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EGGLESTON, EDWARD (1837–1902)

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EGGLESTON, EDWARD (1837–1902)

EGGLESTON, See also:
EDWARD
EDWARD (1837–1902) , See also:

AMERICAN

American novelist and historian, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in Vevay, See also:

INDIANA

Indiana, on the loth of See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1837, of See also:

Virginia stock. Delicate See also:

HEALTH

health, by which he was more or less handicapped throughout his See also:

LIFE

life, prevented his going to See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

college, but he was naturally a diligent student. He was a Methodist See also:

CIRCUIT (Lat. circuitus, from circum, round, and ire, to go)

circuit rider and pastor in Indiana and See also:

MINNESOTA

Minnesota (1857-1866); See also:

ASSOCIATE (Lat. associates, from ad, to, and sociare to join)

associate editor (1866–1867) of The Little See also:

CORPORAL

Corporal, See also:

Chicago; editor of The See also:

NATIONAL

National See also:

SUNDAY

Sunday School Teacher, Chicago (1867 -187o); See also:

LITERARY

literary editor and later editor-in-See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of The See also:

INDEPENDENT

Independent, New See also:

York (1870–1871); and editor of See also:

HEARTH (a word which appears in various forms in several Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch haard, German Herd, in the sense of " floor ")

Hearth and See also:

Home in 1871–1872. He was pastor of the See also:

church of See also:

Christian Endeavour, See also:

BROOKLYN

Brooklyn, in 1874–1879. From 188o until his See also:

DEATH

death on the 2nd of See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1902, at his home on See also:

Lake See also:

George, New York, he devoted himself to literary See also:

WORK

work. His fiction includes Mr See also:

Blake's Walking Stick (1869), for See also:

CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children; The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1871); The End of the See also:

WORLD

World (1872); The See also:

MYSTERY (Gr. µw(Trilpcov, from tcuvrm, an initiate, µfew, to shut the mouth)

Mystery of Metropolisville (1893); The Circuit Rider (1874); Roxy (1878); The Hoosier Schoolboy (1883); The See also:

BOOK

Book of Queer Stories (1884), for children; The Graysons (1888), an excellent novel; The Faith See also:

DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

Doctor (1891); and Duffels (1893), See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short stories. Most of his stories portray the See also:

PIONEER

pioneer See also:

MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners and See also:

DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect of the Central See also:

West, and the Hoosier Schoolmaster was one of the first examples of American See also:

LOCAL

local realistic fiction; it was very popular, and was translated into See also:

French, See also:

German and Danish. During the last third of his life Eggleston laboured on a See also:

HISTORY

History of Life in the See also:

UNITED

United States, but he lived to finish only two volumes—The Beginners of a Nation (1896) and The Transit of See also:

CIVILIZATION

Civilization (1900). In addition he wrote several popular compendiums of American history for See also:

SCHOOLS

schools and homes. See G. C. Eggleston, The First of the Hoosiers (See also:

PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, 1903), and See also:

MEREDITH, GEORGE (1828-1908)

Meredith See also:

Nicholson, The Hoosiers (1900).

His See also:

BROTHER

brother GEORGE See also:

CARY EGGLESTON (1839– ), American journalist and author, served in the Confederate See also:

army; was managing editor and later editor-in-chief of Hearth and Home (1871–1874); was literary editor of the New York Evening See also:

POST

Post (1875–1881), literary editor and afterwards editor-in-chief of the New York Commercial Advertiser (1884–1889), and editorial writer for The World (New York) from 1889 to 'goo. Most of his books are stories for boys; others, and his best, are romances dealing with life in the See also:

South especially in the Virginias and the Carolinas—before and during the See also:

CIVIL

Civil See also:

War. Among his publications may be mentioned: A See also:

REBEL, JOHANN PETER (176o-1826)

Rebel's Recollections (1874); The Last of the Flatboats (1900) ; See also:

CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

Camp Venture (1900); A Card;na See also:

Cavalier (19oi); Dorothy South (1902); The See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

Master of See also:

WARLOCK

Warlock (1903) ; See also:

EVELYN, JOHN (1620-1706)

Evelyn See also:

BYRD, WILLIAM (1543-1623)

Byrd (1904); A Daughter of the South (1905) ; See also:

BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

Blind Alleys (Igoe) ; Love is the Sum of it all (1907) ; History of the See also:

CON

Con-federate War (1910); and Recollections of a Varied Life (191o).

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