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Dr. Hiram C. Haydn, in the busy pastorate of a large church, has found opportunity to crystallize some trains of thought into an enduring form in 'Death and Beyond,' Dartmouth prize essay on 'Lay Effort,' and 'The Blessed Man,' a booklet on the first psalm, in all a valuable con- tribution to the religious literature of the day.
Rev. James A. Bolles was the author of the 'American Church Catholic,"Confirmation Explained and Defended,' 'Holy Matrimony,' and the 'Rector's Vade Mecum.'
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Rev. L. Pollock Lynn published a volume entitled 'Living Thoughts of Living Thinkers.'
Mr. E. R. Sill published a volume of poems entitled ' The Hermitage.'
Mrs. Rebecca D. Rickoff has been the author of a number of highly successful books, both educational and literary, and is an industrious contributor to the leading journals. Some of her essays and poems have attracted much attention.
Rev. James M. Hoyt is the author of 'Glances on the Wing at Foreign Lands,' published in 1871, a volume of old world travel, written for private circulation but de- manded by the public, who appreciated the interest of the places visited and seen through cultivated eyes, and the literary beauty of the work.
Mr. Charles C. Baldwin has made a study of the an- tiquities of Ohio and written extensively upon the mounds and their creators. He has written several pamphlets for the Western Reserve Historical Society, and some for the Magazine of Western History and other publications.
Mrs. Gertrude Wickham was probably the first lady employed editorially upon one of the daily papers. Her bright and graceful pen was busy upon the Herald for several years, and afterwards upon the Leader, to which she furnished a great deal of material. She origi- nated and carried into execution personally, the idea of the Women's Repository, for the assistance of poor women. Mrs. Wickham is now engaged in a unique under- taking, a series of papers upon the 'Dogs of Famous
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People,' which were eagerly contracted for by St. Nicholas, and will be published in its columns at an early date.
Mrs. W. A. Ingham has been a most active promoter of all literary and educational interests and has contributed to a number of newspapers. She opened the way for a new form of social development in Cleveland, being the first lady to read an essay before a public audience in this city. She is a lady of broad culture and advanced thought, and has given many delightful addresses, as well as many instructive and interesting letters over her nom de plume of Anne Hathaway.
Mrs. Howard. W. Ingham has been a busy and useful writer in the line of Christian and charitable work, and her productions have also the merit of literary excellence.
Mr. Levi F. Bauder has sought relaxation from the dry and barren field of the law, in a delightful volume of poems entitled 'Passing Fancies,' containing many deli- · cate touches of poetic color and fine shades of thought, elegantly expressed.
Mrs. Sarah E. Biercc, secretary of the Women's Press Association, is a bright, facile, story writer, construing the English both forcibly and gracefully. She is at present connected with the Plain Dealer.
Rev. Frederick Burke left a volume of posthumous sermons.
Mrs. Etta Luce Gilchrist is the anonymous author of 'Apples of Sodom,' published in 1884, a novel which does not need the apology of its humane purpose to be of deep interest. Roused by personal knowledge of the abomina- tions of Mormonism, Mrs. Gilchrist had the courage, at a
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time when the subject was considered unapproachable to a lady, to write this plea in behalf of the women of Utah. It is a simple, realistic story told in a graphic, vivid style, in whose pathos the reader cannot fail to suspect the fact that it is truth and not fiction. The press of the entire country gave the book a splendid reception, one of the most flattering notices appearing in the Salt Lake Trib- une. Mrs. Gilchrist has written extensively for periodicals, and is said to have another book in process of prepara- tion.
Frank George Carpenter, the chief of the Washington Bureau of the Cleveland Leader, is a native of Mansfield, Ohio, and is about thirty years of age. He has been in journalism since his school days, publishing a paper on the day of his graduation. He has traveled extensively in the United States, Europe and North Africa, and has con- tributed historical and descriptive articles to prominent papers in the country and to all the leading magazines. He is well known throughout the West as the author of the gossipy "Carp" letters in the Leader from Washing- ton. His letters now appear in the papers of the Ameri- can Press Association, and there is hardly a congressional district in which he has not one or more papers.
