Aldrich, Thomas Bailey (1836-1907) to Booth, Edwin (1833-1893)

A native of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Aldrich is perhaps best known for his novel, The Story of a Bad Boy, considered by many to be the first realistic portrayal of boyhood in American literature. He was a lifelong friend of Edwin Booth, who achieved celebrity status as the most accomplished Shakespearean actor of his day. Booth's accomplishments are often overshadowed, however, by the reputation of his brother, who assassinated President Lincoln in 1863.

Arzall, H.C

Bartlett, Percy W

Bok, William J

Booth, Mary L. (Mary Louise) (1831-1889)

Burr, Alice

Bynner, Edwin Lassetter, 1842-1893

A native of Brooklyn, New York, Lassetter is best known for his historical romances, including Agnes Surriage (1886); The Begum's Daughter (1890); and Zachary Phips (1892).

Cable, George Washington, (1844-1925) to Mrs. Sargent

Born in New Orleans, Cable is best known for his vivid depiction of the French Creole culture of southern Louisiana. Among his many published works are The Creoles of Louisiana (1884), Strange True Stories of Louisiana (1889), The Flowers of the Chapdelaines (1918), and a short story collection, Old Creole Days (1879).

Chadwick, G.W. (George Whitefield), 1854-1931

An organist, conductor, and educator, Chadwick taught at the New England Conservatory and was eventually named its director. Among his best known pieces are "A Flower Cycle" and "Told in the Gate," both collaborations with lyricist Arlo Bates.

Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell, 1857-1945

A novelist and short story writer, many of Deland's novels have strong, independent heroines and deal with the issue of women's suffrage. Some of her best known include John Ward, Preacher (1888); The Awakening of Helena Ritchie (1906); The Rising Tide (1916); and The Vehement Flame (1922).

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905

The most revered children's writer of her time, Dodge's Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates is still widely read. She was the founding editor of St. Nicholas, a children's magazine which published many of the leading writers of the day including Rudyard Kipling and Mark Twain.

Dorr, Julia Caroline Ripley, 1825-1913

A poet and novelist, Dorr published her first three books under the pseudonym, Caroline Thomas. Among her principle works are Farmingdale (1854), Lanmere (1856), and Sybil Huntington (1869).

Eichberg, Julius, 1824-1893

Director of the Boston Conservatory of Music

Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926

A teacher, educator, and chemist, Eliot served as president of Harvard University from 1869 to 1909. Under his direction, the college earned an international reputation. He is the author of The Happy Life (1869); Educational Reform (1898); The Durable Satisfaction of Life (1910); and A Late Harvest (1924), among others.

Frazer, James George, Sir, 1854-1931

Professor of Religion, Cambridge University

Garrett, Edmund Henry, 1853-1929

Grant, Robert, 1852-1940

Born in Boston, Grant was a lawyer and a judge as well as a novelist and poet. His experiences on the bench made their way into many of his novels, including The Average Man (1883); Unleavened Bread (1900); The Chippendales (1909); and The Bishop's Granddaughter (1925).

Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909

Editor, Century Magazine

Guiney, Louise Imogen, 1861-1920

A poet, essayist, journalist, and librarian, Guiney was born in Massachusettes but spent much of her life abroad. Her many poetry collections include Songs at the Start (1884); The White Sail and Other Poems (1887); and England and Yesterday (1898). She is also the co-author of several volumes with her good friend, Alice Brown.

Hall, Edward Hepple

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911

A clergyman, soldier, editor, and writer, Higginson served as a colonel during the Civil War and commanded a regiment of African American soldiers, an experience he describes in his book, Army Life in a Black Regiment (1870). Higgison was also dedicated to furthering women's rights, an issue he detailed in his volume Common Sense About Women (1881).

Horne, Alice G

Jenks, Pheobe

Johnson, Robert Vincent

Johnson, Rossiter, 1840-1931

Linton, W.J. (William James), 1812-1897

An English poet, editor, and engraver, Linton began his career as the founder of the political magazine, The National. He also edited The Illuminated Magazine, and contributed political verses to the Dublin-based Nation. In 1866, he emigrated to New Haven, Connecticut, where he established a private press and a school for the study of wood engraving.

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1920

A lawyer, editor, and statesmen, Lodge served as editor of The North Atlantic Review from 1873 to 1876. In 1886 he was elected to the House of Representatives, and seven years later won a seat in the Senate where he served until his death. He is perhaps most remembered for his opposition to the League of Nations. Lodge also wrote the biographies of such figures as Alexander Hamilton, Daniel Webster, and George Washington.

