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EAMES, Wilberforce, librarian, b. in Newark, N. J., 12 Oct.. 18.55. lie has resided in Brooklyn, X. Y., since 1861, and attended the common schools of that citv. He spent twelve years in the service of various bof)ksellers. and in 1883 became an assist- ant in the Lenox library. Subsequently he was advanced to first assistant (1888), assistant librarian (1893), and librarian (1893). Since the consolida- tion of the Astor. Lenox, and Tilden libraries, he has continued to be known as " I^enox librarian." In 1896 he received the honorary degree of A. M. from Harvard university. Mr. Karnes has edited a comparative edition of the authorized and revised versions of the New Testament (1882) and vols. xv. to XX. of Sabin's " Dictionary of Books relating to America" (188.5-'92). a work still in progress. Ills most noteworthyartidesin .Sabin — "Bibliographies of the Bay Psalm Book " (1885), " Ptolemy's Geog- raphy " (1886), and ".Sir Walter Raleigh "' (1886)— have been issued in separate editions. He con- tributed largely to Pilling's Indian bibliographies, especially the article on .lohn Piliot, also ij.sued separatefv a-s " Bibliogra|)hic Notes on Eliot's In- dian Bibfe, and his other Translations and Works in the Indian Ijanguage of Massachusetts" (1890). In 1892 he edited for the Lenox library a com- finrativeetlition of four I^atin texts, with new Kng- ish translation of Columbus's letter to .Sancliez on the discovery of America. I.ater he issued "Early New England Catwhisms: A Bibliograph- ical Account of some Catechisms publislieil liefore the Voiir IMOO. for use in Xew England" (1898). EARL. Koltert, jurist, b. in Herkimer, X. V., 10 Sept., 1824. He was graduated at Union college in 184.5, admitted to the bar of his native county, and forseveral years edited the " Herkimer Demo- crat." He was judge and surrogate of Herkimer county in 18.56-'<>0, subsequently chief judge of the ofd court of appeals, and, after the constitu- tional amendments in 1869, a commissioner of ap- peals in 1870-'5. He was ap|K)inted a judge of the present court of ap|ieals in 1875 by Gov. Samuel .1. Tilrien. and held oflicc by ro-cle<'tion tillJan. 1, 1895. With Mrs. Earl he founded the Herkimer free library in 189.5, and gave to it property valued at :f:i<).(K)0. .ludge Earl was also a founder of the Herkimer historical st^wiety, and has been its presi- dent since its foundation. He has received the degree of LIj. I), from Columliia university.

EARLE, Alice Mour, author, b. in Worcester, Mass., 27 April, 18.5:1 She is the daughter of Ed- win Morse, and on 15 April, 1874. married Henry i Earle, of Brooklyn, X. V. .She was educated in ' the public schoofs of her native city, being gradu- ated from Worcester high-school in 1872, and also attendeil Dr. Gannett's school in Boston. Mrs. J^rle has ilevoted herself chiefly to researches about the manners and customs of the colonial and revolutionary periods in Xew England aiul New York, and her books on these subjects have achieved wide popularity. They include "The Sabbath in Puritan Xew Englaiid " (Xew York, 1891); "China Collections in America" (1892); "Customs and Fashions in Old Xew England" (1893); "Early Prose and Verse of Xew York," with E. E. F'onl (189.3); "Costume of Cr)lonlal Times" (lM94);"Life of Margaret Winthrop" (1895); " Diary of .Anna Green Winslow" (edited) (Boston, 1895); " Colonial Dames anil (ioodwives" (1896); " Curious Punishments of Bygone Days" (1896); "Colonial Days in Old Xew' York " (Sew York, 1896); "Old-Time Drinks and Drinkers" (1897) ; and "Home Life in Colonial Days" (1898).

EARLE, Joseph Haynesworth, senator, b. in Greenville, S. C, 30 April, 1847 ; d. there, 20 May, 1897. He served during the last year of the rebel- lion in Charles's battery of Darlington county, and surrendered with Johnson's command at Greens- boro. N. C, in May, 1865. After graduating at Furman university in 1868, he Ijecame principal of Chick Springs academy in Greenville county, and was admitted to the practice of law in 1870. He was elected to the legislature in 1878, became state senator in 1882. was a delegate to the Democratic national conventions of 1880 and 1884, and was elected attorney-general for the state in 1886 and 1888. Mr. Earle, while serving a term on the supreme court bench, was elected to the U. S. sen- ate for the term ending in March. 1903.

'''EDOERTON. Alonzo Jay''', jurist, b. near Rome, N. Y., 7 .lune, 1827; d. in Sioux Falls, S. Dak., 9 Aug., 1896. He was educated at Wcsleyau university, graduating in 1850. He removed to Minnesota, was a member of its legislature, and in 1876 he was chosen presidential elector. He re- cruited Company B, 10th Minnesota infantry, of which he was apiKiinted captain, and served through the Indian campaigns of 1862-'3. In 1864 lie was commissioned colonel ef the 67th U. S. colored infantry, and was ordered to Louisi- ana. In 1865 his regiment and the 65th were consolidated, retaining the latter number. Later he was coinmi.ssi«med brigadier-general by brevet, and placed in command of Baton Koiige, remain- ing m command of that district till his muster out in the winter of 1867. In 1881 he was made U. S. senator, succeeding Mr. Wiiidom, whom President Garfield had appointed secretary of the treasury. In 1881 he was appointed chief justice of the territory of Dakota, lie was a member of the constitutional convention of South Dakota which in 1885 formulated the present constitution, and of the convention held in 1889 to readjust the constitution to meet the requirements of congress. Both conventions made him president. When the stale was admitted, he was appointed district judge.

'''EDSALL. Samuel Cook'''. P. E. bishop, b. in Dixon. 111., 4 March, 180(1. being a descendant of Samuel Edsall. who came from Yorkshire in 1644. He was educated at Racine college, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 188'2. Later he entered the Western theological seminary, and was admitted to the priesthood in June, 1889, by Bishop McLaren, 'rhc following year he took charge of St. Peter's parish, Chicago, where he met with much success and remained until elected by the general convention held at Washington in Octolicr. 1898, missionary bishop of North Dakota,

'''EDSON. Allan Aaron''', Canadian artist, b. in Stanbridirc. yueliec. 18 Dec, 1842; d. m Glen Sut- ton, t^uebec, 1 May, 1888. He was e<lucated at Vercheres college, and entered mercantile employ- ments in Montreal, but practised drawing and painting by him.self, and as soon as the opportunity came went to London to study. After three visits to England ami Scollanil, he spent five years in France, a part of the time as the pupil of Leon J. Pelousc, aci|iiiriiig the French techiiiipie, which with his keen insight into Xature made him pre- eminent as an interpreter of the summer and winter aspectsof Canadian forest scenery. He ex- hibited in the Paris salons and the London royal