He has been con-
nected editorially with various journals, and was
private secretary of President Lincoln, 1861-64.
nected editorially with various journals, and was
private secretary of President Lincoln, 1861-64.
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28, 1805 ; died in New
York city, Oct. 10, 1852. He wrote a series of
letters on travel in the East, entitled “Incidents
of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petræa, and the
Holy Land' (2 vols. , 1837); followed by (Inci-
dents of Travel in Greece, Russia, Turkey, and
Poland) (1838); (Incidents of Travel in Cen-
tral America, Chiapas, and Yucatan) (1841);
and supplemental volumes of explorations and
(Travel in Yucatan) (2 vols. , 1843).
Stepniak, Sergius Michael Dragomanov
(S. Karchevsky) (step'nyäk). A noted Rus-
sian nihilist; born at Gadjatch, government of
Poltava, 1841. Having been exiled in 1876, on
account of his criticisms on the system followed
by Count Tolstoy, one of the Ministers of
Justice, he settled in Geneva, 1887; went from
there to London in 1885. Among his works
are (The Turks Within and Without' (1876);
(Underground Russia' (1881); (Tyrannicide in
Russia) (1881); (The Career of a Nihilist, a
novel (1889).
Sterling, John. A Scottish editor, essayist,
and poet; born at Kames Castle, Isle of Bute,
July 20, 1806; died at Ventnor, Isle of Wight,
Sept. 18, 1844. He was educated at Glasgow
and Cambridge. Among his works are : (Ar-
thur Coningsby,' a novel (1833); (Minor Poems)
(1839); “The Election, a poem (1841); (Straf-
ford,' a drama (1843); and (The Onyx Ring'
(1856). Thomas Carlyle wrote (The Life of
John Sterling (1851).
Stern, Daniel, pseudonym of Marie Cath-
erine Sophie de Flavigny, Comtesse d'Agoult
(dä-gö'). A famous French writer; born at
Frankfort on the Main, Dec. 31, 1805; died at
Paris, March 5, 1876. One of her three daugh.
ters, that by Franz Liszt, married Von Bülow,
and subsequently Richard Wagner. Her works
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include : (Moral and Political Essays) (1849);
(History of the Revolution of 1848) (1851);
and Nélida, an autobiographical romance
which attracted much attention.
Sterndale, Robert Armitage. An English
naturalist and story-writer. He is the author
of (Seonee; or, Camp-Life on the Satpura
Range) (1877); (The Afghan Knife) (1879);
(A Natural History of the Mammalia of India,
etc. (1884); “Denizens of the Jungles.
Sterne, Laurence. A celebrated English
novelist; born at Clonmel, Ireland, Nov. 24,
1713; died in London, March 18, 1768. Of
(Tristram Shandy, Vols. i. and ii. were pub-
lished in 1760; iii. and iv. in December 1700;
v. and vi. in 1762; vii. and viii. in 1765; ix. in
1767. A Sentimental Journey through France
and Italy) was published in 1768; “The Ser.
mons of Mr. Yorick) in 1760, as a companion
to Tristram Shandy. Posthumously appeared
(Letters to his Most Intimate Friends) (1775). *
Stesichorus (stē-sik'o-rus). A Greek lyric
poet; born at Himera, Sicily, about 630 B. C. ;
died in Catania, about 556 B. C. Only frag-
ments of his works remain; but he appears to
have dealt with epic subjects, among them the
sieges of Troy and Thebes, in lyrical measures.
He is looked upon as the greatest of the Dorian
lyrists, and is often styled “the lyric Homer. ”
The ancients fabled that he was stricken blind
for slandering Helen, but upon retracting his
calumnies regained his sight.
Stetson, Charlotte Perkins. An American
poet; born in Hartford, Conn. She has pub-
lished a volume of poems, 'In This our World)
(San Francisco, 1893).
Stevens, Abel. An American author, editor,
and Methodist clergyman; born in Philadel-
phia, Jan. 19, 1815. He was editor of the Meth-
odist 1865-74; subsequently traveled extensively,
and settled in Geneva, Switzerland. He wrote
many denominational books, among them :
(Essay on Church Polity) (1847); Memorials
of the Introduction of Methodism into the
Eastern States) (1847-52); (History of the Re-
ligious Movement of the Eighteenth Century
called Methodism' (3 vols. , 1858–61); (History
of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United
States) (4 vols. , 1864–67), a standard authority
on this subject. He wrote also a German trans-
lation (1867); (The Centenary of American
Methodism) (1865); ( The Women of Method-
ism,' etc. (1866); (Madame de Staël) (2 vols. ,
1881); (Character Sketches) (1882); (Christian
Work) (1882); (Tales from the Parsonage);
besides several volumes of memoirs.
Stevens, Henry. An American bibliogra-
pher; born in Barnet, Vt. , Aug. 24, 1819; died
in South Hampstead, England, Feb. 28, 1886.
He was a prominent collector and authority
on (Americana,' and the agent for many
American libraries. He published: (Catalogue
Raisonné of English Bibles) (1854); (Histor-
ical Collections ); ( Historical and Geographical
Notes);' Bibliotheca Americana' (1861); Bibles
in the Caxton Exhibition) (1878); Indexes to
State Papers in London Relating to Virginia,
Maryland, Rhode Island, and New Jersey);
edited (The Dawn of British Trade to the
East Indies) (1886); etc.
Stevens, John Austin. An American histor.
ical author; born in New York city, Jan. 21, 1827.
He was secretary of the Chamber of Commerce,
librarian of the New York Historical Society,
and has made a special study of American his-
tory. He founded and for many years conducted
the Magazine of American History. His works
include : (The Valley of the Rio Grande (1864);
(Colonial Records of the New York Chamber
of Commerce) (1867); “The Expedition of La-
fayette against Arnold (1878); "Life of Albert
Gallatin (1883); and others.
Stevenson, Edward Irenæus. An American
journalist and littérateur of New York city;
born in New Jersey, 1858. He is in editorial
connection with the New York Independent
since 1881, and also with Harper's Weekly and
several musical journals. He has published:
(White Cockades); Janus,' reprinted as A
Matter of Temperament,' a musical novel; Left
to Themselves,' reprinted as Philip and Ger-
ald);(Mrs. Dee's Encore); (A Square of Sevens.
Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour. A dis-
tinguished Scotch novelist, poet, and essayist;
born in Edinburgh, Nov. 13, 1850; died at Apia,
Samoa, Dec. 3, 1894. He published: (An In-
land Voyage) (1878); (Edinburgh: Picturesque
Notes) (1878); (Travels with a Donkey in the
Cévennes) (1879); (Virginibus Puerisque, and
Other Papers) (1881); (Familiar Studies of Men
and Books) (1882); New Arabian Nights)
(1882); (Treasure Island (1883); “The Silver-
ado Squatters) (1883); (The Dynamiter: More
New Arabian Nights) (1885), with Mrs. Ste-
venson; A Child's Garden of Verse) (1885);
(Prince Otto) (1885); (The Strange Case of
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) (1886); (Kidnapped
(1886); (Underwoods) (1887); (The Merry Men
and Other Tales) (1887); (Memoirs and Por-
traits) (1887); (The Black Arrow) (1888); “The
Master of Ballantrae) (1889); (Ballads) (1891);
(The Wrecker) (1891-92); A Foot-Note to His-
tory: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa) (1892);
(David Balfour) (1893); "Island Nights' Enter-
tainments) (1893): (The Ebb Tide' (1894);
(Weir of Hermiston' and (St. Ives) (1895-90),
the last two left not quite complete. *
Stewart, Balfour. A Scotch physicist, one
of the founders of spectrum analysis; born
in Edinburgh, Nov. 1, 1828; died near Drogh-
eda, Ireland, Dec. 19, 1887. He established
his scientific reputation with a work on 'Radi-
ant leat) (1858), in which he formulated his
discovery of the equality of the emissive and
absorptive powers of bodies. Other works in-
clude: (Treatise on Heat) (1866; 5th ed. 1888);
( Elements of Physics) (1870; 4th ed. 1891);
(Conservation of Energy) (1873; 7th ed. 1887).
