One Thousand Literary Questions and Answers

ONE THOUSAND LITERARY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

One Thou sand

Liter a ry Q u e s tio n s

and Answers

MARY ELEANOR KRAMER

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PREFA CE

The purpose of this volume is to provide teachers of classes in literature with material n n for varyi g the regular lecture or recitatio work . e e e e e e While not adapt d to l m ntary grad s , ither e e f in subj ct matt r or wording , it af ords all stu dents of literature from high s chool to university n rank , and all readers , from those who confi e their attention to the current magazines to those of the acknowledged classics of the language , an opportunity to test the range of their informa e tion , and to r inforce their impressions with sup f m o . ports correct data It ai s , by interesting m n s e questions , to introduce novelty a o g tho facts en in n s of literary history which , tak mo otonou m e s e n e a nd e . succ ssion , seem commo plac uni pr s iv e a nd n in m e m These qu ries a swers , odifi d for , appeared serially in E du ca ti ona l Founda ti ons h e e e during t e past three years . Th ir cordial r c p a nd th e en e tion in that journal , words of courag ’ e O D on ment giv n by its editor, William Charles i e r e n n . n ll , J . , lead to th ir publicatio book form I f the educators of our land h ere find inspira e the e e e new incen tion and h lp , and g n ral r ader i the e e t ves to read best lit rature , then I am w ll repaid for the labor of compilation .

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O NE T H O U S AN D LIT E R A RY Q U E S T IO N S A ND A N S W E R S

Who wrote the poem beginning Every ” e m - ? wher , everywhere , Christ as to night What and where is Orchard House ? Who was William Ellery Channing ? What writers have immortalized Greylock Mountain ? What and where is Ponkapog ? Who said :

Great deed s ca nnot die : They with th e s un a nd moon renew th eir light

e e es s n s e on em . For v r, bl i g tho that look th

‘ Who wrote The Red Badge of Courage For what is Griff House n oted ? What was the Bread -a nd -Cheese Club ? ‘ Who wrote the first anti - slavery book pub lished in America ? What writer resides in a double cottage the parts of which a re known respe ctively as th e bungalow and the barracks What poet s elected his own burial -place and designed his own sepulcher ? I 1 4 wa s the o n th e ci rcula t . Who rigi ator of first i ng library ? ’ What American writer s home is covered with ivy grown from a cutting brought m e e e n ? fro M lros Abb y , Scotla d ’ w i il s s . G e s e e For hat St Church , Crippl gat , n n m s ? Lo do , fa ou Whe re do we find the following heroines of fiction : B ecky S ha rp ; D ora ; Mi nneha ha ; Gl ori a Qu a yl e ; H es ter P rynne ? What a nd where i s Old Tra il Town ? W ho wrote My Ragpicker Who h a s been called th e Broad Highway ma n a nd m w wa s th e e m d e , fro hat t r rived ? Who i s the auth o r o f T he Virgi nian “ Who wa s the poet of th e blu e- gras s coun try ’ ‘ W h o s a d a w ne s e the i , H thor Hous of S even Gables i s th e m os t valuable con tribu tion to New England hi s tory that ha s yet been made Who wa s the author of the following lines

’ T i s n ot in th e s s n e high tar alo , Nor in th e n we s cup of buddi g ﬂo r , ’ Nor i n th e e e s s m e w ne r dbr a t llo to , Nor in th e bow s m es in s we s that il ho r , But i n th e mu d a nd s cum of things e e w w s me n s n Th r al ay, al ay o thi g i gs . QUES TIONS 3

” Who wrote Pickwick Papers ? For what is Cheyne Walk noted ? Who resided at Cra igenpu ttock ? Who was the author of the lines :

e e e God e e s s e o f e Wh r v r r ct a hou pray r , Th e D evil always build s a chap el th ere ; ’ A nd t w be n n e m n n ill fou d , upo xa i atio , n Th e latter h a s th e larges t co gregation .

? What English poet was three times married For what is Kilcolman notable ? “ Who was called the Jean Ingelow of America What historian established a naval academy n ? at Annapolis , Maryla d What and where was Woodland Hall ? ’ “ e e n Wher was Holm s s famous lo g walk , mentioned in the Autocrat of the Break fast Table What and where was Hogarth Lane ? For what i s Walpole House notable ? Tell the circ umstances leading to the writing ” The - e nne of Star Spangl d Ba r . Who wrote “ The Book of Joyous Chil ” dren ? What American novelist is the grandson of m ne e the fa ous actress , Frances An K mble , Fanny K emble Whom did Whittier term the Cadmus of the blind ” ? 41 w e Re . Who rot the Battle Hymn of the public What famous historian graduated from Harvard College when but e ighteen years of a ge ? What celebrated English statesman said of th e Cons titution of the United States : A s a s ca n s ee th e me n Con far I , A rica s titu tion is the mos t wonderful work ever s truck off at one time by th e brain a nd pur ’ pos e of ma n 7 What poet owned a famous dog called Boats wai n For what is Avonmouth noted ? Where do we ﬁnd th e followi n g characters of ﬁction : Ma ggi e Tu lli ver ; Lizzi e H er oin ; Wa ckford S qu eers ; Ma ry A s h bu r ton ; Li ttl e A nni e; Li ttl e Nell ; Els i e Venner ; Fr eckl es ; R ebecca ? For what is Tabard Inn famed ? What a nd where was Crazy Castle Who wa s called the wizard of th e North Who wa s called the Ettrick shepherd Who s aid : If we cheri s h th e virtues a nd th e n es e s e en w pri cipl of our fath r , H av ill a s s i s t u s to carry on th e work o f human libe rty a nd human happiness QUES TIONS 5

Who was the founder of the Nationali s t Clubs in the United States ? Who was termed the tenth Muse Who wrote Zig- zag Journeys Who was known as Gail Hamilton Who wrote The Hoosier Schoolmaster ” ? “ Who wrote Over the Hill to the Poor house ” ? What and where is S l abs ides Who was the author of th e following lines :

Four thi ngs a m a n mu s t l earn to do If h e would make hi s record true : To think without con fus io n cl early ; — T O love h i s f ellow m en s i ncerely ; T o act from hones t motiv es purely ; n s To tru s t in God a nd H eave ecurely .

’ What led to William Cullen Bryant s writing To a Waterfowl

m the O f th e e n Na e author po m , Woodma , e ee e the Spar That Tr , and t ll circum h stances that led to t e writing .

: ‘ one e Who wrote If write a bett r book , e e e e e e pr ach a b tter s rmon , or mak a b tt r m e- ne he ous trap than his ighbor , though me in th e e e the build his ho wild rn ss , world will make a beaten path to his door ” Who wrote The Old Oaken Bucket ?

’ wa s f e To whom Long llow s beautiful poem , ” a ? Sant Filomena , a tribute n e es the U it d Stat . Tom S a w er ? 67 . Who was y

68 e th e n en . . Giv i cid t that led to Francis M ’ n e e a nd Fi ch s b autiful po m tribute ,

Nathan Hale . 69 ‘ e the Of . Nam author the following beautiful a nd famou s prayer :

Th e day returns a nd brings u s th e p etty round o f irri s h ma tatin g concerns a nd duti es . H elp u to play t e n.

Help u s to p erform th em with laught er a n d ki nd faces .

Let ee n es s n w n s . e u s ch rful abou d , ith i du try Giv to go blithely on our bu s i nes s all thi s day ; bri ng u s to ou r res t in e s we a nd n en a n d n s n e a nd n g b d , ary co t t u di ho or d ; gra t u s in th e en d th e gift Of s l eep .

” Who wrote T he Building o f the Ship Wha t cu s tom gave ri s e to th e writi ng o f ’ “ n een e Whittier s e e l Joh Gr l af po m , T l ing the B ees Who wa s Mas ter Ezekiel Cheever ? What n otable writer was the daughter Of a lighthou s e- kee per on the I s les of Shoals ? Who wa s th e author Of D ear Land of All ” e a nd n ? My Lov , for what was it writte What poet died at Aldworth ? Who wrote the most authoritative life of Abraham Lincoln ? Who wa s the author of Venetian Life What three American war correspondents have done notable work in ﬁction ? QUESTIONS 7

9 W 7 . hat American novelist married a Russian nobleman ? 8 0 : . Who said

NO w s i s m ne co ard oul i , ’ No trembl er in th e world s s torm -troubl ed Sphere ; ’ s ee e en s es s ne I H av glori hi ,

And s nes e m n me m e . faith hi qual , ar i g fro f ar Who wrote Following the Star ” Who wrote Old Mobile ? What and where was Paradise Flat ” 7’ Who was the author of “ Memoirs of a B a by t e What writer said of his ﬁrs book , Lik e the boy with the m asles , I am sorry for it in spots

e Who wrote under the signatur H . H

the m One Who wrote fa ous hymn , S weetlyj Solemn Thought Who wrote Routledge Rides Alone

e e What English poet di d at Rom , attended n ? in his last illness by his frie d , an artist What American poet began the translation the in e - ﬁrst e of Iliad his sev nty y ar , ” completing it and that of the Odyssey in six years ? ’ Who wa s America s greatest humorist ? What American writer adopted as a life e P motto , Hop and keep busy Who wrote the Bimbi stories ? ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

e Inn a nd a Where is the R ed Hors , for wh t noted In what work d oes Sir W a lt er Scott de ? s cribe a n Old - tim e Chri s tma s ’ Who was th e author of Poor Richard s Almanac ? What a nd where i s Elmwood “ e e m th e Gem th e Wh r was Colu bia , of ? Ocean ﬁrs t sung ” Who wrote Marching Through Georgia ? Who wa s the author of Dixie ? Wha t is th e Frankli n Inn Club Give th e origi n of th e Pig Dinner of h n s n t e U iver ity of Califor ia . Who wa s called the poet of the ” Rockies ? Where i s Pigeon Cove ? “ ” Who i s known a s th e sweats hop poet ? How did James Whitcomb Riley ﬁrst ob tain n otice among literary men ? Who wa s Anne Warne r ? Give th e pseudonyms of twenty American e writ rs . Who was E noch A rd en ? Who was A da m B ed e ? Who wrote the sentiment : Friendship I s the and n n ne warp woof of huma o e ss , love i s th e dye a nd pattern which make ” the fabric s plendid ?

What American poe t wrote a series of s o e the S i n e news paper article v r g atur , ” ? n ns n ne B e j . F . Joh o , of Boo ” ? Who wrote Trilby Wh o was th e author of Pigs Is Pigs

What writer p enned a mos t i nteresting narrative of hi s expe riences duri ng the ’ Civil War under the title A Rebel s Recollections

me n wa s O f what A rica humorist it said , H e s a w life a s through a glass brightly ” Who wrote The Blue Bird ? Who wrote Ben - Hur Who was the author of A Hoosier Chronicle

e e we ﬁnd e Wh r do this p tition , Lord , s end a m a n like Bobbi e Burns to s ing the ’ ” s ong 0 s team Who was th e author Of the following senti ment : Let thi s ha llowed hour with bet ” ter thoughts be s pent ? ” Who was the author of B en Bolt ? For what is Clock House noted ? Who wrote Calumet K For what is Ta lbothays noted ? Who have immortalized Cape Cod in ﬁc tion ? QUES TIONS I I

Who was the author Of The Garden of Allah “ Who wrote the Moonstone For what is Casa Guidi notable ? Who wrote Soldiers of Fortime

Who ﬁrst introduced the New York Ghetto into literature ?

Who wa s Eli Perkins

Who was the H awkeye man

Who wrote the beautiful lines :

ene e we s s e the Wh v r cro a riv r at ford , we w s s i n s e we m s ee If ould pa af ty, u t k p e es e s e s on th e s e e n Our y fix d t adfa t hor b yo d , For we s em on th e w n s e m if ca t th flo i g tr a , The h ead s wims with it ; S O if we would cro s s The nn n of n s e e in s w ru i g flood thi g h r thi orld , Ou r s oul s m s not wn e s u t look do , but fix th ir ight r n On th e fi m land b eyo d .

45 c 1 . What novel was onsidered the ﬁrst seri ” O f e e ous work Am rican l tters , and by whom was it written ?

1 46 the . Who was author of the poem , Christ mas Treasures Who was D a vid H aru m ? Who was called the Beecher of Eng ” land ? What notable work on slavery has been translated into nineteen languages ? 1 2 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

Who was th e author of the following

e n nne i n th e s un Lik a bli d Spi r , I tread my day s ; I know that all th e threads will ru n Appointed ways ; n w e w n its s I k o ach day ill bri g ta k,

And e n n no m e a sk . , b i g bli d, or I

’ e the n s Who said , Lov is o ly bow on life the n the dark cloud . It is mor ing and evening s tar Name two American writers who were clas smates at Bowdoin College

wa s the the em 0 Who author of po , Cap tain ! My Captai n ! a nd what occasioned the writing of it ?

wa s th e e Who Maid of Orl ans , and who immortalized her in a drama ? Who was th e author of the following :

Not w we e w we e hat giv , but hat Shar , For th e gift without th e giv er i s bare ; es ms e w h i s m s ee s ee Who giv hi lf ith al f d thr , ms e hi n n m s e ne a nd e. Hi lf , hu g ri g ighbor,

What Engli s h poe t referred to the late Queen Victoria a s the widow at Wind s or

can Who said , Each have what inspiration each will take What English author wa s knighted because of his defense of the Engli s h govern “ en in his e m t book , The Great Bo r War ” ? QUES TIONS I 3

' For what was Te rre s Tavern in Paris noted ? What is Toynbee Hall ? Who wrote My Little Sister What great English novelist was born in India ?

e enn What, Am rican poet p ed the following tribute to Wilkie Collins :

Y et I be li eve that ki ndly death Res erved for h im a welcoming sha de It s eems s o natural for hi s s oul n T o meet a my s tery u afraid. Who wrote Widecombe Fair Who wrote Peg W ofﬁngton

me e Na four prominent lit rary men who , in e s n e e th e dir ct succe sio , dit d school maga ’ e a t n zin St . Paul s School , Co cord , New e Hampshire , while stud nts there . Who was called the poet of the Sierras What American novelist wrote a delightful

story of Holland , and yet never visited Holland ?

e What American writer wrot her ﬁrst book , ” the entitled This , That , and Other, when but eighteen years of age ? What American poet had S O great an a d miration for Joseph Jefferson that he de cla red that h e wou1 d rathe r be Joseph Jefferson than any one else in the world ? ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

To what poet did Ralph Waldo Emerson refer a s the j ingle man ? Who wa s the Poet - Statesman Who was the author Of the following lines

Not w we e w we u s e hat hav , but hat ; Not w we s ee w we s e hat , but hat choo Thes e a re th e things that m a r or bles s T n s s h e s u m of human happi e . Not what we take but what we give ; Not w we a s we e hat pray , but liv es e a re th e n s m e e e Th thi g that ak for p ac ,

Both now a nd after time s hall ceas e .

Give the incident Of th e occasion of Alfred ’ enn s n n his e e T y o s writi g b autiful po m , ”

e . Break , Break , Br ak Who wrote a famous Apostrophe to the Ocean ? Who wa s called the la s t of the Boston T ea -party What does James Russell Lowell say of s uccess ? Who was Bj Orns tj erne Bj Ornson ? What poem did Longfellow scribble on the back of a note received from Charles Sumner ? Give the words of William Henry Chan ’ ” nin s n g My Sympho y .

n n he Who said of Abraham Li col , as lay n Now he e h dyi g, b longs to t e ages Who was the Quaker Poet ? QUES TIONS I 5

What American woman novelist wrote sev e n eral novels d ali g with the religious life , and what were they ? Who was the author Of Gradatim Who wrote The Song Of the Shirt Who was the hero Of James Mont ’ “ omer s g y poem , Make Way for Lib ” erty ?

’ What does Thomas Campbell s poem , ” e Hohenlinden , commemorat ?

’ P r ti a Give the words of o s plea . Who wrote The Wonderful One-horse Shay ” ? Who was Ti to Mel ema ? Who was Toby Fillp ot? Who wrote B eyond the Threshold ” e H e ~ h a s Who said of the Hoosi r poet , always stood for clean a nd wholesome e a nd n ne a nd living , for m rcy ki d ss a bet er - t day to morrow. There is nothing in his poems that can comfort very much the man who hates his neighbor or who sees nothing good or beautiful in the

world around him . The songs of Riley are the cheerful songs of a S incere and trusting heart ” ?

e e - What and wh r was the Limberlost , and who has immortalized it in her books Of ﬁction ? To have done whatever had to be done ; T0 have turn ed th e face of your s oul to th e s un ; T O have made lif e better a nd brighter for one :

Thi s i s to hav e lived .

Who i s worshiped a s the greatest teacher a nd morali s t of Chin a ? Who wa s th e great Danish story -teller Who was ZE s op ? Where d o we learn of the followi ng literary characters : J a ne Eyre ; Ma ri on H ol c ombe ; R hoda Ga le; Ka terina Mas lova ; Ca ndida ? Wh o wrote The Prisoner of Z enda What American poet wrote his ﬁrs t verses over the s ignature of Pip P epperpod What American novelist lived in th e famed ” e th e o n n m Vall y of M o , So o a , Cali forn ia

e The Ma n H oe Who wrot with the , and what i ns pired th e writi ng ? s What great naturali t , as a boy , was wont to go down i nto th e cellar of his Wis ns e h e be co in hom , that might comfort m e e e e ably war , whil r ading Shakesp ar , n th e e ? Milto , Burns , and Bibl What great stage-manager began his career at S ixteen years by carrying a spear in

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” ? Who wrote Three Men in a Boat Who wrote The Right of Way Wh o wrote A Wi ndow in Thrums Where do th e following lines appear

e s n wn God of our fath r , k o of Old , Of - ﬂu n e- ne Lord our far g battl li , B eneath who s e awful hand we hold Domi n ion ove r palm a nd pi ne ; O f s s be w u s et Lord God Ho t , ith y , es we e es we e ! L t forg t, l t forg t

V‘Jho wa s the ﬁrs t authentic Poet Laureate of England ? What English poet h eld the post of Poet Laureate for th e longest term ?

Wh o e es n e en ? r sid at Stra d , Sw d

m n n m What pro isi g you g A erican novelist , e e his e e n e b for arly d ath , wrote two ov ls ou t Of th e three planned to form The ” the e and e e ? Epic of Wh at , what w re th y Who wa s called th e poet of the natural ” ma n ?

Who wrote Dear Lady Disdain Who immortalized in ﬁction the Blue Grass Region Of Kentucky ? Who wrote Sapho

e wa s s : e Of what po t it aid He di d , aged - e en n in th e sixty s v , you g joy of living , almost juvenile in the earthly content ment he radiated QUES TIONS 1 9

the b en Who said , My work is em odim t ’ - of my dreams , to bring before men s eyes the image of the thing my heart is ﬁlled with ” Who wrote The Southerner ? To what writer was there tendered a B ow Of Orange Ribbon dinner ? Who wrote Their Silver Wedding Jour ney P Who wrote The Adventures of Harry Richmond ” ? Who said :

n ! r s n i s e Chillo thy p i o a holy plac , A n nd thy s a d ﬂoor a altar .

NO e Who said , man sel cting a literary harem could possibly leave out Jane Aus ’ e e e A nne E li ot E li a beth t n s h roin s , and z ” B ennett ?

Who wrote Twenty- six a nd One Who wrote The Harim and the Purdah Who wrote The Last Days Of Pompeii Name four men who were both artists and

authors . Who referred to Edgar Allan Poe a s a gentleman among canaille Who wrote Peter Ibbetson Who was Matilda Hoff man ? Who wrote Michel Strogoff Who writes under the pen-name Richard D ehan Who wrote Ships That Pass in the ‘ Night ” ? Who wrote T he S ecret Garden What Engli s h noveli s t publi s hed her ﬁrst - s ix e s a nd in the ne book at thirty y ar , xt twenty years ea rned one hundred a nd ﬁfty thousand dollars by her pen ?

What French noveli s t wrote his master e e e O f a e en e pi c at sixty y ars g , wh n arly blind ? Who i s te rmed the pri nce of poets of Paris ” ? For what is Otsego Hall noted ?

e mm n n i n th e e Who liv d at Cu i gto , B rk e s s s ? shir Hills , Ma achusett What three Americans were sculptors as well a s authors ? Whos e summer home in Massachusetts is ” called Dream Wold ? For what is Monticello noted ?

’ “ Where wa s VVhis tler s White House located ?

w s th n ? a e e ne . Who r ow d R L . S . Who wrote th e Patty stories ? QUES TION S 2 1

What Greek god was the patron of music and poe try ? ? What and where was the Villa Crawford

“ ” Who wrote The Village Blacksmith

“ ’ Who wrote Grandmother s Story Of ” Bunker- Hill Battle ? Who wrote Pictures of M emory Who wrote T he Legend of Sleepy Hol low

e e n e ? For what is Fr d rick , Maryland , ot d Whom did Swi nburne call the only poet O f s upreme a nd simple poetic genius of the eighteenth century ? Who said :

s e e e the w e e wa s hi s e Thu to r li v r tch d prid , ’ And e en h i s n s e ne s s v faili g l a d to virtue ide. 2 2 7 . Who said ea r i s ne My pai d , ’ M s oul i s s ick with every day s report 0 y n a n wro g d outrage with which earth is ﬁlled .

th e the ' n e Give history of Ca t rbury Tales . What is the Epithalamion

“ Whose masterpiece is Atalanta in Caly don

’ The e n Who said , win of Baco s writings Is dry wine Who dwelt in a castle on famed Strawberry e n e Hill , n ar Twickenham , E gland , wh re m n e m n s s a nd -a - illu i at d a u cript , bric brac of all kind s ?

' Of whom wa s it s aid Hi s dominant trait , wa s a n ns e m n he i atiabl a bitio , to which owed all the j oys a nd all the s orrows of hi s life What a nd where i s Roycroft Inn ?

w e th e em e innin wh Who rot po b g g , Oh , y s hould th e s pirit of mortal be proud ? a nd wha t tribute did Abraham Li ncoln pay to this poe m ?

no e s Of me h a s c os n e What v li t our ti h e K nt , n n a s th e s ene his n ? E gla d , c of ﬁctio Who wrote Tales Of th e M ermaid ” Tavern ? What well -known playwright i s the step grand s on of Robert Loui s Stevens on ? For what is Hauteville Hou s e famed ?

s e men en in Who aid , Gr at , tak up any a re e m way , proﬁtabl co pany

e en e the e What po t , wh ask d dat of his e n e n the e birth , r spo d d by givi g dat of his marriage ?

W e a re Who said , all children in the kindergarten of God Who has been termed the great apostle Of pessimism QUES TIONS 2 3

290 . For what is Keilhau noted

291 e the e e . Who has been t rmed id al id alist

292 s ﬁnd e m e . Who aid , I l tters fro God dropp d i n th e e a nd ne str et , every one is sig d by ’ God s name 293 New . What England writer, with her hus e e the band and infant , p rish d by sinking of a ship off Fire Island New York ?

294 Of B lithedale . Who was the author The Romance ” ?

295 e e . Who wrot Auld Lang Syn

296 e the . Who wrot a book of observations on life of th e bee ?

29 n wa s : H e 7. Of what E glish poet it said e n e i n e was som thi g of a Quak r po try , and loved th e sober drabs and grays of life

298 e a nd e e . What writ r his wif , also a writ r , peri s hed in the destruction of the Lus i ta nia ?

299 e a nd . Who wrot the ﬁrst songs the ﬁrst music composed i n America ?

300 n n m O f ? . What is the atio al hy n Russia

301 th e the . Who was author of following famous prayer :

en th e e n s e n u s ou r s un a nd com Wh day r tur , r tur to , f e a nd u s w m n n es a nd w m n ort r, call up ith or i g fac ith or i n e s —e e —e e be g h art ag r to labo—r ag r to happy , if happi nes s Shall be ou r portion a nd if th e day Shall be marked

for s w s n to en e . orro . tro g dur it 2 4 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TION S

w m nn n s a Of ho did Cha i g y, Give him s ns ne a nd n n a nd h u hi a ha dful of uts , e h a s enough Who wrote The Greatest Thing in the World ” ? Name three literary men wh o at th e same time s erved th e United States at foreign s court . Who h a s been termed th e Boswell O f the old - time negro What Ame rican poet wa s the author of a p oem tha t n etted him ﬁv e hu ndred dol lar s a word ?

w a mer a n n e s een s Of h t A ic ov li t has it b aid , T h e m n e O f s a tl Loui a M . Alcott has fallen upon h er “ s e one Who aid , I awok morning and found mys elf famou s Who is Octave Thanet Who wrote Cran ford What noted divi ne s old a s lave from the u m n p lpit of Ply outh Church , Brookly , New York ? What a nd wh ere was the Old Corner Books tore

wa s th e Who author of Hugh Wynne, ” Free Quaker ? Who said

e s e es a re a nd s H art , lik appl , hard our, ’ T l ll s e n s s cru h d by pai s re i s tl es power .

Who wrote the lines :

’ T i s ea sy enough to be plea s ant Wh en lif e ﬂows on like a s ong ; h m a n w w e i s th e m an who can sm e But t e orth hil il ,

Wh en ev erything go es dead wrong .

