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 

 Basel 



1346 

 1038'' 

 421 

 412 

 2742 

 2135 

 199 



139 

 117 

 III 

 95 

 91 

 80 

 80 

 74 

 73 

 72 

 71 

 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 Talent 



69 

 40 



15 



49 



4 



I 



3 I 



15 



17 



I 



20 



I 



I 



Total 



84 



\l 

 69 



5 



2 



9 

 8 



4 

 I 



14 



7 

 I 



2 



1781- 

 1850 



80 



49 

 16 



53 

 5 

 2 



5 



3 



2 



10 



13 

 2 



I 

 6 

 7 



Index ' 



59 



38 



129 



18 



9 



36 



<3 



27 



69 

 42 



30 

 143 

 217 



33 



J7 



74 



132 



19 

 140 



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, 



