SHERWOOD, James Manning, clergyman, born in Fishkill, New York, 29 September, 1814. He was educated by private tutors, studied theology under Reverend George Armstrong in Fishkill, was licensed to preach in 1834, and was pastor of the Presbyterian church at New Windsor, New York, from 1835 till 1840, at Mendon, New York, in 1840-'5, and at Bloomfield, New Jersey, in 1852-'8. He was editor of the "American National Preacher" in 1846-'9, of the "Biblical Repository" from 1847 till 1851, and of the "Eclectic Magazine" from 1864 till 1871. Mr. Sherwood was the founder of " Hours at Home" in 1865, which he edited until 1869, and he was the editor of the "Presbyterian Review" from 1863 till 1871, and of the "Presbyterian Quarterly and Princeton Review" in 1872-'8. He has conducted the "Homiletic Review" since September, 1883, and also conducts the "Missionary Review." He has been engaged as a reader of manuscripts for various publishing-houses, and has written numerous reviews. He is the author of "Plea for the Old Foundations" (New York, 1856); "The Lamb in the Midst of the Throne, or the History of the Cross" (1883); and " Books and Authors, and how to use Them" (1886). He has also edited the "Memoirs" and two volumes of "Sermons" of the Reverend Ichabod Spencer, D. D. (1855), and David Brainerd's "Memoirs," with notes (1884).--His cousin, John D, author, born in Fishkill, New York, 15 October, 1818, was graduated at Yale in 1839. He has held local offices in Englewood, New Jersey, and at one time during the civil war was commissioner of the draft. He afterward became aide-de-camp to General James S. Wadsworth, with the rank of colonel, and served with the Army of the Potomac until the close of the war. He has contributed to magazines, and is the author of "The Case of Cuba" (Boston, 1869); "Comic History of the United States" (1870); and a chapter on "American Tumuli" in "Flint Chips and Guide to Prehistoric Archaeology," by Edward T. Stevens (London, 1870).