His poetry
can be read in (The Last Bunch of Blossoms)
(1852) and (Winter Blossoms) (1859).
can be read in (The Last Bunch of Blossoms)
(1852) and (Winter Blossoms) (1859).
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He is author of several series of
juvenile books,–(Elm Island) series, (Good
Old Times) series, etc. , -- but is probably best
known by the Address of Spartacus to the
Gladiators.
Kelly, Jonathan Falconbridge. An Ameri-
can prose-writer; born in Philadelphia, in
1818; died in Cincinnati, O. , 1854. He was
the author of The Humors of Falconbridge)
(1856).
Kelvin, Lord. See Thomson.
:
Kemble, Frances Anne. A famous English
actress, daughter of Charles Kemble and niece
of Mrs. Siddons; born in London, Nov. 27,
1809; died there, Jan. 16, 1893. Among other
works, she published her Journal) (1834);
(Journal of a Residence on a Georgia Planta-
tion (1863); (Recollections of a Girlhood (3
vols. , 1878); (Recollections of Later Life) (3
vols. , 1882); and in the Atlantic Monthly, remi-
niscences of her theatrical career (1876–77).
Kemény, Zsigmond, Baron (kem'á-ne). An
eminent Hungarian novelist and publicist ; born
at Magyar-Kapud, 1816; died at Puszta-Kam-
arás, Dec. 22, 1875. His romances and politi-
cal writings are classics in Hungarian literature.
Of the former, (Man and Wife) (1852) and
(The Abysses of the Heart) (1854), both psy-
chological studies, are among the best. (Stud-
ies) (2 vols. , 1870) is an admirable work. The
style of his writings and the tax they impose
on thought make them not always easy to
read, but what they demand they amply repay
in pleasure and profit. He was called prince
of the Magyar journalists. )
Kempis, Thomas à (kem'pis). A celebrated
German mystic; born at Kempen (whence his
name, « Thomas from Kempen”), near Cologne,
1380; died 1471. His true name was Hamer-
ken (Latin, Malleolus). Sub-prior of the mon-
astery of Mount St. Agnes, near Zwolle, he
was distinguished for piety and success as an
instructor of youth. He was author of the
(Imitation of Christ, one of the most famous
of books, which has been universally read and
has moved the hearts of men of all nations,
conditions and kinds, for four centuries. Its
title describes its contents; it abounds in max-
ims of humility and resignation, and is such a
book as only a man living the most unevent-
ful of lives, withdrawn from the world and
spent in contemplation, could have written. It
is said that it has been translated into more
languages than any other book except the
Bible. *
Kendall, Amos. A distinguished American
politician; born at Dunstable, Mass. , Aug. 16,
1789; died at Washington, D. C. , Nov. II, 1869.
He was Postmaster-General of the United States
1835-40. He wrote Life of Andrew Jackson';
(Autobiography) (1872).
Kendall, George Wilkins. An American
writer; born at Mount Vernon, N. H. , about
1809; died at Oak Springs, Tex. , Oct. 22, 1867.
He was founder of the New Orleans Picayune,
which became under his direction one of the
leading journals of the South. He wrote (The
War Between the United States and Mexico)
(1851).
Kendall, Henry Clarence. An Australian
poet; born in Ulladalla district, New South
Wales, 1841 ; died near Sydney, 1882. While a
lawyer's clerk in Sydney, three poems were
accepted by the London Athenæum in 1802;
he then devoted himself to literature, publish-
ing 'Leaves from an Australian Forest (1809)
and Songs from the Mountains) (1880), his
chief works. Especially happy in description
of Australian scenery, he is known as “the
poet of the bush. "
A collection of his poetry
appeared in 1886.
Kendrick, Ashael Clark. An American
scholar, editor, and miscellaneous writer; born
at Poultney, Vt. , Dec. 7, 1809; died at Roches-
ter, N. Y. , Oct. 21, 1895. Besides bringing out
translations and several text-books, and revis-
ing and editing Olshausen's New Testament
Commentary) and Meyer's Commentary on
John,' he published Our Poetical Favorites)
(3 vols. , 3d ed. 1880); Life and Letters of
Emily C. Judson) (1862). He was one of the
American committee of New Testament re-
visers.
Kennan, George. A noted traveler and
writer on Russian topics; born at Norwalk,
Huron County, O. , Feb. 16, 1845. In early life,
and before the completion of the Atlantic cable,
he was a member of the Western Union tele-
graph expedition to survey a route for a Behr-
ing Strait and Siberian telegraph line to Europe.
The result of this expedition was the book
called (Tent Life in Siberia) (1870). His jour-
neys through Northern Russia and Siberia in
the years 1885-86 for the purpose of investi-
gating the condition of the Siberian exiles, re-
sulted in the publication of a series of papers
in the Century Magazine (1890-91), afterwards
issued in book form under the title (Siberia
and the Exile System' (1891).
Kennedy, Crammond. An American law-
yer and miscellaneous writer; born at North
Berwick, Scotland, 1842. He came to New
York (1856), became known as the boy preacher,
served as chaplain in the Civil War, was man-
aging editor of the Christian Union (1870),
and since 1878 has practiced law at Washing-
ton, D. C. He has written: 'Corn in the
Blade) (1860), verse; Liberty of the Press)
(1876), a prize essay; etc.
Kennedy, Grace. An English novelist ; born
at Pinmore, Ayrshire, 1782; died at Edinburgh,
1825. Her best-known work was 'Father Clem-
ent) (1823), which reached a twelfth edition
and was translated into nearly every European
language. Her works were moral and religious
in character.
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Kennedy, John Pendleton. An American
writer; born at Baltimore, Oct. 25, 1795; died
at Newport, Aug. 18, 1870. Best known by
his very popular Horse-shoe Robinson (1835).
Among his other works was a Life of Will-
iam Wirt, Attorney-General of the United
States) (1849). Active in politics and several
times Member of Congress, he was Secretary
of the Navy under President Fillmore.
Kennedy, Patrick. An Irish antiquarian
writer; born in County Wexford, 1801; died
at Dublin, March 28, 1873. His studies were
given to the archæology and popular traditions
of Ireland. His chief work was Legendary
Fictions of the Irish Celts) (new ed. 1892).
Kennedy, William. A Scottish writer of
prose and verse; born near Paisley, 1799; died
near London in 1849. He resided many years
in Galveston, Tex. , serving there as British
consul. He published: My Early Days)
(1826); ( The Arrow and the Rose; with Other
Poems) (1830); “The Rise, Progress, and Pros-
pects of the Republic of Texas) (2 vols. , 1841).
