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The man who will not execute his resolutions + when they are fresh upon him can have no hope from them + afterwards: they will be dissipated, lost, and perish in the hurry + and skurry of the world, or sunk in the slough of indolence. + + --_Maria Edgeworth_. + +MARIA EDGEWORTH, a noted English novelist, was born in Black Bourton, +Oxfordshire, January 1, 1767, and died in Edgeworthstown, Ireland, May, +1849. She wrote: "Early Lessons," "Castle Rackrent," "Tales of +Fashionable Life," "Belinda," "Leonora," "Moral Tales," "The Modern +Griselda," "Helen," "Ormond," and "Patronage." + + + 'Tis always morning somewhere in the world. + + "Orion," Book iii, Canto ii (1843).--_Richard Henry Horne_. + +RICHARD HENRY HORNE, a famous English miscellaneous writer, was born +January 1, 1803, and died March 13, 1884. His principal works are: "The +Dreamer and the Worker," "Cosmo de' Medici," "Orion," "A New Spirit of +the Age," "The Death of Marlowe," "Judas Iscariot, A Miracle Play," +"Australian Facts and Prospects," and "Exposition of the False Medium, +and Barriers Excluding Men of Genius from the Public." + + + Ah, the key of your life, that passes all wards, opens all locks, + Is not I will, but I must, I must, I must,--and I do it. + + --_A. H. Clough_. + +ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH, an English poet of great renown, was born in +Liverpool, January 1, 1819; and died at Florence, Italy, November 13, +1861. Among his noted works may be mentioned: "Ambarvalia: Poems by +Thomas Burbidge and A. H. Clough," "Poems and Prose Remains," +"Plutarch's Lives: the Translation called Dryden's Corrected," etc. + + + And what is sorrow? 'Tis a boundless sea. + And what is joy? + A little pearl in that deep ocean's bed; + I sought it--found it--held it o'er my head, + And to my soul's annoy, + It fell into the ocean's depth again, + And now I look and long for it in vain. + + "Sorrow and Joy,"--_Alexander Petöfi_. + +ALEXANDER PETÖFI, a celebrated Hungarian poet, was born at Kis-Koros, +near Pesth, January 1, 1823, and died July 31, 1849. His chief works +are: "The Wine-Bibbers," "Coriolanus" (a drama), and his famous song +"Talpra Magyar" (Up, Magyar), the Hungarian _Marseillaise_. + + + I think, ofttimes, that lives of men may be + Likened to wandering winds that come and go + Not knowing whence they rise, whither they blow + O'er the vast globe, voiceful of grief or glee. + + "A Comparison,"--_Paul Hamilton Hayne_. + +PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE, a distinguished American poet, was born in +Charleston, S. C., January 1, 1830, and died at Augusta, Ga., July 6, +1886. He has written: "Sonnets and Other Poems," "Avolio, a Legend of +the Island of Cos," "Legends and Lyrics," "The Mountain of the Lovers," +etc. + + + Then rushed to meet the insulting foe; + They took the spear, but left the shield. + + "To the Memory of the Americans who fell at Eutaw,"--_Philip + Freneau_. + +PHILIP FRENEAU, a noted American poet, was born in New York City, +January 2, 1752, and died near Freehold, N. J., December 18, 1832. He +wrote: "Eutaw Springs," "The College Examination," "The Home of Night," +"The Indian Student," and "Lines to a Wild Honeysuckle." + + + Men of letters and great artists are the lights of a nation; they + are what make it great; they are what give it a place in history. + + "Advance of the English Novel,"--_William Lyon Phelps_. + +WILLIAM LYON PHELPS, a celebrated university professor and literary +critic, was born at New Haven, Connecticut, January 2, 1865. He has +written "Selections from the Poetry and Prose of Thomas Gray," "Irving's +Sketch Book," "The Best Plays of Chapman," "The Novels of Samuel +Richardson," (20 vols.), "The Works of Jane Austen" (12 vols.), +"Stevenson's Essays," "The Pure Gold of Nineteenth Century Literature," +"Essays on Modern Novelists," "Essays on Russian Novelists," "Essays on +Books," "The Advance of the English Novel," "The Advance of English +Poetry," "Reading the Bible," "Essays on Modern Dramatists." + + + He is one of those wise philanthropists who in a time of famine + would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks. + + --_Douglas Jerrold_. + +DOUGLAS WILLIAM JERROLD, a noted English humorist, was born in London, +England, January 3, 1803, and died there June 8, 1857. Some of his +well-known works are: "The Rent Day," "Retired from Business," "Story of +a Feather," "Nell Gwynne," "The Bubbles of the Day." + + + You can't expect anything from a pig but a grunt. + + "Fairy Tales,"--_Grimm_. + +JACOB GRIMM, a famous philologist, archæologist, and folklorist, was +born at Hanau, January 4, 1785, and died at Berlin, September 20, 1863. +He wrote: "The Poetry of the Meistersingers," "German Mythology," +"History of the German Language," "German Grammar," etc. His fame +rests, however, upon his celebrated work, "Fables for Children," written +in collaboration with his brother Wilhelm, and best-known as, "Grimm's +Fairy Tales." + + + I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem + to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and + diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a + prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay + all undiscovered before me. + + Brewster's "Memoirs of Newton," Vol. ii, Chap. xxvii.--_Isaac + Newton_. + +SIR ISAAC NEWTON, the renowned English philosopher and mathematician, +was born at Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, January 5, 1643, and died at +Kensington, March 31, 1727. Among his works are: "Principia," "Theory of +Light and Colors," "Optical Readings," "On Motion," "Opticks," etc. + + + The phrase, "public office is a public trust," has of late become + common property. + + --_Charles Sumner_ (May 31, 1872). + +CHARLES SUMNER, a distinguished American statesman, was born in Boston, +January 6, 1811, and died in Washington, D. C., March 11, 1874. His +speeches, orations, etc., were collected and published (1870-83) in a +15-vol. edition. + + + There are many moments in friendship as in love, when silence is + beyond words. The faults of our friends may be clear to us, but it + is well to seem to shut our eyes to them. + + --_Ouida_. + +LOUISE DE LA RAMÉE (OUIDA), a famous English novelist of French +extraction, was born at Bury St. Edmunds, January 7, 1839, and died +January 25, 1908. Among her numerous works are: "Held in Bondage," +"Strathmore," "Chandos," "Idalia," "Under Two Flags," "A Leaf in the +Storm," "Pascarel," "In a Winter City," "Friendship," "A Village +Commune," "Wanda," "A House Party," "Guilderoy," "Moths," "A Rainy +June," "Views and Opinions," etc. + + + The Darwinian theory, even when carried out to its extreme logical + conclusion, not only does not oppose, but lends a decided support + to, a belief in the spiritual nature of man. It shows us how man's + body may have been developed from that of a lower animal form + under the law of natural selection; but it also teaches us that we + possess intellectual and moral faculties which could not have been + so developed, but must have had another origin; and for this + origin we can only find an adequate cause in the unseen universe + of Spirit. + + "Darwinism,"--_A. R. Wallace_. + +ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE, a renowned English naturalist, was born at Usk in +Monmouthshire, January 8, 1822, and died November 7, 1913. He wrote: +"Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro," "The Malay Archipelago," "On the +Geographical Distribution of Animals," "Tropical Nature," "Darwinism: An +Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection," "Man's Place in the +Universe," "My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions," "Is Mars +Habitable?" "The World of Life," "Social Environment and Moral +Progress," "The Revolt of Democracy," etc. + + + I have always held the old-fashioned opinion that the primary + object of a work of fiction should be to tell a story. + + --_William Wilkie Collins_. + +WILLIAM WILKIE COLLINS, a celebrated English novelist, was born in +London, January 8, 1824, and died there September 23, 1889. He wrote: +"The New Magdalen," "No Name," "Antonia," "Basil," "The Dead Secret," +"Armadale," "Man and Wife," "Poor Miss Finch," "Miss or Mrs.?" "The Law +and the Lady," "The Two Destinies," "Heart and Science," "I Say No," +"The Legacy of Cain," "The Moonstone," and "The Woman in White," his +greatest novel. + + + The all-pervading greatness of Shakespeare lies in his + comprehension of the ethical order of the world; [his dramas are] + the truest literary product of the time, because the most perfect + and concrete presentation of realized rationality. + + --_D. J. Snider_. + +DENTON JAQUES SNIDER, a distinguished American author, was born in Mt. +Gilead, Ohio, January 9, 1841. He is best known by his famous work, "A +Walk in Hellas." His other works include: "Homer in Chios," "Johnny +Appleseed's Rhymes," "Ancient European Philosophy," "Modern European +Philosophy," "Architecture," "World's Fair Studies," "Commentaries on +Froebel's Play Songs," "The Will and Its World," "The Life of Frederick +Froebel," "The Father of History," "Herodotus," "Social Institutions," +"The State," "A Tour in Europe," "Cosmos and Diacosmos," etc. + + + Softly, O midnight hours, + Move softly o'er the bowers + Where lies in happy sleep a girl so fair: + For ye have power, men say, + Our hearts in sleep to sway + And cage cold fancies in a moonlight snare. + + "Softly, O Midnight Hours,"--_Aubrey Thomas de Vere_. + +AUBREY THOMAS DE VERE, a famous Irish poet and descriptive and political +essayist, son of Sir Aubrey De Vere, was born January 10, 1814, and died +in 1902. Among his works are: "Poems," "Irish Odes," "Alexander the +Great," "Picturesque Sketches of Greece and Turkey," "Constitutional and +Unconstitutional Political Action," "The Foray of Queen Meave and Other +Legends of Ireland's Heroic Age," "The Sisters," "Legends of the Saxon +Saints," "St. Peter's Chains," "Essays Chiefly on Poetry," "Essays +Chiefly Literary and Ethical," "Recollections," etc. + + + I know of no other English-speaking poet of the day who can turn a + song so gracefully and easily as Mr. Stoddard can. Certain of his + lyrics are, to my mind, unsurpassed for haunting charm of cadence. + He has also written several odes of admirable nobility and + stateliness. + + "Poems of Wild Life,"--_Charles G. D. Roberts_. + +CHARLES GEORGE DOUGLAS ROBERTS, a celebrated Canadian poet, was born in +Douglas, N. B., January 10, 1860. Among his publications are: "Orion and +Other Poems," "In Divers Tones," "Canterbury Poets," "History of +Canada," "A Sister to Evangeline," "The Heart of the Ancient Wood," "The +Kindred of the Wild," "Barbara Ladd," "The Watchers of the Trails," "The +Heart that Knows," "The House in the Water," "Neighbours Unknown," "The +Feet of the Furtive," "Babes of the Wild," "The Ledge on Bald Face," "In +the Morning of Time," etc. + + + A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national + blessing. + + --_Alexander Hamilton_. + +ALEXANDER HAMILTON, an illustrious American statesman, was born in the +Island of Nevis, West Indies, January 11, 1757, and died near New York, +July 12, 1804. His "Collected Works," appeared in 1851. + + + The effect of every burden laid down is to leave us relieved; and + when the soul has laid down that of its faults at the feet of God, + it feels as though it had wings. + + --_Eugénie de Guérin_. + +EUGÉNIE DE GUÉRIN, a famous French diarist and prose-writer, was born +January 11, 1805, and died May 31, 1848. Jointly with her brother +Maurice, she wrote the "Journals," and "Letters." + + + I feel the rush of waves that round me rise, + The tossing of my boat upon the sea; + Few sunbeams linger in the stormy skies, + And youth's bright shore is lessening on the lee! + + --_Bayard Taylor_. + +BAYARD TAYLOR, an eminent American poet, and novelist, was born at +Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, January 11, 1825, and died at Berlin, +Germany, December 19, 1878. His noted works are: "Views Afoot," "The +American Legend," "Poems and Ballads," "Poems of the Orient," "Travels +in Greece and Russia," "Poems of Home and Travel," "At Home and Abroad," +"Hannah Thurston," "The Story of Kennett," "By-Ways of Europe," "The +Masque of the Gods," "Egypt and Iceland," "Home Pastorals, Ballads, and +Lyrics," "Dramatic Works," "Critical Essays and Literary Notes," etc. + + + A liberty to that only which is good, just, and honest. + + "Life and Letters," Vol. ii, p. 341,--_John Winthrop_. + +GOVERNOR JOHN WINTHROP, first Colonial governor of Massachusetts, and a +distinguished writer, was born near Groton, Suffolk, England, January +12, 1587, and died at Boston, March 26, 1649. He wrote: "A Modell of +Christian Charity," "Arbitrary Government Described," and a "History of +New England from 1630 to 1649," which was left by him in MS., and found +in his "Life and Letters," by Robert C. Winthrop. + + + People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward + to their ancestors. + + "Reflections on the Revolution in France," Vol. iii, + p. 274--_Edmund Burke_. + +EDMUND BURKE, an eminent British statesman and orator, was born in +Dublin, January 12, 1729, and died in Beaconsfield, England, July 9, +1797. He wrote: "A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas +of the Sublime and Beautiful," "Reflections on the French Revolution," +"Letters on a Regicide Peace," "Works and Correspondence." + + + La crainte fit les dieux; l'audace a fait les rois.[1] + + --_Crébillon_. + +PROSPER JOLYOT DE CRÉBILLON, a celebrated French dramatist, was born at +Dijon, January 13, 1674, and died at Paris, June 14, 1762. His plays +include; "The Death of Brutus's Children," "Idomeneus," "Atreus and +Thyestes," "Electra," "Rhadamistus and Zénobia," "Xerxes," "Semiramis," +"Pyrrhus," and "Catalina." + + + How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, + When fond recollection presents them to view. + + "The Old Oaken Bucket,"--_Samuel Woodworth_. + +SAMUEL WOODWORTH, a noted American poet and journalist, was born at +Scituate, Mass., January 13, 1785, and died in New York City, December +9, 1842. His poem, "The Old Oaken Bucket," won for him great fame. + + + All quiet along the Potomac to-night, + No sound save the rush of the river, + While soft falls the dew on the face of the dead-- + The picket's off duty forever. + + "All quiet along the Potomac,"--_Ethel L. Beers_. + +ETHEL LYNN BEERS, a well-known American poet, was born in Goshen, N. Y., +January 13, 1827, and died in Orange, N. J., October 10, 1879. She is +the author of "All Quiet Along the Potomac, and Other Poems." + + + Oh, meet is the reverence unto Bacchus paid! + We will praise him still in the songs of our fatherland, + We will pour the sacred wine, the chargers lade, + And the victim kid shall unresisting stand, + Led by his horns to the altar, where we turn + The hazel spits while the dripping entrails burn. + + "Georgics," Bk. ii, St. 17, L. 31 (H. W. Preston's + Translation).--_Vergil_. + +HARRIET WATERS PRESTON, a distinguished American scholar, translator, +and writer, was born in Danvers, Mass., January 14 (?), 1836, and died +in 1911. Besides her translations of Mistral's "Mireio," Virgil's +"Georgics," etc., she has published: "Aspendale," "Troubadours and +Trouvéres," "Love in the Nineteenth Century," "A Year in Eden," etc. + + + Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man. + + "Le Tartuffe," Act. iii, Scene 3,--_Molière_. + +JEAN BAPTISTE POQUELIN (MOLIÈRE), the greatest of French dramatists, was +born in Paris, January 15 (?), 1622, and died there, February 17, 1673. +Among his famous works are: "The Misanthrope," "The Learned Ladies," +"The School for Wives," "The Imaginary Invalid," "The Miser," "Don +Juan," "The School for Husbands," and "Tartuffe," which is considered by +many to be his masterpiece. + + + Die Thränen sind des Schmerzes heilig Recht![2] + + "Sappho, III, 5,"--_Fr. Grillparzer_. + +FRANZ GRILLPARZER, a renowned Austrian poet and dramatist, was born in +Vienna, January 15, 1791, and died there January 21, 1872. Among his +noted works are: "Blanche of Castile," "The Ancestress," "Sappho," "The +Jewess of Toledo," "The Poor Minstrel," etc., also two famous poems, +"Waves of Ocean; Thrills of Love," and "In Thy Camp is Austria." + + + The pure, the beautiful, the bright, + That stirred our hearts in youth, + The impulse to a wordless prayer, + The dreams of love and truth, + The longings after something lost, + The spirit's yearning cry, + The strivings after better hopes, + These things can never die. + + "Things that Never Die,"--_Sarah Doudney_. + +SARAH DOUDNEY, a noted English writer of fiction, was born near +Portsmouth, England, January 15, 1843. She has written: "Under Grey +Walls," "The Pilot's Daughters," "Nothing But Leaves," "Under False +Colours," "The Lesson of the Water Mill," "The Missing Rubies," "When We +Two Parted," "Through Pain to Peace," "Pilgrims of the Night," "A +Cluster of Roses," "Silent Strings," "One of the Few," "Shadow and +Shine," etc. + + + Tant la plume a eu sous le roi d'avantage sur l'epée.[3] + + "Mémoires," Vol. iii, p. 517 (1702), Ed. 1856.--_Saint-Simon_. + +LOUIS DE ROUVROY, DUC DE SAINT-SIMON, the great French annalist, was +born January 16, 1675, and died March 2, 1755. His notable works are: +His famous "Memoirs," published in twenty volumes. + + + Early to bed and early to rise, + Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. + + --_Benjamin Franklin_. + +BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, the renowned American philosopher and statesman, was +born in Boston, January 16, 1706, and died in Philadelphia, April 17, +1790. He wrote his own "Autobiography," and other important works. + + + Dicen, que el primer consejo + Ha de ser de la muger.[4] + + "El Medico de su. Houra," I, 2.--_Calderon_. + +PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA, the great Spanish dramatist, was born at +Madrid, January 17, 1600, and died May 25, 1681. Among his dramas may be +mentioned: "The Wonder-Working Magician," "The Schism of England," "The +Alcalde of Zalamea," "No Magic Like Love," "The Divine Orpheus." + + + Ove son leggi, + Tremar non dee chi leggi non infranse.[5] + + "Virginia," II., i.,--_Alfieri_. + +COUNT VITTORIO ALFIERI, a celebrated Italian dramatist, was born at Asti +in Piedmont, January 17, 1749, and died at Florence, October 8, 1803. +Among his many works may be mentioned: "Cleopatra," "Polinice," +"Antigone," "Agide," "Bruto," "Saul," "Filippo," etc. He also wrote: +"Tyranny," "Essays on Literature and Government," odes on "American +Independence," and "Memoirs of His Life." + + + A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes. + + --_Montesquieu_. + +CHARLES DE SECONDANT, BARON DE MONTESQUIEU, a famous French historian +and political philosopher, was born near Bordeaux, January 18, 1689, and +died in Paris, February 10, 1755. He wrote: "Persian Letters," "The +Temple of Cnidus," "Causes of Roman Greatness and Decline," "Dialogue of +Sylla Eucrates and Lysimachus," "Works," etc. Also his renowned work, +"Spirit of Laws," his masterpiece. + + + Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens. + + "Speech at Plymouth," Dec. 22, 1820. Vol. i, p. 44.--_Daniel + Webster_. + +DANIEL WEBSTER, the illustrious American statesman and orator, was born +in Salisbury, N. H., January 18, 1782, and died in Marshfield, Mass., +October 24, 1852. + + + Truth is like a pearl: he alone possesses it who has plunged into + the depths of life and torn his hands on the rocks of Time. + + --_Laboulaye_. + +EDOUARD RENÉ LEFÈBVRE DE LABOULAYE, a distinguished French jurist, +historian, and writer of tales, was born at Paris, January 18, 1811, and +died there May 25, 1883. His greatest work is a "Political History of +the United States, 1620-1789," (3 vols.) 1856-66. His other works are: +"The United States and France," "Paris in America," and a novel "Prince +Caniche." His best known works of fiction are the three series of "Blue +Stories." + + + The despot's heel is on thy shore, + Maryland! + His torch is at thy temple-door, + Maryland! + Avenge the patriotic gore + That flecked the streets of Baltimore, + And be the battle queen of yore, + Maryland, my Maryland! + + "My Maryland."--_James Rider Randall_. + +JAMES RYDER RANDALL, a celebrated American song-writer, was born in +Baltimore, Md., January 18, 1839, and died in 1908. His poems include: +"The Sole Entry," "Arlington," "The Cameo Bracelet," "The Battle Cry of +the South," and his famous poem, "My Maryland!" + + + "Why wait," he said, "why wait for May, + When love can warm a winter's day?" + + "Vignettes in Rhyme, Love in Winter."--_Austin Dobson_. + +HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON, a famous English poet and man of letters, was born +at Plymouth, January 18, 1840, and died April 1, 1921. He has written: +"Proverbs in Porcelain," "Old-World Idyls," "Eighteenth-Century +Vignettes," "Vignettes in Rhyme and Vers de Société," "Four French +Women," "The Paladin of Philanthropy," "Side-Walk Studies," "De Libris," +"Old Kensington Palace," "At Prior Park," "Rosalba's Journal and Other +Papers"; also "Lives of Fielding, Steele, Goldsmith," "William Hogarth," +"Horace Walpole," "Richardson," "Fanny Burney," etc. + + + Literature is the daughter of heaven, who has descended upon earth + to soften and charm all human ills. + + --_Bernardin de Saint-Pierre_. + +BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE, the renowned French author was born in Havre, +January 19, 1737, and died at Eragny-sur-Oise, January 21, 1814. His +works include: "Voyage to the Isle of France," "Studies of Nature," "The +Indian Cottage," "Vows of a Solitary," "Harmonies of Nature," "On Nature +and Morality," "Voyage to Silesia," "Stories of Travel," "The Death of +Socrates," and his most famous work, "Paul and Virginia." + + + Woman's mission is a striking illustration of the truth that + happiness consists in doing the work for which we are naturally + fitted. Their mission is always the same; it is summed up in one + word,--Love. + + "Positive Polity"--_Auguste Comte_. + +AUGUSTE COMTE, the great French philosopher, was born at Montpellier, +January 19, 1798, and died in Paris, September 5, 1857. His most +celebrated works are: "Positive Philosophy," and "Positive Polity." + + + All that we see or seem + Is but a dream within a dream. + + "A Dream within a Dream,"--_Edgar Allan Poe_. + +EDGAR ALLAN POE, a celebrated American poet and story-writer, was born +in Boston, January 19, 1809, and died in Baltimore, Maryland, October 7, +1849. His poems include: "The Raven, and Other Poems," "Tamerlane and +Other Poems," "Eureka, a Prose Poem," "Poems," etc. + + + It would hardly be safe to name Miss Austen, Miss Brontë, and + George Eliot as the three greatest women novelists the United + Kingdom can boast, and were one to go on and say that the + alphabetical order of their names is also their order of merit, it + would be necessary to seek police protection, and yet surely it is + so. + + "Life of C. Brontë,"--_Augustine Birrell_. + +RT. HON. AUGUSTINE BIRRELL, a distinguished English essayist, was born +in Wavertree, near Liverpool, January 19, 1850. He has written: "Obiter +Dicta," "Res Judicatæ," "Life of Charlotte Brontë," "Men, Women and +Books," "Collected Essays," "William Hazlitt," "Andrew Marvell," +"Miscellanies," "In the Name of the Bodleian," "Frederick Locker +Lampson," etc. + + + For it stirs the blood in an old man's heart, + And makes his pulses fly, + To catch the thrill of a happy voice, + And the light of a pleasant eye. + + "Saturday Afternoon,"--_Nathaniel P. Willis_. + +NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS, a celebrated American journalist and poet, was +born at Portland, Maine, January 20, 1806, and died at Idlewild on the +Hudson, New York, January 20, 1867. Some of his writings are: "People I +Have Met," "Inklings of Adventure," "Letters from Under a Bridge," +"Famous Persons and Places," "Poems," etc. + + + Time's horses gallop down the lessening hill. + + "Time Flies,"--_Richard Le Gallienne_. + +RICHARD LE GALLIENNE, a noted English author, was born in Liverpool, +January 20, 1866. He has written: "The Religion of a Literary Man," "My +Lady's Sonnets," "Prose Fancies," "Sleeping Beauty and other Prose +Fancies," "The Quest of the Golden Girl," "The Life Romantic," "Pieces +of Eight," etc. + + + Gray found very little gratification at Cambridge in the society + and manners of the young university men who were his + contemporaries. They ridiculed his sensitive temper and retired + habits, and gave him the nickname of "Miss Gray," for his supposed + effeminacy. Nor does Gray seem to have lived on much better terms + with his academic superiors. He abhorred mathematics, with the + same cordiality of hatred which Pope professed towards them, and + at that time concurred with Pope in thinking that the best recipe + for dullness was to + + "Full in the midst of Euclid plunge at once, + And petrify a genius to a dunce." + + "Memoirs of Eminent Etonians,"--_Sir Edward Creasy_. + +SIR EDWARD SHEPHERD CREASY, a famous English historian was born at +Bexley in Kent, January 21, 1812, and died January 27, 1878. He wrote: +"Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World," "The History of the Ottoman +Turks," "History of England," "Rise and Progress of the English +Constitution," "Historical and Critical Account of the Several Invasions +of England," etc. + + + The father's love is greater than the mother's, as his strength is + greater than hers. Christ, not Mary, is the embodiment of parental + love. + + "The Betrayal,"--_Walter Neale_. + +WALTER NEALE, a noted American author and man of letters, was born at +Eastville, Va., January 21, 1873. Among his works are: "The Betrayal" (a +novel), "The Sovereignty of the States," and numerous essays, poems, +addresses, etc. + + + Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, + a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country before he + hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to + travel. + + "Of Travel,"--_Francis Bacon_. + +FRANCIS BACON, the great English philosopher, was born in London, +January 22, 1561, and died April 9, 1626. Some of his works are: "The +Advancement of Learning," "On the Colors of Good and Evil," "Novum +Organum," his immortal "Essays," and many histories, among them +"Elizabeth," "Henry VII" and "Henry VIII." + + + For the will and not the gift makes the giver. + + --_Lessing_. + +GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM VON LESSING, a famous German poet, was born at Kamenz, +in Upper Lusatia, January 22, 1729, and died at Brunswick, February 15, +1781. Among his writings are: "Letters on Literature," "Nathan the +Wise," "Philotas," "The Woman-Hater," "The Jews," "Trifles," (a +collection of poems), "The Free-Thinker," "Education of the Human Race," +etc. + + + There is a pleasure in the pathless woods; + There is a rapture on the lonely shore; + There is society, where none intrudes, + By the deep sea, and music in its roar; + I love not man the less, but Nature more. + + "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage," Canto iv, Stanza 178.--_Byron_. + +GEORGE NOEL GORDON, LORD BYRON, the renowned English poet, was born in +London, January 22, 1788, and died at Missolonghi, Greece, April 19, +1824. Some of his celebrated works are: "English Bards and Scotch +Reviewers," "Hours of Idleness," "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage," "The +Corsair," "Hebrew Melodies," "Lara," "Manfred," "The Prisoner of +Chillon," "The Lament of Tasso," "Don Juan," etc. + + + Blandishments will not fascinate us, nor will threats of a + "halter" intimidate. For, under God, we are determined that + wheresoever, whensoever, or howsoever we shall be called to make + our exit, we will die free men. + + "Observations on the Boston Port Bill," 1774--_Josiah Quincy_. + +JOSIAH QUINCY, a distinguished American lawyer, was born in Boston, +January 23, 1744, and died April 26, 1775. His important works are: +"Observations on the Boston Port Bill," and "An Address of the +Merchants, Traders, and Freeholders of Boston." + + + We love because we get pleasure from loving. When the pleasure + palls, love dies a natural death; and the love that survives + should not hope for resurrection, but abide in patience a new + birth. + + "Love,"--_Marie Henri Beyle_. + +MARIE HENRI BEYLE, a famous French novelist and critic, was born in +Grenoble, January 23, 1783, and died in Paris, March 23, 1842. He has +written, "History of Painting in Italy," "Rome, Naples, and Florence in +1817," "About Love," and his celebrated work, "The Chartreuse +(Carthusian Nun) of Parma." + + + Tout finit par des chansons.[6] + + "Mariage de Figaro."--_Beaumarchais_. + +PIERRE AUGUSTIN CARON DE BEAUMARCHAIS, a renowned French dramatist, was +born in Paris, January 24, 1732, and died there, May 18, 1799. His +greatest plays are: "The Barber of Seville," and "The Marriage of +Figaro." + + + But pleasures are like poppies spread, + You seize the flower, its bloom is shed; + Or, like the snow-fall in the river, + A moment white, then melts forever. + + "Tam O'Shanter,"--_Robert Burns_. + +ROBERT BURNS, a Scotch poet of world-wide fame, was born in Alloway, +January 25, 1759, and died in Dumfries, July 21,1796. His most famous +poems are: "Hallowe'en," "The Cotter's Saturday Night," "To a Mountain +Daisy," "Twa Dogs," "Tam O'Shanter," and "Highland Mary." + + + 'Tis a little thing + To give a cup of water; yet its draught + Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, + May give a shock of pleasure to the frame + More exquisite than when nectarean juice + Renews the life of joy in happiest hours. + + "Ion," Act. i, Sc. 2,--_Thomas Noon Talfourd_. + +SIR THOMAS NOON TALFOURD, an eminent English author and statesman, was +born at Doxey, near Stafford, January 26, 1795, and died at Stafford, +March 13, 1854. His works include: "An Attempt to Estimate the Poetical +Talent of the Present Age," "Poems on Various Subjects," "History of the +Roman Republic," "History of Greece," "Final Memorials of Charles Lamb," +"Critical and Miscellaneous Essays," etc. + + + "Whatever is, is not," is the maxim of the anarchist, as often as + anything comes across him in the shape of a law which he happens + not to like. + + "Declaration of Rights,"--_Richard Bentley_. + +RICHARD BENTLEY, a celebrated English critic and essayist, was born in +Oulton, Yorkshire, January 27, 1662, and died July, 1742. His important +works are: "Dissertation on the Epistles of Phalaris," and "Latin +Epistle to John Mill, Containing Critical Observations on the Chronicle +of Joannes Malala." + + + There is in every man a certain feeling that he has been what he + is from all eternity, and by no means become such in time. + + --_Schelling_. + +FRIEDRICH WILHELM JOSEPH VON SCHELLING, an eminent German thinker and +philosopher, was born at Leonberg, Wurtemberg, January 27, 1775, and +died at the Ragaz baths, Switzerland, August 28, 1854. Among his many +works are: "On the Possibility of a Form of philosophy," "Ideas for a +Philosophy of Nature," "On the Soul of the World," "Philosophy and +Religion," etc. Four posthumous volumes are: "Introduction to the +Philosophy of Mythology," "Philosophy of Mythology," and "Philosophy of +Revelation," in two separate volumes. + + + Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of + themselves. + + "Alice in Wonderland," Chap. ix.--_Lewis Carroll_. + +LEWIS CARROLL, nom de plume of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a distinguished +English clergyman and writer on mathematical subjects was born January +27, 1832, and died in January, 1898. His principal works are: "A +Syllabus of Plane Algebraical Geometry," "Guide to the Mathematical +Student," etc. Also: "The Hunting of the Snark," "Rhyme and Reason," +"Euclid and His Modern Rivals," "Game of Logic," "Mathematica Curiosa," +and his two popular tales for children, entitled "Alice in Wonderland," +and "Through the Looking-Glass." + + + Morgen, Morgen, nur nicht heute; + Sprechen immer trage Leute.[7] + + "Der Aufschub,"--_Weisse_. + +CHRISTIAN FELIX WEISSE, a noted German poet and writer, was born at +Annaberg, January 28, 1726, and died at Leipsic, December 16, 1804. He +wrote: "Sportive Lays," "Lays of the Amazons," "Songs for Children," +etc. + + + Onward, Christian soldiers, + Marching as to war, + With the cross of Jesus + Going on before! + Christ the royal Master + Leads against the foe; + Forward into battle, + See, His banners go. + Onward, Christian soldiers, + Marching as to war, + With the cross of Jesus, + Going on before! + + "Onward, Christian Soldiers."--_S. Baring-Gould_. + +SABINE BARING-GOULD, a renowned English antiquary and novelist, was born +in Exeter, January 28, 1834; died January, 1924. Among his numerous +works may be mentioned: "Lives of the Saints," "Yorkshire Oddities," "In +the Roar of the Sea," "The Deserts of Southern France," "A Garland of +Country Song," "Old Fairy Tales Retold," "Napoleon Bonaparte," "A Study +of St. Paul," "A Book of the Riviera," "A Book of the Rhine," "A Book of +the Pyrenees," "Devonshire Characters," "Cornish Characters," "The Land +of Teck," "Cliff Castles and Cave Dwellings," "The Church Revival," and +his most famous work, "Curious Myths of the Middle Ages." + + + A man after death is not a natural but a spiritual man; + nevertheless he still appears in all respects like himself. + + "Conjugal Love," Par. 31,--_Swedenborg_. + +EMANUEL SWEDENBORG, the famous Swedish mystic philosopher and author, +was born in Stockholm, January 29, 1688, and died there March 29, 1772. +His notable works include: "Principles of Chemistry," "Conjugal Love and +its Chaste Delights," "Opera Philosophica et Mineralia," "Domini Jesu +Christi Servus," etc. + + + The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that + it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the + sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous + makes the sublime again. + + "Age of Reason," Part ii, note,--_Thomas Paine_. + +THOMAS PAINE, an eminent American publicist, was born at Thetford in +Norfolkshire, England, January 29, 1737, and died at New Rochelle, New +York, June 8, 1809. The most important of his Works are: "Decline and +Fall of the English System of Finance," "Common-Sense," "The Age of +Reason," "The Rights of Man." + + + A delicate thought is a flower of the mind. + + --_Charles Rollin_. + +CHARLES ROLLIN, a noted French historian and professor of +_belles-lettres_, was born at Paris, January 30, 1661, and died +September 14, 1741. His chief works are: "On the Study of +Belles-Lettres," "Ancient History" (12 vols. 1730-1738), and "History of +Rome." + + + Shakespeare is not our poet, but the world's-- + Therefore on him no speech! And brief for thee, + Browning! Since Chaucer was alive and hale, + No man hath walk'd along our roads with steps + So active, so inquiring eye, or tongue + So varied in discourse. + + "To Robert Browning,"--_Walter S. Landor_. + +WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR, the celebrated English poet and prose writer, was +born at Ipsley Court, Warwickshire, January 30, 1775, and died at +Florence, September 17, 1864. His best known works are: "The +Pentameron," "The Hellenics," "Popery, British and Foreign," "Poems," +"Antony and Octavius: Scenes for the Study," "Heroic Idylls, with +Additional Poems," and his most famous work, "Imaginary Conversations of +Literary Men and Statesmen." + + + Nur eine Mutter weiss allein, was lieben heisst und glücklich + sein.[8] + + "Frauen Liebe und Leben," 7.--_A. von Chamisso_. + +ADELBERT VON CHAMISSO, a famous German lyrist, was born at the castle of +Boncourt Champagne, January 30, 1781, and died at Berlin, August 21, +1838. His most celebrated work is "Peter Schlemihl," which has been +translated into all the principal languages of Europe. + + + When thou a fast would'st keep, + Make not thy homage cheap, + By publishing its signs to every eye; + But let it be between + Thyself and the Unseen, + So shall it gain acceptance from on high. + + --_Bernard Barton_. + +BERNARD BARTON, a noted English poet, was born in Carlisle, January 31, +1784, and died in Woodbridge, February 19, 1849. He published: "Metrical +Effusions," "Devotional Verses," "Household Verses," etc. + + + Gather leaves and grasses, + Love, to-day; + For the Autumn passes + Soon away. + Chilling winds are blowing + It will soon be snowing. + + "Gather Leaves and Grasses,"--_John Henry Boner_. + +JOHN HENRY BONER, a well-known American poet and literary worker, was +born at Salem, N. C., January 31, 1845, and died in 1903. He is best +remembered for his volume of verse, "Whispering Pines." + + +FOOTNOTES: + +[1] Fear made the gods; audacity has made kings. + +[2] Tears are sorrow's sacred right. + +[3] So far had the pen under the king the superiority over the sword. + +[4] They say that the best counsel, is that of woman. + +[5] Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble. + +[6] Everything ends with songs. + +[7] + + To-morrow, to-morrow, not to-day, + Hear the lazy people say. + +[8] "Only a mother knows what it is to love and be happy." + + + + +FEBRUARY + + + + +FEBRUARY + + + An instinct is a blind tendency to some mode of action, + independent of any consideration, on the part of the agent, of the + end to which the action leads. + + --_Whately_. + +RICHARD WHATELY, a distinguished English clergyman and educator, +archbishop of Dublin, was born in London, February 1, 1787, and died in +Dublin, October 8, 1863. His writings include: "Elements of Logic," "A +General View of the Rise, Progress, and Corruptions of Christianity," +"The Use and Abuse of Party Feeling in Matters of Religion," "Bacon's +Essays, with Annotations," "Miscellaneous Lectures and Reviews," etc. + + + Small habits well pursued betimes + May reach the dignity of crimes. + + "Florio," Part i--_Hannah More_. + +HANNAH MORE, a celebrated English religious writer, was born at +Stapleton, Gloucestershire, February 2, 1745, and died at Clifton, +September 7, 1833. She wrote: "Practical Piety," "Religion of the +Fashionable World," "Sacred Dramas," "The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain," +etc. + + + Look up! the wide extended plain + Is billowy with its ripened grain, + And on the summer winds are rolled + Its waves of emerald and gold. + + "The Harvest," Call St. 5,--_Wm. Henry Burleigh_. + +WILLIAM HENRY BURLEIGH, a noted American poet and journalist was born in +Woodstock, Conn., February 2, 1812, and died in Brooklyn, N. Y., March +18, 1871. A collection of his poems was published in 1840. + + + The illusion that times that were are better than those that are, + has probably pervaded all ages. + + "The American Conflict,"--_Horace Greeley_. + +HORACE GREELEY, a famous American editor and controversial writer, was +born in Amherst, N. H., February 3, 1811, and died in New York, November +29, 1872. He wrote: "Glances at Europe," "The American Conflict," +"Recollections of a Busy Life," etc. + + + The strength of affection is a proof not of the worthiness of the + object, but of the largeness of the soul which loves. + + --_F. W. Robertson_. + +FREDERICK WILLIAM ROBERTSON, a distinguished English clergyman, was born +in London, February 3, 1816, and died at Brighton, August 15, 1853. His +works were collected and published after his death under the following +titles: "Expository Lectures on St. Paul's Epistles to the Corinthians," +"Lectures and Addresses on Literary and Social Topics," "Notes on +Genesis," "Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton." + + + Shelley had many merits and many defects. This is not the place + for a complete or indeed for any estimate of him. But one + excellence is most evident. His words are as flexible as any + words; the rhythm of some modulating air seems to move them into + their place without a struggle by the poet, and almost his + knowledge. This is the perfection of true art. + + "Literary Studies," Vol. II.--_Walter Bagehot_. + +WALTER BAGEHOT, a famous English writer on political economy and +government, was born in Langport, Somersetshire, February 3, 1826, and +died there March 24, 1877. He wrote: "The English Constitution," +"Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market," "Literary Studies," +etc. His complete works were published in 1889. + + + The incalculable Up and Down of Time, + + "Clover,"--_Sidney Lanier_. + +SIDNEY LANIER, a celebrated American poet, was born at Macon, Ga., +February 3, 1842, and died at Lynn, N. C., September 7, 1881. He wrote: +"The English Novel and the Principles of its Development," "The Science +of English Verse," etc. His poems were collected and published after his +death. + + + Man has wants deeper than can be supplied by wealth or nature or + domestic affections. His great relations are to his God and to + eternity. + + --_Mark Hopkins_. + +MARK HOPKINS, a distinguished American educator and religious and +ethical writer, was born at Stockbridge, Mass., February 4, 1802; and +died at Williamstown, Mass., June 17, 1887. Among his works are: +"Evidences of Christianity," "The Law of Love, and Love as a Law," "An +Outline Study of Man," etc. + + + In depth and variety of coloring, in richness of matter, + profundity of thought, and heedlessness of conventional canons, + "Cymbeline" has few rivals among Shakespeare's plays. Fascinating + as it is, however, this tragi-comedy has never been very popular + on the stage. The great public, indeed, has neither studied nor + understood it. + + "William Shakespeare, A Critical Study," Vol. II, + p. 323.--_George Brandes_. + +GEORGE MORRIS COHEN BRANDES, a distinguished Danish man of letters, was +born at Copenhagen, February 4, 1842. He wrote: "Critiques and +Portraits," "French Aesthetics in Our Day," "The Idea of Fate Among the +Ancients," and his masterpiece, "Main Currents of 19th Century +Literature." Also, "Men of the Modern Revival," "A Study of Ibsen," +"Goethe," "Poems," "English: Main Currents," "Eminent Authors," +"Poland," "Recollections of My Childhood and Youth," "Complete Works," +(21 vols.), "Voltaire," "Caesar," (2 vols.), "The World War," etc. + + + No statesman e'er will find it worth his pains + To tax our labours and excise our brains. + + "Night," Line 271,--_Charles Churchill_. + +CHARLES CHURCHILL, a famous English satirical poet, was born in +Westminster, February 5, 1731, and died at Boulogne, November 4, 1764. +He wrote: "The Farewell," "The Ghost," "The Conference," "The Author," +"The Prophecy of Famine," and "The Rosciad," the satire that won his +fame. + + + Up the River of Death + Sailed the Great Admiral! + + "The River Fight,"--_Henry H. Brownell_. + +HENRY HOWARD BROWNELL, a noted American poet and writer of historical +sketches, was born at Providence, R. I., February 6, 1820, and died at +East Hartford, Conn., October 31, 1872. He published his many verses in +"Lyrics of a Day, or Newspaper Poetry by a Volunteer in the U. S. +Service." In "The Bay Fight" he describes the battle of Mobile Bay. + + + Look when the clouds are blowing + And all the winds are free: + In fury of their going + They fall upon the sea. + But though the blast is frantic, + And though the tempest raves, + The deep immense Atlantic + Is still beneath the waves. + + "Wind, Moon and Tides,"--_Frederic William Henry Myers_. + +FREDERIC WILLIAM HENRY MYERS, a distinguished English poet and critic, +was born at Duffield, England, February 6, 1843, and died January 17, +1901. He has written: "Science and a Future Life," "Renewal of Youth and +Other Poems," "Essays, Modern and Classical," "St. Paul," "English Men +of Letters," etc. Also a posthumous work called "Human Personality and +Its Survival of Bodily Death," (2 vols.), 1903. + + + Sir Thomas More advised an author, who had sent him his manuscript + to read, "to put it in rhyme." Which being done, Sir Thomas said, + "Yea, marry, now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; before it + was neither rhyme nor reason." + + --_Sir Thomas More_. + +SIR THOMAS MORE, the great English statesman and miscellaneous writer, +was born in London, February 7, 1478, and was executed July 6, 1535. He +wrote: "History of Richard III," "Life of John Picus, Earl of +Mirandola," and "Utopia" (which was his most celebrated work), etc. + + + Oh, a dainty plant is the ivy green, + That creepeth o'er ruins old! + Of right choice food are his meals, I ween, + In his cell so lone and cold. + Creeping where no life is seen, + A rare old plant is the ivy green. + + "Pickwick Papers," Chap. vi,--_Charles Dickens_. + +CHARLES DICKENS, one of the most famous of English novelists, was born +at Landport, in Portsea, February 7, 1812, and died June 9, 1870. His +most famous works are: "Oliver Twist," "Pickwick Papers," "Sketches by +Boz," "Nicholas Nickleby," "Old Curiosity Shop," "A Christmas Carol," +"American Notes," "The Cricket on the Hearth," "The Chimes," "Pictures +from Italy," "Dombey and Son," "The Battle of Life," "David +Copperfield," "The Haunted Man," "Bleak House," "Little Dorrit," "A +Child's History of England," "Great Expectations," "A Tale of Two +Cities," "Hard Times," "Our Mutual Friend," etc. + + + We can say nothing but what hath been said. Our poets steal from + Homer.... Our story-dressers do as much; he that comes last is + commonly best. + + "Democritus to the Reader,"--_Robert Burton_. + +ROBERT BURTON, a famous English writer, was born at Lindley, +Leicestershire, February 8, 1577, and died January 25, 1640. His +greatest work was: "Anatomy of Melancholy." + + + It is not written, blessed is he that feedeth the poor, but he + that considereth the poor. A little thought and a little kindness + are often worth more than a great deal of money. + + --_John Ruskin_. + +JOHN RUSKIN, the renowned English essayist and critic, was born in +London, February 8, 1819, and died January 20, 1900. His principal works +are: "The Seven Lamps of Architecture," "Modern Painters," "The Stones +of Venice," "Elements of Drawing," "The Two Paths," "Political Economy +of Art," "Lectures on Art," "The Art of England," "Verona and Other +Lectures," "Sesame and Lilies," "Munera Pulveris," "The Crown of Wild +Olive," "Love's Meinie," "The Eagle's Nest," "The Queen of the Air," +"Arrows of the Chace," "Proserpina," "The King of the Golden River," +etc. + + + Hold the fort! I am coming! + + Signalled to General Corse in Allatoona from the top of Kenesaw, + Oct. 5, 1864, + + --_William Tecumseh Sherman_. + +WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN, one of the greatest of American generals, was +born in Lancaster, O., February 8, 1820, and died in New York City, +February 14, 1891. He published: "Memoirs of Gen. William T. Sherman by +Himself" (2 vols.). + + + O white and midnight sky, O starry bath, + Wash me in thy pure, heavenly crystal flood: + Cleanse me, ye stars, from earthly soil and scath-- + Let not one taint remain in spirit or blood! + + "The Celestial Passion,"--_Richard Watson Gilder_. + +RICHARD WATSON GILDER, a distinguished American poet, was born in +Bordentown, N. J., February 8, 1844, and died in 1909. His works +include: "Two Worlds and Other Poems," "Five Books of Song," "Lyrics," +"The New Day," "The Great Remembrance and Other Poems," and "The +Celestial Passion." + + + What man supremely admires in man is manhood. The valiant man + alone has power to awaken the enthusiastic love of us all. + + "Life of Andrew Jackson,"--_James Parton_. + +JAMES PARTON, a famous American writer, was born at Canterbury, England, +February 9, 1822, and died at Newburyport, Mass., October 17, 1891. A +few of his works are: "Life and Times of Aaron Burr," "General Butler in +New Orleans," "Life of Thomas Jefferson," "Famous Americans of Recent +Times," "Life of Horace Greeley," "Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin," +"Life of Voltaire," "Humorous Poetry of the English Language," "Topics +of the Time," etc. + + + "Bourgeois," I observed, "is an epithet which the riff-raff apply + to what is respectable, and the aristocracy to what is decent." + + "Dolly Dialogues,"--_Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins_. + +SIR ANTHONY HOPE HAWKINS ("Anthony Hope") a celebrated English author +was born February 9, 1863. Among his works are: "The Prisoner of Zenda," +"The Dolly Dialogues," "Rupert of Hentzau," "Double Harness," "The Great +Miss Driver," "A Young Man's Year," "Beaumaroy Home from the Wars," +"Lucinda," etc. Plays: "The Adventure of Lady Ursula," "Pilkerton's +Peerage," etc. + + + I have had playmates, I have had companions, + In my days of childhood, in my joyful schooldays. + All, all are gone, the old familiar faces. + + "Old Familiar Faces,"--_Charles Lamb_. + +CHARLES LAMB, the great English essayist, was born in London, February +10, 1775, and died at Edmonton, December 27, 1834. Among his essays may +be mentioned: "Essays of Elia," "Last Essays of Elia," and his famous +work, "Tales from the Plays of Shakespeare" (Mary and Charles Lamb). + + + Too fair to worship, too divine to love. + + "The Belvedere Apollo,"--_Henry Hart Milman_. + +HENRY HART MILMAN, a celebrated English clergyman, historian, and poet, +was born in London, February 10, 1791, and died near Ascot, September +24, 1868. He wrote: "Fall of Jerusalem," "History of Christianity under +the Empire," "History of the Jews," and his most important work, "The +History of Latin Christianity down to the Death of Pope Nicholas V." + + + High in his chariot glow'd the lamp of day. + + "The Shipwreck," Canto I, III; L. 3,--_Falconer_. + +WILLIAM FALCONER, a noted Scotch poet, was born February 11, 1732, and +died in 1769. He wrote: "The Demagogue," a "Universal Dictionary of the +Marine," and numerous odes, satires and poems; the most famous of his +poems being "The Shipwreck." + + + Genius hath electric power + Which earth can never tame, + Bright suns may scorch and dark clouds lower, + Its flash is still the same. + + "Marius Amid the Ruins of Carthage,"--_Lydia M. Child_. + +LYDIA MARIA CHILD, a famous American prose-writer, was born in Medford, +Mass., February 11, 1802, and died in Wayland, Mass., October 20, 1880. +Among her numerous works may be mentioned, "Philothea," "Fact and +Fiction," "Looking Toward Sunset," "Miria: A Romance of the Republic," +"Hobomok," "Aspirations of the World," etc. + + + Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us + to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it. + + "Address," Cooper Union, New York City, Feb. 27, 1860,--_Abraham + Lincoln_. + +ABRAHAM LINCOLN, the great "War President," was born in Hardin County, +Ky., February 12, 1809, and died at Washington, D. C., April 15, 1865. +His "Address," at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, +Pa., and his "Second Inaugural Address," won for him everlasting fame. + + + We will now discuss in a little more detail the Struggle for + Existence. + + "The Origin of Species," Chap. iii,--_Charles Robert Darwin_. + +CHARLES ROBERT DARWIN, the famous English naturalist and philosopher, +was born at Shrewsbury, February 12, 1809, and died April 19, 1882. He +wrote: "The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex," "The +Expression of the Emotions in Men and Animals," "A Naturalist's Voyage," +"On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection," etc. + + + God's rarest blessing is, after all, a good woman. + + "The Ordeal of Richard Feverel,"--_George Meredith_. + +GEORGE MEREDITH, a noted British novelist and poet, was born at +Portsmouth, Hampshire, February 12, 1828, and died May 18, 1909. Some of +his famous works are: "Evan Harrington," "Harry Richmond," "Ordeal of +Richard Feverel," "Rhoda Fleming," "Vittoria," "The Adventures of Harry +Richmond," "Beauchamp's Career," "The Egoist," "The Tragic Comedians," +"Diana of the Crossways," "Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth," +"Ballads and Poems of Tragic Life," "A Reading of Earth," "One of Our +Conquerors," "The Amazing Marriage," etc. + + + Ils n'out rien appris, ni rien oublié.[1] + + --_Talleyrand_. + +CHARLES MAURICE DE TALLEYRAND-PÉRIGORD, a celebrated French diplomat, +was born at Paris, February 13, 1754, and died at Valencay, May 17, +1838. His "Memoirs" were first published in 1891-92 in (5 vols.); his +"Correspondence with Louis XVIII, during the Congress of Vienna," in +1881, his "Diplomatic Correspondence," in 1889-91 in (3 vols.) and +"Unpublished Letters of Talleyrand to Napoleon, 1800-1809," in 1889. + + + O golden Silence, bid our souls be still, + And on the foolish fretting of our care + Lay thy soft touch of healing unaware! + + "Silence,"--_Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr_. + +MRS. JULIA CAROLINE (RIPLEY) DORR, a noted American poet and novelist, +was born in Charleston, S. C., February 13, 1825, and died in 1913. Her +works include: "Afternoon Songs," "Daybreak, an Easter Poem," "Poems," +"Lanmere," "Expiation," "Farmingdale," "Bermuda," "Sibyl Huntington," +and "A Cathedral Pilgrimage." + + + Oh, for the simple life, + For tents and starry skies! + + "Aspiration,"--_Israel Zangwill_. + +ISRAEL ZANGWILL, a renowned English-Jewish novelist, was born in London, +February 14, 1864. He has published: "The Premier and the Painter," "The +Bachelors' Club," "The Big Bow Mystery," "The Old Maids' Club," +"Children of the Ghetto," "Merely Mary Ann," "Ghetto Tragedies," "The +Master," "The King of Schnorrers," "Without Prejudice," "The Mantle of +Elijah," "The Next Religion," "Plaster Saints." + + + Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign + masters--pain and pleasure. + + --_Jeremy Bentham_. + +JEREMY BENTHAM, a distinguished English writer on ethics and +jurisprudence, was born February 15, 1748, and died in 1832. His +collected works (11 volumes) were published in 1843, and include: "A +Fragment on Government," "View of the Hard Labor Bill," "Rationale of +Punishment and Rewards," "Introduction to the Principles of Morals and +Legislation," "The Panopticon, or the Inspection House," "Manual of +Political Economy," "Poor Laws and Pauper Management," "Constitutional +Code," etc. + + + A poet is the translator of the silent language of nature to the + world. + + --_R. W. Griswold_. + +RUFUS WILMOT GRISWOLD, a distinguished American journalist and +prose-writer, born in Benson, Vt., February 15, 1815, and died in New +York, August 27, 1857. His works include: "Poets and Poetry of America," +"Poets and Poetry of England in the Nineteenth Century," "Prose Writers +of America," "Female Poets of America," etc. + + + Up anchor! Up anchor! + Set sail and away! + The ventures of dreamland + Are thine for a day. + + "Dreamland,"--_Silas Weir Mitchell_. + +SILAS WEIR MITCHELL, a distinguished American physician, poet and +novelist, was born in Philadelphia, February 15, 1829, and died January +4, 1914. He has written: "In War Time," "Poems," "Hephzibah Guinness, +and Other Stories," "Hugh Wynne," "The Adventures of François," "The Red +City," "Westways," "Complete Poems," etc. + + + Noth lehrt auch die Könige beten.[2] + + "Der Trompeter von Säkkingen, Drittes Stuck,"--_Scheffel_. + +JOSEPH VIKTOR VON SCHEFFEL, an eminent German poet and novelist, was +born at Karlsruhe, February 16, 1826, and died April 9, 1886. He wrote: +"Gaudeamus," "Ekkehard," "Mountain Psalms," and his famous epic poem, +"The Trumpeter of Säkkingen," which won for him great fame, and has +reached more than 250 editions. + + + It is probable that for many millions of years but one climate + prevailed over the whole earth, which very closely resembled, or + even surpassed the hottest tropical climate of the present day. + + "Change of Climate and its Influence on Life," from "History of + Creation."--_Ernst Heinrich Haeckel_. + +ERNST HAECKEL, a renowned German naturalist, was born at Potsdam, +February 16, 1834, and died in 1919. Among his most famous works are: +"On the Division of Labor in Nature and Human Life," "On the Origin and +Genealogy of the Human Race," "Life in the Great Marine Animals," "The +Arabian Corals," "The System of the Medusa," "A Visit to Ceylon," +"Riddle of the Universe," "Natural History of Creation," "Souvenirs of +Algeria," "Monoism as Connected with Religion and Science," etc. + + + Darlings of the forest! + Blossoming alone + When Earth's grief is sorest + For her jewels gone-- + Ere the last snow-drift melts, your tender buds are blown. + + "Trailing Arbutus,"--_Rose Terry Cooke_. + +MRS. ROSE (TERRY) COOKE, a noted American poet and short-story writer, +was born at West Hartford, Conn., February 17, 1827, and died at +Pittsfield, Mass., July 18, 1892. Her complete poems were published in +1888, and her stories were published in book form under the titles: +"Somebody's Neighbors," "Root-Bound," "The Sphinx's Children," "Happy +Dodd," "Huckleberries," "Steadfast," a novel, appeared in 1889. + + + He [Hampden] had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a + hand to execute any mischief. + + "History of the Rebellion," Vol. iii, Book vii,--_Edward Hyde + Clarendon_. + +EDWARD HYDE, EARL OF CLARENDON, a celebrated English historian and +statesman, was born at Dinton, Wiltshire, February 18, 1609, and died at +Rouen, France, December 9, 1674. His famous works are: "History of the +Civil War in Ireland," "History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in +England," "Essay on an Active and Contemplative Life." + + + The earth is not the center of the universe. + + --_Copernicus_. + +NICOLAS COPERNICUS, a famous Polish astronomer, was born at Thorn, +Poland, February 19, 1473, and died at Frauenburg, Prussia, May 24, +1543. He wrote: "Revolutions of the Celestial Orbs (De Orbium +Coelestium Revolutionibus)." + + + I'm growing old, I'm sixty years; + I've labored all my life in vain. + In all that time of hopes and fears, + I've failed my dearest wish to gain. + I see full well that here below + Bliss unalloyed there is for none + My prayer would else fulfilment know-- + Never have I seen Carcassonne! + + "Carcassonne," Translated by John Reuben Thompson, Stanza + i,--_Gustave Nadaud_. + +GUSTAVE NADAUD, a well-known French composer and song-writer, was born +in Roubaix, February 20, 1820, and died in Paris, April 28, 1893. He +wrote a novel, "An Idyll," and published "Songs," "More Songs," +"Unpublished Songs," and "New Songs." + + + Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, + Lead thou me on! + The night is dark, and I am far from home: + Lead thou me on: + Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see + The distant scene: one step enough for me. + + "The Pillar of the Cloud,"--_John Henry Newman_. + +JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, a celebrated religious writer, first in the Church of +England, and later in the Roman Catholic Church, was born in London, +February 21, 1801, and died at Birmingham, August 11, 1890. His +principal works are: "Five Letters on Church Reform," "St. Bartholomew's +Eve," "Plain and Parochial Sermons," "Loss and Gain," "Verses on +Religious Subjects," "Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent," "Lectures on +Justification," "The Arians of the Fourth Century," "Tracts for the +Times," "Hymns for the Use of the Birmingham Oratory," and "Apologia pro +Vita Sua," his most celebrated work. + + + John Smith was the most picturesque figure in the early history of + America; and his writings are like him--bold, free, highly + colored. + + "An Introduction to the Study of American Literature," + (1896),--_Brander Matthews_. + +(JAMES) BRANDER MATTHEWS, a famous American author, was born in New +Orleans, February 21, 1852. Among his works may be mentioned: "French +Dramatists of the Nineteenth Century," "With My Friends," "Studies of +the Stage," "Bookbindings, Old and New," "Introduction to the Study of +American Literature," "Aspects of Fiction," "A Confident To-morrow," +"The Historical Novel," "Parts of Speech," "Essays in English," +"Development of the Drama," "Recreations of an Anthologist," "Inquiries +and Opinions," "The American of the Future," "A Study of the Drama," +"Molière," "Shakespeare as a Playwright," "These Many Years," etc. + + + To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of + preserving peace. + + "Speech to both Houses of Congress," Jan. 8, 1790,--_George + Washington_. + +GEORGE WASHINGTON, the illustrious American statesman and first +President of the United States, was born at Pope's Creek, Westmoreland +County, Va., February 22, 1732, and died at Mt. Vernon, Va., December +14, 1799. + + + Natural ability can almost compensate for the want of every kind + of cultivation; but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the + want of natural ability. + + --_Schopenhauer_. + +ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER, a renowned German philosopher, was born at Dantzic, +February 22, 1788, and died at Frankfort-on-the-Main, September, 1860. +He wrote: "The Fourfold Root of the Principle of the Sufficient Cause," +"The World as Will and Representation," "On Vision and Colors," "The Two +Fundamental Problems of Ethic," "Parerga and Paralipomena," etc. + + + And while the wicket falls behind + Her steps, I thought if I could find + A wife I need not blush to show + I've little further now to go. + + --_William Barnes_. + +WILLIAM BARNES, a celebrated English poet and philologist, was born in +Dorsetshire, February 22, 1800, and died in Winterbourne Came, in +October, 1886. He wrote many works on philology, and a series of "Poems +of Rural Life in Dorsetshire Dialect," "Poems of Rural Life," etc. + + + No man is born into the world whose work + Is not born with him. There is always work, + And tools to work withal, for those who will; + And blessed are the horny hands of toil. + + "A Glance behind the Curtain,"--_James Russell Lowell_. + +JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, the great American poet and critic, was born at +Cambridge, Mass., February 22, 1819, and died there August 12, 1891. +Some of his works are: "The Bigelow Papers," "A Year's Life," "Poems," +"Under the Willows and Other Poems," "My Study Windows," "Among My +Books," "Latest Literary Essays and Addresses," "Heartsease and Rue," +"Political Essays," "Democracy, and Other Addresses." + + + Nearer, my God, to Thee! + Nearer to Thee! + E'en though it be a cross + That raiseth me. + Still all my song shall be, + Nearer, my God, to Thee! + Nearer to Thee! + + "Nearer, my God, to Thee!"