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literary work. He was associate editor of the Poimlar Science Neivs, 1869-93. and edited the department of " Shakespeariana "' in the Literary World, 1881-89, and in the Critic (New York), 1890-98, after which time he was one of the staff contributors to that journal. He was married, July 30, 18-56, to Eliza Jane, daughter of Joseph and Eleanor (Grif- fiths) Carew of Dor- chester, Mass., who died, March 19, 1900, leaving three sons: John C. Rolfe, pro- fessor of Latin, Uni- A-ersity of Pennsyl- vania; George W. Rolfe, instructor in Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology, and Charles J. Rolfe. a member of the Suffolk bar, Cambridge, Mass. The honorary degree of A.M. was conferred upon Mr. Rolfe by Harvard in 1859, and by Amherst in 1865, from which latter college he also received the degree of Litt. D. in 1887. His publications include: Handbook of Latin Poetry, with J. H. Hanson (1865); Craik's "English of Shakespeare" (1867); Cambridge Course of Physics (with J. A. Gillet; 6 vols., 1867- 69); a complete edition of Shakespeare's works (40 vols., 1870-83); Satchel Guide to Europe (re- vised yearly from 1872); Selections from the poems of Gray, Goldsmith, Milton, Wordsworth, Browning. Scott, Tennyson and Byron (16 vols., 1875-89); ^L'S. Browning's Sonnets from the Por- tuguese (1886); Tales of Chivalry, from Scott (1887); Tales from English History (1888); Ma- caulay's Lays of Ancient Rome (with Dr. John C. Rolfe; 1888); Fairy Tales (1889); Tales from Scottish History (1891); Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare (2 vols., 1892); complete edition of Tennyson (13 vols., 1895-98: also the "Cam- bridge " ed. in one volume. 1899); Shakespeare the Boy (1896); and contributions to literary, educational, and scientific periodicals. In 1900- 02 he supervised the "New Century" edition of Shakespeare (24 vols.), to which he contributed a Life of Shakespeare, filling one volume. In 1903 he was engaged in a complete revision of his own edition of Shakespeare.

ROLLINS, Alice Wellington, author, was born in Boston, Mass., June 12, 1847; daughter of Ambrose and Lucy (Kent) Wellington; granddaughter of Benjamin Oliver and Mary (Hastings) Wellington and of William and Ca- therine (Hutchins) Kent; great granddaughter of Benjamin Wellington (born 1743), who was IX. — 11

the first Lexington man to meet the British on their way to Concord and fought with his com- pany April 19, 1775; and a descendant of Roger Wellington, who came from England about 1630, and settled in Watertown in 1642, removing to Lexington in 1705. She received a good educa- tion at home and abroad; taught school in Boston for several years, and was 'married, Jan. 12. 1876, to Daniel Michael Rollins, a prominent New York merchant. She traveled abroad, re- sided in Brazil and devoted herself to literary work. She is the author of: The Ring of Ame- thyst (1878); The Story of a Ranch (1885); All Sorts of Children (1886); The Three Tetons {1SS7); Uncle Tom's Tenement (1888); From Palm to Glacier (1892); Dealing in Futures (1893); ^_p/to- risms for the Year (1894); TTie Story of Azron (1895); Little Page Fern (1895); The Finding of the Gentian (1895); Unfamiliar Quotations (1895). She died in Bronxville, N.Y., Dec. 5, 1897,

ROLLINS, Edward Henry, senator, was born in Somersworth (Rollinsford), N.H., Oct. 3, 1824; son of Daniel and Mary (Plummer) Rollins; grandson of James and Lucy (Gerrish) Rollins and of Ebenezer and Mehitabel (Warren) Plum- mer, and a descendant of Ichabod Rollins, the patriot. He attended academies in Dover, N.H., and South Berwick, Maine.: taught school, and engaged in business as a merchant. He was married, Feb. 13, 1849, to Ellen, daughter of John and Nancy (Montgomery) West of Concord, N.H. He was a representative in the state legis- lature, 1855-57; speaker of the house, 1856-57; chairman of the Republican state committee from its formation for several years; chairman of the state delegation to the Republican national convention in 1860; a Republican representative in the 37th-39th congresses, 1861-67; secretary of the Union Pacific railroad company, 1869-71, and its treasurer, 1871-77; and U.S. senator, 1877-83, serving as chairman of the committee on manufactures. He was founder of the First National bank, Concord, N.H., and was presi- dent of the Boston, Concord and Montreal rail- road company. He died -in the Isle of Shoals, N.H.. July 31, 1889.

ROLLINS, Frank West, governor of New Hampshire, was born in Concord, N.H., Feb. 24, 1860; son of Edward Henry (q.v.) and Ellen (West) Rol- lins; grandson of James am Mary (Plummer) Rollins, and of John and Nancy (Mont- gomery) West, and a de- scendant of Ichabod Rollins, first probate judge of Straf- ford county, N.H. He was graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1881, and on Dec. 6, 1882, was married to Katherine W.,