Emma H. Adams is a name familiar to all readers of the Leader since 1884, from the pleasant descriptive letters of the Pacific coast that has appeared in its columns, also in the New Orleans Picayune and other papers. She has published 'To and Fro in Southern California,' in 1887, and 'Digging the Top Off.' She has now in preparation a. third volume, to be called 'Here and There in Oregon,
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Washington and British Columbia.' She returns to the coast at the holidays to resume literary work in the Northern Pacific Coast region.
C. L. Hotze, Esq., now a practicing attorney in our city, in 1871 published a little school book, for the use of pupils in the higher grades of our common schools, enti- tled 'First Lessons in Physics.' Ten years later a sequel to it was published by him, 'First Lessons in Physiology,' followed by 'Questions and Problems in Physics.' These books are to initiate young people in the rudiments of science, who might never attend high schools and, there- fore, have no other opportunity for learning something about these sciences. These books circulate widely in the schools of the country, particularly in the West.
Rev. George Thomas Dowling, whose eloquence and rare elocutionary gifts in the pulpit and upon the rostrum have made his name a household word, has also found time for some elegant literary work. His one novel, 'The Wreckers,' although published in 1885, has gone through several editions. His sermons are published regularly in The Pulpit of To-day, while he is regular correspond- ent for a number of periodicals, and is a popular lecturer in lyceums. Like most busy people, he has work planned for the future.
Hon. Martin A. Foran also published a novel, entitled 'The Other Side,' in 1885, a Trades Union story, which attracted a good deal of attention.
Rt. Rev. G. T. Bedell, Bishop of Ohio, is the author of 'The Pastor,' a book of six hundred pages, valuable to clergymen and their members.
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Walter Buell has published . The Life of Joshua R. Gid- dings,' a well-written biography of interest to all admirers of its subject. He is an able journalist.
J. P. Abernethy, superintendent of telegraph, published ' The Modern Service of Commercial and Railway Teleg- raphy in Theory and Practice.' It is acknowledged to be the best and most practical telegraph book ever published.
Charles G. C. Lagervall has given one of the very few translations from the Swedish that have ever been made. It is a rendition of 'Royalists and Republicans,' a historical novel of the French Revolution, by H. Af. Trolle, into exceeding clear and vivid English.
Rev. A. H. Washburne left a volume of posthumous sermons.
Dr. James M. Eells is the author of a 'Life of Samuel Eells.'
Ex-Judge G. M. Barber has written two volumes-'Book of the Law,' published in 1886, by Lauer & Yost, and 'Notary's Guide,' by Ingham, Clarke & Co., in 1887.
Mrs. May Alden Ward has recently made an addition of value to the higher class of literature in her 'Life of Dante,' the only English work of the kind on either side of the ocean. From the kind welcome given the book by the press, it has evidently supplied a lack and met with keen appreciation. Leading papers in all parts of the country unite in commending the scholarship, the clearness and elegance of style, the modesty and absence of pedantry of the 'Life of Dante,' as well as the great good taste with
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which the facts are selected and arranged into a fascinating story.
Mr. A. T. Brewer has published lately a book entitled 'Ohio Corporations.'
Mr. Thomas D. West, the enterprising foundry man, has accomplished the unusual feat of so entirely mastering his occupation as to revolutionize it for those who will follow him. His book, 'American Foundry Practice,' was first published in 1883, and proved to be of such value to molders that it immediately ran through five editions. and the sixth is now in press, while his second book, on a kindred subject, is already in the third edition. The work is largely sought after in Europe, as well as in this country, and is said by all practical artisans far to surpass any work ever written on the melting and molding of iron in iron foundries. The kindly care with which the author has endeavored to make easier the way of apprentices, to detail the cause of disaster and its preventions, in his one hundred aphorisms, is to be especially commended.
Mrs. N. S. Springer wrote a novel, published in 1883, entitled, 'A Cloudy Sky,' which has passed into the second edition. Messrs. Norton T. Horr and Mr. Bemus have lately published a joint production, entitled, 'Municipal Police Ordinances.' Captain Frank Mason, our consul at Marseilles, has written a 'Life of Garfield' that is authen- tic and well received. John Davenport Crehore, C. E., is the author of 'Mechanics of the Girder,' published Janu- ary, 1887. It is a treatise on bridges and roofs, which bears internal evidence of patient industry and scholarly ability. The author is happy in choice of words, in clear-
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ness of statement and in logical method, so that no ambi- guity exists as to his meaning, and no difficulty is experi- enced in following his argument. The press notices are very flattering.
