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=Tyler, Moses Coit.= _Ct._, 1835-1900. A professor of American history at Cornell University from 1881. From 1860 to 1881 he was a member of the Congregational ministry, but in the latter year took orders in the Episcopal Church. He is best known by an admirable History of American Literature During the Colonial Period, 1606-1765, which is as readable as it is scholarly, the style being both vigorous and original. Other works of his are, The Brawnville Papers; Life of Patrick Henry; Three Men of Letters (Berkeley, Dwight, Joel Barlow); The Literary History of the American Revolution, 1763-1783; Manual of English Literature. _Hou. Put. Sh._

=Tyler, Ransom Hebbard.= _Ms._, 1813-1881. A lawyer and bank president of Fulton, New York. The Bible and Social Reform; American Ecclesiastical Law; Commentaries on the Law of Infancy and Covertures; Ejectment and Adverse Enjoyment; Usury; Pawns and Loans; Fixtures; Boundaries, Fences, and Window Lights.

=Tyler, Robert.= _Va._, 1818-1877. The eldest son of President John Tyler. A lawyer of Philadelphia, and after the Civil War a journalist in Montgomery, Alabama. Ahasuerus, a Poem; Death, a Poem; Is Virginia a Repudiating State?

=Tyler, Royall.= _Ms._, 1757-1826. A Vermont jurist, chief justice of the supreme court of his State from 1800. Reports of Vermont Supreme Court Cases; The Contrast, a brilliant comedy, the first American play acted by regular comedians, and the earliest in which “Yankee dialect” is employed; May Day, a comedy; The Georgia Speculator, or Land in the Moon; The Algerine Captive; Moral Tales for American Youths; The Yankey in London.

=Tyler, Samuel.= _Md._, 1809-1878. A jurist of Frederick, Maryland. The Progress of Philosophy; Discourse on the Baconian Philosophy; Burns as a Poet and as a Man; Memoir of Chief Justice Taney; Commentary on the Law of Partnership.

=Tyler, William Seymour.= _Pa._, 1810-1897. A Congregational clergyman and educator, professor at Amherst College from 1836; latterly professor emeritus of the Greek language and literature. Prayer for Colleges; Theology of the Greek Poets; editions of Tacitus and the Iliad of Homer; History of Amherst College, 1821 to 1891. _Har._

=Tyng, Dudley Atkins.= _Md._, 1825-1858. Son of S. H. Tyng, _infra_, 1st. An Episcopal clergyman of Philadelphia. Vital Truth and Deadly Error; Children of the Kingdom; Our Country’s Troubles.

=Tyng, Stephen Higginson.= _Ms._, 1800-1885. An Episcopal clergyman of New York city, rector of St. George’s Church, 1844-85, and long prominent among Low Churchmen. Among his works are, The Christian Pastor; Family Commentary on the Gospels; Lectures on the Law and the Gospel; The Israel of God; Christ is All; The Rich Kinsman, the history of Ruth; The Prayer-Book Illustrated by Scripture; The Captive Orphan; Esther the Queen of Persia; Forty Years’ Experience in Sunday Schools. _See Life of, by C. R. Tyng._ _Har._

=Tyng, Stephen Higginson.= _N. Y._, 1839-1898. Son of S. H. Tyng, _supra_. An Episcopal clergyman of New York city, for a number of years subsequent to 1881 the manager of an insurance company in Paris. The Square of Life; He Will Come; Our Church Work.

=Tyson, James.= 1841- ----. A Philadelphia physician, medical professor in the University of Pennsylvania from 1870. Manual of Physical Diagnosis; The Cell Doctrine; Introduction to Practical Histology; Practical Examination of the Urine; Treatise on Bright’s Disease. _Lip._

=Tyson, Job Roberts.= _Pa._, 1804-1858. A lawyer of Philadelphia. Essay on the Penal Laws of Pennsylvania; The Lottery System of the United States; Social and Intellectual State of Pennsylvania prior to 1743; Resources and Commerce of Philadelphia.

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=Underwood, Benjamin Franklin.= 1839- ----. Formerly the editor of The Index in Boston. Influence of Christianity upon Civilization; Essays and Lectures.