With Professor Tait he published “The Unseen
Universe ; or, Physical Speculations on a Future
State) (1875; 17th ed. 1890).
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Stewart, Dugald. A distinguished Scotch
philosopher; born in Edinburgh, Nov. 22, 1753:
died June 11, 1828. His philosophy was “a
following-up of the reaction commenced by
Reid against the skeptical results that Berke-
ley and Hume drew from the principles of
Locke. He published : (Elements of the Phi-
losophy of the Human Mind) (Vol. i. , 1792;
Vol. ii. , 1814; Vol. iii. , 1827); (Outlines of Moral
Philosophy) (1793); Philosophical Essays)
(1810); Dissertation on the History of Ethical
Philosophy) (1815-21); Philosophy of the Act-
ive and Moral Powers) (1828).
Stifter, Adalbert (stif'ter). An Austrian
poet and story-writer; born at Oberplan, in
the German Böhmerwald, Oct. 23, 1806; died
at Linz, Jan. 28, 1868. His first volume of
idyls and tales, (Studies) (1844), was received
with extraordinary public favor; it was suc-
ceeded by five other volumes under the same
title. Of his longer stories the more note-
worthy are “The Successor (1857) and “Witiko)
(1864).
Still, John. An English writer of comedy;
born at Grantham in Lincolnshire, about 1543;
died bishop of Bath and Wells, Feb. 26, 1607.
He is reputed to be the author of "A ryght
pithy, pleasant, and merrie comedy, intytuled
Gammer Gurton's Needle » (1575): it is believed
to be the third English comedy. In the first
act occurs the familiar old ballad "I cannot
eat but little meat, with chorus, Backe and
side go bare, go bare, supposed to be the first
drinking-song in the language.
Still, William. An American philanthropist
and anti-slavery advocate, of African descent;
born in Shamony, N. J. , Oct. 7, 1821. He was
chairman and secretary of the Philadelphia
branch of the famous "underground railroad »
of 1851-61, and wrote out the narratives of
escaping slaves, which constitute the only
full account of this organization. His works
include: (The Underground Railroad' (1878);
(Voting and Laboring); and (Struggle for the
Rights of the Colored People of Philadelphia.
Stillé, Charles Janeway. An American edu-
cator and writer ; born in Philadelphia, 1819.
He was long provost of the University of
Pennsylvania. He has published: (Historical
Development of American Civilization); (Stud-
ies in Mediæval Civilization); Beaumarchais
and the Lost Million); History of the United
States Sanitary Commission'; (How a Free
People Conduct a Long War); (Northern In-
terest and Southern Independence); John
Dickinson); ' Anthony Wayne); etc.
Stillman, William James. An American
essayist of note, resident in Rome; born at
Schenectady, N. Y. , June 1, 1828. He was for
many years a correspondent of the London
Times and the New York Evening Post, and
is especially conversant with the affairs of
Greece; he was consul-general to Crete, 1865-
69. His published works are: (The Acropolis
of Athens) (1870); (The Cretan Insurrection)
(1874); Herzegovina and the Late Uprising
(1877); “On the Track of Ulysses) (1887). *
Stimson, Frederic Jesup. ["J. S. of Dale. ”]
An American novelist and lawyer; born in
Dedham, Mass. , July 20, 1855. His works of
fiction have been widely read, and his legal
text-books are authoritative. He has pub-
lished: (Labor in its Relations to Law); and
(Handbook of the Labor Laws of the United
States. His celebrity as a novelist is due to
his (The Crime of Henry Vane); (The King's
Men'; (The Residuary Legatee); (The Sen-
timental Calendar); 'In the Three Zones);
(First Harvests); (Pirate Gold); (King No-
anett); (Guerndale); etc.
Stinde, Julius (stind'e). A German novel-
ist and miscellaneous writer; born at Kirch-
Nüchel in Holstein, Aug. 28, 1841. Among
his writings are: (Talks on Natural Science)
(1873); several comedies in Plattdeutsch, as
(Aunt Lotta); (The Karstens Family); two
Christmas stories, Princess Thousandfair) and
(Prince Naughty); (Berlin Art Criticism, with
Marginal Notes by Quidam) (1883); and an
amusing series of stories of (The Buchholz
Family.
Stirling-Maxwell, William, Sir (ster'ling.
maks'wel). A Scottish biographer and art
critic; born near Glasgow, 1818; died at Ven-
ice, Jan. 15, 1878. He was Member of Par-
liament, 1852–78; rector of the University of
St. Andrews, 1863; of that of Glasgow, 1872;
chancellor of the latter, 1875. He wrote the
valuable works: Annals of the Artists of
Spain) (3 vols. , 1848); (Cloister Life of Charles
V. (1852); (Velasquez and his Works) (1855);
and others.
Stockton, Frank Richard. An American
writer of humorous fiction ; born in Philadelphia,
April 5, 1834. Included among his popular
works are: (Rudder Grange); (The Lady,
or the Tiger? ); (The Casting Away of Mrs.
Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine); (The Dusantes, a
sequel to the preceding; (The Bee-Man of
Orn, and Other Fanciful Tales); (Tales Out
of School); ( The Hundredth Man'; (The Late
Mrs. Null); (Adventures of Captain Horn);
(The Great Stone of Sardis); etc. *
Stoddard, Charles Warren. An American
poet and miscellaneous writer; born in Roches-
ter, N. Y. , Aug. 7, 1843. He is a lecturer on
English literature in the Catholic University of
America, Washington, D. C. , and is the author
of Poems); (South-Sea Idyls); Mashallah);
(The Lepers of Molokai); (Summer Cruising
in the South Seas); etc.
Stoddard, Elizabeth Drew (Barstow). An
American novelist and poet; born in Matta-
poisett, Mass. , May 6, 1823. She is the wife of
R. H. , and the author of three distinguished
novels, (The Morgesons) (1862), (Two Men)
(1865), « Temple House, illustrative of English
character and scenery (1867); and (Lolly Dink's
Doings, a story for young readers (1874). Her
poetical works have not been collected. *
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Stoddard, Richard Henry. An American
lyric poet of distinction; born at Hingham,
Mass. , July 2, 1825. His poems have been pub-
lished under the titles : (Songs of Summer)
(1856); (Abraham Lincoln: A Horatian Ode)
(1865); collectively, under "Poems) (1880), and
(The Lion's Cub) (1890). He has been a resi-
dent of New York, and at times the literary
editor of the New York World, and now of the
New York Mail and Express. *
Stoddard, William Osborn. An American
journalist and miscellaneous writer; born in
Homer, N. Y. , Sept. 24, 1835.
He has been con-
nected editorially with various journals, and was
private secretary of President Lincoln, 1861-64.
His publications include: Verses of Many
Days) (1875); Dab Kinzer) (1881); (The Vol-
cano under the City) (1887); and Lives of the
Presidents) (1886-90). He has also written many
books popular among boys.
Stokes, Henry Sewell. An English verse-
writer; born at Gibraltar, 1808. He wrote : Lay
of the Desert: A Poem' (1830); “Song of Al-
bion,' etc. ; Vale of Lanberne,' etc. (new ed.