Kennedy, William Sloane. A well-known
American biographer, story-writer, and poet;
born at Breckville, O. , 1850. His home is at
Belmont, Mass. He has written lives of Long-
fellow, Whittier, and Holmes; (Wonders and
Curiosities of the Railway: Locomotive Stories)
(1884); 'In Portia's Garden, verse ; etc.
Kennet, white. An English clergyman and
historian; born at Dover, in 1660; died in
1728. From 1718 until his death he occupied
the episcopal see of Peterborough. In 1706 he
brought out a complete History of England,
from the earliest times to the death of William
III. , a work of great accuracy and interest ;
and in 1713 Bibliothecæ Americanæ Primordia,
an attempt towards laying the foundation of an
American library.
Kenney, Charles Lamb. An English mis-
cellaneous writer, son of James; born at Bellevue,
France, April 29, 1821 ; died at Kensington, Aug.
25, 1881. Was a friend of Thackeray and Dick.
ens. Secretary of M. Lesseps, his book (The
Gates of the East? (1857) turned English pub-
lic opinion in favor of the Suez Canal, against
Lord Palmerston's opposition. He introduced
opera-bouffe in London, writing librettos for
(The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein,' (La Belle
Hélène, etc. He wrote also several popular
songs, among them "Ever my Queen. )
Kenney, James. An English dramatist; born
in Ireland, 1780; died July 25, 1849. He was a
bank clerk in London, with a taste for the
theatre, and wrote a number of pieces that
still hold the stage. Among them were the
farces (Raising the Wind (1803); (Turn Him
Out! (1812); 'Love, Law, and Physic) (1812);
the stock favorite (Sweethearts and Wives)
(1823); and the famous tragedy (The Sicilian
Vespers) (1840).
Kenrick, Francis Patrick. A distinguished
American Roman Catholic prelate and theo-
logical writer; born at Dublin, Ireland, Dec. 3,
1797 ; died at Baltimore, Md. , July 6, 1863. He
founded the seminary of St. Charles Borromeo
in Philadelphia in 1832: became archbishop of
Baltimore, 1851 ; honorary primate of the United
States, 1859. He was prominent as a contro-
versialist and a Biblical scholar. Among his
works were: Dogmatic Theology) (4 vols. ,
1839-40); Moral Theology) (3 vols. , 1841-43).
He also published a revision of the Douai Eng-
lish Bible, with notes.
Kenrick, Peter Richard. An American prel-
ate and writer, brother of Francis Patrick; born
in Dublin, 1806; died in St. Louis, 1896, of which
city he was the first Roman Catholic archbishop.
He published: (The Holy House of Loretto);
Anglican Ordinations); (Concio in Concilio
Vaticana'; etc.
Kent, James. An eminent American jurist;
born at Philippi, N. Y. , July 31, 1763; died at New
York, Dec. 12, 1847. Author of the famous Com-
mentaries on American Law) (4 vols. , 1826-30),
which holds in this country a position similar to
that occupied by Blackstone's commentaries in
Great Britain. It contains not only federal juris-
prudence, but the municipal law, written and
unwritten, of the several States; has proved its
general interest and special value by years of
use; passed through many editions, and is one
of the intellectual monuments of our country.
He was chief justice and chancellor of the State
of New York.
Kent, William Charles Mark. An English
miscellaneous writer ; born in London, 1823. He
has produced a number of works in prose and
verse, besides contributing to the 'Encyclopæ-
dia Britannica) and several of the best Eng-
lish reviews, and being active as a journalist.
His poem (Aletheia, or the Condemnation of
Mythology) (1850) was praised by Lamartine.
Among his prose works may be mentioned
(The Vision of Cagliostro) (1863). (The Derby
Ministry,' under the pseudonym “Mark Roch-
ester,” and “The Gladstone Government,' under
that of "A Templar, consisted of sketches of
prominent political personages.
Kenyon, James Benjamin. An American
poet; born in Frankfort, Herkimer County,
N. Y. , April 26, 1858. He has contributed to
periodicals, and is the author of "The Fallen,
and Other Poems) (1876); (Out of the Shad.
ows) (1880); “Songs in All Seasons) (1885); and
(In Realms of Gold) (1887).
Kepler, Johannes (kep'ler). An eminent
German astronomer; born at Weil, Würtem-
berg, Dec. 27, 1571 ; died at Ratisbon, Nov. 15,
1630. He was the discoverer of the laws of
planetary motion, famous as “Kepler's laws,
which revolutionized previous theories of the
position of humanity, and formed the founda-
tion for Newton's subsequent labors and mod-
ern astronomy. His great work was the New
Astronomy, with Commentaries on the Motions
of Mars) (1009). He also completed (1627)
the famous «Rudolphine Tables )) of Tych
Brahe, the basis of astronomy for the next
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hundred years; while his contribution to optics
was of first, to mathematics of striking, im-
portance. One of the great epoch-makers of
human thought. ('Works,' 8 vols. , 1858-71. )
Ker, David. An American journalist and
writer of travels, stories, and books for the
young; born in England, 18–. Formerly a
correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph,
he has of late years resided in New York. He
has written : (The Broken Image, and Other
Tales) (1870), published anonymously; "On
the Road to Khiva) (1874); Into Unknown
Seas) (1886), describing the cruise of two sailor
boys; etc.
Kératry, Auguste Hilarion de (kā-rä-trē).
A French politician; born at Rennes, Oct. 28,
1769; died at Port Marly, Nov. 7, 1859. He
wrote on a great variety of subjects, his chief
works being Moral and Philosophical Induc-
tions) (1817), and (The Beautiful the Imi-
tative Arts) (3 vols. , 1822).
Kerkhoven, Petrus Frans van (kerk-ho'ven).
A Flemish miscellaneous writer; born at Ant-
werp, 1818; died there, 1857. He was editor
of several journals; wrote numerous poems,
tragedies, comedies, romances, and novels,
among them Daniel' (1845); (Ferdinand the
Corsair) (1845). His works appeared in 1869-73
in thirteen volumes.
Kernanan, Coulson. An English poet, nov-
elist, and essayist; born at Ilfracombe, Aug. 1,
1858. His poetry is strong in matter and fin-
ished in form. Some of his novels are marked
by a play of gloomy fancy not unlike Haw-
thorne's. The striking story (A Dead Man's
Diary, published anonymously, soon reached a
fourth edition. Two others, 'Stranger than Fic-
tion' (1893) and Dead Faces) (1894), were
notable. He has shown himself to be also an
excellent critic. Much of his work was origi-
nally contributed to English and American peri-
odicals.
Kerner, Justinus (kır'ner). A famous Ger-
man poet and novelist; born at Ludwigsburg,
Würtemberg, 1786; died at Weinsberg, 1862.