T he wor w n s e th e da u h k of hat E gli h po t , g ter e wa s n e of what po t , ﬁrst pri t d by es en In ne H ous e Charl Dick s his magazi , h old Words ? What a nd where was the Brain Club Who was th e author of Marco B ozza rIS Who was called th e ma d p oet Who was called the poet of celes tial pas sion Who is S ir A n th ony A bs olu te ? “ Who was called th e American Sibyl

es n e th e en- n e Who writ u d r p am , Marion ” Harland ? What a nd where is Pigeon- Roost -in-the Woods ” What writer lived at The Holt T O wh om did Walt Whitman re fer as a a n Ta ith fu l n e m n ? good , , you g J rsey wo a ” What a nd where i s Ch erry Croft P “ Who wrote A Rill from th e Town Pump ” ? Who wrote A Spinner in the Sun

me n n e s s What A rica ov li t , after a vi it to the n n e em slums of Lo do , wrot a book body n e ing his experie ces , call d The Abyss QUES TIONS 2 7

34 Wh o 7. has a summer camp called Wood chuck Lodge 348 e . What Am rican statesman made practical the use of classic motto ,

In s s en s n in m e s e in a ll e tial u ity, doubtful att r lib rty, thi ngs charity .

349 e . Who said , The true univ rsity , these days , is a ' collection of books

3 0 e e 5 . In what church w r hung the lanterns de “ ’ ” scribed in Paul Revere s Ride ?

35 1 e e . Who wrot The Marsh s of Glynn ’ 352 e e e . What writ r s moth r s nt him daily letters e n wh n absent from him , each co taining e e e the phras , I s nd you my daily pray rs ,

and I bless you , dearie 35 3 n . What gave rise to the writi g of Gold smith ’ s She Stoops to Conquer

354 : e . Who said Littl minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune ; but great minds rise above it ” ? 355 . What poet , a contemporary of Tennyson the and Browning , was , at close of the e e the ninete nth c ntury , last of the group of great English poets of th e ﬁrst rank ? 356 a nd e ff . What wh re was Bu Cottage

35 e 7 . What and where was Idl wild 358 . Who said , A tart temper never mellows with age 359 e S e e . What po t pok of hims lf as a shy lad ” in homespun clothes Of Quaker cut ? a Who wrote Back-Log Studies Who was termed th e great Avatar of V ishnu la nd

Who writes under the pseudonym of David Grayson

e n n e e e What Am rica ov list , aft r r siding in n n m n e s e me E gla d for a y y ar , b ca a Brit e en e wa r ish subj ct wh a gr at arose , in order to throw th e weight of his inﬂu ? ence with England Who wrote Tomb Blos soms

What a nd where wa s D os ori s What American poet was termed the American Hood Who wa s the author of the Masque Of the ” s he e e b God , which consid r d his est literary work ? What a nd where was The Den What famous gospel hymn writer was bli nd ? Whom did Emerson call Elizabeth the Wise ” ? Who said : I have swum with Alcott in ’ e e e i n th e A S Thor au s Cov , with Thor au e n n in e e sab t , with Chan i g v ry water of Concord

What a nd where was The Perch Who was called the Yankee Solomon QUES TIONS 2 9

What is acknowledged to be the most i original book of poetry by an Amer can , and by whom was it written ? Who wrote Lays Of Ancient Rome Who wrote The Lady of the Lake ” ? Who wrote Sohrab and Rustum What a nd where was A ls a ti a ? What English poet was for ten years editor of the Na ti ona l R evi ew ? What poet was voted a tablet in the Hall of Fame Of New York University ? What American poet of great promise died at the early age of twenty-five years ? Who was the author of “ Pan in Wall Street ” ? Who was Lady P enel ope P enfea ther ?

e Who said , The way to fam is like the — tribula way to Heaven , through much

tion . In what three volumes is Ruskin revealed as an art critic ? Who was Russia ’ s ﬁrst political writer ? What New England poet earned his acad emy expenses making s hoe s ?

e Name two American bach lor poets .

’ Who has been ca lled America s greatest realist ” ? 30 ONE THOUSAND LITERARY QUES TIONS

What Dutch novelist has writte n all his works in English instead of in h is native language ? Who wa s the author Of an Ode in Time Of Hesitation

is e n e n e ? For what Gr e castl , Indiana , ot d ’ Who wa s Chicago s most popular poet ? What American novelist h a s b een termed th e historian of the South Who wrote Mothers to Men

u e One s - w n Who said , R l of tory riti g is e s es e e e to writ tori that pl as yours lf . There is no Rule Two What American writer of ﬁction owns a n s me n en ha d o Italia villa at L ox , Massa chu setts ?

What American novelist h a s been termed one of th e mo s t succes s ful ambass adors between America a nd Great Britain Who wrote A Gentleman from I ndiana Who s aid : Ev ery one of yesterday is e a nd n e - a re d ad , o ly thos of to day living ; to - morrow s hould be Paradis e

’ What Engli s h poet s grave i s marked by a stone bought by a public s ub s cription ?

’ What a nd wh ere i s Gad s Hill Place ? What a nd where wa s The Knoll Who was Boz Who was called the Ayrshire plowman QUESTIONS 31

Who wrote the elegy called Adonais , and in memory of whom ? Who wrote “ Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush ” ?

e o for Who said , A thing of b auty is a j y ever ” ? What Poet Laureate Of England was once designated by a newspaper editor as a little Old doctor who sometimes wrote ” poetry ? Who has immortalized Harpeth Valley in ﬁction ? What and where is Markland Who was Fuzzy- Wuzzy? Who wrote In School Days For what is Mitre Tavern n otable ?

’ What led to Edward Gibbon s writi ng T he Decline and Fall of the Roman Em pire Who was called th e English mystic What American statesman a nd orator de livered a n address on T he True Gran ” deur of Nations , which made him famous ? What English poet was pronounced one of the ﬁnest- looking men in the worl d

e O f what Am rican poet was it said , He is the O f e Of poet the hous hold , the ﬁreside , Of the universal home feeling ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

Who was the author Of A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea What English poet fell heir to a title at ten years of a ge ? Who wrote A Princess of Thule What a nd where was Typee ? e- Who said , Boston Stat house is the hub of the solar s ystem Who wrote To a Fringed Gentian What three American n ovelists a re famed for their true depiction of New England life ? What American poet was called a genuine humori s t by th e grace of God For what is Fishkill notable ? For what is Carscallen Villa notable ? What was T he Squirrels Who wrote Common S ense in th e House hold Who wrote Wild Animals I Have Known What American author a nd artist was famed for his pictures of Indian life ? What Engli s h poet lived for th e la s t thirty e ne e y ars of his life at Put y Hill , n ar n en a Londo , with a fri d who was also poet a nd critic ? Who said :

n n e i s the wn n E dura c cro i g quality, s And pati ence all th e pas s ion o f great h eart .

ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

em n What po , by what E glish poet , deals th e e a nd e n s S iddartha with lif t achi g of , m th e ? or Gauta a , Hindu Buddha

w i s em e ? For hat Kirri uir , Scotland , notabl What noted Engli s h novelist was the grand a h e o f m s n d ug t r Dr . Tho a Ar old , of a nd n e e e n ? Rugby , a i c of Matth w Ar old

me n w e What A rica riter was born d af , m a nd n ? du b , bli d What woman wa s ins trumental in founding the ﬁr s t female seminary in the U nited States ? Who said : Poetry is simply the mos t beau u m es s e a nd e ffe e tif l , i pr iv , wid ly e ctiv m e s n n s en e im od of ayi g thi g , and h c its portance ’ Who wa s called England s myriad mi nded gen ius ? Who wrote Reveri es of a Bachelor Who i s the writer of the lines :

0 broth er ma n ! fold to thy h eart thy brother e e we s th e e e o f i s e e Wh r pity d ll , p ac God th r ; T O w s i s e e e or hip rightly to lov ach oth r, m s e mn e n ee e . Each il a hy , ach ki dly d d a pray r

On what college campus does there appear a m onument erected to th e memory of ’ one of the c ollege s presidents a nd bear in th e n s e g followi g word , tak n from th e last commencement address of the man whose memory it hallows : I be QUES TIONS 35 seech you to treasure up in your hearts e : thes , my parting words Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity What great orator ’ s grave is in beautiful e Milton , Massachusetts , wher he and his wi fe often spent their vacations ? Wha t American n ovelist is famous for his pictures O f Creole life in New Orleans ? “ It O f what book did Dr . Johnson say , is the only book that ever took me out of bed two hours sooner than I wished to rise

n e e What E glish travel r and writ r , a favor e e ite of Queen Elizab th , was behead d by James I ? What poet was spoken of as one of the ’ very diamonds of H er Majesty s (Queen ’ ” Elizabeth s ) court ? Who was termed the sweet swan Of ” Avon ? Who was called the Shakespeare of theo logical literature Who said Th e childhood Shows the ma n A m n n s s h S or i g how t e day .

’ What was Will s Coffee - house ? e Who said , Too low th y build who build beneath the stars What did The Ta tler outline as its course ? ” ? Who was called the genial Charles ’ What English poet s father was called Mad Jack Who s aid

T O m e th e meanes t ﬂower that blows can give Thoughts that do often h e too deep for tears .

Who s aid

All my hurt s

en s e ca n e . w n w My gard pad h al A oodla d alk, es e - es m n s A qu t of riv r grap , a ocki g thru h , w - s e - n m ne A ild ro , a rock lovi g colu bi ,

S alve my wor st wound s .

Who said : No life Ca n be e in its s e a nd s n in its s fe pur purpo tro g tri , A n no be a n d s n d all life t purer tro ger th ereby .

Who w rote Songs of S even What American poet h a s been honored by the Engli sh peopl e to the extent of hav ing hi s bu s t placed in Westminster Abbe y ? on e an Who c said to Macaulay , Well , y one ca n s ee a re a n n that you ho est , good ” e w m e O f ? sort of a f llo , ad out oatmeal Who wrote the lines :

e me Tak Joy ho , A nd m e e in e e for her ak a plac thy gr at h art , A nd e h er me w a n d e s h er giv ti to gro , ch ri h ; en w sh e me a nd o ft w s n to ee Th ill co ill i g th , en w n in ws a Wh thou art orki g thy furro ; y, wee n in th e s e wn Or di g acr d hour of da . QUES TIONS 37

Who 1 5 George B endis h ?

e e Who applaud d Pop for his sarcasm , and en the said , Wh you think of world , give ” it one more lash at my request ?

e ma n Who said of Edmund Burk , I f a were to go by chance at the same time with Burke u nder a S hed to shun a

shower , he would say , This is an ex tra ordina ry man What English writer said : At ﬁfty years n n I comme ced as a author . It is a whim e e me n es e that has s rv d lo g t and b st , and ” ? will probably be my last

’ Who was term ed Scotia s Bard

“ Who wrote , Earth has no sorrow that ” Heaven cannot heal ? What Engli s h poet was drowned by the capsizing of a boat in the Bay of Spezia ? What poet dictated the inscription for his ? gravestone a few days b efore his death

e e Ell era Whos hom was at y, on the banks of Lake Windermere ? For what is Lasswade noted ?

Th e Who said of Macaulay , quantity of T om in a nd reading has poured , the n Of qua tity writing he has poured out , is astonishing

Who wrote , Aurora Leigh ” ? Who said , I am a part of all I have met What American poet was the son of an actress ?

e What Am rican writer wrote his poem , ” The e in Dirg , memory of his two brothers ?

: e on L Who said Liv as a mountain . et men s ee em n e , let th k ow a r al man , who lives a s he was meant to live Who wrote Down Among Men What three S isters all wrote novels ?

c. s A n e es e Who aid , acr of Middl x is better n than a pri ncipality in Utopia P Who wrote T he Cricket on the H earth

Who s aid of Bergson : H e i s a philos opher upon whom the spirit s O f both literature a nd s cience have descended Who said

We a re mm now a nd e e i ortal h r , I s Our f ear all we hav e to fear .

Who has been called the beloved poet of Georgi a

s Who aid , What is good is never too abundant ” ? What Prime Minister of England ﬁrst gained recognition as a novelist ? What great allegory was written while its QUES TION S 39

What town library has an alcove devoted to the works O f the men and women of letters of the town ?

nn n Of whom did Cha i g say , I never meet that man without being cheered “ Who said , No legacy is so rich as hon esty ” ? What French writer traveled in America and wrote graphically Of American scenery a nd Indian life ?

m e s What wo an nov li t , contemporary with e e Scott , Wordsworth , and Col ridg , wrote remarkably true n ovels of English coun e e ? try lif , and what were th y Who said

me i s th n e of e ee s Fa e fragra c h roic d d , a n n o f Of ﬂower s of chivalry d ot weeds . 5 1 3 . Who wrote Castilian Days 5 1 4 : . Who said

And a s th e o f i s m e n , path duty ad plai , e be en ma w n May grac giv that I y alk th erei .

the What poet was called in England , American Byron Whom did Theodore Roosevelt proclaim as th e greatest novelist of our age Who said Unto th ee i s given e e s mm A lif that b ar i ortal fruit, In tho s e great Offices that s uit The l - wn ene e o f a ful gro rgi s h e ven. Who i s the most popular living English poet ? Who wrote How th e Other Half Lives What wa s the S na rk ?

’ own Who said of his work , I don t do it . ’ I m only the willow through which the whistle comes

What three notable Scotch writers of the pres ent day have written stories of Scotch life ? What Boston building is said to be the most picturesque structure i n the Un ited States ?

n e e e What ot d lit rary charact r said , My e wa s e e n n e cradl a cov r d wago , poi t d ” West ?

e ma n in 1 8 95 e th e What lit rary , , organiz d Landmarks Club to raise funds for th e preservation of the Old Franciscan Mis s ions O f California ?

n e s in hi s ne e What ov li t , youth , gai d the titl of th e boy orator because of his curb s tone speeches on socialism ? Who has b een termed th e poet of things divine ” Who wrote The Sugar -plum Tree ?

Who has been termed the modern Froe bel

4 2 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TION S

Of what poet was it said : H e was of imagi nation all compact

’ Nam e America s two greatest writers of n me Colo ial ti s . Who wrote th e following lines :

’ e e s w n e n the n m Th r a o d rful cou try , Ki gdo Of If , m A n d it li es i n th e Vall ey of Drea s . ’ Ne th e es s es w e e th e s u n ne e es ath blu t Of ki , h r v r di ; n m It h a s gold for its oc ean s a d s trea s . ’ ’ e e s n e e s m a n d e e s n e e Th r v r a tor th r v r a cloud , ’ A n d e e s n e e e nor woe th r v r a gri f a , ’ A n d e e s ne e e In s w Is we th r v r a h art that orro bo d , n s n ms ﬂ By th e ba k wh er e th e gold e s trea ow.

Who wrote T he Last of th e Mohicans

What fam ou s American j ournalist wrote ” Prue a nd I ?

’ Who wa s the author of Tom Brown s Schooldays a nd T om Brown at Ox ford

For w i s e hat Christ Church , Al xandria , n n e ? Virgi ia , ot d Who wrote The Little Lame Pri nce Who wrote The House of the Wolf Who s aid : T he only freedom which de s erves th e name i s that of pursuing our

own‘ in own wa we good our y, so long as not em e e e do att pt to d priv oth rs of theirs , ” or impede their effort to obtai n it ? ' QUES TIONS 43

What American write r has been spoken Of as the ﬁrst ambassador whom the New World of Letters sent to the Old

e e What poet declar d , I could not writ

upon anything, without some personal experience and foundation ” ? Which i s the most popular of all Of Percy ’ Bysshe Shelley s lyric poems ? What American poet suff ered a paralyti c e e e im strok , which r sulted in his d ath , mediately after delivering an oration on the occasion of the unveiling O f a statue

of the Italian patriot , Mazzini , in Central New ? Park , York City ‘Name six prominent men O f l etters who e Ma s sachu w re residents of Concord ,

setts . What poet wrote his masterpiece at eight een years of age ?

the O f whom was it said , With gift of he n O f song, would have bee the greatest epic poets s ince Homer Who was America ’ s greatest colored poet ? Who was America ’ s greatest colored edu cator ? Who wrote Concord Days

Of Who said , Fear is an instructor great the rev olu sagacity , and herald of all tions 44 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

Who wrote th e celebrated Fable for Critics ’ What a nd where is King s Chapel ? Who said :

Nor mine th e s eer - like power to Show Th e s ecrets O f th e h eart a nd mi nd ; To drop th e plummet - line below mm n w woe Our co o orld of joy or , A more i ntens e d es pair or brighter hop e to ﬁnd

” ? Who wrote Idylls of th e King

s e ne e the Who aid of Walt r Hi s Pag , editor a nd diplomat : Walter Page ca n write a letter decli ni ng a contribution with n s a nd wo s o s ee the tha k , rd it w tly that recipi ent ca n take it to a bank and raise ” m oney on it ? Who wrote Th e Judgment House What Scotch poet a nd novelist was also a preacher ? Who wrote the following lines :

A nd agai n I h eard th e wood - dove coo ; A n d th e s cent of th e woodland made me sa d ; th e two em n e m e o f For r i d d y h art you , en Wh you were a girl a nd I wa s a lad .

Of whom did Bli s s Pe rry say : H e is the ﬁrst professional ma n of letters to be ” come Pres ident of the Un ited States ? Who wa s called the Astronomer-Poet of Pers ia QUES TIONS 45

5 1 n S a re 7 . Who said , The o ly hots ﬁred that ‘ ’ heard round the world a re ﬁred by literary men

5 2 O f her : 7 . Who said illustrious son

In th es e words which my s on h a s written is co ntained hi s whol e go s pel : Th e w i s s o o f n m e n s orld full a u b r of thi g , m be a s a n I a s ure we Should all happy s ki gs .

e Who said , It costs no mor to live in the e e e upper story of lif wh r the air is purer ,

the scenery fairer , the vision keener , and ” the j oys more constant ? Who was termed the most fastidious of American critics Who was the author of Yesterdays with Authors What and where was Stone House ?

n Who wrote the followi g stanza , and of whom :

een be the e ee Gr turf abov th , Fri en d Of my b etter day s N ne new ee e ee o k th but to lov th , N r n m e s o a ed th e but to prai e. Who were termed the Damon and Pythias of American poets

’ Where do we hear Of Lincoln s Inn Hall ? What American woman of letters received the degree of Doctor of Literature from Bowdoin College ? land men ? What great Russian novelist was at one time a bootmaker ? Whom did Matthew Arnold call the in ” eff ectual angel ? Who was called the prophet of Ch elsea Who was called the prophet of Brant wood ” ? What Engli s h woman O f l etters spoke of “ Lord Nel s on a s th e little lamiter who ’ wi elded England s might at s ea

“ ’ Who wrote Ja n V e dd a r s Wife

A n m n e Who said , i agi ativ bootblack is ” lord of unskirted realms ? For what i s Chawton notable ? Who wrote Prometheu s Unbound

“ W ho wrote T he Wood B eyond the World ” ? Who wrote Life on the Missi s sippi

CO sha m E n For what is p Cottage , Esher , g e ? land , not d

’ What American poet s wife was buri ed on ? th e anniversary of h er weddi ng- day Who wrote The Chambered Nautilus Who wrote T he Jungle Book s

The s e n t o Who said , tti g of a grea h pe is like the setting of the s un QUES TIONS 47

Who wrote to Whittier thus : Let me say unhesitatingly that you have written th e most beautiful schoolboy poem i n the

E n e. e nglish la guag I hav j ust read it , as a nd I was writing to you , before I got ’ e through In School Days , the t ars were rolling from my eyes

’ What writer s burial -place in Sleepy Hol e e e low Cem t ry , Concord , Massachus tts , is surrounded by an arbor-vitae hedge ?

What New England writer S pent a night in jail for re fu s ing to pay a tax to support slavery in South Carolina ? What American poet was for a time a stu - dent a t Manor House School in ? Church S toke~ Newin ton ? Street , g , England

Who was the author of The Barefoot Boy ” ?

‘ e o What po t was born at Somersby , Linc ln ? shire , England Of whom did Josiah Gilbert Holland say :

‘ I think Of one whose genius wa s th e angelic , who swept all chords of human passion with ﬁngers that shook with the stress -Of their inspiration

e e a e Who wrot Dr d , A T l of the Great Dismal Swamp

’ s Fa rrin ford What writer home was at g , on the Isle of Wight ? e nn n 0 b gi i g , Lyric Love Who wrote The Long White S eam Who wa s made famous by his Essay Milton Who said : It tak es a s oul T O m e —it es -s e man ov a body , tak a high oul d T s s o move th e ma es .

e H e Who said of Charl s Dickens , has done more to am eliorate th e condition of th e Engli s h poor than all the statesmen Great Britain has ever sent to Parlia ” ment ? What noted English man Of letters studied art in Rome a nd Pari s ?

“ Who wrote The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy Who i s th e leading writer Of sea stories in England to - day ? Who wrote Tales of a Grandfather Who s aid : If there is wickedness in the e e s S e stre ts , your st ps hould hin with light i s n s of purity ; i f there a cry of a gui h , ” you s hould be there to s till it ? To whom did Whittier refer when he said

Th e e its m s s s ne viol t by o y to , ’ Th e m s e th e e s m pri ro by riv r bri , And n e-s wn ff e nd cha c o da odil , hav fou mm e him I ortal lif through .

Of what two brothers has it been said that h e one e n a t wrot ﬁctio like psychologist , a nd th e other wrote psychology like a n ovelist ? Who s aid

e i s es a nd n s w Lif a j t, all thi g Sho it

s o n e a nd now n w It. I thought o c , I k o

n n : Of what book did Dr . Joh so say No body ever laid it down without wishing it were longer

wa s th e O f the Who author line , West ward the course of empire takes its way ” ?

n e For what is Aldwi kl , Northamptonshire , n n n ? E gla d , oted Who said

i s e s a nd ne For truth pr ciou divi , T O s O rich a p earl for carnal wme.

Who wrote Lycidas

w is n Who rote h ﬁ es t poem in honor of St . ’ e s in s e n ? C cilia Day , a ingl ight

: me a re n Who said So bor great , some a ch Iev e e nes a nd me e e gr at s , so hav gr at ’ nes s thrust upon em

’ What poet s grave remained unmarked for e a nd wa s n e thirty y ars , the mark d by a m monu ent erected by Anne , Countess of QUES TION S 5 1

Who was termed the father of experi mental science

What statesman , philosopher , and writer was beheaded by Henry VIII ?

“ Who was called the morning-star of the Reformation Who wrote The Snow- Shower Who said : A handful of good li fe is ” worth a bushel of l earning ? What Scotch novelist created the characters

“ O f R oderi ck R a nd om and P eregri ne P i ckl e ?

Of what English nove list has it been said : S he was as unsociable as a storm at midnight Who wrote Before Adam Who said :

’ T i s e en ne i s en w h av alo that giv a ay , ’ T i s only God may be had for th e a ski ng NO price i s s et on the lavi sh s ummer ; ne ma be h m Ju y had by t e poores t co er . Who wrote Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Wife For what was Coppet famed ?

Who wrote The May Queen

“ Who was called th e father of ethics in America ” ? What and where is Roaring Brook n th e e es s e n tha gr at t di cov ry or i vention , ” a nd does more good ? Who said

A nd en s e m a s es n I vy thy tr a , it glid alo g n in n o f Through its beautiful ba k s a tra ce s ong .

What poet spoke of the city of his birth as the beautiful town that i s seated by the s ea

Who wrote Home Life of Great Au thors ” ? Who wrote Love Songs of Childhood

w i s e For hat Hav rhill , Massachusetts , notable ?

660 m the s . Fro what poem are following line taken :

S s s s in th e n a nd s e e e in hip that pa ight , p ak ach oth r s s n pa i g , Only a s ign al s hown a nd a di s tant voice in th e darkn es s S O on th e ocean Of life we pas s a nd s peak one n e a oth r , n a nd e en knes s n a nd O ly a look a voic , th dar agai s n a ile ce.

661 n s e e e . What E gli h po t wrot a prot st against th e employment of youn g children in fac “ e e e The tori s , ntitl d Cry of the Chil dren ” ? Q U ES TIONS 53

e a nd the What po t artist , son of an Italian e e n xil , was born in Lo don , England , in 1 8 28

What Wa s the Kelmscott Press ? For what is Edward Fitzgerald noted ? What English novelist as a boy earned six shillings a week pasting labels on bottles in a blacking establishment ?

e For what was Chart rhouse School , Lon n e ? don , England , ot d Who wrote the Paris Sketch Book

e n e ? For what is Mossgi l , Scotla d , not d

: e- e e Who said A wid spr ading , hop ful dis position is our only true umbrella i n thi s vale of tears Name some members of the P re - Raphael ” ite Brotherhood . Who wrote Abou B en Adhem

’ What English writer s S ister killed her mother in a ﬁt of i nsanity ?

’ ’ en e Where is Ell s Isl of Scott s poem , Th e Lady of th e Lake Who wrote Jude the Obscure Who was called the humanitarian novelist of England Who introduced the printing-press into England ? 54 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

What early English playwright was fatally s e in a e n e tabb d tav r brawl at D ptford , ? nea r London Who s aid

n e s th e n s e e n wn For touchi g h art o ly cr t k o , f w en i s e one o own . My orthy fri d , to hav your

Who wrote Th e Hungry H eart What American novelist was killed by his broth er ? Who wrote th e followi ng lines :

Th e w es a n d th e w es wn orld go up orld go do , A nd th e s n s ne ws th e n u hi follo rai , ’ ’ es e s s nee a nd es e s wn But y t rday r , y t rday fro m n Ca n nev er co e back agai .

