As it is the commendation of a good huntsman to find game in a wide wood, PLATO. SOME OF THE CHIEF CONTRIBUTORS TO APPLETONS' CYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Adams, Charles Kendall, President of Cornell University. Agassiz, Alexander, Author and Professor. Allan, Col. William, Aide-de-Camp to "Stonewall" Jackson. Allibone, S. Austin, Author "Dictionary of Authors." Amory, Thomas C., Author "Life of General Sullivan," etc. Bancroft, George, Author "History of the United States." Barrett, Lawrence, Author "Life of Edwin Forrest." Bayard, Thomas F., Secretary of State. Bigelow, John, Author "Life of Franklin," etc. Boker, George H., Poet, late U. S. Minister to Russia. Botta, Mrs. Vincenzo, Author and Poet. Bradley, Joseph P., Justice United States Supreme Court. Brooks, Phillips, Author "Sermons in English Churches." Carter, Franklin, President of Williams College. Champlin, John Denison, Author "Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings." Chandler, William E., Ex-Secretary of the Navy. Clarke, James Freeman, Author "Ten Great Religions," etc. Cooper, Miss Susan Fenimore, Author "Rural Hours," etc. Conway, Moncure D., Miscellaneous Writer. Coppée, Henry, Professor in Lehigh University, Pa. Coxe, Arthur Cleveland, P. E. Bishop of Western New York. Courtenay, William A., Mayor of Charleston, S. C. Cullum, Gen. George W., |