Several of his lyrics — for instance, (Song of
Wandering, (The Wanderer in the Saw Mill,
--- are popular with the masses, and a number
were set to music by Schumann.
His poetry
can be read in (The Last Bunch of Blossoms)
(1852) and (Winter Blossoms) (1859). Of his
prose works (which included medical writings,
he being a physician), “The Seeress of Pre-
vorst) (5th ed. 1877), a result of his studies in
animal magnetism and somnambulism, attracted
great attention. Noteworthy too was his (Pict-
ure Book from my Childhood) (2d ed. 1886).
His work was marked by keen observation,
fancy, satirical power, humor blended with pa-
thos, and thought always busy with the other
world. He may be called the romanticist of
the Swabian school of poets.
Kerner, Theobald. A German poet and
novelist, son of Justinus; born at Gaildorf, June
14, 1817. A physician like his father, like him
he has published both medical and literary
works. Among the latter, his (Poems) ap-
peared in 1851; Princess Klatschrose) the
same year (2d ed. 1894); (The Flying Tailor,
an opera, in 1862; (Parson Staber, or the New
Ahasuerus,' a comedy, in 1888. (The Kerner
House and its Guests) (1893) consisted of bright
and interesting sketches of the inmates and vis.
itors of his famous father's domicile, his own
since the latter's death.
Kerr, Orpheus C. See Newell.
Kervyn de Lettenhove, Josef Marie Bruno
Konstantin (ker-van' de let'en-hô-ve). A Bel-
gian historian; born at St. Michel, West Flan-
ders, Aug. 17, 1817; died at Brussels, April 3,
1891. His principal work was History of
Flanders) (3d ed. , 4 vols. , 1874). Among his
other works may be mentioned (The Hugue-
nots) (6 vols. , 1883-85), Marie Stuart) (2 vols. ,
1890).
Ketchum, Mrs. Annie (Chambers). An
American educator, lecturer, and miscellaneous
writer; born in Scott County, Ky. , 1824. She
was principal of the high school for girls at
Memphis, Tenn. , 1855-58. She has written:
(Christmas Carillons and Other Poems) (1888);
(Nellie Braden,' a novel; Rilla Motto,' a ro-
mance ; etc.
Ketteler, Wilhelm Emanuel von (ket'e-ler).
A distinguished German prelate; born at Mün-
ster, Dec. 25, 1811; died at Burghausen, Bava-
ria, July 13, 1877. One of the ablest of Ger-
man ultramontanists; bishop of Mentz (1850),
for which diocese he obtained special privi-
leges; and member of the first Reichstag (1871).
He wrote on the questions of the day. Among
his works may be mentioned : Freedom, Au-
thority, and Church (7th ed. 1862); (The
Labor Question and Christianity) (3d ed. 1864),
which even Lassalle praised; (Germany after
the War of 1866) (6th ed. 1867).
Kettell, Samuel. An American prose-writer;
born in Newburyport, Mass. , Aug. 5, 1800; died
in Malden, Mass. , Dec. 3, 1855. He assisted
Samuel G. Goodrich in the preparation of some
of his Peter Parley' books. Under the pen-
names of Peeping Tom ” and “Timothy
Titterwell » he contributed many humorous
articles to the Boston Courier, afterward be-
coming its editor. His principal works are :
(Records of the Spanish Inquisition (1828);
and (Specimens of American Poetry, with
Critical and Biographical Notices) (3 vols. .
1829).
Kettle, Mary Rosa Stuart, best known as
“Rosa Mackenzie Kettle. ) An English novel-
ist; born at Overseale, Leicestershire. She is
popular through her stories of Cornwall and
the South Coast. Her earliest success was
(Fabian's Tower) (1852). She has also pub-
lished: (La Belle Marie: A Romance of the
Cornish Coast) (1862); (Hillsden on the Moors)
(1873); My Home in the Shires) (1877); (The
Sea and the Moor) (1877); (The Sisters of Om-
bersleigh; or Under the South Downs) (1888).
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Kexel, Olof (chaiks'el). A Swedish miscel-
laneous writer; born at Kalmar, 1748; died at
Stockholm, 1796. He wrote numerous satires,
songs, poems, plays, and a historical romance,
(Zalameski.
Key, Francis Scott. An American poet;
born in Frederick County, Md. , Aug. 9, 1780;
died at Baltimore, Jan. II, 1843. Author of
(The Star Spangled Banner, which was sug-
gested and partially written while he was view-
ing the bombardment of Fort McHenry, near
Baltimore, by the British feet, on which he was
a prisoner.
Keyes, Erasmus Darwin. A distinguished
American soldier; born at Brimfield, Mass. , May
29, 1810; died 1895. A graduate of West Point
(1832), he rose to the rank of major-general in
the Civil War. He wrote (Fifty Years' Ob-
servation of Men and Events) (1884).
Keyser, Jakob Rudolph (ki'zer). One of
the foremost Norwegian historians ; born at
Christiania, Jan. I, 1803; died there, Oct. 8, 1864.
Among his many important works were
(History of Norway) (2 vols. , 1865-70); (His-
tory of the Norwegian Church under Catholi-
cism (2 vols. , 1856-58).
Khayyam, Omar (ki-yäm'). A noted Per-
sian poet, mathematician, and astronomer; born
at Nishápúr, 1050 (? ); died there, 1123 (? ). He
is best known by his famous (Rubaiyát,' or
(Quatrains,' — four-line stanzas with the third
unrhymed,- of which about 500 are considered
genuine; Fitzgerald gives 101. Though some
of these had been already translated into Eng-
lish by Hyde, Ouseley, and Cowell (in prose),
the first English translation to make them
widely known was Fitzgerald's, editions of
which appeared in 1859, 1868, 1872, 1879, 1889.
Other English translations have been by Whin-
field (London, 1881), McCarthy (ib. , 1889), Les-
lie Garner (Milwaukee, 1888), Le Gallienne
(1897). An American edition in 1884 contained
the celebrated illustrations by Elihu Vedder.
There are also German, French, Norwegian,
and Hungarian versions. A valuable work is
that of N. H. Dole, containing English, French,
and German translations, comparatively ar-
ranged, with further selections, notes, biogra-
phies, bibliography, etc. , and an Introduction
(2 vols. , 1896). A new translation by John Payne,
the famous translator of Villon and the Ara-
bian Nights,' is announced, containing some
400 additional quatrains. *
Kheraskov, Mikhail (che-räs-kof'). A Rus-
sian epic poet; born Oct. 25, 1733; died at
Moscow, Oct. 9, 1806. His principal works
were the (Rossiad (1785), in 12 cantos, on the
conquest of Kazan, and “Vladimir) (1786), in
18 cantos, on the conversion of St. Vladimir.