Dr. Dudley P. Allen is the writer of "Medicine in the Western Reserve,"in the Magazine of Western History.
Colonel W. F. Hinman is the writer of 'Corporal Si Klegg and his "Pard,"' a book of more than seven hun- dred pages with nearly two hundred illustrations, descrip- tive of the experiences of "Si" during the war. Some of the chapters were published serially some time ago in the Washington Tribune and were so highly appreciated as covering new ground in the manysided history of the war, that, at the request of hundreds of friends, Colonel Hin- man has collected and enlarged them into the present volume.
Mr. W. H. Van Nortwick came to Cleveland from Jersey City, his former home, in 1880, and was engaged as asso- ciate editor of the Leader from that time until 1885. He was editorial writer of the Press for some time after- wards. Mr. Van Nortwick is an old newspaper man. He has contributed to Frank Leslie's, the New York World, Times, and other papers, and is the author of a book, entitled, 'Yanks and Johnnies,' now in press, which will be out in December next. Of this prospective book the Jamestown Journal says: "Mr. Van Nortwick will be remembered as one of the founders of the New Jersey Editorial Association. 'Yanks and Johnnies' deals wholly with the comic side of the late civil war, and consists of humorous sketches and anecdotes which will be illustrated
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by competent artists. Although the work is of a humor- ous character, vet the incidents narrated are really a part of the country's war history. The material for this forth- coming volume has been about equally drawn from Northern and Southern sources, and the author has very properly dedicated his work to the surviving veterans of the Federal and Confederate armies. The book will con- sist of six hundred pages or more, and as it is the first and only one of its kind, it will undoubtedly meet with a wide circulation. C. L. Webster & Co. are the publishers."
' Cleveland, Past and Present : its Representative Men,' comprising biographical sketches of pioneer settlers and prominent citizens, published by Maurice Joblin, a book of five hundred pages, and is valuable for reference; also 'The History of Cuyahoga County,' published in 1879.
In addition to the authors who have been mentioned above are a large number of well known essayists in pri- vate circles, and writers of newspaper articles, whose work entitles them to notice, but whom it is impossible to men- tion, on account of their great number and the limit of space.
Frederick T. Wallace for many years has been known, especially by his intimate acquaintances, as a journalistic and magazine writer. He was born in Vermont in 1820, studied law and was admitted to the bar in Litchfield, Connecticut, in 1844, and settled in Berkshire county, Massachusetts, in 1845. He was elected to the Legisla- ture of that State in 1848, the eventful year of the second French revolution, the fall of Louis Philippe, the advent of Lamartine, and the discovery of gold in California.
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He was elected a member of the Convention of 1853, to revise the constitution of that State. That was a remarkable convention even for Massachusetts, having among its members Benjamin F. Hallet, Marcus Morton, Governor Briggs, N. P. Banks, George S. Boutwell, Anson Burlingame, Benjamin F. Butler, Richard H. Dana, Charles Sumner and Henry Wilson, names that subse- quently in Congress and in the war became familiar to all. Mr. Wallace once modestly remarked to the writer that his only distinction in that convention was in being its youngest member.
When Kossuth visited Massachusetts and was on his way from Springfield to Boston by special train, Mr. Wal- lace was selected to make a brief address of welcome to the famous Hungarian patriot, which he did from the platform of a local station, the trainstopping long enough to enable the distinguished National guest to respond in his most fascinating manner, and then wave adieu to several hundred citizens as the train drew out amid their loud huzzas.
He came to Cleveland in 1854, and has been officially connected with the municipal government as a member of the Council for two years, 1856-57, and as Assistant City Solicitor for six years, from 1875 to '81.
As a political writer Mr. Wallace's articles attracted attention for their very readable qualities, clearness of statement, happy illustration, and a vein of sarcasm mod- ified by an under-current of humor. The late J. W. Gray said of him that he was the only man he would trust in his editorial columns without first examining his articles,
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"for," said he, "he knows what not to write as well as what to write and how to write it well." During the exacting Chase-Payne canvass of 1857, he largely supplied the editorial columns of Mr. Gray's paper, and subsequently when the editor was for two years afflicted, and until his death, he represented Mr. Gray in his editorial columns.
