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in the "American Journal of Science," of which he 

 was an associate editor, and in the " Proceedings 

 -of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1 ' of 

 which he was also an editor. The subject of 

 meteorites was one in which he was greatly inter- 

 ested, and his latest work was concerning them. 

 The degree of LL. D. was conferred on him by the 

 University of Cambridge, England, in 1882, and he 

 was connected with many scientific societies, being 

 President of the American Academy of Arts and 

 ^Sciences at the time of his death. In 1872 he was 

 chosen a member of the National Academy of 

 Sciences, and in 1876 an honorary fellow of the 

 London Chemical Society. Ills published works 

 were of two kinds. The scientific include "Chem- 

 ical Problems and Keactions" (Cambridge, 1857) ; 

 " Elements of Chemical Physics " (Boston, 1860), 

 which, according to Prof. Silliman, " is an elaborate 

 treatise in advance of anything before, attempted in 

 this country, or, in fact, in our language " ; " First 

 Principles of Chemical Philosophy" (1868; revised 

 edition, 1882) ; the " New Chemistry " (New York, 

 1872; revised edition, 1884), which consisted of a 

 .series of lectures, originally delivered before the 

 Lowell Institute, and then published in the " Inter- 

 national Scientific Series " ; it was the earliest ex- 

 position of a consistent system of chemistry based on 

 the principles of molecular mechanics, and its phi- 

 losophy has been widely accepted both in England 

 and in Germany , and has been translated into most 

 -of the languages of Europe; and "Fundamental 

 Principles of Chemistry" (Cambridge, 1886). The 

 literary comprise " Religion and Chemistry ; or Proot 

 -of God's Plan in the Atmosphere and its Elements" 

 (New York, 1864; revised' edition, 1880), being a 

 course of lectures delivered in Brooklyn, on Sunday 

 evenings, in which he aimed to show that the argu- 

 ment for design is not invalidated by the theories of 

 evolution ; and u Scientific Cultufe and Other Essays " 

 (New York, 1881 ; with additions, 1885). 



Cooper, Susan Fenimore, author, born in Scarsdale, 

 N. Y., in 1813; died in Cooperstown, N. Y., Dec. 31, 

 1894. She was the second child of James Fenimore 

 Cooper, and in the latter part of her father's life 

 acted as his secretary and amanuensis. She devoted 

 much time and thought to benevolent enterprises, 

 a:id in 1873 founded an orphanage in Cooperstown, 

 which has since become a large and flourishing in- 

 stitution. In connection with it she established in 

 1886 the Friendly Society, an association of ladies, 

 each one of whom, on entering the society, undertakes 

 to care especially for some particular inmate of the 

 orphanage. From her father Miss Cooper inherited 

 not a little literary talent, and her work, though but 

 little read at present, received at one time much atten- 

 tion. Some of this, no doubt, was due to the interest 

 attaching to the name she bore, but her writing had 

 merits of its own, and showed evidence of considerable 

 powers of observation and a pleasing, cultivated style. 

 Her first book, published at first without her name, was 

 entitled u Rural Hours : by a Lady " (New York, 

 1850). It is a journal of country life from the spring 

 of 1848 to that of the year following. Her other 

 works include " Country Rambles, or Journal of a 

 Naturalist in England, with Notes and Additions " 

 (1852) ; " Ehyme and Reason of Country Life, from 

 Fields Old and New" (1854); "The Shield: A 

 Narrative," and " Mt. Vernon to the Children of 

 America" (1858). 