Khvostchinskaia, Nadezhda Dmitrievna
(chvo-schin'skä-e-ä). A Russian novelist; born
at Riazan, 1825; died at Peterhof, July 2, 1889.
A prolific writer, her best works were : (Anna
Mikhailovna) (1850); Waiting for Something
Better); the romance (The Country Teacher);
(The Great Bear, the last particularly having
a pronounced success. She wrote also good
short stories and published poetry. (“Works,
6 vols. , 1859. )
Kidder, Daniel Parish. An American de.
scriptive writer; born at Darien, N. Y. , 1815;
died at Evanston, Ill. , 1891. He was a mis-
sionary to Brazil, and very active in the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church; was editor of the
Sunday School Advocate. He wrote: (Mor-
monism, and the Mormons) (1844); (Sketches
of a Residence and Travels in Brazil) (2 vols. ,
1845).
Kidder, Frederic. An American prose-writer;
born in New Ipswich, N. H. , 1804; died in
Melrose, Mass. , 1885. An antiquarian who gave
much attention to the language and religion
of the New England Indians. He was author
of 'The Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell
(1865); “History of the First New Hampshire
Regiment in the War of the Revolution (1868);
(History of the Boston Massacre, March 5,
1770) (1870).
Kielland or Kjelland, Alexander Lange
(chel'and). One of the most prominent of
Norwegian novelists and dramatists; born at
Stavanger, 1849. A strong representative of
the realistic school, he seeks to introduce Eu-
ropean culture into Norway, and is a foe to
all forms of ecclesiastical tyranny. His writ-
ings have been supposed to show the influence
of Balzac and Zola, also of Ibsen and Heine.
Notable among his novels are: (Garman and
Worse) (1880), his first; Laboring People)
(1881); (Skipper Worse) (1882). The Christ-
mas story Else) (1881), one of his best pro-
ductions, should be read by all who desire to
form an opinion of his work. Of his dramas,
which differ from his novels only in having
the dialogue form, among the best are : Betty's
Formynder' (Betty's Guardian: 1887), (Profes.
) (1888). *
Killigrew, Thomas. An English dramatist,
brother of William ; born at Handworth, Mid-
dlesex, 1611; died in London, 1682. Held sev-
eral offices under Charles I. and Charles II. ,
among them that of English resident at Venice
(1651), and court jester. He succeeded his
rival theatre manager, Sir Henry Herbert, as
master of the revels (1673). He wrote eleven
plays, not all of which were intended for the
stage. As was to be expected from his charac-
ter, his comic dramas surpass the serious ones.
A complete edition appeared in 1664.
Killigrew, Sir William. An English dram-
atist; born at Handworth, 1605; died in Lon-
don, 1693. His dramas were praised by Waller.
(Selindra' (1665) and (Ormasdes) (1665), two
tragi-comedies,--so called because, though they
end happily, they contain violent deaths,- are
good specimens of his work. He was a Mem-
ber of Parliament and a courtier.
Kimball, Hannah Parker. An American
poet; born 18, She has contributed much to
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magazines, her best collection of verse appear.
ine in the volume “Victory and Other Verses)
(1897).
Kimball, Harriet McEwen. An American
writer of religious lyrics ; born in Portsmouth,
N. H. , 1834. Her published works include:
(Hymns) (1867); (Swallow Flights of Song)
(1874); and (The Blessed Company of All Faith-
ful People) (1879).
Kimball, Richard Burleigh. An American
writer; born at Plainfield, N. H. , 1816; died at
New York, 1892. He was a successful lawyer.
Among his literary works were : (Cuba and
the Cubans) (1850); Romance of Student
Life Abroad' (1853); “Under-Currents of Wall
Street) (1862); Henry Powers, Banker) (1868).
Kind, Johann Friedrich (kint). A German
miscellaneous writer; born at Leipzig, March
4, 1768; died at Dresden, June 25, 1843. His
works consisted of poems, novels, and dramas,
among the latter being the librettos of Kreutz-
er's opera “The Night Camp of Granada and
Weber's (Der Freischütz (1821).
King, Alice. An English novelist; born at
Cutcombe, Somersetshire, 1839; died there, May
1894. Though she became blind at the age of
seven, she learned seven languages, and was a
prolific writer for magazines and author of
novels, composing her manuscript by the aid
of a typewriter. Among the most popular of
her works were: (Sir Tristram's Will (1867);
(Hearts or Coronets) (1876); Fettered Yet
Free) (1883); (A Strange Tangle) (1885).
King, Mrs. Anna Eichberg. An American
short-story writer; born in Switzerland, 1853.
Daughter of Julius Eichberg the musician, her
home is in Boston. She has written Brown's
Retreat and Other Stories) (1893), and Kit-
wyk Stories) (1895), genuinely Dutch in tone.
King, Captain Charles. An American nov-
elist and descriptive writer; born at Albany,
N. Y. , 1844. He resigned from the United States
army in 1879, becoming professor of military
science and tactics at the University of Wiscon-
sin (1881) and devoting his time largely to liter-
ature. He wrote a long series of novels treat-
ing of army and frontier life and people, among
the best of which are: (The Colonel's Daugh-
ter) (1883), describing life in a frontier fort;
(Kitty's Conquest) (1884), very popular; (Fa-
mous and Decisive Battles of the World
(1884); (The Colonel's Christmas Dinner and
Other Stories) (1892); (Captain Close and Ser-
geant Crosus) (1895): also “Campaigning with
Crook' (1890); (Trials of a Staff Officer) (1891).
King, Clarence. A representative American
geologist and a writer on geology and allied
topics; born at Newport, R. I. , Jan. 6, 1842. In
1863 he joined the State geological survey of
California, making the first detailed surveys of
the Yosemite Valley. In 1867 he was in charge
of the United States geological survey of the
40th parallel, and for the next five years did
valuable work from the California Sierras to
Eastern Wyoming, the results of which were
registered in two atlases and the seven quarto
volumes entitled Professional Papers of the
Engineer Department of the United States Sur-
vey) (1870–78). The first volume was written
entirely by Mr. King. When in 1879 the differ-
ent geological surveys were united in one bureau
of the Department of the Interior, Mr. King
was made first director of the Survey, holding
the position until 1881, when he resigned. He
has since carried on independent geological in-
vestigation, and contributed many able and im-
portant papers to scientific periodicals in this
country and Europe. He was elected in 1876
a member of the National Academy of Science.
His best-known book, Mountaineering the
Sierras) (1871), is not merely a contribution
to technical knowledge in this field, but a brill-
iant literary performance; being written in a
graphic way, and narrating picturesque and
thrilling incidents of Western wild life.