Besides for several years there was rarely a Democratic State Convention to which he did not silently supply one or more, and sometimes every plank in the platform.
Since the death of Douglas, whom he greatly admired, Mr. Wallace has taken but little interest in politics, having been too long behind the scenes not to know its hollow emptiness. Occasionally, however, he has in recent years lent his pen to prepare the way for the political advance- ment of some personal friend. In May, 1864, immediately after the second great battle of the " Wilderness," Governor Brough appointed him one of a commission of gentlemen to visit the scene of conflict to look after the wounded men of the Ohio regiments, and to supply as far as possi- ble their temporary wants, and for that purpose to draw on the State Agent at Washington for whatever might be deemed necessary. His report thereon was so far grati- fying to the Governor that it was made one of the accom- panying documents of his next message to the Legislature.
In 1882 Mr. Wallace found himself much out of health through nervous prostration and other afflictions, but managed nevertheless to amuse himself by publishing an exceedingly pleasant and readable book, entitled, ‘Men and Events of Half a Century,' beinga collection of a few of his miscellaneous papers and public addresses, among
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which we specially note the remarkably chaste and beau- tiful address on the dedication of Riverside Cemetery ; the South Side Park dedicatory ; "Sherlock J. Andrews : aMem- ory and a Tear;" an amusing and prophetic paper, entitled " Viaduct Reflections," and an admirable and graceful classi- cal parallel, "Agrippina and Lucretia," "The Return of Germanicus and Garfield," inspired by the Presidential obsequies of 1881.
Mr. Wallace has long been recognized as a writer of a peculiar and graceful style, and whose quiet humor, which pervades his book, is a reminder of the pages of the Spec- tator and Diedrich Knickerbocker. Many pleasant enco- miums of individuals and the press have been pronounced upon his book and literary style.
In 1882-83 Mr. Wallace devoted six months to travel and observation abroad, extending his tour to Egypt, visiting Alexandria, Cairo, the Pyramids and the land of Goshen; in Europe visiting Rome, Naples, Venice, Paris and London. Again, in 1884, he went to London intend- ing to remain for a few years in business relations, but after a year he found his vital force not adequate to with- stand the fogs of a London winter, and, under the advice of physicians, returned in 1886. He lias since been engaged in literary pursuits. His reading is in the line of history and in the literature of the sciences, especially geology and astronomy, with a touch of antiquarian lore .- [ED.
Mr. B. A. Hinsdale has performed not only a large amount but a great variety of literary work. On the founding of the Christian Standard in this city in 1866, he
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became one of the editorial staff. In 1869, on the removal of the Standard to Cincinnati, his editorship ceased, but he continued to be the most extensive contributor to the paper. In 1868 Mr. Hinsdale became a leading contribu- tor to the Christian Quarterly. He was also for a time one of the editors of this paper, and has been a frequent contributor to large numbers of magazines and other periodicals, educational, religious, historical, political, etc. Mr. Hinsdale's first books were: 'The Genuineness and Authenticity of the Gospels,' Cincinnati, 1872, received with great favor, being highly spoken of in the British quarterlies. The next was 'The Jewish Christian Church,' 1878, and 'Ecclesiastical Tradition,' 1879, both works that impressed the reading public and called out many favorable opinions of the press. In 1880 appeared the 'Republican Text-Book for 1880,' that still remains the best account of President Garfield's public life down to his nomination at Chicago ever written. 'President Garfield and Education,' J. R. Osgood & Company, 1881, is in part a history of Garfield's life as student and teacher, but mainly a collection of his addresses and speeches on educa- tional subjects, with introductions.
This is the fullest account of Garfield's life at Hiram as pupil, teacher and citizen, ever published. Soon after the President's. death, Mrs. Garfield appointed Mr. Hinsdale editor of his works, and they appeared from the press of J. R. Osgood & Company, 1882 and 1883, in two octavo volumes of about eight hundred pages each, with preface, notes and introductions by the editor. Mr. Hinsdale's last book was 'Schools and Studies,' a collection of four-
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teen addresses and essays on educational subjects, in 1884. No educational discussions for many years have called forth stronger encomiums from high authorities than these. Mr. Hinsdale has contributed largely to the pam- phlet literature of the day, in which he has dealt with a wide range of topics. Mention should also be made of his four reports to the Cleveland Board of Education while superintendent of the schools. It is understood that Mr. Hinsdale is now engaged in new works, the names of which will, no doubt, be given to the public .- [ED.
