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 HOWE IIOWITT science. A complete edition of his works, with a life by the Rev. John Hunt, appeared in London in 8 vols. (1810-'22; new ed., 1868), and with a life by Edmund Oalamy in 1 vol. (1838). A biography, by Henry Rogers, was published in 1836. HOWE. I. Samuel Gridley, an American phi- lanthropist, born in Boston, Nov. 10, 1801. He studied in the Boston grammar school, thence went to Brown university, where he gradu- ated in 1821, and studied medicine in Boston. In 1824 he went to Greece, and served as a surgeon in the patriot army and in various oth- er capacities till 1830. In 1831 he returned to the United States, and soon became inter- ested in the project for establishing an institu- tion for the blind in Boston. He accepted the charge of it, and embarked at once for Europe, to acquire the necessary information and en- gage teachers, visiting the schools of France and England for this purpose. While in Paris he was made president of the Polish commit- tee, and undertook to carry and distribute funds for the relief of the detachment of the Polish army which had crossed into Prussia. In the discharge of this duty he was arrested and imprisoned for about six weeks by the Prussian government. He was then liberated, and escorted over the French frontier by night. In 1832 the Perkins institution for the blind, in Boston, was put in operation under his charge. A notable achievement in this insti- tution is the education of Laura Bridgman, a blind deaf mute. (See BBIDGMAN, LAUBA.) He took a prominent part in founding the ex- perimental school for the training of idiots, which resulted in the organization, in 1851, of the Massachusetts school for idiotic and feeble- minded youth. He was actively engaged in the anti-slavery movement, and was a freesoil can- didate for congress from Boston in 1846. He engaged earnestly in the sanitary movement in behalf of the soldiers during the civil war. In 1867 he again went to Greece as bearer of supplies for the Cretans in their struggle with the Turks, and subsequently edited in Boston " The Cretan." In 1871 he was one of the commissioners to visit Santo Domingo and re- port upon the question of the annexation of that island to the United States, of which he has since been an earnest advocate. He has pub- lished a " Historical Sketch of the Greek Revo- lution" (1828), and a " Reader for the Blind," in raised characters (1839). II. Julia Ward, an American poetess, wife of the preceding, born in New York, May 27, 1819. Her early edu- cation comprised an unusually wide range of studies. In 1843 she was married to Dr. Howe, with whom she made a tour in Europe. In 1850 she again went to Europe, being absent more than a year, a great part of the time in Rome. After her return she published " Pas- sion Flowers," a volume of poems (1854) ; " The World's Own," a drama (1855) ; " Words for the Hour" (1856); "Lenore," a tragedy (1857); and "Hippolytus," a tragedy (1858). During the winter of 1858-'9 she visited Cuba, and in I860 published "A Trip to Cuba." A volume of poems, "Later Lyrics," appeared in 1866. In 1807 she accompanied her husband to Greece, and published " From the Oak to the Olive " (1868). She is a prominent speaker in behalf of woman's rights. HOWELL, a S. county of Missouri, bordering on Arkansas, and drained by Spring river and affluents of the N. fork of the White; area, about 900 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 4,218, of whom 24 were colored. The surface is hilly, and the soil in the valleys fertile. There are large forests of pine. The chief productions in 1870 were 15,356 bushels of wheat, 115,728 of In- dian corn, and 8,454 of oats. There were 1,132 horses, 3,201 cattle, 2,707 sheep, and 5,656 swine. Capital, West Plains. HOWELL, James, an English author, born near Brecknock, -Wales, in 1596, died in 1666. He was educated at Jesus college, Oxford, and passed many years on the continent, as a mer- cantile agent, as travelling tutor, or in a diplo- matic capacity. In 1640 he was appointed clerk to the council at Whitehall, but after the breaking out of the civil war he was thrown into the Fleet, where he languished until after the death of Charles I. After the restoration he was appointed historiographer royal, an office which he retained until his death. How- ell's publications number about 40, the greater part as well as the best of them being in prose. His EpMolcR Ho-EKance, or "Familiar Let- ters," first printed in 1645-'55, and of which many editions have appeared, was the second published collection of epistolary literature in the English language. HO WELLS, William Dean, an American author, born in Martinsville, Belmont co., Ohio, March 1, 1837. He learned the printing business in his father's office, and worked at that trade for 12 years. He then became connected with the " Ohio State Journal " as assistant editor, and up to 1860 had published six po- ems in the " Atlantic Monthly," besides a life of Abraham Lincoln, and 1, with John J. Piatt, a volume of verse called "Poems of Two Friends." He was appointed by President Lincoln United States consul at Venice, where he remained till 1865. On his return home ho joined the staff of the " Nation," and shortly after became assistant editor of the "Atlan- tic," which magazine passed into his sole con- trol as editor in July, 1871. His publications are : " Venetian Life " (London and New York, 1866); "Italian Journeys" (1867); "No Love Lost," a poem (1868); "Suburban Sketches" (1869); "Their Wedding Journey" (1872); and "A Chance Acquaintance" (1873). HOWITT. I. William, an English author, born at Heanor, Derbyshire, in 1795. His pa- rents were members of the society of Friends, and in 1823 he married Mary Botham, also a member of the society. They made a pedes- trian excursion through Great Britain, and subsequently embarked in literature, writing