King, Edward. An American miscellaneous
writer; born at Middlefield, Mass. , 1848; died
at Brooklyn, N. Y. , 1896. He was both a jour-
nalist --- being well known as a Paris and a war
correspondent- and an author.
juvenile books,–(Elm Island) series, (Good
Old Times) series, etc. , -- but is probably best
known by the Address of Spartacus to the
Gladiators.
Kelly, Jonathan Falconbridge. An Ameri-
can prose-writer; born in Philadelphia, in
1818; died in Cincinnati, O. , 1854. He was
the author of The Humors of Falconbridge)
(1856).
Kelvin, Lord. See Thomson.
:
Kemble, Frances Anne. A famous English
actress, daughter of Charles Kemble and niece
of Mrs. Siddons; born in London, Nov. 27,
1809; died there, Jan. 16, 1893. Among other
works, she published her Journal) (1834);
(Journal of a Residence on a Georgia Planta-
tion (1863); (Recollections of a Girlhood (3
vols. , 1878); (Recollections of Later Life) (3
vols. , 1882); and in the Atlantic Monthly, remi-
niscences of her theatrical career (1876–77).
Kemény, Zsigmond, Baron (kem'á-ne). An
eminent Hungarian novelist and publicist ; born
at Magyar-Kapud, 1816; died at Puszta-Kam-
arás, Dec. 22, 1875. His romances and politi-
cal writings are classics in Hungarian literature.
Of the former, (Man and Wife) (1852) and
(The Abysses of the Heart) (1854), both psy-
chological studies, are among the best. (Stud-
ies) (2 vols. , 1870) is an admirable work. The
style of his writings and the tax they impose
on thought make them not always easy to
read, but what they demand they amply repay
in pleasure and profit. He was called prince
of the Magyar journalists. )
Kempis, Thomas à (kem'pis). A celebrated
German mystic; born at Kempen (whence his
name, « Thomas from Kempen”), near Cologne,
1380; died 1471. His true name was Hamer-
ken (Latin, Malleolus). Sub-prior of the mon-
astery of Mount St. Agnes, near Zwolle, he
was distinguished for piety and success as an
instructor of youth. He was author of the
(Imitation of Christ, one of the most famous
of books, which has been universally read and
has moved the hearts of men of all nations,
conditions and kinds, for four centuries. Its
title describes its contents; it abounds in max-
ims of humility and resignation, and is such a
book as only a man living the most unevent-
ful of lives, withdrawn from the world and
spent in contemplation, could have written. It
is said that it has been translated into more
languages than any other book except the
Bible. *
Kendall, Amos. A distinguished American
politician; born at Dunstable, Mass. , Aug. 16,
1789; died at Washington, D. C. , Nov. II, 1869.
He was Postmaster-General of the United States
1835-40. He wrote Life of Andrew Jackson';
(Autobiography) (1872).
Kendall, George Wilkins. An American
writer; born at Mount Vernon, N. H. , about
1809; died at Oak Springs, Tex. , Oct. 22, 1867.
He was founder of the New Orleans Picayune,
which became under his direction one of the
leading journals of the South. He wrote (The
War Between the United States and Mexico)
(1851).
Kendall, Henry Clarence. An Australian
poet; born in Ulladalla district, New South
Wales, 1841 ; died near Sydney, 1882. While a
lawyer's clerk in Sydney, three poems were
accepted by the London Athenæum in 1802;
he then devoted himself to literature, publish-
ing 'Leaves from an Australian Forest (1809)
and Songs from the Mountains) (1880), his
chief works. Especially happy in description
of Australian scenery, he is known as “the
poet of the bush. "
A collection of his poetry
appeared in 1886.
Kendrick, Ashael Clark. An American
scholar, editor, and miscellaneous writer; born
at Poultney, Vt. , Dec. 7, 1809; died at Roches-
ter, N. Y. , Oct. 21, 1895. Besides bringing out
translations and several text-books, and revis-
ing and editing Olshausen's New Testament
Commentary) and Meyer's Commentary on
John,' he published Our Poetical Favorites)
(3 vols. , 3d ed. 1880); Life and Letters of
Emily C. Judson) (1862). He was one of the
American committee of New Testament re-
visers.
Kennan, George. A noted traveler and
writer on Russian topics; born at Norwalk,
Huron County, O. , Feb. 16, 1845. In early life,
and before the completion of the Atlantic cable,
he was a member of the Western Union tele-
graph expedition to survey a route for a Behr-
ing Strait and Siberian telegraph line to Europe.
The result of this expedition was the book
called (Tent Life in Siberia) (1870). His jour-
neys through Northern Russia and Siberia in
the years 1885-86 for the purpose of investi-
gating the condition of the Siberian exiles, re-
sulted in the publication of a series of papers
in the Century Magazine (1890-91), afterwards
issued in book form under the title (Siberia
and the Exile System' (1891).
Kennedy, Crammond. An American law-
yer and miscellaneous writer; born at North
Berwick, Scotland, 1842. He came to New
York (1856), became known as the boy preacher,
served as chaplain in the Civil War, was man-
aging editor of the Christian Union (1870),
and since 1878 has practiced law at Washing-
ton, D. C. He has written: 'Corn in the
Blade) (1860), verse; Liberty of the Press)
(1876), a prize essay; etc.
Kennedy, Grace. An English novelist ; born
at Pinmore, Ayrshire, 1782; died at Edinburgh,
1825. Her best-known work was 'Father Clem-
ent) (1823), which reached a twelfth edition
and was translated into nearly every European
language. Her works were moral and religious
in character.
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Kennedy, John Pendleton. An American
writer; born at Baltimore, Oct. 25, 1795; died
at Newport, Aug. 18, 1870. Best known by
his very popular Horse-shoe Robinson (1835).
Among his other works was a Life of Will-
iam Wirt, Attorney-General of the United
States) (1849). Active in politics and several
times Member of Congress, he was Secretary
of the Navy under President Fillmore.
Kennedy, Patrick. An Irish antiquarian
writer; born in County Wexford, 1801; died
at Dublin, March 28, 1873. His studies were
given to the archæology and popular traditions
of Ireland. His chief work was Legendary
Fictions of the Irish Celts) (new ed. 1892).
Kennedy, William. A Scottish writer of
prose and verse; born near Paisley, 1799; died
near London in 1849. He resided many years
in Galveston, Tex. , serving there as British
consul. He published: My Early Days)
(1826); ( The Arrow and the Rose; with Other
Poems) (1830); “The Rise, Progress, and Pros-
pects of the Republic of Texas) (2 vols. , 1841).
Kennedy, William Sloane. A well-known
American biographer, story-writer, and poet;
born at Breckville, O. , 1850. His home is at
Belmont, Mass. He has written lives of Long-
fellow, Whittier, and Holmes; (Wonders and
Curiosities of the Railway: Locomotive Stories)
(1884); 'In Portia's Garden, verse ; etc.