1852); “Echoes of the War,' etc. (1855); “Scat-
tered Leaves) (1862); (Rhymes from Cornwall)
(1871); Memories : A Life's Epilogue) (1872);
(Poems of Later Years) (1873); (Restormel :
A Legend of Piers Gaveston, the Patriot Priest;
and Other Verses) (1874); Lantrydock: An
Elegy) (1883); (Voyage of Arundel, and Other
Rhymes from Cornwall) (1884).
Stolberg, Christian, Graf von (stol’berg).
A German poet; born at Hamburg, Oct. 15,
1748; died at Windebye in Holstein, Jan. 18,
1821. Most of his poems were published with
those of his brother Friedrich Leopold in
1779. lle wrote two “choral plays,” (Baltha-
sar) and (Otanes! (1787); (Poems of Father-
land' (1815); (Poems from the Greek) (1782);
and a translation of Sophocles (2 vols. , 1787).
Stolberg, Friedrich Leopold, Graf von. A
German poet and general writer, brother of
Christian; born at Bramstedt in Holstein, Nov.
7, 1750; died at Sondermühlen near Osna-
brück, Dec. 5, 1819. Some of his poems were
published with those of his brother; separately
he issued (lambics) (1784), satires on the man-
ners of the time. He translated the liad and
some of Plato's Dialogues, four of Æschy-
lus's dramas, and (Ossian. In prose he wrote:
( The Island (1788), a romance; (Travels) in
Germany, Switzerland, etc. (1794); Life of
Alfred the Great' (1815); History of the Reli-
gion of Jesus Christ) (15 vols. , 1806-18).
Stone, John Augustus. An American actor
and dramatist ; born in Concord, Mass. , in 1801;
died in Philadelphia, June 1, 1834. He appeared
on the stage in Boston, New York, and Phila-
delphia, and wrote many plays; among them
(Metamora, (The Ancient Briton,' and 'Faunt-
leroy) for Edwin Forrest. He also published
(The Demoniac,) (Tancred,' and 'La Roque.
Stone, Lucy (Blackwell). An American
reformer and prominent advocate of women's
rights ; born in West Brookfield, Mass. , Aug.
13, 1818; died at Boston, Mass. , Oct. 18, 1893.
She graduated at Oberlin College, 1847. In
1855 she married Dr. Henry B. Blackwell, re-
taining her own name. She published a protest,
(Taxation without Representation. In 1869 she
helped organize the American Woman's Suf-
frage Association ; became connected with the
Woman's Journal in 1872, and was editor after
1888. Her lectures on woman suffrage made
her known throughout the country.
Storm, Theodor (Woldsen) (storm). A nota-
ble German poet and novelist; born in Hu.
sum, Schleswig, Sept. 14, 1817; died at Hade-
marschen, July 4. 1888. He first attracted
attention in literature with (The Song-Book
of Three Friends) (1843), the work of Tycho
and Theodor Mommsen and himself. Later,
he became universally known as the author
of (Immensee) (43d ed. 1896), a short tale, and
a volume of Poems) (uth ed. 1897). Among
his other works are : (Aquis Submersus) (1877);
(The Senator's Sons) (1881); Knight of the
White Horse) (1888); etc. *
Storrs, Richard Salter. An American Con-
gregational minister, and writer on ecclesiasti-
cal history and theology; born at Braintree,
Mass. , Aug. 21, 1821. He is author of (The
Graham Lectures on the Wisdom, Power, and
Goodness of God (1856); Conditions of
Success in Preaching without Notes! (1875);
(The Divine Origin of Christianity) (1884);
Bernard of Clairvaux) ( 1892 ); and (Forty
Years of Pastoral Life. )
Story, Joseph. A great American jurist;
born in Marblehead, Mass. , Sept. 18, 1779;
died in Cambridge, Mass. , Sept. 10, 1845. In
1811 he accepted the appointment of associate
justice of the United States Supreme Court, and
held the office until his death. His works
include: Commentaries on the Constitution
of the United States) (1833); Commentaries
on the Conflict of Laws, considered his ablest
effort (1834); and Miscellaneous Writings
(1835). In 1851 his Life and Letters) was
edited by his son, W. W. Story.
Story, William Wetmore. An American
sculptor, poet, and essayist, son of Joseph;
born in Salem, Mass. , Feb. 19, 1819; died at
Vallombrosa, near Florence, Italy, Oct. 8, 1895.
He published: (Report of Cases Argued and
Determined in the Circuit Court of the United
States for the First Circuit' (1842-47); (Ad.
dress Delivered before the Harvard Medical
Association (1842); Nature and Art: A Poem
(1844); " Treatise on the Law of Contracts not
under Seal (1844); (Treatise on the Law of
Sales of Personal Property) (1847); Poems)
( 1847 ); Life and Letters of Joseph Story)
(1851); "Poems) (1856); (The American Ques-
tion) (1862); (Roba di Roma) (1862); Propor-
tions of the Human Figure) (1866); (Graffiti
d'Italia) (1868); "A Roman Lawyer in Jeru-
salem' (1870); (Nero : An Historical Play)
(1875); “Stephania : A Tragedy' (1875); Castle
St. Angelo and the Evil Eye) (1877); (Ode
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on the Anniversary of the Fifth Half-Century
of the Landing of John Endicott at Salem,
Mass. ) (1878); “Vallombrosa) (1881); He and
She' (1883); Poems) (1885-86); Fiammetta)
(1886); (Conversations in a Studio) (1890);
(Excursions in Art and Letters) (1891); (A
Poet's Portfolio) (1894). *
Stowe, Calvin Ellis. A Congregational
clergyman and educator ; born in Natick, Mass. ,
April 6, 1802; died in Hartford, Conn. , Aug. 22,
1886. He graduated at Bowdoin College in
1824, at Andover Seminary in 1828; and edited
the Boston Recorder, 1829-30. He became pro-
fessor of Greek at Dartmouth College, 1830–32,
and of sacred literature in Lane Theological
Seminary, Cincinnati, O. , 1833–35. He married
Harriet Elizabeth Beecher, January 1836, and
went to Europe to examine the public-school
systems. He was professor at Bowdoin, 1850 ;
and at Andover, 1852-64. His works include
a translation of Jahn's (Hebrew Common-
wealth) (1829); "Lectures on the Poetry of
the Hebrews) (1829); (Report on Elementary
Education in Europe); Introduction to the
Criticism and Interpretation of the Bible)
(1835); and (Origin and History of the Books
of the Bible) (1867). Also addresses and pam-
phlets.
Stowe, Ha riet Beecher. A celebrated
American novelist; born at Litchfield, Conn. ,
June 14, 1811; died at Hartford, Conn. , July 1,
1896. She published: (The Mayflower; or,
Sketches of Scenes and Characters among
the Descendants of the Pilgrims) (1843); (Uncle
Tom's Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly)
(1852); “The Two Altars) (1852); Key to Un-
cle Tom's Cabin (1853); Uncle Tom's Eman-
cipation (1853); “Sunny Memories of Foreign
Lands) (1854); (The Mayflower, and Miscel-
laneous Writings) (1855); (The Colored Patri-
ots of the American Revolution (1855); First
Geography for Children) (1855); Dred: A
Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp (1856);
(Earthly Care a Heavenly Discipline) (1856),
formerly published with "Uncle Tom's Eman.
cipation'; (Our Charley and What to Do with
Him? (1858); (The Minister's Wooing' (1859);
(The Pearl of Orr's Island (1862); Agnes of
Sorrento) (1862); (Reply to the Address of
Thousands of Women of Great Britain and
Ireland to their Sisters of the United States )
(1863); (The Ravages of a Carpet (1864);
(House and Home Papers) (1864); (Stories
about our Boys) (1865); Little Foxes) (1866);
Religious Poems) (1867); Queer Little People'
(1867); Daisy's First Winter, and Other Sto.
