Chapter IV: Front Matter (4)

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.