Eggleston, Edward
author, was born Dec. 10, 1837, in Vevay, Ind. He is a novelist now living near Lake George, N. Y., who, in the early part of his career, was a methodist minister. His first important work, The Hoosier Schoolmaster, attracted widespread notice. Other fiction by him include The End of the World; The Circuit Rider; Roxy; The Graysons, a story of Illinois; The Faith Doctor; The Hoosier Schoolboy; Queer Stories for Boys and Girls; Schoolmasters' Stories; Mr. Blake's Walking Stick; Duffels. Still other works are Sundayschool Manual; Counsel for Teachers; School History of the United States; Household History of the United States; First Book in American History; Stories of Great Americans; and The Beginners of a Nation, the first volume in a History of Life in the United States. With his daughter, Mrs. Seelye, he has written Tecumseh and the Shawnee Prophet; Pocahontas; Brandt and Red Jacket; and Montezuma.