ries) (1867); (The Chimney Corner) (1868);
“Men of our Times) (1868); (Oldtown Folks)
(1869); (The American Woman's Home) (1869),
with Catherine E. Beecher; Lady Byron Vin-
dicated' (1870); "Little Pussy Willow) (1870);
(Pink and White Tyranny' (1871); (Sam Law-
son's Fireside Stories) (1871); (My Wife and I
(1871); (Six of One, by Half a Dozen of the
Other) (1872); Lives and Deeds of our Self-
Made Men (1872); Palmetto Leaves) (1873);
(Woman in Sacred History) (1873); Betty's
Bright Idea, and Other Tales) (1875); "We
and our Neighbors) (1875); (Deacon Pitkin's
Farm, and Christ's Christmas Presents) (1875);
(Footsteps of the Master) (1876); (Captain
Kidd's Money, and Other Stories) (1876); “The
Ghost in the Mill, and Other Stories) (1876);
Poganuc People) (1878); (A Dog's Mission)
(1881); etc.
Strabo (strā'bo). A Greek geographer; born
54 B. C. (? ); died 22 A. D. (? ). His "Geograph-
ica, in 17 books, contains first, criticisms of
former geographers, and a treatise on physical
geography; then accounts of Spain, Gaul, Brit-
ain, and Ireland, Italy, north and east Europe
as far as the Danube, Greece, Asia, and Africa.
Of his historical work, in 47 books, only frag-
ments remain.
Strabo, Walafrid. A mediæval poet; born
in Suabia about 809; died Aug. 18, 849. He
wrote a running exegetical commentary on the
Scripture, (The Orderly Gloss' ("Glossa Ordi-
naria'), which for long was a work of high
authority in the schools; a history of the devel-
opment and growth of ecclesiastical institutions
and ordinances — (Of the Beginnings and
Growths of Things Ecclesiastical); "Life of St.
Gall); Life of St. Othmar); the poem “Vision
of Saint Wettin, in which is an episode of the
poet's journey to Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven;
another poem, (The Little Garden, treating of
the plants in the garden of the poet's monas-
tery.
Strachey, William. An English voyager.
He is said to have sailed with Sir Thomas
Gates in 1609, on the vessel Sea Venture; was
shipwrecked on the Bermudas, but escaped to
Virginia (1610) on a boat that had been con-
structed from the wreck, and became secretary
of the colony during three years. He wrote:
(A True Repertory of the Wracke and Re-
demption of Sir Thomas Gates, upon and from
the Islands of the Bermudas, which was pub-
lished in Purchas's (Pilgrims) (Vol. iv. ); (His-
torie of Travaile into Virginia Britannia,' a
quaint and valuable work of historical reference
(about 1618), and first published by the Hak-
luyt Society from original MS. (No. 6, 1849).
Strahan, Lisbeth Gooch Séguin. An Eng-
lish story-writer. She wrote: (Children's Pas-
time : Pictures and Stories) (1874); (Walks in
Algiers) (1878); (A Little Nineteenth-Century
Child, and Other Stories) (1878); Life in a
French Village) (1879); (The Black Forest :
Its People and Legends) (1879); (The Country
of the Passion-Play) (1880); Rural England
(1884); (A Round of Sunday Stories) (1886);
(The Algerine Slave: A Novel (1888).
Strang, John. A Scotch miscellaneous
writer; born at Glasgow, 1795; died there, Dec.
8, 1863. He wrote: (Glasgow and its Clubs,
containing notes of local history, anecdotes, etc. ;
Life of Theodore Koerner, the German poet,
with translations of some of his lyrics; (Ger-
many in 1831 ); and "Traveling Notes of an
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Invalid in Search of Health. He translated
also from the German, (Tales of Humor and
Romance.
Straus, Oscar Solomon. A German-Amer-
ican merchant, reformer, and writer; born in
Otterberg, Bavaria, Dec. 23, 1850. He graduated
at Columbia College, New York, 1871; attained
great success in business in New York city ;
was minister to Turkey in 1887; and has been
a leader in movements for the reform of local
politics, and the improvement of the conditions
of the poor. He has published: (Origin of the
Republican Form of Government in the United
States) (1886); and (Roger Williams, the Pio-
neer of Religious Liberty?
Strauss, David Friedrich. A German writer
and critic of great celebrity ; born at Ludwigs-
burg, Würtemberg, Jan. 27, 1808; died there,
Feb. 8, 1874. His book (The Life of Jesus,
published in 1834-35, made him famous. He
passed a life of great literary productivity,
and was engaged all his life in critical and
theological controversies. *
Street, Alfred Billings. An American poet
of nature; born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. , Dec.
18, 1811; died in Albany, N. Y. , June 2, 1881.
From 1848 until his death he was State libra-
rian of New York at Albany. He published
among other works: (Fugitive Poems) (1846);
(Woods and Waters) (1860); (Forest Pictures
in the Adirondacks, poems (1865); (Fronte-
nac); Drawings and Tintings.
Strickland, Agnes. An English historical
writer; born at Reydon Hall, Suffolk, about
1808; died there, July 8, 1874. Her first work,
aided by her sister Susannah, was a volume
of Patriotic Songs,' followed by Worcester
Field, a historical poem. She wrote : Queen
Victoria from her Birth to her Bridal) (1840);
(Historic Scenes and Poetic Fancies) (1850);
"Lives of the Bachelor Kings of England
(1861); "Lives of the Seven Bishops) (1866);
(Lives of the Tudor Princesses) (1868). Her
best works are (Lives of the Queens of Eng.
land) (12 vols. , 1840-48), and Lives of the
Queens of Scotland' (8 vols. , 1850-59).
Strindberg, August (strēnd'berg). A Swed-
ish novelist and dramatist; born in Stock-
holm, Jan. 22, 1849. He is the leading apostle
of naturalism in Sweden. Among his works
are : (Mästar Olof,' a drama; (The Red Room,
a social satire ; (The Secret of the Club); (Mr.
Bengt's Wife); (Fröken Julie) (1889); (The
Keys to the Kingdom of Heaven) (1892); and
the novels (Utopias in Real Life) (1885), and
(In the Offing' (1891).
Strong, Latham Cornell. An American
journalist and verse-writer; born in Trov, N. Y. ,
June 12, 1845; died in Tarrytown, N. Y. , Dec.
17, 1879. He was editorially connected with
the Troy Whig, and contributed verses to other
journals and periodicals, besides a series of
"Letters from Europe. His published volumes
include : (Castle Windows) (1876); Poke o'
Moonshine) (1878); Midsummer Dreams)
(1879); and Pots of Gold.
Strong, Nathan. An American Congrega-
tional clergyman and author; born in Cor.
entry, Conn. , Oct. 16, 1748; died in Hartford,
Conn. , Dec. 25, 1816. He was a chaplain in
the Revolutionary army; projected and sus.
tained the Connecticut Evangelical Magazine
(1800-15); founded and conducted the Con-
necticut Missionary Society (1798-1800); and
compiled the (Hartford Collection of Hymns)
(1799). His published works include two vol-
umes of (Sermons) (1798-1800), and a pam.
phlet, “The Doctrine of Eternal Misery Con.
sistent with the Infinite Benevolence of God'
(1796).
Strother, David Hunter. [“Porte Crayon. ”]
An American writer and illustrator; born in
Martinsburg, Va. , Sept. 16, 1816; died in Charles-
ton, W. Va. , March 8, 1888. He was a colonel
of the Union army in the Civil War. His
series of sketches contributed to Harper's Mag.