--_Sara Flower Adams_. + +SARA FLOWER ADAMS, a noted English hymn-writer, was born at Great +Harlow, Essex, February 22, 1805, and died August, 1848. She wrote many +lyrics and hymns, the most popular of which is "Nearer, My God, to +Thee!" + + + Never yet was a springtime + Late though lingered the snow, + That the sap stirred not at the whisper + Of the southwind, sweet and low; + Never yet was a springtime, + When the buds forgot to blow. + + "Awakening,"--_Margaret Elizabeth Sangster_. + +MARGARET ELIZABETH (MUNSON) SANGSTER, a celebrated American poet and +prose-writer, was born in New Rochelle, N. Y., February 22, 1838, and +died in 1912. Among her writings are: "May Stanhope and her Friend," +"Little Kingdom of Home," "Good Manners for all Occasions," "Radiant +Motherhood," "Easter Bells," "Little Knight and Ladies," "Lyrics of +Love," "Fairest Girlhood," "Eleanor Lee," "A Little Book of Homespun +Verse," "Women of the Bible," "The Story Bible," "From My Youth Up--an +Autobiography," "My Garden of Hearts," and her famous poems, "Our Own" +and "Are the Children at Home?" + + + To St. Paul's Church Yard to my book-sellers ... choose ... + "Hudibras," both parts, the book now in greatest fashion for + drollery, though I cannot, I confess, see enough where the wit + lies. + + "_Diary_," Dec. 10, 1663,--_Samuel Pepys_. + +SAMUEL PEPYS, a famous English diarist, was born in London, February 23, +1633, and died there May 26, 1703. His fame rests on the remarkable +"Diary" that bears his name. + + + Rocked in the cradle of the deep + I lay me down in peace to sleep; + Secure I rest upon the wave, + For Thou, O Lord! hast power to save. + I know Thou wilt not slight my call, + For Thou dost mark the sparrow's fall, + And calm and peaceful shall I sleep, + Rocked in the cradle of the deep. + + "Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep," Stanza I,--_Emma (Hart) + Willard_. + +EMMA (HART) WILLARD, a noted American educator, historian, and poet, was +born at New Berlin, Conn., February 23, 1787, and died at Troy, N. Y., +April 15, 1870. She has written: "A History of the United States," +"Universal History in Perspective," etc. She also wrote: "Rocked in the +Cradle of the Deep," and much other verse. + + + By one great Heart, the Universe is stirred: + By Its strong pulse, stars climb the darkening blue; + It throbs in each fresh sunset's changing hue, + And thrills through low sweet song of every bird. + + "Life,"--_Margaret Deland_. + +MARGARET WADE DELAND, a famous American author, was born at Allegheny, +Pa., February 23, 1857. She has written: "John Ward, Preacher," "The Old +Garden and Other Verses," "Old Chester Tales," "Dr. Lavendar's People," +"The Common Way," "The Awakening of Helena Richie," "An Encore," "The +Iron Woman," "The Voice," "Partners," "The Hands of Esau," "Around Old +Chester," "The Rising Tide," etc. + + + While we read history we make history. + + "The Call of Freedom,"--_George William Curtis_. + +GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS, a distinguished American author, was born in +Providence, R. I., February 24, 1824, and died at Staten Island, August +31, 1892. His works include: "The Howadji in Syria," "Nile Notes of a +Howadji," "Manners upon the Road," "Lotus Eating," "Prue and I," +"Potiphar Papers," "Trumps," etc. + + + If Goldsmith had to struggle socially against the disadvantages of + poverty, intellectually it cannot be doubted that poverty very + amply compensated him. His circumstances forced him to be an + unwilling spectator of scenes, and the companion of men of whom + affluence or his laziness would have kept him ignorant. His + "Citizen of the World," indeed, is an epitome of London life as it + was exhibited to the observer of that age. + + "Goldsmith and La Bruyère," _The Argosy_, p. 265,--_William + Clark Russell_. + +WILLIAM CLARK RUSSELL, a noted English-American novelist, was born in +New York City, February 24, 1844, and died in 1911. Among his numerous +sea stories and novels are: "The Wreck of the Grosvenor," "A Sailor's +Sweetheart," "My Watch Below," "A Sea Queen," "Jack's Courtship," "A +Strange Voyage," "The Frozen Pirate," "The Death Ship," "Marooned," "The +Romance of Jenny Harlowe," "The Good Ship Mohock," "Overdue," "The +Ship's Adventure," "Abandoned," "Voyage at Anchor," "Yarn of Old Harbor +Town," etc. + + + All flowers, it would seem, were in their earliest form yellow; + then some of them became white; after that a few of them grew to + be red or purple; and finally, a comparatively small number + acquired various shades of violet, mauve, lilac, or blue. + + "The Colors of Flowers,"--_Grant Allen_. + +GRANT ALLEN (CHARLES GRANT BLAIRFINDIE ALLEN), a celebrated English +naturalist, essayist, and novelist, was born in Kingstone, Canada, +February 24, 1848, and died October 24, 1899. His most noted works are +"The Devil's Die," "Under Sealed Orders," "Recalled to Life," "The +Woman Who Did," "Strange Stories," "The British Barbarians," "Science in +Arcady," "Vignettes from Nature," "Colin Clout's Calendar," "The Color +Sense," "Colors of Flowers," "Flowers and Their Pedigrees," "Force and +Nature," etc. + + + Bello è il rossore, ma è incommodo qualche volta.[3] + + "Pamela," I, 3,--_Goldoni_. + +CARLO GOLDONI, a noted Italian comedy-writer, was born in Venice, +February 25, 1707, and died at Paris, January 6, 1793. He wrote: "The +Good Father," "The Singer," "Pamela," "Belisarius," "The Venetian +Gondolier," "Rosamond," and "The Coffee House." + + + Let us reckon upon the future. A time will come when the science + of destruction shall bend before the arts of peace; when the + genius which multiplies our powers--which creates new + products--which diffuses comfort and happiness among the great + mass of the people--shall occupy in the general estimation of + mankind that rank which reason and common sense now assign to it. + + "Eloge on James Watt."--_Arago_. + +DOMINIQUE FRANÇOIS ARAGO, an eminent French astronomer and physicist, +was born near Perpignan, February 26, 1786, and died in Paris, October +2, 1853. Among his publications are: "Popular Lectures on Astronomy," +"Meteorological Essays," "Biographies of Scientific Men," and his own +"Autobiography." + + + A queen devoid of beauty is not queen; + She needs the royalty of beauty's mien. + + "Eviradnus," V,--_Victor Hugo_. + +VICTOR HUGO, the great French novelist, was born at Besançon, February +26, 1802, and died at Paris, May 22, 1885. His most famous works are: +"Odes and Ballads," "New Odes," "The Orientals," "Various Odes and +Poems," "Twilight Songs," "Inner Voices," "Sunbeams and Shadows," +"Autumn Leaves," "Songs of the Streets and Woods," "The Four Winds of +the Spirit," "The Legend of the Ages," "Notre Dame de Paris," "The Last +Day of a Condemned Man," "Claude Gueux," "Napoleon the Little," "Les +Misérables," "The Man Who Laughs," "Acts and Words," "History of a +Crime," "The Toilers of the Sea," etc. Also numerous plays, among them, +"Amy Robsart," "Cromwell," "Hernani," "Lucretia Borgia," "Marie Tudor," +and "Esmeralda." + + + These deeper questions cannot be treated in this short appendix to + Descartes' life. They are mentioned here merely to show how he was + to modern thought what Socrates was to Greek philosophy. Far + greater, too, was he than Socrates, in the range of his influence. + In every department of his thinking--in his first philosophy, his + theology, his physics, his psychology, his physiology--he sowed + the dragon's teeth from which sprang hosts of armed men, to join + in an intellectual conflict, internecine, let us trust, to their + many errors and prejudices, but fraught with new life and energy + to the intellectual progress of Europe. + + "Descartes,"--_John Pentland Mahaffy_. + +JOHN PENTLAND MAHAFFY, a distinguished Irish classical scholar and +historian, was born at Chapponnaire, Switzerland, February 26, 1839, and +died in 1919. Among his publications are: "Social Life in Greece," +"Rambles and Studies in Greece," "Greek Life and Thought," "Greece Under +Roman Sway," "History of Classical Greek Literature," "The Silver Age of +the Greek World," "The Empire of the Ptolemies," etc. + + + Sail, on, O Ship of State! + Sail on, O Union, strong and great! + Humanity with all its fears, + With all the hopes of future years + Is hanging breathless on thy fate! + + "_The Building of the Ship_,"--_Longfellow_. + +HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW, one of the greatest of American poets, was +born at Portland, Me., February 27, 1807, and died at Cambridge, Mass., +March 24, 1882. His celebrated works include: "Voices of the Night," +"Hyperion," "Poems on Slavery," "Ballads and Other Poems," "The Spanish +Student," "Poets and Poetry of Europe," "Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie," +"The Seaside and the Fireside," "The Golden Legend," "A Volume of +Poems," "Song of Hiawatha," "Poems," "Courtship of Miles Standish," +"Tales of a Wayside Inn," "A New England Tragedy," "Excelsior," "The +Skeleton in Armor," "The Building of a Ship," etc. + + + A grain of sand leads to the fall of a mountain when the moment + has come for the mountain to fall. + + --_Ernest Renan_. + +JOSEPH ERNEST RENAN, the renowned French Semitic-Orientalist; historian, +philologist, and essayist, was born at Treguier, Brittany, February 27, +1823, and died at Paris, October 2, 1892. Among his numerous works may +be mentioned: "General History of the Semitic Languages," "The Life of +Jesus," "Marcus Aurelius," "Studies in Religious History," "Questions of +the Day," "Recollections of My Youth," "New Studies in Religious +History," "Discourses and Conferences," "Dialogue of the Dead," "The +Song of Songs," and "Ecclesiastes." + + + Samuel Pepys stands at the head of the world's literature in his + own department.... Pepys' "_Diary_" has been frequently compared + with Boswell's "_Life of Johnson_," and with justice in so far as + the charm of each arises from the inimitable naïveté of the + author's self-revelations. Boswell had a much greater character + than his own to draw, but Pepys had to be his own Johnson. It is + giving him no excessive praise to say that he makes himself as + interesting as Johnson and Boswell together.... Another Milton is + more likely to appear than another Pepys. + + "The Age of Dryden,"--_Richard Garnett_. + +RICHARD GARNETT, a noted English librarian and author, was born at +Litchfield, February 27, 1835, and died April 13, 1906. He wrote: +"Primula," "Io in Egypt," "Idylls and Epigrams," "The Queen and Other +Poems," "Collected Poems," "The Twilight of the Gods," "A Short History +of Italian Literature," "Essays in Librarianship and Bibliophily," etc. + + + You hail from Dreamland, Dragon-fly? + A stranger hither? So am I + And (sooth to say) I wonder why + We either of us came! + + "To a Dragon-fly,"--_Agnes M. F. R. Darmesteter_. + +AGNES M. F. R. DARMESTETER, a distinguished English poet, was born in +Leamington, February 27, 1857. Her writings include: "A Handful of +Honeysuckle," "Lyrics," "Retrospect," "Arden," a novel, "Emily Brontë," +"The New Arcadia and Other Poems," "An Italian Garden, a Book of Songs," +"The End of the Middle Ages," "Essays and Questions in History," "Life +of Renan," "Collected Poems," "The Fields of France," "The Return to +Nature," "The French Ideal," "Twentieth Century French Writers," "Madame +de Sévigne," etc. + + + How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputation! + + "Of Glory," Chap. xvi.--_Montaigne_. + +MICHEL EYQUEM DE MONTAIGNE, the illustrious French moral philosopher, +was born at Château Montaigne, Perigord, February 28, 1533, and died +September 13, 1592. His remarkable "Essays" won for him world-wide fame. + + + In Nature there is no dirt, everything is in the right condition; + the swamp and the worm, as well as the grass and the bird--all is + there for itself. Only because we think that all things have a + relation to us, do they appear justifiable or otherwise. + + --_Auerbach_. + +BERTHOLD AUERBACH, a renowned German novelist, was born at Nordstetten, +Wurtemberg, February 28, 1812, and died at Cannes, France, February 8, +1882. He wrote: "The Educated Citizen, a Book for the Thinking Human +Mind," "Poet and Merchant," "Spinoza," "The Professor's Lady," "Little +Barefoot," "Joseph in the Snow," "Edelweiss," "New Life," "The Head +Forester," "The Villa on the Rhine," "Waldfried, a Family History," +"Black Forest Village Stories," "After Thirty Years," and his most noted +work, "On the Heights." + + + The first, and perhaps the final impression we receive from the + work of Robert Browning is that of a great nature, an immense + personality. + + "Introduction to the Study of Browning,"--_Arthur Symons_. + +ARTHUR SYMONS, a celebrated writer of prose and verse, was born in +Wales, February 28, 1865. His publications include: "An Introduction to +the Study of Browning," "Days and Nights," "Silhouettes," "London +Nights," "Amoris Victima," "Studies in Two Literatures," "The Symbolist +Movement in Literature," "Images of Good and Evil," "Collected Poems," +"Plays, Acting, and Music," "Cities," "Studies in Prose and Verse," +"Spiritual Adventures," "A Book of Twenty Songs," "The Fool of the +World," "Studies in Seven Arts," "Cities of Italy," "The Romantic +Movement in English Poetry," "Knave of Hearts," "Figures of Several +Centuries," "Tragedies," etc. + + + Take time enough: all other graces + Will soon fill up their proper places. + + "Advice to Preach Slow,"--_John Byrom_. + +JOHN BYROM, a noted English poet, and writer of hymns, was born at +Kersel Cell, near Manchester, February 29, 1692, and died in 1763. He +wrote a famous poem "Colin and Phoebe." A collection of his poems was +published in 1773. + + +FOOTNOTES: + +[1] They have learned nothing, and they have forgotten nothing. + +[2] Danger teaches even kings to pray. + +[3] The blush is beautiful, but it is sometimes inconvenient. + + + + +MARCH + + + + +MARCH + + + That friendship only is, indeed, genuine when two friends, without + speaking a word to each other, can, nevertheless, find happiness + in being together. + + --_George Ebers_. + +GEORGE MORITZ EBERS, a famous German Egyptologist and novelist, was born +at Berlin, March 1, 1837, and died August 7, 1898. Among his noted works +are: "The Sisters," "The Emperor," "Serapis," "Joshua," "Cleopatra," +"Homo Sum," "Uarda," "The Bride of the Nile," and "An Egyptian +Princess," his most celebrated work. + + + Until after the war we had no real novels in this country, except + "Uncle Tom's Cabin." This is one of the great novels of the world, + and of all time. Even the fact that slavery was done away with + does not matter; the interest in "Uncle Tom's Cabin," never will + pass, because the book is really as well as ideally true to human + nature, and nobly true. It is the only great novel of ours before + the war that I can think of. + + "My Favorite Novelist,"--_Munsey's Magazine_, Vol. 17, p. 22, + 1897.--_William Dean Howells_. + +WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS, a celebrated American novelist and poet, was born +at Martinsville, O., March 1, 1837, and died in 1921. Among his numerous +works are: "Italian Journeys," "Poets and Poetry of the West," "Poems," +"A Day's Pleasure," "A Little Girl Among the Old Masters," "Indian +Summer," "Modern Italian Poets," "The Shadow of a Dream," "A Little +Swiss Sojourn," "My Year in a Log Cabin," "My Literary Passions," +"Impressions and Experiences," "A Previous Engagement," "Certain +Delightful English Towns," "Through the Eye of the Needle," +"Fennel and Rue," "Imaginary Interviews," "The Seen and Unseen in +Stratford-on-Avon," "Years of My Youth," "A Modern Instance," "The Lady +of the Aristook," "The Rise of Silas Lapham." + + + Much like a subtle spider which doth sit + In middle of her web, which spreadeth wide; + If aught do touch the utmost thread of it, + She feels it instantly on every side. + + "The Immortality of the Soul,"--_Sir John Davies_. + +SIR JOHN DAVIES, a noted English poet and judge, was bom in Tisbury, +Wiltshire, March 2, 1570, and died December 7 or 8, 1626. He wrote: +"Know Thyself," "The Orchestra," and "Hymns to Astraea." + + + Of the generations of American statesmen that followed those of + the Revolutionary period, few will live as long in the memory of + the people, and none as long in the literature of the country, as + Daniel Webster. + + "Library of the World's Best Literature," 1897, ed. Warner, + Vol. 38, p. 15725.--_Carl Schurz_. + +CARL SCHURZ, a famous German-American journalist and statesman, was born +near Cologne, Prussia, March 2, 1829, and died in 1906. His most +celebrated speeches are: "The Irrepressible Conflict," "The Doom of +Slavery," "The Abolition of Slavery as a War Measure," "Life of Henry +Clay," "Eulogy on Charles Sumner," etc. + + + Go, lovely rose! + Tell her that wastes her time and me + That now she knows, + When I resemble her to thee, + How sweet and fair she seems to be. + + "Go, Lovely Rose,"--_Edmund Waller_. + +EDMUND WALLER, a renowned English poet and parliamentarian, was born at +Coleshill, March 3, 1605, and died at Beaconsfield, October 21, 1687. He +published a volume of poems in 1645, and another in 1664. + + + O woman! lovely woman! Nature made thee + To temper man: we had been brutes without you. + Angels are painted fair, to look like you: + There's in you all that we believe of heaven,-- + Amazing brightness, purity, and truth, + Eternal joy, and everlasting love. + + "Venice Preserved," Act i, Sc. 1,--_Thomas Otway_. + +THOMAS OTWAY, a noted English dramatist, was born at Trotton, near +Midhurst, Sussex, March 3, 1652, and died in April, 1685. His famous +plays include "Don Carlos, Prince of Spain," "The Orphan, or the Unhappy +Marriage," "The History and Fall of Caius Marius," "Venice Preserved, or +a Plot Discover'd," etc. + + + When money represents many things, not to love it would be to love + nearly nothing. To forget true needs can be only a feeble + moderation; but to know the value of money and to sacrifice it + always, maybe to duty, maybe even to delicacy,--that is real + virtue. + + --_De Sénancour_. + +ETIENNE PIVERT DE SÉNANCOUR, a distinguished French writer, born at +Paris, March 4 (?), 1770, and died at St. Cloud, January 10, 1846. He +wrote: "Reveries on the Primitive State of Man," "Love According to +Primordial Laws, and According to the Conventions of Society," "Free +Meditations of an Unknown Solitary on Detachment from the World," +"Isabella," and "Obermann," his most celebrated work. + + + I have always believed that success would be the inevitable result + if the two services, the army and the navy, had fair play, and if + we sent the right man to fill the right place. + + "Speech in Parliament," January 15, 1855,--_Sir Austen Henry + Layard_. + +SIR AUSTEN HENRY LAYARD, a celebrated English traveler, was born at +Paris, March 5, 1817, and died July 5, 1894. Among his publications are: +"Nineveh and Babylon," "Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana, and +Babylonia," "Nineveh and Its Remains." + + + Deep brown eyes running over with glee; + Blue eyes are pale, and gray eyes are sober; + Bonnie brown eyes are the eyes for me. + + "October's Song,"--_Constance F. Woolson_. + +CONSTANCE FENIMORE WOOLSON, a well-known American poet and novelist, was +born at Claremont, N. H., March 5, 1848, and died at Venice, January, +1894. Her principal works are: "Rodman the Keeper," "For the Major," +"Anne," "East Angels," "Horace Chase," "Jupiter Lights," and "Castle +Nowhere." + + + As when, O lady mine! + With chiselled touch + The stone unhewn and cold + Becomes a living mould. + The more the marble wastes, + The more the statue grows. + + "Sonnet," Translation by Mrs. Henry Roscoe,--_Michelangelo_. + +MICHAELANGELO BUONAROTTI, one of the greatest of Italian sculptors and +poets, was born at Caprese, March 6, 1475, and died at Rome, February +18, 1564. His "Poems" were published in 1863, and a volume of "Letters" +in 1865. + + + God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, + And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, + A gauntlet with a gift in't. + + "Aurora Leigh, Book II,"--_Elizabeth Browning_. + +ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING, a famous English poetess, was born in +Durham, March 6, 1809, and died in Florence, June 30, 1861. Her +principal poems are: "The Drama of Exile," "A Vision of Poets," "The +Seraphim," "Romance of the Swan's Nest," "Aurora Leigh," "The Cry of the +Children," "Lady Geraldine's Courtship," and "Sonnets from the +Portuguese." + + + A little work, a little play + To keep us going--and so good day! + + A little warmth, a little light + Of love's bestowing--and so, good night. + + A little fun, to match the sorrow + Of each day's growing--and so, good morrow! + + A little trust that when we die + We reap our sowing--and so, good bye! + + "Trilby,"--_George Du Maurier_. + +GEORGE DU MAURIER, a celebrated illustrator, cartoonist, and novelist, +was born in Paris, March 6, 1834, and died in London, October 8, 1896. +He wrote and illustrated three noted stories, "Peter Ibbetson," +"Trilby," and "The Martian." + + + The people are gaining upon Nathaniel Hawthorne's works. A century + hence, when the most popular authors of to-day are forgotten, he + will probably be more widely read than ever. + + --_Edward P. Roe_, 1888. + +EDWARD PAYSON ROE, a noted American novelist, was born in Orange County, +N. Y., March 7, 1838, and died at Cornwall, N. Y., July 19, 1888. He +wrote: "Barriers Burned Away," "What Can She Do?" "The Opening of a +Chestnut Burr," "From Jest to Earnest," "Near to Nature's Heart," "A +Knight of the Nineteenth Century," "A Face Illumined," "A Day of Fate," +"Without a Home," "A Young Girl's Wooing," "Nature's Serial Story," +"Driven Back to Eden," "He Fell in Love with His Wife," "A Hornet's +Nest," "Miss Lou," "Taken Alive, and Other Stories," etc. + + + The Roman Epic abounds in moral and poetical defects; nevertheless + it remains the most complete picture of the national mind at its + highest elevation; the most precious document of national history, + if the history of an age is recorded in its ideas, no less than in + its events and incidents. + + "History of the Romans under the Empire," Ch. + xli,--_C. Merivale_. + +CHARLES MERIVALE, a famous English historian, was born March 8, 1808, +and died December 27, 1893. He wrote: "General History of Rome from the +Foundation of the City to the Fall of Augustulus," and in 1862 he very +successfully translated Keats' "Hyperion" into Latin verse. + + + O Light divine! we need no fuller test + That all is ordered well; + We know enough to trust that all is best + Where Love and Wisdom dwell. + + "Oh, Love Supreme,"--_Christopher P. Cranch_. + +CHRISTOPHER P. CRANCH, a noted American poet and artist, was born in +Alexandria, Va., March 8, 1813, and died in Cambridge, Mass., January +20, 1892. His publications include: "Poems," "The Last of the +Huggermuggers," and "Ariel and Caliban, with Other Poems." + + + Man, being essentially active, must find in activity his joy, as + well as his beauty and glory; and labor, like everything else that + is good, is its own reward. + + --_Whipple_. + +EDWIN PERCY WHIPPLE, a distinguished American literary critic, was born +at Gloucester, Mass., March 8, 1819, and died in Boston, June 16, 1886. +He published: "Essays and Reviews" (2 vols. 1848-49), "Lectures on +Subjects Connected with Literature and Life," "Character and +Characteristic Men," "The Literature of the Age of Elizabeth," "Success +and Its Conditions." He also wrote: "Recollections of Eminent Men," +"American Literature and Other Papers," and "Outlooks on Society, +Literature, and Politics." The latter works were published after his +death. + + + Public credit means the contracting of debts which nations never + can pay. + + "Advice to Young Men,"--_William Cobbett_. + +WILLIAM COBBETT, a distinguished English essayist and political writer, +was born in Farnham, March 9, 1762, and died at Normandy Farm, near +Farnham, June, 1835. He wrote: "The Political Proteus," "Legacy to +Laborers," "Advice to Young Men," etc. + + + The historian is a prophet looking backward. + + --_Schlegel_. + +FRIEDRICH VON SCHLEGEL, a celebrated German critic and philologist, was +born at Hanover, March 10, 1772, and died at Dresden, January 12, 1829. +Among his publications are: "History of Greek and Roman Poetry," "The +Greeks and Romans," "Fragments," "Poems," "Alarcos," "Language and +Wisdom of the Indians," "On the Schools of Grecian Poetry," "Modern +History," "History of Ancient and Modern Literature," "Philosophy of +Life," etc. + + + Wem Gott will rechte Gunst erweisen, + Den schickt er in die weite Welt.[1] + + "Der Frohe Wandersmann,"--_J. V. Eichendorff_. + +BARON JOSEPH VON EICHENDORFF, a distinguished German poet, was born at +the castle of Lubowitz in Silesia, March 10, 1788, and died at Neisse, +November 26, 1857. His famous works include: "Presage and Presence," +"War to the Philistines," "The Last Hero of Marienburg," etc. + + + I do not deem that Castiglione wrote for the men of his own day + only ... the beauty of his writings deserves that in all ages they + should be read and praised; and as long as courts shall endure, as + long as princes, ladies, and noble gentlemen shall meet together, + as long as valor and courtesy shall abide in our hearts, the name + of Castiglione will be valued. + + --_Tasso_. + +TORQUATO TASSO, a renowned Italian poet, was born at Sorrento, Italy, +March 11, 1544, and died at Rome, April 25, 1595. He published: +"Rinaldo," "Aminta," "Torismondo," and his masterpiece, "Jerusalem +Delivered." + + + Wealth is not acquired, as many persons suppose, by fortunate + speculations and splendid enterprises, but by the daily practice + of industry, frugality, and economy. He who relies upon these + means will rarely be found destitute, and he who relies upon any + other will generally become bankrupt. + + --_Wayland_. + +FRANCIS WAYLAND, a distinguished American clergyman, author, and +educator, was born in New York City, March 11, 1796, and died in +Providence, Rhode Island, September 30, 1865. Among his notable works +are: "Elements of Moral Science," "Elements of Political Economy," "The +Limitations of Human Responsibility," "Elements of Intellectual +Philosophy," "Sermons to Churches," etc., etc. + + + Our youth we can have but to-day, + We may always find time to grow old. + + "Can Love be controlled by Advice?"--_Bishop Berkeley_. + +BISHOP GEORGE BERKELEY, the eminent Irish clergyman and author, was born +near Kilkenny, March 12, 1685, and died at Oxford, England, January 14, +1753. His writings include: "Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision," "The +Analyst," "The Principles of Human Knowledge," his famous "Commonplace +Book, 1703-6," etc. + + + The terrible rumble, grumble and roar + Telling the battle was on once more-- + And Sheridan twenty miles away! + + "Sheridan's Ride,"--_Thomas Buchanan Read_. + +THOMAS BUCHANAN READ, a celebrated American portrait-painter and poet, +was born in Pennsylvania, March 12, 1822, and died in 1872. His most +famous works are: "The House by the Sea," "Poems," "Lays and Ballads," +"Poetical Works," "A Summer Story," "The New Pastoral," "The Pilgrims of +the Great St. Bernard," "The Good Samaritans," "A Voyage to Iceland," +"Sylvia; or The Lost Shepherd," "Drifting." + + + "I have heard frequent use," said the late Lord Sandwich, in a + debate on the Test Laws, "of the words 'orthodoxy' and + 'heterodoxy'; but I confess myself at a loss to know precisely + what they mean." "Orthodoxy, my Lord," said Bishop Warburton, in a + whisper,--"orthodoxy is my doxy, heterodoxy is another man's + doxy." + + "Memoirs," Vol. i, p. 572,--_Priestley_. + +JOSEPH PRIESTLEY, an English theologian, physicist, and philosopher of +great fame, was born at Fieldhead, near Leeds, March 13, 1733, and died +near Philadelphia, February 6, 1804. His principal writings are: +"Observations on Different Kinds of Air," "History of Electricity," "The +Doctrine of Phlogiston Established," "History of the Corruptions of +Christianity," "Disquisitions on Matter and Spirit," and "Institutes of +Natural and Revealed Religion." + + + Nature is mighty. Art is mighty. Artifice is weak. For nature is + the work of a mightier power than man. Art is the work of man + under the guidance and inspiration of a mightier power. Artifice + is the work of mere man, in the imbecility of his mimic + understanding. + + --_Hare_. + +AUGUSTUS JOHN CUTHBERT HARE, a noted English descriptive writer, was +born in Rome, March 13, 1834, and died in 1903. He wrote: "A Winter at +Mentone," "Walks in Rome," "Wanderings in Spain," "Walks in London," +"Days near Paris," "Cities of Southern Italy and Sicily," "Memorials of +a Quiet Life," "Story of My Life," etc. + + + This new page opened in the book of our public expenditures, and + this new departure taken, which leads into the bottomless gulf of + civil pensions and family gratuities. + + "Speech in the U. S. Senate against a Grant to President + Harrison's Widow," April, 1841,--_Thomas Hart Benton_. + +THOMAS HART BENTON, a distinguished American statesman and author, was +born near Hillsborough, Orange County, N. C., March 14, 1782, and died +in Washington, D. C., April 10, 1858. His chief publications are his +"Abridgment of the Debates of Congress" and his "Thirty Years' View." + + + His form was of the manliest beauty, + His heart was kind and soft; + Faithful below he did his duty, + But now he's gone aloft. + + "Tom Bowling,"--_Charles Dibdin_. + +CHARLES DIBDIN, a noted English lyric and dramatic poet, and actor, was +born at Southampton, March 15, 1745, and died July 25, 1814. He wrote: +"History of the Stage," "Sea Songs," and many plays and operettas. + + + Dulde, gedulde dich fein! + Uber ein Stundlein + Ist deine Kammer voll Sonne![2] + + "Gedichte," "Uber ein Stundlein,"--_P. Heyse_. + +PAUL LUDWIG HEYSE, a famous German poet and novelist, was born in +Berlin, March 15, 1830, and died in 1914. He has written: "The Sabines," +"The Brothers," "Ourika," "Rafael," "Children of the World," etc.; also +his celebrated tragedy "Francesca da Rimini." + + + The advice nearest to my heart and deepest in my convictions is + that the union of the states be cherished and perpetuated. Let the + open enemy to it be regarded as a Pandora with her box opened, and + the disguised one as the serpent creeping with his deadly wiles + into paradise. + + --_James Madison_. + +JAMES MADISON, the fourth President of the United States, was born at +Port Conway, Va., March 16, 1751, and died at Montpelier, Vt., June 28, +1836. His "Complete Works" have been published in six volumes. + + + O Liberty! Liberty! how many crimes are committed in thy name. + + --_Madame Roland_. + +MADAME ROLAND, a noted French author and Republican politician, was born +in Paris, March 17, 1754, and died November 8, 1793. Her "Letters" and +"Memoirs," published after her death, have made her famous. + + + Even in the fiercest uproar of our stormy passions, conscience, + though in her softest whispers, gives to the supremacy of + rectitude the voice of an undying testimony. + + --_Chalmers_. + +THOMAS CHALMERS, a famous Scottish theologian, was born in Anstruther, +Fifeshire, March 17, 1780, and died in Edinburgh, May 30, 1847. His +works were collected (23 vols., 1836-42), "Posthumous Works" (9 vols., +1847-49), "Select Works" (12 vols., 1854-79). + + + Man dwells apart, though not alone, + He walks among his peers unread; + The best of thoughts which he hath known + For lack of listeners are not said. + + "Afterthought,"--_Jean Ingelow_. + +JEAN INGELOW, a celebrated English poet and novelist was born in Boston, +Lincolnshire, March 17, 1830, and died in London, July 19, 1897. Among +her writings are: "A Rhyming Chronicle of Incidents and Feelings," "Home +Thoughts and Home Scenes," "Round of Days," "A Story of Doom and Other +Poems," "Mopsa the Fairy," "Little Wonder Horn," "Studies for Stories," +"A Sister's Bye Hours," "Quite Another Story," "A Motto Changed," "Songs +of Seven," etc. + + + We pardon infidelities, but we do not forget them. + + --_Madame de Lafayette_. + +MADAME DE LAFAYETTE, a noted French novelist, was baptized at Paris, +March 18, 1634, and died there, May 25, 1693. She wrote: "The Princess +de Montpensier," "Zaide," "History of Henrietta of England," "Memoirs of +the Court of France for the Years 1688 and 1689," and "The Princess of +Cleves," her most celebrated work. + + + The very essence of a free government consists in considering + offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, + and not for the benefit of an individual or a party. + + "Speech," February 13, 1835.--_John C. Calhoun_. + +JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN, an illustrious American statesman, was born in +Abbeville Dist., S. C., March 18, 1782, and died in Washington, March +31, 1850. His works include his famous treatise: "On the Constitution +and Government of the United States," and a "Discourse on Government." + + + Though the people support the government the government should not + support the people. + + "Veto of Texas Seed Bill," February 16, 1887.--_Grover + Cleveland_. + +GROVER STEPHEN CLEVELAND, a distinguished American diplomat and +President of the United States from 1885 to 1889, and again from 1893 to +1897, was born at Caldwell, Essex County, New Jersey, March 18, 1837, +and died in 1908. He published: "Presidential Problems," "Fishing and +Hunting Sketches." + + + Oh, bring again my heart's content, + Thou Spirit of the Summer-time! + + "Song,"--_William Allingham_. + +WILLIAM ALLINGHAM, a noted Irish poet, was born at Ballyshannon, March +19, 1828, and died at Hampstead, near London, November 18, 1889. His +most celebrated work is: "Lawrence Bloomfield in Ireland." + + + It is the mind that makes the man, and our vigor is in our + immortal soul. + + "Metamorphoses," xiii,--_Ovid_. + +OVID (PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO), the great Roman poet, was born at Sulmo, +March 20, 43 B.C., and died at Tomi, A.D. 17. He wrote: "Heroids," +"Metamorphoses," "Fasti," "Art of Love," "Epistles," "Amours," etc. + + + Only the spirit of rebellion craves for happiness in this life. + What right have we human beings to happiness? + + "Ghosts,"--_Henrik Ibsen_. + +HENRIK IBSEN, a famous Norwegian dramatist, was born in Skien, March 20, +1828, and died in 1906. His most noted plays are: "The Pillars of +Society," "The Warriors at Helgeland," "Love's Comedy," "The Wild Duck," +"An Enemy of the People," "Ghosts," "Hedda Gabler," and "A Doll's +House." + + + Try it for a day, I beseech you, to preserve yourself in an easy + and cheerful frame of mind. Compare the day in which you have + rooted out the weed of dissatisfaction with that on which you have + allowed it to grow up, and you will find your heart open to every + good motive, your life strengthened and your breast armed with a + panoply against every trick of fate, truly you will wonder at your + own improvement. + + --_Richter_. + +JEAN PAUL FRIEDRICH RICHTER, the celebrated German philosopher and +humorist, was born at Wunsiedel, Bavaria, March 21, 1763, and died at +Bayreuth, November 14, 1825. His noted works were: "The Country Valley," +"Titan," "Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces," "The Invisible Lodge," "The +Life of Quintus Fixlein," "The Jubilating Senior," "Introduction to +Aesthetics," "Hesperus," "Wild Oats," etc. + + + This is the charm, by sages often told, + Converting all it touches into gold: + Content can soothe, where 'er by fortune placed, + Can rear a garden in the desert waste. + + "Clifton Grove," L. 130,--_Henry Kirke White_. + +HENRY KIRKE WHITE, a noted English poet, was born at Nottingham, March +21, 1785, and died October 19, 1806. He published: "Clifton Grove, a +Sketch in Verse with Other Poems," which was dedicated to Georgiana, +Duchess of Devonshire. He also wrote numerous religious verses. + + + In George Sand's finest work there is a sweet spontaneity, almost + as if she were an oracle of Nature uttering automatically the + divine message. But, on the other hand, when the inspiration + forsakes her, she drifts along on a windy current of words, the + facility of her pen often beguiling the writer into vague + diffuseness and unsubstantial declamation. + + "Life of George Eliot,"--_Mathilde Blind_. + +MATHILDE BLIND, a celebrated German-English poet, was born in Mannheim, +March 21, 1847, and died in London, November 26, 1896. Among her +writings are: "Life of George Eliot," "Madame Roland," "The Heather on +Fire," "Ascent of Man," "Dramas in Miniature," "The Prophecy of St. +Oran, and Other Poems," "Songs and Sonnets," and "Birds of Passage." + + + Time still, as he flies, brings increase to her truth, + And gives to her mind what he steals from her youth. + + "The Happy Marriage,"--_Edward Moore_. + +EDWARD MOORE, a famous English dramatist and fabulist, was born at +Abingdon, March 22, 1712, and died in London, March 1, 1757. He wrote: +"Fables for the Female Sex," "Gil Blas," "Poems, Fables, and Plays," +"Dramatic Works," etc. + + + The Night has a thousand eyes, + And the Day but one; + Yet the light of the bright world dies + With the dying sun. + + The Mind has a thousand eyes, + And the Heart but one; + Yet the light of a whole life dies + When Love is done. + + "Light,"--_Francis W. Bourdillon_. + +FRANCIS W. BOURDILLON, a noted English poet, was born March 22, 1852. He +has published: "Among the Flowers and Other Poems," "Ailes d'Alouette," +"A Lost God," "Bedside Readings," "Sursom Corda," "Nephele," "Through +the Gateway," "Aucassin and Nicolette," "Prelude and Romances," etc. + + + Some shall reap that never sow + And some shall toil and not attain. + + "Success,"--_Madison Julius Cawein_. + +MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN, a distinguished American poet, was born in +Louisville, Ky., March 23, 1865, and died December 7, 1914. Among his +works are: "Blooms of the Berry," "The Triumph of Music," "Lyrics and +Idyls," "Days and Dreams," "Moods and Memories," "Accolon of Gaul," +"Intimations of the Beautiful," "Red Leaves and Roses," "Undertones," +and "Poems of Nature and Love." + + + I sing the sweets I know, the charms I feel, + My morning incense, and my evening meal, + The sweets of Hasty Pudding. + + "Hasty Pudding," Canto I,--_Joel Barlow_. + +JOEL BARLOW, a famous American poet and statesman, was born in Redding, +Conn., March 24, 1754, and died near Cracow, Poland, December 24, 1812. +He wrote: "The Vision of Columbus," "The Columbiad," "The Conspiracy of +Kings," and his celebrated poem, "Hasty Pudding." + + + O thrush, your song is passing sweet + But never a song that you have sung, + Is half so sweet as thrushes sang + When my dear Love and I were young. + + "Other Days,"--_William Morris_. + +WILLIAM MORRIS, a celebrated English poet and writer on socialism, was +born near London, March 24, 1834, and died at Hammersmith, October 3, +1896. His poetical writings include: "Defence of Guenevere and Other +Poems," "Life and Death of Jason," "The Earthly Paradise," "Love Is +Enough," "Poems by the Way," "The Story of Sigurd," etc. He also wrote: +"The House of the Wolfings," "The Roots of the Mountains," "Hopes and +Fears for Art," etc., and translated the "Æneid" in 1876, and the +"Odyssey" in 1887. + + + Oh, dinna ask me gin I lo'e ye: + Troth, I daurna tell! + Dinna ask me gin I lo'e ye,-- + Ask it o' yoursel'. + + "Dinna Ask Me,"--_John Dunlop_. + +JOHN DUNLOP, a noted Scottish song-writer, was born March 25 (?), 1755, +and died at Port Glasgow, September 4, 1820. His Most famous song is, +"Oh, Dinna Ask Me Gin I Lo'e Ye," which won for him great fame. + + + The stately ship is seen no more, + The fragile skiff attains the shore; + And while the great and wise decay, + And all their trophies pass away, + Some sudden thought, some careless rhyme, + Still floats above the wrecks of Time. + + "On an Old Song,"--_William Edward Hartpole Lecky_. + +WILLIAM EDWARD HARTPOLE LECKY, a distinguished English historian, was +born in Dublin, Ireland, March 26, 1838, and died in 1903. Among his +works may be mentioned: "History of the Rise and Influence of the +Spirit of Rationalism in Europe," "The Leaders of Public Opinion in +Ireland," "A History of England in the 18th Century," "A History of +Ireland in the 18th Century," "Democracy and Liberty," "A History of +European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne." + + + When I was one and twenty + I heard a wise man say: + "Give crowns and pounds and guineas + But not your heart away." + + "A Shropshire Lad,"--_Alfred Edward Housman_. + +ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN, a noted English poet, was born March 26, 1859. +Among his poetical pieces are: "A Shropshire Lad," "The Recruit," "The +Street Sounds to the Soldiers' Tread," "The Day of Battle," "On the Idle +Hill of Summer," "Loveliest of Trees," etc. + + + The army is a good book to open to study human life. One learns + there to put his hand to everything, to the lowest and highest + things. The most delicate and rich are forced to see living nearly + everywhere poverty, and to live with it, and to measure his morsel + of bread and draught of water. + + --_Alfred de Vigny_. + +ALFRED VICTOR, COMTE DE VIGNY, a celebrated French writer, was born in +Loches, March 27, 1799, and died in Paris, September 17, 1863. His works +include: "Cinq-Mars," "Consultations of Dr. Noir," etc. He also wrote +several plays, "Chatterton" being the most famous. + + + But the sunshine aye shall light the sky, + As round and round we run; + And the truth shall ever come uppermost, + And justice shall be done. + + "Eternal Justice," Stanza 4,--_Charles Mackay_. + +CHARLES MACKAY, a noted Scottish poet, journalist, and miscellaneous +writer, was born at Perth, March 27, 1814, and died in London, December +24, 1889. He wrote: "Voices from the Mountains," "Voices from the +Crowd," "The Salamandrine, or Love and Immortality," etc. + + + The school is the manufactory of humanity. + + --_Comenius_. + +JOHANN AMOS COMENIUS, an illustrious theologian and educator, was born +at Nivnitz (?), Moravia, March 28, 1592, and died at Amsterdam, November +15, 1670. He has written: "Gate of Languages Unlocked," "World of Sense +Depicted," "Great Didactics, or the Whole Art of Teaching Everything," +etc. + + + We shall be judged, not by what we might have been, but what we + have been. + + --_Sewall_. + +SAMUEL SEWALL, a distinguished American jurist, was born in Bishopstoke, +England, March 28, 1652, and died in Boston, January 1, 1730. He wrote: +"The Selling of Joseph," "The Accomplishment of Prophecies," "A Memorial +Relating to the Kennebec Indians," "A Description of the New Heaven," +His "Diary" was published in the "Collections of the Massachusetts +Historical Society." + + + I have lived long enough to know what I did not at one time + believe--that no society can be upheld in happiness and honor + without the sentiment of religion. + + --_La Place_. + +PIERRE SIMON, MARQUIS DE LAPLACE, a renowned French mathematician and +physical astronomer, was born at Beaumont-en-Auge, March 28, 1749, and +died at Paris, March 5, 1827. His works include: "Exposition of the +System of the Universe," "Mechanism of the Heavens," "Analytic Theory of +Probabilities," "Philosophical Essay on Probabilities," etc. + + + The love of truth is the stimulus to all noble conversation. This + is the root of all the charities. The tree which springs from it + may have a thousand branches, but they will all bear a golden and + generous fruitage. + + --_Orville Dewey_. + +ORVILLE DEWEY, a noted American clergyman and man of letters, was born +in Sheffield, Mass., March 28, 1794, and died there, March 21, 1882. +Among his works are: "Discourses on Human Nature," "Discourses on the +Nature of Religion," "The Problem of Human Destiny," etc. + + + One thing only in this world is certain--duty. + + "Selected Essays,"--_James Darmesteter_. + +JAMES DARMESTETER, a distinguished French Orientalist, was born at +Château-Salins, March 28, 1849, and died October 19, 1894. Among his +writings may be mentioned: "Ormazd and Ahriman," "Iranian Studies," +"Origins of Persian Poetry," and "Selected Essays." + + + You'd scarce expect one of my age + To speak in public on the stage; + And if I chance to fall below + Demosthenes or Cicero, + Don't view me with a critic's eye, + But pass my imperfections by. + Large streams from little fountains flow, + Tall oaks from little acorns grow. + + "Lines written for a School Declamation,"--_David Everett_. + +DAVID EVERETT, a noted American journalist and miscellaneous writer, was +born at Princeton, Mass., March 29, 1770, and died at Marietta, Ohio, +December 21, 1813. He wrote: "Common Sense in Deshabille or the Farmer's +Monitor," "The Rights and Duties of Nations," and "Darenzel, or the +Persian Patriot." + + + I am but a gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff. + + "Preface to the Elements of Architecture,"--_Sir Henry Wotton_. + +SIR HENRY WOTTON, a famous English diplomatist, poet, and miscellaneous +writer, was born at Boughton, Malherbe, Kent, March 30, 1568, and died +at Eton, December, 1639. He wrote: "State of Christendom," "Poems," +"Elements of Architecture," etc. + + + From the very beginning Freeman's historical studies were + characterized on the one hand by philosophical breadth of view, + and on the other hand by extreme accuracy of statement, and such + loving minuteness of detail as is apt to mark the local antiquary + whose life has been spent in studying only one thing. It was to + the combination of these two characteristics that the pre-eminent + greatness of his historical work was due. + + "A Century of Science and other Essays,"--_John Fiske_. + +JOHN FISKE, a renowned American historian, was born at Hartford, Conn., +March 30, 1842, and died at Gloucester, Mass., July 4, 1901. He has +written: "Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy," "The Unseen World," +"Darwinism," "American Political Ideas," "The Critical Period of +American History," "The Idea of God," "The American Revolution," "The +Beginnings of New England," "The Discovery of America," "Dutch and +Quaker Colonies in America" (1899), "Civil Government of the United +States," "The Mississippi Valley in the Civil War," "Old Virginia and +her Neighbors," 2 vols., etc. + + + (Et) le malheur est bien un trésor qu'on déterre.[3] + + "Amour,"--_Paul Verlaine_. + +PAUL VERLAINE, a celebrated French poet and story writer was born at +Metz, March 30, 1844, and died at Paris, January 8, 1896. He wrote: +"Saturnine Poems," "Gay Festivals," "Memoirs of a Widower," "Stories +Without Words," "Love," "Dedications," "Good Luck," "My Hospitals," etc. + + + When anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that + the offence cannot reach it. + + --_Descartes_. + +RENÉ DESCARTES, the illustrious French philosopher, was born at La Haye, +Touraine, March 31, 1596, and died at Stockholm, February 11, 1650. His +works include: "Discourse on Method," "Meditations in Elementary +Philosophy," "Philosophical Beginnings," "Dioptrique," "Meteors," +"Geometry," "Treatise on the Passions," and "Letters to the Princess +Elizabeth." + + + The world in all doth but two nations bear-- + The good, the bad, and these mixed everywhere. + + "The Loyal Scot,"--_Andrew Marvell_. + +ANDREW MARVELL, a famous English poet and satirist, was born at +Winstead, Yorkshire, March 31, 1621, and died in London, August 18, +1678. He wrote: "The Nymph Complaining," "The Rehearsal Transposed," +"Horatian Ode on Cromwell's Return from Ireland," and his well-known +"Poems on Affairs of State." + + + Whether we wake or we sleep, + Whether we carol or weep, + The Sun with his Planets in chime, + Marketh the going of Time. + + "Chronomoros,"--_Edward Fitzgerald_. + +EDWARD FITZGERALD, a renowned English poet, was born at Bredfield House, +near Suffolk, March 31, 1809, and died June 14, 1883. Among his writings +are: "The Mighty Magician," "Six Dramas from Calderon," and "The +Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám." These are all translations of foreign poems. + + + There's a joy without canker or cark, + There's a pleasure eternally new, + 'Tis to gloat on the glaze and the mark + Of China that's ancient and blue. + + "Ballades in Blue China,"--_Andrew Lang_. + +ANDREW LANG, a noted English poet, story-teller and literary critic, was +born at Selkirk, Scotland, March 31, 1844, and died in 1912. Among his +works are: "Letters to Dead Authors," "Helen of Troy," "Ballads and +Lyrics of Old France," "Custom and Myth," "Myth, Ritual, and Religion," +"Ballades in Blue China," etc. + + +FOOTNOTES: + +[1] + + God sends His highly favored ones + Into the wide, wide world to roam. + +[2] + + Bear ye! Bravely endure; + Just one short hour-- + And thy dark room with sunshine glows. + +[3] Misfortune is in truth a treasure we unearth. + + + + +APRIL + + + + +APRIL + + + Dis moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es.[1] + + "Physiologie du Goût,"--_Brillat-Savarin_. + +ANTHÈLME BRILLAT-SAVARIN, a distinguished French author, was born April +1, 1755, and died in 1826. His fame rests on the noted work: "Physiology +of Taste." + + + Wir Deutschen furchten Gott, sonst aber nichts in der Welt.[2] + + "Speech in the Reichstag," 1887,--_Prince Bismarck_. + +OTTO EDWARD LEOPOLD VON BISMARCK, the renowned German statesman, was +born at Schonhausen, April 1, 1815, and died in 1898. "Bismarck's +Letters" won for him a place in literature. + + + Without doubt + I can teach crowing: for I gobble. + + "Chantecler," Act. i, Sc. 2,--_Edmond Rostand_. + +EDMOND ROSTAND, a noted French dramatist, was born in Marseilles, April +1, 1868, and died in 1918. His notable plays include: "Les Romanesques," +"La Princesse Lointaine," "La Samaritaine," "Cyrano de Bergerac," +"L'Aiglon," "Poems," "Les Musardises," "Pour la Grèce," "Un Soir à +Hernani," "Les Mots," "Chantecler," "Le Cantique de l'Aile," "Le +Printemps de l'Aile," etc. + + + The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time. + + "Summary View of the Rights of British America,"--_Thomas + Jefferson_. + +THOMAS JEFFERSON, a distinguished American statesman, was born at +Shadwell, Va., April 2, 1743, and died at Monticello, Va., July 4, 1826. +He wrote: "Notes on Virginia," "Autobiography," "Correspondence," etc. +The Declaration of Independence was also written by him. + + + Michael Angelo has expressed in colors what Dante saw and has sung + to the generations of the earth. + + (Miserere) "In the Sistine Chapel," from "The Improvisatore" + (Translation by Mary Howitt),--_Hans Christian Andersen_. + +HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, a renowned Danish poet and story writer, was +born at Odense, April 2, 1805, and died August 4, 1875. He wrote: "The +Poet's Bazar," "Only a Fiddler," "The Picture Book Without Pictures," +"The Improvisatore," and his celebrated "Wonder Tales" for children. +Among his dramatic compositions are: "Raphaella," "The Two Baronesses," +"The Flowers of Happiness," etc. + + + Genius and its rewards are briefly told: + A liberal nature and a niggard doom, + A difficult journey to a splendid tomb. + + "Dedication of the Life and Adventures of Oliver + Goldsmith,"--_John Forster_. + +JOHN FORSTER, a noted English biographer and historical writer, was born +in Newcastle-on-Tyne, April 2, 1812, and died in London, February 2, +1876. He wrote: "Life of Charles Dickens," "Statesmen of the +Commonwealth of England," "Life of Oliver Goldsmith," "Biographical and +Historical Essays," etc. + + + Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, + The bridal of the earth and sky. + + "Virtue,"--_George Herbert_. + +GEORGE HERBERT, a celebrated English poet, was born in Montgomery +Castle, Montgomeryshire, April 3, 1593, and died at Bemerton, +Wiltshire, in 1633. His most noted poems are: "Sweet Day, So Cool, So +Calm, So Bright," "Virtue," "Life," "Love," "Discipline," "Holy +Baptism," etc. + + + The almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion + throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these + peculiar villages. + + "The Creole Village,"--_Washington Irving_. + +WASHINGTON IRVING, the renowned American historian, biographer, and man +of letters, was born in New York, April 3, 1783, and died at +"Sunnyside," near Tarrytown, N. Y., November 28, 1859. His principal +works are: "The Alhambra," "Mahomet and His Successors," "Conquest of +Granada," "The Sketch Book," "Bracebridge Hall," "Life and Times of +Christopher Columbus," "Companions of Columbus," "Life of Washington," +"A Voyage to the Eastern Part of Terra Firma," a translation; "Life of +Oliver Goldsmith," "Astoria," "History of New York, by Diedrich +Knickerbocker," "The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell," "The Rocky +Mountains: Journal of Captain B. L. E. Bonneville," etc. + + + To look up and not down, + To look forward and not back, + To look out and not in, and + To lend a hand. + + Rule of the "Harry Wadsworth Club," from "Ten Times One + Is Ten," 1870,--_Edward Everett Hale_. + +EDWARD EVERETT HALE, a distinguished American divine and prose-writer, +was born in Boston, Mass., April 3, 1822, and died June 10, 1909. Among +his writings are: "The Man Without a Country," "My Double and How He +Undid Me," "Ten Times One is Ten," "The Skeleton in the Closet," "In His +Name," "Ups and Downs," "Philip Nolan's Friends," "The Kingdom of God," +"East and West," "Ralph Waldo Emerson," "Memories of a Hundred Years," +"We, the People," "Prayers in the Senate," "Foundations of the +Republic," etc. + + + Ah, happy world, where all things live + Creatures of one great law, indeed; + Bound by strong roots, the splendid flower,-- + Swept by great seas, the drifting seed! + + "The Story of the Flower,"--_Harriet P. Spofford_. + +HARRIET ELIZABETH (PRESCOTT) SPOFFORD, a noted American poet and +novelist, was born in Calais, Me., April 3, 1835, and died August 15, +1921. Among her noted works are: "New England Legends," "Poems," +"Ballads about Authors," "The Marquis of Carabas," "A Master Spirit," +"In Titian's Garden," "The Thief in the Night," "The Amber Gods, and +Other Stories," "In a Cellar," etc. + + + No surer does the Auldgarth bridge, that his father helped to + build, carry the traveller over the turbulent water beneath it, + than Carlyle's books convey the reader over chasms and confusions, + where before there was no way, or only an inadequate one. + + --_John Burroughs_. + +JOHN BURROUGHS, a famous American essayist, was born in Roxbury, N. Y., +April 3, 1837, and died in 1921. He has written: "Winter Sunshine," +"Fresh Fields," "Wake-Robin," "Birds and Poets," "Locusts and Wild +Honey," "Sharp Eyes," "Signs and Seasons," "Riverely," "The Light of +Day," "Ways of Nature," "Camping and Tramping with Roosevelt," "Under +the Apple Trees," etc. + + + There must always be, we presume, however age and experience may + modify nature, a certain inability on the part of a woman to + appreciate the more riotous forms of mirth, and that robust + freedom in morals which bolder minds admire. It is a disability + which nothing can abolish. + + --_Mrs. Oliphant_. + +MARGARET WILSON OLIPHANT, a well-known Scotch novelist, was born April +4, 1828, and died in 1897. Among her numerous works may be mentioned: +"Zaidee," "The Story of Valentine and His Brother," "In Trust," "A House +Divided Against Itself," "Sir Tom," "The Cuckoo in the Nest," "English +Literature at the End of the Eighteenth and Beginning of the Nineteenth +Century," "Victorian Age of English Literature," "Makers of Florence, +Venice, and Rome," "The Reign of Queen Anne," "The Makers of Modern +Rome," "William Blackwood and His Sons," etc. + + + For words are wise men's counters,--they do but reckon by them; + but they are the money of fools. + + "The Leviathan," Part i, Chap. iv,--_Thomas Hobbes_. + +THOMAS HOBBES, a renowned English philosopher, was born in Malmesbury, +April 5, 1588, and died at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, December 4, 1679. +A few of his many works are: "De Cive," "Human Nature," "De Corpore +Politico," and "Leviathan, or the Matter, Form, and Power of a +Commonwealth," considered his masterpiece. + + + For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, + And though a late, a sure reward succeeds. + + "The Mourning Bride," Act V, Sc. xii.