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fourquet. A French, poet and novelist; b. at Rouen; commenced her literary- career in 1821 ; d. in her native city.

Batcnelder, Eugene. Wave. An American poet ; b, in New Ipswich, N.H. ; grad. at the Harv. Univ. Law School, 1845; resided at Cambridge, Mass.; d. at Dover, N.H.

Batchelder, James TJ. A Chicagoan. An American writer.

Bateman, Charles. Cfh JB n An English surgeon, of Chertsey.

Bateman, James, M.A., F.B.S. /. B. An English author ; member of Magda- len Coll, Oxford ; M.A., 1834.

Bateman, Rev. Josiah, M. A. Senex. An English clergyman; Queen's Coll., Cambridge, 1828; Hon. Canon of Can- terbury, 1863 ; Rector of Southchurch, St. Albans, 187S-8a et seg.

Bateman, Virginia Francis. Vir- ginia Francis. An American author, sister of Isabella Bateman ; a native of New York City.

Bateman, Rev. William Fairbaira, M.A. W. F. B. An English Epis. di- vme; Perpetual Curate of St. John Evang, Upper Norwood, 1875-83 et seq.

Bates, Miss Fanny D. Beulah. An American writer of books for the young 1 , of Westfield, Mass.

Bates, O. W, A. Eable. An Eng- lish traveller.

Bates, Lewis James, 1832*. J5,; President Bates. An American poet and journalist; b. at CatskiU; has passed much of his active life in the Mississippi Valley ; was in 1860 one of the most promising poets of the West, who could set type as well as make rhymes; his poems were chiefly pub- lished in the Grand River Eagle/' at Grand Rapids, Mich., where he resided for many years ; is now (1886) on the editorial staff of the Detroit Post and Tribune," and a distinguished bicycle journalist, writing for the "Outing/' Boston, etc.

Bates, Mrs. M. V. Margaret Holmes.

Bates, Thomas. T. J5. An English writer.

Bath, William Pulteney, the Earl of, 1682-1764. Marcus Cato. An Eng- lish statesman ; educ. at Christ Church, Oxford ; was at first a personal friend of Walpole, but afterwards one of his most bitter opponents ; acted as chief assistant to Bolingsbroke, in the "Craftsman"; was prime minister for two days, in 1740 ; and thenceforth toot little part in pub- lic affairs.

Batnurst, Charles, M.A. C, B. An

English lecturer and educator, of Roch- ester.

Bathurst, Kev. William Hiley, M. A., 1790-. W. ET. B. An English clergy- man and hymn-writer ; b. at Cleve Dale, near Bristol; Christ Church Coll., Ox- ford, 1818 ; from 1868, residing at lyd- ney Park, Gloucestershire.

Battay, Mrs, Emily Verdery. Emily Verdery.

Battersby, W. J. W. J. B. An

Irish Catholic, of Dublin (?).

Battey,.Mrs. Sallie J. (Hancock). Cecil f Latona. An American South- land writer ; b. at Evanside, near Jef- fersontown, Ky.; in 1870 married Mr. Manfred C. Battey, formerly of Buffalo, N.Y., and more recently of Washington, D.C. ; in 1871 her address was Evanside.

Batty, Christopher, 1715-97. C. B. An English hymn-writer; b. at Newby Cote, near Settle, in Yorkshire, and d. at Kendal.

Batz-Trenquel6on, Charles de, 1885-. Georges Linois. A French au- thor and journalist; b. at Mas d'Agenais (Lot et Garonne), was co-editor of sev eral provincial journals, and then the author of a comedy which was brought out at Bordeaux.

Baudoin, Mme Virginia (Mortemart Boisse). Mme Virgime Orsini, A French writer, wife of the proprietor of the <c Mon- iteur parisien/'

Baudouin, Jean Marie Theodore. D'Aubigny. A French dramatic author, of Pans.

Bauer, Klara, 1836-76. Karl Dethf. A German novelist ; b. at Swinemunde, Pomerania; after the death of her father, spent some time in St. Petersburg; re- turning, she devoted herself to literary pursuits, at Dresden ; d. at Breslau.

Bauerle, Adolf, 1787-4859. Otto Horn. A German humorous author and drama- tist; b. at Vienna; published his first two romances under the above pseud, j d. at Bale.

Baxter, Rev. Jolin Alexander. J. A J5. An English Epis divine; Per- petual Curate of Christ Church, Cose- ley.

Baxter, Mrs, Lucy E. (Barnes). Leader Scott. An English author; the daughter of the Bev. W. Barnes, the well-known author of poems in the Dor- setshire dialect; was educ, principally afc home, occasionally attending a morning school at Dorchester. All her married life has been spent in Italy, and her attention has been turned chiefly to artistic and antiquarian subjects.