What American nov eli s t wa s a s s as s inated on the ee s Ne w a n str t of York City , by i nsane m a n ? What popular American novelist committed suicide whil e temporarily i ns ane ? Who said : I have traveled a good deal in Concord Who wrote these lines :

e w i s in bein not s eemin Tru orth g , g, I n doi ng each d—ay that go es by S om e littl e good mot i n th e dreami ng e n s a nd Of gr at thi g to do by by .

68 6 Mrs M la . a r o ? Who is . p p

6 e s n in 8 7. En What nov li t , bor Lancashire , g n em e me la d , igrat d to A rica , and became one Of our best -known women Of letters ? QUES TION S 55 Who wrote Snow Berries

Litchﬁeld ne no For what is , Con cticut , table ? Who wrote My Summer in a Garden What a nd where is Glenmary Who wrote Th e Battle - cry Of Freedom Who wrote under th e pen-name of Eliza beth Wetherell Who wrote Rocked in the Cradle of the D eep ” Who wrote The Wilderness Hunter ?

e not What Polish writ r, who did know a word of English until he was ni neteen a e one th e e es years of g , is of gr at t mas ters of the art of ﬁction in England to day ?

e eme Ov r whose grave , in Mt . Auburn C ter m e s y, Ca bridg , Massachu etts , is a m n e e monu e t d signed by his fri nd , Wash ington Allston ? “ Who wrote The Wagoner of the Alle ” ghanies ? Name two American poets born in the ” m e Of e Penns l fa ous Val Ch ster , y

vania .

’ Who was Alfred Tennyson s successor as Poet Laureate Of England ?

’ After what poem was Longfellow s The

‘ Building of th e Ship modeled ? What American poet began his career as a e e n n lawy r , aft rward aba doni g it for literature ? What New England poet s aid : My nat ’ n m e i s n s In ural Su day ho Ki g Chapel . that church I have wors hip ed for half a cen wa s m r e e m . e e e tury Th r I ar i d , th r y en we e ene childr r christ d , from that church my dear companion of so many bles s ed years wa s buried

w i s em e n E n For hat T pl Church , Lo don , g n n e ? la d , ot d Wha t novelist s aid : T he goddes s Themis i s d n a nd e e e , at E i burgh , I suppos v ry w e e e s e o f e s h r l , a particularly j alou dis position What poem wa s written in commemoration of the landi ng of th e Pilgrims at Ply m s c s e s ? outh , Mas a hu tt “ e e Who wrot John And rson , My Jo Who said

a m th e e th e w m n th e s m e a s th e man I po t of o a a , A nd I sa y it i s a s great to be a woman a s to be a m n a , And I s a y th ere i s nothi ng greater than the moth er f m n o e .

09 em een e e 7 . What po has b d clar d the most ” popular s hort poem extant ? 1 0 e n 7 . Who wrote Willi Wi kie

1 1 e The Of e 7 . Who wrot Song Mys lf

of our hearts “ Who wrote T he Diverting History of John Gilpi n What Engli s h poet buried in the grave of his young wife the manu s c ript of a book ems w e e of po , hich was aft rward exhum d and published ? H ow does London Bridge enter into ’ Dickens s romances ? ’ What Engli s h noveli s t s fath er was im prisoned for debt in Mars ha l sea Prison ?

“ Who wa s called the pes s imist s age

“ Who i s called T he Manxman Who said : P in your faith to th e uns een things and let Pati en c e have her perfe ct work ’ the e e e Who was h roin of Hunt s po m , J enny Ki s sed Me What Engli s h m a n of letters worked for month s trying to ma s ter the art of china n n et e ? pai ti g , y fail d For what was Beaufort House noted ? Who wrote T he Shepherd of the Hills Who wrote The Little Shepherd Of King dom Come

’ Name four Of America s leading illus

tra tors . QUES TIONS 59

Name some of the illustrious dead buried in n e Ke sal Green Cemet ry , London . What poet had a drinking- cup made from a human skull ?

e Who wrot Nostromo , and to whom is it dedicated ?

What Hungarian boy , coming to the United e en e e e be Stat s wh s v nteen y ars of age , me the World ca the editor of New York , a nd a pioneer i n modern j ournalism ? Where do we hear of D otheboys H a ll ? O f what American author was the ﬁrst trustworthy biography written not until e e e about thirty y ars aft r his d ath , and then by what Engli s hman ? To whom did Charlotte Bronte dedicate “ ” Jane Eyre ?

e s e ? For what is Keighl y , York hir , noted

“ Who said Tears a re th e softening sh owers which cause the seed of h eaven ” to spring up in the human heart Of whom was the followi ng tribute written : H e the n s com rehen had sou d , di tinct , p e n e e the siv k owl dg of Aristotle , with all

beautiful lights , graces , and embellish ments of Cicero ” Who wrote Locksley Hall ? What and where was “ Oak Knoll What was Fox How ? For what i s Bas s enthwaite notable ? For what is Fulham famed ? What was th e river of th e poets What poet described hi s library a s being so large that h e f elt like a cock - robin in an empty church ? For what is Loch a we notabl e ? Whom did L ord Byron pronounce the b est lo oki ng poet h e had known ?

w e T he e e Who rot Wid , Wid World For what i s Kirkoswa ld notable ? Who wrote T he Culprit Fa y

m wa s s : Of who it aid His day is coming , i s m H e e w its S co e . di d ith dawn hining full upon him ” ? ” Who wrote Night Thoughts ? Who wrote Two Years Before the Mast ” ? Who wa s Hosea Biglow Who wrote The Story of a n African F arm

’ Wh o wrote T he Doll s Hou s e ’ What American poet s wife died in Rotter da m n ? , Holla d n s e e e wa s n What E gli h Po t Laur at , duri g his e n e prof ssio al lif , a doctor of medi cine ? QUES TIONS 6 1

” Who wrote The Great Stone Face ? “ Who said of Washington Irving : Wash ’ i n ton n ! en e g Irvi g Why, g tlem n , I don t go upstairs to bed two nights out of seven without taking Washington Irving under my arm Who wrote Echoes from a Sabine Farm k Who said , How bitter a thing it is to loo ’ into happiness through another ma n s eyes Who said : Heaven lies about us in our infancy ” ? an Who wrote the following lines , d in what selection do they appear :

What I mo s t prize in woman I s h er e ns not h er n e e ! aff ctio , i t ll ct Th e i ntell ect i s ﬁ n ite ; but th e aff ections A re n n e a nd nn be e s e . i ﬁ it , ca ot xhau t d 78 7 . Who wrote Lalla Rookh

9 : 77 . Who said

’ ’ S uch i s th e patriot s boas t wh ere e r we roam ; H I s s n i h i n S e e e s s ow . ﬁr t, b t cou try v r

e e the What writ r wrot of gypsies , and what were h is mo s t famous books ? Who said

’ en s e h is en s i nﬁrmities A fri d hould b ar fri d , s m es m ne e e n a r But Brutu ak i gr at r tha th ey e. 78 2 . Who wrote The Golden Legend 62 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TION S

Who said : There i s but one s traight road to success a nd that i s merit Whom does Longfellow allude to in Foot s teps of Angels w e th e n e The nne ne Who rot ov l , I r Shri , which wa s ﬁrs t publi s hed anonymously ? Who wrote T he Mistres s of th e Manse Name four lyrical poems written by Long e f llow .

me n n e s wa s it Of what A rica ov li t said , H e always brought a quarrel with him

What Scotch author O f recent years showed remarkable ve rs atility ? Who were the Trans cendentali s ts ? Who wrote The La s t Leaf Who wrote Tanglewood Tales What a nd wh ere wa s Arrow Head

e n i n New een What writ r , bor York , has b “ called th e c la s s ic i nterpreter of Cali ’ forn ia s heroic a ge Who were th e original Vi ol et a nd P eony ’ of Hawthorne s S now Image Who wa s called Sappho of the Isles

Ma rsh ﬁeld s e For what is , Ma sachus tts , notable ? Who was called the sage of Concord Who i s called the dean of American authors ” ? QUES TION S 63

Who said : It seems as if life might be S e so imple , so b autiful , so good to live , n n so good to look at , i f we could o ly thi k one n ne e e e e of it as lo g j our y , wh r v ry ’ day s march has its own s eparate sort of beauty to travel through Who wrote The Right Princess Who wrote Th e Slim Princess What was Lindenwald What Philadelphia e ditor was the biog ra pher of Walt Whitman ?

: Who said What is seen cannot be unseen , but what is heard is Often unheard

Woolthor e e ? For what is p , England , not d What Indiana writer told of his own ex eriences m i n The p as a inister his book , Circuit R Ider

Thimbl ﬁn er Who wrote Little Mr . e g and His Queer Country Whose tombstone contain s the following n e li es , of which he hims lf was the author

e e he es w e e he n e be H r li h r lo g d to ; ’ me i s th e s me m th e s ea Ho ailor , ho fro , h And th e hunter home from t e hill .

8 1 0 wa s . Who called the peace hero Who wrote Two Little Pilgrims ’ Prog ress ” ? 64 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

1 2 Who s 8 . aid

n m n s a nd w S ere e I fold y ha d ait , Nor e w n s nor e nor s ea car for i d , tid , ’ e no m e n s me a n d e I rav or gai t ti fat , m m For 1 0 ! my own s hall co e to e.

What fri end a nd di s ciple of Walt Whitman ha s en n n writt a striki gly origi al book , a nd what Is it ?

w e h er e e ne Who rot famous nov l , D lphi , after havi ng been banished from h er own n e ? country , Fra c What did th e native s of the Samoa Islands call Robert Loui s Stevenson ? Who was the prototype of Cedri c E rrol in ’ Frances Hodgs on Burnett s Little Lord Fauntleroy

w e m n n e n Who rot I agi ary Co v rsatio s , in which the spirits O f famous characters Of th e pa s t were supposed to converse together ? Who said

s a re s Our doubt traitor , A nd make u s lo s e th e good we oft might win e n em By f ari g to att pt . 8 1 9 . What famous editor and publisher began e ne s i e ? lif as a w boy in Portland , Ma n

8 20 e . What gr at editor a nd publisher became n et n bli d , y conti ued his work ?

66 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TION S

Who wrote Picture Books Without Pic ” tures ? What men O f letters were among the ﬁrst s ees Of th e tru t famous Astor Library, ? New York City Who wrote A Daughter of Heth

The e me e e n n po tic fa of what writ r , b st k ow ” e n me e by A P titio to Ti , was clipsed by that of his daughter ? What great Engli s h writer began life as a tinker a nd wa s th e s on of a ti nker ?

e S s e e e ne e Nam i t rs , ach po ts , ith r of whom wa s e e m e who e v r arri d , and di d within the same yea r ? Of whom did Edmu nd Clarence Stedman s a : S h e wa s th e mos ns e n y t i pir d woma , s o a s n wn wh o e far k o , of all hav com s e i n n en m e n n e po d a ci t or od r to gu s , or ” ﬂ ouri s hed in a ny land or time ? What fa mou s E ngli s h poet i s s aid to have “ ’ ” read Arabian Nights Entertai nment when but s ix years Of a ge ?

’ Who wa s Italy s greatest poet ? Who wrote Natural Law in the Spiritual World Who wa s called th e father Of the English n ovel Who was the founder of the Society of en Fri ds , commonly called Quakers ? QUES TION S 67

What great abolitioni s t and j ournalist was e n - in turn a sho maker, cabi et maker, e ? printer, and ditor ’ Who wa s England s greatest historian ? ’ What great German poe t s ﬁrst drama in verse was dedicated to th e woman he loved ? Who founded the New York Tribu ne? Who wrote f ‘ The History of the Evolution of Man What American poet was a direct descend Of e ant John Eliot , the Apostl to the Indians What young woman in the days of Samuel Johnson sprang into fame with her ﬁrst novel ? Who said : T he con sciousness of duty done gives us music at midnight What American woman of l etters was made a government commi s sioner to look into the condition of th e Mission I ndians of Californ ia ? To whom did James Russell Lowell dedi e e P cat his poem , The Dead Hous Who drafted the original Declaration of Independence of the United States ?

e Of what book , by what writ r , did Ma ca u la y say that it wa s the ﬁrs t tale e n n writt n by a woma , and purporti g to e O f a nd t be a pictur life manners , tha lived or deserv ed to live 68 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

Who was the first Ame rican novelist Of note ? When a n d where wa s the first printing ? pres s of Am erica s et up What wa s th e first book printed in Am erica ? What early m a n of letters in th e United States took a n active part i n the witch : s w h e e a n n craft trial , of hich wrot accou t i n his book Wonders of th e Invisible World e The e en nee Who wrot H ath Chi , or , Plai n Language from Truthful ” James ? Wh o wa s Owen M eredith ’ Who w a s Englan d s greates t dramati s t pre cedi ng Shak es peare ? i n N a me ten f a m ou s writer s born n India a . Who wrote Th e Hym n on th e Morning ’ ” o f Chri s t s Nativity ? w i s Northfield e For hat , Massachus tts , notable ? wa s the th e m Who author of fa iliar poem , The Old Armchair Who wrote th e followi ng lines Let me live in a hou s e by th e s ide o f the road Wh ere th e race of m en go by The men wh o a re a n d th e m en who a r good e bad , A s a nd a s a good bad s I . ’ w not s it in th e s ne s s e I ould cor r at, ’ Or hurl th e cyn ic s ba n Let m e live i n a hou s e by th e s id e of the road A nd be en a fri d to ma n . QUES TIONS 69

Who wrote In Old Virginia Who was the great educational reformer of Zurich ?

e For what was Raleigh Tav rn , Williams ? burg , Virginia , noted What President of the United States was a clas smate of the poet Longfellow at Bowdoin College ? Who was George Sand

e e e e Who wrot Wall nst in , d clared by “ Carlyle to be th e greatest dramatic work of th e eighteenth century Who was Anne Hathaway ? What pres ent -day English writer is the the e author of ssay, How to Live on — Twenty four Hours a Day What American writer lived alone in a hut e n e by a pond , at an xpe s of nine cents a day ?

e For what is Orl ans House, Twickenham , E e ? ngland , not d

The work of what English woman poet of to -day entitled h er to consideration as a pos s ible candidate for th e poet laureate ship after th e death of Alfred Austin ?

Name s ome notable literary people who a re ee m r buried in Sl py Hollow Ce ete y, Con e cord , Massachus tts . ’ What American poet s grave was unmarked by a monument for over twenty-ﬁve ? years Who h a s written delightful juvenile stories u nder th e pen-name of Lewis Car roll Who was the lily maid of Astolat Where do we hear of J oe Ga rgery?

mi n Tell of Ger trud e of Wyo g. Who wa s Li ttl e Nell Trent ? ’ What American poet compared Dante s ” n me dim Divi e Co dy to a , restful cathedral ? Who wa s D on Quixote ?

’ Wha t poet s aid of Longfellow s Excel s ior It depicts th e earnest upward m s e th e s - a n m not i pul of oul , i pulse to be s ubdued even in death

’ me me s e e e Na A rica gr at st ssayist . Who wrote T he Song O f th e Banj o What noted pers onage said in praise of the w s e e e th e n ork of Shak sp ar , All E glish s n e ne hi tory that I k ow , I l ar d from Shakespeare Who immortalized the name Of Arthur Henry Hallam ? ’ Who was known as the children s poet ” e The o is Who wrot Spy, and up n what the story founded ? QUES TIONS 7 1 What writer is sometimes called the busi ness man of letters ” ?

n What noted English woma , a novelist, was born at Stoke -upon-Trent ? Who was the author Of America For what was Clara Barton famous ? Who wrote The Story of a Bad Boy e Wher was Mark Twain born , and what is the mean ing of his name ? What writer from western United States was appointed United States Consul to

‘ Germany ? Name his most popular S hort r sto y . What Southern woman wrote The Voice of the People Who wrote The Lady or the Tiger Who was lUncle Re mus Who wrote Songs from Vagabondia What i nternational writer was the s on of f e an Irish army o ﬁc r , was born in Greece , e e e educat d in Paris , lived tw nty y ars in e en America , and sp nt the last fourte years of his life in Japan ?

Who is the renowned M r . Dooley

n n ? For what is Ecclefecha , Scotland , otable “ What English novelist was called the Browning of prose ’ What has been said in praise of Goethe s ” Faus t ? 72 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TION S

What Italian poet wa s termed the bard of ffe n s a nd e su ri g, of orrow , of d spair

’ Who wa s called Rus s ia s great epic poet i n pros e Who ha s been termed th e most s cholarly a nd th e most truly cla s s ical of English ” poets ? Who wa s the author Of The D es erted Vil lage What English poet has been called the Poet Laureate of th e ﬁreside

i s e n n e ? For what Ayrshir , Scotla d , otabl Who introduced the new German thought and literature i nto England Name two Engli s h poets who married

s i s ters . Who wrote Con fessions of a n English Opium - eater What Scotti s h poet was devoted to out-Of door life ? What English poet began life by being a p prenticed to a s urgeon at ﬁfteen years of a ge ? Why did Thorwalds en weep when he u m veiled his statue of Chri s t ?

H ow - m ne s Of did the coal i r Newcastle , n n e n n n E gla d , mak k ow to H e ry Wads worth Longfellow their appreciation of his work ?

street mimi cked ? What wa s th e old Whitechapel Club “ wa s th e Who author of Home , Sweet Home What was the Anthology Club ? Name the four mos t famous orations of n e e e Da i l W bst r . ? What wa s the Brook Farm Community What was th e Adironda ck Club ? Name th e founder of the Concord School o f s Philo ophy . ’ B n n Give H os ea iglow s Opi io of war . “ ” e o f th e New en e e men T ll Ed xp ri t . What Am erica n noveli s t wa s the daughter o f a c e m n the s s e e l rgy a , i t r of a cl rgyman a nd the wife of a famou s professor ? What a nd where i s Craigie House ? What a nd where is the Old Manse ? What a nd wh ere i s th e Wayside ? Who wrote The Children Of the Ghetto Who wrote Th e Ma n Without a Coun ” try a nd for what speciﬁc purpose was it written ? In what poem does Oliver Wendell Holmes give honor to the author of America Who was the banker-poet QUES TIONS 75

What American poet was appointed Min a nd ister to Germany , died shortly after entering upon the duties Of the Offi ce ? Name two American novelists who have

given us authentic historical romances . What and where was the Ugly Club ? How was Paff ’ s wine cellar related to American literature ? Who uttered of himself the gruesome

prophecy , I shall die as that tree , to from the p down , meaning insanity Who was the sage of Highgate What and where is T he Na u lahka For what was Winslow House noted ? What was the Sign o ’ the Lanthorn Who said : Our deeds shall travel with us from afar Who wrote the following lines :

5 0 s s s e his m s e Juda ki d a t r, “ ” And ! n a s h m n m e w e e e . cri d , all hail h a t all har

What New England poet was a direct de scendant from John Alden ? Who was known as the painter-poet Who said : I would have a woman as true

as Death . At the ﬁrst real lie which

‘ the e works from h art Outward , she should be tenderly chloroformed into a be tter sh e e e world , where can hav an ang l for a

governess , and feed on strange fruits 76 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TION S

c w m e h er e whi h ill ak all ov r again, even to h er bones a nd marrow

e the e ene Of Giv ight g ral divisions poetry , e m e e with a n xa pl of ach . To whom did Wa s hington Irving dedicate his famou s Sketch - book Who s aid : My life should be unique ; it s be a n m e hould al s , a battl , a conquest , a medici ne What was T a rrya while Who wrote Happy Dodd ’ For what wa s Turk s Head Tavern noted ? Wh o s aid : Slow ri s es worth by poverty oppres s ed What poet wa s termed th e marvelous boy ” ? ’ For wha t was B etty Fla naga n s Hotel noted ?

e the T ll of Lotus Club .

e th e T ll of Saturday Club . Of whom wa s it s aid that he talks about ’ Nature a s if she d been born and brought up at Concord What a nd where was Cedarcroft ? Who wrote the lines : QUES TION S

For what was Cl overnook notable ? Who wrote Cato Who founded The S p ec ta tor ? Who was called the wicked wasp of Twickenham Who was H ighland Ma ry? Who was Anni e Laurie ? What and where was Dove Cottage ? For what is Stoke Poges Churchyard noted ? Of Who was the author Mr . Isaacs What was the original village of H enry ’ ee e n e Ward B ch r s ov l , Norwood

- his What nature loving essayist wrote , as e ﬁrst book, Wild Lif Near Home

O f whom was it said , He has the love of wisdom a nd the wisdom of love Who said : I n ever dog- eared a book in m e nor e e th e y lif , profan ly scribbl d upon e- n fl l ea f titl pages , margi , or y , and would as soon have stuck a pin through my flesh as through the pages O f a book Who said : Education is a better safe guard Of liberty than a standi ng army What popular novelist served as a hospital nurse duri ng a portion of the Civil War ? O f what woman novelist has it been said : S eldom do we find a writer who com bines such keen i ntellectual power with ” such spiritual sweetness ? 996 i s e e ? . For what Riv rby fam d

n e a nd Who was called Su s t Cox ,

Who was the originator of D r . ” Who resided at Copse Hill ? n For what is Tri ity Churchyard , ? York City, famed ANSWERS TO ONE THOUSAND LITERARY QUESTIONS

Phillips Brooks was the author of the “ Christmas Carol ” beginning Every ” - e e e e e e s n . wh r , v rywh r , Christma to ight n a n Brooks was a Bosto clergym n , havi g been rector of Tri nity Church for twenty two years before h e was m ade Bishop of e in 1 8 91 H e Massachus tts . wrote Lec ” “ on n Th e en tures Preachi g , Inﬂu ce of ” s s e e n Jesu , ev ral volumes of s rmo s , and e em Of many b autiful po s , which the one n n n me tio ed was a ge eral favorite .

e w e e e e w e e s m s -n ! Ev ry h r , v ry h r , Chri t a to ight s m s i n n s O f th e ee a nd ne Chri t a la d ﬁr tr pi , Chri s tmas in lan d s of th e palm tree a nd vi ne ; Ch ri stm z s wh ere s now- p eak s s tand s ol emn and rl i w te, Chri stma s wh ere corn ﬁel ds l ie s unny a nd bright ; - e w e e e e w e e s m s n . Ev ry h r , v ry h r , Chri t a to ight

e Orchard Hous , in Concord , Massachusetts , the Of the was home Alcott family . It was under a great elm tree i n the front e yard , seat d on a rough , homemade on bench , that Louisa M . Alcott , notebook ee e n a kn , is said to hav pen ed her f mous ” story , Little Women . 79 8 0 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TION S

m e nn n the m n e Willia Ell ry Cha i g , i ist r , was e s u en a m e a th ological t d t at C bridg , grad m o e e w a tin . e u g fro Harvard C ll g ith ! th H e e me highes t honors o f his cla s s . b ca pa s tor o f th e Federal Street Congrega tiona l o f s n e s Church Bo to , Massachus tt , a nd wa s s oon recognized a s a l eader in th e libe ral Congrega tiona l m ovement that n m n e e e n n s . ﬁ ally d v lop d i to U itaria i Dr . Channi ng vi s ited Europe i n 1 8 22 a nd made the acquai ntance of many literary e e m n em a nd p opl , a o g th Wordsworth e e m h e me n Col ridg , with who for d a lasti g n s frie d hip . m e r mn 2d the e Willia Ell ry Cha i g , , po t , wa s n e ew the m n s e H e e a ph of i i t r . liv d in n o s s e s s e e Co c rd , Ma achus tt , for v ral e a nd wa s en a nd ne y ars , a fri d ighbor of me s n e n n etc E r o , Thor au , Alcott , Sa bor , . H e w e s e e s m me ms rot v ral all volu s of poe , a nd e th e e a biography of Thor au , Po t ” “ ’ H e e m h Naturalist . was t r ed t e poet s ” poet .

e e e n The rugg d b auty of Gr ylock Mou tain , s e h a s een n Mas achus tts , b su g by Oliver en e me en e W d ll Hol s , H ry David Thor au , m en n e Willia Cull Brya t , Nathani l Haw ne a nd nn m Th e e . e thor , Fa y K bl summit Of the mountai n had for Hawthorne a e n n th e ee p culiar fasci atio . From str ts of n h Williamstow , from all the ways by whic

R d e e e famous e Badg of Courag , lit rary critics hailed him as th e writer of th e com ” e m e n n e h e e ing gr at A rica ov l , but di d s e n e while till v ry you g , whil visiting n H i s em ns we e foreign la ds . r ai r brought back to New York and buri ed within a i ce few miles of h s birthpla .

Griff Hou s e wa s th e childhood home of “ George Eliot ( Mary A nn Evans ( C T he e i s es e Cross ) . plac d crib d as a red - - e e e charming , brick , ivy cov r d hous on ” the es e in s Arbury tat , Warwick hire , e e S h e s en the s en England . H r p t ﬁr t tw ty n e s h er e Ma ie Tu lliv er i n o e y ar of lif . gg “ The on the s s in a n Mill Flo is , part , ’ autobiographical s ketch of th e writer s n e e s ow lif of thos day .

s n n New wa s Old Wa hi gto Hall , York City , th e meeti ng- place of a coteri e of literary men m n w m we e e n , a o g ho r Coop r , Brya t . er n n s e a nd e V pla ck , Sa d , Hall ck , oth rs . n wn a s th e e -a nd - ee e be k o Br ad Ch s Club , s e i n e n mem e cau , th ir voti g for b rship , e the f m e br ad was used for a ﬁr ativ , and ees e the ne e ch for gativ ballots .

