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Rh (New York, 1884) ; also " Handbook of Sanitary In- formation for Householders " (1884) ; and " Essen- tials of Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene " (1885). TRACY, Uriah, senator, b. in Franklin, Conn., 2 Feb., 1755; d. in Washington, D. C, 19 July, 1807. He was graduated at Yale in 1778, admitted to the bar in 1781, and practised successfully in Litchfield for many years. He served in the legis- lature in 1788-'93, and in congress in 1793-'6, hav- ing been chosen as a Federalist. At the latter date he was elected to the U. S. senate in' place of Jona- than Trumbull, who had resigned, serving until the time of his death.

TRAFTON, Mark, clergyman, b. in Bangor, Me., 1 Aug., 1810. He had a limited education, was a shoemaker by trade, and at nineteen years of age began to preach. He joined the itinerant ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1830, and held pastorates in that denomination for fifty-two years. He was a member of congress in 1855-'7, having been chosen as an American. He was defeated for the next canvass, and has since held no political office. Wesleyan gave him the degree of A. M. in 1850. His publications in- clude " Rambles in Europe " (Boston, 1852) ; " Safe Investment " (1856) ; " Baptism : its Subjects and Mode " (1870) ; and " Scenes in My Life " (1878).— His daughter, Adeline, author, b. in Sacarappa, Me., about 1845, was educated in public and private schools, and about 1870 began to write for publi- cation. Her novels were first printed as serials in magazines. They include "An American Girl Abroad " (Boston, 1872) ; " Katherine Earle " (1874) ; and "His Inheritance" (1878).

TRAILL, Catherine Parr Strickland, Canadian author, b. in Kent, England, 9 Jan., 1802. She is a member of the Strickland family, was educated at her home, Ryden Hall, Suffolk, and began to write when she was fifteen years of age. Her first book of tales for children was published in London in 1818, and she wrote many other juvenile works, which were published without her name, and com- manded a large sale. In 1832 she married Lieut. Thomas Traill, of the Royal Scotch fusiliers, and soon afterward they emigrated to Canada and set- tled in Douro, Ont., in 1833. She subsequently lived at Peterborough, Rice Lake, and is now, and has been for many years, residing at Lakefield. Since going to Canada she has contributed to " Chambers's Journal," " Sharpe's London Maga- zine," and other periodicals, and has published, among other works, "The Backwoods of Canada" (London, 1835); "Canadian Crusoes," edited by Agnes Strickland (New York, 1852) ; " Ramblings in the Canadian Forest" (1854): "Stories of the Canadian Forests " (New York, 1856) ; " Lady Mary and her Nurse, or a Peep into Canadian Forests (London, 1856) ; " Afar in the Forest, or Pictures of Life and Scenery in the Wilds of Canada" (Lon- don, 1869) ; and " Studies of Plant Life, or Floral Gleanings by Forest, Lake, and Plain " (Ottawa, 1884). The illustrations in the last work are by Mrs. Agnes F. Chamberlaine, a daughter of Mrs. Susanna Moodie, who was a sister of Mrs. Traill. For some time past Mrs. Traill has been engaged in writing " A Family Record."

TRAIN, Charles, clergyman, b. in Weston, Mass., 7 Jan., 1783; d. in Framingham, Mass., 17 Sept., 1849. He was graduated at Harvard in 1805, licensed to preach as a Baptist in Newton in May, 1806, and in the autumn of 1807 took charge of Framingham academy, at the same time preaching on alternate Sundays at Framingham and Weston. He was ordained a "minister in Framingham on 30 Jan., 1811, and was appointed pastor of the Baptist churches in Weston and Framingham. In 1826 the connection between the two branches was dis- solved, and he became pastor of Framingham alone, in which town a new church was dedicated in 1827. He resigned his charge in 1839. A con- siderable part of his life was devoted to public affairs. He was elected a member of the Massa- chusetts legislature in 1822, and continued to rep- resent his district for the following seven years, except during 1827, when his extreme views on temperance offended his constituents. In 1829 he was elected to fill a vacancy in the state senate by the two branches of the legislature, and in 1830 he was chosen senator by the people. He was the first to take steps for the formation of a legislative library, and to propose a revision of the laws affect- ing common schools, while Amherst college was largely indebted to his exertions for its charter. He acquired considerable celebrity as a preacher and public speaker, and published various ad- dresses, orations, and sermons between 1810 and 1830.— His son, Charles Russell, lawyer, b. in Framingham, Mass., 18 Oct., 1817, was graduated at Brown in 1837, studied law at Harvard, and was called to the bar in 1841. He was elected a mem- ber of the Massachusetts legislature in 1847, and was U. S. district attorney for northern Massachu- setts from 1848 till 1851. He was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1853, a mem- ber of the governor's council in 1857-8, and was elected to congress in 1859, serving until 1863. He was a volunteer aide on the staff of Gen. George H. Gordon, and took part in the battle of Antie- tam. He was again in the Massachusetts legislature from 1868 till 1871, and was attorney-general from 1871 till 1878. He published, in conjunction with Franklin F. Heard, " Precedents of Indictments, Special Pleas, etc., adapted to American Practice, with Notes" (Boston, 1855). — His eldest son, Ar- thur Savage, clergyman, b. in Framingham. Mass., 1 Sept., 1812 ; d. there, 2 Jan., 1872, was graduated at Brown in 1833, and remained there as tutor for two years, pursuing at the same time theological 'studies under the direction of Francis Wayland. He was ordained to the ministry in 1836, as pastor of the Baptist church in Haverhill, Mass., and he continued in that relation for twenty-three years, resigning his pastorate to accept the professorship of sacred rhetoric and pastoral duties in Newton theological seminary. In 1866, after a service of seven years in the seminary, he resigned, and passed "the remainder of his life with the church in Framingham. He received the degree of D. D. from Brown in 1855.

TRAIN, George Francis, author, b. in Boston, Mass., 24 March, 1829. He is a son of Enoch Train. He engaged in business in Boston for several years and then went to Australia in 1853, where he founded the house of Caldwell, Train, and Co. He travelled extensively, went to England, and made vigorous efforts to introduce street-railways into Birkenhead and London in 1859, but met with violent opposition and was unsuccessful. He lectured in Great Britain and Ireland before large audiences, especially in the latter countrv, and, although his manner and language ! were singular, his sarcasms on English society were often incisive and eloquent. He returned to the United States in 1862, and since that time has been widely known on account of his eccentricity. He has written "An American Merchant in Europe, Asia, and Australia" (New York, 1857); " Young America Abroad" (1857); "Young America in Wall Street" (1858); "Spread-Eagleism" (1859; London, 1860); "Every Man his own Auto-