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This was subsequently changed, by the admis- 

 sion of other partners, to Little, Brown & Co. 

 The house were not only large publishers of 

 standard works, such as Bancroft's Histories, 

 the Aldine edition of British Poets, White's 

 Shakespeare, etc., but for many years the most 

 extensive law publishers in the United States, 

 and also the largest importers of standard 

 English law and miscellaneous works, intro- 

 ducing to American buyers the " Ency clopsedia 

 Britannica," the great dictionaries of Dr. Wil- 

 liam Smith, and many other standard works. 

 In all these great enterprises Mr. Little was 

 active, energetic, and prompt. He was highly 

 esteemed in private life. For nearly a year 

 before his death his health had been impaired, 

 and he had spent some months at the South, 

 and had but recently returned. 



Aug. 11. NUNNS, EOBEET, a celebrated 

 piano-forte maker; died atSetauket, L.I., aged 

 78 years. He was born in 1791, and had been 

 engaged in the business over fifty years, being, 

 it was said, the oldest builder of piano-fortes in 

 the United States. 



Aug. 12. NICHOLS, JEEEMIAH, an influential 

 and active politician of Pennsylvania ; died in 

 Philadelphia, in his 47th year. He was a na- 

 tive of Philadelphia, and was born in 1822. In 

 1860 he was elected to the State Senate by the 

 Republicans from the First District, which had 

 always been strongly Democratic. He was re- 

 elected in 1863, and served until 1866. Origi- 

 nally a carpenter, Mr. Nichols was a man of no 

 culture, but was thoroughly familiar with the 

 inner workings of local politics. He was espe- 

 cially identified with the Cameron wing of the 

 Pennsylvania Republicans. In social life he 

 was exceedingly popular, and known as a man 

 of generous impulses. 



Aug. 14. EVANS, HEISTEY G., a former 

 journalist and publisher of New York City; 

 died in Brooklyn, N. Y., in the 57th year of his 

 age. Mr. Evans was co-editor and proprietor 

 of the New York Evening Mirror almost from 

 the beginning of its career to its close, and was 

 one of the best writers for the daily press in 

 the city. For fifteen years past (since the dis- 

 continuance of the Mirror) he had been ex- 

 tensively engaged in mercantile business, and 

 maintained a high reputation. 



Aug. 14. KAPFF, EDWAED, a gallant of- 

 ficer of volunteers in the late war, Colonel of 

 the 7th Regiment New York State Volunteers 

 (Steuben Regiment) in 1861 and 1862, a na- 

 tive of Germany, and subsequently returned 

 thither ; died at Stuttgart, Germany. 



Aug. 15. NAGLE, WILLIAM J., an officer of 

 volunteers in the late war, and subsequently 

 a Fenian leader ; died by suicide in New York 

 City. He was a native of New York, but of 

 Irish parentage, was captain in 88th Regiment 

 New York Volunteers 1861-'63, became identi- 

 fied with the Fenians in 1863, visited Ireland 

 in their behalf, was arrested and imprisoned 

 by the British Government, and after his dis- 

 charge, in consequence of representations of 



the American minister, returned to New York, 

 but was in poor health and depressed. He had 

 recently been appointed a clerk in the Tax- 

 Commissioner's Office. 



Aug. 16. JAGEE, BENOIT, a venerable 

 French scholar and professor, died in Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y., aged 83 years. He was a native of 

 France, but had long been resident in the 

 United States, and was for many years. Pro- 

 fessor of Ancient and Modern Languages in 

 some of the collegiate institutions of Brooklyn. 



Aug. 17. CLAEK, Rev. JAMES A., Profess- 

 or of Latin in Kalamazoo College, and former 

 editor of the Michigan Christian Herald ; died 

 in Kalamazoo, Mich., aged 41 years. He was a 

 native of Washington, Berkshire County, Mass., 

 was prepared for college at Shelburne Falls 

 Academy, Mass., and entered Williams College 

 in 1849, whence he graduated with honor in 

 1853, and was subsequently offered a tutorship 

 in the college ; but, after teaching for a year in 

 the academy at Shelburne Falls, he entered 

 Newton Theological Seminary and graduated 

 in 1857. Removing to the West, he became 

 pastor of the Baptist Church in Adrian, Mich., 

 and subsequently at Fairfield in the same 

 State. In 1861 he was called to a professorship 

 in Kalamazoo College, and remained there till 

 1864, when he took charge, as editor, of the 

 Michigan Christian Herald at Detroit, and 

 continued in that position till the consolidation 

 of the paper with the Standard at Chicago, in 

 1867, remaining corresponding editor till his 

 death. In 1867 he was recalled to Kalamazoo, 

 this time as Latin professor, acting also as 

 treasurer of the college. He was at the same 

 time the treasurer of the State Convention. In 

 1868 Prof. Clark entered with all his heart 

 into the effort for the further endowment of 

 the college, and his labors were crowned with 

 the most gratifying success, though the expos- 

 ure and overwork were, perhaps, the causes of 

 his premature death. 



Aug. 23. TEXNET, JOHN S., LL. D., a 

 Maine jurist ; died in Norridgewock, Me., aged 

 80. He was born in New Hampshire in 1789, 

 educated at Bowdoin College, studied law, and 

 settled at Norridgewock, taking rank for many 

 years past as one of the ablest lawyers and 

 judges of the State. After occupying many 

 subordinate positions, he was elected Chief 

 Justice of the Supreme Court of the State, and 

 served from 1856 to 1863. 



Aug. 24. DOTTB, Rev. PETEE, D.D., a Meth- 

 odist clergyman and professor, died at Greens- 

 boro, N. C., aged 74 years. He had been a 

 member of the North Carolina Conference for 

 more than fifty years, and was for two or three 

 years a professor in the Methodist Theological 

 Seminary in that state. 



Aug. 25. MCDONALD, DAVID, a jurist of 

 Indiana; died at Indianapolis, Ind. He had 

 been Judge of the United States District Court 

 for the Indiana District since 1866. 



Aug. 25. PENNINGTOST, AAEO^ S., an able 

 lawyer, brother of the late William Penning- 



