STOCKTON, Thonias Hewlings, clergyman, born in Mount Holly, New Jersey, 4 June, 1808: died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 9 October, 1868. He studied medicine in Philadelphia, but began to preach in 1829, entered the ministry of the Methodist Protestant church, mid took charge of a circuit on the eastern shore of Maryland. He soon attained a reputation as a pulpit orator, and served as chaplain to the United States house of representatives in 1833-'5 and 1859-'61, and to the senate in 1862. Being unwilling to submit to the restrictions in the discussion of slavery that were imposed by the Baltimore conference, tie went to Philadelphia in 1838, where lib was a pastor and lecturer till 1847. He then resided in Cincinnati, Ohio, till 1850, and while there declined a unanimous election to the presidency of Miami university. From 1850 till 1856 tie was associate pastor of St. John's Methodist Protestant church in Baltimore. also serving during three years and a half of this period as pastor of an Associate Reformed Presbyterian church there. From 1856 till his death "he was pastor of the Church of the New Testament in Philadelphia, and also devoted himself to literary work. Dr. Stockton edited at different periods the " Christian World " and the "Bible Times." He was an anti-slavery pioneer, opposed sectarianism, and was active in his labors for all social reforms. He published editions of the Bible, each book by itself ; " Floating Flowers from a Hidden Brook 'r(Philadelphia, 1844); " The Bible Alliance " (Cincinnati. 1850); " Ecclesiastical Opposition to the Bible " (Baltimore, 1853); "Sermons for the People" (Pittsburg, 1854); " The Blessing" (Philadelphia, 1857); " Stand up for , Jesus," a ballad, with notes, illustrations, and music, and a few additional poems (1858) ; " Poems, with Autobiographical and other Notes" (1862) ; and "Influence of the United States on Christendora" (1865). After his death appeared his "The Book above all" (1870). See "Memory's Tribute to the Life, Character, and Work of Reverend Thomas H. Stockton," by the Reverend Alexander Clark (New York, 1869), and " Life, Character, and Death of Reverend Thomas H. Stockton," by Reverend John O. Wilson (Philadelphia, 1869).--His half-brother, Francis Richard, author, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 5 April, 1834, was graduated at the Central high-school in his native city in 1852, became an engraver and draughtsman, and in 1866 invented and patented a double graver, but he soon abandoned this occupation for journalism. After being connected with the " Post" in Philadelphia and " Hearth and Home" in New York, he joined the editorial staff of "Scribner's Monthly," and on the establishment of " St. Nicholas" became its assistant editor. Mr. Stockton's earliest writings, under the name of Frank R. Stockton, which tie has since retained, were fantastic tales for children, and appeared in the "Riverside Magazine" and other periodicals. Four of these, under the title of "The Ting-a-Ling Stories," were issued in a volume (Boston, 1870). More recently he has attained a wide reputation for his short stories, which are marked by quaintness of subject and treatment and by dry humor. The first of these were the " Rudder Grange " stories, which appeared in " Scribner's Monthly," and afterward in book-form (New York, 1879). " The Lady or the Tiger?" is perhaps the most widely known. It ends by propounding a problem, various solutions of which, some serious and some jocose, have appeared from time to time. A comic opera, based upon it, the libretto of which was written by Sydney Rosenfeld, was produced in New York in 1888. Mr. Stockton's other short stories include " The Transferred Ghost," " The Spectral Mortgage," and " A Tale of Negative Gravity." He is also the author of the novels " The Late Mrs. Null" (New York, 1886)" "The Casting Away of Mrs. Leeks and Mrs. Ale-shine" (1886), with a sequel, entitled " The Dusantes" (1888), and " The Hundredth Man" (1887). His short stories have been collected as " The Lady or the Tiger 0.a and other Stories" (1884)" " The Christmas Wreck, and other Tales" (1887)" and " The Bee Man of Orn, and other Fanciful Tales" (1887). He has written for children " Roundabout Rambles" (1872)"" What might have been Expected" (1874): "Tales Out of School" (1875) ; "A Jolly Fellowship" (1880); " The Floating Prince" (1881)" and "The Story of Viteau" (1884).--Francis Richard's brother, John Drean journalist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 26 April, 1836 ; died there, 3 November, 1877, was educated in his native city, and began to study art and engraving, but was employed at an early age on the Philadelphia "Press," and became its manager under John W. Forney. He was connected with the New York " Tribune" in 1866, and in 1867 assumed the editorship of the Philadelphia "Post," of which he became a proprietor, but he gave up his interest in 1872, and from 1873 till his death was dramatic and musical critic of the New York " Herald." He wrote "Fox and Geese." a comedy (1868), which ran 100 nights in New York and other cities, and more than 300 in London. Mr. Stockton's political editorials, as well as his dramatic and literary criticisms, were marked by touches of humor anti poetic fancy.