--_Congreve_. + +WILLIAM CONGREVE, an eminent English dramatist, was born in Bardsley, +near Leeds, April 5, 1670, and died at London, January 19, 1729. Among +his comedies are: "The Double Dealer," "The Mourning Bride," "The Old +Bachelor," and "Love for Love." + + + It is a zealot's faith that blasts the shrines of the false god, + but builds no temple to the true. + + --_Sydney Dobell_. + +SYDNEY THOMPSON DOBELL, a famous English poet, was born at Cranbrook, in +Kent, April 5, 1824, and died in 1874. He wrote: "England in Time of +War," and two noted poems, "The Roman" and "Balder." "Thoughts on Art, +Philosophy and Religion," appeared after his death. + + + I think it will be generally conceded that, at the time of his + death, Mr. Lowell occupied the position of the foremost American + citizen. In public regard, at home and abroad, his name naturally + headed the list of prominent Americans. Looked upon as a man of + letters, as a representative of our country in foreign lands, or + in any of the various positions in which he appeared before the + public, there was no one to whom it was the custom to name James + Russell Lowell as second. Without occupying the highest rank in + any of his vocations, he stood in front of his fellow-citizens, + because he held so high a rank in so many of them. + + "Personal Tributes to Lowell, the Writer," Vol. 5, + p. 187,--_Frank R. Stockton_. + +FRANK RICHARD STOCKTON, a celebrated American author, was born in +Philadelphia, April 5, 1834, and died April 20, 1902. Among his popular +works may be mentioned: "Rudder Grange," "The Lady or the Tiger," "The +Casting Away of Mrs. Leeks and Mrs. Aleshine," "The Dusantes," "Tales +Out of School," "Adventures of Captain Horn," "The Great Stone of +Sardis," "The Watchmaker's Wife and Other Stories," "Pomona's Travels," +"Mrs. Cliff's Yacht," "Kate Bonnett," etc. + + + Pleasure with pain for leaven, + Summer with flowers that fell, + Remembrance fallen from heaven, + And Madness risen from hell, + Strength without hands to smite, + Love that endures for a breath; + Night, the shadow of light, + And Life, the shadow of death. + + "Atalanta in Calydon," Chorus,--_Swinburne_. + +ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE, an eminent English poet, was born in London, +April 5, 1837; and died April 10, 1909. His publications include: "Poems +and Ballads," "The Queen Mother and Rosamond," "Bothwell," "Songs of the +Springtides," "A Century of Roundels," "The Sisters," "Studies in Song," +"Songs of Two Nations," "Chastelard," "Ode on the Proclamation of the +French Republic," "Songs Before Sunrise," "Atalanta in Calydon," "Under +the Microscope," "Tristram of Lyonesse and Other Poems," "Marino +Faliero," "A Midsummer Holiday and Other Poems," "Locrine," a tragedy, a +third series of "Poems and Ballads," "Astrophel and Other Poems," "The +Tale of Balen," "Rosamund, Queen of the Lombards," a tragedy, etc. + + + From every place below the skies + The grateful song, the fervent prayer,-- + The incense of the heart,--may rise + To heaven, and find acceptance there. + + "Every Place a Temple,"--_John Pierpont_. + +JOHN PIERPONT, a well-known American clergyman and poet, was born in +Litchfield, Conn., April 6, 1785, and died in Medford, Mass., August 27, +1866. He wrote: "Airs of Palestine, and Other Poems," also, his famous +poem "Warren's Address at the Battle of Bunker Hill." + + + It came upon the midnight clear, + That glorious song of old, + From angels bending near the earth + To touch their harps of gold: + "Peace on the earth, good-will to men, + From Heaven's all-gracious King!" + The world in solemn stillness lay + To hear the angels sing. + + "The Angels' Song,"--_Edmund Hamilton Sears_. + +EDMUND HAMILTON SEARS, a noted American clergyman, religious writer and +poet was born in Sandisfield, Mass., April 6, 1810, and died at Weston, +Mass., January 14, 1876. He wrote: "Regeneration," "Pictures of the +Olden Time," "Athanasia," "Christian Lyrics," "The Fourth Gospel: the +Heart of Christ," "Sermons and Songs of the Christian Life," "Christ in +the Life," etc. + + + Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know, + Are a substantial world, both pure and good. + Bound these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, + Our pastime and our happiness will grow. + + "Personal Talk," Stanza 3,--_William Wordsworth_. + +WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, the great English poet, was born at Cockermouth, +Cumberland, April 7, 1770, and died at Rydal Mount, April 23, 1850. +Among his noted works are: "The Excursion," "Lyrical Ballads," "The +Prelude," "Peter Bell," "The Waggoner," "Sonnets," "Yarrow Revisited and +Other Poems," "Poems," "An Evening Walk," etc. + + + I sing New England, as she lights her fire + In every Prairie's midst; and where the bright + Enchanting stars shine pure through Southern night, + She still is there, the guardian on the tower, + To open for the world a purer hour. + + "New England,"--_William E. Channing_. + +WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING, a distinguished American theologian, was born +at Newport, R. I.; April 7, 1780, and died at Bennington, Vt.; April, +1842. His works were published in 1848, and comprise the following: +"Youth of the Poet and Painter," "Thoreau the Poet-Naturalist," +"Conversation in Rome Between an Artist and Catholic, and a Critic," +etc. + + + There came a new poet who, to the science of rhythm, the resources + of expression, the gift of epic narration, the deep feeling for + nature, to all the caprices of a delightful fancy, to all the + favorite ideas, noble or morbid, of modern thought, knew how to + join the language of manly passion. Thus, as it were summing up in + himself all his forerunners, he touched all hearts; he linked + together all admirations; he has remained the true representative, + the last expression and final, of the poetic period to which he + belongs. Tennyson reigns to-day almost alone in increasing and + uncontested glory. + + "Taine's History of English Literature," _Essays on English + Literature_, tr. Saintsbury, p. 87,--_Edmond Scherer_. + +EDMOND SCHERER, a celebrated French essayist and critic, was born in +Paris, April 8, 1815, and died at Versailles, March 16, 1889. Among his +writings are: "Miscellanies of Religious Criticism," "Letters to my +Pastor," "Criticism and Belief," "Miscellanies of Religious History," +etc. + + + I consider biennial elections as a security that the sober second + thought of the people shall be law. + + "On Biennial Elections," 1788,--_Fisher Ames_. + +FISHER AMES, a famous American statesman and orator, was born at Dedham, +Mass., April 9, 1758, and died there, July 4, 1808. He wrote many essays +and orations. + + + Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears + from the eyes of woman. + + --_Beethoven_. + +LUDWIG VON BEETHOVEN, a renowned German composer, was born at Bonn, +April 9, 1770, and died at Vienna, in 1827. Besides his numerous musical +productions, he won literary fame by his "Correspondence" and "Brentano +Letters." + + + Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing + something to be happy. Action is no less necessary than thought to + the instinctive tendencies of the human frame. + + --_Hazlitt_. + +WILLIAM HAZLITT, a celebrated English prose-writer and critic, was born +in Maidstone, Kent, April 10, 1778, and died in London, September 18, +1830. He wrote: "The Spirit of the Age," "Characters of Shakespeare's +Plays," "Lectures on English Poets," etc. + + + Riches take wings, comforts vanish, hope withers away, but love + stays with us. Love is God. + + --_Lew Wallace_. + +LEWIS WALLACE ("LEW WALLACE"), a famous American general, lawyer, and +novelist, was born at Brookville, Ind., April 10, 1827, and died in +1905. Among his notable works are: "The Fair God," "Ben Hur," "The Life +of Gen. Benjamin Harrison," "Commodus: a Tragedy," "The Boyhood of +Christ," "The Prince of India," etc. + + + Bend low, O dusky Night, + And give my spirit rest, + Hold me to your deep breast, + And put old cares to flight. + Give back the lost delight + That once my soul possest, + When Love was loveliest. + + "To-night,"--_Louise Chandler Moulton_. + +LOUISE (CHANDLER) MOULTON, a noted American poet, story-writer, and +critic, was born in Pomfret, Conn., April 10, 1835, and died August 10, +1908. She wrote: "The True Flag," "This, That and the Other," "Juno +Clifford," "Bed-Time Stories," "Firelight Stories," "Stories Told at +Twilight," "In the Garden of Dreams," "Poems," etc.; also, "Miss Eyre +from Boston and Other Stories," "Lazy Tours in Spain," etc. + + + Thus, when a barber and a collier fight, the barber beats the + luckless collier-white; the dusty collier heaves his ponderous + sack, and big with vengeance, beats the barber-black. In comes the + brick dust man, with grime o'er spread, and beats the collier and + the barber-red; black, red, and white, in various clouds are tost, + and in the dust they raise the combatants are lost. + + "The Trip to Cambridge" in "Campbell's Specimens of the British + Poets," Vol. vi, p. 185,--_Christopher Smart_. + +CHRISTOPHER SMART, a famous English poet, was born at Shipbourne, Kent, +April 11, 1722, and died May 21, 1771. His works include: "Translation +of the Psalms of David," "The Hilliad: An Epic Poem," "Song to David," +"Power of the Supreme Being," "Poems," "Poems on Several Occasions," +etc. + + + Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe, + Bold I can meet,--perhaps may turn his blow! + But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, + Save, save, oh save me from the _candid friend_! + + "New Morality,"--_George Canning_. + +GEORGE CANNING, an English statesman, orator, and writer of great +distinction, was born in London, April 11, 1770, and died at Chiswick, +August 8, 1827. He wrote: "The Needy Knife-Grinder," "The Rovers," etc. + + + When I am dead, no pageant train + Shall waste their sorrows at my bier, + Nor worthless pomp of homage vain. + Stain it with hypocritic tear. + + "Alaric the Visigoth,"--_Edward Everett_. + +EDWARD EVERETT, a famous American statesman, was born at Dorchester, +Mass., April 11, 1794, and died January 15, 1865. Among his writings +were: "Mount Vernon Papers," "Defense of Christianity," "Orations and +Speeches," etc. + + + The gentleman [Josiah Quincy] cannot have forgotten his own + sentiment, uttered even on the floor of this House, "Peaceably if + we can, forcibly if we must." + + "Speech," Jan. 8, 1813.--_Henry Clay_. + +HENRY CLAY, an eminent American orator and statesman, was born in +Hanover, Va., April 12, 1777, and died at Washington, D. C., June 29, +1852. His "Complete Works," were edited in 1857. + + + Coquetry whets the appetite; flirtation depraves it. Coquetry is + the thorn that guards the rose,--easily trimmed off when once + plucked. Flirtation is like the slime on water-plants, making them + hard to handle, and when caught, only to be cherished in slimy + waters. + + "Reveries of a Bachelor,"--_Ik Marvel_. + +DONALD GRANT MITCHELL ("IK MARVEL"), a famous American novelist and +essayist, was born at Norwich, Conn., April 12, 1822, and died in 1908. +He wrote: "Dream Life," "My Farm of Edgewood," "Doctor Johns," "Bound +Together," "Wet Days at Edgewood," "English Lands, Letters and Kings," +and his most noted work, "Reveries of a Bachelor." + + + Every white will have its blacke, + And every sweet its soure. + + "Sir Cauline," from "Reliques of Ancient Poetry,"--_Thomas + Percy_. + +THOMAS PERCY, a noted English poet, was born at Bridgenorth in +Shropshire, April 13, 1728 or 1729, and died at Dromore, Ireland, +September 30, 1811. He wrote: "The Hermit of Warkworth," the song, "O +Nanny, Wilt Thou Gang Wi' Me?" and published a collection of old ballads +and songs under the title "Reliques of Ancient English Poetry." + + + No creature lives that must not work and may not play. + + "Work and Play,"--_Horace Bushnell_. + +HORACE BUSHNELL, an eminent American clergyman, was born near +Litchfield, Connecticut, April 14, 1802, and died at Hartford, Conn., in +1876. Among his numerous works may be mentioned: "Christian Nurture," +"God in Christ," "Christ in Theology," "The Vicarious Sacrifice," +"Nature and the Supernatural," "Moral Uses of Dark Things," "The Age of +Homespun," "Forgiveness and Law," "Work and Play," "The Character of +Jesus," "Christ and His Salvation," etc. + + + Monuments! What are they? The very pyramids have forgotten their + builders, or to whom they were dedicated. Deeds, not stones, are + the true monuments of the great. + + --_Motley_. + +JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY, a famous American historian and diplomatist, was +born at Dorchester, Mass., April 15, 1814, and died in Dorsetshire, +England, May 29, 1877. Among his works are: "Rise of the Dutch +Republic," "History of the United Netherlands," "Causes of the Civil War +in America," "Life of John of Barneveld," etc. + + + Not much talk--a great, sweet silence. + + "A Bundle of Letters," Letter IV,--_Henry James_. + +HENRY JAMES, a distinguished American novelist and miscellaneous +prose-writer, was born in New York, April 15, 1843, and died in +February, 1916. Among his numerous works may be mentioned: "Roderick +Hudson," "A Passionate Pilgrim and Other Tales," "The American," "French +Poets and Novelists," "Daisy Miller: a Study," "A Bundle of Letters," +"The Diary of a Man of Fifty," "Washington Square," "A Little Tour in +France," "The Portrait of a Lady," "The Bostonians," "The Tragic Muse," +"Partial Portraits," "The Real Thing and Other Tales," "The Private +Life," "The Wheel of Time," "The Princess Casamassima," "Essays in +London and Elsewhere," etc. + + + There paused to shut the door, + A fellow called the Wind, + With mystery before, + And reticence behind. + + "At the Granite Gate,"--_Bliss Carman_. + +BLISS CARMAN, a celebrated Canadian poet, was born at Fredericton, N. +B., April 15, 1861. He has written: "Low Tide on Grand Pré: A Book of +Lyrics," "Songs from Vagabondia," "Behind the Arras: A Book of the +Unseen," "A Winter Holiday," "Christmas Eve at St. Kavin's," "Ode for +the Coronation," "Pipes of Pan No. I," "Pipes of Pan No. II," "The +Kinship of Nature," "The Friendship of Art," "The Poetry of Life," "The +Making of Personality," "Sappho," "Daughters of Dawn," "Oxford Book of +American Verse," "Earth Deities," "April Airs," etc. + + + Le roi règne et ne gouverne pas.[3] + + "In the National Newspaper," July 1st, 1830. + +LOUIS ADOLPHE THIERS, a renowned French statesman and author, was born +at Marseilles, April 16, 1797, and died at St. Germain, September 3, +1877. He wrote: "History of John Law," "Man and Matter," "On Property," +"History of the Consulate and the Empire," and his most famous work, +"History of the French Revolution." + + + To be frank, the critics should say: "Gentlemen, I intend to speak + of myself apropos of Shakespeare, Racine, Pascal, or Goethe." + + --_Anatole France_. + +ANATOLE FRANCE (JACQUES ANATOLE THIBAULT), a celebrated French critic, +poet and novelist, was born at Paris, April 16, 1844. He has written: +"The Yule Log," "Our Children: Scenes in Town and in the Fields," "The +Garden of Epicurus," "Abeille," "Poems," "The Crime of Sylvester +Bonnard," "The Wishes of Jean Servien," "Balthazar," "Thais," "My +Friend's Book," "Le Jongleur de Notre Dame," "Histoire de Jeanne d'Arc," +"La Revolte des Anges," etc. + + + When that my mood is sad, and in the noise + And bustle of the crowd I feel rebuke, + I turn my footsteps from its hollow joys, + And sit me down beside the little brook; + The waters have a music to mine ear + It glads me much to hear. + + "The Shaded Water,"--_William Gilmore Simms_. + +WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS, a distinguished American poet and novelist, was +born in Charleston, S. C., April 17, 1806, and died there June 11, 1870. +His publications include: "The Wigwam and the Cabin; or, Tales of the +South," "Atalantis: A Tale of the Sea," "Castle Dismal," "The Maroon, +and Other Tales," "The Yemassee," and "War Poetry of the South." + + + Many a genius has been slow of growth, + Oaks that flourish for a thousand years + Do not spring up into beauty like a reed. + + "The Spanish Drama: Life of Lope De Vega." Ch. II,--_Geo. + Henry Lewes_. + +GEORGE HENRY LEWES, a celebrated English historical and miscellaneous +writer, was born at London, April 18, 1817, and died there November 28, +1878. Among his writings are: "The Life and Works of Goethe," "History +of Philosophy from Thales to Comte," "The Physiology of Common Life," +"Seaside Studies," "Studies in Animal Life," "Aristotle: A Chapter from +the History of Science," "Problems of Life and Mind," "The Physical +Basis of Mind," "Ranthorpe," "The Noble Heart," etc. + + + Friendship! mysterious cement of the soul! + Sweetener of life, and solder of society. + + "The Grave,"--_Robert Blair_. + +ROBERT BLAIR, a noted Scottish poet, was born at Edinburgh, April 19 +(?), 1699, and died February 4, 1746. His reputation as a poet rests +solely on his famous poem, "The Grave," written in blank verse. + + + If any man can convince me and bring home to me that I do not + think or act aright, gladly will I change; for I search after + truth, by which man never yet was harmed. But he is harmed who + abideth on still in his deception and ignorance. + + "Meditations," VI, 21,--_Marcus Aurelius_. + +MARCUS AURELIUS, the great Roman emperor, was born in Rome, April 20, +A.D., 121, and died in Pannonia, March 17, 180. His "Meditations" have +been handed down to posterity. + + + Immortality alone could teach this mortal how to die. + + "Looking Death in the Face,"--_Dinah Maria Mulock Craik_. + +DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK, a famous English novelist, was born in +Stoke-upon-Trent, April 20, 1826, and died at London, October, 1887. The +best known of her works are: "The Ogilvies," "John Halifax, Gentleman," +"Two Marriages," "A Brave Lady," and "A Noble Life." + + + No maid is near, + I have no wife; + But here's my pipe + And, on my life; + With it to smoke, + And woo the Muse, + To be a king, + I would not choose. + + --_William H. Davies_. + +WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES, a noted Welsh poet, was born in Monmouthshire, +April 20, 1870. He has written: "The Soul's Destroyer," "New Poems," +"Nature Poems," "Farewell to Poesy," "Songs of Joy," "Foliage," "The +Bird of Paradise," "Child Lovers," "Collected Poems," "The Autobiography +of a Super-Tramp," "A Pilgrim in Wales," "A Poet's Pilgrimage." + + + The first groundwork of religious life is love--love to God and + man--in the bosom of the family. + + "Aphorisms,"--_Friedrich Froebel_. + +FRIEDRICH FROEBEL, an eminent German educator, was born at +Oberweissbach, April 21, 1782, and died at Marienthal, June 21, 1852. He +won fame by his celebrated work, "The Education of Man." + + + From Greenland's icy mountains, + From India's coral strand, + Where Afric's sunny fountains, + Roll down their golden sand. + + "Missionary Hymn."--_Reginald Heber_. + +REGINALD HEBER, a famous English hymn-writer and clergyman, was born in +Cheshire, April 21, 1783, and died at Trichinopoly, India, April 2, +1826. His prose writings include the Bampton lectures on "The +Personality and Office of the Christian Comforter," "Life of Jeremy +Taylor," "Journey Through India," etc. His fame rests, however, on his +hymns, "From Greenland's Icy Mountains," and "Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God +Almighty!" + + + Life, believe, is not a dream, + So dark as sages say; + Oft a little morning rain + Foretells a pleasant day! + + "Life,"--_Charlotte Brontë_. + +CHARLOTTE BRONTË, a famous English novelist, was born in Thornton, April +21, 1816, and died in Haworth, March 31, 1855. She wrote: "Shirley," +"Villette," "The Professor," and "Jane Eyre," her most famous work. + + + There are four varieties in society,--the lovers, the ambitious, + observers, and fools. The fools are the happiest. + + --_Taine_. + +ADOLPHE HIPPOLYTE TAINE, an illustrious French historian and critic, was +born at Vouziers (Ardennes), April 21, 1828, and died at Paris, March 5, +1893. Among his publications are: "Essay on La Fontaine's Fables," +"Essay on Livy," "Journey to the Pyrenees," "French Philosophers in the +Nineteenth Century," "Essays in Criticism and History," "Notes on +England," "Contemporary English Writers," "History of English +Literature," "English Idealism," "New Essays in Criticism and History," +"Philosophy of Art," "Philosophy of Art in Italy," "Tour in Italy, +Naples, Rome, Florence, and Venice," "Notes on Paris," "The Ideal in +Art," "Philosophy of Art in Greece," "On the Understanding," "The Old +Régime," "The Revolutionary Governments," etc. + + + When I'm not thank'd at all, I'm thank'd enough; + I've done my duty, and I've done no more. + + "Tom Thumb the Great," Act. i, Sc. 3,--_Henry Fielding_. + +HENRY FIELDING, a celebrated English novelist, was born at Sharpham +Park, Somersetshire, April 22, 1707, and died at Lisbon, October 8, +1754. His most famous works are: "Tom Jones, or the History of a +Foundling," "The Adventures of Joseph Andrews," "Amelia," and "The +History of Jonathan Wild." + + + Sincerity is the indispensable ground of all conscientiousness, + and by consequence of all heartfelt religion. + + --_Emmanuel Kant_. + +EMMANUEL KANT, an eminent German philosopher, was born at Königsberg, +April 22, 1724, and died there, February 12, 1804. His three famous +works are: "Critique of the Practical Reason," "Critique of Pure +Reason," and "Critique of the Power of Judgment." + + + And all the bustle of departure--sometimes sad, sometimes + intoxicating--just as fear or hope may be inspired by the new + chances of coming destiny. + + "Corinne," Book X, Chap. VI,--_Madame De Staël_. + +ANNE LOUISE GERMAINE (NECKER), BARONESS DE STAËL-HOLSTEIN, a celebrated +French writer, was born in Paris, April 22, 1766, and died there July +14, 1817. She wrote: "Letters on the Character and Writings of J. J. +Rousseau," "Corinne," "Delphine," "Literature in Relation to Social +Institutions," etc. + + + We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; + In feelings, not in figures on a dial. + We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives + Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best. + Life's but a means unto an end; that end + Beginning, mean, and end to all things,--God. + + "Festus," Scene V, A Country Town,--_Philip James Bailey_. + +PHILIP JAMES BAILEY, a noted English poet, was born in Basford, +Nottinghamshire, April 22, 1816, and died in 1902. He wrote: "The +Universal Hymn," "The Age," "The Mystic," "The Angel World," and his +great poem, "Festus." + + + Friendship is constant in all other things + Save in the office and affairs of love: + Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues; + Let every eye negotiate for itself + And trust no agent. + + "Much Ado about Nothing," Act ii, Sc. i.--_William Shakespeare_. + +WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, the great English poet, was born at +Stratford-on-Avon, April 23, 1564, and he died there April 23, 1616. +Among his famous works may be mentioned: "Henry VI," "Richard III," +"Taming of the Shrew," "Love's Labour's Lost," "Comedy of Errors," "Two +Gentlemen of Verona," "Romeo and Juliet," "The Merchant of Venice," "A +Midsummer Night's Dream," "Henry V," "All's Well That Ends Well," "The +Merry Wives of Windsor," "As You Like It," "Julius Cæsar," "Much Ado +About Nothing," "Twelfth Night," "Hamlet," "Othello," "King Lear," +"Macbeth," "Measure for Measure," "Antony and Cleopatra," "Cymbeline," +"A Winter's Tale," "The Tempest," etc., etc. + + + Our thoughts and our conduct are our own. + + "Short Studies on Great Subjects: Education,"--_James A. + Froude_. + +JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE, a celebrated English historian, was born at +Dartington in Devonshire, April 23, 1818, and died in London, October +20, 1894. Among his works are: "Luther: A Short Biography," "Shadows of +a Cloud," "Nemesis of Faith," "History of England from the Fall of +Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth," "The English in Ireland in the +Eighteenth Century," "Influence of the Reformation on the Scottish +Character," "Thomas Carlyle," "Short Studies on Great Subjects," +"Spanish Story of the Armada," etc. + + + Bowed by the weight of centuries, he leans + Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, + The emptiness of ages in his face, + And on his back the burden of the world. + + "The Man with the Hoe,"--_Edwin Markham_. + +EDWIN MARKHAM, a noted American poet, was born at Oregon City, Oregon, +April 23, 1852. He is best known by his famous poem, "The Man with the +Hoe." + + + But as some muskets so contrive it + As oft to miss the mark they drive at, + And though well aimed at duck or plover, + Bear wide, and kick their owners over. + + "McFingal," Canto i, Line 93,--_John Trumbull_. + +JOHN TRUMBULL, a famous American lawyer, poet, and wit, was born in +Westbury, Conn., April 24, 1750, and died at Detroit, Mich., May 10, +1831. He wrote: "The Progress of Dullness," "McFingal," which won for +him his greatest fame, and several other works. His "Poetical Works" +were published in 1820. + + + Whatever Thackeray says, the reader cannot fail to understand; and + whatever Thackeray attempts to communicate, he succeeds in + conveying. + + "Life of Thackeray,"--_Anthony Trollope_. + +ANTHONY TROLLOPE, an illustrious English novelist, was born in London, +April 24, 1815, and died there, December 6, 1882. Among his numerous +publications may be mentioned: "The Kellys and the O'Kellys," "La +Vendée," "The Warden," "Barchester Towers," "Doctor Thorne," "The +Bertrams," "Castle Richmond," "Orley Farm," "Tales of All Countries," +"The Struggles of Brown, Jones and Robinson," "North America," "Rachel +Ray," "Hunting Sketches," "Traveling Sketches," "The Claverings," +"British Sports and Pastimes," "He Knew He Was Right," "Mary Gresley," +"Ralph the Heir," "The Golden Lion of Granpère," "Phineas Redux," "South +Australia and Western Australia," "Lady Anna," "The Prime Minister," +"The American Senator," "South Africa," "John Caldigate," "Cousin +Henry," "The Duke's Children," "Life of Cicero," "Ayala's Angel," +"Marion Fay," "The Fixed Period," "Kept in the Dark," etc. His +"Autobiography" appeared in 1883. + + + Come and see her as she stands. + Crimson roses in her hands; + And her eyes + Are as dark as Southern night, + Yet than Southern dawn more bright. + And a soft, alluring light, + In them lies. + + "Fanny, A Southern Blossom," St. I,--_Anne Reeve Aldrich_. + +ANNE REEVE ALDRICH, a noted American poet and novelist, was born in New +York, April 25, 1866, and died there June 22, 1892. She wrote: "The Rose +of Flame," "The Feet of Love," "Songs About Life, Love and Death," etc. + + + Take, O boatman, thrice thy fee,-- + Take, I give it willingly; + For, invisible to thee, + Spirits twain have, crossed with me. + + "The Passage," _Edinburgh Review_, Oct., 1832,--_Johann L. + Uhland_. + +JOHANN L. UHLAND, an eminent German poet, was born at Tubingen, April +26, 1787, and died November 13, 1862. He wrote: "Walther von der +Vogelweide," "The Old French Epos," "The Myth of Thor, according to +Norse Tradition," etc. Also two dramas: "Ludwig the Bavarian," and +"Ernest, Duke of Suabia." His ballads and songs also won for him great +renown. + + + Even bear-baiting was esteemed heathenish and unchristian: the + sport of it, not the inhumanity, gave offence. + + "History of England," Vol. i, Chap. lxii,--_David Hume_. + +DAVID HUME, a famous British philosopher and historian, was born in +Edinburgh, April 26, 1711, and died there August 25, 1776. Among his +works may be mentioned: "Political Discourses," "An Inquiry Concerning +the Principles of Morals," "Four Dissertations," "A Treatise on Human +Nature," "History of England," "Two Essays," "Natural History of +Religion," "Essays, Moral and Political," etc. + + + Let us all be happy and live within our means, even if we have to + borrow the money to do it with. + + "Natural History,"--_Charles Farrar Browne_. + +CHARLES FARRAR BROWNE ("ARTEMUS WARD"), a noted American humorist, was +born at Waterford, Me., April 26, 1834, and died at Southampton, +England, March 6, 1867. He wrote: "Artemus Ward, His Book," and "Artemus +Ward, His Travels." + + + On the approach of spring, I withdraw without reluctance from the + noisy and extensive scene of crowds without company, and + dissipation without pleasure. + + "Memoirs," Vol. i, p. 116,--_Edward Gibbon_. + +EDWARD GIBBON, a renowned English historian, was born at Putney, Surrey, +April 27, 1737, and died at London, January 15, 1794. His notable works +are: "History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," "Critical +Observations," "Essay on the Study of Literature," and "Miscellaneous +Works, with Memoir Composed by Himself." + + + Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious. + + "First Principles,"--_Herbert Spencer_. + +HERBERT SPENCER, the celebrated English philosopher, was born at Derby, +April 27, 1820, and died December 8, 1903. Among his noted works are: +"Principles of Psychology," "Classification of the Sciences," +"Education," "Essays," "The Study of Sociology," "Data of Ethics," +"Principles of Sociology," "Political Institutions," etc. + + + Let us have peace. + + Accepting a Nomination for the Presidency, May 29, + 1868.--_Ulysses Simpson Grant_. + +ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT, the greatest of American generals, and eighteenth +President of the United States, was born at Point Pleasant, Ohio, April +27, 1822, and died at Mt. McGregor near Saratoga Springs, N. Y., July +23, 1885. His "Personal Memoirs," won for him everlasting literary fame. + + + Have you sent to the apothecary for a sufficient quantity of cream + of tartar to make lemonade? You know I die if I have not + everything in the highest style. + + "Man and Wife," iii,--_Colman_. + +GEORGE COLMAN, the Elder, a celebrated English dramatist, was born in +Florence, Italy, April 28, 1733, and died in London, August 14, 1794. +Among his comedies are: "The Deuce Is in Him," "New Brooms," "Man and +Wife," "The Separate Maintenance." + + + Injuries from friends fret and gall more, and the memory of them + is not so easily obliterated. + + --_John Arbuthnot_. + +JOHN ARBUTHNOT, a famous Scottish humorist, was born near Arbuthnot +Castle, Kincardineshire, Scotland, April 29, 1667, and died in London, +February 27, 1735. His most celebrated work was, "The History of John +Bull." + + + Life is a game the soul can play + With fewer pieces than men say. + + "Field-Notes,"--_Edward Rowland Sill_. + +EDWARD ROWLAND SILL, a distinguished American poet, was born in Windsor, +Conn., April 29, 1841, and died in Cleveland, O., February 27, 1887. His +poetical works include: "The Venus of Milo, and Other Poems," "The +Hermitage, and Other Poems," and "Poems," published after his death. + + + To be bright and cheerful often requires an effort; there is a + certain art in keeping ourselves happy; in this respect, as in + others, we require to watch over and manage ourselves almost as if + we were somebody else. + + --_Sir John Lubbock_. + +SIR JOHN LUBBOCK, a renowned English naturalist and paleontologist, was +born in London, April 30, 1834, and died in 1913. Among his many works +are: "Prehistoric Times as Illustrated by Ancient Remains," "The Origin +of Civilization and the Primitive Condition of Man," "Origin and +Metamorphoses of Insects," "Ants, Bees, and Wasps," "On the Senses, +Instincts and Intelligence of Animals," "The Beauties of Nature and the +Wonders of the World," "Flowers, Fruits and Leaves," "The Pleasures of +Life," "The Use of Life," "The Scenery of Switzerland and the Causes to +Which It Is Due," "The Scenery of England," "Essays and Addresses," +"Free Trade," "Notes on the Life History of the British Flowering +Plants," "Marriage, Totemism, and Religion," "Peace and Happiness," etc. + + + From our Dominion never + Take thy protecting hand! + United, Lord, forever, + Keep thou our father's land! + + --_John Campbell, Duke of Argyll_. + +GEORGE JOHN DOUGLAS CAMPBELL, eighth Duke of Argyll, a noted English +philosophical, scientific, and political writer, and statesman, was born +in Ardencaple, Castle Dumbartonshire, April 30, 1823, and died in 1900. +Among his notable works are: "The Reign of Law," "Primeval Man," "Iona," +"The Eastern Question," "The Unity of Nature," "The Unseen Foundations +of Society." + + +FOOTNOTES: + +[1] Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are. + +[2] We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world. + +[3] The king reigns but does not govern. + + + + +MAY + + + + +MAY + + + It must be so,--Plato, thou reasonest well! + Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, + This longing after immortality? + Or whence this secret dread and inward horror + Of falling into naught? Why shrinks the soul + Back on herself, and startles at destruction? + 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; + 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, + And intimates eternity to man. + Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought. + + "Cato," Act V. Sc. I.--_Joseph Addison_. + +JOSEPH ADDISON, a famous English essayist and poet, was born at Milston, +Wiltshire, May 1, 1672, and died in London, June 17, 1719. He wrote 41 +original papers in the "Tattler," and 34 with Steele; 274 in the +"Spectator," 24 to a revived "Spectator," and 2 to Steele's "Lover." His +other works include: "Letters from Italy" (a poem), "The Campaign" (a +poem), "Fair Rosamond" (an opera), "Remarks on Several Parts of Italy," +and "Cato" (a tragedy). + + + As an orator, Webster has been compared in simplicity to + Demosthenes and in profundity to Burke. + + "Daniel Webster; History of the United States,"--_James Ford + Rhodes_. + +JAMES FORD RHODES, a distinguished American historian, was born in +Cleveland, Ohio, May 1, 1848. He is best known by his noted work in two +volumes, "History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850." His +other works include, "Historical Essays," "Lectures on the American +Civil War Delivered at Oxford," "History of the Civil War," "History of +the United States from Hayes to McKinley," etc. + + + All power appears only in transition. Permanent power is stuff. + + --_Novalis_. + +NOVALIS, the _nom de plume_ of FRIEDRICH VON HARDENBURG, a noted German +philosopher and mystic, was born in Saxony, May 2, 1772, and died, 1801. +Among his writings are: "Hymns to the Night," "Disciples at Sais," and +"Heinrich von Ofterdingen." + + + The people of Massachusetts in the seventeenth century, like all + other Christian people at that time and later,--at least, with + extremely rare individual exceptions,--believed in the reality of + a hideous crime called witchcraft. They thought they had Scripture + for that belief, and they knew they had law for it, explicit and + abundant; and with them law and Scripture were absolute + authorities for the regulation of opinion and of conduct. + + "History of New England."--_J. G. Palfrey_. + +JOHN GORHAM PALFREY, a distinguished American clergyman and author, was +born in Boston, May 2, 1796, and died in Cambridge, Mass., April 26, +1881. He published numerous sermons, lectures, addresses, etc., but "The +History of New England," won for him world-wide fame. + + + I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. + I love to keep it by me: the idea of getting rid of it nearly + breaks my heart. + + "Three Men in a Boat," Chap. 15,--_J. K. Jerome_. + +JEROME K. JEROME, a famous English writer, was born at Walsall, May 2, +1861. Among his works are: "Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow," "Three Men +in a Boat," "Novel Notes," "John Ingerfield," "Fennel," "Ruth," "Passing +of the Third Floor Back," "Esther Castways," "Malvina of Brittany," "All +Roads Lead to Calvary," etc. + + + Bisogna che i giudici siano assai perché pochi sempre fanno a modo + de'pochi.[1] + + "Dei Discorsi," I, 7,--_Machiavelli_. + +NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI, a renowned Italian statesman and political and +historical writer was born at Florence, May 3, 1469, and died there, +June 22, 1527. He wrote: "Mandragola," "The Prince," "Florentine +History," "Discourses," "Art of War," etc. + + + There is another and a better world. + + "The Stranger," Act. i, Sc. 1,--_A. F. Kotzebue_. + +AUGUST FRIEDRICH FERDINAND VON KOTZEBUE, a famous German dramatist, was +born at Weimar, May 3, 1761, and died at Mannheim, March 23, 1819. His +best known works are: "The Spaniards in Peru," "The Stranger," +"Misanthropy and Repentance," "German Provincials," "The Indians in +England," and his noted novel, "Sorrows of the Ortenberg Family." + + + The Doctrine of Stoicism modified by a doctrine of culture is + nobly preached in Matthew Arnold's verse. + + "New Studios in Literature," p. 37,--_Edward Dowden_. + +EDWARD DOWDEN, a distinguished Irish poet and historian of literature, +was born at Cork, May 3, 1843, and died in 1913. He has written: "Life +of Percy Bysshe Shelley," "Primer of French Literature," "Studies in +Literature," "Poems," "Southey," "Shakespeare, His Mind and Art," +"Introduction to Shakespeare," "Wordsworth," "New Studies in +Literature," "The French Revolution and English Literature," "A History +of French Literature," "Robert Browning," "Michel de Montaigne," +"Essays: Modern and Elizabethan," "Poetical Works" (2 vols.). His +"Letters" appeared in 1914. + + + The triumphs of the warrior are bounded by the narrow theatre of + his own age, but those of a Scott or a Shakespeare will be renewed + with greater luster in ages yet unborn, when the victorious + chieftain shall be forgotten, or shall live only in the song of + the minstrel and the page of the chronicler. + + --_Prescott_. + +WILLIAM HICKLING PRESCOTT, a famous American historian, was born at +Salem, Mass., May 4, 1796, and died in New York, January 28, 1859. He +wrote: "History of Ferdinand and Isabella," "History of the Conquest of +Mexico," "History of the Conquest of Peru," "Critical Essays," "History +of the Reign of Philip II of Spain," etc. + + + It is well to think well: it is divine to act well. + + --_Horace Mann_. + +HORACE MANN, a noted American educator and educational writer was born +in Franklin, Mass., May 4, 1796, and died in Yellow Springs, Ohio, +August 2, 1859. He published: "A Few Thoughts for a Young Man," +"Slavery: Letters and Speeches," "Powers and Duties of Woman," etc. + + + The great end of life is not knowledge but action. + + "Technical Education,"--_Thomas Henry Huxley_. + +THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY, a renowned English scientist, was born in Ealing, +May 4, 1825, and died June 29, 1895. Among his famous works are: +"Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature," "On the Educational Value of the +Natural-History Sciences," "Lectures on the Elements of Comparative +Anatomy," "Lessons in Elementary Physiology," "On the Physical Basis of +Life," "Half Hours with Modern Scientists," "American Addresses," "An +Introduction to the Classification of Animals," "Science and Culture, +and Other Essays," etc., etc. + + + Time, to the nation as to the individual, is nothing absolute; its + duration depends on the rate of thought and feeling. + + --_John W. Draper_. + +JOHN WILLIAM DRAPER, a famous physiologist, historical and miscellaneous +prose-writer, was born near Liverpool, England, May 5, 1811, and died at +Hastings-on-the-Hudson, N. Y., January 4, 1882. He has written: "Human +Physiology," "History of the Intellectual Development of Europe," +"History of the American Civil War," and his most celebrated work, +"History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science." + + + In La Fontaine there is an affluence of poetry which is found in + no other French author. + + "Literary Judgments,"--_Joseph Joubert_. + +JOSEPH JOUBERT, an eminent French moralist and writer of aphorisms, was +born in Montignac, Périgord, May 6, 1754, and died at Paris in 1824. +Most of his epigrammatic work was published after his death, the titles +of the volumes being, "Thoughts," and "Thoughts, Essays, Maxims, and +Correspondence." + + + I feel the breath of the summer night, + Aromatic fire; + The trees, the vines the flowers are astir + With tender desire. + + "A Summer Night,"--_Elizabeth Barstow Stoddard_. + +ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD, a noted American novelist and poet, +was born in Mattapoisett, Mass., May 6, 1823, and died in 1902. Among +her works are: "Temple House," "Two Men," "The Morgesons," and "Poems," +collected and published in 1895, etc. + + + I trust in Nature for the stable laws + Of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant + And Autumn garner to the end of time. + I trust in God,--the right shall be the right + And other than the wrong, while he endures. + I trust in my own soul, that can perceive + The outward and the inward,--Nature's good + And God's. + + "A Soul's Tragedy," Act i,--_Robert Browning_. + +ROBERT BROWNING, the renowned English poet, was born in Camberwell, May +7, 1812, and died in Venice, December 12, 1889. Among his poetical works +are: "A Soul's Tragedy," "The Return of the Druses," "Colombe's +Birthday," "Strafford," "Pauline," "Christmas Eve and Easter Day," +"Fifine at the Fair," "Men and Women," "King Victor and King Charles," +"Jocoseria," "Red-Cotton Nightcap Country," "Dramatic Idylls," "Pippa +Passes," etc. + + + Facts are stubborn things. + + "Gil Blas," Book x, Chap. i,--_Le Sage_. + +ALAIN RENÉ LE SAGE, a famous French novelist and dramatist, was born at +Sarzeau, near Cannes, May 8, 1668, and died at Boulogne-sur-Mer, +November 17, 1747. His greatest works were: "The Bachelor of Salamanca," +"Gil Blas," "The Life and Adventures of M. de Beauchène," "The Devil on +Two Sticks," and two well-known comedies, "Crispin His Master's Rival," +and "Turcaret." + + + Suffering is the surest means of making us truthful to ourselves. + + --_Sismondi_. + +JEAN CHARLES LÉONARD SIMON DE SISMONDI, an illustrious Swiss historian, +was born at Geneva, May 9, 1773, and died there, June 25, 1842. His most +noted works are: "History of the Italian Republics in the Middle Ages," +"History of the New Birth of Liberty in Italy," "History of the Fall of +the Roman Empire," "History of the French," "Julia Severa: or, the Year +492," and "Literature of the South of Europe." + + + Life is a long lesson in humility. + + "The Little Minister," Chap. 3,--_J. M. Barrie_. + +JAMES MATTHEW BARRIE, a noted Scottish author, was born in Kirriemuir, +Forfarshire, May 9, 1860. He has written: "When a Man's Single," "Better +Dead," "Auld Licht Idylls," "A Window in Thrums," "My Lady Nicotine," +"Sentimental Tommy," "Margaret Ogilvy," "The Little Minister," "Tommy +and Grizel," "The Little White Bird," "Peter Pan in Kensington +Gardens," "Peter and Wendy," Dramatic works are: "The Professor's Love +Story," "The Wedding Guest," "Little Mary," "Peter Pan," +"Alice-Sit-by-the-Fire," "What Every Woman Knows," "The Legend of +Leonora," "The Will," "The Adored One," "Half an Hour," "Der Tag," "Rosy +Rapture," "A Kiss for Cinderella," "Seven Women," "Dear Brutus," "Echoes +of the War," etc. + + + No country seems to owe more to its women than America does, nor + to owe to them so much of what is best in social institutions and + in the beliefs that govern conduct. + + "The American Commonwealth,"--_James Bryce_. + +JAMES BRYCE, a noted British statesman, diplomat, and historian, was +born in Belfast, May 10, 1838, and died Jan. 22, 1922. His most +important works are: "The Holy Roman Empire" and "The American +Commonwealth." + + + By the waters of Life we sat together, + Hand in hand, in the golden days + Of the beautiful early summer weather, + When skies were purple and breath was praise. + + "An Old Man's Idyll,"--_Thomas Noel_. + +THOMAS NOEL, a noted English poet, was born May 11, 1799, and died in +1861. Among his volumes of verse are: "Rhymes and Roundelayes," etc. + + + The congress of Vienna does not walk, but it dances. + + --_Prince de Ligne_. + +CHARLES JOSEPH, PRINCE DE LIGNE, a distinguished Belgian soldier and +miscellaneous writer, was born at Brussels, May 12, 1735, and died +December 13, 1814. He wrote: "Military, Literary and Sentimental +Miscellanies," "Life of Prince Eugene of Savoy," etc. + + + Molto sa chi non sa, se tacer sa.[2] + + "Gingillino," Part II,--_Giusti_. + +GIUSEPPI GIUSTI, a notable Italian poet and political satirist, was born +in Monsummano, May 12, 1809, and died in Florence, March 31, 1850. His +first masterpiece was the poem "Dies Iræ," other pieces are: "The Boot," +"The Crowned," "The Investiture of a Knight," and the satires written +from 1847 to 1849. + + + Each hour until we meet is as a bird + That wings from far his gradual way along + The rustling covert of my soul--his song + Still loudlier trilled through leaves more deeply stirr'd: + But at the hour of meeting, a clear word + Is every note he sings, in Love's own tongue. + + "Winged Hours," Sonnet xv,--_Dante Gabriel Rossetti_. + +DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI, the renowned English painter and poet, was born +in London, May 12, 1828, and died at Birchington, Kent, April 9, 1882. +Among his poetical works are: "Blessed Damozel," "Sister Helen," "The +White Ship," "The House of Life," "The King's Tragedy," "Hand and Soul," +and "Rose Mary." Also: translations of "Early Italian Poets." + + + To tremble, when I touch her hands, + With awe that no man understands; + To feel soft reverence arise + When, lover-sweet, I meet her eyes; + To see her beauty grow and shine + When most I feel this awe divine,-- + Whate'er befall me, this is mine; + And whereabout the room she moves, + My spirit follows her, and loves. + + "Divine Awe,"--_George Edward Woodberry_. + +GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY, a famous American poet and miscellaneous +writer, was born at Beverly, Mass., May 12, 1855. He has written: "The +North Shore Watch, and Other Poems," "History of Wood Engraving," "Life +of Edgar Allan Poe," "The Flight and Other Poems," "North Africa and +the Desert," "Shakespeare: An Address," "Great Writers," "Poems," "The +Inspiration of Poetry," "Wendell Phillips," "Two Phases of Criticism," +"Ideal Passion" (sonnets). + + + Work, and thou wilt bless the day + Ere the toil be done; + They that work not, can not pray, + Can not feel the sun. + God is living, working still, + All things work and move; + Work, or lose the power to will, + Lose the power to love. + + "Working,"--_John Sullivan Dwight_. + +JOHN SULLIVAN DWIGHT, a noted American musical critic, was born at +Boston, May 13, 1813, and died September 5, 1893. His noted poem is, +"God Save the State." + + + Children are like grown people; the experience of others is never + of any use to them. + + --_Alphonse Daudet_. + +ALPHONSE DAUDET, a distinguished French novelist, was born at Nîmes, May +13, 1840, and died December 16, 1897. He wrote: "The Little Thing: Story +of a Child," "Letters from My Mill," "Monday Tales," "Fromont, Jr. and +Risler, Sr.," "The Nabob," "Kings in Exile," "Numa Roumestan," "The +Gospeller," "Sappho," "Tartarin," "Prodigious Adventures of Tartarin," +"Tartarin in the Alps," "Port Tarascon," "Thirty Years of Paris," +"Recollections of a Man of Letters," etc. + + + Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, + The queen of the world and the child of the skies! + Thy genius commands thee; with rapture behold, + While ages on ages thy splendors unfold. + + "Columbia,"--_Timothy Dwight_. + +TIMOTHY DWIGHT, a celebrated American Congregational clergyman, was born +in Northampton, Mass., May 14, 1752, and died in New Haven, Conn., +January 11, 1817. He wrote: "Observations on Language," "Essay on +Light," "Greenfield Hill" "Travels in New England and New York," +"Theology Explained and Defended," etc. + + + "You can never say too much about Coleridge to me," Rossetti would + write, "for I worship him on the right side of idolatry, and I + perceive you know him well." Upon this one of my first remarks was + that there was much in Coleridge's higher descriptive verse + equivalent to the landscape art of Turner. The critical parallel + Rossetti warmly approved of, adding however, that Coleridge, at + his best as a pictorial artist, was a spiritualised Turner. + + "Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti,"--_Hall Caine_. + +SIR THOMAS HENRY HALL CAINE, an eminent English novelist, was born at +Runcorn, Cheshire, May 14, 1853. His most noted works are: "The +Deemster," "A Son of Hagar," "Recollections of Rossetti," "The +Scapegoat," "The Shadow of a Crime," "The Manxman," "The Christian," +"The White Prophet," "The Prodigal Son," "The Woman Thou Gavest Me," +etc. Also: "The Drama of 365 Days," "Scenes in the Great War," +"Britain's Daughters," etc. + + + Sooth 'twere a pleasant life to lead, + With nothing in the world to do + But just to blow a shepherd's reed, + The silent season thro' + And just to drive a flock to feed,-- + Sheep, quiet, fond and few! + + "Dolce far Niente," Stanza I,--_Laman Blanchard_. + +SAMUEL LAMAN BLANCHARD, a noted British author and journalist, was born +May 15, 1804, and died February 15, 1845. He published "Lyric +Offerings," etc.; and edited numerous magazine journals. + + + The deeper the feeling the less demonstrative will be the + expression of it. + + --_Balzac_. + +HONORÉ DE BALZAC, the greatest of French novelists, was born in Tours, +May 16, 1799, and died in Paris, August 18, 1850. He wrote in all about +97 celebrated novels. Among them: "Le Vieille Fille," "Contrat De +Marriage," "Le Colonel Chabert," "Les Chouans," "Pierrette," +"Seraphita," "Les Employés," "Modeste Mignon," "Histoire Des Treize," +"Début Dans La Vie," "Ursule Mirouet," "Eugène Grandet," "Cousin Pons," +"Le Père Goriot," "Les Paysans," "Cousine Bette," etc., etc. + + + Les grandes ne sont grands que parceque nous sommes à genoux; + Relevons nous.[3] + + "Revolutions de Paris," Motto.--_Prudhomme_. + +RENÉ FRANÇOIS ARMAND SULLY-PRUDHOMME, a famous French poet, was born at +Paris, May 16, 1839, and died in 1907. He has written: "The Broken +Vase," "Stanzas and Poems," "The Stables of Augeas," "The Wildernesses," +"Revolt of the Flowers," "Reflections on the Art of Versification," etc. + + + To think, and to feel, constitute the two grand divisions of men + of genius--the men of reasoning and the men of imagination. + + "Literary Character of Men of Genius," Ch. II,--_Isaac + Disraeli_. + +ISAAC DISRAELI, a distinguished English literary essayist, compiler and +historian, was born at Enfield in Middlesex, May 17, 1766, and died +January 9, 1848. Among his writings are: "Curiosities of Literature," +"Calamities of Authors," "Quarrels of Authors," "Miscellanies, or +Literary Recollections," etc. Also: "Commentaries on the Life and Reign +of Charles I." + + + A monument to Newton! a monument to Shakespeare! Look up to + Heaven--look into the Human Heart. Till the planets and the + passions--the affections and the fixed stars are + extinguished--their names cannot die. + + "Noctes Ambrosianæ," Vol. iii,--_John Wilson_. + +JOHN WILSON (CHRISTOPHER NORTH), a noted Scottish writer, was born May +18, 1785, at Paisley, and died April 3, 1854. Among his works are: "The +Isle of Palms," "The City of the Plague," "Lights and Shadows of +Scottish Life," "The Trials of Margaret Lindsay," "The Foresters," etc. + + + Not alone to know, but to act according to thy knowledge, is thy + destination,--proclaims the voice of my inmost soul. Not for + indolent contemplation and study of thyself, nor for brooding over + emotions of piety--no, for action was existence given thee; thy + actions, and thy actions alone, determine thy worth. + + --_Fichte_. + +JOHANN GOTTLIEB FICHTE, a renowned German philosopher, was born at +Rammenau in Upper Lusatia, May 19, 1762, and died at Berlin, January 27, +1814. Among his works are: "Foundations of the Whole Doctrine of +Science," "Introduction to the Doctrine of Science," "The Doctrine of +Science," "System of Moral Doctrine," "Man's Destiny," and his +celebrated treatise, "Essay Toward a Critique of All Revelation." + + + The worth of a state, in the long run, is the worth of the + individuals composing it. + + --_John Stuart Mill_. + +JOHN STUART MILL, a famous English philosophical writer, logician, and +political economist, was born in London, May 20, 1806, and died at +Avignon, France, May 8, 1873. Among the most important of his works are: +"Essay on Liberty," "Logic," "Political Economy," "On the Subjection of +Women," "Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy," "Auguste +Comte and Positivism," and "Utilitarianism." His "Autobiography" +appeared in 1873. + + + It was the calm and silent night! + Seven hundred years and fifty-three + Had Rome been growing up to might, + And now was queen of land and sea. + No sound was heard of clashing wars, + Peace brooded o'er the hushed domain; + Apollo, Pallas, Jove, and Mars + Held undisturbed their ancient reign, + In the solemn midnight + Centuries ago. + + "Christmas Hymn,"--_Alfred Domett_. + +ALFRED DOMETT, a noted British statesman and poet, was born at +Camberwell Grove, Surrey, May 20, 1811, and died in 1887. The best +known of his works are: "Ranolf and Amohia, a South Sea Day Dream," and +"Flotsam and Jetsam: Rhymes Old and New." + + + Awake, my St. John! leave all meaner things + To low ambition and the pride of kings. + Let us (since life can little more supply + Than just to look about us, and to die) + Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man; + A mighty maze! but not without a plan. + + "Essay on Man," Epistle i, Line 1,--_Alexander Pope_. + +ALEXANDER POPE, the renowned English poet, was born at London, May 21, +1688, and died at Twickenham on the Thames, May 30, 1744. His most +famous works are: "Homer's Odyssey," "The Iliad of Homer," translated, +"Epistles from Eloisa to Abelard," "The Rape of the Lock," "The Temple +of Fame," "Essay on Criticism," "The Dunciad," "Imitations of Horace," +"Essay on Man," etc. + + + "It is more than a crime; it is a political fault,"--words which I + record, because they have been repeated and attributed to others. + + "Memoirs,"--_Fouché_. + +JOSEPH FOUCHÉ (DUKE OF OTRANTO), a celebrated French statesman, was born +May 21, 1759, and died in 1820. A few of his famous political pamphlets +and reports are: "Réflexions sur le jugement de Louis Cofret," +"Réflexions sur l'éducation publique," "Rapport et project de loi +relatif aux Collèges," etc. + + + A sudden thought strikes me,--let us swear an eternal friendship. + + "The Rovers,"--_J. H. Frere_. + +JOHN HOOKHAM FRERE, a noted English poet, translator, and diplomatist, +was born in London, May 21, 1769, and died in Malta, January 7, 1846. He +produced: the "Prospectus and Specimen of an Intended National Work... +Relating to King Arthur and his Round Table," known as "The Monks and +the Giants"; a literary burlesque, and numerous translations. + + + A sound so fine, there's nothing lives + 'Twixt it and silence. + + "Virginius," Act v, Sc. 2 (1784-1862),--_James Sheridan + Knowles_. + +JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES, a famous Irish actor, lecturer and dramatist, +was born at Cork, May 21, 1784, and died at Torquay, England, November +30, 1862. Among his dramas are: "Caius Gracchus," "William Tell," +"Alfred the Great," "The Wife: a Tale of Mantua," "The Rose of Aragon," +and his three masterpieces, "Virginius," "The Hunchback," and "The Love +Chase." + + + Unconsciousness is one of the most important conditions of a good + style in speaking or in writing. + + --_Richard Grant White_. + +RICHARD GRANT WHITE, an eminent American journalist, critic, and +Shakespearean scholar, was born in New York City, May 22, 1822, and died +there, April 8, 1885. Among his books are: "National Hymns: A Lyrical +and National Study for the Times," "Memoirs of the Life of William +Shakespeare, with an Essay Towards the Expression of His Genius," +"Poetry of the Civil War," "Words and Their Uses," "England Without and +Within," etc. + + + The bow was made in England: + Of true wood, of yew-wood, + The wood of English bows; + So men who are free + Love the old yew-tree + And the land where the yew-tree grows. + + "Songs of Action: Song of the Bow," etc. I,--_Sir A. Conan + Doyle_. + +SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, a renowned Scotch story and romance writer, was +born in Edinburgh, May 22, 1859. His works include: "A Study in +Scarlet," "The Sign of the Four," "The White Company," "The Great +Shadow," "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," "The Hound of the +Baskervilles," "Adventures of Gerard," "Return of Sherlock Holmes," "Sir +Nigel," "Through the Magic Door," "The Fires of Fate," "The Crime of the +Congo," "The Lost World," "The Case of Oscar Slater," "The Valley of +Fear," "A Visit to Three Fronts," "His Last Bow," etc. + + + I remember, I remember + The fir-trees dark and high; + I used to think their slender-tops + Were close against the sky; + It was a childish ignorance, + But now 'tis little joy + To know I'm farther off from heaven + Than when I was a boy. + + "I remember, I remember,"--_Thomas Hood_. + +THOMAS HOOD, the great English poet, was born in London, May 23, 1799, +and died there May 3, 1845. Among his poetical works are: "The Haunted +House," "Whims and Oddities," "The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies," and +"The Hostler's Lament," "The Bridge of Sighs," and "The Song of the +Shirt." + + + Chance cannot touch me! Time cannot hush me! + Fear, hope, and longing, at strife, + Sink as I rise, on, on, upward forever, + Gathering strength, gaining breath,--naught can sever + Me from the Spirit of Life! + + "Dryad Song," Stanza 4,--_Margaret Fuller_. + +SARAH MARGARET FULLER, Marchioness d'Ossoli, best known as "Margaret +Fuller," was born at Cambridgeport, Mass., May 23, 1810, and died in +1850. She wrote: "Art, Literature, and Drama," "At Home and Abroad," +"Life Without and Life Within," and a collection of essays on "Women in +the Nineteenth Century." + + + The object of science is knowledge; the objects of art are works. + In art, truth is the means to an end; in science, it is the only + end. Hence the practical arts are not to be classed among the + sciences. + + --_William Whewell_. + +WILLIAM WHEWELL, a noted English philosopher and scientist, was born at +Lancaster, May 24, 1794, and died at Cambridge, March 6, 1866. Among his +works are: "History of the Inductive Sciences," "Philosophy of the +Inductive Sciences," "Lectures on Political Economy," "Elements of +Morality," etc. + + + If ever any poet stood in the white light of the beauty which we + call poetry, it was Mrs. Browning. Her thoughts were as fire and + her words were as fire. + + "Lectures on English Literature," 1889, p. 135.--_Maurice + Francis Egan_. + +MAURICE FRANCIS EGAN, a distinguished man of letters, was born in +Philadelphia, May 24, 1852 and died in 1923. His works include: "That +Girl of Mine," "That Lover of Mine," "A Garden of Roses," "Stories of +Duty," "The Life Around Us," "Lectures on English Literature," "A Primer +of English Literature," "A Gentleman," "The Flower of the Flock," +"Preludes" (poetry), "Songs and Sonnets," "Everybody's St. Francis." + + + Beneath the rule of men entirely great, + The pen is mightier than the sword. + + "Richelieu," Act ii, Sc. 2,--_Edward Bulwer-Lytton_. + +EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON, LORD LYTTON, the renowned English novelist, poet +and dramatist, was born in London, May 25, 1803, and died in Torquay, +January 18, 1873. Among his famous novels are: "Eugene Aram," "Pelham," +"Last Days of Pompeii," "Pilgrims of the Rhine," "Last of the Barons," +"Ernest Maltravers," "A Strange Story," "Rienzi," "Devereux," +"Falkland," "Harold," "The Coming Race," "The Caxtons," and three noted +dramas, "Money," "Richelieu," and "The Lady of Lyons." + + + I rarely read any Latin, Greek, German, Italian, sometimes not a + French book, in the original, which I can procure in a good + version. I like to be beholden to the great metropolitan English + speech, the sea which receives tributaries from every region under + heaven. I should as soon think of swimming across Charles River + when I wish to go to Boston, as of reading all my books in + originals when I have them rendered for me in my mother tongue. + + "Books,"--_Ralph Waldo Emerson_. + +RALPH WALDO EMERSON, the famous American philosopher, essayist and poet, +was born in Boston, May 25, 1803, and died at Concord, Mass., April 27, +1882. He wrote: "The American Scholar," "Man the Reformer," "Nature," +"The Young American," "The Conduct of Life," "Letters and Social Aims," +"Tribute to Walter Scott," "Society and Solitude," "Representative Men," +"Miscellanies," "Essays," "Poems," "May Day and Other Pieces," etc. + + + Satire should, like a polished razor keen, + Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen. + + "To the Imitator of the First Satire of Horace," Book ii,--_Mary + Wortley Montagu_. + +MARY WORTLEY, LADY MONTAGU, a celebrated English letter-writer, was born +at Thoresby, Notts, May 26, 1689, and died in England, August 21, 1762. +Her "Letters" won for her great literary fame. + + + In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a + glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me; As He died to + make men holy, let us die to make men free. + + "Battle Hymn of the Republic,"--_Julia Ward Howe_. + +JULIA WARD HOWE, a famous American poet, essayist, lecturer, biographer, +and writer of travels, was born in New York, May 27, 1819, and died in +1910. Among her works are: "Life of Margaret Fuller," "Trip to Cuba," +"Sex and Education," "The World's Own," "Later Lyrics," "From the Oak to +the Olive," and her celebrated "Battle Hymn of the Republic." + + + A cause is like champagne and high heels,--one must be prepared to + suffer for it. + + "The Title,"--_Arnold Bennett_. + +ENOCH ARNOLD BENNETT, a famous English author and journalist, was born +at North Staffordshire, May 27, 1867. Among his many works are: "The +Truth About an Author," "A Great Man," "The Old Wives' Tale," "The +Regent," "The Price of Love," "Over There," "War Scenes on the Western +Front," "Books and Persons," "The Pretty Lady," "The Roll Call," "Things +That Have Interested Me." Among his plays are: "Milestones" (with Edward +Knoblauch), "The Great Adventure," "The Title," "Judith," "Sacred and +Profane Love." + + + Whate'er there be of Sorrow + I'll put off till To-morrow + And when To-morrow comes, why then + 'Twill be To-day and Joy again. + + "The Word,"--_John K. Bangs_. + +JOHN KENDRICK BANGS, a noted American humorist and novelist, was born +May 27, 1862, and died January 21, 1922. Among his publications are +"Coffee and Repartee," "Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica," "Water Ghost and +Other Stories," "A Houseboat on the Styx," "A Rebellious Heroine," "The +Pursuit of the Houseboat," "Olympian Nights," "Over the Plum Pudding," +"Mollie and the Unwise Man," "The Inventions of the Idiot," "Songs of +Cheer," "Little Book of Christmas," "Line o' Cheer for Each Day of the +Year," "The Foothills of Parnassas," "From Pillar to Post," "Half-Hours +with the Idiot." + + + The harp that once through Tara's halls + The soul of music shed, + Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls + As if that soul were fled. + So sleeps the pride of former days, + So glory's thrill is o'er; + And hearts that once beat high for praise + Now feel that pulse no more. + + "The Harp that Once Through Tara's Halls,"--_Thomas Moore_. + +THOMAS MOORE, one of the greatest of Irish poets, was born at Dublin, +May 28, 1779, and died near Devizes, February 25, 1852. His most famous +works were: "Irish Melodies," "Loves of the Angels," "Odes and +Epistles," "The Twopenny Post Bag," "History of Ireland," "The +Epicurean," and "Lalla Rookh," his most famous work. + + + Asa Gray and Dr. Tarrey are known wherever the study of botany is + pursued. Gray, with his indefatigable zeal, will gain upon his + competitors. + + "Life and Correspondence," ed. Agassiz, Vol. ii, p. 437, + Letter to Milne Edwards,--_L. Agassiz_. + +JEAN LOUIS RODOLPHE AGASSIZ, a renowned Swiss naturalist, was born at +Motier, Switzerland, May 28, 1807, and died at Cambridge, Mass., +December 14, 1873. He published: "Studies of Glaciers," "Principles of +Zoölogy," "The Structure of Animal Life," "Scientific Results of a +Journey in Brazil," etc. + + + Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price + of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what + course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me + death! + + "Speech in the Virginia Convention," March, 1775,--_Patrick + Henry_. + +PATRICK HENRY, an illustrious American orator, was born at Studley, Va., +May 29, 1736, and died at Red Hill, Va., June 6, 1799. His numerous +speeches may be found in a (3 vols.) book, entitled "Life," by William +Wirt Henry. + + + "Vanitas Vanitatum" has rung in the ears + Of gentle and simple for thousands of years; + The wail still is heard, yet its notes never scare + Either simple or gentle from Vanity Fair. + + "Vanity Fair,"--_Frederick Locker-Lampson_. + +FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON, a noted English poet, was born at Greenwich, +May 29, 1821, and died in 1895. His fame rests principally upon his +"Society Verses." + + + In this dim world of clouding cares, + We rarely know, till wildered eyes + See white wings lessening up the skies + The angels with us unawares. + + "Babe Cristabel,"--_Thomas Gerald Massey_. + +(THOMAS) GERALD MASSEY, a celebrated English poet, was born near Tring, +Hertfordshire, May 29, 1828, and died October 29, 1907. He published +"Voices of Freedom and Lyrics of Love," "The Ballad of Babe Cristabel," +"War Waits," and "A Tale of Eternity." He collected the best of these +volumes into a two-volume edition of poems called "My Lyrical Life." He +also wrote: "The Book of the Beginnings," "The Natural Genesis," and his +most important work, "Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World." + + + "Truths turn into dogmas the moment they are disputed." + + "Heretics,"--_G. K. Chesterton_. + +GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON, a famous English author was born in London, +May 29, 1874. He has published: "Robert Browning," "Charles Dickens," +"George Bernard Shaw," "What's Wrong with the World?" "The Victorian Age +in Literature," "The Wisdom of Father Brown," "Poems," "A Shilling for +My Thoughts," "A Short History of England," "Irish Impressions," "The +Superstition of Divorce," etc. + + + So long as faith with freedom reigns + And loyal hope survives, + And gracious charity remains + To leaven lowly lives; + While there is one untrodden tract + For intellect or will, + And men are free to think and act, + Life is worth living still. + + "Is Life Worth Living?"