63] ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA 63 



TABLE XIV 



Absolute and Relative Numbers of Literary Persons Born in 



Important Cities 



City 



New York 



Philadelphia 



Baltimore. 



Boston 



Brooklyn 



New Orleans . . . 



Cincinnati 



Albany 



Providence 



St. Louis 



Pittsburgh 



Salem 



Charleston 



Louisville 



Troy 



Newark 



Washington 



Buffalo 



Rochester 



New Haven 



Portland .. 



Richmond 



Lowell 



Charlestown 



Hartford 



New Bedford . . . 



Portsmouth 



Newburyport . . . 



Roxbury 



Lynn 



Utica 



Cambridge 



Reading 



Worcester 



Norwich 



San Francisco 



Chicago 



Allegheny 



Norfolk 



Detroit 



Litchfield, Conn , 



Syracuse 



Dorchester.. . . 



Bangor 



Columbus 



Popula- 

 tion 

 Base 1 



1346 

 1038 a 

 421 

 412 

 274 2 

 213 s 

 199 



139 

 117 

 in 



95 

 9i 



80 

 80 

 74 

 73 



72 



7i 

 67 



63 

 60 



60 



60 



54 



53 



53 



5 

 48 



46 



43 

 42 

 40 



39 

 38 

 36 

 35 

 34 

 34 

 33 

 33 

 29 

 29 

 28 

 28 

 26 



Rank of literati 



Merit 



69 



40 



15 



49 



4 



1 



8 

 3 



3 



10 



5 



1 



2 



4 

 3 

 1 



9 

 6 

 2 

 1 



5 



5 



1 



5 

 8 

 1 



Talent 



15 

 '7 



1 



20 



1 



1 



1 



5 



1 



1 



4 



2 



Total 



84 



57 

 16 



69 



5 

 2 



9 



8 



4 



1 



14 



7 

 1 

 2 



1781- 

 1850 



80 



49 

 16 



53 



5 

 2 



5 

 3 



2 



I 



3 



1 



5 

 1 



5 

 1 



Index 1 



9 

 8 



4 



1 



12 



7 



1 

 2 



5 

 3 



2 



9 

 13 

 2 

 1 

 4 



7 

 1 



7 

 9 



1 



1 



3 

 1 



5 

 1 



4 

 1 



59 

 47 

 38 

 129 

 18 

 9 



65 

 68 



36 

 11 



132 



88 

 13 

 27 



69 

 42 



30 



143 

 217 



33 



>7 



74 



132 



19 



140 



2 2 2 



5 4 9 9 



2 2 2 \ 



3 2 5 4 ! 



1 Cf. supra, p. 51. The figure for the population base was in each 

 case derived by summing figures given for the population of a city, 



