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XVII. Education Received by American Women of Letters, 



Classified by Period of Birth 69 



XVIII. Education Received by American Literati, Classified by 



Sex and by One or More than One Field of Activity . 70 



XIX. Early Economic Environment of American Literati . . ^2 



XX. Occupations of the Fathers of American Literati .... 74 



XXI. Occupational Distribution of American Male Literati . . ^^ 



XXII. Occupational Distribution of American Male Literati, 



Classified by Period of Birth 78 



XXIII. Occupational Distribution of American Literary Women. 79 



XXIV. Early Religious Training of American Literati, Classified 



by Region of Birth 80 



XXV. American Literati Classified According to Size of Family 



and Birth-rank 82 



XXVI. A. Per cent Distribution of American Literati Born in 

 the United States, Classified According to the Nation- 

 ality Strain of Their Origin, as Indicated by Surnames. 88 

 B. Per cent Distribution of the White Population of the 

 United States (1790), Classified According to the Na- 

 tionality Strain of Their Origin, as Indicated by Sur- 

 names 88 



XXVII. Literary Relatives of American Literati, Classified Ac- 

 cording to Degree of Relationship 93 