--_Alfred Austin_. + +ALFRED AUSTIN, a noted English poet, critic and journalist, was born at +Headingly, near Leeds, May 30, 1835, and died in 1913. He was appointed +poet laureate of England in 1896. Among his writings are: "The Golden +Age: A Satire," "The Tower of Babel," "The Human Tragedy," "Veronica's +Garden," etc. + + + Die Liebe wintert nicht + Nein, nein! Ist und bleibt Frühlings-Schein.[4] + + "Herbstlied,"--_Ludwig Tieck_. + +JOHANN LUDWIG TIECK, a celebrated German poet and miscellaneous writer, +was born in Berlin, May 31, 1773, and died there, April 28, 1853. Among +his works may be mentioned: "William Lovell," "Ostrich Plumes," +"Abdallah," "Peter Lebrecht: A Story Without Adventures," "Prince +Zerbino," "Romantic Fancies," "Life and Death of St. Genevieve," "Love +Songs of the Suabian Past," "Old English Dramatists," "The Tourists," +"The Old Man of the Mountain," "Society in the Country," "Dramatic +Pages," "The Betrothal," "Musical Joys and Sorrows," etc. + + + To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle, + Every cubic inch of space is a miracle. + + "Miracles,"--_Walt Whitman_. + +WALT WHITMAN, a renowned American poet, was born at West Hills, L. I., +May 31, 1819, and died at Camden, N. J., March 26, 1892. He wrote: +"Leaves of Grass," "As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free, and Other Poems," +"Two Rivulets" "November Boughs," "Memoranda During the War," "Drum +Taps," "Passage to India," etc. + + + A brave endeavor + To do thy duty, whate'er its worth, + Is better than life with love forever, + And love is the sweetest thing on earth. + + "Sir Hugo's Choice,"--_James Jeffrey Roche_. + +JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE, a noted American author, was born in Queen's +County, Ireland, May 31, 1847, and died in 1908. He has written: "Songs +and Satires," "Ballads of Blue Water," "Life of John Boyle O'Reilly," +"His Majesty the King; A Romance of the Harem," etc. + + +FOOTNOTES: + +[1] There should be many judges, for few will always do the will of few. + +[2] Much knows he who knows naught, if he can hold his tongue. + +[3] The great are only great because we are on our knees. Let us rise +up. + +[4] Love knows no winter; no, no! It is, and remains the sign of spring. + + + + +JUNE + + + + +JUNE + + + Abide with me! fast falls the even-tide! + The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide! + When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, + Help of the helpless, oh, abide with me! + + "Abide With Me!"--_Henry Francis Lyte_. + +HENRY FRANCIS LYTE, a distinguished British clergyman and poet, was born +at Kelso, Scotland, June 1, 1793, and died at Nice, France, November 20, +1847. He has written: "The Spirit of the Psalms," and some well-known +hymns, among them, "Abide with Me," "Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken," +"Praise, My Soul," "The King of Heaven," etc. + + + While we would have our young sisters imitate, as they cannot fail + to love, the conduct of Ruth, will not their elders do well to + ponder on, and imitate the tenderness of Naomi? Would we have our + daughters Ruths, we must be Naomis. + + --_Grace Aguilar_. + +GRACE AGUILAR, a celebrated English novelist, was born at Hackney, June +2, 1816, and died at Frankfort-on-the-Main, September 16, 1847. She +wrote: "The Spirit of Judaism," "Women of Israel," "Home Influence," +"The Days of Bruce," "The Vale of Cedars," etc. + + + 'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create. + + "The Library,"--_John G. Saxe_. + +JOHN G. SAXE, a noted American humorous poet, was born in Highgate, Vt., +June 2, 1816, and died in Albany, N. Y., March 31, 1887. His most +popular poems include: "Rhyme of the Rail," and "The Proud Miss +McBride." + + + When false things are brought low, + And swift things have grown slow, + Feigning like froth shall go, + Faith be for aye. + + "Between Us Now,"--_Thomas Hardy_. + +THOMAS HARDY, the renowned English novelist, was born in Dorsetshire, +June 2, 1840. Among his noted works are: "Desperate Remedies," "Under +the Greenwood Tree," "A Pair of Blue Eyes," "Far from the Madding Crowd" +(Cornhill), "The Hand of Ethelberta," "The Return of the Native," "The +Trumpet Major," "A Laodicean," "Two on a Tower," "The Mayor of +Casterbridge," "The Woodlanders," "Tess of the D'Urbervilles," "Jude the +Obscure," "The Well Beloved," "Wessex Tales," "A Group of Noble Dames," +"Life's Little Ironies," "A Changed Man, The Waiting Supper and Other +Tales," "Wessex Poems," "Poems of the Past and the Present," "The +Dynasts" Pt. 1, 2, 3 (1903, 1906, 1908), "Time's Laughing Stocks," +"Satires of Circumstance," "Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses," +"Complete Poetical Works." + + + Let every man be occupied, and occupied in the highest employment + of which his nature is capable, and die with the consciousness + that he has done his best. + + "Memoirs," Vol. i, p. 130,--_Sydney Smith_. + +SYDNEY SMITH, the famous English wit, essayist and clergyman, was born +at Woodford, Essex, June 3, 1771, and died in London, February 22, 1845. +Among his publications are: "Three Letters to Archdeacon Singleton on +the Ecclesiastical Commission," "Letters," "Papers," "Peter Plymley's +Letters," etc. + + + Courage, Brother! do not stumble, + Though thy path be dark as night; + There's a star to guide the humble, + Trust in God and do the Right. + + "Trust in God,"--_Norman Macleod_. + +NORMAN MACLEOD, a distinguished Scottish divine and miscellaneous +writer, was born at Campbeltown, June 3, 1812, and died at Glasgow, +June 16, 1872. Among his writings are: "Peeps at the Far East," "Wee +Davie," "The Earnest Student," "Character Sketches," "Parish Papers," +and "The Starling." + + + Qui fuit peut revenir aussi; + Qui meurt, il n'en est pas ainsi.[1] + + --_Scarron_. + +PAUL SCARRON, a noted French poet, novelist, and dramatist, was born at +Paris, June 4, 1610, and died there October 14, 1660. His works include: +"The Ridiculous Heir," "Jodelet," "Don Japhet of Armenia," "The Scholar +of Salamanca," and his best known work the "Comic Romance." His travesty +of the Æneid (1648-53) was considered a masterpiece of its kind. + + + To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a + people of customers may at first sight appear a project fit only + for a nation of shopkeepers. + + "Wealth of Nations," Vol. ii, Book iv, Chap. vii, part 3 + (1775),--_Adam Smith_. + +ADAM SMITH, a celebrated Scotch political economist, was born at +Kirkcaldy, June 5, 1723, and died at Edinburgh, July 17, 1790. Among his +works may be mentioned: "Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the +Wealth of Nations," "Theory of Moral Sentiments," and "Origin of +Languages." + + + Les hommes valeureux le sont au premier coup.[2] + + "Le Cid," II, 3,--_Corneille_. + +PIERRE CORNEILLE, the illustrious French dramatist, was born at Rouen, +June 6, 1606, and died in Paris, September 30, 1684. He wrote: "The +Gallery of the Palace," "The Lady's Maid," "Mélite," "The Widow," "The +Palais Royal," "Medea," "The Dramatic Illusion," "Pompey," "The Liar," +"The Sequel to the Liar," "Cinna," "Horace," "Théodore," "Polyeucte," +"Don Sancho," "The Golden Fleece," "The Cid," etc., etc. + + + There is no such thing as abstract liberty; it is not even + thinkable. If you ask me, "Do you favor liberty?" I reply, + "Liberty for whom to do what?" + + "The Shadow on the Dial,"--_Ambrose Bierce_. + +AMBROSE BIERCE, a noted American author and journalist, was born in +Ohio, June 6, 1842, disappeared in 1913. His best known works are: "In +the Midst of Life," "Shapes of Clay," and "Can Such Things Be?" His +"Collected Works," in 12 volumes, were published 1909-1912. + + + Beddoes was, so to say, saturated with the spirit of the + Elizabethan Dramatists, and cast his poetry for the most part into + Elizabethan forms. + + A Poetry Book, Second Series, "The Modern Poets," p. 322, + _note_,--_Amelia B. Edwards_. + +AMELIA BLANDFORD EDWARDS, a celebrated English novelist and +Egyptologist, was born in London, June 7, 1831, and died April 15, 1892. +She has published: "My Brother's Wife," "Hand and Glove," "In the Days +of My Youth," "A Thousand Miles up the Nile," etc. + + + I studied the great art of fiction closely for fifteen years + before I presumed to write a word of it. + + --_Charles Reade_. + +CHARLES READE, a renowned English novelist, was born at Ipsden, June 8, +1814, and died April 11, 1884. Among his numerous productions are: "Peg +Woffington," "It's Never Too Late to Mend," "The Course of True Love +Never Did Run Smooth," "The Double Marriage; or White Lies," "Hard +Cash," "The Cloister and the Hearth," "Foul Play," "Put Yourself in His +Place," "A Terrible Temptation," "A Simpleton," "A Woman Hater," etc. +His plays include: "Gold," "Masks and Faces," "The Courier of Lyons," +"Two Loves and a Life," "The King's Rivals," etc. + + + 'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, + Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home; + A charm from the skies seems to hallow us there, + Which sought through the world is ne'er met with elsewhere. + An exile from home splendour dazzles in vain, + Oh, give me my lowly thatched cottage again; + The birds singing gayly, that came at my call, + Give me them, and that peace of mind dearer than all. + + "Home Sweet Home," from the opera "Clari, the Maid of + Milan,"--_J. Howard Payne_. + +JOHN HOWARD PAYNE, an American dramatist and author, was born in New +York City, June 9, 1792, and died in Tunis, Africa, April 10, 1852. His +fame rests upon the celebrated lyric "Home, Sweet Home," introduced in +his drama, the "Maid of Milan." His other plays are "Brutus," +"Virginius," and "Charles II." + + + While black with storms the ruffled ocean rolls, and from the + fisher's art defends her finny shoals. + + --_Sir Richard Blackmore_. + +SIR RICHARD DODDRIDGE BLACKMORE, a renowned English novelist, was born +in Longworth, Berkshire, June 9, 1825, and died January 22, 1900. Some +of his well-known novels are: "The Maid of Sker," "Cripps the Carrier," +"Clara Vaughan," "Sir Thomas Upmore," "Alice Lorraine," "Christowell," +"Spring-haven," "Erema," "Mary Anerley," and his most celebrated novel, +"Lorna Doone." + + + By the flow of the inland river, + Whence the fleets of the iron have fled, + Where the blades of the grave-grass quiver, + Asleep are the ranks of the dead;-- + Under the sod and the dew, + Waiting the Judgment Day: + Under the one, the Blue; + Under the other, the Gray. + + "The Blue and the Gray,"--_Francis Miles Finch_. + +FRANCIS MILES FINCH, a noted American poet and judge, was born in +Ithaca, N. Y., June 9, 1827, and died in 1907. He is the author of the +well-known lyrics, "Nathan Hale," and "The Blue and the Gray." + + + Some very dull and sad people have genius though the world may not + count it as such; a genius for love, or for patience, or for + prayer, maybe. We know the divine spark is here and there in the + world; who shall say under what manifestations, or humble + disguise! + + --_Anne Isabelle Thackeray_. + +LADY ANNE ISABELLE (THACKERAY) RITCHIE, a distinguished English +miscellaneous writer, was born in London, June 9, 1838, and died in +1919. She has written: "Old Kensington," "Toilers and Spinsters," "Miss +Angel," "Bluebeard's Keys," "Mme. de Sévigné," "Lord Tennyson and his +Friends," "Records of Tennyson, Ruskin, and Browning," etc. + + + Also, I think that good must come of good, + And ill of evil--surely--unto all-- + In every place and time--seeing sweet fruit + Growth from wholesome roots, and bitter things + From poison stocks; yea, seeing, too, how spite + Breeds hate, and kindness, friends, and patience, peace. + + --_Edwin Arnold_. + +SIR EDWIN ARNOLD, the famous English poet and journalist, was born in +Rochester, June 10, 1832, and died in 1904. His greatest works are: +"Indian Idylls," "Pearls of the Faith," "The Light of the World," +"Japonica," "The Tenth Muse and Other Poems," "Sa'di in the Garden," +and his most famous work: "The Light of Asia, a Poetic Presentation of +the Life and Teaching of Gautama." + + + Shall I, wasting in despair, + Die because a woman's fair? + Or make pale my cheeks with care, + 'Cause another's rosy are? + Be she fairer than the day, + Or the flowery meads in May, + If she be not so to me, + What care I how fair she be? + + "The Shepherd's Resolution,"--_George Wither_. + +GEORGE WITHER, a celebrated English poet and soldier, was born at +Brentworth, June 11, 1588, and died in London, May 2, 1667. Among his +writings are: "Fidelia," "The Shepherd's Hunting," "Hymns and Songs of +the Church," "The Motto," "Abuses Stript and Whipt," and his best-known +song, "Shall I, Wasting in Despair." + + + In lang, lang day o' simmer, + When the clear and cloudless sky + Refuses ae wee drap o' rain + To Nature parched and dry, + The genial night, wi' balmy breath, + Gars verdure spring anew, + An' ilka blade o' grass + Keps its ain drap o' dew. + + "Its Ain Drap o' Dew,"--_Ballantine_. + +JAMES BALLANTINE, a noted Scotch poet, was born in Edinburgh, on June +11, 1808, and died December 18, 1877. His poetical works include: "The +Gaberlunzie's Wallet," "One Hundred Songs," etc. + + + All things change, creeds and philosophies and outward + systems--but God remains. + + "Robert Elsmere," Book IV, Chap, xxvi,--_Mary Augusta (Arnold) + Ward_. + +MRS. HUMPHRY WARD (MARY AUGUSTA ARNOLD), a famous English novelist, was +born at Hobart Town, Tasmania, June 11, 1851, and died in 1920. She has +written: "Milly and Ollie," "Miss Bretherton," "Robert Elsmere," "The +History of David Grieve," "Marcella," "The Story of Bessie Costrell," +"Sir George Tressady," "Eleanor," "Lady Rose's Daughter," "The Marriage +of William Ashe," "Fenwick's Career," "Diana Mallory," "Daphne," +"Canadian Born," "England's Effort," "Towards the Goal," "Missing," etc. + + + The poems of Alfred Tennyson have certainly much of the beauty of + a long-past time; but they have also a life so vivid, a truth so + lucid, and a melody so inexhaustible, as to mark him the poet that + cannot die. + + "A History of the Thirty Years' Peace," A.D. 1815-1846, + Vol. IV. p. 436--_Harriet Martineau_. + +HARRIET MARTINEAU, a notable English reformer and miscellaneous writer, +was born at Norwich, June 12, 1802, and died at Ambleside, June 27, +1876. Among her most noted works are: "Society in America," "Deerbrook," +"History of England During the Thirty Years' Peace," "Philosophy of +Comte," "British Rule in India," "Biographical Sketches," etc. + + + I am reading again, the "History of England," that of Smollett.... + I have to the reign of George the Second, and, in spite of the + dislike I have of Smollett's language and style of writing, I am + much entertained.--Burney, Frances, 1770. + + "Early Diary," ed. Ellis, Vol. I, p. 94,--_Frances Burney_. + +FRANCES BURNEY--MADAME D'ARBLAY, a celebrated English novelist, was born +in King's Lynn, Norfolk, June 13, 1752, and died in Bath, January 6, +1840. Among her noted works are: "Evelina, or a Young Lady's Entrance +into the World," "Cecilia," "Camilla," and "The Wanderer, or Female +Difficulties." + + + Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever; + Do noble things, not dream them, all day long: + And so make life, death, and that vast forever + One grand sweet song. + + "A Farewell,"--_Charles Kingsley_. + +CHARLES KINGSLEY, the distinguished English novelist, poet, and +philanthropist, was born at Holne, near Dartmoor, Devonshire, June 13, +1819, and died at Eversley, Hampshire, January 23, 1875. He wrote many +novels, among them: "Hypatia," "The Saint's Tragedy," (a drama in +verse), "Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet," "Westward, Ho!" "Yeast," "The +Water Babies," (a fairy tale). Also "Lectures Delivered in America," +"Poems," "Andromeda and Other Poems," etc. + + + Land of Heart's Desire, + Where beauty has no ebb, decay no flood, + But joy is wisdom, Time and endless song. + + "Land of Heart's Desire,"--_William Butler Yeats_. + +WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS, a famous Irish poet and writer of romance, was +born in Dublin, June 13, 1865. He has written: "The Wanderings of +Oisin," "Celtic Twilight," "Poems," "The Secret Rose," "Irish Folk +Lore," "Fairy Tales," "Irish Stories," "The Wind Among the Reeds," "The +Countess Kathleen," "The Shadowy Waters," "Ideas of Good and Evil," "In +the Seven Woods," "Hour Glass and Other Plays," "The King's Threshold," +"Deirdre," "The Green Helmet and Other Poems," "Plays for an Irish +Theatre," etc. + + + It lies around us like a cloud-- + A world we do not see; + Yet the sweet closing of an eye + May bring us there to be. + + "The Other World,"--_Harriet Beecher Stowe_. + +HARRIET BEECHER STOWE, a renowned American novelist, was born at +Litchfield, Conn., June 14, 1811, and died at Hartford, Conn., July 1, +1896. Among her numerous works are: "Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands," +"First Geography for Children," "The Minister's Wooing," "Religious +Poems," "Agnes of Sorrento," "Men of Our Times," "Earthly Care a +Heavenly Discipline," "House and Home Papers," "Palmetto Leaves," "The +Ravages of a Carpet," "The Chimney Corner," "Little Foxes," "Lives and +Deeds of Our Self-Made Men," etc., etc. Also her famous works: "Uncle +Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly," "Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin," and +"Uncle Tom's Emancipation." + + + Justice, like lightning, ever should appear; + To few men ruin, but to all men fear. + + --_Thomas Randolph_. + +THOMAS RANDOLPH, a noted English poet and dramatist, was born near +Daventry in Northamptonshire, and was baptized June 15, 1605, and died +in 1635. Among his plays are: "The Jealous Lovers," "The Muses' +Looking-Glasse," etc. + + + Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and + flourishing in an immortal youth. + + "Duty of Thanksgiving," "Works," Vol. I, p. 66,--_Isaac Barrow_. + +ISAAC BARROW, a distinguished English theologian, classical scholar and +mathematician, was born at London, June 16, 1630, and died at London, +April, 1677. The best edition of his theological works is that of Rev. +A. Napier (1859). + + + Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry. + + --_John Wesley_. + +JOHN WESLEY, a celebrated English divine and writer, was born at +Epworth, June 17, 1703, and died March 2, 1791. He wrote: "Doctrine of +Original Sin," "Explanatory Notes on the New Testament," "Preservative +Against Unsettled Notions in Religion," "A Calm Address to Our American +Colonies," "Survey of the Wisdom of God in Creation," "Notes on the Old +and New Testaments," etc. + + + The violet thinks, with her timid blue eye, + To pass for a blossom enchantingly shy. + + "Garden Gossip,"--_Mrs. Osgood_. + +MRS. FRANCES SARGENT (LOCKE) OSGOOD, a well-known American poet, was +born in Boston, June 18, 1811, and died in Hingham, Mass., May 12, 1850. +She published: "Wreath of Wild Flowers," "Poetry of Flowers," "Poems," +etc. + + + Whilst twilight's curtain spreading far, + Was pinned with a single star. + + "Death in Disguise," Line 227 (Boston edition, 1833).--_McDonald + Clarke_. + +MCDONALD CLARKE, a noted American poet, was born in Bath, Maine, June +18, 1778, and died in New York, March 5, 1842. His works include: +"Poetic Sketches," "The Belles of Broadway," etc. + + + Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers + have lost. + + "Of Books,"--_Thomas Fuller_. + +THOMAS FULLER, a famous English divine and historian, was baptized on +June 19, 1608, and died in 1661. Among his famous works are: "David's +Heinous Sin," "History of the Holy War," "Church History of Britain," +etc. "The Worthies of England," is the work for which he is now +esteemed. + + + Montaigne is wrong in declaring that custom ought to be followed + simply because it is custom, and not because it is reasonable or + just. + + "Thoughts," Chap. IV, 6,--_Blaise Pascal_. + +BLAISE PASCAL, a renowned French philosopher and mathematician, was born +at Clermont Ferrand, in Auvergne, June 19, 1623, and died at Paris, +August 19, 1662. His writings include: "Letters Written by Louis +Montalte to a Friend in the Provinces," more widely known as the +"Provincial Letters," and his "Thoughts on Religion" (Pensées), which +was published after his death. + + + Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance + sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping? + + "Hymns in Prose," xiii,--_Mrs. Barbauld_. 1743-1825. + +ANNA LÆTITIA BARBAULD, a celebrated English poet and essayist, was born +in Kibworth-Harcourt, Leicestershire, June 20, 1743, and died in Stoke +Newington, March 9, 1825. She wrote: "Early Lessons for Children," +"Devotional Pieces," "Hymns in Prose for Children," "Eighteen Hundred +and Eleven," etc. + + + The summer day was spoiled with fitful storm; + At night the wind died and the soft rain dropped; + With lulling murmur, and the air was warm, + And all the tumult and the trouble stopped. + + "The Nestling Swallows,"--_Celia Thaxter_. + +MRS. CELIA (LEIGHTON) THAXTER, a famous American poet, was born at +Portsmouth, N. H., June 20, 1836, and died in 1894. She has written: +"Poems for Children," "Idyls and Pastorals," "Poems," "Drift-Weed," "The +Yule Log," "Letters," "An Island Garden," "Among the Isles of Shoals," +"Stories and Poems for Children," etc. + + + Woman's love is writ in water! + Woman's faith is traced on sand! + + "Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers"; "Charles Edward at + Versailles,"--_W. E. Aytoun_. + +WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN, a noted Scottish humorist, was born in +Edinburgh, June 21, 1813, and died at Blackhills, near Elgin, August 4, +1865. He wrote: "Ballads of Scotland," and his most famous work, "Lays +of the Scottish Cavaliers." With Theodore Martin he wrote the +celebrated "Bon Gaultier Ballads." + + + With the multiplication of books comes the rapid extension and + awakening of mental activity. + + "Constitutional History of England,"--_William Stubbs_. + +WILLIAM STUBBS, a noted English historical writer, was born at +Knaresborough, June 21, 1825, and died April 22, 1901. His most famous +work is: "The Constitutional History of England." He also published: +"Lectures on Mediæval and Modern History." + + + Hopkins sought to add to the five points of Calvinism the rather + heterogeneous ingredient that holiness consists in pure, + disinterested benevolence, and that all regard for self is + necessarily sinful. + + "History of the United States of America," Vol. II, p. + 597,--_Richard Hildreth_. + +RICHARD HILDRETH, a renowned American historian, was born in Deerfield, +Mass., June 22, 1807, and died in Florence, Italy, July 11, 1865. Among +his works are: "History of Banks," "Theory of Morals," "Theory of +Politics," and his most noted work, "History of the United States." + + + My two favourite novels are Dickens' "Tale of Two Cities" and + Lytton's "Coming Race." Both these books I can read again and + again, and with an added pleasure. Only my delight in the last is + always marred afresh by disgust at the behaviour of the hero, who, + in order to return to this dull earth, put away the queenly Zoe's + love. + + "Books which Have Influenced Me," p. 67,--_Haggard, H. Rider_. + +SIR HENRY RIDER HAGGARD, a celebrated English novelist was born in +Norfolk, June 22, 1856. Among his numerous works are: "Cetewayo and His +White Neighbors," "Dawn," "The Witch's Head," "King Solomon's Mines," +"She," "Jess," "Allan Quatermain," "Cleopatra," "Allan's Wife," +"Beatrice," "Nada, the Lily," "The People of the Mist," "Heart of the +World," "Joan Haste," "Rural England," "Pearl Maiden," "The Way of the +Spirit," "Benita," "Fair Margaret," "The Yellow God," "Regeneration," +"Red Eve," "Marie," "Child of Storm," "The Holy Flower," "The Ivory +Child," "Love Eternal," "Moon of Israel," "When the World Shook," etc. + + + At some disputed barricade, + When Spring comes back with rustling shade + And apple-blossoms fill the air,-- + I have a rendezvous with Death + When Spring brings back blue days and fair. + + "I have a Rendezvous With Death,"--_Alan Seeger_. + +ALAN SEEGER, a noted American poet, was born in New York City, June 22, +1888, and was killed on the field of Belloy en Santene, France, July 4, +1916. He will always be remembered for his famous poem, "I Have a +Rendezvous with Death." + + + If but one friend have crossed thy way, + Once only, in thy mortal day; + If only once life's best surprise + Has opened on thy human eyes; + Ingrate thou wert, indeed, if thou + Didst not in that rare presence bow, + And on earth's holy ground, unshod, + Speak softlier the dear name of God. + + --_Lucy Larcom_. + +LUCY LARCOM, a noted American poet, was born at Beverly, Mass., June 23 +(?), 1826, and died in Boston in 1893. Her works include: "Poems," "An +Idyl of Work, a Story in Verse," "As It Is in Heaven," and "The Unseen +Friend." + + + The world still needs + Its champion as of old, and finds him still. + + "The Epic of Hades: Herakles,"--_Sir Lewis Morris_. + +SIR LEWIS MORRIS, a distinguished British poet, was born at Penbryn, +June 23, 1833, and died November 13, 1907. His poetical works include: +"Songs of Two Worlds," "The Epic of Hades" (his best-known work) "Songs +Unsung," "A Vision of Saints," "The Ode of Life," "Idylls and Lyrics," +"The New Rambler," and "Gwen." + + + Time is short, your obligations are infinite. Are your houses + regulated, your children instructed, the afflicted relieved, the + poor visited, the work of piety accomplished? + + --_Massillon_. + +JEAN BAPTISTE MASSILLON, a renowned French preacher, was born at Hyères, +June 24, 1663, and died at Clermont, September 18, 1742. His sermons +have been translated into English, also the funeral oration on Louis +XIV. (London, 1872.) + + + A glass is good, and a lass is good, + And a pipe to smoke in cold weather; + The world is good, and the people are good, + And we're all good fellows together. + + "Sprigs of Laurel," Act. II. Sc. I,--_John B. O'Keefe_. + +JOHN B. O'KEEFE, a famous Irish dramatist, was born in Dublin, June 24, +1747, and died at Southampton, February 4, 1833. Among his plays are: +"The Young Quaker," "The Poor Soldier," "Peeping Tom," "Wild Oats," "The +Castle of Andalusia," "Sprigs of Laurel," etc. + + + Of all the duties, the love of truth, with faith and constancy in + it, ranks first and highest. Truth is God. To love God and to love + Truth are one and the same. + + --_Silvio Pellico_. + +SILVIO PELLICO, an illustrious Italian poet, was born at Saluzzo, in +Piedmont, June 24, 1788, and died at Turin, January 31, 1854. Among his +tragedies are: "Iginia of Asti," "Ester of Engaddi," "Leonerio of +Dertonia," "Laodicea," "Eufemio of Messina," "Gismonda da Mendrisio," +"Thomas More," "Herodias," and "Francesca da Rimini," his most +celebrated tragedy. + + + Put away all sarcasm from your speech. Never complain. Do not + prophesy evil. Have a good word for every one or else keep silent. + + --_Henry Ward Beecher_. + +HENRY WARD BEECHER, a distinguished American clergyman, was born in +Litchfield, Conn., June 24, 1813, and died in Brooklyn, New York, March +8, 1887. He wrote: "Freedom and War," "Norwood, or Village Life in New +England," "Eyes and Ears," "Star Papers: or Experiences of Art and +Nature," etc. His "Sermons" were edited by Dr. Lyman Abbott in 1868. + + + Who can refute a sneer? + + "Moral Philosophy." Vol. II, Book V, Chap. 9.--_William Paley_. + +WILLIAM PALEY, a noted English divine and philosopher, was born at +Peterborough, June 25 (?), 1743, and died May 25, 1805. He published his +lectures, revised and enlarged under the title of "The Principles of +Moral and Political Philosophy"; also "Deity Collected from the +Appearances of Nature." + + + Dryden's practical knowledge of English was beyond all others + exquisite and wonderful. + + "The Diversions of Purley,"--_John Horne Tooke_. + +JOHN HORNE TOOKE, a celebrated English political writer and grammarian, +was born at Westminster, June 25, 1736, and died at Wimbledon, March 18, +1812. His principal work was: "Epea Pteroenta (Winged Words); or The +Diversions of Purley." + + + Live while you live, the epicure would say, + And seize the pleasures of the present day; + Live while you live, the sacred preacher cries, + And give to God each moment as it flies. + Lord, in my views, let both united be: + I live in pleasure when I live to thee. + + "Epigram on his Family Arms,"--_Philip Doddridge_. + +PHILIP DODDRIDGE, a distinguished English non-conformist divine, was +born in London, June 26, 1702, and died in Lisbon, Portugal, October 26, +1751. Among his works are: "The Rise and Progress of Religion in the +Soul," "The Family Expositor," and "Evidences of Christianity." + + + Lafcadio Hearn is a painter with the pen. + +LAFCADIO HEARN, a noted American journalist and miscellaneous writer, +was born at Santa Maura, Ionian Islands, June 27, 1850, and died +September 26, 1904. He has written: "Two Years in the French West +Indies," "Youma," "Some Chinese Ghosts," "Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan," +"Gleanings in Buddha-fields," "Out of the East," "Kokoro," "Exotics and +Retrospectives," "Shadowings," "A Japanese Miscellany," "Kotto," +"Japanese Fairy Tales," "Kwaidan," etc. + + + Days of absence, sad and dreary, + Clothed in sorrow's dark array,-- + Days of absence, I am weary: + She I love is far away. + + "Days of Absence,"--_Jean Jacques Rousseau_. + +JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU, the renowned French writer, was born in Geneva, +June 28, 1712, and died at Ermenonville near Paris, July 2, 1778. Among +his numerous works may be mentioned: "A Project of Perpetual Peace," "To +the Archbishop of Paris," "Letters from the Mountain," "Consolations of +My Life," "Memoir on the Shape of the Earth," "The Village Soothsayer," +"Letter on French Music," "On Political Economy," "Letters to +Voltaire," "Narcissus," "The Social Contract," "Letters on His Exile," +and his famous, "Confessions." + + + So long as a ray of sunlight illumines her fields, Italy will + reverence Alfieri as the first to give to tragedy a noble mission, + to raise it from the dust in which it lay, and make of it the + instructor of the people. + + "Life and Writings," Vol. II,--_Mazzini_. + +JOSEPH MAZZINI, a famous Italian patriot, was born at Genoa, June 28 +(?), 1805, and died at Pisa, March 10, 1872. "Complete Works" (18 +vols.), 1861-91. His "Memoirs" were published in 1875. + + + For right is right, since God is God, + And right the day must win; + To doubt would be disloyalty, + To falter would be sin. + + "The Right Must Win,"--_Frederick W. Faber_. + +FREDERICK WILLIAM FABER, a distinguished English hymn-writer, was born +in Calverley, Yorkshire, June 28, 1814, and died at the Oratory, +Brompton, September 26, 1863. His collection of "Hymns" appeared in +1848. + + + Be silent and safe,--silence never betrays you. + + "Rules of the Road,"--_John B. O'Reilly_. + +JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY, a celebrated Irish-American poet and prose-writer, +was born near Drogheda, Ireland, June 28, 1844, and died at Hull, Mass., +August 10, 1890. He wrote: "Songs of the Southern Seas," "Moondyne," +etc. + + + Don't you remember, sweet Alice, Ben Bolt? + Sweet Alice, whose hair was so brown; + Who wept with delight when you gave her a smile, + And trembled with fear at your frown! + + "Ben Bolt,"--_Thomas Dunn English_. + +THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH, a noted American writer, was born in Philadelphia, +June 29, 1819, and died in 1902. He is best remembered by his famous +song, "Ben Bolt." + + + Just take a trifling handful, O philosopher! + Of magic matter: give it a slight toss over + The ambient ether--and I don't see why + You shouldn't make a sky. + + "Sky-Making." To Professor Tyndall,--_Mortimer Collins_. + +MORTIMER COLLINS, a famous English novelist and poet, was born in +Plymouth, June 29, 1827, and died at Knowl Hill, Berkshire, July 28, +1876. His novels include: "Who Is the Heir," "Sweet Anne Page," "The +Ivory Gate," "The Vivian Romance," "The Marquis and Merchant," "Two +Plunges for a Pearl," "Blacksmith and Scholar," etc. Also: "Idyls and +Rhymes," "Summer Songs," and "The British Birds." + + + No historian who has yet written has shown such familiarity with + the facts of English history, no matter what the subject in hand + may be: the extinction of villeinage, the Bloody Assizes, the + appearance of the newspaper, the origin of the national debt, or + the state of England in 1685. Macaulay is absolutely unrivaled in + the art of arranging and combining his facts, and of presenting in + a clear and vigorous narrative the spirit of the epoch he treats. + Nor should we fail to mention that both Essays and History abound + in remarks, general observations, and comment always clear, + vigorous, and shrewd, and in the main very just. + + "Library of the World's Best Literature," ed., Warner, + p. 9386.--_John Bach McMaster_. + +JOHN BACH MCMASTER, a renowned American historian, was born at Brooklyn, +N. Y., June 29, 1852. He has written: "Brief History of the United +States," "Cambridge Modern History," "A Primary School History of the +United States," "Daniel Webster," "The Struggle for the Social, +Political and Industrial Rights of Man," "Life and Times of Stephen +Girard," and his most famous work, "History of the People of the United +States." + + + Is she not more than painting can express, + Or youthful poets fancy when they love? + + "The Fair Penitent," Act III, Sc. I,--_Nicholas Rowe_. + +NICHOLAS ROWE, a distinguished English dramatist and poet-laureate, was +born at Little Barford, Bedfordshire, June 30 (?), 1674, and died +December 6, 1718. He is best known as the translator of Lucan's +"Pharsalia." He was the author of many successful plays, the most +popular being: "Tamerlane," "The Fair Penitent," "Jane Shore," and "Lady +Jane Grey." + + + Why thus longing, thus forever sighing + For the far-off, unattained, and dim, + While the beautiful all round thee lying + Offers up its low, perpetual hymn? + + "Why thus Longing?"--_Harriet Winslow Sewall_. + +HARRIET (WINSLOW) SEWALL, a noted American poet, was born at Portland, +Me., June 30, 1819, and died at Wellesley, Mass., February, 1889. +"Poems, with a Memoir," was published in 1889. + + +FOOTNOTES: + +[1] He who flies can also return; but it is not so with him who dies. + +[2] Brave men are brave from the very first. + + + + +JULY + + + + +JULY + + + Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of + all virtues. + + "Christian Moderation," Introduction,--_Bishop Hall_. + +JOSEPH HALL (BISHOP HALL), a famous English bishop and satirist, was +born at Bristow Park near Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, July 1, +1574, and died in 1656. He wrote "Episcopacy by Divine Right," "An +Humble Remonstrance to the High Court of Parliament," "Of Toothless +Satyrs," "Christian Moderation," "Contemplations," etc. + + + Solitude holds a cup sparkling with bliss in her right hand, a + raging dagger in her left. To the blest she offers her goblet, but + stretches towards the wretched the ruthless steel. + + --_Klopstock_. + +FRIEDRICH GOTTLIEB KLOPSTOCK, a renowned German poet, was born at +Quedlinburg, July 2, 1724, and died at Hamburg, 1803. He is best known +by his great epic, "The Messiah," and his "Odes." + + + Discouragement seizes us only when we can no longer count on + chance. + + "Handsome Lawrence," Ch. II,--_George Sand_. + +GEORGE SAND (BARONNE DUDEVANT), the great French novelist, was born in +Paris, July 2, 1804, and died at Nohant, June 7, 1876. Among her +numerous works may be mentioned: "Indiana," "Aldo the Poet," "The +Private Secretary," "Andrè," "A Winter at Majorca," "Gabriel," +"Pauline," "Horace," "The Seven Strings of the Lyre," "Consuelo," "The +Companion of a French Tour," "Isidora," "The Countess of Rudolstadt," +"The Miller of Angibault," "The Castle of Solitude," "The Master +Ringers," "Story of My Life," "The Snow Man," "Flavia," "Tamaris," "The +Last Love," "Cadio," "A Rolling Stone," "The Little Daughter," +"Narcissus," "Village Walks," "Loves of the Golden Age," "Journal of a +Tourist During the War," etc., etc. + + + Silence is the speech of love, + The music of the spheres above. + + "Speech of Love,"--_Richard Henry Stoddard_. + +RICHARD HENRY STODDARD, a distinguished American lyric poet, was born at +Hingham, Mass., July 2, 1825, and died in 1903. His works include: +"Abraham Lincoln: A Horatian Ode," "Poems," "The Lion's Cub," "Songs of +Summer," etc. + + + Life is a voyage. The winds of life come strong + From every point; yet each will speed thy course along, + If thou with steady hand when tempests blow + Canst keep thy course aright and never once let go. + + "The Voyage of Life,"--_Theodore Chickering Williams_. + +THEODORE CHICKERING WILLIAMS, a noted American clergyman, educator and +author, was born at Brookline, Mass., July 2, 1855, and died in 1915. He +has written: "Character Building," "Elegies of Tibullus," "Virgil's +Æneid," "Poems of Belief," "Virgil's Georgics and Eclogues," etc. + + + At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and + at forty, the judgment. + + --_Grattan_. + +HENRY GRATTAN, a noted Irish orator and statesman, was born in Dublin, +July 3, 1746, and died in London, June 4, 1820. He wrote: "Letters on +the Irish Union," "Correspondence," and numerous speeches. + + + We do ourselves wrong, and too meanly estimate the holiness above + us, when we deem that any act or enjoyment good in itself, is not + good to do religiously. + + "Marble Faun," Bk. II, Ch. VII,--_Nathaniel Hawthorne_. + +NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, a famous American novelist and short-story writer, +was born in Salem, Mass., July 4, 1804, and died at Plymouth, N. H., May +19, 1864. He wrote: "The House of the Seven Gables," "Tanglewood Tales," +"The Wonder Book," "Tales of the White Hills," "Twice-Told Tales," +"Mosses from an Old Manse," "Fanshawe," "Our Old Home," "The Marble +Faun," "The Scarlet Letter," etc. + + + Let travellers devote one entire morning to inspecting the Arcos + and the Mai das agoas, after which they may repair to the English + Church and cemetery, Pere-la-chaise in miniature, where, if they + be of England, they may well be excused if they kiss the cold + tomb, as I did, of the author of "Amelia," the most singular + genius which their island ever produced, whose works it has long + been the fashion to abuse in public and then read in secret. + + "The Bible in Spain,"--_George Borrow_. + +GEORGE BORROW, a distinguished English philologist, and traveler, was +born in East Dereham, Norfolk, July 5, 1803, and died in Oulton, +Suffolk, July 30, 1881. Among his writings are: "Romano Lavo Lil, or +Word-Book of the Romany," "The Zincali, or Gipsies of Spain," "The Bible +in Spain," "Lavengro," "The Romany Rye," and "Wild Wales." + + + The knowledge which we have acquired ought not to resemble a great + shop without order, and without an inventory; we ought to know + what we possess, and be able to make it serve us in need. + + --_Leibnitz_. + +GOTTFRIED WILHELM VON LEIBNITZ, a renowned German philosopher and +scholar, was born at Leipsic, July 6, 1646, and died at Hanover, +November 14, 1716. Among his writings are: "Essays on God's Goodness, +Man's Freedom, and the Origin of Evil," "Principles of Nature and +Grace," "New Essays on the Human Understanding," etc. + + + Alexander Wilson, in the Preface to his "American Ornithology," + (1808), quotes these words, and relates the story of a boy who had + been gathering flowers. On bringing them to his mother, he said, + "Look, my dear Ma! What beautiful flowers I have found growing in + our place! Why, all the woods are full of them!" + + --_Alexander Wilson_. + +ALEXANDER WILSON, a celebrated Scotch-American ornithologist, was born +at Paisley, Scotland, July 6, 1766, and died in Philadelphia, August 23, +1813. His most important work, "American Ornithology," won for him great +fame. + + + Awake thee, my Lady-Love! + Wake thee, and rise! + The sun through the bower peeps + Into thine eyes. + + "Waking Song,"--_George Darley_. + +GEORGE DARLEY, a noted Irish poet and critic, was born in Dublin, July +7, 1795, and died near Rome, November 23, 1846. He wrote: "Sylvia, or +the May Queen," "Nepenthe," "Errors of Extasie and Other Poems," and +numerous studies of other men's work. + + + There's a hope for every woe, + And a balm for every pain, + But the first joys of our heart + Come never back again! + + "The Exile's Song,"--_Robert Gilfillan_. + +ROBERT GILFILLAN, a renowned Scotch poet, was born in Dumfermline, July +7, 1798, and died at Leith, December 4, 1850. His "Original Songs" have +made him famous, the best known of the collection being: "In the Days o' +Langsyne," "Peter McCraw," and "The Exile's Song." + + + The opinion of the strongest is always the best. + + "The Wolf and the Lamb," from "Fables," Book I, Fable 10,--_Jean + de La Fontaine_. + +JEAN DE LA FONTAINE, the great French fabulist and poet, was born at +Château-Thierry, in Champagne, July 8, 1621, and died in Paris, April +13, 1695. His principal works were: "Stories and Novels," "Adonis," "The +Loves of Psyche," and his celebrated "Fables." + + + They love their land because it is their own, + And scorn to give aught other reason why; + Would shake hands with a king upon his throne, + And think it kindness to his Majesty. + + "Connecticut,"--_Fitz-Greene Halleck_. + +FITZ-GREENE HALLECK, a celebrated American poet, was born in Guilford, +Conn., July 8, 1790, and died there, November 19, 1867. His most +important poems were: "Fanny," and "Marco Bozzaris." + + + Time softly there + Laughs through the abyss of radiance with the gods. + + "The Fire-Bringer," Act i,--_William Vaughn Moody_. + +WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY, a noted American poet, was born at Spencer, +Indiana, July 8, 1869, and died at Colorado Springs, October 17, 1910. +He is best known by his famous poem, "An Ode in Time of Hesitation," +which won for him lasting fame. Among his dramas are: "The Masque of +Judgment," "The Great Divide," and "The Faith-Healer." With R. W. +Lovett, he wrote: "History of English Literature," etc. + + + A manufacturing district ... sends out, as it were, suckers into + all its neighborhood. + + "View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages," Ch. + IX,--_Hallam_. + +HENRY HALLAM, a distinguished English historian, was born at Windsor, +July 9, 1777, and died at Pickhurst, Kent, January 21, 1859. His noted +works are: "Constitutional History of England," "Introduction to the +Literature of Europe During the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth +Centuries," and "A View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages." + + + I have not so great a struggle with my vices, great and numerous + as they are, as I have with my impatience. + + --_Calvin_. + +JOHN CALVIN, a renowned reformer and theologian, was born at Noyon, in +Picardy, France, July 10, 1509; and died in Geneva, May 27, 1564. He +wrote: "Commentaries on the New Testament," and "Institutes of the +Christian Religion," the latter his most famous work. + + + Man was formed for society; and, as is demonstrated by the writers + on the subject, is neither capable of living alone, nor indeed has + the courage to do it. However, as it is impossible for the whole + race of mankind to be united in one great society, they must + necessarily divide into many, and form separate states, + commonwealths, and nations, entirely independent of each other, + and yet liable to a mutual intercourse. + + "Comment: Of the Nature of Laws in General,"--_Blackstone_. + +SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, an eminent English jurist and writer on law, was +born in London, July 10, 1723, and died in 1780. He won great celebrity +by his famous "Commentaries on the Laws of England." + + + All lies disgrace a gentleman, white or black, although I grant + there is a difference. To say the least of it, it is a dangerous + habit, for white lies are but the gentleman ushers to black ones. + I know of but one point on which a lie is excusable, and that is, + when you wish to deceive the enemy. Then, your duty to your + country warrants your lying till you are black in the face; and, + for the very reason that it goes against your grain, it becomes, + as it were, a sort of virtue. + + --_Captain Marryat_. + +FREDERICK MARRYAT (CAPTAIN MARRYAT), a celebrated English novelist, was +born in London, July 10, 1792, and died at Langham, Norfolk, August 9, +1848. His best known works are: "The King's Own," "Frank Mildmay," +"Peter Simple," "Mr. Midshipman Easy," "Japhet in Search of a Father," +"Masterman Ready," etc. + + + Chance is blind and is the sole author of creation. + + "Picciola," Ch. III,--_J. X. B. Saintine_. + +JOSEPH XAVIER BONIFACE SAINTINE, known as Saintine, the renowned French +littérateur and dramatist, was born in Paris, July 10, 1798, and died +there, January 21, 1865. He wrote numerous plays, but his story, +"Picciola," won for him world-wide fame. + + + This hand, to tyrants ever sworn the foe, + For Freedom only deals the deadly blow; + Then sheathes in calm repose the vengeful blade, + For gentle peace in Freedom's hallowed shade. + + Written in an Album, 1842,--_John Quincy Adams_. + +JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, an illustrious American statesman and publicist, and +sixth President of the United States, was born at Braintree, Mass., July +11, 1767, and died in Washington, D. C., February 21, 1848. He +published: "Letters on Silesia," etc. The "Diary of J. Q. Adams," and +his "Memoirs" appeared after his death. + + + It is better in some respects to be admired by those with whom you + live, than to be loved by them; and this not on account of any + gratification of vanity, but because admiration is so much more + tolerant than love. + + --_Arthur Helps_. + +SIR ARTHUR HELPS, a noted English essayist, historian and miscellaneous +writer, was born at Streatham, Surrey, July 11, 1813, and died in +London, March 7, 1875. Among his best works are: "Friends in Council," +"Companions of My Solitude," "Realmah," "Spanish Conquest in America," +"Casimir Maremma" (a romance), etc. + + + That man is blessed who every day is permitted to behold anything + so pure and serene as the western sky at sunset, while revolutions + vex the world. + + --_Henry D. Thoreau_. + +HENRY DAVID THOREAU, an eminent American writer, was born in Concord, +Mass., July 12, 1817, and died there May 6, 1862. His works include: +"Familiar Letters," "Summer," "Winter," "Autumn," "A Week on the Concord +and Merrimac Rivers," "Early Spring in Massachusetts," "Poems of +Nature," "The Maine Woods," "A Yankee in Canada," "Excursions," "Letters +to Various Persons," and "Cape Cod." + + + And what is true of a shopkeeper is true of a shopkeeping nation. + + Tract (1766),--_Tucker_ (Dean of Gloucester). + +JOSIAH TUCKER (DEAN TUCKER), a noted English economist and divine, was +born at Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, July 13, 1712, and died November 4, +1799. His "Important Questions on Commerce" (1755), won for him great +fame. + + + Fixed in a white-thorn bush, its summer guest, + So low, e'en grass o'er-topped its tallest twig, + A sedge-bird built its little bendy nest, + Close by the meadow pool and wooden brig. + + "The Rural Muse. Poems: The Sedge-Bird's Nest,"--_Clare_. + +JOHN CLARE, a celebrated English poet, was born in Helpstone, near +Peterborough, July 13, 1793, and died at Northampton, May 20, 1864. His +"Poems, Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery," won for him great fame. + + + Busy, curious, thirsty fly, + Drink with me, and drink as I. + + "On a Fly drinking out of a Cup of Ale,"--_William Oldys_. + +WILLIAM OLDYS, a distinguished English biographer and antiquary, was +born July 14, 1696, and died April 15, 1761. He wrote: "The British +Librarian," "The Life of Sir Walter Raleigh," "The Universal Spectator," +etc. + + + Rise up, rise up, Xarifa! lay your golden cushion down; + Rise up! come to the window, and gaze with all the town. + + The Bridal of Andalla,--_John G. Lockhart_. + +JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART, a renowned Scotch biographer and son-in-law of +Walter Scott, was born at Cambusnethan, Lanark, July 14, 1794, and died +November 25, 1854. He wrote: "Reginald Dalton," "Adam Blair," +"Valerius," "Matthew Wald," "Life of Robert Burns," a volume of +translations of "Ancient Spanish Ballads," and his most celebrated work, +"Life of Sir Walter Scott." + + + But when the sun in all his state + Illumed the eastern skies, + She passed through Glory's morning-gate, + And walked in Paradise. + + "A Death-Bed,"--_James Aldrich_. + +JAMES ALDRICH, a noted American poet, was born at Mattituck, L. I., July +14, 1810, and died in New York, September 9, 1856. His most celebrated +poem, "A Death-Bed," won for him great fame. + + + 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house + Not a creature was stirring,--not even a mouse; + The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, + In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. + + "A Visit from St. Nicholas,"--_Clement Clarke Moore_. + +CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE, a distinguished American poet and educational +writer, was born in New York City, July 15, 1779, and died in Newport, +R. I., July 10, 1863. He is best known by his famous poem, "A Visit +from St. Nicholas." + + + "The history of our land will hereafter record the name of John + Henry Newman among the greatest of our people, as a confessor for + the faith, a great teacher of men, a preacher of justice, of + piety, and of compassion." + + From Purcell's "Life of Manning," Vol. II,--_Cardinal Manning_. + +HENRY EDWARD CARDINAL MANNING, a famous English Roman Catholic prelate, +was born July 15, 1808, at Totteridge in Hertfordshire, and died in +London, January 14, 1892. Among his publications are: "Petri +Privilegium," "The True Story of the Vatican Council," "The Temporal +Mission of the Holy Ghost," "The Catholic Church and Modern Society," +"The Internal Mission of the Holy Ghost," "England and Christendom," +"Sin and Its Consequences," etc. + + + Though all the bards of earth were dead + And all their music passed away, + What Nature wishes should be said + She'll find the rightful voice to say. + + "The Golden Silence,"--_William Winter_. + +WILLIAM WINTER, a distinguished American journalist and dramatic critic, +was born at Gloucester, Mass., July 15, 1836, and died in 1917. He has +written: "Life of Henry Irving," "The Wanderers," "Stage Life of Mary +Anderson," "The Queen's Domain," "Life of Edwin Booth," "The Convent, +and Other Poems," "The Jeffersons," "English Rambles," "Life of Ada +Rehan," "Thistle-down," "Poems," "Other Days, Being Chronicles and +Memories of the Stage," "Life and Art of Richard Mansfield," "Vagrant +Memories," etc. + + + A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts. + + --_Sir Joshua Reynolds_. + +SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, the great English painter, was born at Plympton +Earls, Devonshire, July 16, 1723, and died in London, February 23, 1792. +His fifteen addresses delivered at the Royal Academy constitute the +well-known "Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds." + + + Whene'er I take my walks abroad, + How many poor I see! + What shall I render to my God + For all his gifts to me? + + "Divine Songs; Song iv."--_Isaac Watts_. + +ISAAC WATTS, a celebrated English clergyman and hymn-writer, was born at +Southampton, July 17, 1674, and died at Theobalds, Newington, November +25, 1748. He wrote many religious works, among them: "The Improvement of +the Mind," "Logic; or, the Right Use of Reason in the Inquiry after +Truth," and his famous "Psalms and Hymns." + + + There is a limit to enjoyment, though the sources of wealth be boundless. + And the choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation. + + "Proverbial Philosophy: Of Compensation," L. 15,--_Tupper_. + +MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER, a famous English writer, was born in London, +July 17, 1810, and died November 29, 1889. He published: "Geraldine and +Other Poems," "My Life as an Author," etc. His fame, however, rests on +his notable work, "Proverbial Philosophy," (1838-1867). + + + Novels are sweets. All people with healthy literary appetites love + them: almost all women; a vast number of clever, hard-headed men. + Judges, bishops, chancellors, mathematicians, are notorious + novel-readers, as well as young boys and girls, and their kind, + tender mothers. + + --_Thackeray_. + +WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY, the renowned English novelist, was born in +Calcutta, India, July 18, 1811, and died December 24, 1863. Among his +celebrated works are: "Irish Sketch-Book," "The Book of Snobs," "Barry +Lyndon," "Comic Tales and Sketches," "A Shabby-Genteel Story," "Men's +Wives," "Our Street," "Mrs. Perkins's Ball," "English Humorists of the +Eighteenth Century," "Dr. Birch and His Young Friends," "Vanity Fair," +"The History of Pendennis," "The History of Henry Esmond," "The +Newcomes," "The Four Georges," "The Rose and the Ring," "The +Virginians," "The Adventures of Philip," etc. + + + Les grandes douleurs sont les serres chaudes de l'âme.[1] + + "Noirs et Rouges," Chap. XXI, p. 319,--_Cherbuliez_. + +VICTOR CHERBULIEZ, a distinguished French romancist, was born at Geneva, +July 19, 1829, and died in 1899. Under the name of "G. Valbert," he +wrote: "A Horse by Phidias," "A Political Spain," "Foreign Profiles," +"Art and Nature"; also, "Romance of a Respectable Woman," "Prosper +Randoce," "Miss Rovel," "Samuel Brohl & Co.," etc. + + + Taine liked to say, that what he most admired in the works of + Renan, was "that one could not see how it was done"; and he was + right, if he meant only the style or the "phrase," which gives the + impression of being born spontaneously, without effort and without + art, under the pen of Renan. + + --_Ferdinand Brunetière_. + +FERDINAND BRUNETIÈRE, a celebrated French critic, and man of letters, +was born at Toulon, July 19, 1849, and died December 9, 1906. Among his +publications are: "Études critiques," "Le Roman Naturaliste," "Histoire +et Littérature," "Discours Académiques," "Discours de Combat," "L'Action +Sociale du Christianisme," "Sur les Chemins de la Croyance," etc. + + + I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue. + + Sonnet ccxxv, Canzone xxi, "To Laura in Life." + +FRANCESCO PETRARCH, the greatest of Italian lyric poets, was born at +Arezzo, July 20, 1304, and died at Arquà, July 18, 1374. He wrote: +"Africa," "Memoranda," "Of Contempt of the World," "Of the Solitary +Life," "Of the Remedies for Either Fortune," "Rime," "Of Illustrious +Men," "Metrical Epistles," etc. + + + To sea! to sea! the calm is o'er, + The wanton water leaps in sport, + And rattles down the pebbly shore, + The dolphin wheels, the sea-cows snort, + And unseen mermaid's pearly song + Comes bubbling up, the weeds among. + Fling broad the sail, dip deep the oar: + To sea! to sea! the calm is o'er. + + "To Sea!"--_Thomas Lovell Beddoes_. + +THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES, a noted English poet and dramatist, was born at +Clifton, July 20, 1803, and died at Basle, January 26, 1849. He wrote: +"The Improvisatore," and "The Bride's Tragedy," "Poetical Works" +(London, 1890), and "Letters" (London, 1894), were edited by Edmond +Gosse. + + + Soft peace she brings; wherever she arrives + She builds our quiet as she forms our lives; + Lays the rough paths of peevish Nature even, + And opens in each heart a little heaven. + + "Charity,"--_Matthew Prior_. + +MATTHEW PRIOR, an eminent English poet, was born at Wimborne in +Dorsetshire, July 21, 1664, and died at Wimpole in Cambridgeshire, +September 18, 1721. Among his noted works are: "Solomon," "Alma; or, the +Progress of the Mind," and "Poems on Several Occasions." + + + How comes it to pass, then, that we appear such cowards in + reasoning, and are so afraid to stand the test of ridicule? + + "Characteristics," A Letter Concerning Enthusiasm, Sect. + 2,--_Shaftesbury_. + +ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER, first Earl of Shaftesbury, a distinguished +English statesman, was born in Wimborne, St. Giles, Dorsetshire, July +22, 1621, and died in Amsterdam, January 22, 1683. His notable work was: +"Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, and Times," a collection of +his numerous writings. + + + Blithe wanderer of the wintry air, + Now here, now there, now everywhere, + Quickly drifting to and fro, + A cheerful life devoid of care, + A shadow on the snow. + + "The English Sparrow,"--_George W. Bungay_. + +GEORGE WASHINGTON BUNGAY, a noted journalist and poet, was born in +Walsingham, England, July 22, 1818, and died July 10, 1892. The best +known of his many poems are: "The Creed of the Bells," and "The English +Sparrow." He also wrote: "Abraham Lincoln Songster," "Pen Portraits of +Illustrious Abstainers," etc. + + + Resolve to be thyself; and know, that he + Who finds himself, loses his misery. + + "Self Independence,"--_Coventry K. D. Patmore_. + +COVENTRY KEASSEY DEIGHTON PATMORE, a celebrated English poet, was born +at Woodford in Essex, July 23, 1823, and died in 1896. He wrote: "The +Unknown Eros," "Amelia," "The Rod, the Root and the Flower," "The Angel +in the House," "Principle in Art, and Other Essays," etc. + + + Truth is liable to be left-handed in history. + + --_Dumas_, (Père). + +ALEXANDRE DUMAS, the Elder, an illustrious French dramatist and +romancist, was born at Villière Cotterets, Aisne, July 24, 1803 (?), and +died near Dieppe, December 5, 1870. A few of his great romances are: +"The Count of Monte Cristo," "The Three Musketeers," "Twenty Years +After," "The Knight of Maison-Rouge," "Viscount de Bragelonne," "Queen +Margot," etc., etc. Some of his historical romances are: "Joan of Arc," +"Michelangelo and Raffaelle," "Louis XIV and His Age," etc. His most +famous plays were: "Henri III. and His Court," "Antony," "Charles VII +with His Grand Vassals," "Napoleon Bonaparte," "Mdlle. de Belle-Isle," +"Marriage under Louis XV," "The Misses St. Cyr," etc. He also wrote +entertaining narratives of his travels in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, +Spain, North Africa, Syria, Egypt, etc. + + + Heaven is not reached at a single bound; + But we build the ladder by which we rise + From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, + And we mount to its summit round by round. + + "Gradatim,"--_-Josiah G. Holland_. + +JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND, a famous American poet and novelist and editor, +was born at Belchertown, Mass., July 24, 1819, and died in New York, +October 12, 1881. Among his works are: "Letters to the Young," "Life of +Abraham Lincoln," "Plain Talks on Familiar Subjects," "Nicholas +Minturn," etc. Also poems under the titles: "Bitter Sweet," "Kathrina," +"The Mistress of the Manse," "Garnered Sheaves," etc. + + + The energies of our system will decay; the glory of the sun will + be dimmed, and the earth, tideless and inert, will no longer + tolerate the race which has for a moment disturbed its solitude. + Man will go down into the pit and all his thoughts will perish. + + "The Foundations of Belief,"--_Arthur James Balfour_. + +RT. HON. ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR, a distinguished English author and +statesman, was born July 25, 1848. He has written: "A Defence of +Philosophic Doubt," "The Foundations of Belief," "Essays and Addresses," +"Economic Notes on Insular Free Trade," "Speeches" (1880-1905), on +"Fiscal Reform," "Criticism and Beauty," "Theism and Humanism," etc. + + + I remember, I remember + How my childhood fleeted by,-- + The mirth of its December + And the warmth of its July. + + "I remember, I remember,"--_Winthrop M. Praed_. + +WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED, a celebrated English poet, was born in London, +July 26, 1802, and died in 1839. Among his best known pieces are: "The +Red Fisherman," "Private Theatricals," "Every-Day Characters," "School +and Schoolfellows," "A Letter of Advice," "Our Ball," "My Partner," "My +Little Cousins," etc. + + + The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is. + + "Man and Superman,"--_George Bernard Shaw_. + +GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, a famous British author and playwright, was born in +Dublin, July 26, 1856. He has written, "The Quintessence of Ibsenism," +"The Sanity of Art," "The Perfect Wagnerite," "The Common Sense of +Municipal Training," "Socialism and Superior Brains," "Common Sense +about the War," etc. Also: "The Admirable Bashville," "Man and +Superman," "John Bull's Other Island," "How He Lied to Her Husband," +"Major Barbara," "The Doctor's Dilemma," "Getting Married," +"Misalliance," "Fanny's First Play," "Androcles and the Lion," +"Pygmalion," "Overruled," "Great Catherine," "The Music-Cure," +"O'Flaherty, V. C.," "An Unsocial Socialist," "The Devil's Disciple," +"Cæsar and Cleopatra," "The Man of Destiny," "You Never Can Tell," "Back +to Methuselah" (cycle of plays), etc. + + + 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, + And robes the mountain in its azure hue. + + "Pleasures of Hope," Part I, Line 7,--_Thomas Campbell_. + +THOMAS CAMPBELL, a Scottish poet, of great fame, was born at Glasgow, +July 27, 1777; and died at Boulogne, France June, 15, 1844. The best +known of his poems are: "Gertrude of Wyoming," "Pleasures of Hope," +"Lochiel's Warning," "The Exile of Erin," "Battle of the Baltic," "Ye +Mariners of England," etc. + + + Memory is a paradise out of which fate cannot drive us. + + --_Dumas, Fils_. + +ALEXANDRE DUMAS, THE YOUNGER, the renowned French dramatist and +romancist, was born at Paris, July 27, 1824, and died November 28, 1895. +A few of his famous romances are: "A Woman's Romance," "Césarine," +"Camille," etc. Also, "The Divorce Question," "The Clemenceau Case," +"The Natural Son," "The Friend of Women," "Claude's Wife," "The +Danicheffs," "Joseph Balsamo," "Françillon," etc. + + + Of Courtesy it is much less + Than Courage of Heart or Holiness, + Yet in my Walks it seems to me + That the Grace of God is in Courtesy. + + "Courtesy,"--_Hilaire Belloc_. + +HILAIRE BELLOC, a celebrated English author, was born July 27, 1870. +Among his works are: "Verses and Sonnets," "Paris," "Robespierre," "Path +to Rome," "Hills and the Sea," "Marie Antoinette," "The Green +Overcoat," "The Mercy of Allah," "General Sketch of the European War, +1st Phase," "The Last Days of the French Monarchy." + + + Beautiful Faith, surrendering to Time. + + "Marpessa," L. 62,--_Stephen Phillips_. + +STEPHEN PHILLIPS, a noted English author and poet, was born near the +City of Oxford, July 28, 1868, and died December 9, 1915. Among his +poetical pieces are: "The Woman with the Dead Soul," "Marpessa," "The +Wife," "After Rain," "Thoughts at Sunrise," "Thoughts at Noon." The +first volume of his "Poems" appeared in 1897, and "New Poems" in 1907. + + + "It is a great blessing," says Pascal, "to be born a man of + quality, since it brings one man as far forward at eighteen or + twenty as another man would be at fifty, which is a clear gain of + thirty years." These thirty years are commonly wanting to the + ambitious characters of democracies. The principle of equality, + which allows every man to arrive at everything, prevents all men + from rapid advancement. + + --_Alexis de Tocqueville_. + +ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE, a distinguished French publicist and writer, was +born at Vermeuil (Seine-et-Oise), July 29, 1805, and died at Cannes, +April 16, 1859. His writings include: "The Old Régime and the +Revolution," "Democracy in America," and "Works," 9 vols., which +appeared in 1860-65. + + + She was good as she was fair, + None--none on earth above her! + As pure in thought as angels are: + To know her was to love her. + + "Jacqueline," Stanza 1,--_Samuel Rogers_. + +SAMUEL ROGERS, a famous English poet, was born at Newington Green, +London, July 30, 1763, and died in London, December 18, 1855. He wrote +"The Voyage of Columbus," "Italy," "Human Life," "Pleasures of Memory," +and "Jacqueline." + + + He was utterly incapable of anything like baseness. No man could + be more jealous of his honour; no man had a greater pride in being + largely and loftily a man. + + "Life of Robert Burns,"--_John Stuart Blackie_. + +JOHN STUART BLACKIE, a notable Scottish author was born in Glasgow, July +31, 1809, and died in Edinburgh, March 2, 1895. His works include +translations from the Greek and German; moral and religious and other +philosophy; also, "Lays of the Highlands and Islands," "Language and +Literature of the Scottish Highlands," "Wisdom of Goethe," "Life of +Burns," "Essays on Subjects of Moral and Social Interest," +"Self-Culture," etc. + + +FOOTNOTES: + +[1] Great sorrows are the hot-houses of the soul. + + + + +AUGUST + + + + +AUGUST + + + All human race, from China to Peru, + Pleasure, howe'er disguis'd by art, pursue. + + "Universal Love of Pleasure,"--_Thomas Warton_. + +THOMAS WARTON, a distinguished English clergyman, critic, was born at +Basingstoke, August 1 (?), 1728, and died at Oxford, May 21, 1790. He +was poet-laureate of England in 1785. He wrote: "History of English +Poetry," etc. + + + Jealousy is the forerunner of love, and often its awakener. + + --_F. Marion Crawford_. + +FRANCIS MARION CRAWFORD, a celebrated American author, was born in Bagni +di Lucca, Italy, August 2, 1854, and died in 1909. Among his noted works +are: "Dr. Claudius," "Mr. Isaacs," "A Tale of a Lonely Parish," +"Zoroaster," "With the Immortals," "Sant' Ilario," "The Witch of +Prague," "Love in Idleness," "A Rose of Yesterday," "Don Orsino," "Via +Crucis," "In the Palace of the King," "The Heart of Rome," "Fair +Margaret," and its sequel, "Prima Donna." + + + Best they honor thee + Who honor in thee only what is best. + + "The True Patriotism,"--_William Watson_. + +SIR WILLIAM WATSON, a famous English poet, was born at Wharfedale, +August 2, 1858. He has published: "The Prince's Quest," "Epigrams of +Art," "Wordsworth's Grave, and Other Poems," "Lachrymæ Musarum," +"Excursions in Criticism," "The Eloping Angels," "Odes, and Other +Poems," "The Purple East," "The Year of Shame," "The Hope of the World," +"Collected Poems," "For England: Poems Written During Estrangement," +"New Poems," "Pencraft; A Plea for the Older Ways," "Retrogression," +"The Man Who Saw," "The Superhuman Antagonists," etc. + + + Ah woe is me, through all my days, + Wisdom and wealth I both have got, + And fame and name and great men's praise; + But Love, ah! Love I have it not. + + "The Way to Arcady,"--_Henry C. Bunner_. + +HENRY CUYLER BUNNER, a celebrated American poet and story-writer, was +born in Oswego, N. Y., August 3, 1855, and died in Nutley, N. J., May +11, 1896. He wrote: "A Woman of Honor," "Airs from Arcady and +Elsewhere," "The Runaway Browns," "Zadoc Pine and Other Stories," +"Jersey Street and Jersey Lane," "The Midge," "Short Sixes," etc. + + + All love is sweet, + Given or returned. Common as light is love, + And its familiar voice wearies not ever. + * * * * * + They who inspire it most are fortunate, + As I am now; but those who feel it most + Are happier still. + + "Prometheus Unbound," Act ii, Sc. 5.--_Percy B. Shelley_. + +PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY, the renowned English poet, was born at Field +Place, near Horsham, Sussex, August 4, 1792, and was drowned off the +coast of Italy, July 8, 1822. Among his many works may be mentioned: "A +Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things," "Queen Mab: A +Philosophic Poem," "Rosalind and Helen: A Modern Eclogue; with Other +Poems," "Hellas: A Lyrical Drama," "Adonais: an Elegy on the Death of +John Keats," "The Cenci: A Tragedy," "Prometheus Unbound: a Lyrical +Drama," "An Address to the Irish People," "Alastor, or the Spirit of +Solitude, and Other Poems," "A Vindication of Natural Diet," "A +Refutation of Deism," etc. + + + Opinions!--they are like the clothes we wear, which warm us, not + with heat, but with ours. + + --_Walter Pater_. + +WALTER (HORATIO) PATER, a distinguished English literary and art critic, +was born at London, August 4, 1839, and died at Oxford, July 30, 1894. +He wrote: "The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry," "Marius the +Epicurean," "Imaginary Portraits," "Appreciations," "Plato and +Plato-nism," "The Child in the House," etc. + + + There was something sinister and superb in the song of these + shipwrecked and condemned creatures, something like a prayer and + also something grander and comparable to the ancient and sublime, + _Ave Cæsar, morituri te salutant_. + + "La Petite Rogue,"--_Guy de Maupassant_. + +GUY DE MAUPASSANT, a noted French novelist, was born at the Château de +Miromesnil, (Seine-Inférieure), August 5, 1850, and died in Paris, July +6, 1893. Among his many works are: "In the Sunshine," "On the Water," +"The Left Hand," "The Sisters Rondoli," "Peter and John," "Strong as +Death," "Tales of Day and Night," "Our Heart," "A Wondering Life," etc. + + + Il embellit tout ce qu'il touche.[1] + + "Lettre sur les Occupations de L'Académie Française," Sect. iv, + _Fénélon_. + +FRANÇOIS DE SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHE FÉNÉLON, an illustrious French +theologian and writer, was born in the Château Fénélon, in Perigord, +Dordogne, August 6, 1651, and died January 7, 1715. He wrote: "Life of +Charlemagne," "Exposition of the Maxims of the Saints Regarding the +Inner Life," "Fables," "Treatise on the Education of Young Girls," and +his most noted work, "Telemachus." + + + In the spring a livelier iris changes on the burnished dove; + In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. + + "Locksley Hall," Line 19,--_Alfred Tennyson_. + +ALFRED TENNYSON, LORD TENNYSON, one of the greatest of English poets, +was born at Somersby, Lincolnshire, August 6, 1809, and died at +Aldworth, October 6, 1892. Among his famous works are: "Maud and Other +Poems," "Queen Mary," "The Princess," "The Foresters," "Enoch Arden," +"The Holy Grail," "Harold," "The Idylls of the King," "Tiresias," +"Locksley Hall Sixty Years After," "Poems, Chiefly Lyrical," "In +Memoriam," etc. + + + When Freedom from her mountain-height + Unfurled her standard to the air, + She tore the azure robe of night, + And set the stars of glory there. + + "The American Flag,"--_Joseph Rodman Drake_. + +JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE, a noted American poet, was born at New York, August +7, 1795, and died September 21, 1820. Among his poetical works are: "The +Culprit Fay," "Abelard to Héloise," "The American Flag," etc. + + + There were few of Tennyson's poems which I did not know by heart + without any attempt to commit them to memory. + + "Books Which Have Influenced Me,"--_Canon Farrar_. + +FREDERICK WILLIAM FARRAR, a celebrated English clergyman, was born at +Bombay, India, August 7, 1831, and died March 22, 1903. His most +notable works are: "Life and Works of Saint Paul," "The Witness of +History to Christ," "The Life of Christ," "The Early Days of +Christianity," "Eternal Hope," "The Origin of Language," "Chapters on +Language," "Families of Speech," "Language and Languages," "Darkness and +Dawn," "The Voice from Sinai," "The Life of Christ as represented in +Art," "Gathering Clouds," and "The Bible, Its Meaning and Supremacy." + + + That action is best which procures the greatest happiness for the + greatest numbers. + + "Inquiry concerning Moral Good and Evil," sect. 3 + (1720),--_Hutcheson_. + +FRANCIS HUTCHESON, a distinguished Scotch educator and philosopher was +born at Drumalig, Ulster, Ireland, August 8, 1694, and died in Glasgow +about 1746. He was the author of "Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas +of Beauty and Virtue," "Nature and Conduct of the Passions and +Affections," "System of Moral Philosophy," etc. + + + Oh! say, can you see by the dawn's early light + What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?-- + Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the clouds of the fight + O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming! + And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, + Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; + Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave + O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? + + "The Star-Spangled Banner,"--_Francis Scott Key_. + +FRANCIS SCOTT KEY, a noted American poet, was born in Frederick County, +Md., August 9, 1780, and died at Baltimore, January 11, 1843. He is best +known as the author of "The Star Spangled Banner." + + + We may say of angling as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries: + "Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God + never did"; and so, if I might be judge, God never did make a more + calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling. + + "The Complete Angler," Part I, Chap. II,--_Izaak Walton_. + +IZAAK WALTON, a celebrated English author, was born in Stafford, +England, August 9, 1593, and died at Winchester, December 15, 1683. His +most famous work was: "The Complete Angler: or, the Contemplative Man's +Recreation." He also wrote the biographies of a number of famous men, +known as "Walton's Lives." + + + Happy the man, and happy he alone, + He who can call to-day his own; + He who, secure within, can say, + To-morrow do thy worst, for I have liv'd to-day. + + "Imitation of Horace," Book iii, Ode 29, Line 65,--_John + Dryden_. + +JOHN DRYDEN, the renowned English poet, was born at Aldwinkle, +Northamptonshire, August 9, 1631, and died in London, May 1, 1700. His +most famous works were: "The Hind and the Panther," "Alexander's Feast," +and "Absalom and Achitophel," also a number of noted plays including: +"Marriage à la Mode," "The Conquest of Grenada," "The Spanish Friar," +"Don Sebastian," "All for Love," etc. + + + His temper was of that warm susceptible kind which is caught + with the heroic and the tender, and, which is more fitted to delight + in the world of sentiment than to succeed in the bustle of ordinary + life. This is a disposition of mind well suited to the poetical + character, and, accordingly, all his earliest companions agree that + Mr. Home was from his childhood delighted with the lofty and heroic + ideas which embody themselves in the description or narrative of + poetry.... Mr. Home's favorite amusement was angling. + + "Account of the Life of Mr. John Home," "Home's Works," + Vol. I, pp. 6, 31,--_Henry Mackenzie_. + +HENRY MACKENZIE, a noted Scotch novelist, essayist and miscellaneous +writer, was born at Edinburgh, August 10, 1745, and died there January +14, 1831. He wrote: "The Man of the World," "Julia de Roubigné," "Works" +(8 vols.), and "The Man of Feeling," his most famous work. + + + Yes, Walt Whitman has appeared. He has his place upon the stage. + The drama is not ended. His voice is still heard. He is the poet of + democracy--of all people. He is the poet of the body and soul. He + has sounded the note of individuality. He has given the pass-word + primeval. He is the Poet of Humanity--of Intellectual Hospitality. + He has voiced the aspirations of America, and, above all, he is the + poet of Love and Death. + + "Liberty in Literature," In Re Walt Whitman,--_Robert G. + Ingersoll_. + +ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL, a distinguished American orator, lecturer and +lawyer, was born in Dresden, N. Y., August 11, 1833, and died at Dobbs +Ferry, N. Y., July 21, 1899. He has published: "Some Mistakes of Moses," +"Lectures, Complete," "Great Speeches," "Prose Poems and Selections." + + + Most women indulge in idle gossip, which is the henchman of + rumor and scandal. + + --_Octave Feuillet_. + +OCTAVE FEUILLET, a celebrated French novelist, was born at St. Lô, +August 11, 1821, and died at Paris, December 29, 1890. He wrote: "The +Great Old Man," "The History of Sibylla," "Julie de Trécoeur," "A +Marriage in High Life," "Story of a Parisienne," "La Morte," and his +most notable work, "Romance of a Poor Young Man." + + + My mother says I must not pass + Too near that glass; + She is afraid that I will see + A little witch that looks like me, + With a red mouth to whisper low + The very thing I should not know. + + "The Witch in the Glass,"--_Sarah Morgan Bryant Piatt_. + +MRS. SARAH MORGAN (BRYANT) PIATT, a noted American poet, was born at +Lexington, Ky., August 11, 1836. Her best known works are: "A Woman's +Poems," "A Voyage to the Fortunate Isles," "Dramatic Persons and Moods," +"The Witch in the Glass," "An Enchanted Castle," etc. + + + How beautiful is night! + A dewy freshness fills the silent air; + No mist obscures; nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, + Breaks the serene of heaven: + In full-orbed glory, yonder moon divine + Rolls through the dark blue depths; + Beneath her steady ray + The desert circle spreads + Like the round ocean, girdled with the sky. + How beautiful is night! + + "Thalaba," Book i, Stanza 1,--_Robert Southey_. + +ROBERT SOUTHEY, an English poet and prose-writer, of great renown, was +born in Bristol, August 12, 1774, and died March 21, 1843. He wrote: "A +Vision of Judgment," "Joan of Arc," "Thalaba the Destroyer," "The Curse +of Kehama," "Life of Nelson," "The Doctor," "Book of the Church," "Life +of John Bunyan," "Life of John Wesley," "History of Brazil," etc. + + + One day thou didst desert me--when I learned + How looks the world to men that lack thy grace, + And toward the shadowy night sick-hearted turned,-- + When, lo! the first star brought me back thy face! + + "To Imagination,"--_Edith Matilda Thomas_. + +EDITH MATILDA THOMAS, a famous American poet, was born in Chatham, Ohio, +August 12, 1854. She has written: "A New Year's Masque," "The Round +Year," "Children of the Seasons," "Babes of the Year," "Babes of the +Nation," "Lyrics and Sonnets," "Heaven and Earth," "The Inverted Torch," +"Fair Shadow Land," "In Sunshine Land," "In the Young World," "A Winter +Swallow, and Other Verse," "The Dancers," "Cassia and Other Verse," +"Children of Christmas," "The Guest of the Gate," "The White Messenger," +"The Flower from the Ashes," etc. + + + Cruel is death? Nay, kind, he that is ta'en + Was old in wisdom, though his years were few; + Life's pleasure hath he lost--escaped life's pain, + Nor wedded joys, nor wedded sorrows knew. + + "On a Youth," Translated from Julianus,--_Goldwin Smith_. + +GOLDWIN SMITH, a renowned English historian, essayist and educator, was +born at Reading, Berkshire, August 13, 1823, and died June 7, 1910. He +has written: "Irish History and Irish Character," "Foundation of the +American Colonies," "England and America," "The Civil War in America," +"Lectures on the Study of History," "Short History of England," "Life of +Cowper," "Life of Jane Austen," "Guesses at the Riddle of Existence," +"Reminiscences" (1910), "The Empire," "My Memory of Gladstone," etc. + + + Sweetest the strain when in the song + The singer has been lost. + + "The Poet and the Poem,"--_Elizabeth Stuart Phelps_. + +ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS WARD, a celebrated American novelist, was born +at Andover, Mass., August 13, 1844, and died in 1911. Among her many +works are: "Ellen's Idol," "Gypsy Stories," "Men, Women and Ghosts," +"Poetic Studies," "The Story of Avis," "Old Maid's Paradise," "Sealed +Orders," "Beyond the Gates," "Songs of the Silent World," "The Gates +Between," "A Struggle for Immortality," "The Life of Christ," "Trixy," +"Walled In," and her most famous work, "Gates Ajar." + + + Flowers are Love's truest language. + + "Sonnet,"--_Park Benjamin_. + +PARK BENJAMIN, a noted American journalist, poet, and lecturer, was born +at Demerara, British Guiana, August 14, 1809 and died in New York, +September 12, 1864. Among his poetical pieces are: "The Old Sexton," +"Poetry," "Infatuation," "The Nautilus," "To One Beloved," and "The +Contemplation of Nature." + + + Among living authors Haggard is unquestionably first. I find two + very remarkable qualities in Mr. Haggard's novels,--a power of + imagination in which, for audacity and strength, he is unequalled + since the Elizabethan dramatists. Secondly there is the mesmeric + influence which he exercises over his readers. + + --_Walter Besant_. + +SIR WALTER BESANT, a distinguished English novelist, was born in +Portsmouth, August 14, 1838, and died June 10, 1901. Among his noted +works may be mentioned: "The Golden Butterfly," "Ready Money Mortiboy," +"The Seamy Side," "Studies in Early French Poetry," "When George the +Third Was King," "The French Humorists," "All Sorts and Conditions of +Men," "Dorothy Foster," "All in a Garden Fair," "The Ivory Gate," "The +Master Craftsman," "Beyond the Dreams of Avarice," "St. Katharine's by +the Tower," "Armorel of Lyonnesse," "The Rebel Queen," etc. The first +three works mentioned were written in collaboration with James Rice. + + + If on a Spring night, I went by + And God were standing there, + What is the prayer that I would cry + To Him? This is the prayer: + O Lord of Courage grave, + O Master of this night of Spring + Make firm in me a heart too brave + To ask Thee anything! + + "Moods, Songs and Doggerels," "The Prayer,"--_John + Galsworthy_. + +JOHN GALSWORTHY, a famous English author, was born at Combe in Surrey, +August 14, 1867. His publications include: "The Man of Property," "A +Motley," "Moods, Songs and Doggerels," "The Inn of Tranquillity," "A +Sheaf," Vol. I; "Beyond," "A Sheaf," Vol. II; "Saint's Progress," "In +Chancery," "Awakening," "To Let," etc. Plays: "The Silver Box," "The +Pigeon," "The Eldest Son," "The Skin Game," "A Family Man," etc. + + + The sun reflecting upon the mud of strands and shores is + unpolluted in his beam. + + "Holy Living," Chap. i, 3,--_Jeremy Taylor_. + +JEREMY TAYLOR, a renowned English theological writer, was born August +15, 1613, at Cambridge, and died at Lisburn, Ireland, August 13, 1667. +His most celebrated works are: "The Great Exemplar of Sanctity and Holy +Life," "Discourse on the Liberty of Prophesying," "The Rule and Exercise +of Holy Living," and "The Rule and Exercise of Holy Dying." + + + The rose is fairest when 't is budding new, + And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears, + The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew, + And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears. + + "Lady of the Lake," Canto iv, Stanza 1.--_Walter Scott_. + +SIR WALTER SCOTT, a Scotch novelist and poet of great fame, was born in +Edinburgh, August 15, 1771, and died at Abbotsford, September 21, 1832. +Among his many works may be mentioned: "The Lay of the Last Minstrel," +"Ballads and Lyrical Pieces," "Rokeby," "Marmion," "The Lady of the +Lake," "Waverley," "Guy Mannering," "The Field of Waterloo," "The Lord +of the Isles," "Rob Roy," "Harold the Dauntless," "Ivanhoe," "The Bride +of Lammermoor: A Legend of Montrose," "Kenilworth," "The Abbot," "The +Monastery," "The Pirate," "Tales of the Crusaders: The Betrothed, The +Talisman," "History of Scotland," "Tales of a Grandfather," "Essays on +Ballad Poetry," "The Eve of St. John: A Border Ballad," "Life of +Dryden," "Life of Swift," etc., etc. + + + Shakespeare--that is, English tragedy--postulates the intense life + of flesh and blood, of animal sensibility, of man and + woman--breathing, waking, stirring, palpitating with the pulses of + hope and fear. In Greek tragedy the very masks show the utter + impossibility to these contests or conflicts. + + "Leaders in Literature,"--_De Quincey_. + +THOMAS DE QUINCEY, a celebrated English author, was born in Manchester, +August 15, 1785, and died December 8, 1859. Besides his numerous essays +and papers on historical literary and miscellaneous topics, he wrote: +"Confessions of an English Opium Eater," "Letters to a Young Man Whose +Education Has Been Neglected," "Logic of Political Economy," +"Klosterheim," "Leaders in Literature," "Suspiria de Profundis: Essays +on Style and Rhetoric," "Joan of Arc," "Autobiographic Sketches," +"Literary Reminiscences," etc., etc. + + + Wee Willie Winkie rins through the toun, + Upstairs and dounstairs, in his nicht-goun, + Tirlin' at the window, cryin' at the lock, + "Are the weans in their bed? for it's nou ten o'clock." + + "Wee Willie Winkie,"--_William Miller_. + +WILLIAM MILLER, a noted Scotch poet, was born in Bridgegate, Glasgow, +August 16, 1810, and died at Glasgow, August 20, 1872. He wrote: +"Scottish Nursery Songs and Other Poems," his best known poem being "Wee +Willie Winkie." + + + Be sure you are right, then go ahead. + + --_David Crockett_. + +DAVID CROCKETT, a celebrated American politician, hunter and humorist, +was born at Limestone, Tenn., August 17, 1786, and was killed at Fort +Alamo, San Antonio, Texas, March 16, 1836. He wrote: "Sketches and +Eccentricities," "Tour to the North and Down East," his "Autobiography," +etc. + + + The greatest thing a man can do for his Heavenly Father is to be + kind to some of His other children. + + --_Henry Drummond_. + +HENRY DRUMMOND, a distinguished Scotch geologist and religious writer, +was born at Stirling, August 17, 1851, and died at Tunbridge Wells, +England, March 11, 1897. His most famous works are: "Natural Law in the +Spiritual World," "The Ascent of Man," "Tropical Africa," "Pax +Vobiscum," "The Greatest Thing in the World," "The Programme of +Christianity." + + + A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom. + + Quoted in "Memoirs of Mackintosh," Vol. II, p. 473,--_Lord John + Russell_. + +LORD JOHN RUSSELL, a famous English statesman, was born in London, +August 18, 1792, and died at Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, May 28, +1878. He is best remembered by his historical works, "Life of William +Lord Russell," "Memoirs of the Affairs of Europe" (2 vols.) +"Correspondence of John, 4th Duke of Bedford," etc. + + + It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that + this is war. + + "Despatch to Earl Russell," Sept. 5, 1863.--_Charles Francis + Adams_. + +CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, an eminent American statesman, publicist, and +miscellaneous writer, was born at Boston, August 18, 1807, and died at +Boston, November 21, 1886. His best known work was: "Life and Works of +John Adams." + + + Sorrow and scarlet leaf, + Sad thoughts and sunny weather: + Ah me, this glory and this grief + Agree not well together! + + "A Song for September,"--_Thomas William Parsons_. + +THOMAS WILLIAM PARSONS, a distinguished American poet, was born at +Boston, August 18, 1819, and died September 3, 1892. Among his writings +are: "The Old House at Sudbury," "Ghetto di Roma," "The Magnolia," "The +Shadow of the Obelisk," etc. He also made a metrical translation of +Dante's "Inferno." + + + All that is beautiful shall abide, + All that is base shall die. + + "Balder the Beautiful,"--_Robert W. Buchanan_. + +ROBERT WILLIAMS BUCHANAN, a celebrated English author, was born in +Warwickshire, August 18, 1841, and died in 1901. He wrote: "Idylls and +Legends of Inverburn," "Undertones," "London Poems," "North Coast +Poems," "Ballads of Love, Life and Humor," "The City of Dreams," "A +Child of Nature," "The Shadow of the Sword," "Foxglove Manor," etc. + + + Let's learn to temper our desires, + Not harshly to constrain; + And since excess makes pleasure less, + Why, so much more refrain. + Small table, cozy corner--here + We well may be beguiled; + Our worthy host old wine can boast; + Drink, drink--but draw it mild! + + "Les Petits Coups,"--translation of William Young,--_Pierre + Jean de Béranger_. + +PIERRE JEAN DE BÉRANGER, a famous French poet, was born in Paris, August +19, 1780, and died there July 16, 1857. Some of his noted songs are: +"The Old Flag," "Les Petits Coups," "The Old Corporal," "Roger +Bontemps," "Little Red Man," "Little Gray Man," "King of Yvetot," "My +Grandmother," "The Marquis of Carabas," and his "Autobiography." + + + Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt; + Nothing's so hard but search will find it out. + + "Seek and Find,"--_Robert Herrick_. + +ROBERT HERRICK, a renowned English poet and royalist clergyman, was born +in London, August 20, 1591, and died at Dean Prior, Devonshire, October +15, 1674. He wrote: "Noble Numbers," and "Hesperides." + + + In the Confessions of St. Augustine, passion, nature, + individuality only appear in order to be immolated to Divine + grace. They are a history of a crisis of the soul, of a new birth, + of a _Vita Nuova_; the Saint would have blushed to relate more + than he has done of the life of the man, which he had quitted. + With Rousseau the case is precisely the reverse; here grace is + nothing, nature everything; nature dominant, triumphant, + displaying herself with a daring freedom, which at times amounts + to the distasteful--nay, to the disgusting. + + "Life of Luther," (translation),--_Michelet_. + +JULES MICHELET, a famous French historian, was born in Paris, August 21, +1798, and died at Hyères, February 9, 1874. His principal works are: +"History of France," "History of the Revolution," "Abridgment of Modern +History," "Of the Jesuits," "Of the Priest, the Wife, and the Family," +"Of the People," "Poland and Russia," etc. + + + Who can blame me if I cherish the belief that the world is still + young--that there are great possibilities in store for it? + + --_John Tyndall_. + +JOHN TYNDALL, an eminent British physicist and writer on science, was +born at Leighlin Bridge, near Carlow, Ireland, August 21, 1820, and +died at Haslemere, Surrey, England, December 4, 1893. He has written: +"Philosophical Transactions in Glaciers of the Alps," "Mountaineering in +1861," "Dust and Disease," "Hours of Exercise in the Alps," "Sound: A +Course of Eight Lectures," "Nine Lectures on Light," "Essays on the Use +and Limit of the Imagination in Science," "The Forms of Water in Clouds +and Rivers, Ice and Glaciers," "Essays on the Floating Matter of the +Air," "New Fragments," etc. + + + Equality is one of the most consummate scoundrels that ever crept + from the brain of a political juggler--a fellow who thrusts his + hand into the pocket of honest industry or enterprising talent, + and squanders their hard-earned profits on profligate idleness or + indolent stupidity. + + --_James Kirke Paulding_. + +JAMES KIRKE PAULDING, a distinguished American novelist, was born in +Dutchess County, N. Y., August 22, 1779, and died at Hyde Park, N. Y., +April 6, 1860. Among his famous works may be mentioned: "The United +States and England," "Lay of a Scotch Fiddle," "Letters on Slavery," +"The Diverting History of John Bull and Brother Jonathan," +"Koningsmarke," "John Bull in America," "Westward Ho!" "The Dutchman's +Fireside," "Life of George Washington," etc. + + + It matters not how strait the gate, + How charged with punishments the scroll, + I am the master of my fate, + I am the captain of my soul. + + "To R. T. H. B."--_William Ernest Henley_. + +WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY, a noted British poet, critic, and editor, was +born at Gloucester, August 23, 1849, and died July 11, 1903. Among his +works are: "Views and Reviews," "Poems," "London Voluntaries," "Hawthorn +and Lavender," etc. + + + There is what I call the American idea.... This idea demands, as + the proximate organization thereof, a democracy--that is, a + government of all the people, by all the people, for all the + people; of course, a government of the principles of eternal + justice, the unchanging law of God: for shortness' sake I will + call it the idea of Freedom. + + "Speech at the N. E. Anti-slavery Convention, Boston," May 29, + 1850.--_Theodore Parker_. + +THEODORE PARKER, an American preacher and reformer of great celebrity, +was born at Lexington, Mass., August 24, 1810, and died at Florence, May +10, 1860. He wrote: "Ten Sermons on Religion," "Theism, Atheism and the +Popular Theology," and his most celebrated work: "Discourse on Matters +Pertaining to Religion." + + + With the greatest possible solicitude avoid authorship. Too early + or immoderately employed it makes the head waste and the heart + empty. + + Tr. by S. T. Coleridge.--_Herder_. + +JOHN GOTTFRIED VON HERDER, a distinguished German philosopher and +historian of literature, was born at Mohrungen, August 25, 1744, and +died at Weimar, December 18, 1803. Among his works are: "Voices of +Nations in Song," "Fragments on Recent German Literature," "The Cid," +"Ideas for a Philosophy of the History of Mankind," "Spirit of Hebrew +Poetry," etc. + + + Which I wish to remark,-- + And my language is plain,-- + That for ways that are dark + And for tricks that are vain, + The heathen Chinee is peculiar. + + "Plain Language from Truthful James,"--_Francis Bret Harte_. + +FRANCIS BRET HARTE, a celebrated American poet and short-story writer, +was born in Albany, N. Y., August 25, 1839, and died in 1902. Among his +many works are: "The Luck of Roaring Camp, and Other Sketches," "The +Heathen Chinee," "Plain Language from Truthful James," "Poems," "East +and West Poems," "Echoes of the Foot-Hills," "Poetical Works," "Thankful +Blossom," "Drift from Two Shores," "Flip and Other Stories," "By Shore +and Sedge," "The Queen of the Pirate Isle," "On the Frontier," "Snow +Bound at Eagle's," "Tales of the Argonauts and Other Sketches," "A Waif +of the Plains," "Three Partners," and "In the Hollow of the Hills." + + + It is even at the present day important to direct careful + attention to an erroneous conception of wealth, which was + universal until the appearance of Adam Smith's great work, in + 1775. + + "Manual of Political Economy,"--_Henry Fawcett_. + +HENRY FAWCETT, a famous English political economist, was born at +Salisbury, August 26, 1833, and died in Cambridge, November 6, 1884. His +publications include: "Free Trade and Protection," "Indian Finance," +etc. His celebrated work, "Manual of Political Economy," won for him +great fame. + + + Roger Bacon treated more especially of physics, but remained + without influence. + + "Lectures on the History of Philosophy," tr., Haldane and + Simpson, Vol. III. p. 92,--_Hegel_. + +GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL, an eminent German philosopher, was born +at Stuttgart, August 27, 1770, and died at Berlin, November 14, 1831. +Among his writings are: "On the Difference Between the Fichtean and +Schellingian Systems," "The Orbits of the Planets," "Phenomenology of +the Human Mind," "System of Science," "Principles of the Philosophy of +Law, or the Law of Nature and Political Science," "Encyclopædia of the +Philosophical Sciences," etc. + + + If we compare Daudet with Zola, we shall see that it is Daudet who + is the naturalist novelist, not Zola. It is the author of Le Nabob + who begins with observation of reality, and who is possessed by + it, while the author of "L'Assommoir" only consults it when his + seige is finished and then summarily with preconceived ideas. + + "Les Contemporains,"--_Jules Lemaître_. + +FRANÇOIS ELIE JULES LEMAÎTRE, a famous French literary critic and +dramatist, was born in Vennecy (Loiret), August 27, 1853, and died in +1914. He is the author of five volumes of literary biographies, +"Contemporaries: Being Literary Studies and Portraits." Among his plays +are: "La Revoltée," "Deputy Leveau," "The Kings," "The Pardon," etc. +Also: "Médallions" (poems), "Petites Orientales" (poems), "Corneille and +Aristotle's Poetics," "Myrrha Stories." + + + The old prose writers wrote as if they were speaking to an + audience; while, among us, prose is invariably written for the eye + alone. + + --_Niebuhr_. + +BARTHOLD GEORG NIEBUHR, a great German historian, was born at +Copenhagen, August 27, 1776, and died at Bonn, January 2, 1831. His +writings include: "Roman History," "Lectures on the History of Rome," +"Lectures on Ancient History," "Grecian Heroic History," "Minor +Historical and Philological Writings," etc. + + + Who never ate his bread in sorrow, + Who never spent the darksome hours + Weeping, and watching for the morrow,-- + He knows ye not, ye gloomy Powers. + + "Wilhelm Meister," Book ii, Chap, xiii,--_Goethe_. + +JOHANN WOLFGANG GOETHE, one of the greatest poets the world has ever +known, was born at Frankfort on the Main, August 28, 1749, and died at +Weimar, March 22, 1832. His most famous works are: "Sorrows of Young +Werther," "Erwin and Elmira," "Stella," "Prometheus," "Iphigenia," +"Tasso," "Wilhelm Meister," and his greatest work, "Faust." He also +wrote: "Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship," "Fiction and Truth," "Hermann +and Dorothea," "Elective Affinities," "Wilhelm Meister's Years of +Travel," etc. + + + Man should be ever better than he seems. + + "The Song of Faith,"--_Sir Aubrey De Vere_. + +SIR AUBREY DE VERE, a famous Irish poet, was born August 28, 1788, and +died in 1846. Among his works are: "Julian, the Apostate: A Dramatic +Poem," "The Duke of Mercia: an Historical Drama," "The Song of Faith, +Devout Exercises and Sonnets," "Mary Tudor: an Historical Drama," was +published after his death in 1847. + + + The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were drop into + the mind, are commonly the most valuable we have, and therefore + should be secured, because they seldom return again. + + --_John Locke_. + +JOHN LOCKE, an eminent English philosopher, was born at Wrington, near +Bristol, August 29, 1632, and died at Oates (Essex), October 28, 1704. +His philosophical writings include: "An Epistle on Tolerance," "Essay +Concerning Human Understanding," "Two Treatises on Government," etc. He +also wrote: "Some Thoughts Concerning Reading and Study," "Some Thoughts +on Education," "Elements of Natural Philosophy," and many other works. + + + I do not know anyone who makes us feel more than Milton does the + grandeur of the ends which we ought to keep always before us, and + therefore our own pettiness and want of courage and nobleness in + pursuing them. I believe he failed to discern many of the + intermediate relations which God has established between Himself + and us; but I know no one who teaches us more habitually that + disobedience to the Divine will is the seat of all misery to men. + + "The Friendship of Books,"--_D. Maurice_. + +FREDERICK DENISON MAURICE, a celebrated English divine and theological +and philosophical writer, was born near Lowestoft, Suffolk, August 29, +1805, and died in London, April 1, 1872. Among his works are: "Ancient +Philosophy," "Theological Essays," "Modern Philosophy," "Mediæval +Philosophy," "The Friendship of Books," etc., and a novel, "Eustace +Conway." + + + Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, + As the swift seasons roll! + Leave thy low-vaulted past! + Let each new temple, nobler than the last, + Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, + Till thou at length art free, + Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea! + + "The Chambered Nautilus,"--_Oliver Wendell Holmes_. + +OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, a distinguished American man of letters, was born +at Cambridge, Mass., August 29, 1809, and died at Boston, October 7, +1894. The most important of his works are: "Urania," "The Iron Gate," +"Songs in Many Keys," "Poems," "Songs of Many Seasons," "Elsie Venner," +"The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table," "The Professor at the Breakfast +Table," "The Poet at the Breakfast Table," "Soundings from the +Atlantic," "Our Hundred Days in Europe," "John Lothrop Motley," "A +Mortal Antipathy," "Ralph Waldo Emerson," "Over the Teacups," etc. + + + Men's weaknesses are often necessary to the purposes of life. + + "Joyzelle," Act ii.--_Maurice Maeterlinck_. + +MAURICE MAETERLINCK, a celebrated Belgian poet, was born in Flanders, +August 29, 1864. Among his works are: "The Seven Princesses," "The +Blind," "The Intruder," "The Treasure of the Humble," "Hot-House +Blooms," "La Princesse Maleine," "Alladine et Palomides," "Douze +Chansons," "La Sagesse et la Destinée," "Le Temple Enseveli," "The +Double Garden," "The Blue Bird," "La Mort," "The Light Beyond," etc. + + + It is very foolish, and betrays what a small mind we have, to + allow fashion to sway us in everything that regards taste; in our + way of living, our health, and our conscience. + + "The Characters,"--_Jean de La Bruyère_. + +JEAN DE LA BRUYÈRE, a famous French moralist and satirist, was born in +Paris, August 30 (?), 1645, and died at Versailles, May 10, 1696. His +fame rests on his great work, "The Characters of Theophrastus, +Translated from the Greek, with the Characters or Manners of this +Century." + + + If for widows you die, + Learn to _kiss_ not to sigh. + + "Widow Malone," II, 33-4,--_Charles James Lever_. + +CHARLES (JAMES) LEVER, a noted Irish novelist, was born at Dublin, +August 31, 1806, and died at Trieste, June 1, 1872. He wrote: +"Confessions of Harry Lorrequer," "Charles O'Malley," "Arthur O'Leary," +"Jack Hinton the Guardsman," "Tom Burke of Ours," "The O'Donoghue," "Con +Cregan," "Roland Cashel," "The Daltons, or Three Roads in Life," +"Luttrell of Arran," "The Fortunes of Glencore," "Davenport Dunn," "Sir +Brooke Fosbrooke," "The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly," "Lord Kilgobbin," +etc. + + + Ils sont si transparents qu'ils laissent voir votre âme.[2] + + "The Two Beautiful Eyes,"--_Théophile Gautier_. + +THÉOPHILE GAUTIER, a renowned French poet and novelist, was born in +Tarbes, Hautes Pyrenees, August 31, 1811, and died near Paris, in 1872. +Among his famous works may be mentioned: "Young France," "Albertus," +"Poems," "History of Romanticism," "A Journey in Spain," "Italy," +"Constantinople," "Miltona," "The Golden Fleece," "Arria Marcella," +"Mademoiselle Dafne," "The Nest of Nightingales," "The Loving Dead," +"The Chain of Gold," "Jean and Jeannette," "The Tiger Skin," "Spirite," +"Modern Art," "The Arts in Europe," etc., etc. + + +FOOTNOTES: + +[1] He adorned whatever he touched. + +[2] Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen. + + + + +SEPTEMBER + + + + +SEPTEMBER + + + Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and + unostentatious. + + --_Lady Blessington_. + +MARGUERITE, COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON, a distinguished Irish descriptive +writer and novelist, was born in Knockbrit, Tipperary, September 1, +1789, and died in Paris, June 4, 1849. Among her works are: "The Idler +in Italy," "The Idler in France," "Conversations with Lord Byron," etc. + + + The glorified spirit of the infant is as a star to guide the + mother to its own blissful clime. + + "Monody on Mrs. Hemans,"--_Lydia H. Sigourney_. + +LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY, a noted American author, was born in Norwich, +Conn., September 1, 1791, and died in Hartford, Conn., June 10, 1865. +She wrote: "Letters to Young Ladies," "Letters to Mothers," "Scenes in +My Native Land," "Voice of Flowers," "Letters to My Pupils," "The Daily +Councelor," "Gleanings," (poetry), "The Man of Uz, and Other Poems," +etc. + + + Socrates, like Solon, thought that no man is too old to learn; + that to learn and to know is not a schooling for life, but life + itself, and that which alone gives to life its value. To become by + knowledge better from day to day, and to make others better, + appeared to both to be the real duty of man. + + "History of Greece,"--_Ernst Curtius_. + +ERNST CURTIUS, a renowned German archæologist and historian, was born at +Lubeck, September 2, 1814, and died in 1896. He wrote: "Peloponnesus," +and his famous, "History of Greece." + + + The fire upon the hearth is low, + And there is stillness everywhere, + And, like winged spirits, here and there + The firelight shadows fluttering go. + + "In the Firelight,"--_Eugene Field_. + +EUGENE FIELD, a noted poet and humorous journalist, was born at St. +Louis, Mo., September 2, 1850, and died November 4, 1895. He wrote: "The +Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac," "The Holy Cross, and Other Tales," +"Love Songs of Childhood," "A Little Book of Western Verse," and "A +Second Book of Verse." + + + Nothing can make a man happy but that which shall last as long as + he lasts; for an immortal soul shall persist in being, not only + when profit, pleasure, and honour, but when time itself shall + cease. + + --_South_. + +ROBERT SOUTH, a famous English divine, was born at Hackney, Middlesex, +September 3, 1634, and died July 8, 1716. A collection of his sermons +was published in 1692 in six volumes. + + + The Grecian history is a poem, Latin history a picture, modern + history a chronicle. + + --_Chateaubriand_. + +FRANÇOIS RENÉ AUGUSTE, VICOMTE DE CHATEAUBRIAND, a renowned French +statesman, traveler, novelist and historical writer, was born at St. +Malo, September 4, 1768, and died at Paris, July 4, 1848. Among his +works are: "The Genius of Christianity" (his most famous work), "Atala," +"René," and "The Natchez," also "The Martyrs, or Triumph of the +Christian Religion," "A Journey from Paris to Jerusalem," "An Essay on +English Literature," and translated Milton's "Paradise Lost." + + + Da dacht ich oft: schwatzt noch so hoch gelehrt, + Man weiss doch nichts, als was man selbst erfährt.[1] + + "Oberon," II. 24,--_Wieland_. + +CHRISTOPHER MARTIN WIELAND, a celebrated German poet and prose-writer, +was born in Oberholzheim, Suabia, September 5, 1733, and died January +20, 1813. He wrote: "Agathon," "The New Amadis," "The Golden Mirror," +and "Oberon," his most famous work. He also translated the greater part +of Shakespeare into German. + + + Husband and wife--so much in common, how different in type! Such a + contrast, and yet such harmony, strength and weakness blended + together! + + --_Ruffini_. + +GIOVANNI DOMENICO RUFFINI, a distinguished Italian littérateur, was born +at Genoa, September 6, 1807, and died at Taggia, November 2, 1881. He +published: "Lorenzo Benoni" (a romance), "Lavinia," etc.; also, "Doctor +Antonio," his most famous book. + + + Le style est l'homme même.[2] + + "Discours de Réception,"--_Buffon_. + +GEORGE LOUIS LE CLERC, COMTE DE BUFFON, a famous French naturalist, was +born at Montbard, September 7, 1707, and died April 16, 1788. His +"Natural History," won for him world-wide fame. + + + Natura il fece, e poi ruppe la stampa.[3] + + "Orlando Furioso," Canto x, Stanza 84,--_Ludovico Ariosto_. + +LUDOVICO ARIOSTO, an illustrious Italian poet, was born at Reggio, +September 8, 1474, and died at Ferrara, June 6, 1533. His most famous +work is: "Orlando Furioso." + + + None but God can satisfy the longings of an immortal soul; that as + the heart was made for Him, so He only can fill it. + + --_Trench_. + +RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH, a noted Anglican archbishop and poet, was born +at Dublin on September 9, 1807, and died March 28, 1886. He wrote: "The +Story of Justin Martyr, and Other Poems," "Sabbation," "Honor Neale, and +Other Poems," "Poems from Eastern Sources," "The Study of Words," +"English Past and Present," "A Select Glossary of English Words," "Notes +on the Parables," "Notes on the Miracles," etc. + + + The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people. + + "What is to be done?" Chap. xl. Note,--_Tolstoi_. + +COUNT LYOF ALEKSÉEVICH TOLSTOI, the great Russian novelist, was born on +the family estate of Yasnaya Polyana in the government of Tula, Russia, +September 9, 1828, and died in 1910. His most celebrated works are: "In +What My Faith Consists," "Cossacks," "Sevastopol," "War and Peace," +"Master and Man," "My Confession," "The Kreutzer Sonata," and "Anna +Karénina." + + + A language cannot be thoroughly learned by an adult without five + years' residence in the country where it is spoken; and without + habits of close observation, a residence of twenty years is + insufficient. + + --_P. G. Hamerton_. + +PHILIP GILBERT HAMERTON, a distinguished English artist and art-writer, +was born at Laneside, Lancashire, September 10, 1834; and died near +Boulogne, France, November 5, 1894. Among his works are: "Etching and +Etchers," "Thoughts About Art," "Painting in France," "The Quest of +Happiness," "The Graphic Arts," "Contemporary French Painters," "Human +Intercourse," "The Intellectual Life," and "A Painter's Camp in the +Highlands." + + + A pleasing land of drowsyhead it was, + Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye; + And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, + Forever flushing round a summer sky; + There eke the soft delights that witchingly + Instil a wanton sweetness through the breast, + And the calm pleasures always hover'd nigh; + But whate'er smack'd of noyance or unrest + Was far, far off expell'd from this delicious nest. + + "The Castle of Indolence," Canto i, Stanza 6.--_James Thomson_. + +JAMES THOMSON, a famous Scotch poet, was born at Ednam, September 11, +1700, and died August 27, 1748. His most celebrated poems are: "The +Seasons," and "The Castle of Indolence." + + + Woman's grief is like a summer storm, + Short as it is violent. + + "Basil," Act V, Sc. 3,--_Joanna Baillie_. + +JOANNA BAILLIE, a celebrated Scottish poet, was born in Bothwell, +Lanarkshire, September 11, 1762, and died at Hampstead, England, +February 23, 1851. She wrote: "Plays on the Passions," and numerous +poems and songs. + + + Blessed be agriculture! If one does not have too much of it. + + "My Summer in a Garden: Preliminary."--_Chas. Dudley Warner_. + +CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER, an eminent American journalist and miscellaneous +writer, was born at Plainfield, Mass., September 12, 1829, and died in +1900. Among his noted works are: "My Summer in a Garden," "Backlog +Studies," "My Winter on the Nile," "Life of Captain John Smith," +"Washington Irving," "A Roundabout Journey," "Their Pilgrimage," "Book +of Eloquence," "A Little Journey in the World," "As We Were Saying," +"The Golden House," "The Relation of Literature to Life," "Studies in +the South and West, with Comments on Canada," "That Fortune," etc. In +collaboration with Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) he wrote: "The +Gilded Age." He was editor of the "American Men of Letters" series, and +of "The Library of the World's Best Literature." + + + The desire of love, Joy; + The desire of life, Peace: + The desire of the soul, Heaven: + The desire of God ... a flame-white secret forever. + + "Desire,"--_William Sharp_. + +WILLIAM SHARP, a distinguished British critic and man of letters, was +born September 12, 1856, and died in 1905. Among his works are: +"Humanity and Man," "The Conqueror's Dream, and Other Poems," "Dante +Gabriel Rossetti," "Shakespeare's Songs, Poems, and Sonnets," "Sonnets +of this Century," "Shelley," "Romantic Ballads," "Sospiri di Roma," +"Flower o' the Vine," "Sospiri d' Italia," etc. + + + Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel. + + "Guesses at Truth."--_J. C. and A. W. Hare_. + +JULIUS CHARLES HARE, a famous English divine and theological writer, was +born at Valdagno, Italy, September 13, 1795, and died in England, +January 23, 1855. He wrote: "Mission of the Comforter," "The Contest +with Rome," "Vindication of Luther," and conjointly with A. W. Hare, +"Guesses at Truth." + + + True resignation, which always brings with it the confidence that + unchangeable goodness will make even the disappointment of our + hopes, and the contradictions of life, conducive to some benefit, + casts a grave but tranquil light over the prospect of even a + toilsome and troubled life. + + --_Humboldt_. + +ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT, a renowned German scientist, was born in Berlin, +September 14, 1769, and died there May 6, 1859. He wrote: "Voyages to +the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent," "Observations on Zoölogy +and Comparative Anatomy," "View of the Cordilleras and of the Monuments +of the Indigenous Races of America," and "Cosmos," his most celebrated +work. + + + O years, gone down into the past, + What pleasant memories come to me + Of your untroubled days of peace, + And hours of almost ecstasy. + + "_Reconciled_,"--Phoebe Cary. + +PHOEBE CARY, a noted American poetess and prose-writer, was born in +Cincinnati, Ohio, September 14, 1824, and died in Newport, Rhode Island, +July 31, 1871. With her sister, she published many books, among them, +"Poems of Faith, Hope, and Love," and "Poems and Parodies." + + + We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those + whom we admire. + + "Maxim 294,"--_Rochefoucauld_. + +FRANÇOIS, DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, an illustrious French classicist and +philosopher, was born at Paris, September 15, 1613, and died there March +17, 1680. His most celebrated works were: "Reflections, or Moral +Sentences and Maxims," better known as "Maxims," and his "Memoirs." + + + Those families, you know, are our upper-crust,--not upper ten + thousand. + + "The Ways of the Hour," Chap. VI,--_Cooper_. + +JAMES FENIMORE COOPER, a famous American novelist, and historian, was +born in Burlington, N. J., September 15, 1789, and died at Cooperstown, +N. Y., September 14, 1851. A few of his celebrated novels are: "The +Spy," "The Pilot," "Precaution," "The Pioneers," "The Last of the +Mohicans," "The Prairie," "The Red Rover," "The Water-Witch," "Homeward +Bound," "The Pathfinder," "The Deerslayer," "The Redskins," "The Ways of +the Hour," etc. + + + I would not live alway: I ask not to stay + Where storm after storm rises dark o'er the way. + + "I would not live alway,"--_William Augustus Muhlenberg_. + +WILLIAM AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, a noted American philanthropist and +Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was born in Philadelphia, Penn., +September 16, 1796, and died in New York, April, 1877. He wrote: "A Plea +for Christian Hymns," and many well-known hymns, among them: "Saviour +Who Thy Flock Art Feeding," "Shout the Glad Tidings," and "I Would Not +Live Alway." + + + We all know Mr. Lowell's brilliant qualities as a poet, critic, + scholar, and man of the world; but that in him which touches me + most strongly belongs to his relations to his country--his keen + and subtle yet kindly recognition of her virtues and her faults, + and the sympathetic power with which in the day of her melancholy + triumph, after the Civil War, he gave such noble expression to her + self-devotion, sorrows, and hopes. + + "James Russell Lowell, The Critic,"--_Francis Parkman_. + +FRANCIS PARKMAN, an eminent American historian, was born at Boston, +September 16, 1823, and died at Jamaica Plain, Mass., November 8, 1893. +He wrote: "The Oregon Trail: Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life," "History +of the Conspiracy of Pontiac," "The Pioneers of France in the New +World," "The Jesuits in North America," "La Salle and the Discovery of +the Great West," "The Old Régime in Canada," "Count Frontenac and New +France under Louis XIV," "Montcalm and Wolfe," and "A Half-Century of +Conflict." + + + The essayist rises higher than the poet--witty, tender; wise in + human frailty, but never bitter. + + "Personal Tributes to Dr. Holmes, the Writer," Vol. 7, p. 167 + (1894),--_Hamlin Garland_. + +HAMLIN GARLAND, a celebrated American story writer, was born in La +Crosse, Wis., September 16, 1860. His works include: "Main Traveled +Roads," "A Spoil of Office," "Prairie Folks," "Prairie Songs," +"Crumbling Idols," "A Little Norsk," "Rose of Dutcher's Coolly," "Jason +Edwards," "The Eagle's Heart," "Her Mountain Lover," "Hesper," "The +Light of the Star," "The Long Trail," "Money Magic," "The Shadow World," +"Victor Olnee's Discipline," "Other Main Traveled Roads," "A Son of the +Middle Border," etc. + + + There's a magic in the distance, where the sea-line meets the sky. + + "Forty Singing Seamen,"--_Alfred Noyes_. + +ALFRED NOYES, a noted English writer, was born at Staffordshire, +September 16, 1880. He has written, "Robin Hood," "Tales of the Mermaid +Tavern," "The Winepress," "The Sea in English Poetry," "A Salute from +the Fleet," "The Flower of Old Japan," "Poems," "Forty Singing Seamen," +"Walking Shadows," "The Elfin Artist," (New Poems). + + + All reasoning is retrospect; it consists in the application of + facts and principles previously known. This will show the very + great importance of knowledge, especially of that kind called + Experience. + + "Knowledge,"--_John Foster_. + +JOHN FOSTER, a famous English author, and dissenting minister, best +known as the "Essayist," was born near Halifax, Yorkshire, September 17, +1770, and died October 15, 1843. His fame rests chiefly on his +celebrated "Essays." He also wrote: "Essay on Popular Ignorance," +"Discourse on Missions," etc. + + + Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not + coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and + nights to the volumes of Addison. + + "Life of Addison,"--_Samuel Johnson_. + +SAMUEL JOHNSON, a renowned English critic, essayist, lexicographer, and +poet, was born in Lichfield, September 18, 1709, and died in London, +December 13, 1784. Among his many works may be mentioned: "Life of +Richard Savage," "The Vanity of Human Wishes," "Life of Dryden," "Plan +for a Dictionary," "The Rambler," "Irene," "The Idler," "Shakespeare +with Notes," "The False Alarm," "Taxation no Tyranny," "Rasselas," +"English Poets," etc. + + + Men are polished, through act and speech, + Each by each, + As pebbles are smoothed on the rolling beach. + + "A Home Idyl,"--_John Townsend Trowbridge_. + +JOHN TOWNSEND TROWBRIDGE, a celebrated American poet, novelist and +general writer, was born in Ogden, N. Y., September 18, 1827, and died +in 1916. He has written: "Martin Merrivale," "Neighbor Jackwood," "The +Old Battle Ground," "The Drummer Boy," "The Three Scouts," "Coupon +Bonds," "The Story of Columbus," "The Jack Hazard Series," "The Silver +Medal Series," "The Emigrant's Story, and Other Poems," "At Sea," "The +Pewee," "Hearts and Faces," "The Vagabonds," "The Book of Gold, and +Other Poems," "The Start in Life Series," "The Tide Mill Series," +"Poetical Works," "My Own Story," etc. + + + O Traveller who hast wandered far + 'Neath southern sun and northern star, + Say where the fairest regions are! + Friend, underneath whatever skies + Love looks in love-returning eyes, + There are the bowers of paradise. + + "The Bowers of Paradise,"--_Clinton Scollard_. + +CLINTON SCOLLARD, a popular American poet and author, was born in New +York, September 18, 1860. He has published: "Pictures in Song," "Old and +New World Lyrics," "Under Summer Skies," "Lyrics and Legends of +Christmastide," "Odes and Elegies," "From the Lips of the Sea," +"Poems--A Selection from the Harvest of Thirty Years of Song," "A +Christmas Garland," "A Knight of the Highway," "A Son of a Tory," "The +Lutes of Morn," "Lyrics of the Dawn," "Footfaring," etc. + + + Let the soldier be abroad if he will, he can do nothing in this + age. There is another personage,--a personage less imposing in the + eyes of some, perhaps insignificant. The schoolmaster is abroad, + and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the soldier in + full military array. + + "Speech," January 29, 1828,--_Lord Brougham_. + +HENRY PETER BROUGHAM, LORD BROUGHAM, a distinguished British statesman +and author, was born in Edinburgh, September 19, 1778, and died at +Cannes, France, May 7, 1868. His most important works are: "Lives of Men +of Letters and Science," "Speeches," and "Sketches of the Statesmen of +the Time of George III." + + + The soul of man is larger than the sky, + Deeper than ocean, or the abysmal dark + Of the unfathomed center. + + "To Shakespeare,"--_Hartley Coleridge_. + +HARTLEY COLERIDGE, a celebrated English poet, and man of letters, (son +of Samuel Taylor Coleridge), was born at Bristol, September 19, 1796, +and died in 1849. His writings include: "Biographia Borealis," "The +Worthies of Yorkshire and Lancashire," "Essays and Marginalia," and some +exquisite sonnets, published in the _London Magazine_. + + + When change itself can give no more + 'Tis easy to be true. + + "Reasons for Constancy,"--_Sir Charles Sedley_. + +SIR CHARLES SEDLEY, a noted English dramatist, was born at Aylesford in +Kent, September 20, 1639, and died August 20, 1701. Besides his +tragedies and comedies, he wrote a famous song, "Phyllis." + + + In the first days + Of my distracting grief, I found myself + As women wish to be who love their lords. + + "Douglas," Act I, Sc. i,--_John Home_. + +JOHN HOME, a well-known Scotch dramatist, was born in Leith, near +Edinburgh, September 21, 1722, and died at Merchiston near Edinburgh, +September 5, 1808. His most celebrated plays are: "Alfred," "The Fatal +Discovery," "Agis," and his tragedy, "Douglas." He also wrote, "History +of the Rebellion in Scotland in 1755-56." + + + Where are the cities of old time? + + "The Ballade of Dead Cities,"--_Edmund William Gosse_. + +EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE, a famous English poet, essayist, and critic, was +born in London, September 21, 1849. He has written: "On Viol and Flute," +"The Unknown Lover," "Madrigals, Songs, and Sonnets," "Life of Jeremy +Taylor," "French Profiles," "Coventry Patmore," "Life of Sir Thomas +Browne," "Father and Son," "Henrik Ibsen," "Two Visits to Denmark," +"Portraits and Studies," "Collected Essays" (5 vols.), "Life of +Swinburne," "Lord Redesdale's Further Memories," "Three French +Moralists," "Diversions of a Man of Letters," "Malherbe," etc. + + + How few take time for friendship! How few plan for it! It is + treated as a haphazard, fortuitous thing. May good luck send us + friends; we will not go after them. May favoring fortune bind our + friendships; we will take no stitches ourselves. Yet friendship + requires painstaking. No art is so difficult, no craft so arduous. + Roll a ball of clay and expect it to become a rose in your hand, + but never expect an acquaintanceship, without care and thought, to + blossom into friendship. + + --_Wells_. + +HERBERT GEORGE WELLS, a distinguished English author, was born at +Bromley, Kent, September 21, 1868. Among his many works may be +mentioned: "The Wheels of Chance," "Certain Personal Matters," (essays), +"The War of the Worlds," "The Sleeper Awakes," "Love and Mr. Lewisham," +"Anticipations," "The Sea Lady," "Mankind in the Making," "The Food of +the Gods," "A Modern Utopia," "The War in the Air," "Ann Veronica," +"The New Machiavelli," "Marriage," "The Passionate Friends," "An +Englishman Looks at the World," "The World Set Free," "The Peace of the +World," "The Research Magnificent," "What is Coming?" "Mr. Britling Sees +it Through," "The Soul of a Bishop," "Joan and Peter," "The Come Back," +etc. + + + Manners must adorn knowledge, and smooth its way through the + world. Like a great rough diamond, it may do very well in a closet + by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value. + + "Letter," July 1, 1748,--_Earl of Chesterfield_. + +PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, EARL OF CHESTERFIELD, a famous English man of +affairs and of the world, was born in London, September 22, 1694, and +died March 24, 1773. His "Letters to His Son" won for him everlasting +literary fame. + + + A reply to a newspaper attack resembles very much the attempt of + Hercules to crop the Hydra, without the slightest chance of + ultimate success. + + "Gilbert Gurney," Vol. II, Chap. I, _Theodore M. Hook_. + +THEODORE EDWARD HOOK, a famous English wit and novelist, was born in +London, September 22, 1788, and died August 24, 1841. He wrote: +"Macwell," "Gilbert Gurney," "Gurney Married," "Births, Deaths and +Marriages." "His Sayings and Doings," were published in 1824, 1825 and +in 1828. + + + I never yet heard man or woman much abused, that I was not + inclined to think the better of them; and to transfer any + suspicion or dislike to the person who appeared to take delight in + pointing out the defects of a fellow-creature. + + --_Jane Porter_. + +JANE PORTER, a distinguished English novelist, was born at Durham, +September 23, 1776, and died at Bristol, May 24, 1850. Among her +stories are: "Thaddeus of Warsaw," "The Scottish Chiefs," "The Pastor's +Fireside," etc. + + + Within the rose I found a trembling tear, + Close curtained in a gloom of crimson night, + By tender petals from the outer light. + + "Within the Rose I found a Trembling Tear,"--_Boyesen_. + +HJALMAR HJORTH BOYESEN, a celebrated American novelist, was born at +Frederiksvarn, Norway, September 23, 1848, and died in New York, October +4, 1895. He has written: "Idyls of Norway and Other Poems," "Tales from +Two Hemispheres," "Ilka on the Hilltop and Other Stories," "A Norseman's +Pilgrimage," "Gunnar," and "A Daughter of the Philistines." + + + When he writes of himself, how supremely excellent is the reading. + It is good even when he does it intentionally, as in "Portraits + and Memories." It is better still when he sings it, as in his + "Child's Garden." He is irresistible to every lonely child who + reads and thrills, and reads again to find his past recovered for + him with effortless ease. It is a book never long out of my hands, + for only in it and in my dreams when I am touched with fever, do I + grasp the long, long thoughts of a lonely child and a + hill-wandering boy-thoughts I never told to any; yet which Mr. + Stevenson tells over again to me as if he read them off a printed + page. + + "Mr. Stevenson's Books," _McClure's Magazine_, Vol. 4, p. 289 + 1895,--_S. R. Crockett_. + +SAMUEL RUTHERFORD CROCKETT, a distinguished Scotch novelist, was born in +Little Duchrae, Galloway, September 24, 1862, and died in 1914. He has +written "The Stickit Minister," "The Lilac Sun-Bonnet," "Lad's Love," +"Joan of the Sword Hand," "The Dark o' the Moon," "The Banner of Blue," +"An Adventure in Spain," "Maid Margaret," "Cherry Riband," "Flower o' +the Corn," "Kit Kennedy," "The Red Axe," "The Bloom of the Heather," +"The White Plume of Navarre," "Anne of the Barricades," "Patsy," +"Sandy," etc. + + + The breaking waves dashed high + On a stern and rock-bound coast, + And the woods against a stormy sky + Their giant branches tossed. + + "Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers,"--_Felicia Hemans_. + +FELICIA DOROTHEA BROWNE HEMANS, a noted English-Irish poet, was born in +Liverpool, September 25, 1793, and died at Redesdale, near Dublin, May +16, 1835. Her most famous works are: "Tales and Historic Scenes in +Verse," "Songs of the Cid," "Lays of Many Lands," "The Siege of +Valencia, the Last Constantine," and "Domestic Affections." + + + We can do without any article of luxury we have never had; but + when once obtained, it is not in human nature to surrender it + voluntarily. + + "The Clockmaker,"--_Thomas Chandler Haliburton_. + +THOMAS CHANDLER HALIBURTON (SAM SLICK), a famous Canadian author, was +born at Windsor, Nova Scotia, September 26 (?), 1796, and died near +London, August 27, 1865. He is best known by his famous "Sam Slick" +papers. + + + Honor is like the eye, which cannot suffer the least injury + without damage; it is a precious stone, the price of which is + lessened by the least flaw. + + --_Bossuet_. + +JACQUES BÉNIGNE BOSSUET, a renowned French theologian, was born at +Dijon, September 27, 1627, and died April 12, 1704. He wrote: "Discourse +upon Universal History Down to the Empire of Charlemagne," "History of +the Variations of the Protestant Churches," and the "Defense of the +Famous Declaration Which the Gallican Clergy Approved Regarding the +Power of the Church." His "Complete Works," in 46 volumes, were +published 1815-19. + + + A life on the ocean wave! + A home on the rolling deep, + Where the scattered waters rave, + And the winds their revels keep! + Like an eagle caged I pine + On this dull unchanging shore: + O give me the flashing brine, + The spray and the tempest's roar! + + "A Life on the Ocean Wave,"--_Epes Sargent_. + +EPES SARGENT, a celebrated American journalist, author and dramatist, +was born in Gloucester, Mass., September 27, 1813, and died in Boston, +December 31, 1880. His works include: "Change Makes Change," "The +Priestess," "Wealth and Worth," "Peculiar: A Tale of the Great +Transition," "Songs of the Sea," "Life of Henry Clay," "A Life on the +Ocean Wave," etc. + + + Logic makes only one demand, that of science. But life makes a + thousand. The body wants health; the imagination cries out for + beauty; and the heart for love. Pride asks for consideration; the + soul yearns for peace; the conscience for holiness; our whole + being is athirst for happiness and for perfection. + + --_Amiel_. + +HENRI FRÉDÉRIC AMIEL, an eminent Swiss essayist, poet, and philosophical +critic, was born at Geneva, September 27, 1821, and died there, March +11, 1881. His writings include: "Millet Grains," "Study on Mme. de +Staël," "The Literary Movement in Romanish Switzerland," etc. His famous +"Journal" appeared after his death. + + + The dews of summer nights did fall, + The moon, sweet regent of the sky, + Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall + And many an oak that grew thereby. + + "Cumnor Hall,"--_William J. Mickle_. + +WILLIAM JULIUS MICKLE, a noted Scottish poet, was born at Langholm, +Dumfriesshire, September 28, 1735, and died at Forest Hill, October 28, +1788. He wrote: "Syr Martyn," "Almada Hill," "Cumnor Hall," etc. + + + Cobden is a man of an extremely interesting mind; quite the + opposite of an Englishman in this respect, that you never hear him + talk commonplaces, and that he has few prejudices. + + "Correspondence,"--_Prosper Mérimée_. + +PROSPER MÉRIMÉE, a renowned French essayist and litterateur, was born at +Paris, September 28, 1803, and died at Cannes, September 23, 1870. He +wrote: "Historic Monuments," "Historic and Literary Medleys," "Mateo +Falcone," "Guzla," "Plays of Clara Gazul," and his most celebrated +works: "Colomba" and "Carmen." + + + Time's corrosive dewdrop eats + The giant warrior to a crust + Of earth in earth and rust in rust. + + "A Danish Barrow,"--_Francis T. Palgrave_. + +FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE, a distinguished English poet and art critic, +was born September 28, 1824, and died in 1897. He wrote: "Essays on +Art," "Lyrical Poems," "The Visions of England," "The Life of Jesus +Christ Illustrated from the Italian painters of the 14th, 15th and 16th +Centuries," "Idylls and Songs," "Hymns," "Amenophis and Other Poems," +"The Golden Treasury," etc. + + + "I have often noticed that almost everyone has his own individual + small economies--careful habits of saving fractions of pennies in + some one peculiar direction--any disturbance of which annoys him + more than spending shillings or pounds on some real extravagance." + + "Cranford, Chap. V,"--_Mrs. Gaskell_. + +MRS. ELIZABETH CLEGHORN GASKELL, a famous English novelist, was born in +Chelsea, September 29, 1810, and died November 12, 1865. Among her +notable works are: "Mary Barton," "Ruth," "Lizzie Leigh," "Sylvia's +Lovers," "Wives and Daughters," "The Life of Charlotte Brontë," and +"Cranford," her most celebrated work. + + + Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen; + Here's to the widow of fifty; + Here's to the flaunting, extravagant quean, + And here's to the housewife that's thrifty! + Let the toast pass; + Drink to the lass; + I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse for the glass. + + "School for Scandal," Act iii, Sc. 3.--_Sheridan_. + +RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN, the renowned British dramatist and +parliamentary orator, was born in Dublin, September 30, 1751, and died +at London, July 7, 1816. His dramatic works include: "The Rivals," "The +School for Scandal," "The Critic," and "The Duenna." His most famous +speeches are: "The Perfumery Speech" and the "Begum Speech." + + + Der Unterliegende ist immer philosophisch gestimmt.[4] + + --_Sudermann_. + +HERMANN SUDERMANN, a celebrated German novelist and dramatist, was born +at Matziken, East Prussia, September 30, 1857. Among his works are: +"Dame Care," "In the Twilight," "Honor," "The Cat Bridge," "The +Destruction of Sodom," "Brothers and Sisters," "Home," "Battle of the +Butterflies," "Iolanthe's Wedding," "Once on a Time," "The Undying +Past," "Das Hohe Lied," "Strand-kinder," "The Indian Lily," "Der gute +Ruf," etc. + + +FOOTNOTES: + +[1] I have often thought that however learnedly you may talk about it, +one knows nothing but what he learns from his own experience. + +[2] The style is the man himself. + +[3] Nature made him, and then broke the mould. + +[4] The losing side is always philosophically inclined. + + + + +OCTOBER + + + + +OCTOBER + + + I have read somewhere or other,--in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I + think,--that history is philosophy teaching by examples. + + "On the Study and Use of History," Letter 2,--_Bolingbroke_. + +HENRY ST. JOHN, VISCOUNT BOLINGBROKE, a distinguished English statesman, +author, and orator, was born at Battersea, October 1, 1678, and died +there, December 12, 1751. His principal works are: "Letters on the +Spirit of Patriotism," "Letters on the Study of History," "The Idea of a +Patriot King," and "A Dissertation on Parties." + + + We join ourselves to no party that does not carry the flag and + keep step to the music of the Union. + + "Letter to the Whig Convention, 1855,"--_Rufus Choate_. + +RUFUS CHOATE, an eminent American lawyer, orator and statesman, was born +at Essex, Mass., October 1, 1799, and died at Halifax, N. S., July 13, +1859. His "Works" (2 vols.) were published in 1863. + + + But I account it worth + All pangs of fair hopes crost-- + All loves and honors lost,-- + To gain the heavens, at cost + Of losing earth. + + "Sir Marmaduke's Musings,"--_Theodore Tilton_. + +THEODORE TILTON, a noted American journalist, lecturer, editor, and +verse-writer, was born in New York City, October 2, 1835, and died in +1907. He wrote: "Thou and I," "The Sexton's Tale, and Other Poems," +"Suabian Stories," "Tempest-Tossed," "Sanctum Sanctorum: or An Editor's +Proof Sheets," etc. + + + Mr. Webster says of Mr. Adams: On the day of his death, hearing + the noise of bells and cannon, he asked the occasion. On being + reminded that it was "Independence Day," he replied, "Independence + forever!" + + "History of the United States," Vol. vii, p. 65,--_Bancroft_. + +GEORGE BANCROFT, a famous American historian and statesman, was born in +Worcester, Mass., October 3, 1800, and died in Washington, D. C., +January 17, 1891. His most famous work is the "History of the United +States." + + + But Petrarch's highest merit by no means consists in this new + classic elegance; it consists in the fact that he was the first to + write freely of all things in the same way that a man speaks. He + was the first to throw aside all scholastic crutches, and prove + how much more swiftly a man could walk without leaning upon them. + + "Machiavelli and his Times," (transl.) Vol. I,--_Pasquale + Villari_. + +PASQUALE VILLARI, a distinguished Italian historian, was born at Naples, +October 3, 1827, and died in 1914. His principal works are: "Niccolo +Machiavelli and His Times," "Ancient Legends and Traditions Illustrating +the Divine Comedy," "Essays Critical, Historical and Literary," +"Teaching History," "The School and the Social Question in Italy." + + + Amongst the masses--even in revolutions--aristocracy must ever + exist; destroy it in nobility, and it becomes centered in the rich + and powerful House of Commons. Pull them down, and it still + survives in the master and foreman of the workshop. + + --_Guizot_. + +FRANÇOIS GUIZOT, an illustrious French historian and statesman, was born +at Nîmes, October 4, 1787, and died at Val Richer, near Lisieux, +September 12, 1874. He wrote: "History of the English Revolution," +"Corneille and his Time," "The History of Civilization in Europe," "The +History of Civilization in France," "Memoirs," "Shakespeare and His +Times," "History of France for my Grandchildren," etc. + + + Religion, in its purity, is not so much a pursuit as a temper; or + rather it is a temper, leading to the pursuit of all that is high + and holy. Its foundation is faith; its action, works; its temper + holiness; its aim, obedience to God in improvement of self, and + benevolence to men. + + --_Jonathan Edwards_. + +JONATHAN EDWARDS, a famous American divine and theological writer, was +born in East Windsor, Conn., October 5, 1703, and died at Princeton, N. +J., March 22, 1758. Among his works may be mentioned: "The Great +Christian Doctrine of Original Sin Defended," "An Inquiry into the +Modern Prevailing Notions Respecting that Freedom of the Will which Is +Supposed to Be Essential to Moral Agency," "A Dissertation Concerning +the End for which God Created the World," and "The Nature of True +Virtue." + + + We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our + associates. + + --_Diderot_. + +DENIS DIDEROT, a famous French philosopher and encyclopædist, was born +at Langres, October 5, 1713, and died July 31, 1784. He wrote: +"Philosophic Reflections," "A Skeptic's Walk," "The Nun," "Rameau's +Nephew," "Little Papers," etc. + + + The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those who + feel. + + Letter to Sir Horace Mann, 1770,--_Horace Walpole_. + +HORACE WALPOLE, a famous English author and letter-writer, was born in +London, October 5, 1717, and died there March 2, 1797. His works +include: "Anecdotes of Painters in England," "The Castle of Otranto," +"Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of Richard III," "The Mysterious +Mother," "Memoirs of the Last Ten Years of the Reign of George II," etc. +His chief fame rests upon his celebrated letters, 9 vols., which were +published in 1857-59. + + + No seed shall perish which the soul hath sown. + + "Sonnet, Versöhnung, a Belief,"--_John Addington Symonds_. + +JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS, a distinguished English critic and historian of +literature, was born at Bristol, October 5, 1840, and died at Rome, +April 19, 1893. He wrote: "Studies of the Greek Poets," "Sketches in +Italy and Greece," "Introduction to the Study of Dante," "Shakespeare's +Predecessors," "Sketches and Studies in Italy," and his greatest work: +"The Renaissance in Italy." + + + "Freedom!" their battle cry-- + "Freedom! or leave to die! + + "The Black Regiment,"--_George H. Boker_. + +GEORGE HENRY BOKER, a noted American poet and dramatist, was born in +Philadelphia, Pa., October 6, 1823, and died there January 2, 1890. His +plays include: "Anne Boleyn," "The Betrothed," "Calaynos," "All the +World's a Mask," and "Francesca da Rimini." Also, "Poems of the War," +"Sonnets," "Königsmark and Other Poems," etc. + + + The ripest peach is highest on the tree. + + "The Ripest Peach,"--_James Whitcomb Riley_. + +JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY, a celebrated American poet, was born at +Greenfield, Ind., October 7, 1853, and died July 22, 1916. Among his +writings are: "The Old Swimmin' Hole and 'Leven More Poems," "Green +Fields and Running Brooks," "Child Rhymes," "Love Lyrics," "The Golden +Year," "Songs of Summer," "The Rose," "The Riley Baby Book," "Songs of +Friendship," "Songs of Cheer," "Old Schoolday Romances," "Songs of +Home," "Down Around the River and Other Poems," "A Summer's Day and +Other Poems," "All the Year Round," "Knee-Deep in June and Other Poems," +"The Prayer-Perfect and Other Poems," "A Song of Long Ago," "When My +Dreams Come True," "Away," "Do They Miss Me?" "Friendship," etc. + + + I think that saving a little child + And bringing him to his own, + Is a derned sight better business, + Than, loafing around the throne. + + "Little Breeches,"--_John Hay_. + +JOHN HAY, a famous American poet and prose-writer, was born in Salem, +Ind., October 8, 1838, and died in 1905. His literary fame rests on his +famous "Pike County Ballads." + + + Thy Soul ... + Is as far from my grasp, is as free, + As the stars from the mountain-tops be, + As the pearl in the depths of the sea, + From the portionless king that would be. + + "Stanzas from Music,"--_Edmund Clarence Stedman_. + +EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN, a distinguished American man of letters, was +born in Hartford, Conn., October 8, 1833, and died in 1908. He wrote: +"Nature and Elements of Poetry," "Poets of America," "Victorian +Anthology," "Victorian Poets," "Poems Now First Collected," etc. + + + Backward, flow backward, O tide of the years! + I am so weary of toil and of tears-- + Toil without recompense, tears all in vain! + Take them, and give me my childhood again! + + "Rock Me to Sleep,"--_Elizabeth Akers Allen_. + +ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN, a noted American poet, was born at Strong, Me., +October 9, 1832, and died in 1911. She wrote: "The Silver Bridge and +Other Poems," and a volume of "Poems," the best known among them being: +"Rock Me to Sleep, Mother." + + + Woodman, spare that tree! + Touch not a single bough! + In youth it sheltered me, + And I'll protect it now. + + "Woodman, Spare that Tree!"--_George P. Morris_. + +GEORGE POPE MORRIS, a celebrated American journalist and song-writer, +was born in Philadelphia, October 10, 1802, and died in New York City, +July 6, 1864. He wrote: "Poems," "The Little Frenchman," "Briercliff," +and his famous song, "Woodman Spare That Tree." + + + It was acknowledged by Hume, that it was only in solitude and + retirement that he could yield any assent to his own philosophy. + + "Essays,"--_Hugh Miller_. + +HUGH MILLER, a distinguished Scottish geologist, was born at Cromarty, +October 11, 1802, and died near Edinburgh, December 2, 1856. His most +notable works are: "The Old Red Sandstone," "Footprints of the Creator," +"Testimony of the Rocks," "Poems," "Scenes and Legends of the North of +Scotland," etc. + + + There came to port last Sunday night + The queerest little craft, + Without an inch of rigging on; + I looked and looked,--and laughed! + It seemed so curious that she + Should cross the unknown water, + And moor herself within my room,-- + My daughter! O my daughter. + + "The New Arrival," St. I.--_George Washington Cable_. + +GEORGE WASHINGTON CABLE, a famous American novelist, was born in New +Orleans, La., October 12, 1844. He has written: "The Silent South," "The +Creoles of Louisiana," "Old Creole Days," "Dr. Sevier," "Strange True +Stories of Louisiana," "The Busy Man's Bible," "John March, +Southerner," "The Negro Question," "Strong Hearts," "Kincaid's Battery," +"Gideon's Band," "The Amateur Garden," etc. + + + I've wandered east, I've wandered west, + Through mony a weary way; + But never, never can forget + The luve o' life's young day! + + "Jeannie Morrison,"--_William Motherwell_. + +WILLIAM MOTHERWELL, a Scottish poet and antiquary of great fame, was +born at Glasgow, October 13, 1797, and died there, November 1, 1835. His +most famous works are: "Minstrelsy, Ancient and Modern," and "Poems, +Narrative and Lyrical." + + + Absence makes the heart grow fonder; + Isle of Beauty, fare the well! + + "Isle of Beauty,"--_Thomas Haynes Bayly_. + +THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY, a noted English poet and novelist, was born in +Bath, October 13, 1797, and died at Cheltenham, April 22, 1839. He wrote +36 dramas, including among them: "The Aylmers," "Perfection," and "The +Legend of Killarney." + + + Be humble and gentle in your conversation, of few words, I charge + you, but always pertinent when you speak, hearing out before you + attempt to answer, and then speaking as if you would persuade, not + impose. + + "Advice to his Children,"--_William Penn_. + +WILLIAM PENN, a distinguished writer, and the founder of Pennsylvania, +was born at London, October 14, 1644, and died July 30, 1718. Among his +notable works were: "A Sandy Foundation Shaken," "Truth Exalted," "No +Cross, No Crown," "Reasonableness of Toleration," and "Primitive +Christianity Revived in the Faith and Practice of the People Called +Quakers." + + + Come in the evening, or come in the morning; + Come when you're looked for, or come without warning. + + "The Welcome,"--_Thomas Osborne Davis_. + +THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS, a famous Irish poet and journalist was born in +Mallow, County Cork, October 14, 1814, and died in Dublin, September 15, +1845. His "Poems" and his "Literary and Historical Essays" were +collected in 1846. + + + Farewell to Lochaber, farewell to my Jean, + Where heartsome wi' thee I ha'e mony days been; + For Lochaber no more, Lochaber no more, + We'll maybe return to Lochaber no more. + + "Lochaber No More,"--_Allan Ramsay_. + +ALLAN RAMSAY, an eminent Scottish poet, was born in Leadhills, +Lanarkshire, October 15, 1686, and died in Edinburgh, January 7, 1758. +His most noted works are: "Fables and Tales," "Tartana; or, The Plaid," +"The Evergreen," "Fair Assembly," "The Tea-Table Miscellany," "Health," +"Thirty Fables," and "Gentle Shepherd," his most celebrated work. + + + A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies. + + "The Picture of Dorian Gray,"--_Oscar Wilde_. + +OSCAR WILDE, a famous Irish poet and author, was born in Dublin, October +15, 1856, and died in 1900. Among his works are: "Poems," "The Picture +of Dorian Gray," "The Happy Prince and Other Tales," etc.; also three +noted plays: "Lady Windermere's Fan," "A Woman of No Importance," and +"The Importance of Being Earnest." + + + Abstinence is many times very helpful to the end of religion. + + --_Tillotson_. + +JOHN TILLOTSON, a distinguished English archbishop, was born in Sowerby, +Yorkshire, October 16, 1630, and died in London, November 22, 1694. His +manuscript sermons were published after his death, with the "Rule of +Faith," by Ralph Barker. + + + The fourteenth of February is a day sacred to St. Valentine! It + was a very odd notion, alluded to by Shakespeare, that on this day + birds begin to couple; hence, perhaps, arose the custom of sending + on this day letters containing professions of love and + affection. + + --_Noah Webster_. + +NOAH WEBSTER, the eminent American lexicographer and journalist, was +born at West Hartford, Conn., October 16, 1758, and died in New Haven, +May 28, 1843. He published "Sketches of American Policy," "Philosophical +and Practical Grammar of the English Language," "A Compendious +Dictionary of the English Language," and his _magnum opus_, "American +Dictionary of the English Language." + + + In the Cross of Christ I glory, + Tow'ring o'er the wrecks of time; + All the lights of sacred story + Gathers round its head sublime. + + "The Cross of Christ,"--_Sir John Bowring_. + +SIR JOHN BOWRING, a famous English author and diplomat, was born in +Exeter, October 17, 1792, and died there, November 23, 1872. Among his +writings are: "Specimens of the Polish Poets," "Specimens of the Russian +Poets," "Ancient Poetry and Romances of Spain," "Servian Popular +Poetry," "The Flowery Scroll: A Chinese Novel," "The Kingdom and People +of Siam," "Cheskian Anthology," and "A Visit to the Philippine Islands." + + + Kingsley's three masters were--in poetry, Tennyson; in social + philosophy, Carlyle; in things moral and spiritual, Frederick D. + Maurice; he was a much more passionate reformer than Tennyson; he + was far more genial and social than Carlyle. Not that he imitated + any of the three. + + "Studies in Early Victorian Literature,"--_Frederic Harrison_. + +FREDERIC HARRISON, a renowned English essayist, and publicist, was born +in London, October 18, 1831. He wrote: "Order and Progress," "The Study +of History," "Oliver Cromwell," "The Meaning of History," "Choice of +Books," "Annals of an Old Manor House," "Chatham," "Life of Ruskin," +"Memories and Thoughts," "Carlyle and the London Library," "My Alpine +Jubilee," "National and Social Problems," "Among My Books," "The +Positive Evolution of Religion," "Autobiographic Memoirs," "The German +Peril," "On Society," "Jurisprudence and Conflict of Nations," "Obiter +Scripta," "Novissima Verba," etc. + + + O sweet delusive Noon, + Which the morning climbs to find, + O moment sped too soon, + And morning left behind. + + "Verses: Noon,"--_Helen Hunt_. + +HELEN FISKE JACKSON ("H. H."), a noted American poet and miscellaneous +writer, was born October 18, 1831, and died in 1885. Among her +publications are: "Poems," "Bits of Talk," "Hetty's Strange History," "A +Century of Dishonor," and "Ramona," her most famous work. + + + It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million of + faces there should be none alike. + + "Religio Medici," Part II, Sect. ii,--_Sir Thomas Browne_. + +SIR THOMAS BROWNE, a celebrated English antiquary and physician, was +born in London, October 19, 1605, and died in 1682. His principal work +is "Religio Medici." After his death a collection of his fugitive pieces +was published, followed by "Christian Morals," a collection of +aphorisms. + + + The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in + the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be + celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary + festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, + by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be + solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, + bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent + to the other, from this time forward for evermore. + + "Letter to Mrs. Adams," July 3, 1776.--_John Adams_. + +JOHN ADAMS, an illustrious American statesman and publicist, and second +President of the United States, was born at Braintree (now Quincy), +Massachusetts, October 19, 1735, and died there, July 4, 1826. His most +celebrated work was: "Defence of the Constitution and Government of the +United States." + + + With spots of sunny openings, and with nooks + To lie and read in, sloping into brooks. + + "The Story of Rimini,"--_Leigh Hunt_. + +LEIGH HUNT, a famous English poet, critic, and essayist, was born in +Southgate, October 19, 1784; and died at Putney, August 28, 1859. The +most important of his works are: "The Story of Rimini," "Recollections +of Byron," "A Legend of Florence," and "Sir Ralph Esher." + + + Most wondrous book! bright candle of the Lord! + Star of Eternity! The only star + By which the bark of man could navigate + The sea of life and gain the coast of bliss + Securely. + + "The Course of Time," Book ii, Line 270,--_Robert Pollok_. + +ROBERT POLLOK, a noted Scottish poet, was born at North Moorhouse, +Renfrewshire, October 19, 1798, and died September 17, 1827. He +published "Tales of the Covenanters," and his famous poem, "The Course +of Time." + + + It is no easy task for anyone who has been studying his life and + works to set reasonable bounds to their reverence and enthusiasm, + for the man. + + "Alfred the Great,"--Ch. 24,--_Thomas Hughes_. + +THOMAS HUGHES, a celebrated English essayist and story-writer, was born +at Donnington Priory, near Newbury, October 20, 1823, and died in 1896. +He wrote: "Our Old Church: What Shall We Do With It?" "Rugby," "The +Manliness of Christ," and his two celebrated works, "Tom Brown's School +Days," and "Tom Brown at Oxford." + + + On their own merits modest men are dumb. + + "Epilogue" to the "Heir at Law,"--_George Colman, the Younger_. + +GEORGE COLMAN, THE YOUNGER, a famous English dramatist and humorous +poet, was born in London (?), October 21, 1762, and died there October +17, 1836. He wrote: "Broad Grins," "Poetic Vagaries," etc. Among his +comedies are: "The Iron Chest," "John Bull," and "The Heir-at-Law." + + + A noise like of a hidden brook + In the leafy month of June, + That to the sleeping woods all night + Singeth a quiet tune. + + "The Ancient Mariner," Part V,--_Samuel Taylor Coleridge_. + +SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE, a renowned English poet and philosopher, was +born at Ottery, St. Mary, Devonshire, October 21, 1772, and died July +25, 1834. Among his famous works are: "Fall of Robespierre" (a play), +"Moral and Political Lecture Delivered at Bristol," "Conciones ad +Populum," "The Plot Discovered," "Poems on Various Subjects," "The +Destiny of Nations," "Ode to the Departing Year," "Pears in Solitude," +"Wallenstein," "Remorse, a Tragedy," "Biographia Literaria," "Aids to +Reflection," etc. "The Ancient Mariner," was published in 1798, in a +volume of "Lyrical Ballads," with Wordsworth. + + + If cruelty has its expiations and its remorses, generosity has its + chances and its turns of good fortune; as if Providence reserved + them for fitting occasions, that noble hearts may not be + discouraged. + + --_Lamartine_. + +ALPHONSE MARIE LOUIS DE LAMARTINE, an eminent French poet, was born at +Milly, near Macon, October 21, 1790, and died at Passy, March 1, 1869. +His greatest works were: "Poetic and Religious Harmonies," "Jocelyn," +"Poetical Meditations," "New Poetical Meditations," "History of the +Girondins," "The Fall of an Angel," "Confidences," "New Confidences," +and the "History of the Restoration." + + + My country, 'tis of thee, + Sweet land of liberty, + Of thee I sing: + Land where my fathers died, + Land of the pilgrims' pride, + From every mountain-side + Let freedom ring. + + --"America"--_Samuel Francis Smith_. + +SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH, a noted American clergyman and hymn-writer, was +born in Boston, October 21, 1808, and died in 1895. He wrote: "Mythology +and Early Greek History," "Knights and Sea Kings," "Poor Boys Who Became +Great," and his famous hymn, "America." + + + Heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to + execute. + + "Junius" Letter XXXVII. + +SIR PHILIP FRANCIS, a celebrated Irish-English public man and writer, +was born in Dublin, October 22, 1740, and died in London, December 23, +1818. He won celebrity by the "Letters" signed "Junius," which appeared +in the Public Advertiser of London, from 1768 to 1772. + + + Scatter the clouds that hide + The face of heaven, and show + Where sweet peace doth abide. + Where Truth and Beauty grow. + + "Morning Hymn,"--_Robert Bridges_. + +ROBERT BRIDGES, a renowned English author and poet, was born October 23, +1844. He has been poet-laureate of England since 1913. He has written: +"Essay on Milton's Prosody," "Critical Essay on Keats," "The Growth of +Love," "Eros and Psyche," "Prometheus the Firegiver," "Demeter, a +Masque," "The Spirit of Man: An Anthology in English and French," "Ibant +Obscuri," and some notable plays, among them: "Nero" (Parts I and II), +"Palicio," "Ulysses," "Christian Captives," "Achilles in Scyros," +"Humours of the Court," "Feast of Bacchus," etc. + + + ... A Boswell and is not allowed to be, who has wild notions that + he is really a greater man than Johnson and occasionally + blasphemes against his idol, but who in the intervals is truly + Boswellian. + + "Essays in English Literature,"--_Saintsbury_. + +GEORGE EDWARD BATEMAN SAINTSBURY, an eminent English critic and literary +historian, was born at Southampton, October 23, 1845. Among his numerous +works are: "Primer of French Literature," "Short History of French +Literature," "Marlborough," "Elizabethan Literature," "Essays in English +Literature," "Essays on French Novelists," "Nineteenth Century +Literature," "Sir Walter Scott," "A Short History of English +Literature," "Matthew Arnold," "History of Criticism and Literary Taste +in Europe," "History of English Prosody," "History of English +Criticism," "The English Novel," "First Book of English Literature," "A +History of the French Novel," Vol. 1 (1917) and Vol. 2 (1919). + + + The frivolous work of polished idleness. + + "Dissertation on Ethical Philosophy, Remarks on Thomas + Brown,"--_Sir James Mackintosh_. + +SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH, a distinguished Scottish lawyer, philosopher, and +politician, was born at Aldourie, Inverness-shire, October 24, 1765, and +died in London, May 30, 1832. Among his writings are: "History of +England," "Life of Sir Thomas More," "Modern British Essayists," and +"Dissertation on the Progress of Ethical Philosophy." + + + At the close of the day when the hamlet is still + And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove, + When naught but the torrent is heard on the hill, + And naught but the nightingale's song in the grove. + + "The Hermit,"--_James Beattie_. + +JAMES BEATTIE, a noted Scottish poet, was born in Laurencekirk, +Kincardineshire, October 25, 1735, and died in Aberdeen, August 18, +1803. His writings include: "The Minstrel," "Dissertations Moral and +Critical," "The Evidences of the Christian Religion Briefly and Plainly +Stated," "The Elements of Moral Science," and his famous "Essay on +Truth." + + + Wherever literature consoles sorrow or assuages pain; wherever it + brings gladness to eyes which fail with wakefulness and tears, and + ache for the dark house and the long sleep, there is exhibited in + its noblest form the immortal influence of Athens. + + "On Mitford's History of Greece," (1824)--_Thomas B. Macaulay_. + +THOMAS BABINGTON, LORD MACAULAY, a renowned English historian, essayist, +poet and statesman, was born at Rothley Temple, Leicestershire, October +25, 1800, and died at Kensington, December 28, 1859. His most famous +works are: "Lays of Ancient Rome," and the "History of England." + + + Behold! in Liberty's unclouded blaze + We lift our heads, a race of other days. + + "Centennial Ode," Stanza 22,--_Charles Sprague_. + +CHARLES SPRAGUE, a noted American poet, was born in Boston, October 26, +1791, and died there, January 22, 1875. He wrote: "The Family Meeting," +"The Winged Worshippers," and "Curiosity." A collection of his works +entitled "Poetical and Prose Writings," was published in 1841. + + + Whence are thy beams, O sun! thy everlasting light? Thou comest + forth, in thy awful beauty, the stars hide themselves in the sky; + the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. But thou, + thyself, movest alone. + + "The Poems of Ossian," "Carthon Ossian's Address to the + Sun,"--_James Macpherson_. + +JAMES MACPHERSON, a famous Scottish author, known as the author of the +"Ossian" poems, was born at Ruthven, Inverness-shire, October 27, 1736, +and died February 17, 1796. He published the "Poems of Ossian," +consisting of "Fingal, an Epic Poem in Six Books" (1762), "Temora, an +Epic Poem in Eight Books" (1764); he also wrote: "History of Great +Britain" (1775). + + + No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency. + + "The Strenuous Life,"--_Theodore Roosevelt_. + +THEODORE ROOSEVELT, a celebrated American politician and author, and +twenty-sixth President of the United States, was born in New York City, +October 27, 1858, and died January 6, 1918. He has written: "Essays on +Practical Politics," "The Naval War of 1812," "Life of Thomas Hart +Benton," "The Wilderness Hunter," "The Winning of the West," "Gouverneur +Morris," "Ranch Life and Hunting Trail," "History of New York City," +"Hunting Trips of a Ranchman," "The Outdoor Pastimes of an American +Hunter," "African Game Trails," "Theodore Roosevelt: an Autobiography," +"History as Literature," "Life History of African Big Game," "A Hunter +Naturalist in the Brazilian Wilderness," "Fear God and Take Your Own +Part," "A Book Lover's Holiday in the Open," "The Foes of Our Own +Household," etc. + + + Life is mostly froth and bubble; + Two things stand like stone:-- + Kindness in another's trouble, + Courage in our own. + + Ye Weary Wayfarer. Finis Exoptatus.--_Adam Lindsay Gordon_ + (Lionel Gordon). + +ADAM LINDSAY GORDON (LIONEL GORDON), a noted Australian poet, was born +October 28, 1833, and died June 24, 1870. His volumes of verse include: +"Sea Spray and Smoke Drift," "Ashtaroth: A Dramatic Lyric," "Bush +Ballads and Galloping Rhymes." + + + A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he + reads as a task will do him little good. + + "Life of Johnson," Vol. II, Chap. VI (1763),--_Boswell_. + +JAMES BOSWELL, a famous Scottish biographer, was born in Edinburgh, +October 29, 1740, and died in London, May 19, 1795. He wrote: "An +Account of Corsica and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli," "Journal of a Tour to +the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson," etc. His "Life of Dr. Samuel Johnson" +is considered the most interesting biography that has ever been written. + + + N'est-on jamais tyran qu'avec un diadème?[1] + + "Caius Gracchus,"--_Chénier_. + +ANDRÉ MARIE DE CHÉNIER, a renowned French poet, was born at +Constantinople, October 30, 1762, and died July 25, 1794. Among his +writings were: "Liberty," "Invention," "Dithyrambic on the Tennis Play," +and a beautiful elegy, "The Girl Captive." + + + Moan, O ye Autumn Winds! + Summer has fled, + The flowers have closed their tender leaves and die; + The lily's gracious head + All low must lie, + Because the gentle Summer now is dead. + + --_Adelaide A. Procter_. + +ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER, an English poetess of great fame, was born at +London, October 30, 1825, and died February 3, 1864. Her celebrated +"Legends and Lyrics," went through many editions. + + + A studious decliner of honours and titles. + + "Diary," Introduction,--_John Evelyn_. + +JOHN EVELYN, a renowned English diarist, was born at Wotton, in Surrey, +October 31, 1620, and died February 27, 1706. His writings are: "A +Parallel of Ancient and Modern Architecture," "Sculptura, or the History +and Art of Chalcography and Engraving on Copper," "Sylva," etc.; also +his famous "Diary." + + + A thing of beauty is a joy forever; + Its loveliness increases; it will never + Pass into nothingness. + + "Endymion," Book i,--_John Keats_. + +JOHN KEATS, an eminent English poet, was born in London, October 31, +1795, and died in Rome, 1821. He wrote: "Endymion, a Poetic Romance," +"Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems," including, +also, the unfinished epic, "Hyperion." "The Letters of John Keats to +Fanny Brawne" appeared in 1878, and the "Letters to His Family and +Friends" in 1891. + + + O Mother dear, Jerusalem, + When shall I come to Thee? + When shall my sorrows have an end? + Thy joys when shall I see? + + --_William Cowper Prime_. + +WILLIAM COWPER PRIME, a distinguished American man of letters, was born +at Cambridge, N. Y., October 31, 1825, and died in 1905. He wrote: "Owl +Creek Letters," "The Old House by the River," "Later Years," "Tent Life +in the Holy Land," "Boat Life in Egypt and Nubia," "The Holy Cross," +"Pottery and Porcelain of All Times and Nations," etc. He also wrote the +famous hymn, "O, Mother Dear, Jerusalem." + + +FOOTNOTES: + +[1] Is there no tyrant but the crowned one? + + + + +NOVEMBER + + + + +NOVEMBER + + + Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways. + + "The Art of Poetry," Canto iii, Line 374,--_Boileau_. + +NICOLAS BOILEAU-DESPRÉAUX, an eminent French critic and poet, was born +in Paris, November 1, 1636, and died March 13, 1711. A few of his noted +works are: "The Art of Poetry," "The Farewell of a Poet to the City of +Paris," and his masterpiece, "The Reading Desk." + + + I am dying, Egypt, dying;-- + Ebbs the crimson life-tide fast; + And the dark Plutonian shadows + Gather on the evening blast. + Let thine arms, O Queen, enfold me; + Hush thy sobs and bow thine ear; + Listen to the great heart-secrets + Thou, and thou alone, must hear. + + "Antony to Cleopatra," St. I,--_William Haines Lytle_. + +William Haines Lytle, a distinguished American general and poet, was +born in Cincinnati, Ohio, November 2, 1826, and was killed at the Battle +of Chickamauga, Tenn., September 20, 1863. His best-known poems are +"Antony to Cleopatra," and "Jacqueline." + + + All men of whatever quality they be, who have done anything of + excellence, or which may properly resemble excellence, ought, if + they are persons of truth and honesty, to describe their life with + their own hand; but they ought not to attempt so fine an + enterprise till they have passed the age of forty. + + --_Benvenuto Cellini_. + +BENVENUTO CELLINI, a famous Italian sculptor, metal-worker, and writer +of memoirs, was born in Florence, November 3, 1500, and died there, +February 13, 1571. His "Autobiography" won for him an important place +in letters. + + + So live, that when thy summons comes to join + The innumerable caravan which moves + To that mysterious realm where each shall take + His chamber in the silent halls of death, + Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, + Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed + By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave + Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch + About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. + + "Thanatopsis,"--_William Cullen Bryant_. + +WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, the celebrated American poet, was born in +Cummington, Mass., November 3, 1794, and died in New York, June 12, +1878. His poetical works include: "The Yellow Violet," "Poems," "To a +Water-fowl," "The Ages," "The West Wind," "June," "The Fountain and +Other Poems," "Death of the Flowers," "The White-Footed Deer and Other +Poems," "The Flood of Years," and his famous "Thanatopsis." He also +wrote: "Letters of a Traveler," "Letters from the East," "Letters from +Spain," etc. + + + Rock of Ages, cleft for me, + Let me hide myself in thee. + + "Salvation through Christ,"--_A. M. Toplady_. + +AUGUSTUS MONTAGUE TOPLADY, a distinguished Anglican divine, was born +November 4, 1740, and died August 11, 1778. He is chiefly known as a +writer of hymns and poems including: "Rock of Ages," and the collections +entitled, "Poems on Sacred Subjects." + + + Beyond this vale of tears + There is a life above, + Unmeasured by the flight of years; + And all that life is love. + + "The Issues of Life and Death,"--_James Montgomery_. + +JAMES MONTGOMERY, a noted English poet and hymn-writer, was born at +Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, November 4, 1771, and died at Sheffield, +England, April 30, 1854. He wrote: "The World Before the Flood," "The +West Indies," "Greenland," "Original Hymns," "Prose by a Poet," etc. + + + Mensch, was du thust, bedenk das End, + Das wird die hochst Weisheit genennt.[1] + + --_Hans Sachs_. + +HANS SACHS, the famous German meistersinger, was born at Nuremberg, +November 5, 1494, and died January 19 or 20, 1576. A complete collection +of his works has never been published. + + + Make no man your idol; for the best man must have faults, and his + faults will usually become yours in addition to your own. This is + as true in art as in morals. + + "Lectures on Art and Poems,"--_Washington Allston_. + +WASHINGTON ALLSTON, a renowned American painter, poet, and romancer, was +born at Waccamaw, S. C., November 5, 1779, and died at Cambridge, Mass., +July 9, 1843. He wrote: "The Sylph of the Seasons and Other Poems," +"Monaldi," "Lectures on Art and Poems," etc. + + + Laugh and the world laughs with you, + Weep, and you weep alone; + For this brave old earth must borrow its mirth + But has trouble enough of its own. + + "The Way of the World,"--_Ella Wheeler Wilcox_. + +ELLA WHEELER WILCOX, a popular American poet, was born at Johnstown +Centre, Wis., November 5, 1845, and died October 31, 1919. Among her +volumes are: "Maurine," "Poems of Passion," "Poems of Pleasure," etc. +She is best known for her poem, "The Way of the World." + + + As good be out of the world as out of the fashion. + + "Love's Last Shift," Act ii.--_Colley Cibber_. + +COLLEY CIBBER, a noted English dramatist, was born in London, November +6, 1671, and died there, December 12, 1757. Among his dramatic works +are: "Love's Last Shift," "She Would and She Would Not," "The Careless +Husband," and "Love Makes a Man." + + + "Innocently to amuse the imagination in this dream of life is + wisdom." So wrote Oliver Goldsmith; and surely among those who + have earned the world's gratitude by this ministration he must be + accorded a conspicuous place. + + "Life of Goldsmith,"--_William Black_. + +WILLIAM BLACK, a celebrated Scottish novelist, was born November 6, +1841, and died in 1898. Among his popular novels are: "Love or +Marriage," "In Silk Attire," "A Daughter of Heth," "Madcap Violet," +"Three Feathers," "Yolande," "The Strange Adventures of a Phaeton," +"Macleod of Dare," "White Heather," "Donald Ross of Heimra," "Highland +Cousins," "Wild Eelin," and his most famous work, "A Princess of Thule." +He also wrote a "Life of Goldsmith." + + + The great deep ground out of which large historical studies may + grow is the ethical ground,--the simple ethical necessity for the + perfecting, first, of man as man, and secondly, of man as a member + of society; or in other words, the necessity for the development + of humanity on one hand and society on the other. + + --_Andrew Dickson White_. + +ANDREW DICKSON WHITE, a distinguished American scholar and diplomat, was +born at Homer, N. Y., November 7, 1832, and died in 1918. He has +written: "Outlines of Lectures on Mediæval and Modern History," "The +Plan of Organization for Cornell University," "The New Education," +"Report on Co-Education of the Sexes," "The Warfare of Science," "Seven +Great Statesmen in the Warfare of Humanity with Unreason," "The Work of +Benjamin Hale," "Lecture on the Problem of High Crime in the United +States," etc. + + + The man who is so conscious of the rectitude of his intention as + to be willing to open his bosom to the inspection of the world is + in possession of one of the strongest pillars of a decided + character. The course of such a man will be firm and steady, + because he has nothing to fear from the world, and is sure of the + approbation and support of heaven. + + --_Wirt_. + +WILLIAM WIRT, a renowned American lawyer and author, was born at +Bladensburg, Md., November 8, 1772, and died at Washington, D. C., +February 18, 1834. He wrote: "Letters of a British Spy," "The Rainbow," +and his best known work, "Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick +Henry." + + + How little know they life's divinest bliss, + That know not to possess and yet refrain! + Let the young Psyche roam, a fleeting kiss; + Grasp it--a few poor grains of dust remain. + + --_Owen Meredith_. + +EDWARD ROBERT BULWER, EARL OF LYTTON ("OWEN MEREDITH"), an English poet +and novelist of great fame, was born in London, November 8, 1831, and +died in Paris, November 24, 1891. His writings include: "The Wanderer," +"Clytemnestra, the Earl's Return, and Other Poems," "Fables in Song," +"Glenaveril," "King Poppy," "The Ring of Amasis," and his famous novel +in verse, "Lucile." + + + Such and so various are the tastes of men. + + "Pleasures of the Imagination," Book iii, Line 567.