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aid to shipwrecked persons by keeping the 250 life- 

 saving stations on the coa>t supplied with clothing, 

 alive food, and oilier comforts. Mrs. Kent 

 was president of this, branch from its organization 

 till her death. She was al>o an active worker in 

 the Chapin Home and in the Xew York Infant Asy- 

 lum. She married Gabriel Kent in 1837, and was 

 widowed in l8'.(5. 



Kins:, Edward, author, born in Middlefield, 

 Mass.. July 31. 1848 ; died in Brooklyn. X. V.. March 

 -:ti;. 'lie became a reporter on the Springfield 

 3.) Union" when sixteen years old. and went 

 thence to the " Republican." which he served as re- 

 porter, subeditor, and editorial writer till 1867, 

 when he went to Paris to write up the Exposition. 

 In 18?3-'?4. accompanied by J. Wells Charnpney, the 

 artist, he made a protracted journey through the 

 Southern States, and described their condition, re- 

 sources, and prospects in a series of papers which 

 was published in " Seribner's Monthly." with illus- 

 trations by Mr. Champney. These papers, largely 

 rewritten, were published in book form in 1875. un- 

 der the title of "The Great South." From 1*75 

 till 1888 Mr. King made his headquarters in Paris 

 as a correspondent. During this period he visited 

 all parts of the Continent, went through the Carlist 

 war in Spain, and served with the Russian army in 

 the Russo-Turkish War. He also, while in Paris. 

 served for several years as the secretary of the Societc 

 de Gensde Lettresof Europe. On his return to the 

 United States he was employed as an editorial writer 

 on the Xew York " Morning Journal'' and " Once a 

 Week." Among his publications were : " My Paris, 

 or French Character Sketches" (Boston, " 1868) : 

 - Kentucky's Love " (1873) ; Echoes from the Ori- 

 ent " (London, 1879) ; ''French Political Leaders" 

 (Xew York. 1882): "The Gentle Savage" i Boston, 

 1883) : " Europe in Storm and Calm " (Springfield, 

 1885); "The Golden Spike" (Boston. 1886): "A 

 Venetian Lover " (London, 1887) : and " Joseph Zal- 

 monah" (Boston, 1893). 



Kingsley. William Lathron. editor, born in 

 Xew Haven. Conn., April 1. 1824; died there Feb. 

 14. 1896. He was graduated at Yale in 1843. stud- 

 ied theology, and in 1849-'50 supplied Congrega- 

 tional pulpits in Ohio and Connecticut. Failing 

 health prevented his continuance in the ministry, 

 and after two trips to Europe he undertook the du- 

 ties of editor and proprietor of the " Xew England- 

 er" in 1857. He remained in active control of this 

 magazine for thirty-five years, and distinguished 

 himself as a critic, reviewer, and student of history. 

 Besides his work on the " Xew Englander" and the 

 " Yale Review," he edited the two volumes on the 

 history of Yale College (1879) and founded and car- 

 ried on for many years the mission and Sunday school 

 which afterward became the Taylor Church. He 

 received the degree of L. H. D. from Yale in 1891. 



Knox. Thomas Wallace, author, born in Pem- 

 broke, X. H., June 26, 1835 : died in Xew York city. 

 Jan. 6. 1896. He was educated at the academies in 

 Pembroke and Pittsfield, adopted teaching as a pro- 

 fession, and established an academy in Kingston, 

 X. II. During the Pike's Peak gold excitement he 

 went to Colorado, but soon gave up mining and be- 

 came city editor of a Denver newspaper and a cor- 

 respondent of several Eastern journals. In the first 

 year of the civil war he served as a staff officer 

 through two campaigns in the Southwest, and was 

 also a correspondent of the " Xew York Herald." 

 He was wounded in a skirmish, and then went to 

 Xew York and became a journalist. In 1866 he 

 went around the world as a newspaper correspond- 

 ent. In Siberia, accompanying the telegraph ex- 

 pedition, he traveled 3,600 miles in sledges and 1.400 

 milas in wagons. In 1875 he went as a correspond- 

 ent to Ireland, and telegraphed the score of the 



international rifle match by means of a device in- 

 vented by himself, indicating, by the use of Morse 

 characters, the spot where each ball struck the 



t. He afterward developed this int- 

 of topographical telegraphy, and sold it to the 

 United Siate> Government for transmission of 

 weather maps. In May. 1*77. he began a second 

 voyage round the world, and arrived in Paris in 

 time to serve as a member of the international jury 

 at the Exposition of 1878. He was a member of 

 the Lotos Club and of the Authors' Club, in Xew 

 York, and his last years were spent in that city. 