York city, Oct. 10, 1852. He wrote a series of
letters on travel in the East, entitled “Incidents
of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petræa, and the
Holy Land' (2 vols. , 1837); followed by (Inci-
dents of Travel in Greece, Russia, Turkey, and
Poland) (1838); (Incidents of Travel in Cen-
tral America, Chiapas, and Yucatan) (1841);
and supplemental volumes of explorations and
(Travel in Yucatan) (2 vols. , 1843).
Stepniak, Sergius Michael Dragomanov
(S. Karchevsky) (step'nyäk). A noted Rus-
sian nihilist; born at Gadjatch, government of
Poltava, 1841. Having been exiled in 1876, on
account of his criticisms on the system followed
by Count Tolstoy, one of the Ministers of
Justice, he settled in Geneva, 1887; went from
there to London in 1885. Among his works
are (The Turks Within and Without' (1876);
(Underground Russia' (1881); (Tyrannicide in
Russia) (1881); (The Career of a Nihilist, a
novel (1889).
Sterling, John. A Scottish editor, essayist,
and poet; born at Kames Castle, Isle of Bute,
July 20, 1806; died at Ventnor, Isle of Wight,
Sept. 18, 1844. He was educated at Glasgow
and Cambridge. Among his works are : (Ar-
thur Coningsby,' a novel (1833); (Minor Poems)
(1839); “The Election, a poem (1841); (Straf-
ford,' a drama (1843); and (The Onyx Ring'
(1856). Thomas Carlyle wrote (The Life of
John Sterling (1851).
Stern, Daniel, pseudonym of Marie Cath-
erine Sophie de Flavigny, Comtesse d'Agoult
(dä-gö'). A famous French writer; born at
Frankfort on the Main, Dec. 31, 1805; died at
Paris, March 5, 1876. One of her three daugh.
ters, that by Franz Liszt, married Von Bülow,
and subsequently Richard Wagner. Her works
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include : (Moral and Political Essays) (1849);
(History of the Revolution of 1848) (1851);
and Nélida, an autobiographical romance
which attracted much attention.
Sterndale, Robert Armitage. An English
naturalist and story-writer. He is the author
of (Seonee; or, Camp-Life on the Satpura
Range) (1877); (The Afghan Knife) (1879);
(A Natural History of the Mammalia of India,
etc. (1884); “Denizens of the Jungles.
Sterne, Laurence. A celebrated English
novelist; born at Clonmel, Ireland, Nov. 24,
1713; died in London, March 18, 1768. Of
(Tristram Shandy, Vols. i. and ii. were pub-
lished in 1760; iii. and iv. in December 1700;
v. and vi. in 1762; vii. and viii. in 1765; ix. in
1767. A Sentimental Journey through France
and Italy) was published in 1768; “The Ser.
mons of Mr. Yorick) in 1760, as a companion
to Tristram Shandy. Posthumously appeared
(Letters to his Most Intimate Friends) (1775). *
Stesichorus (stē-sik'o-rus). A Greek lyric
poet; born at Himera, Sicily, about 630 B. C. ;
died in Catania, about 556 B. C. Only frag-
ments of his works remain; but he appears to
have dealt with epic subjects, among them the
sieges of Troy and Thebes, in lyrical measures.
He is looked upon as the greatest of the Dorian
lyrists, and is often styled “the lyric Homer. ”
The ancients fabled that he was stricken blind
for slandering Helen, but upon retracting his
calumnies regained his sight.
Stetson, Charlotte Perkins. An American
poet; born in Hartford, Conn. She has pub-
lished a volume of poems, 'In This our World)
(San Francisco, 1893).
Stevens, Abel. An American author, editor,
and Methodist clergyman; born in Philadel-
phia, Jan. 19, 1815. He was editor of the Meth-
odist 1865-74; subsequently traveled extensively,
and settled in Geneva, Switzerland. He wrote
many denominational books, among them :
(Essay on Church Polity) (1847); Memorials
of the Introduction of Methodism into the
Eastern States) (1847-52); (History of the Re-
ligious Movement of the Eighteenth Century
called Methodism' (3 vols. , 1858–61); (History
of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United
States) (4 vols. , 1864–67), a standard authority
on this subject. He wrote also a German trans-
lation (1867); (The Centenary of American
Methodism) (1865); ( The Women of Method-
ism,' etc. (1866); (Madame de Staël) (2 vols. ,
1881); (Character Sketches) (1882); (Christian
Work) (1882); (Tales from the Parsonage);
besides several volumes of memoirs.
Stevens, Henry. An American bibliogra-
pher; born in Barnet, Vt. , Aug. 24, 1819; died
in South Hampstead, England, Feb. 28, 1886.
He was a prominent collector and authority
on (Americana,' and the agent for many
American libraries. He published: (Catalogue
Raisonné of English Bibles) (1854); (Histor-
ical Collections ); ( Historical and Geographical
Notes);' Bibliotheca Americana' (1861); Bibles
in the Caxton Exhibition) (1878); Indexes to
State Papers in London Relating to Virginia,
Maryland, Rhode Island, and New Jersey);
edited (The Dawn of British Trade to the
East Indies) (1886); etc.
Stevens, John Austin. An American histor.
ical author; born in New York city, Jan. 21, 1827.
He was secretary of the Chamber of Commerce,
librarian of the New York Historical Society,
and has made a special study of American his-
tory. He founded and for many years conducted
the Magazine of American History. His works
include : (The Valley of the Rio Grande (1864);
(Colonial Records of the New York Chamber
of Commerce) (1867); “The Expedition of La-
fayette against Arnold (1878); "Life of Albert
Gallatin (1883); and others.
Stevenson, Edward Irenæus. An American
journalist and littérateur of New York city;
born in New Jersey, 1858. He is in editorial
connection with the New York Independent
since 1881, and also with Harper's Weekly and
several musical journals. He has published:
(White Cockades); Janus,' reprinted as A
Matter of Temperament,' a musical novel; Left
to Themselves,' reprinted as Philip and Ger-
ald);(Mrs. Dee's Encore); (A Square of Sevens.
Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour. A dis-
tinguished Scotch novelist, poet, and essayist;
born in Edinburgh, Nov. 13, 1850; died at Apia,
Samoa, Dec. 3, 1894. He published: (An In-
land Voyage) (1878); (Edinburgh: Picturesque
Notes) (1878); (Travels with a Donkey in the
Cévennes) (1879); (Virginibus Puerisque, and
Other Papers) (1881); (Familiar Studies of Men
and Books) (1882); New Arabian Nights)
(1882); (Treasure Island (1883); “The Silver-
ado Squatters) (1883); (The Dynamiter: More
New Arabian Nights) (1885), with Mrs. Ste-
venson; A Child's Garden of Verse) (1885);
(Prince Otto) (1885); (The Strange Case of
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) (1886); (Kidnapped
(1886); (Underwoods) (1887); (The Merry Men
and Other Tales) (1887); (Memoirs and Por-
traits) (1887); (The Black Arrow) (1888); “The
Master of Ballantrae) (1889); (Ballads) (1891);
(The Wrecker) (1891-92); A Foot-Note to His-
tory: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa) (1892);
(David Balfour) (1893); "Island Nights' Enter-
tainments) (1893): (The Ebb Tide' (1894);
(Weir of Hermiston' and (St. Ives) (1895-90),
the last two left not quite complete. *
Stewart, Balfour. A Scotch physicist, one
of the founders of spectrum analysis; born
in Edinburgh, Nov. 1, 1828; died near Drogh-
eda, Ireland, Dec. 19, 1887. He established
his scientific reputation with a work on 'Radi-
ant leat) (1858), in which he formulated his
discovery of the equality of the emissive and
absorptive powers of bodies. Other works in-
clude: (Treatise on Heat) (1866; 5th ed. 1888);
( Elements of Physics) (1870; 4th ed. 1891);
(Conservation of Energy) (1873; 7th ed. 1887).
