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Knott, James Proctor

lawyer, state legislator, governor, congressman, was born Aug. 29, 1830, near Lebanon, Ky. He moved to Missouri in 1850; was elected to the state legislature in 1858; and in 1860 was elected attorney-general of the state. In 1867 he was elected a representative from Kentucky to the fortieth congress. He was re-elected to the forty-first, forty-fourth, forty-fifth, fortysixth and forty-seventh congresses as a democrat. In 1883 he was elected governor of Kentucky for a term of four years. KNOWLES, EDWARD RANDALL, priest, author, was born Jan. 10, 1861, in North Providence, R. I. He received his education at the Princeton university, from which institution he received the degree of A. B.; and subsequently the honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by the West Virginia college. He is an orthodox catholic priest, and the founder of a Progressive Roman catholic church. His church will be a distinctively American church, and as such it will be progressive and aggressive; will be subject to no foreign domination; and will be a part of and in full sympathy with the best aspirations of the public. He is a fluent and forcible writer, and is fully capable to carry out successfully his mission. KNOWLES, FREDERIC LAWRENCE, educator littérateur, author, was born in 1869, in Massachusetts. He is a littérateur and educator of Tilton, N. H. He has published Practical Hints for Young Readers, Writers, and Book Buyers; and edited Cap and Gown, a collection of college verse; and The Golden Treasury of American Songs.