--_Mark + Akenside_. + +MARK AKENSIDE, a noted English poet, was born at Newcastle-on-Tyne, +November 9, 1721, and died in London, June 23, 1770. His most famous +work, "Pleasures of the Imagination," won for him great fame. + + + Emotional effusions are like licorice root. When you take your + first suck at it, it doesn't seem so bad but it leaves a very bad + taste in the mouth afterward. + + --_Turgenev_. + +IVAN SERGEYEVITCH TURGENEV, a celebrated Russian novelist, was born in +Orel, November 9, 1818, and died in Bougival, near Paris, September 3, +1883. Among his numerous works may be mentioned: "Improvidence," +"Poems," "The Conversation," "Two Friends," "Quiet Life," "First Love," +"On the Eve," "Hamlet and Don Quixote," "Fathers and Children," +"Visions," "The Brigadier," "A Strange Tale," "The Watch," "Some One +Knocks," "The Dream," "Song of Triumphant Love," "The Old Portraits," "A +House of Gentlefolk," "Poems in Prose," etc., etc. + + + Every great book is an action, and every great action is a book. + + --_Luther_. + +MARTIN LUTHER, the illustrious church reformer, was born at Eisleben, in +Saxony, November 10, 1483, and died there, February 18, 1546. Among his +works may be mentioned: "The Babylonian Captivity of the Church," "The +Slave Will," "Letters," "Table Talk," and the treatise, "Against Henry, +King of England." + + + Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, + Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. + Princes and lords may flourish or may fade,-- + A breath can make them, as a breath has made; + But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, + When once destroy'd, can never be supplied. + + "The Deserted Village," Line 51,--_Oliver Goldsmith_. + +OLIVER GOLDSMITH, the renowned English-Irish poet, novelist, and +dramatist, was born in Pallas, County Longford, Ireland, November 10, +1728, and died at London, April 4, 1774. Among his celebrated works may +be mentioned: "The Traveller," "The Citizen of the World," "The +Good-Natured Man," "She Stoops to Conquer," "The Deserted Village," and +"The Vicar of Wakefield." + + + Against stupidity the very gods + Themselves contend in vain. + + "The Maid of Orleans," Act III, Sc. 6,--_Schiller_. + +JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER, the great German poet and +dramatist, was born in Marbach on the Neckar, November 10, 1759, and +died at Weimar, May 9, 1805. His greatest works are: "Inquiry into the +Connection Between the Animal and Spiritual Nature of Man," "Don +Carlos," "The Robbers," "Fiesco," "History of the Revolt of the +Netherlands from Spanish Rule," "History of the Thirty Years' War," "The +Ghost Seer," "Love and Intrigue," "The Piccolomini," "Maria Stuart," +"The Bride of Messina," "The Maid of Orleans," "William Tell," etc. + + + Where did you come from, baby dear? + Out of the everywhere into the here. + + "Baby" (Song in "At the Back of the North Wind")--_George + Macdonald_. + +GEORGE MACDONALD, a famous Scottish poet and novelist, was born at +Huntley, November 10, 1824, and died in 1905. Besides his numerous +poems, he has written: "Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood," "Robert +Falconer," "David Elginbrod," "Wilfred Cumbermede," "Malcolm," "Sir +Gibbie," "What's Mine's Mine," "Lilith," "Unspoken Sermons"; also, "The +Princess and the Goblin," "At the Back of the North Wind," etc. + + + I saw the lightning's gleaming rod + Reach forth and write upon the sky + The awful autograph of God. + + "The Ship in the Desert,"--_Cincinnatus Heine Miller_. + +CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER (JOAQUIN MILLER), a noted American poet, was +born in Wabash District, Ind., November 10, 1841, and died in 1912. +Among his works are: "The Baroness of New York," "The Danites," "Songs +of the Soul," "Songs of Mexican Seas," "Collected Poems," "'49, or the +Gold Seekers of the Sierras," etc. + + + Men have dulled their eyes with sin, + And dimmed the light of heaven with doubt, + And built their temple-walls to shut thee in, + And framed their iron creeds to shut thee out. + + "God of the Open Air,"--_Henry Van Dyke_. + +HENRY VAN DYKE, a distinguished Presbyterian clergyman and diplomat, was +born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, November 10, 1852. Among his numerous +works are: "The Story of the Psalms," "The Poetry of Tennyson," "The +Christ Child in Art," "The Friendly Year," "The Ruling Passion," "The +Blue Flower," "The Open Door," "Select Poems of Tennyson," "Music and +Other Poems," "Out of Doors in the Holy Land," "The Spirit of America," +"The Story of the Other Wise Man," "Poems in War Times," "The Red +Flower," "Collected Poems," "The Sad Shepherd," "The Mansion," "The +Unknown Quantity," "The Grand Canyon and Other Poems," "The Lost Boy," +etc. + + + The rattling, battering Irishman, + The stamping, ramping, swaggering, staggering, lathering, swash of + an Irishman. + + The Irishman and the Lady, st. I, 3,--_William Maginn_. + +WILLIAM MAGINN, a famous Irish scholar, poet and journalist, was born at +Cork, November 11, 1793, and died at Walton on Thames, August 20, 1842. +With Hugh Fraser, he founded _Fraser's Magazine_ in 1830. A partial +collection of his writings is found in "Miscellanies" (1855-57), edited +by R. Shelton Mackenzie. His best stories are "Bob Burke's Duel with +Ensign Brady" and "The City of Demons." + + + As all the perfumes of the vanished day + Rise from the earth still moistened with the dew + So from my chastened soul beneath thy ray + Old love is born anew. + + "Remembrance," translated by George Murray,--_Alfred de Musset_. + +LOUIS CHARLES ALFRED DE MUSSET, one of the greatest of French poets, was +born in Paris, November 11, 1810, and died there, May 1, 1857. Among his +writings are: "Tales of Spain and Italy," "A Night of May," "A Night of +December," "A Night of August," "A Night of October," "Letter to +Lamartine," "Hope in God," "Nights," "Emmeline," "Titian's Son," +"Frederick and Bernerette," "A Play in an Arm-Chair," etc. + + + The Angel of Death is the invisible Angel of Life. + + "A Study of Death,"--_Henry Mills Alden_. + +HENRY MILLS ALDEN, a celebrated American editor, poet, and prose-writer, +was born at Mt. Tabor, Vt., November 11, 1836, and died October 7, 1919. +Among his works are: "God in His World," "The Ancient Lay of Sorrow," "A +Study of Death," "Magazine Writing and the New Literature," and +"Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War" (with A. H. Guernsey). + + + This is my youth,--its hopes and dreams + How strange and shadowy it all seems + After these many years! + Turning the pages idly, so, + I look with smiles upon the woe, + Upon the joy, with tears! + + --_Aldrich_. + +THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH, a renowned American poet, author, and essayist, +was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, November 11, 1836, and died in +1907. His works include: "Marjorie Daw and Other People," "Prudence +Palfrey," "Complete Poems," "The Queen of Sheba," "The Stillwater +Tragedy," "The Story of a Bad Boy," etc. + + + I preached as never sure to preach again, + And as a dying man to dying men. + + "Love breathing Thanks and Praise,"--_Richard Baxter_. + +RICHARD BAXTER, an eminent English divine and author, was born at +Rowton, Shropshire, November 12, 1615, and died in London, December 8, +1691. His literary fame rests chiefly on his celebrated work, "The +Saints' Everlasting Rest." + + + Hail, Columbia! happy land! + Hail, ye heroes! heaven-born band! + Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause, + Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause, + And when the storm of war was gone, + Enjoyed the peace your valor won. + Let independence be our boast, + Ever mindful what it cost; + Ever grateful for the prize, + Let its altar reach the skies! + + "Hail, Columbia,"--_Joseph Hopkinson_. + +JOSEPH HOPKINSON, a noted American jurist and composer of the famous +patriotic song, "Hail Columbia," was born at Philadelphia, November 12, +1770, and died there, January 15, 1842. + + + My faith looks up to Thee, + Thou Lamb of Calvary, + Saviour divine! + Now hear me while I pray; + Take all my guilt away; + Oh, let me from this day + Be wholly Thine! + + "My Faith Looks Up To Thee,"--_Ray Palmer_. + +RAY PALMER, a distinguished American clergyman, and hymn-writer, was +born at Little Compton, R. I., November 12, 1808, and died at Newark, N. +J., March 29, 1887. He published: "Spiritual Improvement," "Hymns and +Sacred Pieces," "Hymns of My Holy Hours," etc. His best known hymn is, +"My Faith Looks up to Thee," which has been translated into twenty +languages. + + + When I am here, I do not fast on Saturday; when at Rome, I do fast + on Saturday. + + "Epistle 36, To Casulanus,"--_Saint Augustine_. + +SAINT AUGUSTINE, the most famous of the Latin fathers of the Church, and +of patristic writers, was born in Tagasta, Numidia, November 13, 354, +and died at Hippo, August 28, 430. His most noted works are: "City of +God," "Grace of Christ," "Original Sin," and his "Confessions." + + + Viking gains are deep wounds, and right well they adorn if they stand + on the brow or the breast. + Let them bleed! + + --_Tegnér_. + +ESAIAS TEGNÉR, an illustrious Swedish poet, was born at Kyrkerud, +Wermland, Sweden, November 13, 1782, and died at Wexiö, November 2, +1846. He wrote: "Frithiof's Saga" (epic ballads), "Axel," +"Nattvärdsbarned," and his celebrated poem, "Svea," crowned by the +Swedish Academy. + + + To be honest, to be kind, to earn a little, and to spend a little + less, to make upon the whole a family happier for his presence, to + renounce when that shall be necessary and not to be embittered, to + keep a few friends, but these without capitulation; above all, on + the same condition, to keep friends with himself, here is a task + for all a man has of fortitude and delicacy. + + --_Robert Louis Stevenson_. + +ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, a Scotch novelist, poet and essayist, of great +renown, was born in Edinburgh, November 13, 1850, and died at Apia, +Samoa, December 3, 1894. Among his publications are: "Familiar Studies +of Men and Books," "An Inland Voyage," "Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes," +"New Arabian Nights," "Treasure Island," "Prince Otto," "A Child's +Garden of Verses," "Kidnapped," "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. +Hyde," "Underwoods," "Memoirs and Portraits," "Ballads," "The Merry Men +and Other Tales," "The Black Arrow," "The Ebb Tide," "A Foot-Note to +History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa," "David Balfour," "Island +Nights' Entertainments," "Essays and Criticisms," etc. + + + "Comedies and novels end with the wedding of the hero," he says in + his autobiography; "for only the struggle, not the acquired + position, lends itself to their treatment." + + --_Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger_. + +ADAM GOTTLOB OEHLENSCHLÄGER, a noted Danish poet, was born near +Copenhagen, November 14, 1779, and died January 20, 1850. He has +written: "The Life of Christ Annually Repeated in Nature," "Poems," +"First Song of the Edda," "Palnatoke," "A Journey to Langeland," "Earl +Hakon," "Axel and Valborg," "The Little Shepherd Boy," "Socrates," +"Hamlet," etc. + + + Mutual love brings mutual delight,-- + Brings beauty, life;--for love is life, hate, death. + + "The Dying Raven,"--_Richard Henry Dana_. + +RICHARD HENRY DANA (THE ELDER), an American poet and essayist of great +fame, was born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 15, 1787, and died +February 2, 1879. His poetical works include: "The Dying Raven," "The +Buccaneers," "The Change of Home," etc. Among his short stories are: +"Edward and Mary," and "Paul Fenton." + + + The great artist ... is he who guides us into the region of his + own thoughts, into the palaces and fields of his own imagination, + and while there, speaks to us the language of the gods. + + --_Charles Blanc_. + +CHARLES BLANC, a distinguished French art critic, was born November 15, +1813, and died in 1882. He wrote: "A History of Painters of All +Schools," "The Treasure of Curiosity," "Grammar of the Arts of Design," +"The Dutch School of Painters," "Grammar of Painting and Engraving," +etc. + + + High office is like a pyramid; only two kinds of animals reach the + summit--reptiles and eagles. + + --_D'Alembert_. + +JEAN BAPTISTE LE ROND D'ALEMBERT, an eminent French philosopher, +mathematician and man of letters, was born in Paris, November 16, 1717, +and died there, October 9, 1783. Among his works are: "Literary and +Philosophical Miscellanies," "Elements of Philosophy," etc. He also +wrote the "Preliminary Discourse," or introduction to the great French +Encyclopedia. + + + In seeking to represent the working classes, and in standing up + for their rights and liberties, I hold that I am also defending + the rights and liberties of the middle and richer classes of + society. + + From the "Speech on the Corn Laws" (1843),--_John Bright_. + +JOHN BRIGHT, a distinguished English statesman, was born near Rochdale, +in Lancashire, November 16, 1811, and died March 27, 1889. His "Public +Letters," appeared in 1885, and his speeches and addresses were +published in the years 1867-69-79. + + + If my early friend, Dr. Thirlwall's "History of Greece," had + appeared a few years sooner, I should probably never had conceived + the design of the present work at all; I should certainly not have + been prompted to the task by any deficiencies, and as those which + I felt and regretted in Mitford. The comparison of the two authors + affords indeed a striking proof of the progress of sound and + enlarged views respecting the ancient world during the present + generation. Having studied of course the same evidence as Dr. + Thirlwall, I am better enabled than others to bear testimony to + the learning, the sagacity, and the candour which pervades his + excellent work. + + "A History of Greece,"--_George Grote_. + +GEORGE GROTE, a famous English historian, was born in Clay Hill, Kent, +November 17, 1794, and died in London, June 18, 1871. He is best known +by his celebrated work, "History of Greece." + + + The Law is the true embodiment + Of everything that's excellent. + It has no kind of fault or flaw, + And I, my Lords, embody the Law. + + "Lord Chancellor's Song,"--_Gilbert_. + +WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT, a celebrated English librettist and comic-poet +and prose-writer, was born in London, November 18, 1836, and died in +1911. He wrote: "The Bab Ballads," and several famous comic operas, +among which are: "Pinafore," "Patience," "The Mikado," "Ruddygore," and +"The Pirates of Penzance." + + + And so I penned + It down, until at last it came to be, + For length and breadth, the bigness which you see. + + "Pilgrim's Progress: Apology for his book,"--_John Bunyan_. + +JOHN BUNYAN, a renowned English author, was born in Elstow, Bedford, +November 19 (?), 1628, and died in London, August 31, 1688. He wrote +numerous works, the most famous being: "The Pilgrim's Progress," "Grace +Abounding," and the "Holy War." + + + What is love, It is nature's treasure, + 'Tis the storehouse of her joys; + 'Tis the highest heaven of pleasure, + 'Tis a bliss which never cloys. + + "The Revenge," Act I, Sc. 2,--_Thomas Chatterton_. + +THOMAS CHATTERTON, the famous young English poet, was born in Bristol, +November 20, 1752, and died at London, August 25, 1770. He wrote +numerous poems and plays, but he is best remembered as the author of the +so-called "Rowley Poems," which were collected and published by T. +Tyrwhitt in 1777. + + + The first who was king was a fortunate soldier: + Who serves his country well has no need of ancestors. + + "Mérope," Act I, Sc. 3,--_Voltaire_. + +FRANÇOIS MARIE AROUET DE VOLTAIRE, the illustrious French writer, was +born in Paris, November 21, 1694, and died there, May 30, 1778. Among +his famous works are: "Artemire," "Mariamne," "Letters on the English," +"History of Charles XII," "Philosophical Letters," "The Temple of +Taste," "Elements of Newton's Philosophy," "The Maid of Orleans," "The +Prodigal Son," "Mérope," "Discourse on Man," "Poem on Natural Law," +"Candide," "Semiramis," "Amélie," "Republican Ideas," "Tales," +"Catechism of the Honest Man," "Irene," "Tancrède," "Socrates," "Century +of Louis XV," "The Bible at Last Explained," "Zaïre," "The Ingenuous +One," etc., etc. + + + Touch us gently, Time! + Let us glide adown thy stream + Gently,--as we sometimes glide + Through a quiet dream. + + "Touch Us Gently, Time,"--_Bryan W. Procter_. + +BRYAN WALLER PROCTER, an eminent English poet and man of letters, was +born in Wiltshire, November 21, 1787, and died at London, October 4, +1874. Among his works are: "A Sicilian Story," "Dramatic Scenes and +Other Poems," "Mirandola" (a tragedy), "English Songs," "The Flood of +Thessaly," "Essays and Tales," "Charles Lamb: a Memoir," and the "Life +of Edmund Kean." + + + There are certain people whose biographies ought to be long; who + could learn too much concerning Lamb. + + "Adventures in Criticism,"--_A. T. Quiller-Couch_. + +SIR A. T. QUILLER-COUCH, a celebrated English writer of fiction, was +born in Cornwall, November 21, 1863. He has written: "The Astonishing +History of Troy Town," "Dead man's Rock," "The Splendid Spur," "The Blue +Pavilions," "The Delectable Duchy," "Wandering Heath," "Adventures in +Criticism," "Poems and Ballads," "The Ship of Stars," "The Westcotes," +"The White Wolf," "From a Cornish Window," "Sir John Constantine," "True +Tilda," "Brother Copas," "The Vigil of Venus and Other Poems," "Lady +Good-for-Nothing," "News from the Duchy," "The Oxford Book of Ballads," +"Poison Island," "Corporal Sam and Other Stories," "Nicky-Nan +Reservist," "On the Art of Writing," "Hocken and Hunken," etc. + + + He who loves + God and his law must hate the foes of God. + + "Spanish Gypsy, Bk. I,"--_George Eliot_. + +MARY ANN EVANS ("GEORGE ELIOT"), the great English novelist, was born at +Arbury Farm, Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire, November 22, 1819, and died +in London, December 22, 1880. Among her many works are: "Scenes of +Clerical Life," "Adam Bede," "The Mill on the Floss," "Romola," "The +Spanish Gypsy," "Agatha" (a poem), "Felix Holt," "Daniel Deronda," +"Middlemarch," "Jubal and Other Poems," etc., etc. + + + Peel was, undoubtedly, as Lord Beaconsfield has said, a great + member of Parliament; but he was surely much more than that, he + was a great statesman, a great Minister. He must always rank among + the foremost of English Ministers. The proud boast of Heine is + that, if any one names the best half-dozen of German poets his + name must be brought among them. If we name the best half-dozen of + modern English Prime Ministers, we can hardly fail to bring in the + name of Peel. + + "Life of Sir Robert Peel,"--_Justin McCarthy_. + +JUSTIN MCCARTHY, an eminent Irish politician, journalist, historian, +novelist and miscellaneous writer, was born at Cork, November 22, 1830, +and died April 24, 1912. He has written: "A History of Our Own Times," +"History of the Four Georges," "A Fair Saxon," "Lady Judith," "The Story +of Gladstone's Life," "Modern England," "The Reign of Queen Anne," +"Reminiscences," "The Story of an Irishman," "Irish Recollections," +etc. Also the biographies of Sir Robert Peel, Pope Leo XIII, and W. E. +Gladstone. + + + Spinoza was truly, what Voltaire has with rather less justice + called Clark, a reasoning machine. + + --_Hallam_ on _Spinoza_. + +BENEDICT SPINOZA, a renowned philosopher, was born at Amsterdam, +November 23, 1632, and died at The Hague, February 21, 1677. He wrote: +"Tractate on God and Man and Man's Felicity," "Theologico-Political +Tractate," and his most famous work, "Ethics Demonstrated +Geometrically." + + + Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed + as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood. + + --_Laurence Sterne_. + +LAURENCE STERNE, an English novelist of great fame, was born at Clonmel, +Ireland, November 24, 1713, and died in London, March 18, 1768. His most +noted works are: "Tristram Shandy," "The Sermons of Mr. Yorick," and "A +Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy." + + + Since the seventeenth century, we have had no poet of the highest + order, though Shelley, had he lived, would perhaps have become + one. He had something of that burning passion, that sacred fire, + which kindles the soul, as though it came fresh from the altar of + the gods. But he was cut off in his early prime, when his splendid + genius was still in its dawn. + + "History of Civilization in England," Vol. II, p. 397 + (1861),--_Henry Thomas Buckle_. + +HENRY THOMAS BUCKLE, a distinguished English historian, was born in Lee, +Kent, November 24, 1821, and died in Damascus, May 29, 1862. He is best +known for his great work, "The History of Civilization in England" (2 +vols. 1857-61). His "Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works" were edited by +Helen Taylor in 1872, and a new edition by Grant Allen in 1880. + + + How oft my guardian angel gently cried, + "Soul, from thy casement look, and thou shalt see + How he persists to knock and wait for thee!" + And, O! how often to that voice of sorrow, + "To-morrow we will open," I replied, + And when the morrow came, I answered still, + "To-morrow." + + "To-morrow," Longfellow's Trans. L. 9,--_Lope de Vega_. + +LOPE DE VEGA, "TOME BURGUILLOS," a renowned Spanish dramatist, was born +in Madrid, November 25, 1562, and died August 21, 1635. Among his many +works may be mentioned: "Jerusalem Conquered," "Angelica," "King and +Peasant," "Circe," "Andromeda," "Philomela," "Orpheus," "Proserpine," +"San Isidro," "The Dragon," "The Maid of Almudena," "Journey Through My +Country," besides numerous sonnets, etc. + + + Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, + Some boundless contiguity of shade, + Where rumour of oppression and deceit, + Of unsuccessful or successful war, + Might never reach me more. + + "The Task," Book ii: "The Timepiece," Line i,--_William Cowper_. + +WILLIAM COWPER, an illustrious English poet, was born in Great +Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, November 26, 1731, and died at East +Dereham, Norfolk, April 25, 1800. His works include: "Homer's Iliad and +Odyssey," "The Task," "Poems" (1798), etc. + + + What shall I do with all the days and hours + That must be counted ere I see thy face? + How shall I charm the interval that lowers + Between this time and that sweet time of grace? + + "Absence,"--_Frances Anne Kemble_. + +FRANCES ANNE KEMBLE, a noted English actress, was born in London, +November 27, 1809, and died there, January 16, 1893. She wrote: +"Recollections of a Girlhood," "Recollections of Later Life," "Journal +of a Residence on a Georgia Plantation," and her "Journal." + + + I was angry with my friend; + I told my wrath, my wrath did end. + I was angry with my foe; + I told it not, my wrath did grow. + + "Christian Forbearance,"--_Wm. Blake_. + +WILLIAM BLAKE, a celebrated English poet and artist, was born in London, +November 28, 1757, and died there, August 12, 1827. He has published: +"Poetical Sketches," "Songs of Innocence," "Songs of Experience," etc. +His "Prophetic Books," including: "Book of Thel," "Marriage of Heaven +and Hell," "Book of Urizen," "Book of Los," "Book of Ahania," +"Jerusalem," and "Milton," are famous. His greatest artistic work is in +"Illustrations to the Book of Job." + + + What is philosophy? It is something that lightens up, that makes + bright. + + --_Victor Cousin_. + +VICTOR COUSIN, a distinguished French philosopher, was born in Paris, +November 28, 1792, and died at Cannes, January 2, 1867. He wrote: "Mme. +de Longueville," "Mme. de Hautefort," "Jacqueline Pascal," "French +Society in the 17th Century," "History of Philosophy," etc. His +translation of "Plato," also won for him great fame. + + + Of gifts, there seems none more becoming to offer a friend than a + beautiful book. + + "Concord Days" (June Books),--_Amos Bronson Alcott_. + +AMOS BRONSON ALCOTT, a noted American philosophical writer, and +educator, was born at Wolcott, Conn., November 29, 1799, and died at +Boston, March 4, 1888. His principal works are: "Orphic Sayings," +"Tablets," "Concord Days," "Table-Talk," "Sonnets and Canzonets," "Ralph +Waldo Emerson: His Character and Genius," "New Connecticut," etc. + + + What the Puritans gave the world was not thought but action. + + Speech, December 21, 1855,--_Wendell Phillips_. + +WENDELL PHILLIPS, an American social and political reformer of great +fame, was born at Boston, November 29, 1811, and died there, February 2, +1884. Among his writings are: "Can Abolitionists Vote or Take Office?" +"The Constitution a Pro-Slavery Compact," "Defense of the Anti-Slavery +Movement," "Review of Webster's Speech of March 7th," "Speeches, +Lectures, and Letters," "Addresses," etc. + + + They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts. + + "Arcadia," Book I,--_Sir Philip Sidney_. + +SIR PHILIP SIDNEY, a famous English courtier and man of letters, was +born at Penshurst in Kent, November 30, 1554, and died at Arnheim, +October 17, 1586. His best known works are: "Arcadia," "Sonnets," +"Apology for Poetry," and a versified translation of the "Psalms." + + + I've often wish'd that I had clear, + For life, six hundred pounds a year; + A handsome house to lodge a friend; + A river at my garden's end; + A terrace walk, and half a rood + Of land set out to plant a wood. + + "Imitation of Horace," Book ii, Sat. 6,--_Jonathan Swift_. + +JONATHAN SWIFT, the celebrated English prose satirist, was born in +Dublin, November 30, 1667, and died there, October 19, 1745. He wrote: +"Advice to the October Club," "Tale of a Tub," "Meditation upon a +Broomstick," "Battle of the Books," "Project for the Advancement of +Religion," "Public Spirit of the Whigs," "A Modest Proposal," "Drapier's +Letters," "Remarks on the Barrier Treaty," "Sentiments of a Church of +England Man," and "Gulliver's Travels," his most important work. + + + Forth we went, a gallant band-- + Youth, Love, Gold and Pleasure. + + "Last Song,"--_Mark Lemon_. + +MARK LEMON, a noted English playwright, was born in London, November 30, +1809, and died at Crawley in Sussex, May 23, 1870. Among his comedies +and dramas are: "Hearts Are Trumps," "Lost and Won," "Arnold of +Winkelried," "Domestic Economy," etc. + + + There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate; + when he can't afford it, and when he can. + + --_Mark Twain_. + +SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS, ("MARK TWAIN"), the distinguished American +humorist, was born in Missouri, November 30, 1835, and died in 1910. He +has written: "The Innocents Abroad," "Huckleberry Finn," "A Tramp +Abroad," "The Jumping Frog," "Old Times on the Mississippi," "Roughing +It," "Tom Sawyer," "The Prince and the Pauper," "The Gilded Age," +"Pudd'nhead Wilson," "Following the Equator," "A Double-Barreled +Detective Story," etc. + + +FOOTNOTES: + +[1] + + Man, think of thine end, whatever thou doest, + That will be counted as wisdom the truest. + + + + +DECEMBER + + + + +DECEMBER + + + What is the greatest bliss + That the tongue o' man can name? + 'Tis to woo a bonnie lassie + When the kye comes hame! + + "When the Kye Comes Hame," st. 2,--_James Hogg_. + +JAMES HOGG, a famous Scotch pastoral poet, was born in Ettrick, December +1, 1770, and died at Eltrive Lake, November 21, 1835. He wrote: "Poems +and Songs," "The Mountain Bard," "Scottish Pastorals," and "The Queen's +Wake," his most famous work. + + + In the soul of Keats, if ever in a human soul at all, there was a + portion of the real poetic essence--the real faculty divine.... + His most obvious characteristic, I repeat, is the universality of + his sensuousness. And this it is, added to his exquisite mastery + in language and verse, that makes it such a luxury to read him. + + "Wordsworth, Shelley and Keats,"--_David Masson_. + +DAVID MASSON, a noted Scottish author, was born at Aberdeen, December 2, +1822, and died in 1907. He wrote: "The Life of Milton in connection with +the History of His Time," "Essays, Biographical and Critical," "British +Novelists," "Recent British Philosophy," "Carlyle Personally and His +Writings," "Edinburgh Sketches and Memories," etc. + + + Strange to the world he wore a bashful look, + The fields his study, nature was his book. + + "The Farmer's Boy: Spring," L. 31,--_Bloomfield_. + +ROBERT BLOOMFIELD, a celebrated English poet, was born at Honington, +December 3, 1766, and died in Shefford, in 1823. Among his poetical +pieces are: "The Milk Maid," "The Sailor's Return," and his most famous +poetical work, "The Farmer's Boy." + + + In books lies the soul of the whole Past Time; the articulate audible + voice of the Past, when the body and material substance of it has + altogether vanished like a dream. + + "Heroes and Hero-Worship: The Hero as a Man of Letters,"--_Thomas + Carlyle_. + +THOMAS CARLYLE, a Scotch biographer, historian, and miscellaneous writer +of great fame, was born at Ecclefechan, December 4, 1795, and died in +London, February 4, 1881. Among his celebrated works may be mentioned: +"Life of Schiller," "Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship," a translation; +"The French Revolution," "Life and Letters of Oliver Cromwell," "German +Romance," "Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History," "Chartism," +"Past and Present," "Life of Sterling," "Friedrich II," "Latter-Day +Pamphlets," "Inaugural Address at Edinburgh," etc. + + + Give me the lowest place: or if for me + That lowest place too high, make one more low + Where I may sit and see + My God, and love Thee so. + + "The Lowest Place,"--_Christina G. Rossetti_. + +CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI, a renowned English poetess, was born in +London, December 5, 1830, and died December 29, 1894. Among her works +are: "The Prince's Progress," "Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book," "Seek +and Find," "Speaking Likenesses," "A Pageant, and Other Poems," "Letter +and Spirit," "Annus Domini: A Prayer for Each Day in the Year," +"Verses," and her most celebrated work, "Goblin Market." + + + Right as a trivet. + + "The Ingoldsby Legends, Auto-da-fe,"--_R. H. Barham_. + +RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM, a famous English poet, was born in Canterbury, +December 6, 1788, and died in London, June 17, 1845. Under the nom de +plume of "Thomas Ingoldsby," he wrote the celebrated "Ingoldsby +Legends." He also wrote: "Life of Theodore Hook," "My Cousin Nicholas," +etc. + + + What is worth doing is worth doing well; and with a little more + trouble at first, much trouble afterwards may be avoided. + + Max Müller, "Letter to John Bellows," July 18, 1866, from + "Life" (by His Wife) I. XV,--_Max Müller_. + +FRIEDRICH MAX MÜLLER, an eminent German-English Sanskrit scholar and +comparative philologist, was born at Dessau, December 6, 1823, and died +in 1900. He has written: "History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature," +"Science of Language," "Chips from a German Workshop," "Science of +Religion," "Essays on Language, Mythology, and Religion," "Science of +Thought," "My Autobiography," "Last Essays," appeared after his death, +also, "Life and Letters of the Right Honorable Friedrich Max Müller," by +his wife. + + + Liberty of the imagination is the most precious possession of the + novelist. + + --_Joseph Conrad_. + +JOSEPH CONRAD, a renowned English author, of Polish parentage, was born +December 6, 1857. Among his works are: "An Outcast of the Islands," "The +Nigger of the Narcissus," "Typhoon," "The Mirror of the Sea," "The +Secret Agent," "Under Western Eyes," "Some Reminiscenses," "Chance," +"Within the Tides," "Victory," "The Shadow Line," "The Arrow of Gold," +"Rescue," "Notes on Life and Letters." + + + A wet sheet and a flowing sea, + A wind that follows fast, + And fills the white and rustling sail, + And bends the gallant mast. + And bends the gallant mast, my boys, + While like the eagle free + Away the good ship flies, and leaves + Old England on the lee. + + "A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea,"--_Allan Cunningham_. + +ALLAN CUNNINGHAM, a noted Scotch poet and miscellaneous writer, was born +in Keir, Dumfriesshire, December 7, 1784, and died in London, October +30, 1842. His best known works are: "Lord Roldan," "Paul Jones," "Sir +Marmaduke Maxwell," and his most famous work, "Critical History of the +Literature of the Last Fifty Years." + + + Out in the lonely woods the jasmine burns + Its fragrant lamps, and turns + Into a royal court with green festoons + The banks of dark lagoons. + + "Spring,"--_Henry Timrod_. + +HENRY TIMROD, a famous American Southern poet and author, was born at +Charleston, S. C., December 8, 1829, and died at Columbia, S. C., +October 6, 1867. His "Poems" appeared in 1860. + + + You k'n hide de fier, but w'at you gwine do wid de smoke? + + "Plantation Proverbs,"--_Joel Chandler Harris_. + +JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS, a noted American journalist and story writer, was +born at Eatonton, Georgia, December 8, 1848, and died July 3, 1908. He +has written: "Daddy Jake, the Runaway," "The Folk-Lore of the Old +Plantation," etc. He is best known, however, by his famous "Uncle Remus" +sketches. + + + Now came still evening on, and twilight gray + Had in her sober livery all things clad; + Silence accompany'd; for beast and bird, + They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, + Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale; + She all night long her amorous descant sung; + Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament + With living sapphires; Hesperus, that led + The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, + Rising in clouded majesty, at length + Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, + And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. + + "Paradise Lost," Book IV, Line 598,--_John Milton_. + +JOHN MILTON, one of the greatest of English poets, was born in London, +December 9, 1608, and died there November 8, 1674. His most famous works +were: "Paradise Lost," "Paradise Regained," "Comus," "Lycidas," +"L'Allegro," "Il Penseroso," "Samson Agonistes," "Areopagitica," "The +Tenure of Kings and Magistrates," and the "Defence of the English +People." + + + And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, + While the earth bears a plant or the sea rolls its waves. + + "Adams and Liberty,"--_Robert Treat Paine, Jr._ + +ROBERT TREAT PAINE, JR., a celebrated American poet, was born in +Taunton, Mass., December 9, 1773, and died in Boston, November 13, 1811. +He is best known as the author of two songs, "Rise, Columbia," and +"Adams and Liberty." Among his poems are: "The Invention of Letters," +and "The Ruling Passion." + + + Virtue often trips and falls on the sharp-edged rock of poverty. + + --_Eugene Sue_. + +EUGENE SUE, a famous French romancer, was born in Paris, December 10, +1804, and died at Annecy, July 3, 1857. He wrote: "Kernock the Pirate," +"History of the French Navy," "History of the War Navies of All +Nations," "The Seven Deadly Sins," "Martin the Foundling," "The +Mysteries of the People," "The Jouffroy Family," "The Secrets of the +Confessional," "The Mysteries of Paris," and "The Wandering Jew." + + + Jesus was the first great teacher of men who showed a genuine + sympathy for childhood. When He said, "Of such is the kingdom of + heaven," it was a revelation. + + --_Eggleston_. + +EDWARD EGGLESTON, a distinguished American historian and novelist, was +born in Vevay, Ind., December 10, 1837, and died in 1902. Among his +noted works are: "The Circuit Rider," "The End of the World," "Roxy," +"The Hoosier Schoolmaster," "The Graysons," "The Faith Doctor," "Queer +Stories for Boys and Girls," "The Hoosier Schoolboy," "Schoolmasters' +Stories," "Mr. Blake's Walking-Stick," "School History of the United +States," "Household History of the United States," "First Book in +American History," "The Beginners of a Nation," "The Transit of +Civilization," etc. + + + Oh the heart is a free and fetterless thing,-- + A wave of the ocean, a bird on the wing! + + "The Captive Greek Girl,"--_Julia Pardoe_. + +JULIA PARDOE, a noted English historical and miscellaneous writer, was +born at Beverly, Yorkshire, December 11 (?), 1806, and died in London, +November 26, 1862. Among her many works are: "Traditions of Portugal," +"City of the Sultan," "Louis XIV and the Court of France," "The Jealous +Wife," "The Court and Reign of Francis I," "Marie de' Medici," "Episodes +of French History During the Consulate," "A Life Struggle," and numerous +lyrics. + + + A place in thy memory, dearest, + Is all that I claim; + To pause and look back when thou hearest + The sound of my name. + + "A Place in Thy Memory,"--_Gerald Griffin_. + +GERALD GRIFFIN, a famous Irish novelist, poet and dramatist, was born at +Limerick, December 12, 1803, and died at Cork, June 12, 1840. He wrote: +"Tales of the Munster Festivals," "The Collegians," "Holland Tide: or +Munster Popular Tales," "The Invasion," "Gisippus, or the Forgotten +Friend," "Tales of My Neighborhood," etc. + + + "That Flaubert was one of the greatest writers who ever lived in + France is now commonly admitted, and his greatness principally + depends upon the extraordinary vigour and exactitude of his + style." + +GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, a renowned French novelist, was born at Rouen, +December 12, 1821, and died there, May 8, 1880. Among his writings are: +"Salammbô," "The History of a Young Man," "The Temptation of St. +Anthony," "Three Stories," and "Madame Bovary," his greatest novel. + + + The nightingale appear'd the first + And as her melody she sang, + The apple into blossom burst, + To life the grass and violets sprang. + + "New Spring," No. 31 ("Book of Songs"),--_Heine_. + +HEINRICH HEINE, an eminent German poet, was born at Düsseldorf, December +13, 1799, and died at Paris, February 17, 1856. Among his works are: +"Pictures of Travel," "Almansor," "Radcliff," "Poems," "Book of Songs," +"New Poems," "History of Recent Polite Literature in Germany," "The +Salon," "Doctor Faust," "The Romantic School," "Shakespeare's Maids and +Matrons," "The Romancers," "Miscellaneous Writings," etc. + + + Life comes before literature, as the material always comes before + the work. The hills are full of marble before the world blooms + with statues. + + "Literature and Life,"--_Phillips Brooks_. + +PHILLIPS BROOKS, a famous American clergyman of the Episcopal Church, +was born in Boston, December 13, 1835, and died there, January 23, 1893. +He published many volumes of sermons and lectures, including: "Letters +of Travel," "Lectures on Preaching," and "Essays and Addresses." + + + The germs of all truth lie in the soul, and when the ripe moment + comes, the truth within answers to the fact without as the flower + responds to the sun, giving it form for heat and color for light. + + --_Hamilton W. Mabie_. + +HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, a celebrated American essayist, critic, and +editor, was born in Cold Spring, N. Y., December 13, 1846, and died in +1916. His works include: "Norse Stories Retold from the Eddas," "My +Study Fire," "Short Studies in Literature," "Nature and Culture," "Books +and Culture," "Work and Culture," "Works and Days," "Backgrounds of +Literature," "The Great Word," "What and How to Read," "Writers of +Knickerbocker," "American Ideals, Character and Life," "Japan To-day and +To-morrow," etc., etc. + + + Go, forget me! why should sorrow + O'er that brow a shadow fling? + Go, forget me, and to-morrow + Brightly smile and sweetly sing! + Smile,--though I shall not be near thee; + Sing,--though I shall never hear thee! + + "Go, forget me!"--_Charles Wolfe_. + +CHARLES WOLFE, a distinguished Irish clergyman and poet, was born at +Dublin, December 14, 1791, and died at Cove of Cork (now Queenstown), +February 21, 1823. His literary fame rests wholly upon his "Burial of +Sir John Moore." + + + Just to let thy Father do + What He will; + Just to know that He is true, + And be still. + Just to follow hour by hour + As He leadeth; + Just to draw the moment's power + As it needeth. + Just to trust Him, that is all! + Then the day will surely be + Peaceful, whatsoe'er befall, + Bright and blessed, calm and free. + + "The Secret of a Happy Day," St. I,--_Frances Ridley Havergal_. + +FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL, a noted English poet and religious writer, was +born at Astley, Worcestershire, December 14, 1836, and died at Swansea, +Wales, June 3, 1879. She wrote: "The Four Happy Days," "Under the +Surface" poems; "Royal Graces and Loyal Gifts" (6 vols., 1879), "Under +His Shadow," etc. + + + Then here's to the oak, the brave old oak, + Who stands in his pride alone! + And still flourish he, a hale green tree, + When a hundred years are gone! + + "The Brave Old Oak,"--_H. F. Chorley_. + +HENRY FOTHERGILL CHORLEY, a famous English critic and miscellaneous +writer, was born in Blackley Hurst, Lancashire, December 15, 1808, and +died in London, February 15, 1872. He wrote a famous play, "Old Love and +New Fortune," and several novels, among them: "Conti," "The Prodigy," +and "The Lion." + + + Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct. + + "Mansfield Park," Chap. II,--_Jane Austen_. + +JANE AUSTEN, a renowned English novelist, was born in Steventon, +Hampshire, December 16, 1775, and died in Winchester, July 18, 1817. Her +most famous works are: "Mansfield Park," "Sense and Sensibility," and +"Pride and Prejudice." + + + A sacred spark created by his breath, + The immortal mind of man his image bears; + A spirit living 'midst the forms of death, + Oppressed, but not subdued by mortal cares. + + "Written After Recovery from a Dangerous Illness,"--_Sir H. + Davy_. + +SIR HUMPHRY DAVY, an eminent English chemist, philosopher and man of +letters, was born at Penzance, Cornwall, December 17, 1778, and died at +Geneva, Switzerland, May 29, 1829. He wrote: "Consolations in Travel, or +the Last Days of a Philosopher," "Chemical and Philosophical +Researches," "On the Safety Lamp and on Flame," etc. + + + For of all sad words of tongue or pen, + The saddest are these: "It might have been!" + + "Maud Muller,"--_John Greenleaf Whittier_. + +JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER, a renowned American poet, was born at +Haverhill, Massachusetts, December 17, 1807, and died at Hampton Falls, +New Hampshire, September 1892. Among his noted poems are: "Barbara +Frietchie," "Skipper Ireson's Ride," "Snow-Bound," "Maud Muller," "My +Playmate," "Laus Deo," "My Birthday," and "The Tent on the Beach." + + + A charge to keep I have, + A God to glorify; + A never dying soul to save, + And fit it for the sky. + + "Christian Fidelity,"--_Charles Wesley_. + +CHARLES WESLEY, a famous English clergyman and poet, was born at +Epworth, Lincolnshire, December 18, 1708, and died in London, March 29, +1788. He was called "the poet of Methodism," but many of his beautiful +hymns are used in all denominations of the Protestant church. + + + 'Tis noon;--a calm unbroken sleep + Is on the blue waves of the deep; + A soft haze like a fairy dream, + Is floating over wood and stream; + And many a broad magnolia flower, + Within its shadowy woodland bower, + Is gleaming like a lovely star. + + "To An Absent Wife," St. 2,--_George D. Prentice_. + +GEORGE DENISON PRENTICE, a distinguished American journalist, poet, and +author, was born at Preston, Conn., December 18, 1802, and died January +22, 1870. He published in 1860, "Prenticeana" a collection of pointed +paragraphs. His other works are: "Life of Henry Clay," and "Poems." + + + There is no to-morrow; though before our face the shadow named so + stretches, we always fail to o'ertake it, hasten as we may. + + --_Margaret J. Preston_. + +MARGARET JUNKIN PRESTON, a celebrated American author, was born in +Philadelphia, Pa., December 19 (?), 1825, and died in 1897. She has +written: "Silverwood" (a novel), "Old Songs and New," "Cartoons," +"Beechen-brook," "Colonial Ballads," "For Love's Sake," "Aunt Dorothy," +etc. + + + Man is his own star; and that soul that can + Be honest is the only perfect man. + + Upon an "Honest Man's Fortune,"--_John Fletcher_. + +JOHN FLETCHER, the renowned English dramatist, was born in Rye, Sussex, +December 20 (?), 1579 and died in London, August, 1625. A few of his +famous plays are: "The Wild Goose Chase," "The Loyal Subject," "Monsieur +Thomas," "The Faithful Shepherdess," "A Wife for a Month," "Wit Without +Money," "The Chances," "Bonduca," "The Mad Lover," and "Rule a Wife and +Have a Wife." His name has always been associated with that of Francis +Beaumont, and together they wrote many plays; but the beforementioned +works were written by Fletcher alone. + + + Whenever a snowflake leaves the sky, + It turns and turns to say "Good-by! + Good-by, dear clouds, so cool and gray!" + Then lightly travels on its way. + + "Snowflakes,"--_Mary Mapes Dodge_. + +MARY ELIZABETH MAPES DODGE, a noted American editor, poet and author, +was born in New York City, December 20 (?),1838, and died in 1905. She +has written: "Irvington Stories," "Along the Way" (poems), "Theophilus +and Others," "The Land of Pluck," "Donald and Dorothy," "The Golden +Gate," "Poems and Verses," and "Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates," her +most famous work. + + + Je crains Dieu, cher Abner, et n'ai point d'autre crainte.[1] + + "Athalie," Act. i, Sc. I,--_Racine_. + +JEAN BAPTISTE RACINE, the illustrious French dramatist, was born at La +Ferté-Milon, December 21, 1639, and died at Paris, April 26, 1699. His +greatest works were: "The Thebaid," "The Pleaders," "Alexander," +"Berenice," "Bajazet," "Esther," "Athalie," "Mithridates," "Iphigenia," +"The Chaplain's Wig," "Phædra," "Nymphs of the Seine," "Letters," and +"Abridgment of the History of Port Royal," his last dramatic work. + + + The world is a wheel, and it will all come round right. + + "Endymion," Chap. lxx,--_Benjamin Disraeli_. + +BENJAMIN DISRAELI, Lord Beaconsfield, an eminent English statesman and +novelist, was born in London, December 21, 1804, and died April 19, +1881. Among his celebrated works are: "The Young Duke," "Vivian Grey," +"Venetia," "The Rise of Iskander," "Henrietta Temple," "The +Revolutionary Epic," "Sibyl," "Tancred," "Lothair," and "Endymion." + + + To be really cosmopolitan a man must be at home even in his own + country. + + "Short Studies of American Authors: Henry James, Jr.,"--_T. W. + Higginson_. + +THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON, a distinguished American poet, essayist and +novelist, was born in Cambridge, Mass., December 22, 1823, and died in +1911. Among his writings are: "Atlantic Essays," "Out-Door Papers," "The +Afternoon Landscape," "Life of Margaret Fuller," "Short Studies of +American Authors," "Young Folks' History of the United States," +"Concerning All of Us," "Cheerful Yesterdays," "Old Cambridge," +"Contemporaries," "Henry Wadsworth Longfellow," "Part of a Man's Life," +"Life of Stephen Higginson," etc. + + + I have a liking old + For thee, though manifold + Stories, I know, are told + Not to thy credit. + + "Ode to Tobacco,"--_Charles Stuart Calverley_. + +CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY, a noted English poet and humorist, was born at +Martley, Worcestershire, December 22, 1831, and died February 17, 1884. +He wrote: "Verses and Translations," and "Society Verses." + + + If I had a device, it would be the true, the true only, leaving + the beautiful and the good to settle matters afterwards as best + they could. + + --_C. A. Sainte-Beuve_. + +CHARLES AUGUSTIN SAINTE-BEUVE, the great French literary critic, was +born at Boulogne-sur-Mer, December 23, 1804, and died at Paris, October +13, 1869. He wrote: "Literary Critiques and Portraits," "Literary +Portraits," "History of Port Royal," "Contemporary Portraits," "Picture +of French Poetry in the Sixteenth Century," "Meditations in August," +"Consolations," "Poems," his celebrated "Monday Talks," etc. + + + We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often + discover what will do by finding out what will not do; and + probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. + + "Self-Help,"--_Samuel Smiles_. + +SAMUEL SMILES, a famous British author, was born at Haddington, +Scotland, December 23, 1812, and died, April 16, 1904. He wrote: "Lives +of the Engineers," "Industrial Biography," "James Brindley and the Early +Engineers," "Lives of Boulton and Watt," "Life of Thomas Telford," "Life +of George Stephenson," "The Life of a Scotch Naturalist" (Thomas +Edward), "Robert Dick," "George Moore," "Men of Invention and Industry," +"Life and Labor," "A Publisher and His Friends," "Jasmin," "Josiah +Wedgwood," "History of Ireland," etc. Also, "Self-Help," "Character," +"Thrift," and "Duty." + + + Her air, her manners, all who saw admir'd; + Courteous though coy, and gentle though retir'd; + The joy of youth and health her eyes display'd, + And ease of heart her every look convey'd. + + "The Parish Register, Marriages," Part ii,--_George Crabbe_. + +GEORGE CRABBE, a celebrated English poet, was born in Aldborough, +Suffolk, December 24, 1754, and died at Trowbridge, Wiltshire, February +3, 1832. His most famous poems are: "The Parish Register," "The +Village," "Tales in Verse," and "The Borough." + + + Still so gently o'er me stealing, + Mem'ry will bring back the feeling, + Spite of all my grief revealing + That I love thee,--that I dearly love thee still. + + "La Sonnambula,"--_Scribe_. + +AUGUSTIN EUGÈNE SCRIBE, a distinguished French dramatist, was born in +Paris, December 24, 1791, and died February 20, 1861. His collected +"Oeuvres," (76 vols. 1874-85), contains all his works. + + + She is fair as the spirit of light, + That floats in the ether on high. + + --_Adam Mickiewicz_. + +ADAM MICKIEWICZ, the most celebrated of Slavic poets, was born near +Novogròdek, Lithuania, December 24, 1798, and died at Constantinople, +November 26, 1855. Among his famous works are: "Crimean Sonnets," +"Lectures on Slavic Literature," "The Books of the Polish People and of +the Polish Pilgrimage," the ballad, "Dziady," and three famous epics: +"Pan Tadeusz," "Conrad Wallenrod," and "Grazyna." + + + There is no better motto which it (culture) can have than these + words of Bishop Wilson, "To make reason and the will of God + prevail." + + "Culture and Anarchy,"--_Matthew Arnold_. + +MATTHEW ARNOLD, an eminent English poet, essayist and critic, was born +at Laleham, December 24, 1822, and died at Liverpool, April 15, 1888. +His principal works are: "Empedocles on Etna," "The Strayed Reveler and +Other Poems," "New Poems," "Essays in Criticism," "Lectures on the Study +of Celtic Literature," "Culture and Anarchy," "Friendship's Garland," +"Mixed Essays," "Irish Essays," "Last Essays on Church and Religion," +and "Discourses on America." + + + It is not enough to do good; one must do it the right way. + + "On Compromise,"--_John Morley_. + +JOHN MORLEY (VISCOUNT MORLEY), a renowned English statesman, essayist, +editor, critic and biographer, was born at Blackburn, Lancashire, +December 24, 1838. He has written: "Life of Oliver Cromwell," "Life of +Gladstone," "Life of Cobden," "Sir Robert Walpole," "Studies in +Literature," "Cromwell," "Literary Essays," "Notes on Politics," +"Recollections," etc. + + + Well may your hearts believe the truths I tell: + 'Tis virtue makes the bliss, where'er we dwell. + + "Oriental Eclogues," I, Line 5,--_William Collins_. + +WILLIAM COLLINS, a celebrated English poet, was born in Chichester, +December 25, 1721, and died there, June 12, 1759. His principal works +were: "Ode to Evening," "The Passions," "Ode on the Death of Thomson," +and the "Dirge to Cymbeline." + + + Who dares this pair of boots displace, + Must meet Bombastes face to face. + + "Bombastes Furioso," Act I, Sc. 4,--_William Barnes Rhodes_. + +WILLIAM BARNES RHODES, a noted English dramatic writer, was born +December 25, 1772, and died November 1, 1826. He wrote: "The Satires of +Juvenal, Translated into English Verse," "Epigrams," and his famous +burlesque, "Bombastes Furioso." + + + The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, + The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, + The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, + And leaves the world to darkness and to me. + + "Elegy in a Country Churchyard,"--_Thomas Gray_. + +THOMAS GRAY, the renowned English poet, was born at Cornhill, London, +December 26, 1716, and died at Cambridge, July 24, 1771. He wrote: "Ode +to Adversity," "Progress of Poesy," "The Bard," "Ode on a Distant +Prospect of Eton College," and his most famous work, "Elegy in a Country +Churchyard." + + + It may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six + thousand years for an observer. + + "Martyrs of Science" (Brewster),--_John Kepler_. + +JOHANNES KEPLER, a German astronomer of great fame, was born at Weil, +Würtemberg, December 27, 1571, and died at Ratisbon, November 15, 1630. +His most famous work was: "New Astronomy, with Commentaries on the +Motions of Mars." + + + Among men of letters Lowell is doubtless most typically American, + though Curtis must find an eligible place in the list. Lowell was + self-conscious, though the truest greatness is not; he was a + trifle too "smart," besides, and there is no "smartness" in great + literature. But both the self consciousness and the smartness must + be admitted to be American; and Lowell was so versatile, so + urbane, of so large a spirit, and so admirable in the scope of his + sympathies, that he must certainly go on the calendar. + + "Mere Literature and Other Essays,"--_Woodrow Wilson_. + +WOODROW WILSON, a famous American educator and author, and twenty-eighth +President of the United States, was born at Staunton, Va., December 28, +1856, and died at Washington, D. C., February 3, 1924. His works +include: "Congressional Government: A Study of American Politics," "The +State: Elements of Historical and Practical Politics," "Division and +Reunion," "Epochs of American History," "An Old Master, and Other +Political Essays," "Mere Literature and Other Essays," "George +Washington," "A History of the American People," "Constitutional +Government in the United States," "The New Freedom," "When a Man Comes +to Himself," "On Being Human." + + + Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race. + + "Speech," Hawarden, May 28, 1890,--_William E. Gladstone_. + +WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE, the eminent English statesman, essayist, and +translator from the classics, was born in Liverpool, December 29, 1809, +and died in 1898. His works include: "Studies in Homer and the Homeric +Age," "Church and State," "Juventus Mundi," "Homeric Synchronism," +"Gleanings of Past Years," etc. + + + The tumult and the shouting dies,-- + The Captains and the Kings depart,-- + Still stands thine ancient sacrifice, + An humble and a contrite heart. + + "Recessional,"--_Rudyard Kipling_. + +RUDYARD KIPLING, a renowned English short-story writer, poet, and +novelist, was born at Bombay, India, December 30, 1865. Among his +writings are: "Life's Handicap," "Mine Own People," "Many Inventions," +"Soldiers Three," "The Light That Failed," "The Seven Seas," "Barrack +Room Ballads," "The Jungle Books," "Captains Courageous," "The Day's +Work," "Stalky and Co.," "Just So Stories for Little Children," "Kim," +"The Five Nations," "Traffics and Discoveries," "Puck of Pook's Hill," +"Actions and Reactions," "Rewards and Fairies," "The Harbour Watch" (a +play), "The New Armies in Training," "France at War," "Fringes of the +Fleet," "A Diversity of Creatures," "The Years Between," etc. + + + Die Todten reiten schnell.[2] + + "Lenore,"--_Bürger_. + +GOTTFRIED AUGUST BÜRGER, an eminent German poet, was born at +Molmerswende, near Ballenstedt, Anhalt, December 31, 1747 (or January 1, +1748), and died in Göttingen, June 8, 1794. He wrote: "The Parson's +Daughter," "The Wild Huntsman," "The Song of the Brave Man," "Kaiser and +Abbot," "The Robber Count," "The Wives of Weinsberg," and his most +famous ballad, "Lenore." + + + "Isn't God upon the ocean + Just the same as on the land?" + + "The Tempest,"--_James Thomas Fields_. + +JAMES THOMAS FIELDS, a noted American publisher and author, was born at +Portsmouth, New Hampshire, December 31, 1817, and died in Boston, April +24, 1881. He published: "Underbrush," "Yesterdays with Authors," etc. + + + In winter, when the dismal rain + Comes down in slanting lines, + And Wind, that grand old harper, smote + His thunder-harp of pines. + + "A Life Drama," Sc. ii,--_Alexander Smith_. + +ALEXANDER SMITH, a famous Scottish poet, was born in Kilmarnock, +December 31, 1830, and died at Wardie, near Edinburgh, January 5, 1867. +Among his poetical works are: "City Poems," "Edwin of Deira," and "A +Life Drama," his most famous work. His prose works include: "Miss Oona +McQuarrie," "Alfred Hagart's Household," "Dreamthorpe," "A Summer in +Skye," etc. + + +FOOTNOTES: + +[1] I fear God, dear Abner, and I have no other fear. + +[2] The dead ride swiftly. + + + + +APPENDIX + + + + +APPENDIX + + + A bad neighbour is as great a misfortune as a good one is a great + blessing. + + "Works and Days," Line 346,--_Hesiod_. + +HESIOD, a renowned Greek poet, born at Ascra in Boeotia, and lived in +the ninth century (?), B.C. Among his writings are the: "Theogony," +"Works and Days," "The Shield of Hercules," etc. + + + "The Homeric Poems are the earliest literary product of the world + which has survived to our day, and they lie at the fountain-head + of all the later literature of Europe." + +HOMER, the greatest of epic poets, author of the "Iliad" and "Odyssey." +The date of his birth has never been known, but is generally set at the +eighth or ninth century B.C. + + + The fox said the grapes were sour. + + --_Æsop_. + +ÆSOP, a famous Greek fabulist, lived in the seventh century, B.C. + + + Procure not friends in haste, and when thou hast a friend part not + with him in haste. + + --_Solon_. + +SOLON, the renowned Athenian legislator, lived about 638-559 B.C. The +constitution which he gave to Athens, made him famous. + + + What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon also be + beautiful. + + --_Sappho_. + +SAPPHO, a celebrated Greek poet, was born in the Island of Lesbos, about +612 B.C. Little is known of her life. Only fragments of her poems +remain. We have in complete form a "Hymn to Aphrodite" and an "Ode to a +Beautiful Girl." + + + Wine is wont to show the mind of man. + + "Maxims," Line 500,--_Theognis_. + +THEOGNIS OF MEGARA, a famous Greek elegiac poet, flourished in the +latter half of the sixth century B.C. Over one thousand of his verses +have come down to our time. + + + With the exception of Heraclitus, Parmenides is the greatest of + the pre-Socratic Greek thinkers. + + --_Parmenides_. + +PARMENIDES, a celebrated Greek philosopher of the fifth century B.C., +was born at Elea in Southern Italy. He wrote one famous work on +philosophy entitled: "On Nature." It was divided into three sections, +"Proem," "Truth," and "Opinion," but only fragments of this work have +come down to our time. + + + A lip like Persuasion's calling on us to kiss it. + + --_Anacreon_. + +ANACREON, a famous lyric poet, of Greece, was born at Teos, in Ionia, +562 (?) B.C., and died 477 B.C. A few of his authentic compositions have +come down to our times. + + + We count it death to falter, not to die. + + Jacobs I. 63, 20,--_Simonides_. + +SIMONIDES, a renowned Greek lyric poet, was born in the Island of Ceos +about 556 B.C., and died about 468 B.C. Some of his famous "Epigrams," +have come down to our times. + + + By nature men are nearly alike; by practice they get to be wide + apart. + + --_Confucius_. + +CONFUCIUS, the head of Chinese religious and social philosophy, was born +about 551 B.C., and died 478 B.C. He wrote: "Analects," etc., and is +credited with having compiled the "Ancient Poems." His last work is +called "Annals of Lee" or "Spring and Autumn." + + + Much knowledge of things divine escapes us through want of faith. + + --_Heraclitus_. + +HERACLITUS, a renowned Greek philosopher, born in Ephesus, about 535 +B.C., died about 475 B.C. + + + Time as he grows old teaches many lessons. + + "Prometheus," 981,--_Æschylus_. + +ÆSCHYLUS, the greatest of the Greek dramatists, was born at Eleusis, +Attica, 525 B.C., and died at Gela, Sicily, 456 B.C. Of his numerous +works only seven tragedies remain, "The Suppliants," "The Persians," +"The Seven Against Thebes," "Prometheus Bound," "Agamemnon," +"Choephori," and "Eumenides." + + + He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural talent. + + --_Pindar_. + +PINDAR, the greatest of the Greek lyric poets, was born at Cynoscephalæ +near Boeotian Thebes, 522 B.C., and died at Argos, about 450 B.C. The +Alexandrine scholars divided his poems into 17 books, comprising Hymns, +Pæans, Dithyrambs, Encomia, and Songs of Victory. + + + Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted. + + --_Sophocles_. + +SOPHOCLES, the great Greek tragic poet, was born at Colonus near Athens, +about 495 B.C.; and died about 405 B.C. His seven great tragedies are: +"Antigone," "Electra," "Ajax," "Trachiniæ," "Philoctetes," "Oedipus +Tyrannus," and "Oedipus at Colonus." + + + The saying "Call no man happy before he dies" was ascribed to + Solon. + + --_Herodotus_, I, 32. + +HERODOTUS, "The Father of History," was born at Halicarnassus, in Caria, +about 490 B.C., and died at Thurii, in Magna Græcia, between 428 B.C. +and 426 B.C. His "Exposition of History" in nine books, won for him +everlasting fame. + + + Moderation, the noblest gift of Heaven. + + "Medea," 636,--_Euripides_. + +EURIPIDES, a great Greek tragic poet, was born at Athens, about 480 +B.C., and died about 406 B.C. Nineteen of his dramas have come down to +our time: "Alcestis," "Andromache," "Hecube," "Bacchæ," "Helena," +"Electra," "Heraclidæ," "The Mad Hercules," "The Suppliants," +"Hippolytus," "Iphigenia at Tauris," "Ion," "Iphigenia at Aulis," +"Medea," "Orestes," "Rhesus," "The Trojan Women," "The Phoenissæ," and +"Cyclops." + + + Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases. + + Aphorism i,--_Hippocrates_. + +HIPPOCRATES, a noted Greek philosopher and writer, termed the "Father of +Medicine," was born according to Soranus, in Cos, in the first year of +the 80th Olimpiad, i.e., in 460 B.C. The earliest Greek edition of the +Hippocratic writings is that which was published by Aldus and Asulanus +at Venice in 1526. + + + You think that upon the score of fore-knowledge and divining I am + infinitely inferior to the swans. When they perceive approaching + death they sing more merrily than before, because of the joy they + have in going to the God they serve. + + "In Phaedo," 77,--_Socrates_. + +SOCRATES, the renowned Athenian philosopher, was born at Athens, about +470 B.C., and died 399 B.C. He left no writings, but his philosophical +method and his teaching are to be found in the works of his +contemporaries and disciples. + + + Envy doth merit like its shade pursue. + + --_Aristophanes_. + +ARISTOPHANES, the greatest of the Greek writers of comedy, (448-380 +B.C.), was born at Athens. Only eleven of his 44 plays have come down to +us. They are: "The Knights," "The Clouds," "The Wasps," "The +Acharnians," "The Peace," "The Lyristrate," "The Birds," "The +Thesmophoriazusæ," "The Frogs," "The Ecclesiazusæ," and "Plutus." + + + Trees and fields tell me nothing, men are my teachers. + + --_Plato_. + +PLATO, the renowned Greek philosopher, was born at Athens, about 427 +B.C., and died there 347 B.C. Among his famous dialogues are: "Apology," +"Lysis," "Charmides," "Laches," "Protagoras," "Meno," "Gorgias," "Io," +"Euthyphro," "Crito," "Phædrus," "The Sophist," "The Politician," +"Parmenides," "Symposium," "Phædo," "The Republic," "The Laws," etc. + + + Excess of grief for the deceased is madness; for it is an injury + to the living, and the dead know it not. + + --_Xenophon_. + +XENOPHON, a famous Greek author, was born at Athens, about 430 B.C., and +died in Corinth, about 355 B.C. He is the author of: "Encomium of +Agesilaus," "Horsemanship," "Hipparchicus," "Cynegeticus," "Cyropædeia," +"Lacedæmonian Polity," "Hieron," "Athenian Finance," "Symposium," +"Apology of Socrates," "Oeconomicus," and his most celebrated works, +the "Hellenics" and "Anabasis." + + + Our Theocritus, our Bion, + And our Pindar's shining goals!-- + These were cup-bearers undying, + Of the wine that's meant for souls. + + "Wine of Cyprus,"--_E. B. Browning_. + +THEOCRITUS, the greatest of Greek bucolic poets, lived in the first half +of the third century B.C. Thirty-one of his idyls and pastorals and a +number of his epigrams have been preserved. + + + No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness. + + --_Aristotle_. + +ARISTOTLE, the most renowned of Greek philosophers, was born at Stagira, +Macedonia, 384 B.C., and died at Chalcis, Euboea, 322 B.C. He wrote +numerous treatises on philosophy. + + + There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an + advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as + against despots. What is it? Distrust. + + "Philippic 2," Sect. 24,--_Demosthenes_. + +DEMOSTHENES, a renowned Athenian orator, was born about 384 B.C., and +died at Calauria, 322 B.C. Besides his numerous orations, he wrote the +"Olynthiacs" and the "Philippics," and his great speech, "On the +Crown." + + + Amnesty, that noble word, the genuine dictate of wisdom. + + --_Æschines_. + +ÆSCHINES, a great Athenian orator, rival of Demosthenes, lived 389-314 +B.C. + + + A good man never dies. + + "Epigrams," X,--_Callimachus_. + +CALLIMACHUS, a renowned Greek poet, born in Cyrene, flourished in the +third century B.C. Besides his tragedies, comedies, elegies and hymns, +he wrote the epics, "Hecale" and "Galatea," a "Hymn to Jupiter," and an +"Epitaph on Heracleitus." + + + Patience is the best remedy for every trouble. + + "Rudens," Act II, Sc. 5, 71,--_Plautus_. + +TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS, a celebrated Roman comic poet, was born at +Sarsina in Umbria, about 254 B.C., and died at Rome about 184 B.C. His +"Captives" has been declared "the best constructed drama in existence." + + + Buy not what you need, but what you must have; what you do not + need is dear at a penny. + + --_Cato_. + +MARCUS PORCIUS CATO, THE CENSOR, a famous Roman statesman and +pamphleteer (234-149 B.C.) He wrote many tractates on different +subjects, but only one of them, "On Farming," has come down to our +times. Of "Beginnings" we have only a few fragments. + + + "Polybius of Megalopolis in Arcadia must rank as the third Greek + historian, Herodotus and Thucydides being first and second." + +POLYBIUS, a celebrated Greek historian, was born at Megalopolis in +Arcadia, 204 B.C., and died 122 B.C. His "Histories," won for him great +fame. + + + The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love. + + "Andria," Act III, Sc. 3, 23,--_Terence_. + +TERENCE, the renowned Latin writer of comedy, was born at Carthage, +about 185 B.C., and died about 159 B.C. Among his writings are: +"Andria," "Hecyra," "Heautontimorumenos," "Eunuchus," "Phormio," and +"Adelphi." + + + While the sick man has life there is hope. + + "Epistolarum ad Atticum,"--_Cicero_. + +MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO, the prince of Roman orators, a distinguished +writer on philosophy, rhetoric, morals, etc., was born at Arpinum, 106 +B.C., and died 43 B.C. Among his treatises on the art of oratory are: +"The Orator, to Marcus Brutus," "Of the Orator," and "Brutus, or of +Illustrious Orators." His philosophical writings include: "The +Academics," "Tusculan Disputations," "Of Definitions of Good and Evil." +Of discussions of moral questions, we have the practical treatise, "Of +Mutual Offices." Theological questions are examined in the two +treatises, "Of Divinations" and "Of the Nature of the Gods"; also the +treatises, "Of Old Age," "Of Friendship," "Of Consolation." The letters +of Cicero are extant to the number of 864, under the titles: "To +Intimate Friends" (16 books), "To Atticus" (also 16 books), "To +Quintus," his brother, (3 books), and "Correspondence with M. Brutus" +(in 2 books). + + + Wine and other luxuries have a tendency to enervate the mind and + make men less brave in battle. + + --_Cæsar_. + +CAIUS JULIUS CÆSAR, the great Roman general and writer of memoirs, was +probably born about 100 B.C.; killed March 15, 44 B.C. Besides his +famous "Commentaries," he wrote a grammatical treatise, "On Analogy," +but it has not come down to our times. + + + What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others. + + "De Rerum Natura," IV, 637,--_Lucretius_. + +TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS, a renowned Roman poet, was born about 98 B.C., +and died 55 B.C. His one work, "On Nature," in six books, is considered +one of the greatest of Latin didactic poems. + + + I hate and love--the why I cannot tell But by my tortures know the + fact too well. + + "Two Chords," (translation of Sir Theodore Martin),--_Catullus_. + +CAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS, the greatest of Roman lyric poets, was born at +Verona, 84 B.C., and died 54 B.C. A number of his compositions have come +down to our time, The most celebrated are those "To Lesbia," "The Boat," +and "Address to Himself." + + + Numero deus impare gaudet. (The god delights in odd numbers.) + + "Eclogæ," 8, p. 75,--_Virgil_. + +VIRGIL, the greatest of Roman epic poets, was born at Andes near Mantua, +October 5, 70 B.C., and died at Brundisium, September 21, 19 B.C. He +wrote the "Georgics," "Bucolics," and the epic, "The Æneid," in 12 +books. + + + If you wish me to weep, you yourself must feel grief. + + "Ars Poetica," 102,--_Horace_. + +HORACE (QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS), the great Latin lyric poet, was born +at Venusia, Italy, December 8, 65 B.C., and died at Rome November 27, 8 +B.C. He wrote: "Satires," "Epodes," "Odes," and his famous "Epistles." + + + Wit is the flower of the imagination. + + --_Livy_. + +LIVY, the great Roman historian, was born at Patavium (Padua), 59 B.C., +and died there A.D. 17. He wrote the "History of Rome from the Founding +of the City," in 142 "books," many of which have been lost. + + + Perjuria ridet amantum Jupiter.