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Smith, Mrs. Jolin. A Housekeeper. An American ( ? ) author. ' Smitli, Mrs. Jolin A. Aunt Esther. An American writer of the day.

Smith, John Gordon, M.D., E.K.S., about 1788-1833. An Officer. A Scot- tish surgeon ; b. at Aberdeen ; served in the Peninsula War ; afterwards librarian to the Dufce of Sutherland; professor in the Umv of London, 1828; d. in Pleet prison, London, where he was confined for debt.

Smith, John Russell, 1810-. 71 R. S. An English bookseller, of London; b. at Sevenoaks, Kent, co-editor of the " Library of Old Authors."

Smith, John Stores. John Ackerlos. An English translator and writer.

Smith, Joseph, D.D., 1670-1756. An Orthodox Divine. An English clergyman ; b. at Lowther in Westmoreland; iSrovost of Queen's Coll., Oxford.

Smith, Joseph Edward Adams. Godfrey Greylock An American writer, of the day, of Pittsfield, Mass.

Smith, Joshua. A. An English poet and hymn writer

Smith, Mrs. Julie P., -1883. Christa- bel Goldsmith. An American novelist; resided at Esperanza, a large and beauti- ful estate at Hartford, Conn.; she was thrown from her carriage at her own door, and killed almost instantly.

Smith, Idster. L. S. An English Friend, of Halstead, in Essex.

Smith, Mrs. Marlon C. Marion Couthouy. An American writer.

Smith, Mary Ann. Rusco. An Amer- ican poet of the day.

Smith, Airs. Mary Prudence (Wells), 1840- P. Thome. An Ameri- can writer; b. in Attica, N.Y. In 1875 she married Lafayette Smith, Esq., of the Cincinnati Bar, in which city slie now (1878) resides.

Smith, Matthew Hale, 1810-79. Bwrleigh* An American preacher, author, and journalist ; b. in Connecticut ; lived chiefly in New York City, and d, there.

Smith, R C. Raphael. An English writer.

Smith, Robert. C. An English scholar, of Eton Coll. ; one of the editors of the " Microcosm," 1787.

Smith, Robert PearsaU. R. P. S. An American theologian.

Smith, Robert Percy, 1770-1845. j& S. An English barrister; Advocate- General of Bengal; K.P. for Grantham, and afterwards for Lincoln ; and younger brother of, the Rev, Sydney Smith.

Smith, Robert Vernon, 1804-73.

R. V. S. An English statesman ; son of the preceding ; educ. at Christ Church, Oxford; M.P. for Northampton from 1881; held important public offices from 1830; assumed the name of Vernon instead of Vernon-Smith ; became 1st Baron Lyveden, 1859.

Smith, Seba, 1792-1868, Major Jack Douning; John Smith, Esq. An eminent American journalist; b. at Buckfield, Me., Bowdoin Coll., 1818; resided at Portland, 1820-42, and in New York City, 1848-68 ; d. at Patchogue, L.L

Smith, Rev. Sydney, A.M., 1771- 1845. Mr. J}\j$on; Peter Plymley. A celebrated English clergyman, wit, and philosopher; b. at "Woodf ord, near Lon- don; educ. at Westminster School and New Coll, Oxford ; Canon of St. Paul's, 1831-45 ; d. in London.

Smith, Thomas Assheton, 1777- 1858. A Huntsman. An English sports- man; master of the Tedworth Hunt; d. at his seat at Vaenol, near Bangor, North Wales.

Smith, Col. W. Coriolanus. An American political writer, early in the 19th century.

Smith, W. Anderson. Gowne. An English (?) writer of the day.

Smith, W B. Kelsic Eik&ridge. An American writer of the day.

Smith, Rey. Walter Chalmers. Hermann Kunst, Phifol Professor; Orwell. A Scottish minister, of the Tree High Church, Edinburgh.

Smith, William, D,D,, 1727 or 28- 1803. A Gentkman in London; A Gen- tleman who has resided in Penn. ; A Lover of his Country; An Officer employed on the Expedition. A Scottish-American scholar ; b. at Aberdeen ; Provost of the College of Philadelphia, 1764-79 and 1789-91; d, at Philadelphia.

Smith, William, LL.D., 1762-1840. A Citizen of South Carolina. An Ameri- can statesman; b. in North Carolina; admitted to the bar at Charleston, S.C. ; M.C., 1797-99; U.S. Senator, 1817-23; spent his last years at Hunts ville, Ala,, and d. there.

Smith, William, LL.IX, E.G.S,, 1769-1839. The Father of English Geol- ogy. An English geologist; b. at Churchill, Oxon. ; d. at Northampton.

Smith, William. Akestes. An Eng- lish surgeon.

Smith, Sir William Cusack, LL.I>., P.K.S., etc., 1766-1836. A Yeoman; Warner Christian Search, LL.D., F.R.S., end J&.RJA* An eminent Irish jurist; 2d Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland,