SC UDDER
SCUDDER
married, April 18, 1844, to Fannie, daughter of
John Lewis. He was stated supjily at New
Rochelle, N.Y., 1843-44; was stationed at
Madura, India, under the A.B.C.F.M., 1844-46;
was a missionary at Madras, India, 1846-50;
studied medicine, and became connected as a
missionary with the Reformed Dutch church.
He founded the mission at Arcot, India, where
he served, 1850-57 and 1860-63, becoming profi-
cient in the Sanskrit. Tamil, and Telugu lan-
guages. He resided in America, 1850-57; was
l)astor of the Reformed Dutcli churcli at Jersey
City, N.J., 1804-65; pastor of the Howard Pres-
byterian church at San Francisco, Cal., 1865-71;
of the Central Congregational church at Brook-
lyn, N.Y., 1871-83, and the Plymouth Con-
gregational church, Chicago, 111., 1883-87. He
was independent missionary to Japan with his
son, the Rev. Doremus Scudder, and his daughter
Catharine, 1887-89. He resided in Pasadena,
Cal., 1889-90; Chicago, 111., 1890-92, and at Win-
chester, Mass., 1892-95. The honorai-y degree of
M.D. was conferi'ed on him by the University of
the City of New York in 1853, and that of D.D.
by Rutgers college in 1859. He is the author of
a number of books in the Tamil language, pub-
lislied in India, including: Liturgy of the Re-
formed Presbyterian Dutch Church (1862); The
Bazaar Book, or the Vernacular Teacher's Com-
Xianion (1865); Sweet Savors of Divine Truth
(1868), and Si)iritual Teaching'. On April 14, 1903,
a bronze tablet to his memory was unveiled in
the Central Congregational cluirch, Brooklyn.
He died in Winchester, Mass., June 4, 1895.
SCUDDER, Horace Elisha, author, was born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 16, 1838; youngest son of Cliarles and Sarah Lathrop (Coit) Scudder; grandson of David and Desire (Gage) Scudder, and a descendant of John Scudder, who emigrated from Lon- don, England, in 1635, settling in Charlestovvn, Mass., and in 1640 at Barn- stable, Mass. He pre- pared for college at the Roxbury and Bos- ton Latin schools; was graduated at Williams college, 1858, taught private pupils in New York city, 1858-61, and meanwhile wrote several short stories for children. Upon the deatli of his father, a well-known merchant, he returned to Boston and continued his literary career, his children's stories making him widely
known. He became a reader for Hurd and
Houghton soon after the close of the civil war,
and projected and edited the Riverside Magazine
for Young Peoj^le during its existence, 1867-71.
In 1872 he became a member of the firm, and in
1873 he was married to Grace Owen, of Cam-
bridge, Mass. He retired from the firm in 1875,
retaining his connection with the house as liter-
ary adviser, however, and he continued in that
capacity through the successive changes of the
firm (Houghton, Osgood and Company and Hough-
ton, Mifflin and Company) until his death. He
was for several years, and until its discontinu-
ance, the editor of the Riverside Bulletin. He
devoted a large portion of his time to the study
of American history. In 1890 he succeeded T. B.
Aldrich as editor of the Atlantic Monthly, re-
signing that position in 1898 to take up what
proved to be his last, and in some respects his
most important work, the Life of Lowell. In
1882 he delivered a course of lectures on " Child-
hood in Literature and Art " before the Lowell
Institute. He was a trustee of Williams college,
1884-1902; of Wellesley college, 1887-1902, and of
the Episcopal Tlieological school, Cambridge,
1898-1902. He served on the Cambridge school
committee, 1877-84, and on the Massachusetts
State board of education, 1884-89, preparing for
the reports of the latter some of his most elabor-
ate studies. He was also president of the Church
Library association. Princeton university con-
ferred upon him the honorary degree of Litt.D.
in 1896. Following is a list of his published books:
Seven Little People and Their Friends (1862);
Dream Children (1863); The Life and Letters of
David Coit Scudder (1864); Stories from My
Attic (1869); The Bodley Books, stories for chil
dren (8 vols., 1875-84); The Dwellers in Five-
Sisters Court, novel (1876); Men and Manners in
America (1876); Recollections of Samuel Breck
(1877); Stories and Romances (1880); The Chil-
dren's Book (1881); Boston Toivn (1881); Noah
Webster, in American Men of Letters Series
(1881); The Book of Fables; Chiefly from jEsop
(1882); A History of the United States (1884):
George Washington (1886); The Book of Folk
Stories (1887); Men and Letters, essays (1887):
Literature in School (1888); A Short History of
the United States (1890); Childhood in Literature
and Art: A Study (1894); The Book of Legends
(1899); James Russell Loioell (2 vols., 1901). He
was also a contributor to Justin Winsor's " Me-
morial History of Boston" (1880-81) and joint
author with Mrs. Taylor of " The Life and Letters
of Bayard Taylor" (1884). His anonymous writ-
ings, if collected, would make several volumes.
Mr. Scudder edited several important works, in-
cluding: the Cambridge Edition of the Poets:
the Riverside Literature Series; Masterpieces of