[1] + + --_Tibullus_. + +ALBIUS TIBULLUS, a renowned Roman poet, was born about 54 B.C., and died +probably in 19 B.C. Three books of his elegies have come down to us. + + + Qua pote quisque in ca conterat diem.[2] + + --_Propertius_. + +SEXTUS PROPERTIUS, the great Roman elegiac poet, was born at Aassisium, +about 50 B.C., and died about 15 B.C. His poems consist of four books. + + + In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live, and enjoy his + being, who is engaged in some laudable pursuit and acquire a name + by some illustrious action or useful art. + + --_Sallust_. + +SALLUST, a famous Roman historian, was born about 86 B.C., and died at +Rome, about 34 B.C. He wrote: "The Conspiracy of Catiline," and "The +History of the War Against Jugurtha." + + + A good man possesses a kingdom. + + "Thyestes," 380,--_Seneca_. + +LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA, an illustrious Roman philosopher, was born at +Corduba, in Spain, about the year 4 B.C., and died A.D. 65. Many of his +writings have come down to our time, among them 124 "Epistles to +Lucilius," containing exhortations to the practice of virtue: "On +Providence," "Anger," "Of Benefits," and "Natural History Questions," +also, several tragedies, among them, "Phædra," "Thyestes," and "Medea." + + + Habit is stronger than nature. + + --_Quintus Curtius Rufus_. + +QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS a notable Eoman historian, was born about the +first century A.D. He is the author of "De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni" +(Deeds of Alexander the Great), in ten books, the first two of which are +lost. + + + The best plan is, as the common proverb has it, to profit by the + folly of others. + + Natural History, Book xviii, Sect. 31,--_Pliny the Elder_. + +PLINY THE ELDER, a celebrated Roman compiler of encyclopædic knowledge, +was born at Novum Comum, (Como), A.D. 23; and died A.D. 79. He wrote: "A +Natural History" in 37 books, compiled from more than 2,000 volumes. + + + Hunger is the teacher of the arts and the bestower of invention. + + --_Persius_. + +AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS, a famous Latin satiric poet, was born at +Volaterræ in Etruria, 34 A.D., and died A.D. 62. He wrote six satires, +and they are all extant. + + + A liar should have a good memory. + + "Institutionis Oratoriæ," iv, 2, 91,--_Quintilian_. + +QUINTILIAN, the famous Roman rhetorician, was born about A.D. 35, at +Calagurris (Calahorra), Spain, and died about A.D. 95 or 96. His great +work, "Institutionis Oratoriæ," is one of the most renowned classical +works on rhetoric. + + + Alta sedent civilis vulnera dextræ.[3] + + "Pharsalia," I, 32,--_Lucan_. + +MARCUS ANNAEUS LUCANUS (LUCAN), a celebrated Latin poet, was born at +Cordova, Spain, A.D. 39, and died at Rome, A.D. 65. He is best known by +his epic poem, "Pharsalia." + + + Quid crastina volveret ætas, + Scire nefos homini.[4] + + "Thebaid," III. 562,--_Statius_. + +PUBLIUS PAPINIUS STATIUS, a famous Roman poet, was born at Naples, about +A.D. 45, and died there, about A.D. 96. His chief work is, "The +Thebaid," an epic poem in twelve books. + + + Difficulties are things that show what men are. + + "Discourses," Chap. xxiv,--_Epictetus_. + +EPICTETUS, a celebrated Greek Stoic philosopher, was born at Hierapolis +in Phrygia, about A.D. 50. No works of his have come down to our time, +but his maxims were collected and published in the "Encheiridion," or +Handbook, and the "Commentaries" in eight books. + + + The gods looked with favour on superior courage. + + --_Tacitus_. + +PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS, a great Latin historian, was born about A.D. +54. He wrote the dialogue "De Oratoribus," the "Annals," the "Agricola," +the "Germania," ("On the Manners of the Germans"), and his "History." + + + No man ever became extremely wicked all at once. + + "Satire ii," 83,--_Juvenal_. + +JUVENAL, the renowned Latin poet, was born at Aquinum, about A.D. 60, +and died about A.D. 140. Sixteen of his famous satires are extant. + + + Never do a thing concerning the rectitude of which you are in + doubt. + + "Letters," Letter xviii, 5,--_Pliny the Younger_. + +PLINY THE YOUNGER, a noted Roman orator, nephew of Pliny the Elder, was +born at Comum, A.D. 61, and died about 113. Of his numerous forensic +works, only one oration is extant, "The Panegyric," also his "Letters." + + + To conduct great matters and never commit a fault is above the + force of human nature. + + "Life of Fabius,"--_Plutarch_. + +PLUTARCH, the celebrated Greek moralist, practical philosopher, and +biographer was born at Chæronea in Boeotia. The year of his birth and +death are not known, but he was very old at the death of Trajan, A.D. +117. He wrote: "Parallel Lives," and many "Moral Treatises," including +"The Education of Children," "The Right Way of Hearing," "Precepts About +Health," "Cessation of Oracles," "The Pythian Responses," "The Retarded +Vengeance of the Deity," "The Dæmon of Socrates," "The Virtues of +Women," "On the Fortune of the Romans," "Political Counsels," "On +Superstition," "On Isis and Osiris," "On the Pace of the Moon's Disk," +"On the Opinions Accepted by the Philosophers." + + + A boy of five years old serene and gay, + Unpitying Hades hurried me away. + Yet weep not for Callimachus: if few + The days I lived, few were my sorrows too. + + --_Lucian_. + +LUCIAN, the celebrated Greek satirist, was born at Samosata, in northern +Syria, about 120 A.D., and died about 200 A.D. Among his writings are: +"Praise of Demosthenes," "Dialogues of the Gods," "Dialogues of the Sea +Gods," "Dialogues of the Dead," "The True History," "Lucius; or The +Ass," "Death of Peregrinus," "The Fisherman," "The Sea Voyage, or +Votive Offerings," "The Sale of Lives," "Alexander, or The False +Prophet," "Hermotimus," etc. + + + Neither fear, nor wish for, your last day. + + Epigram x, 47.13,--_Martial_. + +MARTIAL, a famous Latin poet, was born at Bilbilis, Spain, A.D. 50 (?), +and died in Spain, 102 (?). His fame rests upon his "Epigrams" in +fifteen books. + + + Suetonius says of the Emperor Titus: "Once at supper, reflecting + that he had done nothing for any that day, he broke out into that + memorable and justly admired saying, 'My friends, I have lost a + day!'" + + "Lives of Twelve Cæsars" (Translation by Alexander + Thomson),--_Suetonius_. + +SUETONIUS, a famous Latin chronicler, grammarian, and critic, flourished +in the early part of the second century of our era. His works include: +"Distinguished Orators," "Illustrious Grammarians," "Lives of the +Cæsars," etc. + + + When I am at Rome I fast as the Romans do; when I am at Milan I do + not fast. So likewise you, whatever church you come to, observe + the custom of the place, if you would neither give offence to + others, nor take offence from them. + + "Advice to St. Austin on Sabbath Keeping,"--_St. Ambrose_. + +SAINT AMBROSE, one of the fathers of the Latin Church, born at Trèves, +Gaul, probably A.D. 340, died at Milan, April 4, A.D. 397. His writings +include: "Of the Duties of the Clergy," "Hexæmeron," hymns, etc. He +became bishop of Milan in 374. + + + Socrates said, "Those who want fewest things are nearest to the + gods." + + "Socrates," XI,--_Diogenes Laertius_. + +DIOGENES LAERTIUS, a famous Greek compiler of anecdotes, flourished +about A.D. 200-250, a native of Lærte in Cilicia. He wrote a collection +of notes and memoranda (in 10 books), "On the Lives, Teachings, and +Sayings of Famous Men." + + + None can injure him, who does not injure himself. + + --_Chrysostom_. + +ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, a noted Greek Church father, born in Antioch, +Syria, 350 (?), and died at Comana, 407. His works, comprising homilies, +commentaries, liturgies, epistles, etc., can be found in 13 volumes, +fol. (1718). + + + Quis legem det amantibus? Major lex amor est sibi.[5] + + --_Boëthius_. + +BOËTHIUS, a famous Roman didactic poet and statesman, was born between +470 and 475, and died about 525. His celebrated "Consolation of +Philosophy" won for him lasting fame. + + + Heav'n but the Vision of fulfill'd Desire, + And Hell the Shadow of a Soul on fire. + + "Rubáiyát," Stanza lxvii,--_Omar Khayyám_. + +OMAR KHAYYÁM, a celebrated Persian poet, mathematician, and astronomer, +was born at Nishapur, in 1050 (?), and died there in 1123 (?). His fame +rests on the "Rubáiyát," or "Quatrains,"--four-line stanzas with the +third unrhymed. Fitzgerald's was the first English translation to make +these quatrains widely known. + + + "Abélard was almost the first who awakened mankind in the ages of + darkness to a sympathy with intellectual excellence ... Abélard + was the first of recorded name, who taught the banks of the Seine + to resound a tale of love; and it was of Eloïse that he sang." + +PIERRE ABÉLARD, a famous French scholastic philosopher and theologian, +was born near Nantes, 1079, and died April 21, 1142. His romantic and +tragic love for Héloïse is told in his "Story of My Misfortunes." + + + Jesu! the very Thought of Thee + With sweetness fills the breast, + But sweeter far Thy face to see + And in Thy presence rest. + + "Saint Bernard's Hymn,"--_Bernard of Clairvaux_. + +BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX, ST. BERNARD, a renowned French theologian, church +father, and saint, was born at Fontaines, near Dijon, in 1091, and died +at Clairvaux, January 12, 1153. He wrote five books on "Reflection," and +his famous hymn, "Jesu, the Very Thought of Thee," is popular in the +churches of our day. + + + "Unless the spirit of wisdom and understanding had been with me + and filled me, I had never been able to construct so long a work + in such a difficult metre." + + --_Bernard of Cluny_. + +BERNARD OF CLUNY, a famous French monk and poet, who flourished in the +twelfth century, is best known for his noted work, "On Contempts of the +World." + + + "If St. Francis had been less of a poet, he would have been less + of a saint." + +ST. FRANCIS D'ASSISI, a renowned Italian preacher, and poet, founder of +the Franciscan order, was born at Assisi in Umbria, Italy, 1182, and +died October 12, 1226. The most famous of his hymns is the "Canticle of +the Sun." + + + He who learns the rules of wisdom, without conforming to them in + his life, is like a man who laboured in his fields, but did not + sow. + + --_Sadi_. + +SADI, one of the greatest of Persian poets, was born at Shiraz, in 1184, +and died in 1291 (?). He wrote: "Bustán," or "The Fruit Garden," and +"Gulistán," or "The Rose Garden," also his "Divan." + + + The best perfection of a religious man is to do common things in a + perfect manner. A constant fidelity in small things is a great and + heroic virtue. + + --_St. Bonaventura_. + +SAINT BONAVENTURA, an Italian theologian and scholar of great fame, was +born at Bagnarea, 1221, and died in 1274. His real name was Giovanni di +Fidenza. He wrote: "Life of Saint Francis," "Progress of the Mind +Towards God," etc. + + + "To an absolute purity of life, St. Thomas added an earnest love + of truth and of labor." + +THOMAS AQUINAS, a great mediæval theologian and philosopher, was born at +Aquino in the kingdom of Naples, about 1225, and died at Fossa Nuova, +March 7, 1274. Among his works are: "Sum of Catholic Belief Against the +Heathen," "Exposition of All the Epistles of St. Paul," and his most +famous work, the "Sum of Theology." + + + No greater grief than to remember days Of joy when misery is at + hand. + + "Divine Comedy," Canto V, Line 121,--_Dante_. + +DANTE ALIGHIERI, the greatest of Italian poets, was born in Florence +1265, and died in Ravenna, September 14, 1321. He wrote: the "New Life," +the "Banquet," and the "Divine Comedy." + + + O, marvelous power of the Divine seed, which overpowers the strong + man armed, softens obdurate hearts, and changes into divine men + those who were brutalized in sin, and removed to an infinite + distance from God. + + --_John Wyclif_. + +JOHN WYCLIF, a renowned scholar, was born near Richmond, England, about +1324, and died December 31, 1384. His great work was the translation of +the entire Bible into English. + + + Who that well his warke beginneth, + The rather a good ende he winneth. + + "Confessio Amantis,"--_Gower_. + +JOHN GOWER, a noted English poet, was born in Kent in 1325 (?), and died +in London in August (or September), 1408. Among his works are: "Voice of +One Crying" (Vox Clamantis), "Mirror of Meditation" (Speculum +Meditantis), and "Lover's Confession" (Confessio Amantis). + + + Full wise is he that can himselven knowe. + + "The Monkes Tale,"--_Geoffrey Chaucer_. + +GEOFFREY CHAUCER, the father of English poetry, was born in London (?), +1328 or 1340, and died there October 25, 1400. He wrote: "Troilus and +Cressida," "The Parliament of Fowles," "Boke of the Duchesse," "The +House of Fame," "The Legend of Good Women," and his most famous work, +"Canterbury Tales." + + + Man proposes, but God disposes. + + "Imitation of Christ," Book I, Chap. 19,--_Thomas à Kempis_. + +THOMAS À KEMPIS, a renowned German mystic, was born at Kempen, near +Cologne in 1380, and died in 1471. He was the author of the "Imitation +of Christ," which is said to be the most popular book in the world, with +the exception of the Bible. + + + "The one certain thing about Sir Thomas Malory is, that + he wrote the first and finest romance of chivalry in our + common-tongue,--the 'Morte d'Arthur.'" + +SIR THOMAS MALORY, the British author of the renowned "Morte d'Arthur," +was born about 1430, and died after 1470. + + + "If Froissart, by his picturesque descriptions, and fertility of + historical _invention_, may be reckoned the Livy of France, she + had her Tacitus in Philippe de Comines." + +PHILIPPE DE COMINES, a celebrated French chronicler, was born at +Comines, about 1445, and died at the Château of Argenton, October 17, +1510. His famous "Memoirs" won for him great fame. + + + I know everything except myself. + + "Autre Ballade," i,--_François Villon_. + +FRANÇOIS VILLON, a renowned French poet, was born in 1431, and died 1460 +(?). He wrote: "The Greater Testament," and the "Smaller Testament: Its +Codicil"; a collection of poems and a volume of "Ballades." + + + A heart which is void of the pains of love is not heart; + A body without heart woes is nothing but clay and water. + Turn thy face away from the world to the pangs of love; + For the world of love is a world of sweetness. + + "Love" (Translation of S. Robinson),--_Jami_. + +'ABD-URRAHMÁN JAMI, the last of Persia's classic poets, was born in Jam, +Khorasan, in 1414, and died in May (?), 1492 or 1493. His best known +works are: "The Abode of Spring," "The Chain of Gold," "The Loves of +Joseph and Zuleika and of Mejnun and Leila." + + + E duobus malis minimum eligendum.[6] + + "Adages,"--_Erasmus_. + +DESIDERIUS ERASMUS, a renowned Dutch humanist, was born at Rotterdam, +1465 or 1467, and died July 12, 1536. He wrote a noted volume of +"Colloquies," a collection of "Adages," and a celebrated satire, "The +Praise of Folly"; besides numerous works on the ancients--Cicero, +Seneca, Aristotle, St. Augustine, St. Jerome, etc.; also a noted +treatise on "Free-Will." + + + There are few husbands whom the wife cannot win in the long run, + by patience and love. + + --_Marguerite de Valois_. + +MARGUERITE D'ANGOULÊME, or DE VALOIS, Queen of Navarre, and famous for +her stories, poems and letters, was born in 1492, and died in Bigorre in +1549. She is best known in literature by the celebrated "Heptameron," a +collection of tales; "Pearls of the Pearl of Princesses" (poems), and +her "Letters," which were published in 1841-42. + + + One inch of joy surmounts of grief a span, + Because to laugh is proper to the man. + + "To the Reader,"--_François Rabelais_. + +FRANÇOIS RABELAIS, the greatest of French satirists, was born at Chinon, +Touraine, about 1495, and died in 1553. His fame rests upon the two +works, "Gargantua," and "Pantagruel." + + + A chip of chance weigheth more than a pound of it. + + Courtier's Life,--_Sir T. Wyatt_. + +SIR THOMAS WYATT, a distinguished English poet and diplomatist, was born +at Arlington Castle, Kent, in 1503, and died at Sherborne, October 11, +1542. He wrote many poems, chiefly love sonnets after the Italian +manner. + + + Therefore, if to the goodness of nature be joined the wisdom of + the teacher, in leading young wits into a right and plain way of + learning; surely children kept up in God's fear, and governed by + His grace, may most easily be brought well to serve God and their + country, both by virtue and wisdom. + + "On Gentleness in Education" (From "The Schoolmaster"),--_Roger + Ascham_. + +ROGER ASCHAM, a famous English scholar and prose writer, was born at +Kirby Wiske, near Northallerton, in 1515, and died in London, December +30, 1568. His most noted works are: "Toxophilus," and "The +Schoolmaster." + + + Time shall make the bushes green; + Time dissolve the winter's snow; + Winds be soft, and skies serene; + Linnets sing their wonted strain: + But again + Blighted love shall never blow. + + "Blighted Love" (trans., Lord Strangford), st. 3,--_Luiz de + Camoëns_. + +LUIZ DE CAMOËNS, Portugal's greatest poet, was born at Lisbon, in 1524 +or 1525, and died June 10, 1580. He is best known by "The Lusiads," +which is considered the national epic of Portugal. + + + The stone that is rolling, can gather no moss, + Who often removeth is sure of loss. + + "Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry Lessons," + St. 46,--_Tusser_. + +THOMAS TUSSER, a noted English poet was born at Rivenhall, Essex, in +1527, and died in London about 1580. He was the author of "Five Hundred +Points of Good Husbandry, United to as Many of Good Housewifery," etc. + + + I cannot eat but little meat, + My stomach is not good; + But sure I think that I can drink + With him that wears a hood. + + "Gammer Gurton's Needle," Act. II,--_Bishop Still_. + +BISHOP JOHN STILL, a celebrated English writer of comedy, was born at +Grantham, in Lincolnshire, in 1543, and died February 26, 1607. He is +reputed to be the author of "A Ryght Pithy Pleasant, and Merrie Comedy, +Intytuled Gammer Gurton's Needle." + + + I was so free with him as not to mince the matter. + + "Don Quixote," The Author's Preface,--_Cervantes_. + +CERVANTES, a renowned Spanish romancist, was born at Alcalà de Henares +in 1547, and died at Madrid, April 23, 1616. Of his many romances and +stories, his fame rests entirely on his celebrated work, "Don Quixote." + + + Who will not mercie unto others show, + How can he mercy ever hope to have? + + Faerie Queene, Book V, Canto II, St. 42,--_Edmund Spenser_. + +EDMUND SPENSER, the famous English poet, was born about 1552, and died +at London, January 13, or 16, 1599. Among his works are: "Amoretti," +"Four Hymns," "The Shepherd's Calendar," "Astrophel," "Complaints," +"Daphnaida," "Colin Clout's Come Home Again," and "The Faerie Queene," +his most famous work. + + + If all the world and love were young, + And truth in every shepherd's tongue, + These pretty pleasures might me move + To live with thee, and be thy love. + + "The Nymph's Reply to the Passionate Shepherd,"--_Sir Walter + Raleigh_. + +SIR WALTER RALEIGH, the celebrated English admiral, was born at Hayes in +Devonshire, in 1552, and was executed, October 29, 1618. His poems were +not published until 1814, his "Miscellaneous Writings," in 1751, and his +"Complete Works," in 1829. + + + Live or die, sink or swim. + + "Edward I" (1584?),--_Peele_. + +GEORGE PEELE, a famous English dramatist, was born in 1553 (?), and died +in 1597 (?). He wrote: "The Arraignment of Paris," "The Chronicle +History of Edward I," "The Battle of Alcazar," "The Old Wives' Tales," +"David and Bethsabe," "Sir Clyomon and Sir Clamydes." + + + Calvin was incomparably the wisest man that ever the French Church + enjoyed. + + --_Richard Hooker_. + +RICHARD HOOKER, one of the greatest glories of the English Church, was +born in Exeter, in 1553, and died in 1600. Among his famous works may be +mentioned: "Ecclesiastical Polity," "The Nature and Majesty of Law," +"Scripture and the Law of Nature," "Defence of Reason," etc. + + + Goe to bed with the Lambe, and rise with the Larke. + + "Euphues and his England,"--_John Lyly_. + +JOHN LYLY, a renowned English dramatist, was born in 1554, and died in +London, 1606. He is known principally by his two books, "Euphues, or the +Anatomy of Wit," and "Euphues and His England." + + + He that loves a rosy cheek, + Or a coral lip admires, + Or from star-like eyes doth seek + Fuel to maintain his fires,-- + As old Time makes these decay, + So his flames must waste away. + + "Disdain Returned,"--_Thomas Carew_. + +THOMAS CAREW, a noted English poet, lived about 1598-1639. He wrote +numerous poems, mostly songs and odes. He also wrote a masque, "Coelum +Britannicum." + + + Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are + fools. + + "All Fools," Act V, Sc. I,--_George Chapman_. + +GEORGE CHAPMAN, a renowned English dramatist, and translator of Homer, +was born in Hitchin, Hertford, 1559, and died at London, May 12, 1634. +Among his comedies and tragedies are: "All Fools but the Fool," "May +Day," "Bussy d'Amboise," and "The Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron." +His version of Homer is renowned. + + + Though men determine, the gods do dispose; and oft times many + things fall out betweene the cup and the lip. + + "Perimedes the Blacksmith" (1588),--_Greene_. + +ROBERT GREENE, a celebrated English dramatist, was born in Norwich, +about 1560, and died in London, September 3, 1592. He wrote: "History of +Orlando Furioso," "Comical History of Alphonsus, King of Aragon," +"Honorable History of Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay," "The Scottish +Historie of James IV," etc.; also two noted tracts, "Never Too Late," +and "Greene's Groat's Worth of Wit Bought with a Million of Repentance." + + + Come let us kiss and part,-- + Nay I have done, you get no more of me; + And I am glad, yea, glad with all my heart + That thus so clearly I myself can free. + Shake hands forever, cancel all our vows, + And when we meet at any time again, + Be it not seen, on either of our brows, + That we one jot of former love retain. + + "Come Let Us Kiss and Part,"--_M. Drayton_. + +MICHAEL DRAYTON, a noted English poet, was born near Atherstone in +Warwickshire, in 1563, and died in 1631. He wrote: "The Shepherd's +Garland," "Poly Olbion," his most famous work, "Sir John Oldcastle" a +drama, and "Poems Lyrick and Pastorall," including the famous "Ballad of +Agincourt." + + + Who ever loved that loved not at first sight. + + "Hero and Leander,"--_Christopher Marlowe_. + +CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE, a renowned English poet and dramatist, was born at +Canterbury, about 1564, and was killed at Deptford, June 1, 1593. He +wrote: "Tamburlaine," "The Jew of Malta," "Life and Death of Dr. +Faustus," and "Edward II," his most famous work. + + + Do not be troubled by Saint Bernard's saying that hell is full of + good intentions and wills. + + "Spiritual Letters," Letter xii,--_Francis De Sales_. + +SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES, a famous French ecclesiastic and devotional +writer, was born in 1567, and died in 1622. He wrote: "Introduction to +the Devout Life," "A Treatise on the Love of God," etc. He founded the +Order of the Visitation. + + + The world's a stage on which all parts are played. + + "A Game of Chess," Act. V, Sc. i,--_Thomas Middleton_. + +THOMAS MIDDLETON, a noted English dramatist, was born about 1570, and +died in 1627. He produced, "A Game of Chess," and with William Rowley, +"A Fair Quarrel," "The Changeling," "The Spanish Gipsy," etc. + + + To add to golden numbers golden numbers. + + "Patient Grissell,"--_Thomas Dekker_. + +THOMAS DEKKER, a famous English dramatist, was born in London, about +1570, and died after 1637. Among his plays are: "The Shoemaker's +Holiday," and "Old Fortunatus." He also wrote: "The Wonderful Year," +"The Bachelor's Banquet," etc. + + + I loved thee once, I'll love no more, + Thine be the grief as is the blame; + Thou art not what thou wast before, + What reason I should be the same? + He that can love unloved again, + Hath better store of love than brain: + God send me love my debts to pay, + While unthrifts fool their love away. + + "Woman's Inconstancy," St. I,--_Sir R. Ayton_. + +SIR ROBERT AYTON, a notable Scottish poet, was born in his father's +castle of Kinaldie in 1570, and died in London in February, 1638. Ayton +is supposed to have been the author of "Auld Lang Syne," which was +remodeled by Burns. + + + Drink to me only with thine eyes, + And I will pledge with mine; + Or leave a kiss but in the cup, + And I'll not look for wine. + + "The Forest: To Celia,"--_Ben Jonson_. + +BEN JONSON, a celebrated English dramatist, was born in London, in 1572 +or 1573, and died August 6, 1637. He wrote two famous comedies, "Every +Man in His Humour," and "Every Man Out of His Humour," and numerous +poems. + + + Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right. + + "To the Countess of Bedford," St. 7,--_John Donne_. + +JOHN DONNE, a famous English poet and clergyman, was born in London, in +1573, and died March 31, 1631. His famous "Satires" won for him great +fame. A collection of his sermons were published in 1897. + + + As it fell upon a day + In the merry month of May, + Sitting in a pleasant shade + Which a grove of myrtles made. + + Address to the Nightingale,--_Richard Barnfield_. + +RICHARD BARNFIELD, a noted English poet, was baptized at Norbury, +Staffordshire, June 13, 1574, and died in 1627. He wrote: "The +Affectionate Shepherd," "Cynthia, with Certain Sonnets," "The Encomion +of Lady Pecunia," "The Passionate Pilgrim," etc. + + + Seven cities warred for Homer being dead, + Who living had no roofe to shrowd his head. + + "Hierarchie of the Blessed Angells,"--_Thomas Heywood_. + +THOMAS HEYWOOD, a famous English dramatic poet, was born in Lincolnshire +(?), about 1575, and died in London (?), 1650 (?). Of all his poetry and +prose his fame rests upon "A Woman Killed with Kindness," "The Wise +Woman of Hogsdon," "Love's Mistress," etc. + + + Death hath a thousand doors to let out life. + + "A Very Woman," Act V, Sc. 4,--_Philip Massinger_. + +PHILIP MASSINGER, a celebrated English dramatist, was born at Salisbury, +in 1583, and died at the Bankside, Southwark, March, 1640. Among his +famous plays are: "The Duke of Milan," "The Fatal Dowry," "A New Way to +Pay Old Debts," "A City Madam," "A Very Woman," etc. + + + It is always good + When a man has two irons in the fire. + + "The Faithful Friends," Act I, Sc. 2,--_Francis Beaumont_. + +FRANCIS BEAUMONT, a renowned English dramatist, was born in 1584, at +Grace-Dieu, Leicestershire, and died in London, March 6, 1616. He has +always been associated with John Fletcher, and together they wrote many +famous plays, among them: "The Coxcomb," "King and No King," "The +Faithful Friends," "Philaster," "The Maid's Tragedy," "The Knight of the +Burning Pestle," and "The Scornful Lady." + + + Diamond cut diamond. + + "The Lover's Melancholy," Act I, Sc. I,--_John Ford_. + +JOHN FORD, a famous English dramatist, was baptized at Islington in +Devon, April 17, 1586, and died about 1640. His best plays are: "The +Lover's Melancholy," "The Broken Heart," and "Love's Sacrifice." + + + Be wisely worldly, be not worldly wise. + + "Emblems," Book II, Emblem 2,--_Francis Quarles_. + +FRANCIS QUARLES, a celebrated English sacred poet, was born in Rumford, +Essex, in 1592, and died September, 1644. His most famous works were: +"Emblems, Divine and Moral," "Argalus and Parthenia," and the +"Enchiridion." + + + Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates are secretaries of Nature. + + "Letters," Book ii, Letter xi,--_Howell_. + +JAMES HOWELL, a noted British author, was born at Abernaut, in +Carmarthenshire, in 1594, and died in November, 1666. Of all his works, +his "Letters," the "Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ" (four volumes issued in 1645, +1647, 1650 and 1655) are best known, and his elaborate allegories are +forgotten. + + + Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year. + + "The Sophy," A Tragedy,--_Sir John Denham_. + +SIR JOHN DENHAM, a noted English poet, was born in Dublin, 1615, and +died in London (?), March 15 (?), 1669. He translated the "Æneid," and +produced "The Sophy," a tragedy, and "Cooper's Hill," a famous poem. + + + I have ever thought, + Nature doth nothing so great for great men, + As when she's pleas'd to make them lords of truth. + Integrity of life is fame's best friend, + Which nobly, beyond death shall crown the end. + + The Duchess of Malfi, Act V, Sc. 5,--_John Webster_. + +JOHN WEBSTER, a famous English dramatist, was born near the end of the +sixteenth century. Some of his dramas are: "The White Devil, or +Vittoria Corombona," "The Duchess of Malfi," "Appius and Virginia," and +"The Devil's Law Case." + + + My mind to me a kingdom is; + Such present joys therein I find, + That it excels all other bliss + That earth affords or grows by kind; + Though much I want which most would have, + Yet still my mind forbids to crave. + + --_Edward Dyer_. + +SIR EDWARD DYER, a noted English courtier and poet, was born at Sharpham +Park, Somersetshire, and died in 1607. He had a great reputation as a +poet among his contemporaries, but very little of his work has survived. +"My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is," is universally accepted as his. + + + The assembled souls of all that men held wise. + + "Gondibert," Book II, Canto v. Stanza 37,--_Sir William + Davenant_. + +SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT, a celebrated English poet, was born at Oxford, in +1606, and died April 7, 1668. He wrote numerous poems and plays, and +succeeded Ben Jonson as poet laureate of England. Besides his poetical +works, he wrote an epic, "Gondibert," and an opera, "The Siege of +Rhodes." + + + 'Tis expectation makes a blessing dear; + Heaven were not heaven if we knew what it were. + + "Against Fruition,"--_Sir J. Suckling_. + +SIR JOHN SUCKLING, a noted English poet, was born at Whitton, Middlesex, +in 1608, and died in Paris, about 1642. He is noted for his love poems. +A complete edition of his works appeared in 1874. + + + When Greeks joined Greeks, then was the tug of war! + + --_Nathaniel Lee_. + +NATHANIEL LEE, a celebrated English dramatist, was born in 1653 (?), and +died in 1692. Among his plays are: "Nero, Emperor of Rome," +"Theodosius," "The Rival Queens, or the Death of Alexander the Great," +etc. + + + He that imposes an oath makes it, + Not he that for convenience takes it; + Then, how can any man be said + To break an oath he never made! + + "Hudibras," Part II, Canto II, Line 377,--_Samuel Butler_. + +SAMUEL BUTLER, a famous English satirist, was born in Strensham, +Worcestershire, 1612, and died in London, September 25, 1680. His most +important works are: "Ode to Duval," "Characters," "The Elephant in the +Moon," and "Hudibras," which won for him world-wide fame. + + + Whoe'er she be, + That not impossible she, + That shall command my heart and me. + + "Wishes to his Supposed Mistress,"--_Richard Crashaw_. + +RICHARD CRASHAW, a noted English poet, was born in London, about 1613, +and died in 1650. His poems were collected by an anonymous friend and +published under the titles of "Steps to the Temple," "Sacred Poems," and +"The Delights of the Muses." + + + I could not love thee, dear, so much, + Lov'd I not honour more. + + "To Lucasta, on going to the Wars,"--_Richard Lovelace_. + +RICHARD LOVELACE, a famous English poet and dramatist, was born in +Woolwich, Kent, in 1618, and died in 1658. He wrote: "The Scholar," a +comedy, "The Soldier," a tragedy, and "Lucasta," a volume of poems. + + + A mighty pain to love it is, + And 'tis a pain that pain to miss; + But of all pains, the greatest pain + It is to love, but love in vain. + + --_Abraham Cowley_. + +ABRAHAM COWLEY, a noted English poet and essayist, was born in London, +1618, and died at Chertsey, Surrey, July 28, 1667. He wrote: "The +Mistress," "Poems," and numerous Virgilian elegies, essays, and +love-songs. + + + Dear, beauteous death, the jewel of the just! + Shining nowhere but in the dark; + What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, + Could man outlook that mark! + + "They Are All Gone,"--_Henry Vaughan_. + +HENRY VAUGHAN, a celebrated British poet, known as "The Silurist," was +born in Newton, Brecknockshire, Wales, in 1621, and died in April, 1695. +His works are: "Olor Iscanus: Select Poems," "The Bleeding Heart," +"Ejaculations," "The Mount of Olives; or Solitary Devotions," and +"Thalia Rediviva." + + + God helps those who help themselves. + + "Discourses on Government," Ch. II, Pt. xxiii,--_Algernon + Sidney_. + +ALGERNON SIDNEY, a noted English republican patriot, was born at +Penshurst, Kent, in 1622 (?), and died in London, December 7, 1683. His +"Discourses on Government" appeared in 1698. + + + Fortune is always on the side of the largest battalions. + + "Letters," 202,--_Mme. de Sévigné_. + +MARIE DE RABUTIN-CHANTAL, MARQUISE DE SÉVIGNÉ, a celebrated French +letter-writer, was born at Paris, in 1626, and died at the Castle of +Grignan, in Dauphiné, April 18, 1696. The best edition of her "Letters" +appeared in 1818-19. + + + Let free, impartial men from Dryden learn + Mysterious secrets, of a high concern, + And weighty truths, solid convincing sense, + Explain'd by unaffected eloquence. + + "On Mr. Dryden's Religio Laici,"--_Earl of Roscommon_. + +WENTWORTH DILLON, EARL OF ROSCOMMON, a noted Irish poet, was born in +1630, and died January 21, 1685. His reputation as a didactic writer and +critic rests on his blank verse translation of Horace's "Ars Poetica," +and "Essays on Translated Verse." + + + Great families of yesterday we show, + And lords, whose parents were the Lord knows who. + + "The True-Born Englishman," Part I, Line I,--_Daniel Defoe_. + +DANIEL DEFOE, the famous author of "Robinson Crusoe," was born in St. +Giles Parish, Cripplegate, in 1660 or 1661, and died near London, in +1731. Among his works are: "The Storm," "Apparition of Mrs. Veal," +"Robinson Crusoe," "Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe," "King of +Pirates," "Duncan Campbell," "Mr. Campbell's Pacquet," "Memoirs of a +Cavalier," "Captain Singleton," "Moll Flanders," "The Highland Rogue," +"Colonel Jacque," "Cartouche," "John Sheppard," "Account of Jonathan +Wild," etc. + + + To die is landing on some silent shore + Where billows never break, nor tempests roar; + Ere well we feel the friendly stroke, 'tis o'er. + + "The Dispensary," Canto iii, Line 225,--_Samuel Garth_. + +SIR SAMUEL GARTH, a renowned English physician and poet, was born in +Yorkshire (?), in 1661 (or at Bolam, Durham, 1660), and died in London +(?), January 18, 1719. His famous poem "The Dispensary," won for him +great fame. He also translated "Ovid," and wrote numerous epigrams. + + + Though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to + behold her is an immediate check to loose behaviour; to love her + was a liberal education. + + Tatler, No. 49,--_Richard Steele_. + +SIR RICHARD STEELE, a celebrated British author and dramatist, was born +in Dublin, in 1672, and died at Llangunnor, Wales, September 1, 1729. He +wrote: "The Tender Husband," "The Christian Hero," "The Lying Lover," +etc. However, his fame rests chiefly upon his connection with the +_Tatler_ and the _Spectator_. + + + Remote from man, with God he passed the days; + Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise. + + "The Hermit," Line 5,--_Thomas Parnell_. + +THOMAS PARNELL, a noted Irish poet, was born in Dublin, in 1679, and +died in 1718. His best known poem is "The Hermit"; his other noted +poetical works include: "The Hymn to Contentment," "The Night Piece on +Death," and "The Fairy Tale." + + + Procrastination is the thief of time. + + "Night Thoughts," Night I, Line 393,--_Edward Young_. + +EDWARD YOUNG, an illustrious English poet, was born at Upham, Hampshire, +in 1684, and died at Welwyn, April 12, 1765. Among his works are: "The +Revenge," "Busiris," "The Love of Fame," and his masterpiece, "Night +Thoughts." + + + Friendship is the balm as well as the seasoning of life. + + --_Richardson_. + +SAMUEL RICHARDSON, a renowned English novelist was born in Derbyshire, +in 1689, and died July 4, 1761. All of his books are in the form of +letters. His best known works are: "Clarissa Harlowe," "Pamela," a +continuation of it in 1741, followed by "Sir Charles Grandison." His +"Correspondence" was published in 1804 by Anna Lætitia Barbauld. + + + If the heart of a man is depress'd with cares, + The mist is dispell'd when a woman appears. + + "The Beggar's Opera," Act II, Sc. I,--_John Gay_. + +JOHN GAY, a famous English poet, was born near Barnstable, Devonshire, +in 1685, and died at London, December 4, 1732. He wrote: "The Fables," +"The Shepherd's Week," "Rural Sports," "Trivia, or the Art of Walking +the Streets of London," "The Wife of Bath," etc. Also "The Beggar's +Opera." + + + Heed the still, small voice that so seldom leads us wrong, and + never into folly. + + --_Mme. du Deffand_. + +MARIE ANNE DE VICHY-CHAMROND, MARQUISE DU DEFFAND (MADAME DU DEFFAND), a +celebrated French wit and letter-writer, was born in Burgundy, in 1697, +and died at Paris, September 24, 1780. Her correspondence with Horace +Walpole was published in 1780; with d'Alembert, and other renowned +Frenchmen, in 1809; with Voltaire, in 1810, and with the Duchess de +Choiseul and others in 1859. + + + One kind kiss before we part, + Drop a tear and bid adieu; + Though we sever, my fond heart + Till we meet shall pant for you. + + "The Parting Kiss,"--_Robert Dodsley_. + +ROBERT DODSLEY, a noted English poet, was born at Mansfield, Notts, in +1703, and died in 1764. He published "The Muse in Livery," (a volume of +verse), and some notable plays, among them: "The Toy Shop," "The King +and the Miller of Mansfield," and "Sir John Cockle at Court." + + + Alas! by some degree of woe + We every bliss must gain; + The heart can ne'er a transport know + That never feels a pain. + + "Song,"--_Lord George Lyttelton_. + +LORD GEORGE LYTTLETON, a distinguished English statesman and man of +letters, was born at Hagley, Worcestershire, in 1709, and died, August +22, 1773. His best known prose works are: "The Conversion and +Apostleship of St. Paul," and "History of Henry II." + + + Of right and wrong he taught + Truths as refined as ever Athens heard; + And (strange to tell!) He practised what he preached. + + "The Art of Preserving Health," Book IV, Line 301,--_John + Armstrong_. + +JOHN ARMSTRONG, a celebrated English physician and poet, was born about +1709, and died September 7, 1779. He is best known by his famous poem, +"The Art of Preserving Health." + + + Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, + Where'er his stages may have been, + May sigh to think he still has found + The warmest welcome at an inn. + + "Written on a Window of an Inn,"--_William Shenstone_. + +WILLIAM SHENSTONE, a celebrated English poet, was born at the Leasowes, +near Halesowen, Shropshire, in 1714, and died there, February 11, 1763. +His best known poems are: "The Pastoral Ballad," "Written in an Inn at +Henley," and "The Schoolmistress." His "Essays on Men and Manners," +"Letters," and "Works" were collected and published after his death. + + + Born in a cellar, and living in a garret. + + "The Author," Act II,--_Samuel Foote_. + +SAMUEL FOOTE, a noted English wag, impersonator and comic playwright, +was baptized January 27, 1720, at Truro in Cornwall, and died at Dover, +October 21, 1777. Of his popular plays the most notable are: "The +Minor," "The Liar," and "The Mayor of Garratt." + + + Facts are stubborn things. + + Translation of "Gil Bias,"--_Smollett_. + +TOBIAS GEORGE SMOLLETT, a renowned British novelist, was born at +Dalquhurn, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, in 1721, and died at Monte Novo, +near Leghorn, Italy, October 21, 1771. A few of his numerous works are: +"The Regicide," "The Adventures of Roderick Random," "Advice," "The +Adventures of Peregrine Pickle," "The Reprisals," "The Adventures of +Ferdinand, Count Fathom," "The Expedition of Humphry Clinker," +"Travels," "Reproof," and "Compendium of Voyages and Travels." + + + There's nae sorrow there, John, + There's neither cauld nor care, John + The day is aye fair, + In the land o' the leal. + + "The Land o' the Leal,"--_Lady Nairne_. + +LADY NAIRNE (CAROLINA OLIPHANT), a famous Scotch poet, was born at Gask, +Perthshire, in 1766, and died there, 1845. She wrote: "The Land o' the +Leal," "Caller Herrin'," and "The Laird o' Cockpen." + + + Too late I stayed,--forgive the crime! + Unheeded flew the hours; + How noiseless falls the foot of time + That only treads on flowers. + + "Lines to Lady A. Hamilton,"--_William Robert Spencer_. + +WILLIAM ROBERT SPENCER, a noted English poet and wit, was born in 1770, +and died in 1834. Among his best known pieces, which were published in a +collection of his poems in 1811, were "Beth Gelert," and "Too Late I +Stayed." + + + Abide with me from morn till eve, + For without Thee I cannot live; + Abide with me when night is nigh, + For without Thee I dare not die. + + "Evening,"--_John Keble_. + +JOHN KEBLE, a celebrated English religious poet, was born at Fairford, +Gloucestershire, in 1792, and died at Bournemouth, Hampshire, in 1866. +His fame rests on the renowned work, "The Christian Year," which he +published anonymously in 1872. + + + Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye. + + "Rory O'More,"--_Samuel Lover_. + +SAMUEL LOVER, a famous Irish novelist and song-writer, was born at +Dublin, in 1797, and died July 6, 1868. He wrote: "Legends and Stories +of Ireland," "Songs and Ballads," including, "The Low-Backed Car," +"Widow Machree," "The Angel's Whisper," and "The Four-Leaved Shamrock." +Also: "Handy Andy, an Irish Tale," "Treasure Trove," "Rory O'More, a +National Romance," "Metrical Tales and Other Poems," and edited a +collection of "The Lyrics of Ireland." + + + On this I ponder + Where'er I wander, + And thus grow fonder, + Sweet Cork of thee,-- + With thy bells of Shandon, + That sound so grand on + The pleasant waters + Of the River Lee. + + "The Bells of Shandon,"--_Father Prout (Francis O'Mahony)_. + +FRANCIS O'MAHONY ("FATHER PROUT"), a noted Irish journalist and poet, +was born in Cork, about 1804, and died in Paris, in 1866. He published +"Reliques of Father Prout," "Facts and Figures from Italy," etc. + + + I'm very lonely now, Mary + For the poor make no new friends; + But oh, they love the better still + The few our Father sends. + + "Lament of the Irish Emigrant,"--_Lady Dufferin_. + +HELENA SELINA (SHERIDAN) LADY DUFFERIN, a noted English poet, was born +in 1807, and died June 13, 1867. Her songs and lyrics were collected +into a volume, and edited by her son. + + + For death and life, in ceaseless strife, + Beat wild on this world's shore, + And all our calm is in that balm + Not lost but gone before. + + "Not Lost but Gone Before,"--_Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton_. + +CAROLINE ELIZABETH SARAH NORTON (HON. MRS. NORTON), a distinguished +English author, was born in London, in 1808, and died in 1877. She wrote +a pamphlet on "English Laws for Women in the Nineteenth Century," "The +Dream and Other Poems," "A Voice from the Factories," "Aunt Carry's +Ballads," "Lives of the Sheridans," etc. + + +FOOTNOTES: + +[1] Jupiter laughs at the perjuries of lovers. + +[2] Let everyone engage in the business with which he is best +acquainted. + +[3] The wounds of civil war are deeply felt. + +[4] Man is not allowed to know what will happen to-morrow. + +[5] What law can bind lovers? Love is their supreme law. + +[6] Of two evils, the least should be chosen. + + + + +INDEX + + + + +INDEX + + + A + + Abélard, 299 + Adams, Charles Francis, 187 + Adams, John, 228 + Adams, John Quincy, 159 + Adams, Sarah Flower, 44 + Addison, Joseph, 107 + Æschines, 291 + Æschylus, 287 + Æsop, 285 + Agassiz, J. L. R., 125 + Aguilar, Grace, 131 + Akenside, Mark, 243 + Alcott, Amos B., 257 + Alden, Henry Mills, 247 + Aldrich, Anne R., 99 + Aldrich, James, 161 + Aldrich, Thomas B., 247 + Alembert, J. B. L. d', 251 + Alfieri, Vittorio, 14 + Allen, Charles Grant, 46 + Allen, Elizabeth Ackers, 223 + Allingham, William, 66 + Allston, Washington, 241 + Ames, Fisher, 87 + Amiel, Henri F., 214 + Anacreon, 286 + Andersen, Hans Christian, 80 + Aquinas, Thomas, 301 + Arago, Dominique François, 47 + Arbuthnot, John, 102 + Ariosto, Ludovico, 201 + Aristotle, 290 + Armstrong, John, 319 + Aristophanes, 289 + Arnold, Sir Edwin, 136 + Arnold, Matthew, 277 + Ascham, Roger, 304 + Auerbach, Berthold, 50 + Aurelius, Marcus, 93 + Austen, Jane, 271 + Austin, Alfred, 127 + Ayton, Sir Robert, 309 + Aytoun, William E., 142 + + B + + Bacon, Francis, 19 + Bagehot, Walter, 30 + Baillie, Joanna, 203 + Bailey, Philip J., 97 + Balfour, Arthur James, 168 + Ballantine, James, 137 + Balzac, Honoré de, 116 + Bangs, John Kendrick, 124 + Bancroft, George, 220 + Barbauld, Anna Lætitia, 142 + Barham, Richard, 265 + Baring-Gould, Sabine, 23 + Barlowe, Joel, 69 + Barnfield, Richard, 310 + Barrie, James Matthew, 112 + Barnes, William, 43 + Barrow, Isaac, 140 + Barton, Bernard, 25 + Baxter, Richard, 248 + Bayly, Thomas Haynes, 225 + Beattie, James, 232 + Beaumarchais, P. A. C. de, 20 + Beaumont, Francis, 311 + Beddoes, Thomas L., 165 + Beecher, Henry Ward, 146 + Beers, Ethel L., 11 + Beethoven, Ludwig von, 87 + Belloc, Hilaire, 169 + Benjamin, Park, 183 + Bennett, Arnold, 124 + Bentham, Jeremy, 38 + Bentley, Richard, 21 + Benton, Thomas Hart, 63 + Béranger, Pierre Jean de, 188 + Berkeley, George, 62 + Bernard of Clairvaux, 300 + Bernard of Cluny, 300 + Besant, Walter, 184 + Beyle, Marie Henri, 20 + Bierce, Ambrose, 134 + Birrell, Augustine, 17 + Bismarck, Otto E. L. von, 79 + Black, William, 242 + Blackie, John Stuart, 171 + Blackmore, Sir Richard, 135 + Blackstone, Sir William, 158 + Blair, Robert, 93 + Blake, William, 257 + Blanc, Charles, 250 + Blanchard, Samuel L., 116 + Blossington, Countess of, 199 + Blind, Mathilde, 68 + Bloomfield, Robert, 263 + Boker, George Henry, 222 + Boëthius, 299 + Boileau-Despréaux, 239 + Bolingbroke, Viscount, 219 + Boner, John Henry, 25 + Borrow, George, 155 + Bossuet, Jacques B., 213 + Boswell, James, 235 + Bourdillon, Francis W., 69 + Bowring, Sir John, 227 + Boyesen, H. H., 212 + Brandes, George, 31 + Bridges, Robert, 231 + Bright, John, 251 + Brillat-Savarin, 79 + Brontë, Charlotte, 95 + Brooks, Phillips, 270 + Brougham, Lord, 209 + Browne, Charles Farrar, 100 + Browne, Sir Thomas, 228 + Brownell, Henry Howard, 32 + Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 58 + Browning, Robert, 111 + Brunetière, Ferdinand, 164 + Bryant, William Cullen, 240 + Bryce, James, 113 + Buchanan, Robert W., 188 + Buckle, Henry Thomas, 255 + Buffon, Comte de, 201 + Bulwer-Lytton, Edward, 122 + Bungay, George W., 166 + Bunner, Henry C., 176 + Bunyan, John, 252 + Bürger, August G., 280 + Burke, Edmund, 10 + Burleigh, William Henry, 29 + Burney, Frances, 138 + Burns, Robert, 20 + Burroughs, John, 82 + Burton, Robert, 33 + Bushnell, Horace, 90 + Butler, Samuel, 314 + Byrom, John, 51 + Byron, Lord, 19 + + C + + Cable, George W., 224 + Cæsar, Julius, 292 + Caine, Hall, 116 + Calderon, Pedro, 14 + Calhoun, John C., 66 + Callimachus, 291 + Calvin, John, 158 + Calverley, Charles Stuart, 275 + Campbell, John, Duke of Argyle, 103 + Campbell, Thomas, 169 + Camoëns, 305 + Canning, George, 89 + Carew, Thomas, 307 + Carlyle, Thomas, 264 + Carman, Bliss, 91 + Carroll, Lewis, 22 + Cary, Phoebe, 205 + Cato, the Censor, 291 + Catullus, 293 + Cawein, Madison J., 69 + Cellini, Benvenuto, 239 + Cervantes, 306 + Chalmers, Thomas, 65 + Chamisso, Adelbert von, 25 + Channing, William E., 86 + Chapman, George, 307 + Chateaubriand, Viscomte de, 200 + Chatterton, Thomas, 252 + Chaucer, Geoffrey, 302 + Chénier, André Marie de, 235 + Cherbuliez, Victor, 164 + Chesterfield, Earl of, 211 + Chesterton, Gilbert, 126 + Child, Lydia, M., 36 + Choate, Rufus, 219 + Chorley, Henry F., 271 + Churchill, Charles, 32 + Chrysostom, St. John, 299 + Cibber, Colley, 242 + Cicero, 292 + Clare, John, 160 + Clarendon, Edward Hyde, 42 + Clarke, McDonald, 141 + Clay, Henry, 89 + Cleveland, Grover, 66 + Cobbett, William, 60 + Clough, Arthur Hugh, 3 + Coleridge, Hartley, 209 + Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 230 + Colman, George, Jr., 230 + Colman, George, Sr., 101 + Collins, Mortimer, 149 + Collins, William, 278 + Collins, William Wilkie, 7 + Comenius, 72 + Comines, Philippe de, 303 + Comte, Auguste, 16 + Confucius, 287 + Congreve, William, 83 + Conrad, Joseph, 265 + Cooke, Rose Terry, 40 + Cooper, James Fenimore, 205 + Copernicus, 42 + Corneille, Pierre, 133 + Cousin, Victor, 257 + Cowley, Abraham, 315 + Cowper, William, 256 + Crabbe, George, 276 + Craik, Dinah M., 94 + Cranch, Christopher P., 60 + Crashaw, Richard, 314 + Crawford, Francis Marion, 175 + Creasy, Sir Edward S., 18 + Crébillon, Prosper de, 11 + Crockett, David, 186 + Crockett, Samuel R., 212 + Cunningham, Allan, 266 + Curtis, George William, 46 + Curtius, Ernst, 199 + + D + + Dana, Richard Henry, 250 + Dante, 301 + Darley, George, 156 + Darmesteter, Agnes M. F. R., 50 + Darmesteter, James, 73 + Darwin, Charles Robert, 37 + Daudet, Alphonse, 115 + Davenant, Sir William, 313 + Davies, Sir John, 56 + Davies, W. H., 94 + Davis, Thomas Osborne, 226 + Davy, Sir Humphry, 272 + Deffand, Madame du, 318 + Defoe, Daniel, 316 + Dekker, Thomas, 309 + Deland, Margaret, 45 + De Ligne, 113 + Demosthenes, 290 + Denham, Sir John, 312 + DeQuincey, Thomas, 186 + Descartes, René, 75 + De Vere, Sir Aubrey, 194 + DeVere, Aubrey Thomas, 8 + Dewey, Orville, 73 + Dibdin, Charles, 64 + Dickens, Charles, 33 + Diderot, Denis, 221 + Dillon, Wentworth, Earl of Roscommon, 316 + Diogenes, Laertius, 298 + Disraeli, Benjamin, 274 + Disraeli, Isaac, 117 + Dobell, Sydney, 83 + Dobson, Austin, 16 + Doddridge, Philip, 147 + Dodge, Mary Mapes, 274 + Dodsley, Robert, 318 + Domett, Alfred, 118 + Donne, John, 310 + Dorr, Julia C. R., 38 + Doudney, Sarah, 13 + Dowden, Edward, 109 + Doyle, A. Conan, 120 + Drake, Joseph Rodman, 178 + Draper, John W., 110 + Drayton, Michael, 308 + Drummond, Henry, 187 + Dryden, John, 180 + Dufferin, Lady, 322 + Dumas, Alexandre, the Elder, 167 + Dumas, Alexandre, the Younger, 169 + Du Maurier, George, 59 + Dunlop, John, 70 + Dwight, John S., 115 + Dwight, Timothy, 115 + Dyer, Edward, 313 + + E + + Ebers, George, 55 + Edgeworth, Maria, 3 + Edwards, Amelia B., 134 + Edwards, Jonathan, 221 + Egan, Maurice Francis, 122 + Eggleston, Edward, 268 + Eichendorff, Joseph von, 61 + Eliot, George, 254 + Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 123 + English, Thomas D., 148 + Epictetus, 296 + Erasmus, 303 + Euripides, 288 + Evelyn, John, 235 + Everett, David, 73 + Everett, Edward, 89 + + F + + Faber, Frederick W., 148 + Falconer, William, 36 + Farrar, Frederick W., 178 + Fawcett, Henry, 192 + Fénélon, 177 + Feuillet, Octave, 181 + Fichte, Johann G., 118 + Field, Eugene, 200 + Fielding, Henry, 96 + Fields, James T., 281 + Finch, Francis M., 136 + Fiske, John, 74 + Fitzgerald, Edward, 75 + Flaubert, Gustave, 269 + Fletcher, John, 273 + Foote, Samuel, 319 + Ford, John, 311 + Forster, John, 80 + Foster, John, 207 + Fouché, Joseph, 119 + France, Anatole, 92 + Francis, Sir Philip, 231 + Franklin, Benjamin, 13 + Freneau, Philip, 4 + Frere, J. H., 119 + Froebel, Friedrich, 94 + Froude, James A., 97 + Fuller, Margaret, 121 + Fuller, Thomas, 141 + + G + + Galsworthy, John, 184 + Garland, Hamlin, 206 + Garnett, Richard, 49 + Garth, Samuel, 316 + Gaskell, Mrs. Elizabeth C., 215 + Gautier, Théophile, 196 + Gay, John, 318 + Gibbon, Edward, 100 + Gilbert, William S., 252 + Gilder, Richard Watson, 34 + Gilfillan, Robert, 156 + Giusti, Giuseppi, 114 + Gladstone, William E., 279 + Goethe, 193 + Goldoni, Carlo, 47 + Goldsmith, Oliver, 244 + Gordon, Adam Lindsay, 234 + Gosse, Edmund, 210 + Gower, John, 302 + Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 101 + Grattan, Henry, 154 + Gray, Thomas, 278 + Greeley, Horace, 30 + Greene, Robert, 308 + Griffin, Gerald, 269 + Grillparzer, Franz, 12 + Grimm, Jacob, 5 + Griswold, R. W., 39 + Grote, George, 251 + Guérin, Eugénie de, 9 + Guizot, François, 220 + + H + + Haeckel, Ernst, 40 + Haggard, Sir Henry Rider, 143 + Hale, Edward E., 81 + Haliburton, Thomas C., 213 + Hallam, Henry, 157 + Halleck, Fitz-Greene, 157 + Hall, Bishop, 153 + Hamilton, Alexander, 9 + Hamerton, Philip G., 202 + Hardy, Thomas, 132 + Hare, A. J. C., 63 + Hare, Julius C., 204 + Harris, Joel, Chandler, 266 + Harrison, Frederic, 227 + Harte, Francis Bret, 191 + Havergal, Frances R., 271 + Hawkins, Anthony Hope, 35 + Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 155 + Hay, John, 223 + Hayne, Paul Hamilton, 4 + Hazlitt, William, 87 + Hearn, Lafcadio, 147 + Heber, Reginald, 95 + Hegel, Georg W. F., 192 + Heine, Heinrich, 269 + Helps, Sir Arthur, 159 + Hemans, Felicia, 213 + Henley, William E., 190 + Henry, Patrick, 125 + Heraclitus, 287 + Herbert, George, 80 + Herder, Johann G. von, 191 + Herodotus, 288 + Herrick, Robert, 189 + Hesiod, 285 + Heyse, Paul Ludwig, 64 + Heywood, Thomas, 311 + Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 275 + Hildreth, Richard, 143 + Hippocrates, 288 + Hobbes, Thomas, 83 + Hogg, James, 263 + Holland, Josiah Gilbert, 167 + Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 195 + Home, John, 209 + Homer, 285 + Hood, Thomas, 121 + Hook, Theodore, E., 211 + Hooker, Richard, 307 + Hopkins, Mark, 31 + Hopkinson, Joseph, 248 + Horace, 293 + Horne, Richard Henry, 3 + Housman, Alfred E., 71 + Howe, Julia Ward, 123 + Howell, James, 312 + Howells, William Dean, 55 + Hughes, Thomas, 229 + Hugo, Victor, 47 + Humboldt, Alexander von, 204 + Hume, David, 100 + Hunt, Leigh, 229 + Hutcheson, Francis, 179 + Huxley, Thomas Henry, 110 + + I + + Ibsen, Henrik, 67 + Ingelow, Jean, 65 + Ingersoll, Robert G., 181 + Irving, Washington, 81 + + J + + Jackson, Helen Fiske, 228 + James, Henry, 91 + Jami, 303 + Jefferson, Thomas, 80 + Jerome, J. K., 108 + Jerrold, Douglas, 5 + Johnson, Samuel, 207 + Jonson, Ben, 310 + Joubert, Joseph, 111 + Juvenal, 296 + + K + + Kant, Emmanuel, 96 + Keats, John, 236 + Keble, John, 321 + Kemble, Frances A., 256 + Kempis, Thomas à, 302 + Kepler, Johannes, 279 + Key, Francis Scott, 179 + Khayyám, Omar, 299 + Kingsley, Charles, 139 + Kipling, Rudyard, 280 + Klopstock, Friedrich G., 153 + Knowles, James S., 120 + Kotzebue, A. F., 109 + + L + + Laboulaye, E. R. L., 15 + LaBruyère, Jean de, 196 + La Fayette, Madame de, 65 + La Fontaine, Jean de, 157 + Lamb, Charles, 35 + Lamartine, 230 + Landor, Walter S., 24 + Lang, Andrew, 76 + Lanier, Sidney, 31 + Laplace, Marquis de, 72 + Larcom, Lucy, 144 + Layard, Sir Austen Henry, 57 + Lecky, William E. H., 70 + Lee, Nathaniel, 314 + Le Gallienne, Richard, 18 + Leibnitz, G. W. von, 155 + Lemaître, François, 193 + Lemon, Mark, 259 + Le Sage, 112 + Lessing, Gotthold E. von, 19 + Lever, Charles, 196 + Lewes, George Henry, 93 + Lincoln, Abraham, 36 + Livy, 293 + Locke, John, 194 + Locker-Lampson, Frederick, 126 + Lockhart, John G., 161 + Longfellow, Henry W., 48 + Lovelace, Richard, 314 + Lover, Samuel, 321 + Lowell, James Russell, 43 + Lubbock, Sir John, 102 + Lucan, 295 + Lucian, 297 + Lucretius, 293 + Luther, Martin, 244 + Lyly, John, 307 + Lyte, Henry Francis, 131 + Lyttleton, Lord George, 319 + Lytton, Earl of, 243 + Lytle, William Haines, 239 + + M + + Mabie, Hamilton Wright, 270 + Macaulay, Lord, 233 + Macdonald, George, 245 + Machiavelli, Niccolo, 108 + Mackay, Charles, 71 + Mackenzie, Henry, 180 + Mackintosh, Sir James, 232 + Macleod, Norman, 132 + Macpherson, James, 233 + Madison, James, 64 + Maeterlinck, Maurice, 195 + Maginn, William, 246 + Mahaffy, John P., 48 + Malory, Sir Thomas, 302 + Mann, Horace, 110 + Manning, Henry Edward, 162 + Marguerite d'Angoulême, 304 + Markham, Edwin, 98 + Marlowe, Christopher, 308 + Marryat, Frederick, 158 + Martial, 298 + Martineau, Harriet, 138 + Marvell, Andrew, 75 + Massey, Gerald, 126 + Massillon, Jean Baptiste, 145 + Massinger, Philip, 311 + Masson, David, 263 + Matthews, Brander, 41 + Maupassant, Guy de, 177 + Maurice, Frederick D., 194 + Mazzini, Joseph, 148 + Meredith, George, 37 + Mérimée, Prosper, 215 + Merivale, Charles, 59 + McCarthy, Justin, 254 + McMaster, John B., 149 + Michelangelo, 58 + Michelet, Jules, 189 + Mickiewicz, Adam, 277 + Mickle, William J., 214 + Middleton, Thomas, 309 + Mill, John Stuart, 118 + Miller, Cincinnatus H., 245 + Miller, Hugh, 224 + Miller, William, 186 + Milman, Henry Hart, 36 + Milton, John, 267 + Mitchell, Donald G., 89 + Mitchell, S. Weir, 39 + Molière, 12 + Montagu, Lady, 123 + Montaigne, 50 + Montesquieu, 14 + Montgomery, James, 240 + Moody, William V., 157 + Moore, Clement Clarke, 161 + Moore, Edward, 68 + Moore, Thomas, 125 + More, Hannah, 29 + More, Sir Thomas, 33 + Morley, John, 277 + Morris, George Pope, 224 + Morris, Sir Lewis, 145 + Morris, William, 70 + Motherwell, William, 225 + Motley, John Lothrop, 90 + Moulton, Louise C., 88 + Muhlenberg, William A., 206 + Müller, Friedrich Max, 265 + Musset, Alfred de, 247 + Myers, Frederick William Henry, 32 + + N + + Nadaud, Gustave, 42 + Nairne, Lady, 320 + Neale, Walter, 18 + Newman, John Henry, 41 + Newton, Sir Isaac, 6 + Niebuhr, Barthold Georg, 193 + Noel, Thomas, 113 + Norton, Lady Caroline, 322 + Novalis, 108 + Noyes, Alfred, 207 + + O + + Oehlenschlager, Adam G., 250 + O'Keefe, John B., 145 + Oldys, William, 160 + Oliphant, Margaret Wilson, 82 + O'Mahony, Francis, 321 + O'Reilly, John Boyle, 148 + Osgood, Mrs. Frances, 141 + Otway, Thomas, 57 + Ouida, 6 + Ovid, 67 + + P + + Paine, Robert T., Jr., 267 + Paine, Thomas, 24 + Paley, William, 146 + Palfrey, John G., 108 + Palgrave, Francis T., 215 + Palmer, Ray, 248 + Pardoe, Julia, 268 + Parmenides, 286 + Parker, Theodore, 191 + Parkman, Francis, 206 + Parnell, Thomas, 317 + Parton, James, 35 + Parsons, Thomas W., 188 + Pascal, Blaise, 141 + Pater, Walter, 177 + Patmore, Coventry K. D., 166 + Paulding, James K., 190 + Payne, J. Howard, 135 + Peele, George, 306 + Pellico, Silvio, 145 + Penn, William, 225 + Pepys, Samuel, 45 + Percy, Thomas, 90 + Persius, 295 + Petöfi, Alexander, 4 + Petrarch, 164 + Phelps, William Lyon, 5 + Phillips, Stephen, 170 + Phillips, Wendell, 258 + Piatt, Sarah M., 181 + Pierpont, John, 85 + Pindar, 287 + Plato, 289 + Plautus, 291 + Pliny, the Elder, 295 + Pliny, the Younger, 297 + Plutarch, 297 + Poe, Edgar Allan, 17 + Pollok, Robert, 229 + Polybius, 291 + Pope, Alexander, 119 + Porter, Jane, 211 + Praed, Winthrop M., 168 + Prentice, George D., 273 + Prescott, William H., 109 + Preston, Harriet W., 12 + Preston, Margaret J., 273 + Priestley, Joseph, 63 + Prime, William Cowper, 236 + Prior, Matthew, 165 + Procter, Adelaide Anne, 235 + Procter, Bryan Waller, 253 + Propertius, 294 + + Q + + Quarles, Francis, 312 + Quiller-Couch, A. T., 253 + Quincy, Josiah, 20 + Quintilian, 295 + + R + + Rabelais, François, 304 + Racine, 274 + Raleigh, Sir Walter, 306 + Ramsay, Allan, 226 + Randall, James Rider, 15 + Randolph, Thomas, 140 + Read, Thomas, B., 62 + Reade, Charles, 134 + Renan, Joseph Ernest, 49 + Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 162 + Rhodes, James Ford, 107 + Rhodes, William B., 278 + Richardson, Samuel, 317 + Richter, Jean Paul, 67 + Riley, James Whitcomb, 222 + Ritchie, Lady Anne, 136 + Roberts, Charles G. D., 9 + Robertson, Frederick W., 30 + Rochefoucauld, François Duc de la, 205 + Roche, James J., 128 + Roe, E. P., 59 + Rogers, Samuel, 170 + Roland, Madame, 65 + Rollin, Charles, 24 + Roosevelt, Theodore, 234 + Rossetti, Christina G., 264 + Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 114 + Rostand, Edmond, 79 + Rousseau, Jean Jacques, 147 + Rowe, Nicholas, 149 + Ruffini, Giovanni, 201 + Ruskin, John, 34 + Rufus, Quintus, 295 + Russell, Lord John, 187 + Russell, William Clark, 46 + + S + + Sachs, Hans, 241 + Sadi, 300 + Saint Ambrose, 298 + Saint Augustine, 249 + Sainte-Beuve, 275 + Saint Bonaventura, 301 + Saint Francis D'Assisi, 300 + Saint Frances De Sales, 309 + Saintine, J. X. B., 159 + Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de, 16 + Saint-Simon, 13 + Saintsbury, George, 232 + Sallust, 294 + Sand, George, 153 + Sangster, Margaret E., 44 + Sappho, 286 + Sargent, Epes, 214 + Saxe, John G., 131 + Scarron, Paul, 133 + Scheffel, Joseph V. von, 39 + Schelling, Friedrich, W. 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