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ards of a few unprincipled and disappointed politicians who expected to thrive on the use and abuse of public patronage, Gen. Harrison is a cold-blooded man. But it is possible that such men are not as well qualified to judge of the temperature of a man's blood as his friends and intimates who have seen him in all the vicissitudes of his daily life, ministering with sympathy and self-sacrifice to relatives and friends who, overtaken by some great calamity, have found his heart as' tender as a child's. The country takes little note of the petulant criticisms of its public servants, but it will hold at their true worth the great and useful virtues of ability, wisdom, integrity, courage, and patriotism whenever they are exhibited by men in high official station. The engraving on page 131 is a view of his home in Indianapolis. In April, 1896, the ex-president married Mrs. Mary Scott Lord Dimmock, and three years later he appeared as counsel in the Anglo-Venezuelan boundary arbitration commission, concluding his argument in Paris, 27 Sept., 1899. He is the author of "This Country of Ours" (New York, 1897). His life has been written by Gen. Lewis Wallace (Philadelphia, 1888). A selection of Gen. Harrison's speeches, edited by Charles Hedges, appeared in 1893, and another collection was published four years later.—His wife, Caroline Lavinia Scott, b. in Oxford, Ohio. 1 Oct., 1832; d. in Washington. D.C., 25 0ct., 1892, was the daughter of John W. Scott, who was a professor in Miami university at the time of her birth, and afterward became president of the seminary in Oxford. She was graduated at the seminary in 1852, the same year that Gen. Harrison took his degree at the university, and was married to

him on 20 Oct., 1853. She was a musician, and was also devoted to painting, besides which she was a diligent reader, and gave part of her time to literary clubs, of several of which she was a member. Mrs. Harrison was a manager of the orphan asylum in Indianapolis and a member of the Presbyterian church in that city, and until her removal to Washington taught a class in Sunday-school. They had two children. The son, Russell, was graduated at Lafayette in 1877 as a mining engineer, and, in addition to other engineering work, has been connected with the U.S. mints at New Orleans and Helena as assayer. He is now a resident of Montana, where he is engaged in journalism. The daughter, Mary, married James R. McKee, a prosperous merchant of Indianapolis, Ind., who has since removed to New York, where he is engaged in business pursuits.

HARRISON, George, colonist, b. probably in England about 1599; d. in Virginia in 1624. He came to Virginia in 1618, and three years later secured 200 acres of land. In the spring of 1624 he was wounded in a duel with Richard Stephens, near James City, and died fourteen days later. This is supposed to be the first duel fought in this country. Vide Alexander Brown's "Genesis of the United States" (Boston, 1890).

HARRISON. Susie Frances, Canadian author, b. in Toronto about 1860. She is the daughter of John Byron Riley, and was educated in her native city and in Montreal. At an early age she began writing essays and short stories and songs. She was married in 1879 to J. W. T. Harrison. She is a contributor to the "Atlantic Monthly," "Temple Bar," and other magazines. Among her works published in book-form are "Crowded Out" (1888); "The Canadian Birthday Book" (1889); "Pine, Rose, and Fleur-de-lis" (1890); and "Down the River, and other Poems" (1891).

HARRISON, Thomas. Canadian educator, b. at Sheffield. New Brunswick, 24 Oct., 1839. His grandfather, James, emigrated to South Carolina in 1767 from County Antrim, Ireland, and fought in the Revolutionary war under Sir Henry Clinton. Thomas was educated at Trinity college, Dublin, and was elected a mathematical scholar in 1863; in 1864 he was graduated A. B. and LL. B. at the University of Dublin. He was appointed professor of the English language and literature and of mental and moral philosophy in the University of New Brunswick in June, 1870, becoming superintendent of the meteorological station at Fredericton, New Brunswick, in 1874. and president of the university and professor of mathematics in August, 1885, which last position he resigned on his appointment as chancellor of the university in 1892.

HARRISSE, Henry, author, b. in Paris, France, in June, 1830. While quite young he came to this country and obtained employment in the North Carolina state university, He was deeply interested in philosophy, and in 1858 completed an English translation of Descartes's philosophical works, but could not find a publisher. From philosophy he turned to history, the career of Columbus appealed to him, and he is best known from his bibliographical and historical works on America. From North Carolina he went to Washington, D. C., and soon became a professor in the Georgetown Jesuit college. On the advice of Stephen A. Douglas he removed to Chicago, where he practised law and wrote for journals and magazines. Later he settled in New York as legal correspondent for a Spanish bank, and also wrote for the periodicals. About 1866 he returned to Paris, engaging in the practice of law and writing important historical works. After the siege he was intrusted with a large sum of money for distribution among the poor of Paris, especially needy scholars who were too proud to seek charity. About this time he began the study of Egyptology under the guidance of Maspero and De Rouge, but soon abandoned this field.

His works include "Notes on Columbus" (New York, 1866), "Bibliotheca Americana Vetustissima " (1866) and "Additions" (Paris, 1872); "Notes pour servir à l'histoire . . . de la Nouvelle France" (1872); "Jean et Sebastien Cabot" (1882); "Les Corte-Real" (1883); "Christophe Colomb" (2 vols., 1884); "Christopher Columbus and the Bank of Saint George" (pri-