Cornell, John Henry, organist, born in New York city, 

 in May, 1828 ; died there, March 1, 1894. He was 

 educated in music principally in Germany and 

 England, and was widely known a quarter of a 

 century ago as an organist, composer of church 

 music, and author of works on music. In 1848 he was 

 appointed organist of St. John's Chapel, Trinity 

 parish, New York city. A year afterward he resigned, 

 went abroad to continue his studies, and while in 

 York, England, became a Roman Catholic. He re- 

 turned shortly to the United States and entered a re- 

 ligious order in Baltimore, from which he withdrew 



in 1866. He was appointed organist in St. Paul's 

 Church, New York city, in 1868, where he remained 

 niin' years. From 1877 to 1883 he was organist of 

 the Brick Presbyterian Church. In the latter part of 

 his life he applied himself to composing, adapting, 

 and editing. His publications include u Primer of 

 Modern Musical Tonality " ; " Practice of Sight Sing- 

 ing"; "Theory and Practice of Musical Form," 

 adapted from the German of Bussler ; " Easy Method 

 of Modulation " ; u A Manual of Roman Chants " ; 

 " The Boundary of Music and Poetry," a translation 

 from the German of Ambros ; and u The Congrega- 

 tional _Tone Book." 



Corrigan, Patrick, clergyman, born in Ardmore, 

 County Langford, Ireland, in 1835 ; died in Hoboken, 

 N. J., Jan. 9, 1894. He came to the United States 

 when thirteen years old, and was educated for the 

 Roman Catholic priesthood at Mount St. Mary's 

 Seminary, Wilmington, Del., and in All Hallows 

 College, Dublin. Ireland. After ordination he was 

 assigned to St. Peter's Church, Jersey City, where he 

 subsequently became pastor. He completed a church 

 edifice and built a new parochial school ; was then 

 assigned to Fort Lee, N. J., where he remained long 

 enough to build a new church ; was then transferred 

 to his first charge, and afterward organized St. 

 Bridget's parish, Jersey City, and built a church for 

 it. About fifteen years ago lie was transferred to 

 Hoboken, where he* remained until his death. He 

 there completed the Church of Our Lady of Grace, 

 built a new rectory and a new school, and saw the 

 work of his parish increase till it was necessary for 

 him to have two assistants. Within the past three 

 years his name was before the public frequently be- 

 cause of controversies growing out of his intense 

 Americanism. Prior to the meeting of the Third 

 Plenary Council in Baltimore he issued a pamphlet 

 to the clergy advocating a change in the manner of 

 appointing bishops, claiming that the priests of a 

 diocese in which there was a vacancy should have 

 a voice in the selection. Bishop Wiggar, of New 

 Jersey, ordered him to suppress this pamphlet, and, 

 on his refusal, suspended him. The subject-matter 

 of the pamphlet was so generally approved by the 

 clergy that it was presented in the council, and that 

 body adopted Father Corrigaivs views substantially 

 as a law. From the first Father Corrigan was a 

 stanch supporter of Archbishop Ireland's educational 

 scheme and a sturdy opponent of Cahenslyism. 

 He neglected no opportunity to praise the public- 

 school system of the United" States, and, in spite of 

 direct instructions, refused to withold the sacraments 

 from Roman Catholic children who attended the 

 public schools. His position in this last act of inde- 

 pendence was sustained at the meeting of the Amer- 

 ican archbishops in New York city in November, 1892. 

 After Bishop Wiggar had presided over the German 

 Catholic Convention in Newark, N. J., in the midst 

 of the Cahensly agitation, Father Corrigan accused 

 the bishop and attending priests of attempting to 

 Germanize the Catholic Church in the United States. 

 The bishop demanded an apology, and, on Father 

 Corrigan's refusal to make one, preferred twelve 

 charges against him, and cited him to appear for 

 trial. Bishop Wiggar assigned Vicar-General 

 O'Connor to preside, and Father Corrigau chose the 

 Rev. Dr. Burtsell to defend him. On the first day of 

 the trial Dr. Burtsell protested against the vicar- 

 general's acting as judge, on the grounds of incompe- 

 tency and personal bias. The bishop refused to 

 make a change, and the competency of the vicar- 

 general's sitting was referred to arbitrators, before 

 whom Father Corrigan's friends made strong pleas 

 for a fair trial. Before the question was determined 

 friends ot the bishop and Father Corrigan prevailed 

 on the latter to send the bishop a statement, which 

 the latter received, but the former did not recognize 

 as an apology. Later, Father Corrigau was honored 

 by a visit from the apostolic delegate, Monsignor 

 Satolli, whom Bishop Wiggar declined to meet under 

 Father Corrigan's roof. 



