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lean writer; b. in Connecticut; was a States Rights Democrat, and for some years the private secretary of John C. Calhoun. During the civil war, he was violently opposed to Mr. Lincoln and the Republican party; d, in New York City.

Scribner, B. F. A Volunteer; l < One ivho was thar " ; One uho has seen the Ele- phant. An American soldier, in the Mexican war, from Ke\v Albany, Ind.

Scribner, J. F. An Old Mountaineer. An American writer.

Scrymgeour, James. Norval. A Scottish writer of the day

Scudamore, Miss Lily. jRuhamah. An American journalist, of Wash- ington

Scudder, Horace Elisha, 18S8-. 5. T. James. An American author, editor, and bibliographer, of Cambridge, Mass, ; b. in Boston; Williams Coll., 1858.

Scudder, Vida D Davida Coit. An American ('!) author of the day.

Seabrook, Ephraim Baynard. E. B. ff. An American -writer of the day, of South Carolina.

Seabory, Samuel, D.D., 1729-96. A Farmer; A. W. Fanner; A Westchester Farmer. An American clergyman and loyalist ; b. at Groton, Conn ; Yale Coll. ; 1748 ; d. in New London, Conn.

Seager, Charles, M.A. Academicus. An English novelist and miscellaneous^ writer.

Scale, John Barlow, D.D., F.R.S. A Friend of the Author, An English scholar, of Christ Coll., Cambridge. Who reads false quantities in Sole/' See Byron in. his " Hours of Idleness/ 1

Seaman, Augustus. Titus Brick. An American writer.

Searing, Mrs. Laura C. (Redden), about 1840-. Howard Glt/ndon. An American poet and journalist; "b. in Somerset Co, Ya.; at St. Louis, 1860; afterwards wife of Edward W. Searing, Professor of Latin in $Iilton Coll., Wis- consin.

Sears, George "W. Ne&smuL An American htt&ateitr of the day.

Seawell, Miss Molly Elliott. Fox- halt; 8ydmy. An American writer of the day.

Seccombe, Bey. Joseph, A.M, 1 TOS- CO. Fluviatutis Ptscator. An American Cong, minister, at Kingston, N.H., 1737- 60; Harv. Univ., 1731.

Seckendorf, Gustav Anton, Baron von, 1776-1823. Patrick Peak. A Ger- man dramatist ; b. near Altenburg ; d. in America.

Seddon, John P. J9S$ Brother. An

English architect ; secretary to the Eoyal Institute of British Architecture.

Sedgwick, Miss Catherine Maria, and Others, 1789-1867. Several Amen can Authors, An. American popular writer; b. at Stockbndge, Mass.; taught a private school for young ladies, for 50 years ; d. near Roxbury, Mass.

Sedgwick, Miss C. M., J. K. Pauld- ing, W. C, Bryant, W. JJeggett, and B C. Sands. Several American Anthois

Sedgitfick, James, Esq., 1775-1851. A Barrister. An English lawyer and journalist, of Oxford, Edinburgh, and London ; of Pembroke Coll., Oxford, and called to the Bar of the Middle Temple, 1801 ; d. in London.

Sedgwick, THeodore, 1781-1880. An American, An American lawyer; b. at Stockbndge, Mass.; practised law in Albany, SLY,, for about 20 years, when he removed, in 1822, to his native place, and resided there till his death.

Sedgwick, Theodore, 1811-69. Veto. An eminent American lawyer, of New York City; b. at Albany; U.S. District Attorney, K.Y, 1858-59

Sedley, Sir Charles, 1639-1701. Sir C. S. An English dramatist; b. at Aylesford; at the Restoration removed to London, and "became a debauchee, set up for a satirical wit, a comedian, poet, and courter of ladies"; M.P. for New Eomney, Kent; d. in London.

Seeley, John Robert, 1834-. Pupils of the City of London School. An English classical scholar; b. in London; Christ Coll., Cambridge, 1857; succeeded Charles Kingsley as Professor of Modern History at Cambridge in 1869.

Seeley, John Robert, "William Young, and Ernest Abraham Hart Pupils of the City of London School.

Seeley, Robert Ben ton. A Layman ; James White. An English theological writer.

Seilhamer, George O. G. O.S. An American journalist of the day, of !New York City.

Selby, Charles, 1801-63. William Muggins; Tabitha Tickletooth. A popular London comedian and dramatist; d. in London.

Selden, Richard Ely, Jr., A.M., 1797- 1868. Mon Droit. An American farmer and bibliographer; Yale Coll., 1818; b., lived, and d. at Hadlyme, Conn.

Selous, H. C. Kay Spen. An Eng- lish novelist of the day,

Selwyn, Major. Major $****

W***** N. An English officer and writer of the 18th century,