Kennet, white. An English clergyman and
historian; born at Dover, in 1660; died in
1728. From 1718 until his death he occupied
the episcopal see of Peterborough. In 1706 he
brought out a complete History of England,
from the earliest times to the death of William
III. , a work of great accuracy and interest ;
and in 1713 Bibliothecæ Americanæ Primordia,
an attempt towards laying the foundation of an
American library.
Kenney, Charles Lamb. An English mis-
cellaneous writer, son of James; born at Bellevue,
France, April 29, 1821 ; died at Kensington, Aug.
25, 1881. Was a friend of Thackeray and Dick.
ens. Secretary of M. Lesseps, his book (The
Gates of the East? (1857) turned English pub-
lic opinion in favor of the Suez Canal, against
Lord Palmerston's opposition. He introduced
opera-bouffe in London, writing librettos for
(The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein,' (La Belle
Hélène, etc. He wrote also several popular
songs, among them "Ever my Queen. )
Kenney, James. An English dramatist; born
in Ireland, 1780; died July 25, 1849. He was a
bank clerk in London, with a taste for the
theatre, and wrote a number of pieces that
still hold the stage. Among them were the
farces (Raising the Wind (1803); (Turn Him
Out! (1812); 'Love, Law, and Physic) (1812);
the stock favorite (Sweethearts and Wives)
(1823); and the famous tragedy (The Sicilian
Vespers) (1840).
Kenrick, Francis Patrick. A distinguished
American Roman Catholic prelate and theo-
logical writer; born at Dublin, Ireland, Dec. 3,
1797 ; died at Baltimore, Md. , July 6, 1863. He
founded the seminary of St. Charles Borromeo
in Philadelphia in 1832: became archbishop of
Baltimore, 1851 ; honorary primate of the United
States, 1859. He was prominent as a contro-
versialist and a Biblical scholar. Among his
works were: Dogmatic Theology) (4 vols. ,
1839-40); Moral Theology) (3 vols. , 1841-43).
He also published a revision of the Douai Eng-
lish Bible, with notes.
Kenrick, Peter Richard. An American prel-
ate and writer, brother of Francis Patrick; born
in Dublin, 1806; died in St. Louis, 1896, of which
city he was the first Roman Catholic archbishop.
He published: (The Holy House of Loretto);
Anglican Ordinations); (Concio in Concilio
Vaticana'; etc.
Kent, James. An eminent American jurist;
born at Philippi, N. Y. , July 31, 1763; died at New
York, Dec. 12, 1847. Author of the famous Com-
mentaries on American Law) (4 vols. , 1826-30),
which holds in this country a position similar to
that occupied by Blackstone's commentaries in
Great Britain. It contains not only federal juris-
prudence, but the municipal law, written and
unwritten, of the several States; has proved its
general interest and special value by years of
use; passed through many editions, and is one
of the intellectual monuments of our country.
He was chief justice and chancellor of the State
of New York.
Kent, William Charles Mark. An English
miscellaneous writer ; born in London, 1823. He
has produced a number of works in prose and
verse, besides contributing to the 'Encyclopæ-
dia Britannica) and several of the best Eng-
lish reviews, and being active as a journalist.
His poem (Aletheia, or the Condemnation of
Mythology) (1850) was praised by Lamartine.
Among his prose works may be mentioned
(The Vision of Cagliostro) (1863). (The Derby
Ministry,' under the pseudonym “Mark Roch-
ester,” and “The Gladstone Government,' under
that of "A Templar, consisted of sketches of
prominent political personages.
Kenyon, James Benjamin. An American
poet; born in Frankfort, Herkimer County,
N. Y. , April 26, 1858. He has contributed to
periodicals, and is the author of "The Fallen,
and Other Poems) (1876); (Out of the Shad.
ows) (1880); “Songs in All Seasons) (1885); and
(In Realms of Gold) (1887).
Kepler, Johannes (kep'ler). An eminent
German astronomer; born at Weil, Würtem-
berg, Dec. 27, 1571 ; died at Ratisbon, Nov. 15,
1630. He was the discoverer of the laws of
planetary motion, famous as “Kepler's laws,
which revolutionized previous theories of the
position of humanity, and formed the founda-
tion for Newton's subsequent labors and mod-
ern astronomy. His great work was the New
Astronomy, with Commentaries on the Motions
of Mars) (1009). He also completed (1627)
the famous «Rudolphine Tables )) of Tych
Brahe, the basis of astronomy for the next
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hundred years; while his contribution to optics
was of first, to mathematics of striking, im-
portance. One of the great epoch-makers of
human thought. ('Works,' 8 vols. , 1858-71. )
Ker, David. An American journalist and
writer of travels, stories, and books for the
young; born in England, 18–. Formerly a
correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph,
he has of late years resided in New York. He
has written : (The Broken Image, and Other
Tales) (1870), published anonymously; "On
the Road to Khiva) (1874); Into Unknown
Seas) (1886), describing the cruise of two sailor
boys; etc.
Kératry, Auguste Hilarion de (kā-rä-trē).
A French politician; born at Rennes, Oct. 28,
1769; died at Port Marly, Nov. 7, 1859. He
wrote on a great variety of subjects, his chief
works being Moral and Philosophical Induc-
tions) (1817), and (The Beautiful the Imi-
tative Arts) (3 vols. , 1822).
Kerkhoven, Petrus Frans van (kerk-ho'ven).
A Flemish miscellaneous writer; born at Ant-
werp, 1818; died there, 1857. He was editor
of several journals; wrote numerous poems,
tragedies, comedies, romances, and novels,
among them Daniel' (1845); (Ferdinand the
Corsair) (1845). His works appeared in 1869-73
in thirteen volumes.
Kernanan, Coulson. An English poet, nov-
elist, and essayist; born at Ilfracombe, Aug. 1,
1858. His poetry is strong in matter and fin-
ished in form. Some of his novels are marked
by a play of gloomy fancy not unlike Haw-
thorne's. The striking story (A Dead Man's
Diary, published anonymously, soon reached a
fourth edition. Two others, 'Stranger than Fic-
tion' (1893) and Dead Faces) (1894), were
notable. He has shown himself to be also an
excellent critic. Much of his work was origi-
nally contributed to English and American peri-
odicals.
Kerner, Justinus (kır'ner). A famous Ger-
man poet and novelist; born at Ludwigsburg,
Würtemberg, 1786; died at Weinsberg, 1862.
Several of his lyrics — for instance, (Song of
Wandering, (The Wanderer in the Saw Mill,
--- are popular with the masses, and a number
were set to music by Schumann.