With Professor Tait he published “The Unseen
Universe ; or, Physical Speculations on a Future
State) (1875; 17th ed. 1890).
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Stewart, Dugald. A distinguished Scotch
philosopher; born in Edinburgh, Nov. 22, 1753:
died June 11, 1828. His philosophy was “a
following-up of the reaction commenced by
Reid against the skeptical results that Berke-
ley and Hume drew from the principles of
Locke. He published : (Elements of the Phi-
losophy of the Human Mind) (Vol. i. , 1792;
Vol. ii. , 1814; Vol. iii. , 1827); (Outlines of Moral
Philosophy) (1793); Philosophical Essays)
(1810); Dissertation on the History of Ethical
Philosophy) (1815-21); Philosophy of the Act-
ive and Moral Powers) (1828).
Stifter, Adalbert (stif'ter). An Austrian
poet and story-writer; born at Oberplan, in
the German Böhmerwald, Oct. 23, 1806; died
at Linz, Jan. 28, 1868. His first volume of
idyls and tales, (Studies) (1844), was received
with extraordinary public favor; it was suc-
ceeded by five other volumes under the same
title. Of his longer stories the more note-
worthy are “The Successor (1857) and “Witiko)
(1864).
Still, John. An English writer of comedy;
born at Grantham in Lincolnshire, about 1543;
died bishop of Bath and Wells, Feb. 26, 1607.
He is reputed to be the author of "A ryght
pithy, pleasant, and merrie comedy, intytuled
Gammer Gurton's Needle » (1575): it is believed
to be the third English comedy. In the first
act occurs the familiar old ballad "I cannot
eat but little meat, with chorus, Backe and
side go bare, go bare, supposed to be the first
drinking-song in the language.
Still, William. An American philanthropist
and anti-slavery advocate, of African descent;
born in Shamony, N. J. , Oct. 7, 1821. He was
chairman and secretary of the Philadelphia
branch of the famous "underground railroad »
of 1851-61, and wrote out the narratives of
escaping slaves, which constitute the only
full account of this organization. His works
include: (The Underground Railroad' (1878);
(Voting and Laboring); and (Struggle for the
Rights of the Colored People of Philadelphia.
Stillé, Charles Janeway. An American edu-
cator and writer ; born in Philadelphia, 1819.
He was long provost of the University of
Pennsylvania. He has published: (Historical
Development of American Civilization); (Stud-
ies in Mediæval Civilization); Beaumarchais
and the Lost Million); History of the United
States Sanitary Commission'; (How a Free
People Conduct a Long War); (Northern In-
terest and Southern Independence); John
Dickinson); ' Anthony Wayne); etc.
Stillman, William James. An American
essayist of note, resident in Rome; born at
Schenectady, N. Y. , June 1, 1828. He was for
many years a correspondent of the London
Times and the New York Evening Post, and
is especially conversant with the affairs of
Greece; he was consul-general to Crete, 1865-
69. His published works are: (The Acropolis
of Athens) (1870); (The Cretan Insurrection)
(1874); Herzegovina and the Late Uprising
(1877); “On the Track of Ulysses) (1887). *
Stimson, Frederic Jesup. ["J. S. of Dale. ”]
An American novelist and lawyer; born in
Dedham, Mass. , July 20, 1855. His works of
fiction have been widely read, and his legal
text-books are authoritative. He has pub-
lished: (Labor in its Relations to Law); and
(Handbook of the Labor Laws of the United
States. His celebrity as a novelist is due to
his (The Crime of Henry Vane); (The King's
Men'; (The Residuary Legatee); (The Sen-
timental Calendar); 'In the Three Zones);
(First Harvests); (Pirate Gold); (King No-
anett); (Guerndale); etc.
Stinde, Julius (stind'e). A German novel-
ist and miscellaneous writer; born at Kirch-
Nüchel in Holstein, Aug. 28, 1841. Among
his writings are: (Talks on Natural Science)
(1873); several comedies in Plattdeutsch, as
(Aunt Lotta); (The Karstens Family); two
Christmas stories, Princess Thousandfair) and
(Prince Naughty); (Berlin Art Criticism, with
Marginal Notes by Quidam) (1883); and an
amusing series of stories of (The Buchholz
Family.
Stirling-Maxwell, William, Sir (ster'ling.
maks'wel). A Scottish biographer and art
critic; born near Glasgow, 1818; died at Ven-
ice, Jan. 15, 1878. He was Member of Par-
liament, 1852–78; rector of the University of
St. Andrews, 1863; of that of Glasgow, 1872;
chancellor of the latter, 1875. He wrote the
valuable works: Annals of the Artists of
Spain) (3 vols. , 1848); (Cloister Life of Charles
V. (1852); (Velasquez and his Works) (1855);
and others.
Stockton, Frank Richard. An American
writer of humorous fiction ; born in Philadelphia,
April 5, 1834. Included among his popular
works are: (Rudder Grange); (The Lady,
or the Tiger? ); (The Casting Away of Mrs.
Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine); (The Dusantes, a
sequel to the preceding; (The Bee-Man of
Orn, and Other Fanciful Tales); (Tales Out
of School); ( The Hundredth Man'; (The Late
Mrs. Null); (Adventures of Captain Horn);
(The Great Stone of Sardis); etc. *
Stoddard, Charles Warren. An American
poet and miscellaneous writer; born in Roches-
ter, N. Y. , Aug. 7, 1843. He is a lecturer on
English literature in the Catholic University of
America, Washington, D. C. , and is the author
of Poems); (South-Sea Idyls); Mashallah);
(The Lepers of Molokai); (Summer Cruising
in the South Seas); etc.
Stoddard, Elizabeth Drew (Barstow). An
American novelist and poet; born in Matta-
poisett, Mass. , May 6, 1823. She is the wife of
R. H. , and the author of three distinguished
novels, (The Morgesons) (1862), (Two Men)
(1865), « Temple House, illustrative of English
character and scenery (1867); and (Lolly Dink's
Doings, a story for young readers (1874). Her
poetical works have not been collected. *
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Stoddard, Richard Henry. An American
lyric poet of distinction; born at Hingham,
Mass. , July 2, 1825. His poems have been pub-
lished under the titles : (Songs of Summer)
(1856); (Abraham Lincoln: A Horatian Ode)
(1865); collectively, under "Poems) (1880), and
(The Lion's Cub) (1890). He has been a resi-
dent of New York, and at times the literary
editor of the New York World, and now of the
New York Mail and Express. *
Stoddard, William Osborn. An American
journalist and miscellaneous writer; born in
Homer, N. Y. , Sept. 24, 1835.
He has been con-
nected editorially with various journals, and was
private secretary of President Lincoln, 1861-64.
His publications include: Verses of Many
Days) (1875); Dab Kinzer) (1881); (The Vol-
cano under the City) (1887); and Lives of the
Presidents) (1886-90). He has also written many
books popular among boys.
Stokes, Henry Sewell. An English verse-
writer; born at Gibraltar, 1808. He wrote : Lay
of the Desert: A Poem' (1830); “Song of Al-
bion,' etc. ; Vale of Lanberne,' etc. (new ed.
