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Hows, John Augustus

journalist, artist, was born in 1831 in New York city. He devoted much attention to woodengraving, furnishing successful illustrations for Appleton's Journal; The Aldine; Bryant's Forest Hymn, the first attempt to illustrate an American volume with woodcuts; Forest Pictures in the Adirondacks, with original verses by Alfred B. Street; and other books. He died Sept. 27, 1874, in New York city.

HOWS, JOHN WILLIAM STANHOPE, educator, journalist, author, was born in 1797 in England. He was a journalist and educator of New York city who published The Practical Elocutionist, and edited a number of school books. He died July 27, 1871, in New York city.

HOXIE, MRS. MAUD ANNA MAUDE, poet. She has attained success as a noted lecturer; and is the author of a number of poems.