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Rowse, Samuel Worcester

artist, was born Jan. 29, 1822, in Bath, Maine.

He has devoted himself to drawing in black and white, and his works in crayon, chiefly portraits and ideal heads of children, are well known to the public. ROWSON, MRS. SUSANNA [HAS- WELL], author, was born in 1762 in England. She was a once famous novelist whose Charlotte Temple was the most popular tale of its day. In 1793 she came again to America, and after a short career as an actress opened a school in Boston, which was very successful. Her writings include Victoria; Mary, or the Test of Honour; The Fille de Chambre; The Inquisitor; The Trials of the Heart; Reuben and Rachel; Lucy Temple, a sequel to Charlotte Temple; Miscellaneous Poems; The Slaves of Algiers, an opera; The Volunteers, a farce; and The French Patriot, comedy. She died March 2, 1824, in Boston, Mass. a