Lydia Maria Child wrote the ﬁrst anti e e slav ry book publish d in America . It wa s called A n Appeal for That Cla s s of ” me n e s A rica s Call d African , and was 1 8 33 published in . AN S WERS 8 3

Ella Wheeler Wilcox resides in a double cot ta h ge at Sound Beach , Connecticut , whic is known as the bungalow ” and “ the ” barracks . Originally there was but one

of these bungalows , but the writer, in her numerous travels through Europe and the n the S O Orie t, was recipient o f many

treasures of art , pottery , and furnishings that one building would not accommodate

them , so a second was constructed to house

these treasures .

Walt Whitman selected his own burial -place e e and d signed his own tomb . Harl igh

Cemetery, a mile or two outside of Cam e h e e den , New Jersey, is the plac sel cted e for his burial . On a st ep hillside clothed n e — by atural forest tr es , oaks , beeches , —he e e and hickories , prepar d his s pulcher , designing it himself and coming f re S O e quently, until too inﬁrm to do long r , to v e the O f n super is work co struction , which was completed but a little time be e fore his d ath . The tomb is a capacious

- vault of ponderous , rough tooled blocks n n of granite , surmou ted by a tria gular e e e mass , w ighing s v ral tons , which is e graven with his name . The massiv stone

door stands ajar , and through it may be seen th e sealed crypts which contain the Of the Of ashes poet and some his kindred . 1 4 en m n a n n wa s the n . B ja i Fr kli origi ator of the r a n In 1 731 ﬁ s t c ircul ti g library . he sug ges ted to h i s f ellow- members of the Junto u e ee e o e e Cl b that th y k p th ir bo ks tog th r , s o tha t all th e m embers might have access m Th e u - to the . p blic library of to day is th e me s e e men outco of thi xp ri t . ” nn s e th e me O f n Su y id , ho Washi gton n n n on the s n e Irvi g , at Irvi gto Hud o Riv r , i s c e e w n s th e n ov r d ith E gli h ivy , origi al plant of which s prung from a root brought m e os e e n fro M lr Abb y , Scotla d . ’ il s . G e s e e St Church , Crippl gat , London , is the - e n n burial plac of Joh Milto . ’ B ecky S ha rp i s th e h eroi ne of Thackeray s “ n D or i s th e Va ity Fair . a wife of ’ D a vid Copperﬁeld i n Dickens s novel o f Mi h that title . nneha ha i s t e heroine of ’ “ n e w s e s e- n e The Lo gf llo v r roma c , Song ” Gl of Hiawatha . oria Qu ayl e is th e ’ “ ” e ne in ne s T h n h roi Hall Cai e Christia . H es ter P rynne i s th e heroi ne i n Haw ’ ” ne s c e e e thor S arl t L tt r .

Old Tra il Town wa s the s cene of the rural ’ ma es e in n e dra d crib d Zo a Gal s romance , ” s m Chri t as . In thi s drama s uch actors Ma r Cha va h E benez er R u le Ta b as y , , ’ Wins l ow J enn Wi n Mis M , y g, ortimer ANS WERS 8 5

B lu Mil B a tes ff es . , and appear The pro totypes Of these a re the real people which ’ move about i n all of Miss Gale s charming m n a re e books , a o g which her Fri ndship e Village s ries .

e the Mary E . Wall r is author of My Rag e the pick r . This is story of a little French girl whose only mother was th e historic a nd somewhat forbidding cathe Notre D ome T O em dral of in Paris . brace a great stone pillar Of thi s cathedral was to h er like cli ngi ng to th e knees of h he n er e . S e e moth r k lt by it , clasp d it in s e e h er n her arm , and pr ss d achi g head against it a nd found th ere re fuge a nd in r e comfort at a crisis hour he life . Wh n she was discovered by th e artist who re e her h er e e lat s story , hom l ss , unhappy n e days were soo ov r . Jeff ery Fa rnol h a s been term ed the Broad ” highwayman because of his book en e The n titl d Broad Highway . Agai , ’ most of Fa rnol s stories have for their hero a ma n who loves to tramp through the n n on cou try with a k apsack his back . Fa rnol en m Of e in n has sp t ost his lif Ke t , n n —a h e n n E gla d , land which k ows i ti mately because of his many knapsack en tramps throughout its l gth and breadth .

Owen Wister is the author of The Vir ” ginian . The story is laid in western 8 6 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

United States In the cowboy district of n The times a go e . Virginian is true to e e type a nd tru to lif .

Madi s on Cawei n i s termed th e poet of the ” - n H e n in blue gras s cou try . was bor en c a nd em e e K tu ky , his po s hav the tru “ en u m s e e th e n s K t cky at o ph r , ripe e s , me nes s a nd s wee ne s llow , t s of bird song a nd e a e w a re b auty of foli g , hich char ” a cteris ti c the e- s n of blu gra s cou try , as witnes s ed in the foll owi ng stanzas :

en n s w n a s e en w Wh thi g go ro g , th y oft ill , ’ Vvith th e w e i n n ork you hav ha d , Ju s t whi s tl e a s ong of ch ee r until ’ Y ou ca n s ee th e work you v e planned ; And es we e m en s nee do your b t , ho v r r , And w be in th nd m e e e . all ill right , y d ar

s th e w e Ju t do ork that you hav to do , ’ A n d whatever it i s you ll ﬁnd ee s n i n th e e o f If you k p a o g h art you , T O e w e in m n h lp hat you hav i d , A nd es we e m en s nee do your b t , ho v r r, w be i n th end m e e . All ill right , y d ar

James Russ ell Lowell said of the House ” ’ of the S even Ga bles : Hawthorne s Hou s e of th e S even Gables is the most valuable contribution to New England ” ha s et een history that y b made .

Ralph Waldo Emerson was th e writer of the w n es follo i g lin , which are part of the ANS WERS 8 7

Fragments on the Poet and the Poetic ” Gift !

’ T i s not in th e s s ne high tar alo , Nor in the n we s cup of buddi g ﬂo r , ’ Nor i n th e e e s s m e w ne r dbr a t llo to , Nor in th e bow s m es in we that il Sho rs , But in th e mu d a nd s cum o f thi ngs e e w w s me n s n s Th r al ay , al ay o thi g i g .

e Charles Dickens wrot Pickwick Papers . In these papers S a mu el P i ckwick is the e e a nd ne e Lon hero , an cc ntric be vol nt - e a nd doner , middle ag d of middle class , n - e e e n u sophisticated , hot h ad d , but sse tia ll e e n e e e y amiabl , asily a g r d , and asily l ed . e e He is pictur d with a bald h ad , a e a nd e smooth round fac , a bland childlik n e e n expressio , sp ctacl d nose , a rotu d S e o paunch , and hort stubby l gs thrust int s e h is ne black gaiter that r ach up to k es . en n S a m Weller His faithful att da t is .

e Cheyne Walk , Ch lsea , London , was the home O f George Eliot at th e time of her e e e em e 22 1 8 8 0 d ath , which occurr d D c b r , . H er remains were interred in Highgate

Cemetery . Craigenpu ttock was the one- time home of In e Thomas Carlyle . this b autiful coun he a nd e e e try home his wif , Jan W lsh e n e e Carlyle , liv d ma y years and nt rtained a e e n e many not bl peopl , i cluding Em rson e In th e s and Longf llow . mid t of Car ’ l e yl s greatest honors , he was crushed by 8 8 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TION S

i H i s e e e the death o f h s wife . last y ars w r n e ne Row e s e s pe t at Ch y , Ch l a , London , 4 1 8 8 1 e e he e e . wh r di d , F bruary ,

Dani el D e foe wrote the li nes :

e e e e e s s e e Wh r v r God r ct a hou Of pray r, Th e D evil alway s build s a chap el th ere ; ’ A n d t w be n n e m n n ill fou d , upo xa i atio , h s n e n Th e latter ha s t e large t co gr gatio .

a m m John Milton w s three ti es arri ed . With hi s s w e we h e wa s ﬁr t if , Mary Po ll , most n a nd o f th e ee e s n u happy , thr daught r bor s m e two we e m n n of thi arriag , r ost u ki d to n e h is their father . Milto bor trial s with e s e en a nd e a nd a b autiful r ity fortitud , n ot on es cen e n would c d d to littl thi gs . e h is one f e n e a nd D borah , a f ctio at faithful e s ea hi s ee es a nd daught r , p ks of ch rfuln s des cribes him a s the s ou l of a conversa

n . s e n w e e ne tio His co d if , Kath ri Wood c to w m h e s n e e co k , ho pay a obl tribut , ’ di ed after little more than a year s ma r ri H i w be Min a e . s e g third i f , Eliza th S w m h e m e in 1 664 e hull , ho arri d , surviv d him m e n a en or tha h lf a c tury .

Kilcolman wa s the home of Edmund S pen r n s e . Spe s er obtained a grant of land i n Ireland a nd took up hi s abode i n Kil m n s e e m e col a Ca tl , a plac re arkabl for its e ene e he e the d lightful sc ry . H re wrot ” e een en Fa ry Qu , and tertained his e friend , Sir Walt r Raleigh , and other

h e e t e r ar of Orchard Hous , the home of

th e Alcotts . ’ “ s n w s n Holmes lo g alk , poke of in the ” O f the e s e Autocrat Br akfa t Tabl , was acro s s th e famous Bos ton Common from n ee Joy Street to Boylsto Str t . ne n n n Hogarth La , Lo don , E gla d , was “ named in honor of th e matchless H O e e e e en garth , who r sid d th r for sixte now the s e years . It is it of Hogarth m m e Museu . Willia Hogarth was a c le bra ted n e a nd en e e pai t r grav r , whos satiri cal repres entations o f vice a nd folly won n n him re ow .

At one me e e ti Walpol Hous , Chiswick , Lon don wa s the me Of e , ho Horac Walpole . ’ e e me s Lat r it b ca a boys chool , and has S ince been immortalized i n ﬁction as Mis s ’ ’ Pi nker ton s A ca dem e y, in Thack ray s ” n e wa s n Va ity Fair . Walpol oted as a l etter- writer a nd for one grotes que ro ” n e en e Th e s e o ma c , titl d Ca tl f Otranto . Francis Scott Key was the author of The - a n e a nn n h Star Sp gl d B er . Duri g t e War 1 8 1 2 s ee wa s of , a Briti h ﬂ t anchored in

es e e . n a n Old Ch ap ak Bay Dr . Bea s , resi en o f e n d t Upp r Marlborough , Maryla d , had be en captured a nd s ent as a prisoner ’ m n to Ad iral Cochra e s ﬂagship . Francis Ke n e Of e Scott y, a you g lawy r Baltimor , n Of . e e was a frie d Dr B ans , and , h aring AN S WERS 91

of his plight , hastened to the British com mander to endeavor to have his friend e e e The nem r l as d . e y was about to attack McH enr Fort y, so refused to allow M r . e n Key and Dr . B a s to return until after

the fort was captured . 1 3 All through the night of September , 1 8 1 4 e , the bombardment was k pt up , and “ ’ in th e light of the rockets red glare they could S ee the American flag still wa y h e h ing over t e old fort . Wh n t e first rays of dawn s howed that the flag was still ” n Ke e there , Fra cis Scott y was inspir d to e e O f the n writ the lin s wo derful song , The - Star Spangled Banner .

’ 0 s a ! can s ee the wn s e y you , by da arly light, ’ s o we e th e w s s What proudly hail d , at t ilight la t gl eaming ? Who s e broad s tripes a nd bright s tars through th e pe rilou s ﬁght ’ O er th e m s we w e we e S O n ra part atch d , r galla tly s treami ng ;

’ A nd th e e s r ed e the m s s n in a r rock t glar , bo b bur ti g i , Gave proof through th e night that ou r ﬂag wa s s till th ere ; 0 s a es s - n e nne et w e y, do that tar Spa gl d ba r y av ’ O er th e land o f th e free a nd the home o f th e brav e ?

n After goi g ashore , Key showed the e e e lines to a relative , who d clar d that th y

be e . must print d This was done , and an E ” old nglish air, Anacreon in Heaven , wa s adapted to them by Ferdinand 92 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

n Th e me n m s c . Dura g , a u i ia ﬁrst ti the a s s n wa s in a m e e e s ong w u g a B lti or th at r , m a nd it took the audi ence by s tor . Soon e n s n e th e n a nd it wa s b i g u g all ov r la d , m s m young Key found hi elf fa ous . James Whitcomb Riley wa s the author of ” n The Book of Joyous Childre .

en s e the me n n e Ow Wi t r , A rica ov list , is the n s n th e m s e e gra d o of fa ou actr ss , Franc s nne em e e e e n A K bl Butl r , b tt r k own as ” nn em e Fa y K bl .

n n e e me m Joh Gree l eaf Whitti r t r d Dr . Sa uel e we th e s a n Gridl y Ho , hu b d of Julia Ward ” we the a m s th e n w Ho , C d u of bli d , rit “ i ng o f him thu s in a poem entitled The e w h e e c e we H ro , hich d di at d to Dr . Ho . ’ s s e a se e w Thi wa b c u of Dr . How s ork m n the n en a o g bli d childr of Boston , and es pec i a lly becau s e o f hi s wonderful work in e n the m e m t achi g ut , Laura Bridg an . Julia Ward H owe wa s the author of the s tir n on T he e mn the ri g war s g , Battl Hy of ” e u In m 1 8 61 n . e e e a d R p blic D c b r , , Dr . Mr s . o e r en s e H w , with a party of f i d , mad a s n n e n a trip to W hi gto . Ev rythi g about ’ th e s e s s e city pok vividly of war di ord r . The we e e e s the railroads r guard d by pick t , ee s e e e s a n str t w r full of soldi r , d all about “ could be s een th e wa tchﬁres of a thou

s e e the s The mi sil d stroyed ight of this eye , a nd through sympathy h is right eye be

me e e . e s e e e ne ca v ry w ak Aft r a v r ill ss , he returned to Harvard a nd completed his H e e e e m e course. had xp ct d to ﬁt hi s lf s en n for the bar , but thi accid t cha ged all n the e e his pla s for futur . His gr at his torica l w s n T he n e ork , otably Co qu st of ” ” e a nd The n es e M xico Co qu t of P ru , him m s Hi s made fa ou . History of the ” Reign of Ferdi nand a nd Isabella was succes s ful at once a nd wa s tra nslated i nto ﬁve e n n e Europ a la guag s . William Ewa rt Glad s tone s aid of th e Con stitu tion of the United States ! As far ca n s ee th e me n n s n as I , A rica Co titutio is th e mos t wond erful work ever s truck off at one time by th e brai n a nd purpose of n m n a .

Lord Byron ow ned a famou s dog named ” n T h e oe m Boa tswai . p t hi self directed th e n o f m s n buildi g a to b for thi a imal , a nd it i s more magniﬁcent than the one that mark s th e last resti ng- place of th e e m s e po t hi lf . At Avonmouth we ﬁnd the Norton B ury of n en em n s the Joh Halifax , G tl a al o , Old inn where Dinah Craik lived while n writi g this popular tale . The characters of literature named are found : Ma i e Tu lli ver as follows gg , in George AN S WERS 9S

’ Eliot s Mill on the Floss Lizzie ’ H exa m e Mu , in Charl s Dickens s Our tual Friend Wa ckford S qu eers was the the m S u eers son of school aster , q , in ’ ” Charles Dickens s Nicholas Nickleby ; Ma ry As hbur ton is foun d in Henry Wads ’ ” worth Longfellow s Hyperion ; Li ttle ’ A nni e in n e ne , Natha i l Hawthor s story , ’ ” Little Anni e s Rambl e i n Twice- told ’ s Li ttl e Nell in e Tale , Charl s Dickens s E ls i e Venner Old Curiosity Shop , ’ in Oliver Wendell Holmes s Elsie V en ’ Freckl es in e e n - e ner , G n Stratto Port r s “ ” e R ebecca e Freckl s ; , in Kat Douglas ’ Wiggi n s Rebecca of Sunnybrook ” Farm . Tabard Inn was the starting-place of the pil ’ n grims of Chaucer s Ca terbury Tales . Skelton Castle was the home of John Hall

e e n . St v nso , author of Crazy Tales H ere Sterne visited him a nd wrote his “ ” s m famou letters fro Crazy Castle .

“ Sir Walter Scott was termed the wizard h e of t North . James Hogg was called the Ettrick sh ep H e n in in herd . was bor Ettrick , south 0 ern 1 77 . n Scotland , in U til he was ’ he e thirty , had but a half a y ar s school n him S e e ing , save that give as a h ph rd boy among the beautiful hills a nd along the r streams of his native country . Afte his ite a nd ha s n ce in n e , fou d a pla hu dr ds of n in e e collections of poems a d school r ad rs .

e e th e n s th e es Wh r blackbird Si g lat t , e e th e w n m s th e s wee es Wh r ha thor bloo t t, e e th e nes n s a n d ﬂ ee Wh r tli g chirp , ’ a n d m That s th e wa y for Billy e.

no:

s n w e But thi I k o , I lov to play th e m e w m n th e Through ado , a o g hay ’ th e w e an d o er th e l ea Up at r , ’ n m That s th e wa y for Billy a d e .

e e s e in h i s e Dani l W b t r, famous ulogy on ms a nd effe s n : we e Ada J r o , said I f ch r i s h the virtu es a nd th e principles o f our e s e en w s s u s on fath r , H av ill as i t to carry th e work O f human liberty a nd human ” ne happi ss .

’ Edward Everett s Oration on Wa s hing “ ton i s s poken Of a s the most eloquent n i h n n oratio n t e E glish la guage . It was by h is Phi B eta Kappa oration at Harvard ” i n 1 8 24 on e e in me Lit ratur A rica , that Everett s fame a s a scholarly a nd polished a s e m n n e Ev orator w p r a e tly establish d . erett wa s th e s on of a Boston clergy ma n a n n in 1 94 d was bor 7 . He studied e a nd e n th ology , , aft r graduatio at Har v e e e ard Coll g , b came pastor of a Unitarian

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m n Of e e e a y th s clubs , which endeavor d to put i nto practice the theories advanced in h t e book .

nne a ee the n A Br dstr t , ﬁrst America woman ” r wa s e me th e en e e s e. of l tt , t r d t th Mus Although S h e wa s the author of a number e e s a nd e of biographi s , s ays , pap rs on vari s e n her e me she ous ubj cts , duri g lif ti was n wn n e e The e k o o ly as a po t ss . b st of her e e h er e n e v rs was short po m , Co t mpla ” n s a s e a s 1 632 m tio . Thu , arly a wo an of letters was recogn ized in the United e Stat s .

e e e e H z kiah Butt rworth , a Boston writ r , for ’ many years editor of the You th s Com “ a ni on w o e - ne a nd p , r t Zig zag Jour ys m n e en e He a y oth r juv il works . was the s m c e author of two book of usi al v rse , “ ” “ Songs of Hi s tory a nd Poems for ’ s m s s e a nd New e Chri t a , Ea t r , Y ar s Ma ry Abigail Dodge wa s known as Gail ” m n s eu n m n e sh e Ha ilto , a p do y u d r which e m n n e es H er n n wrot a y ot d says . pu ge t style made her work at one time extremely

popular . Edward Eggleston was the author of The e m s a Hoosi r School a ter . Eggleston was e m n e e e New cl rgy an livi g at Lak G org , en h e e n s e York , wh b ga his succe sful car er a n n n I as author . Havi g bee n born i n

diana , he was especially successful in de ANS WERS 99

i in h Ol - p ct g t e d time Hoosier . He was the author of numerous works of ﬁction n and a umber of works of historical value , chief among which was a History Of the ” e Unit d States . Will Carleton was the author of Over the

Hill to the Poorhouse . Carleton was a e H nativ of Michigan . e wrote much e e o u homely v rse , which was extrem ly p p n e lar among the worki g classes . Whil his - me work lacks high class literary rit , it yet h e has an appeal that reaches t e h art . Among his popular works a re Farm ” ” m e n m Fes Ballads , Far L ge ds , Far ” ” ” e e tivals , City L g nds , City Ballads , ” e etc City F stivals , . On the wooded hills that overlook the Hud s on e e Riv r , nearly Opposit Poughkeepsie , New York , John Burroughs has built for m e e e hi s lf a pictur sque retr at , a rustic ” n e l id e S abs es . hous , which he has am d n i s e - - s truc The cabi a w ll built , two story e e n me tur , its un uphonious but ﬁtti g na having been given it because its outer r m - walls a e for ed of bark covered slabs . “ en e n My fri ds fr quently complai , said e s e e e Mr . Burroughs , b cau I hav not giv n my house a prettier name ; but this name e e e the e a nd th e e j ust xpr ss s plac , plac j ust meets the want that I f elt for something S — e n imple , homely, secluded , som thi g h on e with t e bark . Her many of the I oo ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

nature-books of this popular writer were nne pe d .

‘ en e wa s the Dr . H ry Van Dyk author of the popular li nes :

Four things a m a n mus t l earn to do If h e would m ake hi s record tru e : T O think without con fu s ion cl early T o lov e h i s f e llow-m en s inc erely ; To act from hones t motives purely

T O tru s t in God a nd H eaven s ecurely .

William Cullen Bryant was returning to his me one e en n e s en in the ho v i g , aft r a day p t n in e nd e n e e a e . op , d p thought r fl ctio As h e s tood on a n emi ne nce overlooki ng a e h e m e th e s n e vall y , ark d flight of a i gl a s w n e its wild fowl , it i g d way , solitary nd ne A s h e w n a alo . atched its certai s we n ne e the n o r flight , rvi g ith r to right th e e w e n se to l ft , ithout h sitatio or pau , n s n e m e n s th e u til di ta c had ad it i vi ible , clo s e analogy between the flight of the f owl a n d th e life o f m a n wa s borne i n upon him until the thought was given i n th e em e forth po , To a Wat rfowl

e m s n d ew Whith r , id t falli g , e w th e e en s w th e s s e s o f Whil glo h av ith la t t p day, e s e s s s e Far, through th ir ro y d pth , do t thou pur u Thy s olitary way ?

H e wh o m ne ne , fro zo to zo , Gu i des j l rou gh th e boundles s Sky thy certain ﬂ i ﬁ g t , In th e n w m s e ne lo g ay that I u t tr ad alo , e m s e s Will l ad y t p aright.

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m n e ee ! Wood a , Spar that tr Touch not a s i ngle bough ! In s e e e m e youth it h lt r d , ’ A n d I ll protect it now. ’ ’ T wa s my fore fath er s hand That placed it near my cot ; e e w m n l et s n Th r , ood a , it ta d , Thy a xe s hall harm it not ! >k a:

’ e - s n s n ee n My h art tri g rou d th cli g, s e a s en ! Clo thy bark , Old fri d e e the w s n H r Shall ild bird i g,

A nd s till thy branch es b end . ee th e s m s e ! Old tr , tor till brav A n d w m n e e th e s , ood a , l av pot ; ’ e I v e n s e Whil a ha d to av , s m n Thy a xe hall har it ot . Ralph Waldo Emers on wa s the author of th e “ s en en e : one e e e t c If writ a b tt r book , e e e s e m n o r m e e e pr ach a b tt r r o , ak a b tt r m s e— n hi s ne ou trap tha ighbor , though he his me in th e w e ne the build ho ild r ss , world will make a beaten path to his

door .

Samuel Woodworth was th e author Of the o u s n - em The p p lar o g po , Old Oaken ” i n 1 8 1 Bucket . It was 7 that Woodworth wrote th e song that was to make his name mm a nd m s i ortal , its co po ition came about i n the following way : Meeting a friend one n n day and havi g a dri k with him , Woodworth praised the excellent char Of e acter the bev rage , whereupon his n the friend , setti g empty glass down on “ e : NO f the tabl , said , Sam , this stuf AN S WERS 1 0 3

’ doesn t compare for a moment with the

clear , cool , sparkling water we used to n e e dri k wh n we w re boys , from the old n e oaken bucket that hu g in the w ll . The n a nd two S hook ha ds parted . Wood e e e worth went to his room , s iz d p ncil and a nd n n paper, i side of forty mi utes had composed the verses which were to become

so popular . H ow e to thi s h eart a re th e s cenes of my child ld0 a0 rl When fon d recollection pres ents th em to vi ew ! Th e the m e w th e ee - n e w orchard , ado , d p ta gl d ild w ood , And ev ery lov ed s pot that my i n fancy knew ; Th rd r in n n h e w ej s p ea d g po d a d t e mill which s tood l i t y , Th e e a nd th e w e e th e e bridg , rock h r cataract f ll ; Th e m e the - s e n cot of y fath r, dairy hou igh it, ’ A h i n nd e en t e rude buck et which hung the well .

