GOODRICH, Frank Boot (DI= 'firm), American writer: b. Boston, Mass., 14 Dec. 1826; d. Morristown, N. J., 1894. He first became known by his Paris letters to the New York Times. He was the author of 'Court of Napoleon: or, Society Under the First Empire' (1857); (Women of Beauty and Heroism' (1859) ; (World-Famous Women, from Semiramis to Euginie) (1870), etc.
Samuel Griswold (PETER PARLEY), American writer: b. Ridgefield, Conn., 19 Aug. 1793; d. New York, 9 May 1860. He began as a publisher in Hartford, and established himself in 1824 as a publisher in Boston. He edited there, from 1828 to 1842, The Token, an annual to which he contributed several tales and poems, and in which also appeared some of Hawthorne's 'Twice-Told Tales.' His famous Peter Par ley series of popular and juvenile books was begun soon after his removal to Boston, and gradually extended to more than 116 volumes, comprising geographies, histories, travels, stories and various illustrations of the arts and sciences. The geniality of these, and the ad mirable manner in which the author enlisted the sympathies of children, procured for them an immense success, which led to the issue in England of some spurious books under the name of ((Peter Parley." In 1837 he pub
lished a collection entitled Outcast, and Other Poems' ; and in 1838 an ethical and educational work entitled (Fireside Education.' In 1841 appeared a selection from his various contributions to annuals and magazines under the name of from a Student's Win dow'; and in 1857 of a Life time,' a most entertaining account of his own history and that of his contemporaries. 'Merry's Museum' and (Parley's Magazine' were conducted by him from 1841 to 1854. Under Fillmore's presidency he acted as Amer ican consul at Paris, and published there in French a treatise on Geography and History.' The last work from his pen was the (Illustrated Natural History of the Animal Kingdom' (1859).