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Daniel C. Eddy

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Daniel Clarke Eddy
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Doctor (honorary)
Preceded byOtis P. Lord
Succeeded byCharles A. Phelps
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1855–1855
Personal details
BornMay 21, 1823
Salem, Massachusetts
DiedJuly 26, 1896
Brooklyn, New York
Political partyKnow Nothing
EducationHampton Theological Institution, 1845
Alma materHampton Theological Institution
OccupationWriter
ProfessionMinister, ordained Baptist 1846

Daniel Clarke Eddy (May 21, 1823 – July 26, 1896) was an American clergyman, hymn writer, politician, and author, who in 1855 served as a member, and as the Speaker, of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

He was the author of The Young Woman's Friend; or the Duties, Trials, Love, Hopes of Woman (1857), in which he argued that women ought to be taught subjects usually only taught to men, including political economy, the sciences, and the practical and theoretical applications of religion, primarily on the basis that women should understand these subjects to be able to educate their sons.[1] He also wrote The Young Man's Friend, the first edition of which sold 10,000 copies.[2]

Selected works

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Novels

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  • The Young Man's Friend. Dayton and Wentworth. 1855. (1st series, Lowell, 1849; 2d series, Boston, 1859)
    • "Reviewed Work: The Young Man's Friend; Containing Admonitions for the Erring, Counsel for the Tempted, Encouragement for the Desponding, and Hope for the Fallen". The North American Review. 102 (211): 606–09. 1866. JSTOR 25107934.
  • "The Burman Apostle" (Lowell, 1850)
  • "Europa," a book of words (1851)
  • "The Percy Family" (5 vols., 1852)
  • "Waiter's Tour in the East " (6 vols., Boston, 1861)
  • Heroines of the Missionary Enterprise. Ticknor, Reed, and Fields. 1850.
  • The Angels' Whispers; or, Echoes of Spirit Voices, Designed to Console the Mourning. Walter Scott. 1885 [1852].
  • "City Side" (1854)
  • "Young Woman's Friend" (1855)[3]
  • "Waiting at the Cross" (Boston, 1859)

Travel writings

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  • Eddy's Travels in Asia and Africa. Boston: Brown, 1893
  • Eddy's Travels in Europe. Boston: Brown, 1893.
  • Europe; or, Scenes and Society in England, France, Italy, and Switzerland 1859.

Hymns

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  • God Is the Seamen's Friend
  • God of Nations, Let Salvation Sound
  • Sailor Speed Thee o'er the Sea
  • We Dedicate to Thee
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Preceded by Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
1855
Succeeded by

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rose, Jane E. (1996). "Conduct Books for Women, 1830–1860: A Rationale for Women's Conduct and Domestic Role in America". In Hobbs, Catherine (ed.). Nineteenth-Century Women Learn to Write. University Press of Virginia. p. 52.
  2. ^ Halttunen, Karen (1982). Confidence Men and Painted Women: A Study of Middle-class Culture in America, 1830–1870. Yale University Press. p. 1.
  3. ^ Eddy, Daniel C. (1823–1896). (1857). The young woman's friend; or, The duties, trials, loves, and hopes of woman. Boston: Wentworth, Hewes Co. – via Haithi Trust (008688801).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)