SOTHERAN, Charles, bibliographer, born in Stoke Newington, Surrey, England, 8 July, 1847. He was educated at private schools, and in 1862 was apprenticed to a bookseller at Rugby by his uncle, Henry Sotheran, the London publisher. After making a reputation as a bibliographer and antiquary, he came to this country in 1874, and became editor and proprietor of the New York," "Echo" in 1878, lectured on philological, historical, and popular subjects, and has compiled bibliographical catalogues of many well-known libraries, including those of Rush C. Hawkins, Charles O'Conor, and William Beach Lawrence. His works include "Genealogical Memoranda relating to the Family of Sotheran and to the Sept of Mae Manus " (printed privately, London, 1871-'4);" Manchester Diocesan Church Calendar" (Manchester, 1873-'4) ; " Alessandro di Cagliostro, Impostor or Martyr" (New York, 1876) ; and " Percy Bysshe Shelley as a Philosopher and Reformer" (1876). He edited vols. vi, and vii. of the " American Bibliopolist" (New York, 1874-'5).