Chapter I

INGALLS, JOHN JAMES. Born at Middleton, Mass., Dec. 29, 1833; died at
Las Vegas, N. Mex., Aug. 16, 1900. Educated at Williams College;
admitted to the bar 1857; moved to Kansas; member of the state senate
1861; U.S. senator from Kansas 1873-91. _Opportunity_, 54.

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JONSON, BEN. Born at Westminster, Eng., about 1573; died Aug. 6, 1637.
Went to school at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields and Westminster.
Shakespeare played one of the roles in his comedy "Every Man in His
Humour" 1598. He went to France as the tutor of the son of Sir Walter
Raleigh 1613; was in the favor of the court, from which he received a
pension. Attacked with palsy 1626, and later with dropsy, and confined
to his bed most of his later years. Well-known plays besides the one
cited above are "Epicoene," "The Alchemist," "Volpone," "Bartholomew
Fair," and "Cataline"; author of the lyric "Drink to Me Only With
Thine Eyes," and a volume of criticism "Timber." _The Noble Nature_,
177.

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KEATS, JOHN. Born at London, Oct. 29, 1795; died at Rome, Feb. 23, 1821.
Went to Enfield School; apprenticed to a druggist 1811-15; student in
London hospitals 1815-17; passed examination at Apothecaries Hall
1816, but never practised. Walking trip to Scotland 1818; his health
rapidly failed, and he sailed to Naples in Sept. 1820, and then went
to Rome, where, until his death, he was attended by his friend Severn.
Among his well-known poems are "On First Looking into Chapman's
Homer," "Endymion," "The Eve of St. Agnes," "Isabella," "La Belle Dame
Sans Merci," "Ode to Psyche," "Ode to a Grecian Urn," "Ode to a
Nightingale," "Ode on Melancholy," "Lamia," "Ode to Autumn," and
"Hyperion." _Fairy Song_, 193.

KIBBY, WILLIAM JUDSON. Born at Knoxville, Tenn., Mar. 12, 1876. Educated
in Knoxville Public Schools; graduate of the Sheldon School. Character
analyst and industrial psychologist; newspaper and magazine
contributor. President of the Lion's Club of New York; thirty-second
degree Mason. _Appreciation_, 219; _Helpin' Out_, 96.

KING, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, JR. Born at St. Joseph, Mich., Mar. 17, 1857;
died at Bowling Green, Ky., Apr. 7, 1894. At an early age showed a
remarkable talent in music; a public entertainer on the piano and
reciter of his own verse. His poems collected in "Ben King's Verse."
_If I Should Die_, 13; _The Pessimist_, 166.

KIPLING, RUDYARD. Born at Bombay, India, Dec. 30, 1865. Educated in
England at United Service College; returned to India 1880; assistant
editor of _Civil and Military Gazette_ 1882-89; returned to England
1889; resided in the United States for several years; has traveled in
Japan and Australasia. Received the Noble Prize for Literature 1907;
honorary degrees from McGill University, Durham, Oxford, and
Cambridge. Among his books are "Departmental Ditties," "Plain Tales
from the Hills," "Under the Deodars," "Phantom' Rickshaw," "Wee Willie
Winkle," "Life's Handicap," "The Light That Failed," "Barrack-Room
Ballads," "The Jungle Book," "The Second Jungle Book," "The Seven
Seas," "Captains Courageous," "The Day's Work," "Kim," "Just So
Stories," "Puck of Pook's Hill," "Actions and Reactions," "Rewards and
Fairies," "Fringes of the Fleet," and "Sea Warfare." _If_, 4; _When
Earth's Last Picture Is Painted_, 230.

KISER, SAMUEL ELLSWORTH. Born at Shippenville, Pa. Educated in Pennsylvania
and Ohio. Began newspaper work in Cleveland, and from 1900 until 1914
was editorial and special writer for the Chicago _Record-Herald_.
Noted for his humorous sketches, which have been widely syndicated.
His poem "Unsubdued" is, like Henley's "Invictus," a splendid
portrayal of undaunted courage in the face of defeat. Among his books
are "Georgie," "Charles the Chauffeur," "Love Sonnets of an Office
Boy," "Ballads of the Busy Days," "Sonnets of a Chorus Girl," "The
Whole Glad Year," and "The Land of Little Care." _A Little Prayer;
December 31; Faith; It May Be; My Creed; The Fighter; Unsubdued_.

KNOX, J. MASON. _Co-operation_.