. Pamph. 10. A Col- lege Fetich : Address before the Harvard Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa, June 28, 1883, Bost., 1883, Svo; 3d ed., 1884. With Adams, Henry, Chapters of Erie, and other Essays, Bost., 1871, 12mo. Adams, Charles H. Commissioners' and Con- veyancers' Manual, Phila., 1882, Svo. Adams, Charles Kendall, LL.D., b. 1835, at Derby, Vermont; graduated at the University of Michi- gan in 1861, and was appointed assistant professor of history in 1S63, and professor in 1868 ; elected president of Cornell University, as successor to Dr. Andrew D. White, in 1SS5. Besides contributions to periodical literature, he has published : 1. Democracy and Mon- archy in France from the Inception of the Great Revo- lution to the Overthrow of the Second Empire, N. York, 1874, Svo. Mr. Adams works out his theory with abundant cita- tion of authorities and illustration in a style which is always clear and often impressive, and with a certain air of dogmatic dignity which is perhaps due to the fact that the book originated in a series of college lectures.—Nation,. XX. 28. 2. Manual of Historical Literature : Brief Descrip- tions of Important Histories in English, French, and German, with Suggestions as to Study, N. York, 18S4, Svo; new ed., rev., 1888. 3. (Ed.) Representative British Orations, with Introduction and Explanatory Notes, N. York, 1SS4, 3 vols. 16mo. Adams, Charlotte. 1. Boys at Home, Lon., 1854, 12mo. 2. Ben Howard; or. Truth and Honesty, Lon., 1856, 12mo. 3. The Errand-Boy; or. Your Time is your Employer's, Lon., 185S, ISmo. 4. The Useful Little Girl, Lon., 1865, ISmo. 5. Laura and Lucy; or, The Two Friends, Lon., 1866, 12mo ; new ed., 1882. 6. John Hartley, and How he got on in Life, Lon., 1866, 12mo; new ed., 1S7S. 7. Matilda Lonsdale, Lon., 1871, 12mo; new ed., 1SS5, Svo. Adams, Rev. Coker, M.A., graduated at New College, Oxford, 1861 ; ordained 1853; Rector since 1876 of Saham-Toney, Norfolk. Principles of the Purchaa Case, Lon., 1871, Svo. Adams, E. R. Lectures on Religion, Lon., 1878, p. Svo. Adams, Edwin, of the Grammar School, Chelms- ford, Eng. 1. Geographical Word Expositor, Lon., 1855, fp. Svo. 2. Notes on the Geology, Mineralogy, and Springs of England and Wales, Lon., 1857 ; new ed., 1860. 3. Geography Classified, Lon., 1863, Svo. Adams, Emily. Six Months at Mrs. Prior's. Illust. Bost., 1879, 12mo. Adams, Mrs. Emma E. Crumbs from Dam& Nature's Table; 2d ed., Lon., 1878, r. 16mo. Adams, Emma Hildreth. 1. Digging the Top off, and other Stories, Chic, 1887, 12mo. 2. To and fro in Southern California, Chic, 1887, 12mo. Adams, Estelle Davenport. 1. Illustrated Poetical Birthday Book of Female Christian Names and Quotations, Lon., 1882, 32mo. 2. Rose-Leaves : Poems and Passages about the Rose, Lon.. 1883, 64mo. 3. Birthday Book of Art and Artists, Lon., 1884, Svo. 4. Flower and Leaf from the Poets, Lon., 18S4, Svo. 5. Illustrated Floral Text-Book, Lon., 1884, 32mo. 6. (Ed.) Sea Song and River Rhyme, from Chaucer to Tennyson. With a New Poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne. Illust. Lon., 1SS9, cr. Svo. Adams, F. A. The Greek Prepositiops Studied from their Original Meanings as Designations of Sp.ace, N. York, 1885, 12mo. Adams, F. A. My Man and I: Modern Nehemiah : a Book for Churchmen, Lon., 1885, Svo.
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