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in command at the Naval War college. Newport, R.I., 18y2-y.'5, and also lecturer on international law and naval subjects, and was in command of the Yorktotrn, Asiatic station, 1895-97. He was appointed president of the Naval War college, Newport. R.I., Dec. 27, 1897; promoted captain, U.S.N., July 8, 1899, and assigned to the com- mand of the hiittle-ship Kentucky, Asiatic station, 1902-03. From June 1, 1903. he was naval attache to the U.S. embassy, London, England. Captain Stockton compiled a history of the U.S. Naval asylum. Pliiladelphia, Pa. ; also edited a man- ual of international law based upon the lectures of Dr. Snow of Harvard (1898), and is the author of: Laws and Usages of War (1900), and of var- ious contributions to periodicals.

STOCKTON, Francis Richard, author, was born in Philadelphia. Pa., April 5th, 1834 ; son of William Smith (q.v.) and Emily Hepzibeth (Drean) Stockton. He was educated in the public schools of Philadelphia, and was a B.A. graduate from the Central High school of that city. He be- came a draughtsman and wood engraver, and subsequently, be- ing already known as an editorial writer and of stories for chil- dren, joined the edi- torial staff of Hearth and Home. In 1870 he became associ- ated with Scribner's Monthly, and in 1878 with the St. Nich- olas. He was mar- ried in Philadelphia in 1860 to Marian Eliz- abeth, daugliter of Moses Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Mansfield Brooks Tuttle ; making his home at " The Holt " near Morristown, N.J., and removing in June, 1899, to the colonial estate " Claymont,'' near Charlestown, W. Va. Frank R. Stockton is the author of the juvenile books: Ting-a-ling Stories (1870); Roundabout Rambles (1872) ; What Might Have Been Ex- pected (1874); Tales Out of School (1875); A Jolly Fellowship (1880) ; The Floating Prince and Other Fairy Tales (1881); The Story of Vitean (1884); The Bee Man of Ome (1887) ; Personally Con- ducted (1887); The Clocks of Rondaine (1892); Stories of Nero Jersey (1896); Pirates of Our Coast (1898) ; The Y^onng Master of Hyson Hall (1900) ; and of the novels and short stories ; Rud- der Grange (1879); The Lady or the Tiger ? and Other Stories (1884); The Late Mrs. Xull (1886); The Canting Away of Mrs. Leeks and Mrs. Ale- shine (1886); Christmas Wreck and Other Stories

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(1886); 77)6 Hundredth Man (1887); Amos Kil- bnght (1888) ; The Dusantes (seiiuel to Mrs. Leeks and Mrs. Aleshine) (1888) : The Great War Syndi- cate (1889) ; Stories of Three Burglars (1889) ; The Merry Chanter (1890); The House of Martha (1891); The Squirrel Lin (1891); The Rudder Grangers Abroad (1891) ; The Watchmaker^s Wife (1893); ^rdis Claverden (18d4); Pomona's Travels (ISdi); A Chosen Few (1895); Adventures of Captain Horn U895); Mrs. Cliff's Yacht (1896); A Story Tellers Pack (1897); The Great Stone of Sardis {IH9S) ; The Girl at Cobhurst (1898); The Associated Hermits (1SQ9); The Vizier of the Two- Horned Alexander (1899) ; Afield and Afloat (1900); Bicycle of Cathay (1900); Kate Bonnet (1902) ; Jolm Gayther's Garden, published post- humously (1902), and also The Captain's Toll- gate (1903). He died in Washington, D.C., April 20, 1902.

STOCKTON, John Drean, journalist and dramatic writer, was born in Philadelphia. Pa., April 26, 1836 ; son of William Smith and Emily Hepzibeth (Drean) Stockton, and brother of Francis Richard Stockton. He was educated in the public schools of Philadelphia, and for a short period studied steel engraving. In 1863 he began his professional life as one of the editors of John W. Forney's Pliiladelphia Pi'ess, being the man- ager in 1864 ; was upon the editorial staff of the New York Tribune, 1865-67, and editor and one of the proprietors of The Morning (later the Philadelphia) Post, 1867-73, having among his as- sociates John Russell Young, James Rankin Young, John M. Carson and Louise Stockton. I'rom 1873 until his death, he was upon the New York Herald as night editor, editorial writer and dramatic critic. He was also dramatic critic for the Philadelphia Sunday Dispatch, where his keen criticism upon Edwin Forrest led to the latter's opening a suit against that pai)er, and leader-writer upon politics for Wilkes's Sj^irit of the Times. He was a constant contributor of poems, short stories and critical essays to leading magazines, and is the author of the farce Dicky's Wooing, and the comedy Fox vs. Goose, both written for John Sleeper Clarke, the last men- tioned having been played for over 300 niglits in London and Liverpool and having had an equally good run in the United States. He died in Phil- adelphia, Pa., Oct. 3. 1877.

STOCKTON, John Potter, senator, was born in Princeton, N. J., Aug., 2, 1826 ; son of Robert Field and Maria (Potter) Stockton. He was graduated at the College of New Jersey, A.B., 1843, A.M., 1846 ; was licensed as an attorney at law in 1847, and as a counsellor in 1850. He revised the "Pro- ceedings and Practice " of the courts of New Jersey and was state reporter to the court of chancery. He was U.S. minister to Rome. Italy,