The very last volume of his works (the fifth of "Washington") was thus timidly permitted to be launched; and I remember well his expression of relief and satisfaction, when he said that Mr. Bancroft, Professor Felton, and Mr. Duyckinck had been the first to assure him the volume was all that it should be.

" Especial acknowledgment is due to the "Cyclopedia" of the Messrs. Duyckinck; Appleton's "Annual Cyclopedia" has furnished many important dates; and I have occasionally been indebted to the works of Allibone, Cheever, Griswold, Cleveland, Hart, and Underwood.

Evert A. Duyckinck, 1816- 229.

31 DUYCKINCK, EVERT A. 229 DYER, SIDNEY 405 EARLE, AUSTIN T. 406 EASTMAN, MARY H. 225, 226 EDWARDS, ELIJAH E. 419 EDWARDS, JONATHAN

* =Evert A. Duyckinck, 1816.= (Manual, p. 502.)

Printed from the Original Edition, with a Preface and Notes by Evert A. Duyckinck.

By GEORGE L. DUYCKINCK.

The Brothers Duyckinck are well known for their unpretentious and valuable labors in the cause of good letters and American literary history, and this is precisely such a book as we should expect from the taste, scholarship, and purity of mind which distinguish both of them.

(A complete bibliography of Davenport is in Moses' "Famous Actor-Families in America.") Duyckinck, E. A. and G. L. "Cyclopedia of American Literature.

By George L. Duyckinck.