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696 the New Jersey delegation, he nominated Gen. George B. McClellan for the presidency. He a- also a delegate to the Unionists' convention at Philadelphia in 1866. Princeton gave him the de- gree of LL. I), in 1882. He has published " Equity Reports," being the decisions of the courts of chan- cery and appeals (3 vols., Trenton. 185b'-'(iO).

STOCKTON, Thomas Hewlinars, clergyman, b. in Mount Holly, N..I.. 4 June, 1808; d. in 'Phila- delphia, Pa.. 9 Oct., 1868. He studied medicine in Philadelphia, but began to preach in 1829, entered the ministry of the Methodist Protestant church. of Maryland. He soon attained a reputation as a pulpit orator, and served as chaplain to the U. S. house of representatives in 1833-'5 and 1859 '61, and to the senate in 1862. Being unwilling to sub- mit to the restrictions in the discussion of slavery that were imposed by the Baltimore conference, he went to Philadelphia in 1838, where he was a pas- tor and lecturer till 1847. He then resided in Cin- cinnati, Ohio, till 1850, and while there declined a unanimous election to the presidency of Miami university. From 1850 till 1856 he was associate pastor of St. John's Methodist Protestant church in Baltimore, also serving during three years and a half of this period as pastor of an Associate Re- formed Presbyterian church there. From 1856 till his death he was pastor of the Church of the New Testament in Philadelphia, and also devoted himself to literary work. Dr. Stockton edited at different periods the " Christian Vorld " and the "Bible Times." He was an anti-slavery pioneer, opposed sectarianism, and was active in his labors for all social reforms. He published editions of the Bible, each book by itself ; Floating Flowers from a Hidden Brook "(Philadelphia, 1844): "The liible Alliance "(Cincinnati. 1S50): Ecclesiastical Opposition to the Bible " (Baltimore, 1853) ; " Ser- mons for the People" (Pitt~burg. 1854); "The I'.lessing" (Philadelphia, 185T) ; "Stand up for Jesus," a ballad, with notes, illustrations, and mu- sic, and a few additional poems (1858) ; " Poems, with Autobiographical and other Notes" (1862); and " Influence of the United States on Christen- dom " (1865). After his death appeared his " The Book above all " (1870). See " Memory's Tribute to the Life. Character, and Work of Rev. Thomas H. Stockton," by the Rev. Alexander Clark (Xew York. 18li!l). and " Life, Character, and Death of Rev. Thomas H. Stockton," by Rev. John G. Wil- son (Philadelphia, 1869). His" half-brother, Francis Richard, author, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 5 April, 1834, was graduated at the Central high- school in his native city in 1852, became an en- graver and draughtsman, and in 1866 invented and patented a double graver, but he soon aban- doned this occupation for journalism. After be- ing connected with the "Post" in Philadelphia and ' Hearth and Home " in New York, he joined the editorial staff of " Scribner's Monthly," and on the establishment of " St. Nicholas " became its a-M-tant editor. Mr. Stockton's earliest writings, under the name of Frank R. Stockton, which he h.i~ -inre retaineil. were fantastic tales for children, and appeared in the "Riverside Magazine" and other periodicals. Four of these, under the title of " The Ting-a-Ling Stories," were issued in a vol- ume (Boston, 1870). More recently he has attained a wide reputation for his short stories, which are marked by quaintness of subject ami tn-ai mmi and by dry humor. The first of these were the " Rudder Grange " stories, which appeared in " Scribner's Monthly." and afterward in book-form (New York, 1879). '"The Lady or the Tiger;" is perhaps the most widely known. It ends by pro- pounding a problem, various solutions of which, some serious and some jocose, have appeared from time to time. A comic opera, based upon it. the libretto of which was written by Sydney Rosenfeld, was produced in New York in 1888. Mr. Stock- ton's other short stories include " The Transferred Ghost," " The Spectral Mortgage." and " A Tale of Negative Gravity." He is also the author of the novels " The Late 'Mrs. Null "(New York, 1886) ; " The Casting Away of Mrs. Leeks and Mrs. Ale- shine" (1886), with' a sequel, entitled "The Du- santes " (1888) : and " The Hundredth Man " (1887). His short stories have been collected as " The La- dy or the Tiger? and other Stories" (1884); " The Christmas Wreck, a-nd other Tales" (1887); and " The Bee Man of Orn, and other Fanciful Tales" (1887). He has written for children " Roundabout Rambles " (1872) : " What might have been Ex- pected " (1874) : " Tales Out of School " (1875) ; " A Jolly Fellowship" (1880) : "The Floating Prince" (1881); and "The Story of Viteau" (1884). Fran- <-i- Richard's brother. John Drean, journalist, b. in Philadelphia. Pa.. 2(i April, 1836 ; d. there, 3 Nov., 1877, was educated in his native city, and began to study art and engraving, but was employed at an early age on the Philadelphia " Press," and became its manager under John W. Forney. He was con- nected with the Xew York "Tribune" in 1866, and in 1867 assumed the editorship of the Philadel- phia " Post," of which he became a proprietor, but he gave up his interest in 1872, and from 1873 till his death was dramatic and musical critic of the New York Herald." He wrote " Fox and Geese," a comedy (1S(JS). which ran 100 nights in New York and other cities, and more than 300 in London. Mr. Stockton's political editorials, as well as his dramatic and literary criticisms, were marked by touches of humor and poetic fancy.
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STODDARD, Charles Warren, author, b. in Rochester. N. Y., 7 Aug., 1843. He was educated in New York city and in California, to which state he had removed with his father in 1855. In 1864 he went to the Hawaiian islands, where he has since passed much of his time. and. as travelling correspondent of the San Francisco "Chronicle" in 1873-'8, visited many islands of the South seas, Kurope. Asia, Africa, and the Pacific slope from Alaska to Mexico. He began to write poetry at an early age, was for a short time an actor, has contributed to many magazines, and has also lec- tured. He was professor of English literature in Notre Dame college, Ind., in 1885-'6. He has pub- lished "Poems" (San Francisco, 1867); "South- Sea Idyls " (Boston, 1873) ; Mashallah : a Flight into Egypt" (New York, 1881); and "The Lepers of Molokai" i Notre Dame, isidi.

'''STODDARD. John F.''' educator, b. in Greenfield, Ulster co., N. T., 20 July, 1*25: d. in Kearih i. N. J., 6 Aug., 1873. His early years were passed on a farm, and, after attending the public schools, he began teaching in 1843. Later he entered the New York normal school, and. upon his graduation in 1847. began his life-work as an educator. He was eminently successful as an instructor of mathematics and in his efforts to promote normal schools, and left a fund to Rochester university for a eold medal, to be awarded to the best student in mathemat ics. His principal published works are " Practical Arithmetic" (New York. 1Ki2i: Philosophi eal Arithmetic" (1853); "University Algebra " (1857); and "School Arithmetic" (1869). The annual sale of Stoddard's arithmetic* wa~ at one time about 200.0011 copies, now III.IIIHI. and up to July, 1898, over 2,500,000 copies had been issued.