1852); “Echoes of the War,' etc. (1855); “Scat-
tered Leaves) (1862); (Rhymes from Cornwall)
(1871); Memories : A Life's Epilogue) (1872);
(Poems of Later Years) (1873); (Restormel :
A Legend of Piers Gaveston, the Patriot Priest;
and Other Verses) (1874); Lantrydock: An
Elegy) (1883); (Voyage of Arundel, and Other
Rhymes from Cornwall) (1884).
Stolberg, Christian, Graf von (stol’berg).
A German poet; born at Hamburg, Oct. 15,
1748; died at Windebye in Holstein, Jan. 18,
1821. Most of his poems were published with
those of his brother Friedrich Leopold in
1779. lle wrote two “choral plays,” (Baltha-
sar) and (Otanes! (1787); (Poems of Father-
land' (1815); (Poems from the Greek) (1782);
and a translation of Sophocles (2 vols. , 1787).
Stolberg, Friedrich Leopold, Graf von. A
German poet and general writer, brother of
Christian; born at Bramstedt in Holstein, Nov.
7, 1750; died at Sondermühlen near Osna-
brück, Dec. 5, 1819. Some of his poems were
published with those of his brother; separately
he issued (lambics) (1784), satires on the man-
ners of the time. He translated the liad and
some of Plato's Dialogues, four of Æschy-
lus's dramas, and (Ossian. In prose he wrote:
( The Island (1788), a romance; (Travels) in
Germany, Switzerland, etc. (1794); Life of
Alfred the Great' (1815); History of the Reli-
gion of Jesus Christ) (15 vols. , 1806-18).
Stone, John Augustus. An American actor
and dramatist ; born in Concord, Mass. , in 1801;
died in Philadelphia, June 1, 1834. He appeared
on the stage in Boston, New York, and Phila-
delphia, and wrote many plays; among them
(Metamora, (The Ancient Briton,' and 'Faunt-
leroy) for Edwin Forrest. He also published
(The Demoniac,) (Tancred,' and 'La Roque.
Stone, Lucy (Blackwell). An American
reformer and prominent advocate of women's
rights ; born in West Brookfield, Mass. , Aug.
13, 1818; died at Boston, Mass. , Oct. 18, 1893.
She graduated at Oberlin College, 1847. In
1855 she married Dr. Henry B. Blackwell, re-
taining her own name. She published a protest,
(Taxation without Representation. In 1869 she
helped organize the American Woman's Suf-
frage Association ; became connected with the
Woman's Journal in 1872, and was editor after
1888. Her lectures on woman suffrage made
her known throughout the country.
Storm, Theodor (Woldsen) (storm). A nota-
ble German poet and novelist; born in Hu.
sum, Schleswig, Sept. 14, 1817; died at Hade-
marschen, July 4. 1888. He first attracted
attention in literature with (The Song-Book
of Three Friends) (1843), the work of Tycho
and Theodor Mommsen and himself. Later,
he became universally known as the author
of (Immensee) (43d ed. 1896), a short tale, and
a volume of Poems) (uth ed. 1897). Among
his other works are : (Aquis Submersus) (1877);
(The Senator's Sons) (1881); Knight of the
White Horse) (1888); etc. *
Storrs, Richard Salter. An American Con-
gregational minister, and writer on ecclesiasti-
cal history and theology; born at Braintree,
Mass. , Aug. 21, 1821. He is author of (The
Graham Lectures on the Wisdom, Power, and
Goodness of God (1856); Conditions of
Success in Preaching without Notes! (1875);
(The Divine Origin of Christianity) (1884);
Bernard of Clairvaux) ( 1892 ); and (Forty
Years of Pastoral Life. )
Story, Joseph. A great American jurist;
born in Marblehead, Mass. , Sept. 18, 1779;
died in Cambridge, Mass. , Sept. 10, 1845. In
1811 he accepted the appointment of associate
justice of the United States Supreme Court, and
held the office until his death. His works
include: Commentaries on the Constitution
of the United States) (1833); Commentaries
on the Conflict of Laws, considered his ablest
effort (1834); and Miscellaneous Writings
(1835). In 1851 his Life and Letters) was
edited by his son, W. W. Story.
Story, William Wetmore. An American
sculptor, poet, and essayist, son of Joseph;
born in Salem, Mass. , Feb. 19, 1819; died at
Vallombrosa, near Florence, Italy, Oct. 8, 1895.
He published: (Report of Cases Argued and
Determined in the Circuit Court of the United
States for the First Circuit' (1842-47); (Ad.
dress Delivered before the Harvard Medical
Association (1842); Nature and Art: A Poem
(1844); " Treatise on the Law of Contracts not
under Seal (1844); (Treatise on the Law of
Sales of Personal Property) (1847); Poems)
( 1847 ); Life and Letters of Joseph Story)
(1851); "Poems) (1856); (The American Ques-
tion) (1862); (Roba di Roma) (1862); Propor-
tions of the Human Figure) (1866); (Graffiti
d'Italia) (1868); "A Roman Lawyer in Jeru-
salem' (1870); (Nero : An Historical Play)
(1875); “Stephania : A Tragedy' (1875); Castle
St. Angelo and the Evil Eye) (1877); (Ode
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on the Anniversary of the Fifth Half-Century
of the Landing of John Endicott at Salem,
Mass. ) (1878); “Vallombrosa) (1881); He and
She' (1883); Poems) (1885-86); Fiammetta)
(1886); (Conversations in a Studio) (1890);
(Excursions in Art and Letters) (1891); (A
Poet's Portfolio) (1894). *
Stowe, Calvin Ellis. A Congregational
clergyman and educator ; born in Natick, Mass. ,
April 6, 1802; died in Hartford, Conn. , Aug. 22,
1886. He graduated at Bowdoin College in
1824, at Andover Seminary in 1828; and edited
the Boston Recorder, 1829-30. He became pro-
fessor of Greek at Dartmouth College, 1830–32,
and of sacred literature in Lane Theological
Seminary, Cincinnati, O. , 1833–35. He married
Harriet Elizabeth Beecher, January 1836, and
went to Europe to examine the public-school
systems. He was professor at Bowdoin, 1850 ;
and at Andover, 1852-64. His works include
a translation of Jahn's (Hebrew Common-
wealth) (1829); "Lectures on the Poetry of
the Hebrews) (1829); (Report on Elementary
Education in Europe); Introduction to the
Criticism and Interpretation of the Bible)
(1835); and (Origin and History of the Books
of the Bible) (1867). Also addresses and pam-
phlets.
Stowe, Ha riet Beecher. A celebrated
American novelist; born at Litchfield, Conn. ,
June 14, 1811; died at Hartford, Conn. , July 1,
1896. She published: (The Mayflower; or,
Sketches of Scenes and Characters among
the Descendants of the Pilgrims) (1843); (Uncle
Tom's Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly)
(1852); “The Two Altars) (1852); Key to Un-
cle Tom's Cabin (1853); Uncle Tom's Eman-
cipation (1853); “Sunny Memories of Foreign
Lands) (1854); (The Mayflower, and Miscel-
laneous Writings) (1855); (The Colored Patri-
ots of the American Revolution (1855); First
Geography for Children) (1855); Dred: A
Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp (1856);
(Earthly Care a Heavenly Discipline) (1856),
formerly published with "Uncle Tom's Eman.
cipation'; (Our Charley and What to Do with
Him? (1858); (The Minister's Wooing' (1859);
(The Pearl of Orr's Island (1862); Agnes of
Sorrento) (1862); (Reply to the Address of
Thousands of Women of Great Britain and
Ireland to their Sisters of the United States )
(1863); (The Ravages of a Carpet (1864);
(House and Home Papers) (1864); (Stories
about our Boys) (1865); Little Foxes) (1866);
Religious Poems) (1867); Queer Little People'
(1867); Daisy's First Winter, and Other Sto.
ries) (1867); (The Chimney Corner) (1868);
“Men of our Times) (1868); (Oldtown Folks)
(1869); (The American Woman's Home) (1869),
with Catherine E. Beecher; Lady Byron Vin-
dicated' (1870); "Little Pussy Willow) (1870);
(Pink and White Tyranny' (1871); (Sam Law-
son's Fireside Stories) (1871); (My Wife and I
(1871); (Six of One, by Half a Dozen of the
Other) (1872); Lives and Deeds of our Self-
Made Men (1872); Palmetto Leaves) (1873);
(Woman in Sacred History) (1873); Betty's
Bright Idea, and Other Tales) (1875); "We
and our Neighbors) (1875); (Deacon Pitkin's
Farm, and Christ's Christmas Presents) (1875);
(Footsteps of the Master) (1876); (Captain
Kidd's Money, and Other Stories) (1876); “The
Ghost in the Mill, and Other Stories) (1876);
Poganuc People) (1878); (A Dog's Mission)
(1881); etc.
