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 SC UDDER

SCUDDER

married, April 18, 1844, to Fannie, daughter of John Lewis. He was stated supjily at New Rochelle, N.Y., 1843-44; was stationed at Madura, India, under the A.B.C.F.M., 1844-46; was a missionary at Madras, India, 1846-50; studied medicine, and became connected as a missionary with the Reformed Dutch church. He founded the mission at Arcot, India, where he served, 1850-57 and 1860-63, becoming profi- cient in the Sanskrit. Tamil, and Telugu lan- guages. He resided in America, 1850-57; was l)astor of the Reformed Dutcli churcli at Jersey City, N.J., 1804-65; pastor of the Howard Pres- byterian church at San Francisco, Cal., 1865-71; of the Central Congregational church at Brook- lyn, N.Y., 1871-83, and the Plymouth Con- gregational church, Chicago, 111., 1883-87. He was independent missionary to Japan with his son, the Rev. Doremus Scudder, and his daughter Catharine, 1887-89. He resided in Pasadena, Cal., 1889-90; Chicago, 111., 1890-92, and at Win- chester, Mass., 1892-95. The honorai-y degree of M.D. was conferi'ed on him by the University of the City of New York in 1853, and that of D.D. by Rutgers college in 1859. He is the author of a number of books in the Tamil language, pub- lislied in India, including: Liturgy of the Re- formed Presbyterian Dutch Church (1862); The Bazaar Book, or the Vernacular Teacher's Com- Xianion (1865); Sweet Savors of Divine Truth (1868), and Si)iritual Teaching'. On April 14, 1903, a bronze tablet to his memory was unveiled in the Central Congregational cluirch, Brooklyn. He died in Winchester, Mass., June 4, 1895.

SCUDDER, Horace Elisha, author, was born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 16, 1838; youngest son of Cliarles and Sarah Lathrop (Coit) Scudder; grandson of David and Desire (Gage) Scudder, and a descendant of John Scudder, who emigrated from Lon- don, England, in 1635, settling in Charlestovvn, Mass., and in 1640 at Barn- stable, Mass. He pre- pared for college at the Roxbury and Bos- ton Latin schools; was graduated at Williams college, 1858, taught private pupils in New York city, 1858-61, and meanwhile wrote several short stories for children. Upon the deatli of his father, a well-known merchant, he returned to Boston and continued his literary career, his children's stories making him widely

known. He became a reader for Hurd and Houghton soon after the close of the civil war, and projected and edited the Riverside Magazine for Young Peoj^le during its existence, 1867-71. In 1872 he became a member of the firm, and in 1873 he was married to Grace Owen, of Cam- bridge, Mass. He retired from the firm in 1875, retaining his connection with the house as liter- ary adviser, however, and he continued in that capacity through the successive changes of the firm (Houghton, Osgood and Company and Hough- ton, Mifflin and Company) until his death. He was for several years, and until its discontinu- ance, the editor of the Riverside Bulletin. He devoted a large portion of his time to the study of American history. In 1890 he succeeded T. B. Aldrich as editor of the Atlantic Monthly, re- signing that position in 1898 to take up what proved to be his last, and in some respects his most important work, the Life of Lowell. In 1882 he delivered a course of lectures on " Child- hood in Literature and Art " before the Lowell Institute. He was a trustee of Williams college, 1884-1902; of Wellesley college, 1887-1902, and of the Episcopal Tlieological school, Cambridge, 1898-1902. He served on the Cambridge school committee, 1877-84, and on the Massachusetts State board of education, 1884-89, preparing for the reports of the latter some of his most elabor- ate studies. He was also president of the Church Library association. Princeton university con- ferred upon him the honorary degree of Litt.D. in 1896. Following is a list of his published books: Seven Little People and Their Friends (1862); Dream Children (1863); The Life and Letters of David Coit Scudder (1864); Stories from My Attic (1869); The Bodley Books, stories for chil dren (8 vols., 1875-84); The Dwellers in Five- Sisters Court, novel (1876); Men and Manners in America (1876); Recollections of Samuel Breck (1877); Stories and Romances (1880); The Chil- dren's Book (1881); Boston Toivn (1881); Noah Webster, in American Men of Letters Series (1881); The Book of Fables; Chiefly from jEsop (1882); A History of the United States (1884): George Washington (1886); The Book of Folk Stories (1887); Men and Letters, essays (1887): Literature in School (1888); A Short History of the United States (1890); Childhood in Literature and Art: A Study (1894); The Book of Legends (1899); James Russell Loioell (2 vols., 1901). He was also a contributor to Justin Winsor's " Me- morial History of Boston" (1880-81) and joint author with Mrs. Taylor of " The Life and Letters of Bayard Taylor" (1884). His anonymous writ- ings, if collected, would make several volumes. Mr. Scudder edited several important works, in- cluding: the Cambridge Edition of the Poets: the Riverside Literature Series; Masterpieces of