The en e the n ~ n e Old oak buck t , iro bou d buck t, - n i Th e mo s s cov ered bucket which hu g n th e well . Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ’ s beautiful ” ilomena e poem , Santa F , was a tribut to e a nd e n e the lif work of Flor nce Nighti gal . It was sh e who organized a complete ﬁeld hospital for the S ick and wounded soldiers e of the Crim an War . Before the war broke out s he had studied the hospital sys e tems of Europe , had tak n a course in nursing with the Sisters of Saint Vincent in h de Paul Paris , and another course wit the Protestant Sisters at Ka iserwerth on ’ e the Rhin . Within a week s time she o rganized a band of trained nurses, and set out on her mission of mercy . Many a pain- racked soldi er kiss ed h er S hadow as s s e e e e n she pa d , or utt r d a pray r of tha ks giving for the healing pre s ence of the “ ee n an e th e ch ri g g l , or Lady of the ” h r m a s e n e e . La p , th y lovi gly call d n e w e n her e Lo gf llo , d siri g to pay a tribut her m es s e e e e ed worthy of atchl s rvic , r f rr ” h er n men the n to as Sa ta Filo a , sai t n of heali g .

’ e e e n e ee i s w Wh r r a obl d d rought , ’ en e e i s s en n e Wh r pok a obl thought, e s in s s e Our h art glad urpri , s T o high er l ev el s ri e .

6 the the n e e e 6 e . . Of ﬂag of U it d Stat s G org F Hoar said :

e s een th e es a nd e e a nd I hav glori of art archit ctur , Of a m n n e s een th e s u n s et on h riv er nd ou tai . I hav t e Jung m s h frau a nd th e oon ri e ov e r Mou nt Blanc . But t e faires t vis ion on which th es e eyes ev er res t ed wa s th e flag o f m n in n e a s we y cou try a for eig port . B autiful a flo r s e wh o e e e a s m e e s e wh o to tho lov it , t rribl a t or to tho e i s th e s m we a nd th e a nd th e hat it, it y bol of po r , glory n f m n s f m n ho or o fifty illio O A erica s .

’ 6 Tom S a w er e n s 7. y was the h ro of Mark Twai Of th e s m T om e book a e title . was a r al ’ s n en a nd ee boy , with all a boy i g uity fr m s n In one n n T m i n a o ry . i sta ce o was o n m n real tr ubl e . H e wa ted to go swim i g the his u with boys , but g ardian told him h e m e th e en e ust whit wash front f c , thirty yards Of board fence nine feet

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Henry Wads worth Longfellow was the “ ” T h e n the author of Buildi g of Ship , the las t s tanza of which b egins :

s on 0 S S e ! Thou , too , ail , hip of tat S on 0 n n s n a nd e ! ail , U io , tro g gr at m n w its e s Hu a ity ith all f ar , th e es e e s With all hop of futur y ar , I s hanging breathl es s on thy fate !

’ In Whittier s day in New England there was a peculiar cu s tom of telli ng th e bees when m m th se o e a ny e ber of e hou h ld di d . It wa s believed that if th e bees were not told the e e u not s me of d ath , th y wo ld tay at ho , a nd en e s me one wa s o e h c , o blig d to go out a nd e em the e e emen t ll th of b r av t . This ’ cu s tom is i nterpreted in W hittier s beau ” m n th e e e ee . tiful po , T lli g B s

H ere i s th e place ; right ov er th e hill Runs th e path I took ; ca n s ee th e i n th e ol d w s You gap all till , And th e s e n - s nes in th e w t ppi g to Shallo brook .

e e i s th e s e w th e e red - e Th r hou , ith gat barr d , A n d th e poplars tall ; ’ A nd the n s wn en a nd th e e- bar bro l gth , cattl yard, A nd th e w e ns s s n e th hit hor to i g abov e wall .

‘ Th e r e a re th e b eehives ranged in th e s un ; A n d down by th e bri nk ’ th e a re h er we s wee -o rr n Of brook poor ﬂo r , d e u , ns a nd ff s e a nd n Pa y da odil , ro pi k .

72 . e e Mor than two hundr d years ago , one of ’ New n E gland s famous schoolmasters , e e e ee e e Mast r Ez ki l Ch v r , pass d away . At his graveside s tood many gray-ha ired men AN S WERS 1 0 7

whom he had taught as children , and in ” e the Boston fre school , or Latin School , of which he wa s headmaster for thirty e e e be ight y ars , wer said to grandchildren i n Ne of his ﬁrst pupils w Haven Colony . Maste r Cheever was born in England in 1 61 4 H e in n . assisted pla ting the colony and in establishi ng th e church in New en th e Hav , taught famous grammar school a n d e in n in 1 708 at Ipswich , di d Bosto . In his stori es of early New England e e e e lif , Nathani l Hawthorn giv s us a e e e the cl ar , accurat pictur of school of that n e e n e day . It is i t r sti g to r ad the story of ene e e the v rabl old mast r and his school .

e e e th e e C lia Thaxt r liv d on Isl s of Shoals , off th e m just coast of New Ha pshire , where h er fathe r was th e keep er of th e n me lighthouse . Her maide na was Celia La i hton S he h er g . spent much of time n out of doors , and so was fo d of nature e e e n in all its asp cts , and sp cially fo d of all e m e en animal lif . She ad fri ds with the S he e n beach birds , and when b gan writi g , used these early experiences as subjects h er e One h er for po ms . of poems , The ” n es Sa dpiper , is an pecial favorite . The last stanza of it reads as follows :

m e w e e w be -n Co rad , h r ilt thou to ight Wh en th e loo s ed s torm breaks furious ly ? M driftwood - ﬁre will burn s o bright ! y0 what warm Sh elter cans t thou ﬂy ? not e ee w I do f ar for th , though roth T h e tempes t ru sh es through th e Sky ’ a re we n ot s en For God childr both , e s n e a nd ? Thou, littl a dpip r, I

Sidney Lanier wa s the author of Dear ” n e wa s La d of All My Lov , which part of th e Centennial M editation of Co m a w en a s n be s n lu bi , ritt a Ca tata to u g h n nn a e 1 8 6 at t e Ce te i l at Philad lphia in 7 .

n a s n e s e e e Lo g thi Art hall lov tru lov , n a s S en e s n w Lo g thy ci c truth hall k o , n a s n e e m s n o e Lo g thi Eagl har Dov , n a s La w l a w s w Lo g thy by hall gro , n a s i s e Lo g thy God God abov , e e e m a n e w Thy broth r v ry b lo , S o n e n m e lo g, d ar La d of all y lov , n me s s ne me w ! Thy a hall hi , thy fa Shall glo

e enn s on th e n s e Alfr d T y , E gli h Po t Laure

a te e a t w . , di d Ald orth

n e w e e e Joh Hay , aft r ard S cr tary of Stat , and o n icol a e h a uth ori J h G . N y wrot t e most ta tive e a m n n e lif of Abrah Li col . Th y e e h is e e es n his en w r s cr tari duri g presid cy . William D ean Howells was the author of ” en n V etia Life .

n s e e Richard Hardi g Davi , Fr d rick Palmer , a nd Will Levi ngton Com fort are three American war corres pondents who have ne n e i n n do otabl work ﬁctio . Ameli e Rives Chanler married a Russian em n n e e nobl a , Pri ce Pi rr Troubetzkoy . The n e i s a n e e W pri c artist of r put , hile ’ me e ve i s e - n n n A li Ri s a w ll k ow ovelist .

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n e e me a nd d Joh K ats di d at Ro , was atten ed n s ne duri g his la t ill ss by his friend , n the e e . S v r , artist William Cullen Bryant began th e trans lation “ ” the in s e en - ﬁrst of Iliad his v ty year, a nd completed both that a nd th e tra nsla n th e s s e i n s ix e tio of Ody y y ars . ’ America s greatest humorist wa s Samuel n ne emen m La ghor Cl s , co monly known as ” w n Mark T ai .

a . en e Louis M Alcott , popular author of j uv il e e in e e her e stori s , arly lif adopt d as lif ” the s e e nd ee a . motto phra , Hop k p busy Ouida ( Loui s e de la Ramée ) wrote the m e Bi bi stori s . The R ed e Inn i s in Hors Sudbury , Massa hu s etts i s th e s ene en c . It c of H ry Wads ’ worth Longfellow s famous Tales of a ” Inn s r Wayside . Thi was a favorite e ’ e n e s en e tr at of Lo gf llow , who oft r paired th e inn n a nd e to old for a vacatio r st . ” Sir Walter Scott in Marmion thus de scribes a n old -time Christmas :

On Chri s tmas Eve the b ell s were rung ; On Chri s tma s Ev e th e m a s s wa s s ung : n n in th e e That o ly ight all y ar, S a w th e s e es th e e e tol d pri t chalic r ar . ’ T h e dam s el donn d h er kirtle s h een ; ’ Th e b a ll wa s d res s d with holly green ; th e w m e -men Forth to ood did rry go, o e in th m s T gath r e i tl eto e. ’ ’ Th ey op en d wide th e baron s hall T O s s en n s e a nd . va al , t a t, rf , all >i= a: AN S WERS ‘I 1 I

n n wa s m e n n w en E gla d rry E gla d, h m i Old Chri s t as brought h s s ports again . ’ ’ T wa s Chri s tmas broa ch d th e m ighti es t a l e ’ T wa s Chri s tma s told the merri es t tal e ; A Chri stma s gambol o ft would ch eer ’ m n s e h A poor a h art through half t e year .

Benjamin Frankli n was the author of Poor R ’ ” ichard s Almanac . Many of Poor Richard ’ s sayings have been preserved r for posterity . The following are familia ones :

w ee w e s s ee Plo d p , hil Sluggard l p ; And s n s a nd you hall have cor to ell keep .

bed a nd e to s e Early to arly ri , ma n a nd s es e we w e. Mak a h althy, althy, i

For a e a nd w n s e w e ma ! g a t , av hil you y

NO morning s u n lasts a whole day . Elmwood was the ancestral home of the e e e a nd on po t , James Russ ll Low ll , stands en e Elmwood Av u , Cambridge , Massa h se ts e e e a nd c u t . H r his fath r was born , h here t e illustrious poet lived all his life . The e set i n e n old hous is ampl grou ds , which have been kept as nearly as possible e a nd in a stat of nature , which originally m h e extended al ost to t gates of Mt . e e ee Auburn C m tery . In the grass and tr s of Elmwood the birds build their - nests n and S ing their songs i perfect freedom . T he grounds a re bordered in front with S n massive lilac hrubs , whose odding plumes of white and purple ﬁll the streets I I2 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TION S

n S n m e a nd grou ds with pri gti fragrance . In e e en e n e e a l tt r to a fri d , Low ll o c wrot “ thus of Elmwood : It i s a square hou s e ms on e s me with four roo a ﬂoor , lik o hous es of the G eorgian era I have seen in En liSh n n n e a re g provi cial tow s , o ly th y of brick a nd thi s i s of wood It is e s nn th e s u n s n s o a s S ne v ry u y , ri i g to hi a n e n e be s e (at acut a gl , to ur ) through the n e n w n ws a n d n n th e orth r i do , goi g rou d i n the s other three sides cour e of the day . There i s a pretty s tairca s e with th e quai nt — old twi s ted banisters which they call m n r n s e s now e a e e . balu t r , but i ba ist rs My library occupi es two rooms Opening i nto each other by arches at th e S ides of th e m e mne s Th e ees on a pl chi y . tr I look out ” r the e es n s m m a e arli t thi g I re e ber . Lowell wrote of h i s home i n a number ems ne o f es e A n n of po . O th was I vita ” n in he : tio , which says

Kindli e r to m e th e place of birth That ﬁr s t my tottering foot s tep s trod ; e e ma be e s s on e Th r y fair r pot arth , But all their glori es a r e n ot worth Th i s e virtue n th e nativ e od .

the Gem the Columbia , of Ocean was s n in the es n ee e e ﬁrst u g Ch t ut Str t Th at r , e 1 8 43 The e ns n . Philad lphia , P n ylva ia , in

n the n . origi of so g is in doubt , Thomas A e e an n n in B ck t , English actor the playi g

Philadelphia , claiming the authorship of

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T he song s oon became popular all over n In 1 8 60 a n en e nmen the la d . t rtai t was n in ew r e n s T he e e give N O l a . l ad r had some difﬁculty i n s electing a march for i e n e e be h s chorus . Aft r tryi g s v ral de cided upon Dixie It wa s taken up by th e e e s n n th e s ee a nd p opl , u g upo tr ts , s n in th e e e s w e e e me oo battl ﬁ ld , h r it b ca th e great inspirational song of the South er m n ar y .

The Franklin Inn Club is one of the most notable of th e many organizations of h nn n e a e s . n Philad lp i , P ylva ia It umbers m n its m em e m n a o g b rs a y authors , artists , d s e s T h e e n . . e r a publi h r lat Dr S . W i Mitchell wa s its pres ident for fourteen s Its m em e s h a s n e year . b r hip i clud d such famou s Phila d elphians a s Horace How nes th e es e n S ard Fur s , Shak p aria cholar ; n L h . e es ea t e Dr H ry Charl , historian ; wen s e th e n v e s O Wi t r , o li t ; Prof . Schell i n th e o on e n e r g, auth rity Elizab tha po t y ; ene w s e s h . t e Prof Ch y , ho hi tory of Eliza bethan peri od ha s recently been pub l ish d e . ne e e ; Prof Lar d , who has lucidat d th e e m n n e m G r a i ﬂu nce in A erica ; Dr . ee the e e e e n K n , c l brat d surg o ; John e n th e n e n Luth r Lo g , ov list ; F . Hopki son m s a nd er n S ith , arti t writ ; Dr . Joh Bach McMa s ter wh o wa s m e , ad president on

the death of Dr . Mitchell . AN S WERS I I 5

The Pig Dinner at the University of California came about in this wise : Every class day there occurs at that uni versity a ceremony known as the Dis ” ensation the n p , at which Dispe sator makes presentations to th e members of h e e n t e class and oth rs . Whil Fra k Norris e e th e e was a stud nt ther , at Disp nsa ” tion a live pig was given to th e Delta n Kappa Epsilo , a rival fraternity to the e one of which he was a memb r . The pig

escaped . Frank Norris pursued it , e n i n m caught it , and r tur ed it triu ph to m e the Phi Gam a Delta Clubhouse . H re ene e w s it was fatt d . A f stal day a set a n e the e apart , procession orga iz d , D ad “ e a nd n March play d , the Pig Di ner n e e a n ensued . The Pig Di n r b came n e e n nual at the u iv rsity . Aft r F ra k ’ Norri s s d eath it was taken up by the fraternity as a whole and is still observed as th e annual dinner in memory of Frank s Norri . Cy Warman was called the poet o f th e ” e m n e Rocki s . War a had a div rsiﬁed

' ee H e in n on car r . was born Illi ois , a homestead which was presented to his father by the government as a reward for n e e the galla t s rvic in M exican War . e en Warman was , in turn , locomotiv gi m n e e a d . neer, ﬁr an , publish r , writer The l ast poem written by Warman , two weeks 1 1 6 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

e e hi s e en e b for d ath , was titl d , Will the ” Light s B e White ? T he concluding lines read :

’ S wift toward life s terminal I trend ; T h e r u n s eem s s hort to - n ight ; ’ God o n ly knows what s at th e end

I hop e th e lights a re white .

’ 1 04 e n e ne n ew s n the . Pig o Cov , ar A dr Poi t , at e em e end o f a e A nn Ma s sa ch u xtr C p , e s i s w e e m n s tt , h r Ralph Waldo E erso n n n wee con o ce s pe t a vacatio of a k . It ns n e e a e e tai a bro z tabl t , att ch d to a gr at e on w a re en e bould r , hich grav d the words Emerson wrote i n appreciation of the spot :

And e the s ea the ne en a nd s n b hold , opali , pl tiful tro g , et e a s th e s e or th e n w o f y b autiful ro rai bo , full food , n s e men e th e w e n s wee ouri h r of , purg r of orld , cr ati g a t m e a nd i n a n n e n e e ebb a nd ﬂ ow a nd i n cli at , i t rcha g abl , its e few n s n n o f w b auty at a furlo g , givi g a hi t that hich n es n ot a nd i s cha g perfect .

1 05 n i h . Morri s Ros e feld s known as t e sweat ” sen e i s s s n ew shop poet . Ro f ld a Ru ia J who works in the sweatshops of th e lower s e N Ea t Sid of ew York City . To him een en the ne n has b giv divi gift of so g , as ” e em e in h is on x pliﬁ d S gs of Labor , a little book of vers e edited a nd published “ n s Th n m e . e e e by fri d i itial po , call d In ” th e e n : Factory , b gi s

e e i n th e sh O th e m nes S O w Oh , h r p achi roar ildly, n w e a m e een That oft , u a ar that I , or hav b , I s i nk a n d a m lo s t i n th e terribl e tumult A f m nd void o y s oul I a m but a machine.

ns ne ne n e Su hi Ja , so wo d rfully opti m s wa s w en n e th e m s i tic , ritt u d r o t tragic m s n es w th e s u n circu ta c , hich throw ” ne of th e n s n e e shi book i to tro g r li f . ’ rs enc s s n a nd s on e w M . Fr h hu ba d di d ith i m n s e e n two . o th of ach oth r at St Paul , nnes e s he wa s n n h er Mi ota , whil ursi g e wh o wa s in h er me in En fath r , ill ho g n mon s e S h e e la d . Four th lat r , di d sud denl e e em e a nd be y of c r bral h orrhag , , fore her mothe r a nd brother could reach n n h er e e E gla d , fath r , too , had pass d n n n owe w . s e a e e S a ay Su hi J , h v r , hows no n e res s on s nes s hi t of d p i or ad . Ps eu donyni s of twenty American writers a re a s o ws : s n n n f llo Wa hi gto Irvi g , ” D iedricli Kn ick erbocker ; James Rus sell Lowell Ho s ea Bigl ow Isabella ” n en ns . e M . Ald , Pa y ; Mrs Ja C . Croly , “ ” enn e ne e J i Ju ; Mary Abigail Dodg , m n m e o Gail Ha ilto Sa u l G . Go drich , ” e e e e e o P t r Parl y ; Mari tta Holl y , J ’ s iah Allen s Wif e H elen Hunt Jack “ s on m s n nn , H . H . E ily Jud o , Fa y es e Mrs e e s e For t r . G org C . Rigg , Kat a n n Dougl s Wiggi Sara J . Lippi cott , e een n Grac Gr wood Do ald G . Mitch ” ell Ik a e ee , M rv l ; Mary N . Murfr , “ Charles Egbert Craddock Edgar s n N e N e . Wil o y , Bill y Sarah P Par “ ton nn e , Fa y F rn David R . Locke ,

Petroleum V . Nasby William Taylor AN S WERS 1 1 9

Adams , Oliver Optic ; Sarah C . Wool “ s e e e y, Susan Coolidg H nry W . w “ m Sha , Josh Billings Sa uel L .

Clemens , Mark Twain . E noch A rd en was the hero of a narrative poem of the same name by Alfred Tenny E noch a nd hili — . P one son p, the , a poor e the s on sailor lad , the oth r, of the w ealthi es t man in a n Engli s h s ea - coast e — e e Li ttl e A nni e villag , w re playmat s of , a nd rivals for h er hand i n e arly man E n w n h r och e . e hood . i s Shortly aft r e e e him on marriag , pov rty forc s to go a e e e on long s ea voyage . H is shipwr ck d n e in the an uni habit d island tropics , and spends many years i n Crusoe - like soli t e e e n v es ud . R scu d at last by a passi g s el h e e n me ﬁnd A nni e , r tur s ho to mar P hili n n h er ried to p . U willi g to disturb happi ness h e does not reveal his identity

until his d eath .

A da m B ed e is the titular hero of George ’ ” H e e . e Eliot s nov l , Adam B de is a village carpenter of stren uous life and e ne high id als , who was closely patter d ’ he A d a m after t author s father . falls i n e e H ett S orrel lov with vain , pr tty y , who is betrayed by the son of the wealthy e th e e squir of villag . Richard Wightman is th e author of the sentiment Friendship is the warp and woof of human oneness ; love is the dye a nd pattern which make th e fabric n s ple did .

Robert B u rns wa s th e author of T a m ' ” h n r c n h i s e a m S a te . O Ac ordi g to wif , T “ wa s e e n e n n en a bl th ri g , blust ri g , dru k m ” blellu . John Greenleaf Whitti er wrote the fol w n e nes e lo i g b autiful li in his po m , Raphael

W e s hap e our s elv es th e joy or fear w th e m n e i s m e Of hich co i g lif ad , ’ A n d ﬁll our Future s atmo s ph ere s n r s With un shi e o with hade .

e m on the n th e Mill Grov Far , ba ks of c e i n enns n wa s S huylkill Riv r , P ylva ia , th e me the na s o n mes ho of turali t , J h Ja on n wa s n e New Audub . Audubo a ativ of ea ns u s n H e wa s the Orl , Lo i ia a . author ” Th e s m e of Bird of A rica , Quadru ” e s me a nd m n e n e p d of A rica , a y oth r atur o u mes v l .

1 1 5 n s s n n n e . Ha Chri tia A derse said : My lif i s o e a nd n a l v ly story , happy full of i ci ” n de t .

s n n m n e e Wa hi gton Irvi g , a o g num rous oth r “ s e n s of n p udo yms , u ed that Jonatha ” Olds tyle .

Charles Dudley Warner s aid : It was n en il Washi gton Irving, not H drick H d

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’ n e the e e R u d r titl , A Reb l s ecollec

tions .

e B a ttell m s the Of Charl s Loo i , Ame rican m s ha s een s H e hu ori t , it b aid , saw life a s — through a glass brightly .

Maurice Maeterli nck wa s the author of ” The e Blu Bird .

n L B n- Ge . ew e e e Wallac wrot Hur , A h ” Tale of t e Chri s t . M eredith Nich ol s on wa s the author of A ” r n e Hoosi e Chro icl .

en m a n e e Lord , s d a lik Bobbi Burns to ’ n th e s n 0 e m wa s the e si g o g st a , pray r th e m n the en nee of dour old Scotch a , gi r ’ ’ of Rudyard Kipling s McA nd rew S ” mn Hy .

nne e e en a t H . C . Bu r r buk d all fri ds who tempted to talk literary S hop during th e nc e n w th e s Let lu h o hour , ith word , thi s hallowed hour with better thoughts ” e n b spe t .

m nn n B n Tho as Du E glish wrote e Bolt . ” Th e e n n n Clock Hous , at Mar hull , E gla d , wa s the res idence of A nne Warner en the m e n n e s Fr ch , A rica ov li t , at the m r 1 3 e h e e in 1 9 . ti of d ath ,

Samuel M erwi n a nd H enry Kitchell Web ” s e e m t r wrot Calu et K . Ta lbothays wa s the farm where Tess met AN S WERS 1 2 3

’ A n el Clai re g , in Thomas Hardy s great ’ ” e th e D U ervilles e b . nov l , T ss , of Sarah Pratt McLea n Greene ﬁrst used Cape th e ene h er s e n Cod as sc of tori s , otably in “ Cape Cod Folk s a nd Ve sty of th e n e en s e Basi s . More r c tly Jo ph C . Lin e me e n coln has d alt with the sa s ctio , the scenes of many of his novels bei ng laid the ﬁs her- e e among folk th r . “ Robert Hichens wrote Th e Garden of me n Allah , by so critics said to co tain the most beautiful des criptions of a ny n e novel exta t . The D es rt of Sahara in e n th e ene the s north r Africa is sc of tory .

“ Wilkie Collins was the author of T he ” n n Moo s to e .

en e m n Casa Guidi , Flor c , Italy , was for a y years the home of Robert a nd Elizabeth h e n n t e n e s . Barr tt Brow i g , E glish po t e e e n s on wa s n e H r th ir o ly bor , and her e e n Elizab th Barr tt Browni g died . Richard Harding Davi s wrote Soldiers of ” ne Fortu . Abraham Cahan ﬁrst i ntroduced the New e n h is York Gh tto i to literature , in book Y kl e th e N e e ew . , a Tal of York Gh tto

n n e the M elville D . La do wrote ov r signa ”

e e n . tur , Eli P rki s

e e me n Robert . Burd tt , A rica humorist , J ” n H a wke e be was know as the y man , 1 2 4 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TION S

cau se h e began his literary career as a reporter on th e Burli ngton (Iowa ) H a wke e y .

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote :

ene e we s s e th e Wh v r cro a riv r at ford , we w s s in s e we m s ee If ould pa af ty , u t k p e es e s e s on th e s e e n Our y fix d t adfa t hor b yo d , we s em on th e w n s e m For if ca t th flo i g tr a , T h e h ead s wim s with it ; s o if we would cros s T h e nn n n s e e in s w ru i g flood of thi g h r thi orld , s s m s n ot wn e Our oul u t look do , but fix th ir Sight

On th e ﬁ rm land beyon d .

' Wi eland wa s cons idered th e ﬁrst s eri ” n s s ou s work o f Am eri ca letter . Thi novel wa s written by Cha rles B rockden wn a nd s e i n 1 798 Bro , publi h d .

Eugene Fi eld wrote th e beautiful poem en m ” titled Chri s t a s Treasures .

D a v id H a ru m wa s th e h ero of Ed ward ’ Noyes W es tcott s novel of the same n me e wa s n e nd e e in a . H a ba k r a d al r s es in e in en New hor a villag c tral York , wh o s ses s e S ew ne s m a nd po d a hr d s , hu or , hom ely philos ophy that tempered h is utter lack of principle in hors e- selli ng a n d s e- n a nd wh o s e o n hor tradi g , ro to ccasio al h eight s o f charity a nd self - abnegation of h e wa s s e en which ba hfully r tic t .