Strabo (strā'bo). A Greek geographer; born
54 B. C. (? ); died 22 A. D. (? ). His "Geograph-
ica, in 17 books, contains first, criticisms of
former geographers, and a treatise on physical
geography; then accounts of Spain, Gaul, Brit-
ain, and Ireland, Italy, north and east Europe
as far as the Danube, Greece, Asia, and Africa.
Of his historical work, in 47 books, only frag-
ments remain.
Strabo, Walafrid. A mediæval poet; born
in Suabia about 809; died Aug. 18, 849. He
wrote a running exegetical commentary on the
Scripture, (The Orderly Gloss' ("Glossa Ordi-
naria'), which for long was a work of high
authority in the schools; a history of the devel-
opment and growth of ecclesiastical institutions
and ordinances — (Of the Beginnings and
Growths of Things Ecclesiastical); "Life of St.
Gall); Life of St. Othmar); the poem “Vision
of Saint Wettin, in which is an episode of the
poet's journey to Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven;
another poem, (The Little Garden, treating of
the plants in the garden of the poet's monas-
tery.
Strachey, William. An English voyager.
He is said to have sailed with Sir Thomas
Gates in 1609, on the vessel Sea Venture; was
shipwrecked on the Bermudas, but escaped to
Virginia (1610) on a boat that had been con-
structed from the wreck, and became secretary
of the colony during three years. He wrote:
(A True Repertory of the Wracke and Re-
demption of Sir Thomas Gates, upon and from
the Islands of the Bermudas, which was pub-
lished in Purchas's (Pilgrims) (Vol. iv. ); (His-
torie of Travaile into Virginia Britannia,' a
quaint and valuable work of historical reference
(about 1618), and first published by the Hak-
luyt Society from original MS. (No. 6, 1849).
Strahan, Lisbeth Gooch Séguin. An Eng-
lish story-writer. She wrote: (Children's Pas-
time : Pictures and Stories) (1874); (Walks in
Algiers) (1878); (A Little Nineteenth-Century
Child, and Other Stories) (1878); Life in a
French Village) (1879); (The Black Forest :
Its People and Legends) (1879); (The Country
of the Passion-Play) (1880); Rural England
(1884); (A Round of Sunday Stories) (1886);
(The Algerine Slave: A Novel (1888).
Strang, John. A Scotch miscellaneous
writer; born at Glasgow, 1795; died there, Dec.
8, 1863. He wrote: (Glasgow and its Clubs,
containing notes of local history, anecdotes, etc. ;
Life of Theodore Koerner, the German poet,
with translations of some of his lyrics; (Ger-
many in 1831 ); and "Traveling Notes of an
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Invalid in Search of Health. He translated
also from the German, (Tales of Humor and
Romance.
Straus, Oscar Solomon. A German-Amer-
ican merchant, reformer, and writer; born in
Otterberg, Bavaria, Dec. 23, 1850. He graduated
at Columbia College, New York, 1871; attained
great success in business in New York city ;
was minister to Turkey in 1887; and has been
a leader in movements for the reform of local
politics, and the improvement of the conditions
of the poor. He has published: (Origin of the
Republican Form of Government in the United
States) (1886); and (Roger Williams, the Pio-
neer of Religious Liberty?
Strauss, David Friedrich. A German writer
and critic of great celebrity ; born at Ludwigs-
burg, Würtemberg, Jan. 27, 1808; died there,
Feb. 8, 1874. His book (The Life of Jesus,
published in 1834-35, made him famous. He
passed a life of great literary productivity,
and was engaged all his life in critical and
theological controversies. *
Street, Alfred Billings. An American poet
of nature; born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. , Dec.
18, 1811; died in Albany, N. Y. , June 2, 1881.
From 1848 until his death he was State libra-
rian of New York at Albany. He published
among other works: (Fugitive Poems) (1846);
(Woods and Waters) (1860); (Forest Pictures
in the Adirondacks, poems (1865); (Fronte-
nac); Drawings and Tintings.
Strickland, Agnes. An English historical
writer; born at Reydon Hall, Suffolk, about
1808; died there, July 8, 1874. Her first work,
aided by her sister Susannah, was a volume
of Patriotic Songs,' followed by Worcester
Field, a historical poem. She wrote : Queen
Victoria from her Birth to her Bridal) (1840);
(Historic Scenes and Poetic Fancies) (1850);
"Lives of the Bachelor Kings of England
(1861); "Lives of the Seven Bishops) (1866);
(Lives of the Tudor Princesses) (1868). Her
best works are (Lives of the Queens of Eng.
land) (12 vols. , 1840-48), and Lives of the
Queens of Scotland' (8 vols. , 1850-59).
Strindberg, August (strēnd'berg). A Swed-
ish novelist and dramatist; born in Stock-
holm, Jan. 22, 1849. He is the leading apostle
of naturalism in Sweden. Among his works
are : (Mästar Olof,' a drama; (The Red Room,
a social satire ; (The Secret of the Club); (Mr.
Bengt's Wife); (Fröken Julie) (1889); (The
Keys to the Kingdom of Heaven) (1892); and
the novels (Utopias in Real Life) (1885), and
(In the Offing' (1891).
Strong, Latham Cornell. An American
journalist and verse-writer; born in Trov, N. Y. ,
June 12, 1845; died in Tarrytown, N. Y. , Dec.
17, 1879. He was editorially connected with
the Troy Whig, and contributed verses to other
journals and periodicals, besides a series of
"Letters from Europe. His published volumes
include : (Castle Windows) (1876); Poke o'
Moonshine) (1878); Midsummer Dreams)
(1879); and Pots of Gold.
Strong, Nathan. An American Congrega-
tional clergyman and author; born in Cor.
entry, Conn. , Oct. 16, 1748; died in Hartford,
Conn. , Dec. 25, 1816. He was a chaplain in
the Revolutionary army; projected and sus.
tained the Connecticut Evangelical Magazine
(1800-15); founded and conducted the Con-
necticut Missionary Society (1798-1800); and
compiled the (Hartford Collection of Hymns)
(1799). His published works include two vol-
umes of (Sermons) (1798-1800), and a pam.
phlet, “The Doctrine of Eternal Misery Con.
sistent with the Infinite Benevolence of God'
(1796).
Strother, David Hunter. [“Porte Crayon. ”]
An American writer and illustrator; born in
Martinsburg, Va. , Sept. 16, 1816; died in Charles-
ton, W. Va. , March 8, 1888. He was a colonel
of the Union army in the Civil War. His
series of sketches contributed to Harper's Mag.
