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Hall, Fitzedward

philologist, author, was born March 21, 1825, in Troy, N. Y. He is a philologist of distinction who was inspector of schools in India in 1846-62, and in the latter year became professor of Sanskrit in King's college, London. He is the author of Recent Exemplifications of False Philology; Modern English; English Adjectives in -able with Special Reference to Reliable; Lectures Lectures on the Nyaya Philosophy; and several several works in Sanskrit.

HALL, MRS. FLORENCE (HOWE), author, was born in 1845 in Massachusetts. She is a writer of Plainfield, N. J., and the author of Social Customs; and The ; and The Correct Thing in Good Society.

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