OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (DEPUE EGGLESTON.) 



His acquaintance with the literature and persons 

 of the seventeenth century in New England was 

 extremely thorough, and, while he had few of the 

 graces of style, he was always clear in his presen- 

 tation of a theme and discriminating in his choice 

 of material. Besides frequent contributions to 

 the New England Historical and Genealogical 

 Register, of which he was editor in 1876-1902, 

 Mr. Dean was the author of A Memoir of the 

 Rev. Nathaniel Ward (1868) and A Memoir of 

 Rev. Michael Wigglesworth (1871). 



Depue, David Ayres, jurist, born in Mount 

 Bethlehem, Pa., Oct. 27, 1826: died in Newark, 



N. J., April 3, 1902. 

 He was graduated 

 at Princeton Uni- 

 versity in 1846. In 

 1849 he was ad- 

 mitted to the bar 

 and began practise 

 in Belvidere, N. J., 

 where he remained 

 till 1866, when he 

 was appointed a 

 judge of the Su- 

 preme Court, where 

 he remained by suc- 

 cessive appoint- 

 ments till 1900. On 

 May 1, 1900, he 

 was commissioned 

 Chief Justice of the 

 Supreme Court of 

 New Jersey, and he 

 held that office till Nov. 16, 1901, when he re- 

 signed after thirty-five years of service. 



Dickerman, Lysander, Egyptologist, "born in 

 Bridgewater, Mass., in 1830; died in Boston, 

 Mass., Dec. 13, 1902. He was graduated at Brown 

 University in 1851, and at Andover Theological 

 Seminary in 1856; was ordained in the Congre- 

 gational Church in 1858; held pastorates in Mas- 

 sachusetts and New Hampshire till 1869, and 

 then spent two years in the University of Berlin. 

 In 1873 he was called to a church in Quincy, 

 111., and later held charges in Gilroy and Chico, 

 Cal. Since 1878 he had supplied pulpits in Boston, 

 New York, and elsewhere. He spent much time 

 in travel, especially as an antiquary, and became 

 well versed in Egyptology. His publications in- 

 clude The Egyptian Deities (1885); The Hittites 

 of the Bible (1889); The Fayam (1892); and 

 M iii iette- Bey's Monument of Upper Egypt (1900). 

 Drummond. Josiah Hay den, jurist, born in 

 Maine in 1827; died in Portland, Me., Oct. 25, 

 1902. He was admitted to the bar and practised 

 in Waterville till 1860, when he removed to Port- 

 land. He served in both houses of the State Legis- 

 lature; was Attorney-General of the State in 

 1860-'64; a delegate to the Republican National 

 Convention in 1864, 1876, and 1884; and a direct- 

 or of the Maine Central Railroad from 1865 till 

 his death. His publications included Maine Ma- 

 sonic Text-book for the Use of Lodges; History 

 of Masonic Jurisprudence; and the article on 

 Masonry in the Universal Cyclopaedia and Atlas. 

 Earl, Robert, jurist, born in Herkimer, N. Y., 

 Sept. 10, 1824; died there, Dec. 2, 1902. He was 

 graduated at Union College; was principal of 

 Herkimer Academy two years, during which time 

 he studied law; and was admitted to the bar in 

 1848 in his native town, where he practised till 

 1870. He edited the Herkimer Democrat several 

 years, and was supervisor of Herkimer County 

 in 1849 and 1860; judge and surrogate of the 

 same county in 1856-'60; judge of the old Court 

 of Appeals in 1869-70, and then its chief justice. 



He was a member of the Commission of Appeals 

 till July, 1875, and was elected judge of the new 

 Court of Appeals in the following year, which 

 post he held till he retired in 1895. He was a 

 founder and later president of the .Herkimer 

 County Historical Society, and with his wife 

 founded the Herkimer Free Library and gave it 

 property valued at $30,000. 



Eggleston, Edward, author, born in Vevay, 

 Ind., Dec. 10, 1837; died at Joshua's Rock, Lake 

 George, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1902. His father, who 

 was a Virginian and a lawyer, died when Edward 

 was nine years old. The son was prevented by 

 delicate health from entering college, but by pri- 

 vate study he acquired a liberal education. He 

 spent four months in Minnesota, in 1856, for the 

 benefit of his health, and then returned to Indi- 

 ana and became a Methodist preacher, riding cir- 

 cuit. Six months later he went again to Minne- 

 sota, became general agent for the Bible Soci- 

 ety, and was pastor of churches successively in 

 St. Peters, St. Paul, Stillwater, and Winona. 

 When his still delicate health forbade pastoral 

 work he supported his family in various ways, 

 which he himself characterized as " always hon- 

 est, but sometimes very undignified." He re- 

 moved to Evanston, 111., in 1866, and for six years 

 was associate editor of The Little Corporal, a 

 popular juvenile periodical, of which Emily Hunt- 

 ington Miller was the chief editor. Mr. Eggle- 

 ston had previously contributed to this publica- 

 tion a series entitled Round-Table Stories. Later 

 he edited the Sunday-School Teacher in Chicago, 

 which under his management increased its circu- 

 lation from 5,000 to 35,000, and at the same time 

 he became popular as an organizer of Sunday- 

 school teachers' institutes and a speaker at their 

 conventions. He had also become a regular con- 

 tributor to the New York Independent, using the 

 pen-name Penholder. In 1870 he became literary 

 editor of that paper, and for a short time he was 

 superintending editor. In 1871 he became chief 

 editor of the newly established Hearth and Home, 

 published jn New York. In this periodical first 

 appeared his story The Hoosier Schoolmaster, 

 which was immediately popular, appeared in 

 book form in 1871, has been translated into sev- 

 eral European languages, and still has a steady 

 sale in the United States. This was followed by 

 The End of the World (1872); The Mystery of 

 Metropolisville (1873); The Circuit-Rider (1874); 

 The Schoolmasters Stories (1874); Roxy (1878); 

 The Hoosier Schoolboy (1883); Queer Stories 

 (1884); The Graysons (1888); The Faith Doctor 

 (1891) ; and Duffels (1893). He had published Mr. 

 Blake's Walking-Stick in 1869. He looked upon 

 his works of fiction as little more than so much 

 work to earn money for historical investigation, 

 since his ambition was the writing of history, 

 for which he made preparation in costly research 

 and minute study. He published a History of 

 the United States and its People, for the u-r 

 of schools (1888); a Household History of the 

 United States and its People (1888); a Fir-t 

 Book in American History (1889); and two vol- 

 umes of an elaborate history of our country, en- 

 titled The Beginners of a Nation (1896) and The 

 Transit of Civilization (1900). He edited Christ 

 in Art (1874) and Christ in Literature (1^ 

 Dr. Eggleston, who had received honorary degree! 

 from several colleges, was a brilliant talker and 

 a man of fine sympathies. When he returned 

 from Ireland, whither he had been sent by a met- 

 ropolitan newspaper to investigate the famine, 

 he remarked, " I felt ashamed to have money in 

 my pocket when I saw the condition of those 

 poor people." For portrait, see frontispiece. 