Charles Haddon Spurgeon was called the ” e n B echer of Engla d .

in m en e The story a dra a , titl d Maid of Orleans Robert Southey wrote a “ ” n e em en e n lo g pic po , titl d Joa of Arc .

“ e s s e e in th e n Jam s Ru ll Low ll , Visio of ” La u n fa l w e th e n : Sir , rot following li es

Not w we e w we s e hat giv , but hat har , For th e gift without th e giv er i s bare ; es m s e w h i s m s ee s ee Who giv hi lf ith al f d thr ,

ms e hi s n e n ne a nd me . Hi lf , hu g ri g ighbor ,

Rudyard Kipli ng re ferred to Queen Vic “ o i a s th e w ow n in t r a id at Wi dsor , m Barrack Roo Ballad s .

e r e e th e e eo n a nd Th odo Park r , gr at th logia s e o me s ca n e ocial r f r r, aid , Each hav ns n what i piratio each will take . Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wa s k nighted be cau s e o i h i s de fen se of the Engli sh gov ernment in The e e his book , Gr at Bo r ' ”

Wa r .

’ e é s e n in s w m T rr Tav r , Pari , hich Willia Makepeace Thack eray frequented when s u n a s a n i s i s the ene h i s t dyi g art t , sc of “ m o s Th e B ou illa fa u ballad , Ballad of ” baisse . Toynbee Hall is a famous Whitechapel set tlement s e in the n n s m hou Lo do lu s . It wa s here that Jane Addams began h er n n e emen a nd wa s trai i g for s ttl t work , it se e e this hou aft r which Hull Hous , Chi

e ne . cago , Illinois , was patt r d AN S WERS 1 2 7

n Elizabeth Robi s ( Mrs . George R . Parkes ) the the e e was author of nov l , My Littl ” Sister . William Makepeace Thackeray was born in

Calcutta , India . Paul Hamilton Hayne wrote the following in memory of Wilkie Collins :

Y et I b eli eve that ki n dly death Res erv ed for him a welcoming Shade It s eems s o natural for h i s s oul T m o eet a my s tery unafraid .

e e Eden Phillpotts wrot Widecomb Fair . ” e e Pe Wofﬁn ton Charl s Read wrote g g .

n en e F . Mario Crawford , Ow Wist r , Arthur e a f Train , and R ginald Wright K u fman e e s n the edit d , in direct succ s io , school ’ m e n agazin of St . Paul s School , Co cord , N n ew e e e e e . Hampshir , whil stud ts th r Joaqui n M iller was called the poet of the ” e s e e s e en Si rra . He wrot a book of v r h ” n t e e . titled , So gs of Si rras

es e in n n e Mary Map Dodg , Ha s Bri k r , or , ” T he e e Silver Skates , wrot a d lightful e in n S he e e story of lif Holla d , yet n v r e had visit d that land . Louise Chandler Moulton wrote h er ﬁrst ” a nd book , This , That , the Other, when e een e but ight y ars of age . Richard Watson Gilder had so great an a d mira tion eff for Joseph J erson , that he 1 2 8 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TION S

decla red that he would rather be Jeffer n n a n e n e s s o tha y oth r livi g p r on . a d me s on in c n e s n Ralph W l o E r , o v r atio w m e n we s n e r e ith Willia D a Ho ll , o c ferred to Edga r Allan P oe a s th e j ingle ma n .

n wa s the e - esm n Joh Hay Po t Stat a . Clarence Urmy wa s th e author of th e lines :

Not w we e w we u s e hat hav , but hat ; Not w we s ee w we s e hat , but hat choo Th es e a r e th e thi n gs that m a r or bles s T h e s u m of human happi n es s . Not what we take but what we give ; Not w we a s we e hat pray , but liv es e a re th e n s m e e e Th thi g that ak for p ac , no a n d e m e s e s Both w aft r ti hall c a e.

e n em e e Sp aki g of his po , Br ak , Br ak , ” e enn n s s me Br ak , T yso aid , Thi lody of tears wa s made i n a Li ncolnshire lane at ’ ﬁve in the m n n e een s o clock or i g , b tw blo ’ s oming h edges but th e poet s thoughts we e w e e n w e e the r far a ay at Cl v do , h r h i s e o e en body of b l v d fri d , Arthur Hal l m h i n a e t e sea . , lay buri d by It was m emory of Hallam that the poem was en writt .

e e e Br ak , br ak , br ak , On s nes 0 S ea ! thy cold gray to , And I would that my tongu e could utter Th e s i n m thought that ari s e e . >l< A nd th e s tately s hip s go on To th eir haven unde r th e hill ’ th e v a ni sh d n But O for touch of a ha d , A nd th e s n ou d of a voice that i s s till .

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own e e ee n p opl , but it has b n tra slated n own n e H e wa s e i to our la guag . a gr at v e n n lo r of ature . O e of his favorite m s hort poe s i s Th e Tree . ’ 1 9 n e w s e a nd n n em 7 . Lo gf llo b autiful i spiri g po , ” e s wa s w en on th e Exc l ior , ritt back of n e om es mne a nd e a ot fr Charl Su r , b ars thi s explanation at its clos e : S eptem ’ r 28 1 8 41 ee be . , Half past thr o clock , ”

n n Not bed . n e re mor i g . to Lo gf llow ceived his i ns piration for th e poem from th e e th e a e New —a s al of St t of York , shi eld with a ri s i n g s u n a nd th e motto in ”

e a n e s . h r ldic Lati , Exc l ior

1 8 0 Th e w n i s m en n . follo i g Willia H ry Cha ’ mi ng s My Symphony

e n en w s m m e n s s ee e e n e To liv co t t ith all a , to k l ga c e n a nd e nem en e n s n rath r tha luxury , r ﬁ t rath r tha fa hio b e w not es e e a nd we not to orthy , r p ctabl ; althy , rich ; to s n e en n tudy hard , thi k qui tly , talk g tly , act fra kly ; to s en s s a nd s es a n d s es w en li t to tar bird , to bab ag ith op e e ee d o e w h art ; to b ar all ch rfully , all brav ly , a ait occa s ns n e e in w l et th e u m io , hurry v r ; a ord , to Spiritual , en a n d n n s s w th e mm n bidd u co ciou , gro up through co o ; s i m m thi s to be y s y pho ny .

A m n S n n n . Abraha Li col lay dyi g , Edwi M n n e e e S Sta to , his gr at War S cr tary , aid , ” Now h e e n h b lo gs to t e ages . At that me few n ne e en e the im ti , or o compr h d d n th e n port of this sayi g . With passi g e not e en e nor y ars , stat sm alon Ameri n ne th e to ca s alo , but world is beginning see the truth of this tribute . AN S WERS 1 31

John Greenleaf Whittier was a devout e a nd e n Quak r, h nce was know as the e Quaker Po t . Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward wrote s ev h e eral novels dealing with t e r ligious life . ” e e e es B e Among th m w r Gat Ajar , ” ”

th e e a nd n e . yond Gat s , A Si gular Lif Josiah Gilbert Holland was th e author of Gradatim H eav en i s not r each ed at a s ingl e bound ; But we build th e ladder by which we ri se m th e w e th e e es Fro lo ly arth to vault d Ski , m n its s mm n n And we ou t to u it rou d by rou d . a: a: We ri se by the thi ngs that a re under f eet ; By what we have ma s tere d o f good a n d gain ; th e e e s e a nd th e s s n n By prid d po d pa io Slai , s And the vanqui h ed ills that we hourly meet .

Thomas Hood was the author of the Song ” e s u s of the Shirt . Hood was v ry ce tible s ff e n th e es p to u ri g , and liv that e e e e in the poor w r forc d to liv , his day, were to him almo s t unbearable :

n e s we a nd w n With ﬁ g r ary or , e e s e a n d red With y lid h avy , w m n s a t in nw m n s A o a , u o a ly rag , n h er nee e a nd e Pl i g dl thr ad , y — — S titch s titch s titch In e n e a nd pov rty , hu g r , dirt ; And s till with a voice o f dolorou s pitch Would that its to ne might reach th e rich S h e s ang thi s S ong o f the S hirt !

1 8 6 n n e m n . Ar old von Wi k lried , a na e ext to that of William Tell in th e great struggle w s s e the e o for S i lib rty , was h r of James ’ “ n me s em e Mo tgo ry po , Mak Way for Liberty ! T he Swi s s pe ople were ﬁght ing to free th eir country from the oppres e u e s The we - n siv r l of Au tria . ll trai ed Au s trian cavalry m et thos e brave Swiss m n nee s in th e o f em ou tai r pass S pach , 9 38 6 A h s ns e n 1 . s t e e u July , Au tria w r able to manage their hors es to good a d n e i n th e n w e va tag arro pass , th y dis m n e a nd e e ou t d stood should r to should r , forming a human wall protected by the bristlin g line of s pears poi nted toward th e s o s e n m men Swis patri t . At a c rtai o t , when the Swi s s had repeatedly failed to break th e s erri ed rank s o f th e Au s trian n s n o f th e n e w en k ight , a k ight U t r ald , n v on n e r e n me me Ar old Wi k l i d by a , ca to h ns n n his e n t e res cue . Co ig i g wif a d en the e o f his m s h e childr to car co rade , s e w r th e n ne ru h d to a d Austria li , and gatheri ng a number of s pears agains t h i s e s e er e a nd br a t , f ll pi c d through through , thu s openi ng th e wa y for his patri ot m es n o h n h en m co rad i t t e ra k s of t e e y . Th e w s s we e s th e ns S i r victoriou , Austria e e r en r m the n a nd e w r d iv f o la d , Switz r l n ee a d was fr .

Make wa y for Lib erty ! h e cri ed en ra n w m s e en e w e Th , ith ar xt d d id , A s if h i s deares t fri end to cla s p ; T en Spears h e s wept withi n hi s grasp

n n n thi gs ; hati g othing but pain , bodily or mental ; never deliberately proposing n n e e to do a ythi g cru l or base , but d scend in e s e n e e e g st p by t p i to cru lty and bas n ss , s imply because he tries to step away from everything unpleasant ; a nd betraying e e s in him s m e s e h e v ry tru t , i ply b cau cares solely for his own s afety a nd pleas r m n hi r u e . A o g s victims a e R omol a and Tes s a w m h e m e , both of ho arri d , and B a ldas s a re m e e h e e , who v ntually strangl s

to death .

1 91 Tob Fill ot the e Th e . y p was h ro of Brown o e n n n - n Jug , a fav rit E glish dri ki g so g , w en n s w e ritt by Fra ci Fa k s . Richard Wightman wa s the author of B e yond th e Threshold

I h w ens n n hav e pa s s ed t e door hich op i to a oth er year . Th e latch of th e door wa s lifted for me by ha n d s not my n t s in h e ol d e a n m e e en o wn . o t I could tay y ar y or , v if i s d its s n s a nd i e . e t s ns a n w e en ts I tri d I lov d u o , v n s torm s a nd darknes s we re good for m e . I do ot mi nd n ow th e s n th e n - w s m e nor a m ti g of pai dart hich truck , A n en m s me th e es n s . d s e mes I a ha d of r ulta t car th , o ti , th ere wa s th e touch o f gentl e hands a nd th e ki nship o f n n n s ! es we m n in n s u ders ta di g h eart Th e re y wi e weari es . i s s — s e th e m em o f a nd th e ef e All that pa t , all av ory it f ct s f f m o f e e e O th e e o es s e . it ; th abid , a part ﬁb r y lat t lf s e e —th e s n e new on —w ? But for thi oth r y ar , tra g , e hat

k . A i s not a s e s e its me . I ought to v il ov r day , rcifully I only know that I have es s ayed it ; that it i s but a littl e th e w e s n o f e a n nn n in the s u m bit of hol pa lif , a ual u it o f Tim e ; a nd that in it l ie my furth er adventure a nd op i s on m e s th e s s portun ty . I hall go . Fro th ir h eight tar w see m e the w e s e m en e ill , Earth ill prov it lf y fri d all ov r

n a nd mee m e s on the wa . agai , I Shall t y broth r y AN S WERS I 35 Meredith Nicholson said of James Whit comb Riley : H e has always stood for e e n m clean and Whol som livi g , for ercy a nd e e - and kindness a b tt r day to morrow . There is nothi ng in his poems that can com fort very much th e ma n who hates his neighbor or who s ees nothi ng good e n or b autiful in the world arou d him . The songs of Riley a re the cheerful songs ” n e a nd e of a si cer trusting h art . — Gene Stratton Porter has immortalized th e e s in h er s n n Limb rlo t book of ﬁctio , i clud ” in e e g Fr ckl s , A Girl of the Limber ” ” s T he e e n e lo t , Harv st r , and her atur ” s h m t e e s . h book , Moth of Li b rlo t S e thus describes it

In the beginni ng o f the end a great Swamp region lay in n n n I ortheas tern I dia a . ts h ead wa s i n what i s now N e a nd De n es its i n en a nd e s obl Kalb Cou ti , body All W ll . a nd its feet i n s outh ern Adam s a nd north ern Jay Th e m e s es the a n d wa s w en s e e ne Li b rlo t li at foot , h I ttl d ar s s in m s Th s e a e e . e e s o f dis it, xactly d crib d y book proc “ ” m n n wa s in e es s w e a tli g it told Fr ckl to tart ith , carri d “ ” on in th e m e s a nd n s e in s A Girl of Li b rlo t , ﬁ i h d Moth h NO h a s m o f t e Limberlo s t . W it s o co pl etely fall en prey mm e s m e s n m e men oil to co rciali through d va tatio of lu b r , m en a nd m e s e een e m e m , far r , that I hav b forc d to ov y worki ng territory a nd build a new cabi n about s eventy m es n th e e th e s w m i n N e n il orth , at h ad of a p obl Cou ty, w e e e e a re m n es m es o f n en m s a nd h r th r a y lak , il u brok ar h , a far greater wealth o f plant a nd an imal life than exi s ted n m me i n th e s e n duri g y ti outh r part .

1 95 E e e n n the . lizab th Barr tt Brow i g was author “ ” of the beautiful poem , The Sleep , the I36 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TION S

refrain of which is the quotation from “ th e s m H e e H i s e P al ist , giv th b loved ” e Th e e e n sl ep . po m b gi s

Of all th e thought s of God that a re ne nw n s s Bor i ard u to oul afar , ’ n the P s m s s m s ee Alo g al i t u ic d p , Now e m e a n i s t ll if that y , or e s s s n s For gift grac , urpa i g thi ” H e giv eth H i s beloved s l eep ?

1 96 ff n e the : . Cli ord Harriso wrot words

To hav e done what ever had to be done ; To hav e turne d th e face of your s oul to the s u n ; To hav e m ade lif e b ette r a n d brighte r for one : i Thi s s to hav e liv ed .

Con fuciu s wa s th e great Chi nese ph ilos o n h pher a d teache r . T e na me Con ” fu ciu s me n s e e e n a Gr at T ach r Ku g . H e e m th e e 5 5 1 B C the liv d fro y ar . . to 4 8 B nd v e n h e 7 . C . a e e a s een y ar , r si c b wors hiped a s the gre ates t teacher a nd m n H i m i orali s t of Chi a . s oral code s ” es e e i n the ne s pr rv d Ni Book , which ” ons s the e e e s c i t of Fiv Sacr d T xt , com piled a nd publi s hed by Con fucius from w n s e e n a nd the riti g alr ady xta t , Four ” s th e e con Book of Philosoph rs . which tain th e writings of Con fucius himself a nd hi s s es di cipl . Hans Chri s tian And ersen was th e great ” n s - Da i h story teller . It is generally believed that ZES Op was by

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his m m e ee m e far ho , to k p war , whil he e hi s e o s e r ad favorit b ok , Shak speare , h e on n s a nd t e . Milt , Bur , Bibl David B ela s co began hi s famous career as a pla ywright a nd producer by carrying a ’ i n m e s p ea r n a productio of Ha l t .

Edwi n Markha m began his career by teach in in s o e n n e e hi s g uth r Califor ia , wh r s chool - room wa s a spreading live- oak ” h i s ee s s e s . tr , at of log Frank Norri s began hi s career as a nov eli s t while a freshman i n th e Un iversity of a n C lifor ia . Ge rtrud e Atherton wa s b orn on Rincon

S a n nc s o o n . Hill , Fra i c , Calif r ia

e ou s n w o e h er s Kat D gla Wiggi r t ﬁr t book , “ ” Th e s e in o e Story of Pat y , rd r that s he m ight rai s e f u nd s to open a free n e a en for en ki d rg rt poor childr .

P oe Cottage i s located on Ki ngsbridge m o New . e e Road , F rdha , York H r Edgar Allan P oe wrote th e poems An ” “ ” “ ” n a e Lee U la l ume b l , , Eureka , “ ” Th e e a nd n e B lls For A ni ; also , th e s es Th e s m n tori , Ca k of A o tillado ” n T h m n n m e a d e e . e Do ai of Ar h i H r , ’ th e e s e e e n a also , po t b lov d wif , Virgi i Clemm P oe e , di d .

eens N n wa s th e Gr boro , orth Caroli a , birth AN S WERS 1 39

- e novelist , who wrote under the pen nam ”

e . of 0 . H nry

e ff ee- e e At Chapt r Co hous , Thomas Chatt r ton secured his famous suppers at a shil

ling each . n e e T h A . Co an Doyl wrot e Hound of the ” e es Bask rvill . D oone Va lle the y, in Exmoor country , e e e n the Som rs tshir , E gland , is famous as scene of the struggle betwee n J ohn Ridd ’ S e Ca rv er in m and the inist r , Black ore s e e e gr at nov l , Lorna Doon . “ Rudyard Kipling wrote The Light that

Failed . ’ e e e In Charl s Dick ns s novel , Littl Dor ” we e th e ee n rit , l arn of famous Bl di g in Heart Yard , which was at Holborn n Lo don . s S ee An old curio ity hop in Portsmouth Str t , ’ off n Inn e n n j ust Lincol s Fi lds , Lo do , n n e be the one im E gla d , is suppos d to e es en mortaliz d by Charl Dick s , who made it th e home of Li ttl e Nell a nd her n e in n e Gra dfath r his ov l , Old Curiosity

Sh0 p . in m e Thomas Gray , his fa ous El gy Writ in a n e the ten Cou try Churchyard , wrot words :

Th e s o f e the m o f we boa t h raldry , po p po r, ’ A nd e we e er e all that b auty , all that alth gav , Await alike t h e i nevitabl e hour

Th e path s o f glory l ead but to the grav e. Sir Gilbert Parker wrote The Right of ” Way . Sir Jam es Barri e wrote A Window in ms Thru . ’ In Rudyard Kipling s Recessional ap pear th e li nes :

o f ou r e s n wn o f God fath r . k o old , - ﬂ u n e - ne Lord of our far g battl li , B eneath who s e awful han d we hold D om i n ion ov e r palm a nd pi ne ; s s be w u s et Lord God of Ho t , ith y , es we e es we e ! L t forg t, l t forg t

In 1 61 6 B en Jonson received the honor of a p ens ion of one hundred mark s from n mes s w s e h im Ki g Ja , who al o i h d to dub k night beca u s e of h is literary achieve m en s th e e e ne n n t , but po t d cli d . Jo so s e a me th e e e e thu b c ﬁrst po t laur at , although th e title wa s not ofﬁcially con ferred u pon him a nd did not come i nto u s e n s om e me e u til ti lat r . Alfred Tennys on held the titl e of Poet Laurea te longer than a ny other poet of n n m 1 8 5 0 - 1 8 92 E gla d , that is , fro .

n A lva stra we en e on Stra d , , S d , locat d the e e ed th e e e S ea the gr at lak call V tt r , is me o f en Ke th e e w . ho Ell y , rit r

wh o e th e a e Frank Norris , di d at g of thirty

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George Meredith wa s the author of ” m n Adventures of Harry Rich o d . Lord Byron s aid

n ! s n is e Chillo thy pri o a holy plac , A n s d thy a d ﬂoor a n altar .

Andrew Lang s aid : N0 m a n selecting a literary harem cou ld p os s ibly l eave out ’ ne s en e nes A nne E li ot a nd Ja Au t s h roi , ” E liz a b B nn tt eth e e .

Maxim Gorky wrote Twenty -six a nd

One .

Elizabeth Cooper wrote The Harim a nd ” th e s o the e o f Purdah , a t ry of liv s n m en Ori e tal wo . Lord Edward G eo rge Bulwer - Lytton wrote ” Th s s o f om e La t Day P peii . l mes McNeil “ hi s tl er o n n Ja , F . H pki so m m s n n e a nd S ith , Tho a Bucha a R ad , William Blake were all both arti s t s a nd u s a thor .

n e n in s e n n A dr w La g , p aki g of Edgar Alla Poe e e e him a s en m n , r f rr d to a g tle a ” m n n a o g ca aille .

n Du Maurier wrote Peter Ibbetso . Matilda Hoffman wa s the ﬁa ncee of Wash in on r n he n n gt I vi g . S di ed of co sumptio the a e e een e e e at g of ight y ars . Irving , v r AN S WERS 1 43

e e e r f Jul s V rne wrote Mich l St ogo f .

me e Rebecca Gratz , an A rican J wess living a nd e n in Philadelphia , clos frie d of m n the e Matilda Hoff a , was prototyp of ’ R owena in Sir Walter Scott s Ivan h ” oe .

Clotilde Grav es writes under the pen - name e n Richard D ha . B eatrice Harraden wrote Ship s That ” Pass in the Night . Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote The ” en S ecret Gard . George Eliot published h er ﬁrst book wh en - e s a e a nd in the ne thirty six y ar of g , xt twenty years earned one hundred a nd s n h er en ﬁfty thou a d dollars by p .

e D u e e m e e e Georg Mauri r wrot his ast rpi c , ” en s e a e a nd Trilby , wh ixty y ars of g m s n al o t bli d . Paul Fort has been called the pri nce of ” poets of Paris . Otsego Hall was the home of James Feni e more Coop r . It is located at Coopers

n New . tow , York William Cullen Bryant lived at Cummi ng ton e s i n the e e , Massachus tt , B rkshir s Hill .

s n n ne ne Wa hi gton Allsto , An Whit y , and Frederic Remi ngt on were all sculptors

as well as authors . m n o f th e Tho as Lawso , author Friday ” een mme m e e Thirt th , has a su r ho , call d ” e m ne e Dr a Wold , at Egypt , ar Scituat , s se s Ma sachu tt .

n e n wa s th e me Mo tic llo , Virgi ia , ho of m s effe s n th e e Tho a J r o , author of D clara n n e en en e a nd e tio of I d p d c , third Pr si en the n e e s me d t of U it d Stat of A rica .

’ s e s es en e n wn th e e Whi tl r r id c , k o as Whit ” s e wa s e on e ne Hou , locat d Ch y Walk , n n n n Lo do , E gla d . Robe rt Louis Stevens on wa s the renowned writer wh o s ometimes signed his work hi n s s . with i itial , R . L S . Jean Web s ter was the author of th e cele bra ted s e Patty tori s .

oe th e s on e a nd Ph bus Apollo , of Jupit r n wa s th e th e s un th e Lato a , god of , n m s a nd e n e patro of u ic po try , fou d r of es om e n n e citi , pr ot r of colo izatio , giv r of s th e e a nd m good law , id al of fair anly e a nd n youth , a pur just god , requiri g clean hands a nd pure h eart s of those who s e him H e Wa s one the s wor hip d . of mo t e e s b lov d god .

th e me in Villa Crawford was ho Sorrento ,

the e n e . Italy , of Am rica nov list , F

Marion Crawford . Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote the ” e The in po m , Village Blacksmith , his

a village preacher

s e e e th e w e e wa s hi s e Thu to r li v r tch d prid , ’ ’ n n h is n s n e e s s A d e e faili g l ea d to Virtu ide .

’ a m w e in n to 2 . 7 Willi Co p r , Man s i humanity ” Ma n s : , aid

ea r i s ne My pai d , ' My s oul i s Sick with ev ery day s report . n n i Of wro g a d outrage with which earth s ﬁlled .

T he Ca nterbury Tal es i s a collection of s tori es written a t different tim es but put e e r w th e e tog th r p obably , to ard clos of a u e s e n m e r ms Ch c r lif . A u b r of pilg i , wh o a re goi ng on hor s eback to the S hri ne o f n m s a ec e n e Sai t Tho a B k t at Ca t rbury, mee th e Inn i n o t at Tabard S uthwark , a s f n on T h o o s h u bu rb o Lo d . e j lly h t of t e r H a r r B a il o s es e Taba d , y y, pr po that ach o f th e om n s on e c pa y hall , th ir way to n e u e e a nd e Ca t rb ry , t ll two tal s , two mor on the wa y back ; a nd that the one who tell s th e best s hall have a S upper at the o s the n e n H e e e e . c t of r st , wh th y r tur hims elf accompani es them in th e capacity e a nd e e of judg r port r .