 He never married. II is books for boys were espe- 

 cially popular. The complete list of his publica- 

 tions in book form is as follows: "Camp Fire and 

 Cotton Field " (1865) : "Overland through Asia" 

 (1870) ; " Underground Life " (1873) : " Backsheesh " 

 (1875): -'John" (1879); the "Boy Travelers Series," 

 as follows " In China and Japan " (1880), " In 

 Siam and Java" (1881), "In Ceylon and India" 

 . "In Egypt and the Holy L*and" (1883). "In 

 Central Africa'" (1884), "In South Ameri. 

 " In the Russian Empire " (1886). " On the Congo'' 

 (1887), "In Australasia" (1888). "In Mexico" 

 . "In Great Britain and Ireland" (1890), "In 

 Xorthern Europe" (1891), "In Central Europe" 

 (1892). "In Southern Europe" (lsf'3). and "In the 

 Levant" (1894): "How to Travel" (1880): "The 

 Young Ximrods in Xorth America" (1881); "Pocket 

 Guide for Europe " (1882) : "TheY'oung Ximrods 

 in Europe. Asia, and Africa " (1883) : " Pocket Guide 

 around the World " (1883) : " The Voyage of the Viv- 

 ian to the Xorth Pole and Beyond" (1884): "Lives 

 of Blaine and Logan" (1884) : " Marco Polo for Boys 

 and Girls" (1885): "Robert Fulton and Steam Navi- 

 gation" (1886); "Life of Henry Ward Beecher" 

 (1887): "Decisive Battles since Waterloo" (1887); 

 "I'i tr Stories and Dog Lore" (1887): "Horse Stories" 

 (1889); "Teetotaler Dick " (1890) : "A Close Shave" 

 (1892); "Republican Party and its Leaders" (1892): 

 " Darkness and Daylight "(1892 1 : " The Siberian Ex- 

 iles "(1893); "The talking Handkerchief " (1893) ; 

 "The Lost Army "(1894); "John Boyd's Adven- 

 tures" (1694) : "Captain Crane " (1895) 5 "A Boy's 

 Life of General Grant " (1895): "Hunters Three" 

 (1895); "In Wild Africa" (1895). 



Krans. John, educator, born in Xassau. Ger- 

 many. Feb. 2. 1815: died in Xew York city. March 

 4. 1806. He came to the United States in 1851, and 

 in 1867 became connected with the newly estab- 

 lished Bureau of Education at Washington. D. C., 

 and remained there till 1873. when he resigned to 

 establish a normal training school for kindergarten 

 teachers in Xew York city. In 1872 he was a mem- 

 ber of a committee of five chosen by the Xational 

 Educational Association to investigate the value of 

 kindergarten work in the United States. He con- 

 tributed an elaborate monograph on " The Rise and 

 Progress of the Kindergarten " to the report of the 

 United States Commissioner of Education (1871) 

 and published " Practical Guide to Kindergarten 

 for Mothers and Kindergartners " tXew York, 1873.) 



Lakey. Emily Jane, artist, born in Quincy. 

 X. Y.. June 22. 1837 : died in Cranford, X. J.. Oct. 

 24. 1896. She received a private education, evinced 

 a fondness for art at an early age. spent several 

 years in teaching, and exhibited her first painting 

 in Chicago and her first at the Xational Academy 

 of Design in 1873. _ In 1877 she went to Enrope 

 and studied with Emile van Marcke in Paris and 

 at the great galleries in that city and in Florence 

 and London. She married Charles D. Lakey in 

 18tU. and after her return from Europe established 

 a studio in Xew York city. Her first large canvas 

 was entitled "Landscape with Cattle." While in 

 England she painted " The Right of Way " and 

 " Leader and Herd," both of which were exhibited 



