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Howe, Mrs. Julia Ward

philanthropist, author, poet, was born May 27, 1819, in New York city. She is a writer of Boston, long prominent in philanthropic movements, and as a lecturer upon the enfranchisement of women. The Battle Hymn of the Republic is her finest effort.

Her writings include, Passion Flowers; Words for the Hour; The World's Own; A Trip to Cuba; From the Oak to the Olive; Later Lyrics; Sex and Education; Memoir of S. G. Howe; Modern Society; Life of Margaret Fuller; Is Polite Society Polite? and Other Essays. HOWE, MARK ANTONY DE WOLFE, bishop, author, was born April 5, 1809, in Bristol, R. I. He was the first protestant episcopal bishop of central Pennsylvania, and the author of Domestic Slavery, a Reply to Bishop Hopkins; and Life of Alonzo Potter. He died in 1895.