’ E m n en e e n d u d Sp s r s own marriag so g , written by h im to crown his series of ” m e e s ne e A or tti , or lov on ts , was call d m n a nd s Epithala io , is aid to be the AN S WERS 1 47

most spl endid hymn of triumphant love th e n n u in E glish la g age . ” Atalanta in Calydon is considered by many critics the masterpiece of Algernon e Charl s Swinburne , the poet . It is a

lyric drama .

m e : T h Dr . Sa u l Johnson said e wine of ’ ” n n Baco s writings is dry wi e . Horace Walpole dwelt in a castle on famed e en m En Strawb rry Hill , near Twick ha , g n e e e n la d , wher he mad a coll ctio of n en m m n e m n s a ci t ar or , illu i at d a uscript , - a - and bric brac of all kinds . Of Hans Christian Andersen it wa s s aid : His dominant trait wa s a n i n s atiable n he th e s ambitio , to which owed all j oy

a nd all the sorrow s of hi s life .

Inn New Y Roycroft , at East Aurora , ork , n e e e was fou d d by Elb rt Hubbard , Wid ly “ ” n a s The ra th e the k own F , author of ” n i s n e famous Little Jour eys . It a ce t r e e a nd mm n s of lit rary cultur , is a co u i tic m n e e a re e e . colo y , to which all p opl w lco

n e n William K ox was a Scottish po t , know pers onally to Sir Walter Scott but to the w n one em the orld o ly by this po , ﬁrst stanza of which is :

wh s th e s o f m be ? Oh , y hould pirit ortal proud e s w -fleetin me e s - fl in Lik a ift g t or , a fa t y g cloud , s o f th e n n e o f th e w e A fla h light i g, a br ak av , Man pa s s eth from life to hi s res t in the grave. Thi s wa s the favorite poem of Abra h a m n n me s s e Li col , who ca acro it in arly m n o a ho d .

eff e Fa rnol en e n n J r y has chos K nt , E gla d , a s th e setting for his popular works of n ﬁctio . Alfre d Noyes wrote Tal es of the Mer ” n maid Taver .

n n The e Austi Stro g , author of Exil , The e e the e ne Littl Fath r of Wild r ss , a nd e s i s e - n n oth r play , a st p gra dso of e e en n Rob rt Louis St v so .

e e e e e on the Haut vill Hous , at St . P t r Port n e ns e i s me n isla d of Gu r y , fa d as havi g een th m b e ho e of Victor Hugo .

“ m e e men e Tho as Carlyl said , Gr at , tak n ” n r m n a a e e . up in y way , proﬁtabl co pa y

e s en n en e the Rob rt Loui Stev so , wh ask d e e the e his dat of his birth , gav dat of n h e n en e n weddi g , as had o ly th b gu to

live .

e W e a re Elb rt Hubbard said , all children ” i n th e n e en ki d rgart of God . Arthur Schopenhauer h a s been called the ” e e es m m gr at apostl of p si is .

Vailima wa s the Samoan home of Robert e en n Louis St v so .

e th e e roebel the K ilhau was hom of F , great e originator of the kind rgarten .

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300 The s s n n n i s e e . Ru ia atio al hymn ntitl d , “ h ” T h e t e . e God , Prot ct Czar words we e w en th e e oukov r ritt by po t , Vasili J S ki a nd th e m s ne e s von , u ic by Colo l Al xi L off a n m f ce in 1 8 30 y , ar y o ﬁ r , . 01 e u s e en n wa s th e 3 . Rob rt Lo i St v so author of the f oll owi ng prayer :

en th e e n s e n u s ou r s u n a nd com Wh day r tur , r tur to , e a nd u s w m n n es a n d w m n fort r , call up ith or i g fac ith or i n h ea rts u ea e r — e e b e g g to labor ag r to happy , if happi — n es s s hall be our portion a nd if th e day be marked for

s w s n en e . orro , tro g to dur it

302 r m n the oe s a e n . Cha i g , p t , id of H ry David “ rea u v e h im s u ns ne a n Tho , Gi hi d a a n o f n s a nd h e h a s eno h dful ut , ugh 303 n r mm n wa s th e T h . H e ry D u o d author of e ea tes n i n th e - b Gr t Thi g World , y w c h e m ea n e hi h t Lov . 304 om a s Ne s n e e nes a e . Th l o Pag , Walt r Hi P g , a n d H en ry V a n Dyke were a ll m en o f et e s a nd e es en es th e l t r , all r pr tativ of United Sta tes at foreign courts at th e s m e m e a ti . 305 oma s Ne s n e een e me th e . Th l o Pag has b t r d ” os we th old - me ne B ll of e ti gro . 30 m es i om e i s to e m e 6 . Ja Wh tc b Ril y said hav ad ﬁve hundred dollars a word on hi s cele “ bra ted em A n ee e po , Old Sw th art of ” n Mi e . 0 e o s e 3 . a 7 O f K t D ugla Wiggin it has b en said , Th m n e e a tl of Louisa M . Alcott has en on her fall up . AN S WERS 1 5 1

30 n 8 . e Lord Byro said , aft r the publication of ” e a wok ~ Child Harold , I e one morn ” n m e ing and fou d ys lf famous . Alice French writes under the pen - name of ” Octave Thanet .

e s e Mrs . Elizab th C . Ga k ll wrote Cra n ” i s be d ford , which said to the best e n e e e n scriptio of villag lif xta t . H enry Ward B eecher s old a slave from the Of m n pulpit Ply outh Church , Brookly , New new m e York , that its ast r might ee fr it . The Old Corne r Bookstore wa s a little book store at th e corner of School a nd n n ee i n n e e Washi gto Str ts , Bosto , wh r ’ the literary men of Longfellow s day

were wont to gather for S hop talk . H ere occurred s ome of the most wonder ful di s cussions by m en of letters that n e have ever been chro icl d .

e e th e Dr . S . W ir Mitch ll was author of ” ne ee e s me Hugh Wyn , Fr Quak r , by o critics pron ounced th e best work of ﬁc

n e e . tio Dr . Mitch ll wrot

s e Dr . Jo iah Gilb rt Holland in Bitter ” Sweet wrote :

e s e es a re a nd s H art , lik appl , hard our , ’ Till cru sh ed by pai n s res i s tl es s power .

31 5 e e n e The . Margar t D la d wrot Iron

Woman . 1 52 ON E THOU S AND LITERARY QUES TION S

‘ ’ ’ n e e s s n O H a ra Ed a F rb r ﬁr t book , Daw , wa s res cu ed from the wasteba s ket by h er mo e wh o on e n ns s e th r , , r adi g it , i i t d that be s en s e s n . e it t to a publi h r Thi was do , a nd the hith erto news pa per woman wa s launched on a s ucces sful career as a n e s ov li t .

e th e The Mary E . Wall r was author of ’ ” - m s Wood carver of Ly pu . A be Ma r ti n i s th e character s obriquet u nder w c n Mc Kin ne a n hi h Fra k y Hubbard , n n o s n n new e ma n I dia ap li ( I dia a ) spap r , “ ” w es Kin u i s one o f rit . H bbard our es - n wn m o s s a nd es es A be b t k o hu ri t , , b id Ma r ti n h a s en u s Fern Li incu t a nd , giv pp e en e nn e s oth r t rtai i g charact r . H enry Wad s worth L ongfellow wa s the autho r of the li nes :

A n d w en n s emem e h you thi k of thi , r b r too ’ T i s w s m n n s m ew ere a nd e al ay or i g o h , abov Th e w en n n n en s m e s e a ak i g co ti t , fro Shor to hor ,

S om ewh e r e th e bird s a re Singi n g evermore .

’ e a re n i n The e Th y fou d Po t s Tale , Th e Bird s of Killi ngworth among th n e Tales of a Ways ide In . R a mona wa s th e heroine of th e novel of e en e en n that titl , writt by H l Hu t Jack s n A n n R s o . a mon i e orpha , a rais d as

a t s n . Scott Abbot ford , Scotla d n e s e n e e Ella Flagg You g , for y ars up ri t nd nt th e s n s of public chools of Chicago , Illi oi , wa s the ﬁrst woman elected to the presi deney of the Nationa l Educational Asso i i n the n e es c a t o of U it d Stat .

n e e e en now Ma ch st r , a suburb of All gh y ( n wa s th e o n Old Ches t r exti ct ) , rigi al e ’ e e n s e of Margar t D la d s tori s . Kate Dougla s Wiggin wa s th e author of P The Old Peabody ew . Ella Wh eeler Wilcox was th e author of the lines :

’ T i s ea s y enough to be pl eas ant Wh en lif e ﬂows on like a s ong ; th e m a n w w e i s th e ma n wh o can sm e But orth hil il , n Wh en everythi g go es d ead wrong .

Ad elaide A nne Procter wa s the daughter th e e a nd es s e of po t ayist , Bryan Wall r “ Procter ( Barry Charles en in his n s Dick s , i troduction to Mi s ’ e ems e e n Proct r s po , told of r c ivi g , as e o H ous eh old Words me dit r of , so dis tinctive poetry from a Mi s s Mary B er ” e n n m h e wick . Mor tha six mo ths fro t time h e began to publish Mi s s Ber ’ ” e h e the wick s po try , took with him Christma s number of th e magazine as h e n ne en , was goi g to di with his fri d , n H s d re Barry Cor wall . e ai I AN S WERS I 55

- marked , as I laid it on the drawing room e ne e e tabl , that it contai d a v ry pr tty m e e poe , writt n by a c rtain Miss Ber ’ e wick . N xt day brought me the dis closure that I had s o spoken of the poem ’ to the mother of its writer , in its writer s ” presence .

’ the 8 0 S e e e In Boston , in early w r h ld as s embla es the g of Ladies Social Club . n e e t e e Amo g thos taking part , i h r by r ad n e e e me n i gs or l ctur s , wer Agassiz , E rso , eene e e a nd Gr , Whippl , Clark , Edward n s e Everett Hale . It was iro ically tyl d the n a nd e n e Brai Club , di d ma y y ars e e e n one ex -mem lat r b caus , accordi g to ber th e e e e , n wer m mb rs brought into it m e a nd too uch supp r stomach , and no ” t brain a all . Fitz -Greene Halleck was the author of ” Marco Bozzaris .

McD ona ld e in Clark , who lived New York n was familiarly know a s the mad poet .

Richard Watson Gilder was known as th e ” e e e n ec e one po t of c l stial passio , b aus of hi s books of poetry was called The ” n Celestial Passio . S ir A n th ony A bs ol u te is a character in ’ ” m h s e n e T e . Sh rida s co dy , Rival

Margaret Fuller Os soli was called the

American S ibyl . n e the Mary S . Terhu e writ s under pen ”

n e n n . am , Mario Harla d Pigeon- R0 0 st - in- the- Wood s i s the In n me e e n e dia a ho of Bruc Calv rt , atur e e e a nd e lov r , philosoph r , ditor , writ r ” e The en a nd bu s fath r of Op Road , n Mme n s n- the ba d of . Gulbra d e Calvert , ” n e Norwegian nighti gal . ” The Holt was the one- time home of n Frank R . Stockto .

The e good , faithful , young J rsey ” w m n e m n o a , allud d to by Walt Whit a , the o e ee wh o wa s . s e o s Mrs Davi , h us k p r n e h i s me a nd u s e lo g car d for ho , to his n him own e e . phras , took vigila t car of ” e n - ou - n Ch rry Croft , at Cor wall Hudso , h m New i s t e e e . York , ho of Am lia E

Barr . Nathaniel Hawthorne was the author of ” m th wn m A Rill fro e To Pu p . “ Myrtle Reed wrote A Spinner in the S n u .

n n th e s Jack Lo do visited slum of London , n n e e e me ee s E gla d , liv d th r for so w ks , ju t n a n s e a nd s mme as its i h bita t liv , u d up his ob servation s a nd experi ences in a h ” book entitled T e Abyss .

n the n s h a s Joh Burroughs , aturali t , a wood n m e e la d ca p , call d Woodchuck Lodg , Ne w . at Roxbury , York

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n ne e i n 1 909 wa s Swi bur , who di d , , at the e th e n ne een en the clos of i t th c tury , last of the group of English poets of th e ﬁrst n m n m we e enn n ra k , a o g who r T yso , wn n n n e Bro i g, La dor, Ar old , Ross tti , and

Morris . Buff Cottage wa s th e country home of s e n Jo iah Gilb rt Holla d . ” ew on th e s n e e Idl ild Hud o Riv r , N w wa s the s me N n e York , la t ho of atha i l r e \/Villis w e e h e e i n 1 8 67 Pa k r , h r di d .

e e n e mes s tem Oliv r W d ll Hol aid , A tart er ne e me w p v r llo s with a ge . John Greenleaf Whitti er s poke of himself a s a s hy lad in h omes pun clothes of

Quaker cut . Charles Dudley Warner wa s the author o f ” -L o Back g Studi es . Rudyard Kipli ng wa s t ermed the great V ish nu l a nd Avatar of . Ray Stannard B a k er writes u nder th e ps eu ” d on m s n y of David Gray o .

en m e n e s a nd a n me n H ry Ja s , a ov li t A rica , e es n i n n n n e aft r r idi g E gla d ma y y ars , b ecame a Briti s h subj ect at th e outbreak the es en e n in e of pr t Europ a War , ord r AN S WERS 1 59

en Overlooking Long Island Sound , near Gl Cove and the entrance to Hempste ad ” D osoris the n m Harbor , was , isla d ho e n of Charles A . Da a . John Godfrey Saxe was called the Ameri

can Hood . Bayard Taylor was the author o f The ” the cons id Masque of Gods , which he e er d his best literary work .

ee At the corner of New and Wall Str ts , New e on York City, was a stor of e s e m Wiley, a publisher, who back roo , “ ” called the D en by James Fenimore e the ee n - Coop r, was m ti g place of a coterie of famous literary men of that n n e n Per time , i cludi g Hall ck , Du lap , i l n n m e wa s c va a d . , Pauldi g , any oth rs It from this room that Richard H enry “ n e e The e Da a issu d his p riodical , Idl ” Ma n a nd him th e m n , it was to that a u ’ “ script of Bryant s famou s Thana ne tops is was submitted . This cor r is ffi now occupied by a large o ce building .

Fanny Crosby , the famous writer of hymns , n was bli d .

e E Emerson call d Elizabeth Hoar, liza

beth the Wise .

one Frank Sanborn , of the great literary e s lights of Concord , Massachus tt , said , ’ I have swum with Alcott in Thoreau s e w e in the A s sabet h Cov , ith Thor au , wit ” r mn e e e n Cha i g in v ry wat r of Co cord . ” The e th e me P rch was ho of Mrs . em e- e i n the e e K bl Butl r , B rkshir Hills . ” n s en Josh Billi g ( H ry W . Shaw ) was “ th n m n called e Ya kee Solo o . ” e e s s L av s of Gra by Walt Whitman , ﬁrs t publi s h ed in 1 8 5 5 a nd added to in e e n i s n e e be the lat r ditio s , ack owl dg d to most original book of poetry in Amer n e e ica lit ratur . Thomas Babington Macaulay wrote Lays ” n n m of A cie t Ro e . Sir Walter Scott wrote T he Lady of the

Lake . Matthew Arnold wa s the author of Soh ” n s m rab a d Ru tu . A ls a ti a was the name given in the s ixteenth en e s n re c tury to Whit friar , a Lo don p n me s e the s ci ct for rly j u t outsid city wall , where outlaws found immunity from ar ’ e It e e in e s r st . is d scrib d Sir Walt r Scott ” Th e Fortunes of Nigel .

e n e e e Alfr d Austi , a Po t Laur at of England , was for ten years th e editor of the Na~ ti on l R evi a ew .

Edgar Allan P oe wa s voted a tablet in the

Hall of Fam e of New York University .

m n e a n e Joseph Rod a Drak , Am rican poet of m the a e great pro ise , died at early g of

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ne e n me e fully pardo d , b comi g a mb r of e mm s s on 1 8 01 the legislativ co i i of . A h mm e s e year later e co itt d uicid . John Greenl eaf Whitti er earned the money to pay hi s e xp ens es at Haverhill Acad emy by m a king s hoes during th e evenings n n n a d o Saturdays a d holidays . “ ” Th e two bachelor poet s of America were John Greenleaf Whittier a nd James m e Whitco b Ril y . ’ Henry James h a s been called America s ” greatest reali s t .

’ en Ma a rtens wh o e Maart , wrot God s ” “ a nd The e e i s Fool Gr at r Glory , a Dutch noveli s t wh o h a s written all his in n works E glish .

a m n th e e Willi Vaugh Moody, Chicago po t , wa s th e a u thor of a n Od e i n Time of ” es on no n e be H itati , pro u c d by critics to h is es w e a n b t ork . Moody di d at early a e g .

reen e d n dia n a i s n h G ﬁ l , I , otable as t e birth place a n d childhood home of James m e Whitco b Ril y .

’ ‘ Eugene Field was Chicago s most popular poet Mary Johnston has been termed the his . ” e th torian of the South , becaus of e a her s ccuracy of hi torical novels . ” Z a on Gale wrote Mothers to Men . AN S WERS 1 63

m 0 Willia Sidney Porter . Henry said : Rul e One of story-writing is to e e write stori es that pl ase yourself . Th re n is o Rule Two . Edith Wharton owns a handsome villa at n Le ox , Massachusetts , built in the Italian e styl .

K e The S ec at Douglas Wiggin , said p “ ta tor n n one , Lo don , Engla d , is of the most successful ambassadors between ” n America and Great Britai . This trib u te was paid soon after the appearance of her Penelope books

Booth Tarkington wrote A Gentleman ” m n fro India a .

v n e e one es Ir i g Bach ll r said , Every of y terda n e - y is dead , and o ly thos of to day a re living ; to -morrow should be Para ” e dis .

Th e grave of Thomas Hood is marked by n n a sto e bought by public subscriptio .

’ n n Gad s Hill Place , Lo do , England , was

the home of Charles Dickens .

' e E n l and wa s The Knoll , Ambl side , g , the one- me e time ho of Harri t Martineau .

Boz was the pen -name of Charles

Dickens . Robert Burn s was called the Ayrshire ” plowman . 1 64 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

e e e Sh ll y wrot Adonais , one of the e e e e e in me gr at st l gi s , mory of John ea s the a n K t , uthor of E dymion and ” n Hyperio .

n Rev n s n Ian Maclare ( . Joh Wat o ) was the author of B eside th e Bonni e Brier ” Bu s h .

n e s in n on Joh K at , E dymi , said , A ” thing of beauty is a joy forever .

o e es the e en e R b rt Bridg , pr s t Po t Laureate n n wa s s en ne of E gla d , pok of by a ws paper editor a s the little old doctor who ” m m e s o eti es wrote po try .

Maria Thomp s on D a v ies s h a s immortalized r e e in her n s Ha p th Vall y ﬁctio . Thi beau e i s o e i n ennes s ee a tiful vall y l cat d T , s r s n e m the ho t di ta c fro city of Nashville .

Markland i s th e home of Albert Bige ne The n ne e n low Pai . la d , ar R ddi g, nne on w s me n Co cticut , hich thi ho sta ds , wa s pres ented to Pai ne by Mark Twain s r e hi e ho tly b fore s death . Pain is ’ w n s f e T ai o ﬁcial biograph r .

Fu zzy- Wuzzy wa s th e hero of one of the “ B a rrack - Room Ballads of Rudyard n in w Tomm A tki ns e Kipli g , hich y voic s m n the his ad iratio for big , black , ’ bou ndin beggar in the Soudan Expedi tiona r a nd e y Force , who fought brok ” the s e quar .

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ea n n e S , pro ou c d by critics one of the n ﬁnest s ea s ongs ever writte .

e n n Georg Gordo , Lord Byro , fell heir to his

title at ten years of age .

m the Willia Black , popular Scottish novel s ist , was the author of A Princes of ” e Thul .

Typee was a valley of th e island of Nuka m n the e s s n e hiva a o g Marqu sa I la ds , wh re e m n e e th e w e d e H r a M lvill , rit r , was i m n s nn ta ned for four o th by ca ibals . His “ ” s T ee e s w ex eri tory, yp , d al ith his p n es e e e c th r .

Oliver Wendell Holmes makes one o f his chara cters i n The Autocrat of the “ Breakfas t Table s a y : Bos ton State i h h f h m ” hous e s t e ub o t e solar s yste . William Cullen Bryant wrote To a ” n n Fri ged Ge tian .

e e n e Margar t D la d , Mary Wilkins Fr eman , a nd Alice Brown a re famed for their true e n e in New d pictio of lif England .

Eugene Field was termed a genuine ” m the e hu orist by grac of God .

Fi shkill was the scene of th e imprisonment ’ ” H arve B irch a nd of y of Cooper s Spy , th e e was hom of Mrs . Mary Ashley n e nd Tow s nd , author of Distaff a ” Spindle, a book of sonnets . AN S WERS 1 67

Carscallen Villa , at Upper Nyack , New n n York , was the ma sio in which Winston Churchill completed his manuscript of ” Richard Carvel . ” The Squirrels was for ten years the n e Rev the parso ag home of . E . P . Roe ,

- novelist preacher . It is located a little New below West Point , York . Marion Harland was the writer of Com ” n mon Se se in the Household . Ernest Thompson S eton i s the author of ” n Wild Animals I Have K own .

e New Fr deric Remington , of York , was e e n e fam d for his pictur s of I dian lif , e en don with p , brush , and chisel , for he was sculptor and painter as well as

author .

Swinburne lived at Putney Hill , near Lon th e don , during last thirty years of his h im life , and with lived his friend , Theo - dore Watts Dunton , who is also a poet

and critic .

James Russell Lowell in his poem , Co ” : lumbus , said

n n e i s th e wn n E dura c cro i g quality, A nd en e th e s s n of e e s pati c all pa io gr at h art . 436 N . Lord Francis Bacon wrote The ew ” e Atlantis , an all gory . The name is that of a mythical island said to be S ituated in a the middle of the Atlantic Oce n . 1 68 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

e the n Samuel Taylor Coleridg , E glish poet , n e wa s bor at Ottery Saint Mary , D von

e n n . shir , E gla d

Father Dami en wa s a miss ionary priest m e m en fro B lgiu , who w t to Molokai to care for a colony of lepers a nd to try to e e s e e e e make their liv s l s wr tch d . H r he e lived until his death . Rob rt Louis Stevens on wa s greatly interested in the e m en a nd m work of Fath r Da i , was ost indignant that some of the i nhabitants of Hawaii did not appreciate the work a nd s acriﬁces o f the good fathe r as they s o H e w e a n en e e the h uld . rot op l tt r to e n s w e public r gardi g thi , hich app ars in one of his books .

s e n in e Jo iah Gilb rt Holla d , his po m , n e wa s th e : Wa t d , author of the lines

God give u s men ! A time like thi s d emand s S n m n s e e s e a nd e tro g i d , gr at h art , tru faith , r ady

hands .

Virgi nia Woodward Cloud wa s the author of Down D u rly Lane a nd Other Bal s lad . This book contai ns some of the e e e e bright st v rs ver written for children .

e n th e n s Matth w Ar old , E gli h poet , was n e m n n bor at Lal ha , E gla d . m Willia Pitt , Earl of Chatham , Secretary “ e n of Stat of E gland , was called the ” great Commoner .

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Maria Su s anna Cummi ns was the author of The Lamplighter

The s em b Light of A ia , a po ySir Edwin no d ea s w th e e a nd e n Ar ld , l ith lif t achi gs iddarth a m th e n of S , or Gauta a , Hi du

Buddha .

me e e s Sir Ja s Matth w Barri , the Scotti h m n e es e n . ov list , liv at Kirri uir , Scotla d “ H e i s th e author of The Little Min ” e i s t r .

m the e e e Mrs . Hu phry Ward , c l brat d Eng s n e s wa s th e n e li h ov li t , gra ddaught r of m n o f me Dr . Tho as Ar old , Rugby fa , and n e e the e ew n a i c of po t , Matth Ar old .

e en e e the w e wa s e H l K ll r , rit r , born d af , m a n d n du b , bli d .

n the e e a nd Mary Lyo , t ach r scholar , was th e founder of th e ﬁrs t s chool for the higher education of women in th e United States : Mount Holyoke Female S emi n e e ary , Holyok , Massachus tts .

Matth ew Arnold said : Poetry is simply the s e e a nd mo t b autiful , impr ssive , w e ef e e m e id ly f ctiv od of S aying things , ” a nd e e m e h nc its i portanc .

’ Shakes peare wa s termed England s “ -m e e myriad ind d g nius . Ik Donald G . Mitchell Marvel wrote ” e Reveri s of a Bachelor . AN S WERS 1 71 )

John Greenleaf Whittier was the author of the lines :

0 broth er man ! fold to thy heart thy broth er ; e e we s the e e o f God i s e Wh r pity d ll , p ac ther ; T o w s i s to e e e or hip rightly lov ach oth r, mn n s m e e ee e . Each il a hy , ach ki dly d d a pray r

e On the coll ge campus of Antioch College , Y e a ellow Springs , Ohio , has been erect d monument on which are carved the mem orable his words of Horace Mann , in last commencement address to the stu the dents of college , of which he had been president for seven years : I be seech you to treasure up in your hearts e : B e e thes , my parting words asham d to die until you have won some victory for ” humanity .

The grave of Wendell Phillips is in Milton , e he Massachusetts , wher and his wife

often spent their vacations . George Washington Cable is famous for the pictures of Creole life in New Or

leans which are given in his novels .