Lowell, Augustus

Moody, William Vaughn, 1869-1910

A poet, dramatist, and teacher, Moody taught at both Harvard University and the University of Chicago before embarking on a full-time career as a writer. Among his best known poems are those with political significance, including "Ode in Time of Hesitation," "On a Soldier Fallen in the Philippines," "Gloucester Moors," and "The Menagerie."

Moulton, Louise Chandler, 1835-1908

The author of no less than twenty volumes, many of them for children, Moulton was also a highly regarded journalist who wrote for both The New York Tribune and The Boston Sunday Herald. with an unassociated, autographed loose endleaf "to my friend Mrs. Moulton / Hamlin Garland / Feb. 14/90"

Murray, Gilbert, 1866-1957

O'Neill, John Boyle

Parker, Gilbert, 1862-1932

A Canadian-born novelist, poor health forced Gilbert to seek the milder climate of Australia where he spent four years as an associate editor for the Sydney Morning Herald. After returning to Ontario, Gilbert produced several best selling novels including The Seats of the Mighty (1896) and The Right of Way (1901). He is considered one of Canada's finest writers.

Perry, Nora, 1831-1896

A native of Massachusettes, Perry wrote poetry and children's stories, including Hope Benham (1894), and Mary Bartlett's Stepmother (1900).

Pratt, Belah

E.R

Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir, 1860-1943

A native of New Brunswick, Roberts wrote many novels including Earth's Enigmas (1896); The Haunters of Silences (1907); Eyes of the Wilderness (1933); and The Heart of the Ancient Wood (1900), considered a classic by many Canadian critics.

Salvani, Tommaso

Schayer, Julia Thompson von Stosch, 1840-1928

According to the collection, Schayer is Harriet L. (Vose) Bates' aunt

Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902

Biographer, critic, and juvenile writer, Scudder was perhaps most influential in his tenure as general editor for Houghton Mifflin, Co., a position he held for most of his adult life. Among those writers whose careers he helped launch are Hans Christian Anderson, Jacob Abbott, and Sarah Orne Jewett.

Stimson, Frederic Jesup, 1856-1943

A lawyer, teacher, diplomat, and author, Stimson taught law at Harvard University and served as an ambassador to Brazil and Argentina. He is the author of such works as Government by Injunction (1894); Labor and Its Relation to Laws (1895); The American Constitution (1908), and My United States (1931). He also wrote several volumes under his pseudonym, "S.J. of Dale."

Smith, Robert Pearsall, 1827-1898

Smith, Sidney R

Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908

A banker, poet, and literary critic, Stedman was expelled from Yale in his Sophomore year. He later became the founder of the Author's Club, president of the American Copyright League of the National Institute of the Arts, and a well respected supporter of the arts. He received honorary degrees from Dartmouth, Columbia and Yale.

Stoddard, Richard Henry, 1825-1903

A native of Massachusettes, Stoddard began his career as a poet, but when he could not support his family, he turned to Nathaniel Hawthorne who helped him get a job as a customs inspector. Stoddard returned the favor a few years later when he helped Herman Melville procure the same job. Stoddard is the author of several volumes, including Footprints (1849); The King's Bell (1863); The Book of the East and Other Poems (1871); and Recollections, Personal and Literary (1903).

Sullivan, Thomas Russell, 1849-1916

Train, George Francis, 1829-1904

An eccentric man, Train began his career as a businessman and amassed a fortune in a real estate venture in Nebraska. He made an unsuccessful run for president of the United States in 1868 and was later declared legally insane by no less than six courts. In the last years of his life, he refused to speak with adults and would only communicate with children.

Trantwine, John G

Wedmore, Frederick, Sir, 1844-1921

Wendell, Barrett, 1855-1921

A teacher, novelist, and scholar, Wendell taught the first course in American Literature at Harvard University. He is best known for his scholarly work, including Cotton Mather, The Puritan Priest (1891); William Shakespeare (1894); The Temper of the Seventeenth Century in English Literature (1894); and A Literary History of America (1900).

Whitman, Paul

Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923

Best known for her juvenile fiction, Wiggen's most enduring and widely-read novel is Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903). Her letters are signed Kate Douglas Riggs.

Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897

An historian, librarian, and editor, Winsor was head of the Boston Public Library from 1868 to 1877, at which time he took over as librarian of Harvard University. He was a founder of the American Library Association and served as its president from 1876 to 1885. Among his published works are A Reader's Handbook of the American Revolution (1879); Christpher Columbus (1891); and an eight volume study, The Narrative and Critical History of America, which he edited from 1884 to 1889.

Wright, Frederick E