By no means the least brilliant in the galaxy of the litterateurs of Cleveland is a lady whose modesty has lost to her the credit of much good work in the literary field. I refer to Mrs. Lizzie H. Neff, the writer of the foregoing paper. She has written as a pastime under assumed initials, carefully guarded, since her school days, and has produced a great variety of bright articles and charming stories. Among the publications to which she has con- tributed may be mentioned, Woman's Journal, Youth's Companion, The Current, Western Advocate; Globe Demo- crat (St. Louis), Commercial Gazette (Cincinnati) and the Kansas City Journal. Noticeable among her fictitious pro- ductions are the exquisite short stories brought out by McClure, in which she has shown decided originality of style. She never writes without an object, and that object is the portrayal of character. In this she has been most successful in her Southern stories, of which "An Ugly Dog," "Jean," and "Her Soldier," are the best. "Kath- erine," "Soil and Soul," and "The Colonel's Wife," are gems of good taste, ingenuity and brightness.
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She finds a ready market for her literature in the Eastern magazines, in which a number of her articles will appear next year. Mrs. Neff's work is highly appreciated by pub- lishers and readers. She has never made an avocation of writing, but should she ever decide to do so, she can hardly fail of a brilliant success as a professional literary woman .- [ED.
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CHARITIES AND CHURCHES.
CHARITIES.
I [N strong contrast to the theological zeal which, in cen- turies not long passed away, burned men's bodies, pil- laged their homes, and sometimes devastated an entire country for the salvation of souls, is the humane spirit of the religion of to-day, which seeks to save the soul, not by the destruction of the body but by its preservation. Theology has converted humanity at the point of the sword. In turn Christianity has humanized theology by the gentle warfare taught so long ago in a sermon by the sea.
It is learned at last that the new law of love is more potent than the old law of vengeance, that the blessing of the merciful is greater than the reward of the warrior- priest. It is remembered that the conscience of the starv- ing one is not acute, the morals of the shivering cannot be upon a high plane. It has been noted that we are told to ask "Give us our daily bread " before we plead "Forgive us." Therefore, there are sermons in the loaves of bread,
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there are prayers that reach to Heaven in flannel garments, and pæans of praise even in the cups of cold water. So fully recognized is the claim of the unfortunate that the system of charitable organizations and institutions has become almost a religion of itself, and its ramifications extend through the substrata of society until they touch almost every class of sin and suffering. It is, perhaps, more than coincidence that the chronology of the rise and development of benevolent work corresponds exactly to that of the admission of women to an equal footing with men in church and society, and their subsequent education and development.
A significant fact in this connection is that the most comprehensive, practical and successful charities in this country of noble institutions have been originated and executed by women. The great Sanitary Commission, during the civil war, the various Women's Missionary Societies, Temperance Unions, and Relief and Memorial Corps, all National organizations, are evidences of patient, plodding work in concert.
The record of our own city in this line is highly credita- ble to its broad and generous humanity, some of the movements being initial, and many having gained a point of usefulness that makes their continuance a public neces- sity. The largest and, naturally, the most successful are those unconnected with any church, and working inde- pendently.
Probably the first permanent benevolent institution of any note is the Protestant Orphan Asylum, organized in January, 1852, at a meeting held for the purpose in the
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Stone Church. A board of managers, consisting of twelve ladies, was appointed, and all responsibilities were placed in their hands.
The ladies went to work immediately, to arrange the details of the little household, and in April, a house at the corner of Ohio and Erie streets having been leased for the purpose, the domicile was established with a family of eleven children under eight years of age.
Miss Sophia Hewitt gave her services gratuitously for two years as superintendent and teacher. An act of in- corporation was soon obtained and a constitution adopted. In 1853 an acre of land, at the corner of Kins- man street and Willson avenue, was donated for the site of a more commodious building, and in June of 1855 the asylum moved to its new quarters.
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