His poetry
can be read in (The Last Bunch of Blossoms)
(1852) and (Winter Blossoms) (1859). Of his
prose works (which included medical writings,
he being a physician), “The Seeress of Pre-
vorst) (5th ed. 1877), a result of his studies in
animal magnetism and somnambulism, attracted
great attention. Noteworthy too was his (Pict-
ure Book from my Childhood) (2d ed. 1886).
His work was marked by keen observation,
fancy, satirical power, humor blended with pa-
thos, and thought always busy with the other
world. He may be called the romanticist of
the Swabian school of poets.
Kerner, Theobald. A German poet and
novelist, son of Justinus; born at Gaildorf, June
14, 1817. A physician like his father, like him
he has published both medical and literary
works. Among the latter, his (Poems) ap-
peared in 1851; Princess Klatschrose) the
same year (2d ed. 1894); (The Flying Tailor,
an opera, in 1862; (Parson Staber, or the New
Ahasuerus,' a comedy, in 1888. (The Kerner
House and its Guests) (1893) consisted of bright
and interesting sketches of the inmates and vis.
itors of his famous father's domicile, his own
since the latter's death.
Kerr, Orpheus C. See Newell.
Kervyn de Lettenhove, Josef Marie Bruno
Konstantin (ker-van' de let'en-hô-ve). A Bel-
gian historian; born at St. Michel, West Flan-
ders, Aug. 17, 1817; died at Brussels, April 3,
1891. His principal work was History of
Flanders) (3d ed. , 4 vols. , 1874). Among his
other works may be mentioned (The Hugue-
nots) (6 vols. , 1883-85), Marie Stuart) (2 vols. ,
1890).
Ketchum, Mrs. Annie (Chambers). An
American educator, lecturer, and miscellaneous
writer; born in Scott County, Ky. , 1824. She
was principal of the high school for girls at
Memphis, Tenn. , 1855-58. She has written:
(Christmas Carillons and Other Poems) (1888);
(Nellie Braden,' a novel; Rilla Motto,' a ro-
mance ; etc.
Ketteler, Wilhelm Emanuel von (ket'e-ler).
A distinguished German prelate; born at Mün-
ster, Dec. 25, 1811; died at Burghausen, Bava-
ria, July 13, 1877. One of the ablest of Ger-
man ultramontanists; bishop of Mentz (1850),
for which diocese he obtained special privi-
leges; and member of the first Reichstag (1871).
He wrote on the questions of the day. Among
his works may be mentioned : Freedom, Au-
thority, and Church (7th ed. 1862); (The
Labor Question and Christianity) (3d ed. 1864),
which even Lassalle praised; (Germany after
the War of 1866) (6th ed. 1867).
Kettell, Samuel. An American prose-writer;
born in Newburyport, Mass. , Aug. 5, 1800; died
in Malden, Mass. , Dec. 3, 1855. He assisted
Samuel G. Goodrich in the preparation of some
of his Peter Parley' books. Under the pen-
names of Peeping Tom ” and “Timothy
Titterwell » he contributed many humorous
articles to the Boston Courier, afterward be-
coming its editor. His principal works are :
(Records of the Spanish Inquisition (1828);
and (Specimens of American Poetry, with
Critical and Biographical Notices) (3 vols. .
1829).
Kettle, Mary Rosa Stuart, best known as
“Rosa Mackenzie Kettle. ) An English novel-
ist; born at Overseale, Leicestershire. She is
popular through her stories of Cornwall and
the South Coast. Her earliest success was
(Fabian's Tower) (1852). She has also pub-
lished: (La Belle Marie: A Romance of the
Cornish Coast) (1862); (Hillsden on the Moors)
(1873); My Home in the Shires) (1877); (The
Sea and the Moor) (1877); (The Sisters of Om-
bersleigh; or Under the South Downs) (1888).
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Kexel, Olof (chaiks'el). A Swedish miscel-
laneous writer; born at Kalmar, 1748; died at
Stockholm, 1796. He wrote numerous satires,
songs, poems, plays, and a historical romance,
(Zalameski.
Key, Francis Scott. An American poet;
born in Frederick County, Md. , Aug. 9, 1780;
died at Baltimore, Jan. II, 1843. Author of
(The Star Spangled Banner, which was sug-
gested and partially written while he was view-
ing the bombardment of Fort McHenry, near
Baltimore, by the British feet, on which he was
a prisoner.
Keyes, Erasmus Darwin. A distinguished
American soldier; born at Brimfield, Mass. , May
29, 1810; died 1895. A graduate of West Point
(1832), he rose to the rank of major-general in
the Civil War. He wrote (Fifty Years' Ob-
servation of Men and Events) (1884).
Keyser, Jakob Rudolph (ki'zer). One of
the foremost Norwegian historians ; born at
Christiania, Jan. I, 1803; died there, Oct. 8, 1864.
Among his many important works were
(History of Norway) (2 vols. , 1865-70); (His-
tory of the Norwegian Church under Catholi-
cism (2 vols. , 1856-58).
Khayyam, Omar (ki-yäm'). A noted Per-
sian poet, mathematician, and astronomer; born
at Nishápúr, 1050 (? ); died there, 1123 (? ). He
is best known by his famous (Rubaiyát,' or
(Quatrains,' — four-line stanzas with the third
unrhymed,- of which about 500 are considered
genuine; Fitzgerald gives 101. Though some
of these had been already translated into Eng-
lish by Hyde, Ouseley, and Cowell (in prose),
the first English translation to make them
widely known was Fitzgerald's, editions of
which appeared in 1859, 1868, 1872, 1879, 1889.
Other English translations have been by Whin-
field (London, 1881), McCarthy (ib. , 1889), Les-
lie Garner (Milwaukee, 1888), Le Gallienne
(1897). An American edition in 1884 contained
the celebrated illustrations by Elihu Vedder.
There are also German, French, Norwegian,
and Hungarian versions. A valuable work is
that of N. H. Dole, containing English, French,
and German translations, comparatively ar-
ranged, with further selections, notes, biogra-
phies, bibliography, etc. , and an Introduction
(2 vols. , 1896). A new translation by John Payne,
the famous translator of Villon and the Ara-
bian Nights,' is announced, containing some
400 additional quatrains. *
Kheraskov, Mikhail (che-räs-kof'). A Rus-
sian epic poet; born Oct. 25, 1733; died at
Moscow, Oct. 9, 1806. His principal works
were the (Rossiad (1785), in 12 cantos, on the
conquest of Kazan, and “Vladimir) (1786), in
18 cantos, on the conversion of St. Vladimir.
Khvostchinskaia, Nadezhda Dmitrievna
(chvo-schin'skä-e-ä). A Russian novelist; born
at Riazan, 1825; died at Peterhof, July 2, 1889.