=Underwood, Francis Henry.= _Ms._, 1825-1894. A Boston littérateur, the organizer of The Atlantic Monthly. He was American consul at Glasgow, 1885-89, and subsequently at Leith, where he died. Handbooks of English Literature: British Authors, and American Authors; Builders of American Literature; biographies of Lowell, Longfellow, and Whittier; The Poet and the Man, Recollections of James Russell Lowell; Cloud Pictures; and the novels, Lord of Himself; Man Proposes; Dr. Gray’s Quest; Quabbin. _Hou. Le._

=Underwood, Lucien Marcus.= _N. Y._, 1853- ----. Cousin of F. H. Underwood, _supra_. A professor of botany at Syracuse University from 1883. Systematic Plant Record; Our Native Ferns and How to Study Them; Our Native Ferns and Their Allies; North American Hepaticæ. _Ho. Wh._

=Upham, Charles Wentworth.= _N. B._, 1802-1875. A Unitarian clergyman, pastor of the First Church in Salem, Massachusetts, 1824-44, subsequently prominent as a politician in his city and State. Lectures on the Logos; Prophecy as an Evidence of Christianity; Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather; Life of Timothy Pickering; Life of Sir Henry Vane; Lectures on Witchcraft; Principles of Congregationalism.

=Upham, Francis William.= _N. H._, 1817-1895. Brother of T. C. Upham, _infra_. An educator of New York city, whose writings were chiefly a defence of the Scriptures as opposed to “the higher criticism.” The Debate Between the Church and Science; The Wise Men: Who They Were; The Star of Our Lord; Thoughts on the Gospels; St. Matthew’s Witness; The First Words from God.

=Upham, Mrs. Grace Le Baron [Locke].= “Grace Le Baron.” _Ms._, 1845- ----. A Boston writer of popular juvenile tales. The Rosebud Club; Little Miss Faith; Little Daughter. _Le._

=Upham, Thomas Cogswell.= _N. H._, 1799-1872. A professor of philosophy at Bowdoin College, 1824-72. Elements of Moral Philosophy; Treatise on the Will; Life of Madame Guyon; Principles of the Hidden Life; Disordered Mental Action; Elements of Intellectual Philosophy; Ratio Disciplinæ; Christ in the Soul; The Life of Faith; The Manual of Peace; Divine Union; American Cottage Life, a book of verse; Life of Madame Catherine Adorna; View of the Absolute Religion. _See Allibone’s Dictionary; Bibliography of Maine._ _Har._

=Upshur, Abel Parker.= _Va._, 1790-1844. A Virginia lawyer and Congressman, secretary of the navy, 1841-1843, and of State, 1843-44. Inquiry into the Nature and Character of Our Federal Government.

=Upshur, Mary.= Niece of A. P. Upshur, _supra_. _See Sturges, Mrs._

=Upton, Emory.= 1839-1881. An officer with the rank of major-general in the Federal army during the Civil War. Infantry Tactics; The Armies of Asia and Europe; Tactics for NonMilitary Bodies. _See Life of, by Michie._ _Ap._

=Upton, Francis Henry.= _Ms._, 1814-1876. An eminent lawyer of New York city. Treatise on the Law of Trade-Marks; The Law of Nations affecting Commerce During War.

=Upton, George Putnam.= _Ms._, 1834- ----. A Chicago journalist. Letters of Peregrine Pickle; The Great Fire; Woman in Music; The Standard Operas; The Standard Oratorios; The Standard Cantatas; The Standard Symphonies; Lives of Haydn, Liszt, and Wagner, from the German of Nohl; Memories, from the German of Max Müller. _Mg._

=Upton, Jacob Kendrick.= _N. H._, 1837- ----. The assistant secretary of the treasury in 1880. Money in Politics; A Coin Catechism. _Lo._

=Urmy, Clarence [Thomas].= _Cal._, 1858- ----. An organist and verse-writer of San José, California. A Rosary of Rhyme; A Vintage of Verse. He has been a contributor to magazines.

=Usher, Edward Preston.= _Ms._, 1851- ----. A Boston lawyer living in Grafton, Massachusetts. Sales of Personal Property; Protestantism, a Study in the Direction of Religious Truth. _Le._

=Utter, Mrs. Rebecca [Palfrey].= _Ms._, 1844- ----. Daughter of C. Palfrey, _supra_, and wife of a Unitarian clergyman. The King’s Daughter, and Other Poems.