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444 His other works include " The Bodley Books." a series of books for children (8 vols., Boston. 1875-'87): "The Dwellers in Five-Sisters Court'' (1876): " Men and Manners in America" (New York, 1876); "Stories and Romances" (Boston, 1880) ; " The Children's Book " (1881) ; " Boston Town" (1881); "Noah Webster." in the "Ameri- can Men of Letters " series (1882) : a " History of the United States " (Philadelphia. 1884) ; and " Men and Letters." lit- was joint author with Mrs. Bay- ard Taylor of " Life and Letters of Bayard Tay- lor" (Boston, 1884). David Coil's daughter, Vida Dntton, author, b. in Madura, India, 15 Dec.. 1861, was graduated at Smith college in 1884, and sub- sequently spent a year in higher studies at Oxford, England. In 1887 she became instructor at Wel- lesiev college, which place she now (1898) fills. Miss Soudder has published " How the Rain Sprites were Freed " (Boston, 1883). and "Selected Poems from George MacDonald " (New York. 1887).

SCUDDER, Henry Joel, lawyer, b. in North- port. L. I., in 1825 ; d. in New York city, 12 Feb., ISM;. He was graduated at Trinity in 1846, ad- mitted to the bar of New York city in 1848, and five years later entered into a partnership with James C. Carter, under the firm-name of Scudder and Carter, in which he continued until his death, gradually advancing to the front rank in his pro- fession, especially in matters regarding admiralty law. He was chosen to congress as a Republican in 1872 from a district that had never before been represented by a member of that, party, served one term, declined renomination. and was an unsuc- cessful candidate for a seat on the New York su- preme bench in 1875. Columbia gave him the de- gree of A.M. in 1862, and Roanoke college. Va., that of LL. D. in 1881.

SCUDDER, John, missionary, b. in Freehold. N. J., 3 Sept., 1793 ; d. in Wynberg, Cape of Good Hope, Africa, 13 Jan., 1855. He was graduated at Princeton in 1811, and at the New York college of physicians and surgeons in 1813. He thru set- tlrd in New York city and practised successfully, but in 1819 went to India as a mis- sionary under the direction of the American board. He was ordained to the ministry of the Dutch Re- formed church in 1820, settled in Ceylon, and la- bored there for nineteen years in the double capa- cityof clergyman and physician. His most impor- tant service was the establishment of a large hospital, of which he was also physician in chief, and he was especially successful in the treatment of cholera and yellow fever. He also founded several native schools and churches. He was transferred to the Madras st at MM in 1839, was in the United States in 1842-'6, and, returning in 1847, labored until his death, whieli occurred on a visit to the Cape of ( Jood Hope that had been undertaken for the benefit of his In alt h. His seven suns and two daughter- were all mission- aries in southern India, lie published "Letters from the East " (Boston, 18u3) ; " Appeal to Youth in Behalf of the Heathen" (184i>): "Letters to Pious Young Men" (1846); "Provision for Pass- ing over Jordan" (New York, 1852): and many tracts and papers that were published in the " Mis- sionary Herald." See a " Memoir " of him by Rev. John B. Waterbury (1856). His sou, Henry Martyn, clergyman, b. in Panditeripo, Ceylon, 5 Feb., 1822; d. in Winchester, Mass., 4 June', 1895, was graduated at the University of New York, and at Union theological seminary, and returned to In- dia as a missionary to the Madura station under the care of the American board. He labored successively at Madras, A root, Vellore, Coonoos, and Oolacommed, organized schools and churches, founded the Arcot mission, and established a dis- pensary there. Having studied medicine, he also practised that profession. He prepared various religious books and tracts in the Sanscrit, Tamil, and Telugii languages. The failure of his health in 1864 compelled his return to this country, and he was pastor of the Howard Presbyterian church in San Francisco, Cal., in 1865-'71, of the Central Congregational church in Brooklyn in 1872-'82, and from the latter date till 1887 of the Plymouth Congregational church, Chicago, from which he resigned in that year to resume missionary work in Japan. His publications include " Liturgy of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church" (Madras, India, 1862); "The Bazaar Book, or the Vernacu- lar Teacher's Companion " (1865) ; " Sweet Savors of Divine Truth," a catechism (1868) : and "Spirit- ual Teaching" (1870). These are all in the Tamil language. Another son of John, .Tared Waler- luiry, missionary, b. in Panditeripo, Ceylon, in 1830, was graduated at Western Reserve college in 1850, and at the New Brunswick theological seminary in 1855. He was then ordained a missionary to In- dia under the Reformed Dutch church, and since 1857 has held native charges there. He has pub- lished translations from the Tamil of Henry M. Seudder's "Spiritual Teaching" (Madras, 1S70). and his " Bazaar Book " (1870), and a " History of the Arcot Mission " (1872). He is also a mem- ber of the committee for the revision of the Tamil translation of the Bible. Another son of John, Silas Doremns, physician, b. in Ceylon, India. 6 Nov., 1833 ; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., 10 Dec., 1877, was graduated at Rutgers in 1856, studied medicine, and was licensed to practise in New York city. He went to India as a medical missionary in 1860, established himself at Arcot. and founded a dis- pensary and hospital there which was supported by English and native residents. He also success- fully treated a large native out-door practice, and obtained patients among high-caste Hindoo women, which had not hitherto been accomplished. After thirteen years' labor for the American board he returned to this country on account of an illness which had been occasioned by overwork.

SCUDDER, Nathaniel, patriot, b. near Huntington, Long Island. N. Y., 10 May, 17:>i; d. near Shrewsbury, N. J., 17 Oct., 1781. He a- graduated at Princeton in 1751, studied medicine, and for many years had an extensive practice in the county of 'Monmouth, N. J. At the beginning of the Revolutionary war Dr. Scudder was made lieutenant-colonel of the 1st regiment of Monmouth, New Jersey, militia. In 1777 he was made colonel of that regiment at the joint meeting of the legislature. Dining that same year he was a member and a constant attendant upon the meetings of the council of safety. On 30 Nov., 1777, he was elected a delegate to congress. In the labors and remobilities of legislation during the Revolution- ary war he took an active part. .Oil 13 July, 1778.