A prolific writer, her best works were : (Anna
Mikhailovna) (1850); Waiting for Something
Better); the romance (The Country Teacher);
(The Great Bear, the last particularly having
a pronounced success. She wrote also good
short stories and published poetry. (“Works,
6 vols. , 1859. )
Kidder, Daniel Parish. An American de.
scriptive writer; born at Darien, N. Y. , 1815;
died at Evanston, Ill. , 1891. He was a mis-
sionary to Brazil, and very active in the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church; was editor of the
Sunday School Advocate. He wrote: (Mor-
monism, and the Mormons) (1844); (Sketches
of a Residence and Travels in Brazil) (2 vols. ,
1845).
Kidder, Frederic. An American prose-writer;
born in New Ipswich, N. H. , 1804; died in
Melrose, Mass. , 1885. An antiquarian who gave
much attention to the language and religion
of the New England Indians. He was author
of 'The Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell
(1865); “History of the First New Hampshire
Regiment in the War of the Revolution (1868);
(History of the Boston Massacre, March 5,
1770) (1870).
Kielland or Kjelland, Alexander Lange
(chel'and). One of the most prominent of
Norwegian novelists and dramatists; born at
Stavanger, 1849. A strong representative of
the realistic school, he seeks to introduce Eu-
ropean culture into Norway, and is a foe to
all forms of ecclesiastical tyranny. His writ-
ings have been supposed to show the influence
of Balzac and Zola, also of Ibsen and Heine.
Notable among his novels are: (Garman and
Worse) (1880), his first; Laboring People)
(1881); (Skipper Worse) (1882). The Christ-
mas story Else) (1881), one of his best pro-
ductions, should be read by all who desire to
form an opinion of his work. Of his dramas,
which differ from his novels only in having
the dialogue form, among the best are : Betty's
Formynder' (Betty's Guardian: 1887), (Profes.
) (1888). *
Killigrew, Thomas. An English dramatist,
brother of William ; born at Handworth, Mid-
dlesex, 1611; died in London, 1682. Held sev-
eral offices under Charles I. and Charles II. ,
among them that of English resident at Venice
(1651), and court jester. He succeeded his
rival theatre manager, Sir Henry Herbert, as
master of the revels (1673). He wrote eleven
plays, not all of which were intended for the
stage. As was to be expected from his charac-
ter, his comic dramas surpass the serious ones.
A complete edition appeared in 1664.
Killigrew, Sir William. An English dram-
atist; born at Handworth, 1605; died in Lon-
don, 1693. His dramas were praised by Waller.
(Selindra' (1665) and (Ormasdes) (1665), two
tragi-comedies,--so called because, though they
end happily, they contain violent deaths,- are
good specimens of his work. He was a Mem-
ber of Parliament and a courtier.
Kimball, Hannah Parker. An American
poet; born 18, She has contributed much to
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magazines, her best collection of verse appear.
ine in the volume “Victory and Other Verses)
(1897).
Kimball, Harriet McEwen. An American
writer of religious lyrics ; born in Portsmouth,
N. H. , 1834. Her published works include:
(Hymns) (1867); (Swallow Flights of Song)
(1874); and (The Blessed Company of All Faith-
ful People) (1879).
Kimball, Richard Burleigh. An American
writer; born at Plainfield, N. H. , 1816; died at
New York, 1892. He was a successful lawyer.
Among his literary works were : (Cuba and
the Cubans) (1850); Romance of Student
Life Abroad' (1853); “Under-Currents of Wall
Street) (1862); Henry Powers, Banker) (1868).
Kind, Johann Friedrich (kint). A German
miscellaneous writer; born at Leipzig, March
4, 1768; died at Dresden, June 25, 1843. His
works consisted of poems, novels, and dramas,
among the latter being the librettos of Kreutz-
er's opera “The Night Camp of Granada and
Weber's (Der Freischütz (1821).
King, Alice. An English novelist; born at
Cutcombe, Somersetshire, 1839; died there, May
1894. Though she became blind at the age of
seven, she learned seven languages, and was a
prolific writer for magazines and author of
novels, composing her manuscript by the aid
of a typewriter. Among the most popular of
her works were: (Sir Tristram's Will (1867);
(Hearts or Coronets) (1876); Fettered Yet
Free) (1883); (A Strange Tangle) (1885).
King, Mrs. Anna Eichberg. An American
short-story writer; born in Switzerland, 1853.
Daughter of Julius Eichberg the musician, her
home is in Boston. She has written Brown's
Retreat and Other Stories) (1893), and Kit-
wyk Stories) (1895), genuinely Dutch in tone.
King, Captain Charles. An American nov-
elist and descriptive writer; born at Albany,
N. Y. , 1844. He resigned from the United States
army in 1879, becoming professor of military
science and tactics at the University of Wiscon-
sin (1881) and devoting his time largely to liter-
ature. He wrote a long series of novels treat-
ing of army and frontier life and people, among
the best of which are: (The Colonel's Daugh-
ter) (1883), describing life in a frontier fort;
(Kitty's Conquest) (1884), very popular; (Fa-
mous and Decisive Battles of the World
(1884); (The Colonel's Christmas Dinner and
Other Stories) (1892); (Captain Close and Ser-
geant Crosus) (1895): also “Campaigning with
Crook' (1890); (Trials of a Staff Officer) (1891).
King, Clarence. A representative American
geologist and a writer on geology and allied
topics; born at Newport, R. I. , Jan. 6, 1842. In
1863 he joined the State geological survey of
California, making the first detailed surveys of
the Yosemite Valley. In 1867 he was in charge
of the United States geological survey of the
40th parallel, and for the next five years did
valuable work from the California Sierras to
Eastern Wyoming, the results of which were
registered in two atlases and the seven quarto
volumes entitled Professional Papers of the
Engineer Department of the United States Sur-
vey) (1870–78). The first volume was written
entirely by Mr. King. When in 1879 the differ-
ent geological surveys were united in one bureau
of the Department of the Interior, Mr. King
was made first director of the Survey, holding
the position until 1881, when he resigned. He
has since carried on independent geological in-
vestigation, and contributed many able and im-
portant papers to scientific periodicals in this
country and Europe. He was elected in 1876
a member of the National Academy of Science.
His best-known book, Mountaineering the
Sierras) (1871), is not merely a contribution
to technical knowledge in this field, but a brill-
iant literary performance; being written in a
graphic way, and narrating picturesque and
thrilling incidents of Western wild life.
King, Edward. An American miscellaneous
writer; born at Middlefield, Mass. , 1848; died
at Brooklyn, N. Y. , 1896. He was both a jour-
nalist --- being well known as a Paris and a war
correspondent- and an author.
