These books were chosen by a committee of librarians, educators, and other professionals for the Association for Library Service to Children. Younger Readers…
APSLEY, Lewis Dewart, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Northumberland, Pa., September 29, 1852; moved with his parents to Lock Haven, Clinton County, Pa., in 1861; attended public…
COCHRANE, Aaron Van Schaick, (nephew of Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick), a Representative from New York; born in Coxsackie, Greene County, N.Y., March 14, 1858; attended the common schools and the…
(Encyclopedia) Wylie, Elinor (Hoyt), 1885–1928, American poet and novelist, b. Somerville, N.J. She was famous during her life almost as much for her ethereal beauty and personality as for her…
HOSMER, Hezekiah Lord, a Representative from New York; born June 7, 1765; studied law; was admitted to practice in the mayorâs court of Hudson, N.Y., in 1785; recorder of Hudson in 1793 and…
WRIGHT, Edwin Ruthvin Vincent, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Hoboken, N.J., January 2, 1812; completed preparatory studies; engaged in newspaper work in 1835; editor of the Jersey…
HUMPHREY, Herman Leon, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Candor, Tioga County, N.Y., March 14, 1830; attended the common schools and also the Cortland Academy for one year; became a…
(Encyclopedia) Rupert House, village, W Que., Canada, on the Rupert River east of its mouth on James Bay. It was founded in 1668 as Charles Fort by the trader des Groseilliers, whose success there…
(Encyclopedia) Doughty, Thomas, 1793–1856, American painter of the Hudson River school, b. Philadelphia. Although self-taught, he was one of the first American landscape painters to win widespread…