’ Dr . Johnson said of Robert Burton s The ” n Anatomy of Melancholy , It is the o ly book that ever took me out of bed two

hours sooner than I wished to rise .

e n u Sir Walter Ral igh , disti g ished writer e e and trav ler, a favorite of Que n Eliza

e e s . beth , was beh ad d by Jame I ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

en e th e e Edmund Sp s r , author of Fa ry n wa s en one Quee , spok of as of the ’ very diamonds of H er Maj esty s ( Queen ’ Elizabeth s ) court . Shakes peare wa s called the sweet swan ” n of Avo . Jeremy Taylor wa s called the Shakespeare

of theological literature . John Milton said

Th e childhood s hows th e m a n

A s morn ing s hows th e day .

’ Will s Coffee- hou s e wa s the public house i n which John Dryden s pent much of his

time becau s e of domestic u nhappiness .

wa n s l ow e Ed rd You g aid , Too th y build , ” who build beneath the s tars .

The ene ose s e g ral purp of thi pap r , said “ Th e Ta tl er i s e os e th e e , to xp fals arts e off the s s e cun of lif , to pull di gui s of n n n a nd ffe n a nd rec i g , va ity , a ctatio , to ommend ene s m in e a g ral i plicity our dr ss , ” nd s o s e a e . our di c ur , our b havior “ Charles Lamb wa s called the genial ” Charles .

n n n th e e e Captai Joh Byro , fath r of G orge n n e Gordo , Lord Byro , the po t , was called

Mad Jack . William Wordsworth s aid

T o me th e meanes t ﬂower that blows ca n give s n li Thought that do ofte e too deep for tea rs .

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Jonathan Swift applauded Alexander Pope s m a nd s e for his sarca , aid , Wh n you n the e one thi k of world , giv it more lash ” at my request .

n n E n e Dr . Joh so said of dmu d Burk , If a ma n were to go by chance at th e same time with Burke under a s hed to shun a we h e a n sho r, would say , This is ex i r n tra ord na y ma .

m e s Willia Cowp r aid , At ﬁfty years I mmen e a n m co c d as author . It is a whi s e e me n es a nd e that has rv d lo g t b st , and ” be m s will probably y la t .

’ e ns wa s e Rob rt Bur call d Scotia s Bard .

m s e Tho a Moor said , Earth has no sorrow e en nn e that H av ca ot h al .

e e e ne P rcy B . Sh ll y was drow d by the cap n o f b i n th e sizi g a oat Bay of Spezia .

John Keats dictated the followi ng inscrip tion for his gravestone a few days before his death : Here lies one whose name ” e was writ in wat r .

n s n e e n Joh Wil o , b tt r k own as Professor Wilson from his Occupying the chair of moral philos ophy in the Univers ity of n a s e Edi burgh , or Christoph r North i n his n e in writi gs , liv d his early married AN S WERS

e At Lasswade , n ar Edinburgh , in a cottage e e wa s m onc occupi d by Scott , the ho e of Thomas D e Quincey for the last sixteen

years of his life .

Hannah More said of Macaulay , The n e n in qua tity of r adi g Tom has poured , and the quantity of writing he has poured ” out , is astonishing . Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote Aurora ” Leigh .

e en n Alfr d T nyso said , I am a part of all ” e that I hav met . E dgar Allan Poe was the son of an actress .

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote his beautiful “ ” e The in po m , Dirge , memory of his two brothers

E e n m rson said , Live as on a mou tain . Let men s ee n e ni , let them k ow a r al an , who ” e lives as he was meant to liv .

’ Will Levi ngton Comfort wrote Down ” Men Among .

S e Three isters , all of whom wrot novels , e B ronté wer Charlotte Nichols , who ” n e B ronté wrote Ja e Eyr , Emily , who e e e a nd wrot Wuth ring H ights , Anne e n Bront , who wrote Ag es Grey .

Thomas Babington Macaulay said , An acre o f Middlesex is better than a princi ” pality in Utopia . ONE THOU S AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

Charles Dickens wrote The Crick et on th e ” Hearth . John Burrough s said of B ergs on : H e is a phil os opher upon whom the S pirits of both literature a nd sci ence have de ” n e sce d d . Alice Cary s aid

W e a re mm now a n d h er i ortal e,

Our f ear i s all we hav e to f ear .

Sidney Lanier wa s called the beloved poet ” a of Georgi .

e n es s is i s n e C rva t aid , What good ev r too ” abundant

en m n s e B ea cons ﬁeld B ja i Di ra li , Earl of , at one me me n s e n s ti Pri Mi i t r of Engla d , ﬁr t gained recognition as th e author of n e m n w e e n ov ls , a o g hich w r Vivia ” ” e n n em n a nd Hen Gr y , Co tari i Fl i g , ” ri m etta Te ple .

’ The Pilgrim s Progress was the great e en e its n all gory writt whil author , Joh n n m s ne in e Bu ya , was i pri o d B dford j ail e u s e hi s e s b ca of r ligiou faith .

e in Concord , Massachus tts , its public library h a s a n alcove devoted to the h works of t e literary people of the town .

e rm n the William Ell ry Cha i g , poet , said of n n ne e A . Bro so Alcott , I v r meet that ” man without being cheered .

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enn n i n Alfred T yso , In Memoriam , was the author of the lines :

Unto th ee i s given e e s mm A lif that b ar i ortal fruit, In tho s e great ofﬁces that s uit - Th e full grown energies o f heaven.

Alfred Noyes is s aid to be the most popular n n s of livi g E glish poet . Jacob Ri i s was the author of How the ” Other Half Lives . Th e S na rk m was a s all boat built by, and n e the e n e n u d r p rso al dir ctio of , Jack n n th e n e s h e n Lo do , ov li t , which avigated through the Paciﬁc Ocean a nd th e South S eas of Australia on a cruis e afterward “ es e in hi s me en e d crib d volu titl d , The ” s the na rk e e S . Crui of His wif , Char m n e e n n e ia Kittr dg Lo do , also wrot a me e e th e e e volu d scriptiv of cruis , und r ” n Th h S na rk e t e . the captio , Log of

mes m e Ja Whitco b Riley, our b loved ” e e Hoosi r Po t, said of his work , I ’ ’ n n h do t do it . I m o ly t e willow through ” th e s e e which whi tl com s . Three notable Scotch writers of the present day wh o have written stories of Scotch “ i e a re : Ia n c en who : B e l f Ma lar , wrote ” S e th nn e e m e . id Bo i Briar Bush , Sa u l R “ e who w e The Crock tt, rot Stickit Min s e a n m d a es . e e i t r, ” J M Barri , who wrot “ ’ Th Littl n e e e . H Mi ist r A N S WERS 1 79

s n i s Trinity Church , Bo to , Massachusetts , declared to be the most pictu b s que strue c ture in Ameri a . a a Joaquin Miller said , My cr dle was e covered wagon , point d West .

1 8 95 e Charles F . Lummis , in , organiz d the Landmarks Club to raise funds for the preservation of the old Franciscan Mis n sions of Califor ia . the Jack London , in his youth , gained title of the boy orator because of his curb e S ee in ston p ches on socialism , Oakland ,

Cali fornia . George Herbert was called the poet of ” things divine . Eugene Field wrote The Sugar-plum

Tree .

Dr . Maria Montessori has been termed “ ro b l the modern F e e . Paul Laurence Dunbar wrote Poems of ” n e Cabin a d Fi ld . E es Joseph Addison , the nglish poet and s a ist - y , married the Countess dowager of

Warwick . Thomas Gray in his famous Elegy Writ ten in a Country Churchyard wrote the lines

m n a em o f es s e ene Full a y g , pur t ray r , Th e dark un fathomed caves o f ocean bear m n a l e i s n to s ns een Fu ll a y f ow r bor blu h u , i And was te its s weetnes s on th e dese rt a r. 1 8 0 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

Oliver Golds mith has been te rmed the ” mos t beloved of Engli s h writers .

William Cowper di ed i ns ane.

’ In Fitz - Greene Halleck s tribute to Robert Burns occur thes e lines :

ms w s e w n e n ee e es se Pilgri , ho a d ri g f t hav pr d ’ ’ T he S w e s s n w th e A s s n itz r o , rab a d , th e e e es th e es Or trod pil d l av of W t, own een es n My gr for t la d ,

All a sk th e e o f h is cottag birth , e on th e s enes h e e a n d s n Gaz c lov d u g, And e ee n s not o f e gath r f li g arth , H i m s ﬁeld s a nd s treams a ong .

5 36 . Alexander Pope has been called th e father ” e m of pigra . 5 3 7. s in hi s Thoma Hood poem , I Remember , ” eme e : I R mber , wrot

emem e emem e I r b r , I r b r, The ﬁ r- trees dark a nd high I u sed to think th eir s lender tops W ere clo se agai ns t th e s ky wa s s n n e It a childi h ig ora c , ’ But now t i s little joy ’ To know I m furth er off from heaven n w en wa s Tha h I a boy .

5 38 . e e e Of Samu l Taylor Col ridg it was said , ” H e wa s n of imagi ation all compact .

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long a s we do not attempt to deprive e s e m e e ef oth r of th irs , or i p d their forts ” n to obtai it . Walt Whitman i s th e author of th e words Ri se after rise how th e phantoms be n me in h is em e n hi d , po that b gi s I n m n m a m a ac e of thi gs acco plished . Washington Irving wa s spoken of as the ﬁrs t ambas s a dor whom the New World ” n h of letters s e t to t e Old . n s not e n Lord Byro aid , I could writ upo n n w o s me e s n ex eri a ythi g , ith ut o p r o al p ” n n e ce a nd f ou da tion . The mos t popula r o f a ll of P ercy Bysshe ’ Shelley s lyric poem s i s the ode To a ” Skylark . William Cullen Bryant suff ered the para e c s e e on lytic strok whi h cau d his d ath , th e occa s ion of his s peech at the unveil ing of a s tatu e i n honor of the Italian n i n en patriot , Mazzi i , C tral Park , New

York . Six of the prominent men of letters who es e n e e e r id d at Co cord , Massachus tts , w r me s n w ne nn E r o , Ha thor , Alcott , Cha ing , e a nd n Thor au , Sa born . William Cullen Bryant wrote his master e e n i s en e pi c , Tha atops , wh but eight en e a e y ars of g . James Russell Lowell S aid of Thomas Car he lyle , With the gift of song, would ANS WERS 1 8 3

have been the greatest of epic poets S ince ” Homer . ’ Paul Laurence Dunbar was America s

greatest colored poet . ’ e n Book r T . Washi gton was America s e e great st color d educator .

e A . Bronson Alcott wrot Concord Days . e n S Ralph Waldo Em rso aid , Fear is an e a nd the instructor of gr at sagacity, ” s herald of all revolution . James Russell Lowell wrote A Fable for ” Critics . ’ King s Chapel was the ﬁrst Episcopal in a nd the e n church Boston , s co d build in g still s tands at the corne r of Tremon t m a nd School Streets . It was i mortalized ’ ” ne e e e in Hawthor s Scarl t Lett r . Und r the R ev e e rectorship of . Jam s Fr eman th e church became the ﬁrst Unitarian m Church in A erica .

een e his John Gr leaf Whitti r, in poem , ” m e the n Proe , wrot followi g lines : Nor mine the s eer -like power to s how Th e s ecrets o f th e h eart a nd m ind ; T o drop th e plumm et -line b elow mm n w o f o or woe Our co o orld j y , m e n ens e es or e ﬁn A or i t d pair bright r hop e to d .

Alfred Tennyson wrote Idylls of the i K ng .

0 . Henry ( William Sidney Porter ) “ said of Walter Hines Page : Walter 1 8 4 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

Page ca n write a l etter declini ng a con ribu tion w n s a n d wo t ith tha k , rd it so s weetly that the rec ipi ent ca n take it to ” a ba nk a nd rai s e money on it . Sir Gilbert Park er wrote The Judgment ” u se Ho . e e n th e e a nd G org Macdo ald , Scotch po t n e s wh o e m n we - nown ov li t , wrot a y ll k em s a nd e e a n e s e po s v r l ov l of Scotch lif , e e wa s a l s o a pr ach r . Ma dison Cawei n in When W e Were ” Young wrote th e following li nes : And again I h eard th e wood - dov e coo ; An d th e s cent of th e woodlan d m ad e m e s a d ; th e two em n e m e For r i d d y h art of you ,

Wh en you were a girl a n d I wa s a lad .

r H 5 68 . s e s o w s n e Bli s P rry aid of W od o Wil o , i s the firs t profes s i onal ma n of l etters to ” e me es en h n b co Pr id t o f t e U ite d States . 5 69 m a . O ar Khayy m wa s called th e A s trono ” m er- e e Po t of P rs ia . 5 0 n 7 . Robert Brow i ng wa s th e author of ” B n Rabbi e Ezra . 5 71 . e s The n e Elb rt Hubbard aid , o ly shots fir d ‘ ’ that a re heard round th e world a re ” e e m n fir d by lit rary e . 5 2 Th e m e 7 . oth r of Rob ert Loui s Stevenson said of her illus trious s on : l n th es e words which my s on h a s written i s contai ned o h i s whol e go s p el :

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Count Leo Tolstoy was at one time a boot e mak r . Matthew Arnold spoke of Percy Bysshe ff n Shelley a s th e ine ectual a gel . Thomas Ca rlyle wa s called the prophet of ” Chelsea . John Ru s kin wa s called th e prophet of ” Brantwood . Charlotte Bronte s poke of Lord Nelson as “ th e little lamiter who wielded E ng ’ ” land s might at s ea . ’ Amelia E Barr wrote Ja n Vedder s

Wife .

a m n o s m Willi Vaugh Mo dy aid , An i agi na tive bootblack i s lord of unskirted ms real . Chawton is notable a s the res idence of Jane s en Au t . Percy Bys she Shelley wa s th e author of ” me e n n Pro th u s U bou d . William Morris wrote Th e Wood Beyond ” the World . Mark Twain wrote Life on the Missis ” sippi .

CO sha m e e n n wa S ' th e p Cottag , Esh r , E gla d , one- me m e e ti ho e of G orge M redith . The wife of H enry Wadsworth Longfel low was buried on the eighteenth anni vers a r h er we n - e e s y of ddi g day . This r f r ’

. n e e e to Mr Lo gf llow s s cond wif , who AN S WERS 1 8 7

e was Miss Franc s Appleton . Hers was e a most tragic d ath by burning , her dress having become ignited from a lighted m e atch which had fall n on the ﬂoor, dur i ng the process of sealing up a package of curls which Sh e had j ust clipped from the h er e e s locks of two littl daught r . Her e e burial took place at Mt . Auburn C m r S he e m te y. was dr ssed for the to b in n - h er e e her weddi g gown , head wr ath d in n n a crow of ora ge blossoms . Oliver Wendell Holmes was the author of h e T e Chamb red Nautilus .

Rudyard Kipli ng wrote The Jungle

Books .

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was the the s The e author of word , s tting of a ” e e h e e n th gr at hope is lik t s tti g of e sun .

Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote to John ee e the Gr nl af Whittier , on ﬁrst reading “ of his poem In School Days Let me say to you unhesitatingly that you have written th e most beautiful school e i n n n e boy po m the E glish la guag . I e n have just r ad it , as I was writi g to you , ‘ a nd before I got through In School ’ e n Days , the t ars were rolli g from my ” eyes .

The grave of Nathani el Hawthorne in Mas Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord , 1 8 8 ONE THOUS AND LITE RARY QUES TIONS

s a ch u s etts i s s n e , urrou d d by an arbor e e vitae h dg . Henry David Thoreau wa s arrested and s pent a night i n jail becau s e h e re fu s ed to pa y a tax to s upport s lavery i n South Hi s r en a nd ne na . Caroli f i d ighbor , a o me s on me th e e R lph Wald E r , ca to c ll ? ” a nd s en a re e e aid , H ry , why you h r “ ea e e a re not Thor u r pli d , Why you ” he re ? Edgar Allan P oe wa s for a time a s tudent in th e e e e a n - s e c l brat d M or Hou School , in c ee e- ew n n Chur h Str t , Stok N i gto , n a n E gl d . Joh n Greenleaf Whitti er wrote The Bare ” foot Boy .

e enn n wa s n Alfr d T yso bor in Somersby , n ns e n n Li col hir , E gla d .

e n e e Josiah Gilb rt Holla d , Am rican po t , a e e n n the said of Eliz b th Barr tt Brow i g, celebrated Engli s h p oetes s : I think of one w s e en s wa s n e e ho g iu a g lic , who sw pt all th e chord s of hu man pa s sion with ﬁngers that s hook with th e s tress of their ” ns a n i pir tio .

Harriet Beecher Stowe wa s the a uthor of “ e e th e e Dr d , A Tal of Gr at Dismal m Swa p .

e enn n e Fa rrin ford Alfr d T yso liv d at g , on

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i s e nes s in th e s If there wick d treets , your steps should shi ne with th e light of e i s n s ou purity ; if th re a cry of a gui h , y ” s hould be there to s till it . John Greenleaf Whitti er s aid of William Word s worth

Th e e its m s s s ne viol t by o y to , ’ Th e m s e th e e s m pri ro by riv r bri , A n e- s wn f e n n d cha c o da fodil , hav fou d

Immortal lif e through h im .

Thomas D e Quincey contracted th e opium habit from taki ng th e drug to reli eve s ve e ne a i n th e e w wa s e r uralgi h ad , hich brought on by a m i sguided effort to stop c e tootha h . Thoma s Campbell s aid

’ T i s th e s ns e e es m e m s e u t of lif giv y tical lor , A n m n n s d co i g eve t s ca t th eir s hadows be for e .

m s e wa s e s e e Tho a Moor a gr at oci ty favorit . “ ” n h e e en en Irvi g Bac ll r wrote Eb Hold .

’

e o a s W e e . Kat D ugl iggi n ( Mrs . G org C “ ’ Riggs ) wrote Moth er Carey s Chick n e s .

Oliver Golds mith immortalized his father in th e m s D r P r imros e hi s fa ou . of a e Vicar of W k ﬁeld .

m e o n n e Dr . Sa u l J h so is said to have writt n The s s e s n e Hi tory of Ras la , Pri c of ” s n hi s n m n e in s n e Aby si ia , o ly ro a c ; a i gl n to the e e ight , defray fun ral xpenses of m his other . AN S WERS 1 91

George Meredith was the author of Diana ” of the Crossways .

B oxhill n be , Surrey, E gland , is famous e e e n caus ther was locat d Fli t Cottage , the home o f George Meredith during the latter part of his life Hannah More wrote The Shepherd of ” Salisbury Plain . James Boswell was the biographer of

Samuel Johnson .

’ “ Alexander Pope s U niversal Prayer was as follows :

’ e me to ee n e s woe T ach f l a oth r , T o hide th e fault I s ee : me to e s w That rcy I oth r Sho ,

That mercy Show to me .

th e e e e ee O f nov list , H nry Jam s , it has b n said that h e wrote ﬁction like a psych ol o s and his e e gi t , of broth r , Prof ssor Wil ’ m e m e e s ch ol o liam Ja s , A erica s gr at st p y s he m ‘ gi t , that ade psychology as interest e ing as a nov l .

n - Joh Gay , on his death bed , said :

e i s es a nd n s s w Lif a j t , all thi g ho it ;

s o n e a nd now n . I thought o c , I k ow it

’ 32 e n 6 . s . Dr Samu l Joh son said of Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe Nobody ever laid it down without wishing it were

longer . 1 92 ON E THOUS AND LITER ARY QUES TIONS

e r e B e e e th e e th e n G o g rk l y was writ r of li e ,

“ ‘ Wes tward the course of empire takes ” its way .

dw n e m ns e n n Al i kl , Northa pto hir , E gla d , th e e n en wa s birthplac of Joh Dryd . Samuel B utler wrote th e couplet :

Fo r ‘ i s e s a n d ne truth pr ciou divi , n s m Too rich a p earl for car al w e .

‘ n i n Joh M lto wrote Lycidas .

n r en e hi s nes em e Joh D yd wrot ﬁ t po , Al x ’ n e s e s or T he owe a d r F a t , , P r of Music , ’ ” de i n n e s a n O . Ho or of St C cilia Day , s n e n in . a i gl ight

es e e s : ome a re n e Shak p ar aid S bor gr at , s om e a c i e e e nes s a nd s ome e h v gr at , hav ’ ” re nes s r s o m g at th u t up n e .

’ Edmund Spenser s grave i n Wes tmins ter e er n een ne e e for Abb y , aft havi g b gl ct d h e s wa s e en al ma e t irty y ar , v tu ly rk d by a m n men e e e nne e o u t r ct d by A , Count ss of e Dors t .

Francis Bacon wa s called the father of ” e e men s en xp ri tal ci ce .

m s e t e m n e Sir Tho a Mor , sta s a , writ r , and s e wa s e e e r philo oph r , b h ad d by o der of en I H ry VI I .

' John: Wycliffe wa s called the morning s the e m tar of R for ation .

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e n e e a nd e e fath r , Baro N ck r , it was h r that s h e h eld h er famous literary court

e enn s n w e The een Alfr d T y o rot May Qu .

a m e r m n the m n s e wa s Willi Ell ry Cha i g , i i t r , ” h i n m called t e father of ethics A erica . Roari ng Brook a nd other mountain s treams a re i n the country s urrounding th e n mes ea ne th e ene Brya t ho t d , ar v r e w o s w a re e e in abl o d , hich c l brated his “ beautiful Fores t Hymn

e n Fath r , thy ha d e e es e ene e mns Hath r ar d th v rabl colu , thou s we e s e n s Did t av thi v rda t roof . Thou did t look down n th e n e e a n d w s e Upo ak d arth , , forth ith , ro n in es e s ees . e su n All th fair ra k of tr Th y , thy , e a n d s e een e es in ee e Budd d , hook th ir gr l av thy br z , And s w n hot to ard s h eav e .

m nd en e e m n i n hi s Ed u Clar c St d a , Vic ” a n e s s : Th a tori Po t , aid e sight of s a a o e the s S n e t r or ﬂ w r, or tory of a i gl n e a c n o es m n obl tio , t uch our hu a ity more nearly than th e greates t di s covery or ih ” v enti on a nd es m e , do or good . William Cullen Bryant was the writer of th e lines :

And en s e m a s es n I vy thy tr a , it glid alo g Its e n i n Through b autiful ba ks a trance o f s ong . AN S WERS 1 95

the poet tells of his childhood home and its precious companionships

I ca n s ee th e ee me o f es br zy do grov , ’ T h e shadows o f D eeri ng s Wood s ; And the fri en d s hip s old a n d th e early loves me w s s n a s of es Co back ith a abbath ou d, dov In n s qui et eighborhood . A nd th e e s e o f s wee old s n v r that t o g, It ﬂutters a nd murmurs s till : ’ ’ s w i s th e W n s w A boy ill i d ill , And th e s o f a re n n thought youth lo g, lo g thoughts .

Mrs . Griswold wrote Home Life of Great ” Authors . Eugene Field wrote Love Songs of Child n s m n hi s hood , which i clude a y of most e the b autiful poems , among which is fa ” vorite e : , Littl Boy Blue

The e do i s e e w s littl toy g cov r d ith du t, But s turdy a n d s tanch h e s tan d s ; And the e s e i s red w s littl toy oldi r ith ru t, A nd h i m s m in h is n s u ket ould s ha d s . Time wa s wh en th e littl e toy dog wa s new A nd th e s e wa s s s n oldi r pa i g fair , And that wa s th e ti me wh en our Littl e Boy Blue s s m n m Ki ed th e a d put th e th ere .

s e s n e Haverhill , Mas achus tt , is otabl for havi ng been the birthplace of John e e Gre nl af Whittier .

n e em The followi g lin s are from the po , ’ one n e s Elizabeth , o f Lo gf llow s Tale of a Ways ide Inn

S s s s in th e n a nd s e e e in hip that pa ight, p ak ach oth r s s n pa i g, Only a Signal s hown a nd a di s tant voice in the darknes s ; S O on th e ocean of lif e we pa ss a nd s p eak one

n e , a oth r 0 a n d r e en nes s n a nd Only a look a vo c , th dark agai

a s ﬂ enc e .

Elizabeth Barrett Browni ng wrote her ” em T he the en po , Cry of Childr , as a prote s t agai ns t the employment of young d n in es chil re factori .

n e el s s e e a nd s on Da t Gabri Ro tti , po t artist , a n a n e e wa s n i n n n of It lia xil , bor Lo do , i n 1 8 28 n n . E gla d ,

Six years b efo re h is death William . Morris e s s e the e m es s m tabli h d K l scott Pr , fro which h e s ent forth books pri nted in type and bou nd in decorations of h is own s es n n arti tic d ig i g .

Edward Fitzgerald i s noted for havi ng tra ns la ted i nto Engli s h verse the Persian ” em a a m a po , Rub iy t , of O ar Khayy m . Two often - quoted stanza s a re

e s es n e ne th e A book of V r u d r ath Bough , A n e e — a nd Jug of Wi , a Loaf of Br ad Thou B es ide m e Si ngi ng in th e Wild ernes s e n es s we e s e en w ! Oh , Wild r r Paradi o >l< >l< >l<

I s ometimes think that never blows s o red Th e Ro s e a s wh ere s om e buri ed Caesar bl ed That every Hyaci nth th e Garden wears in h er m s me n Dropt Lap fro o o ce lov ely h ead .

es en en e ne Charl Dick s ; wh a child , ar d six shillings a week pas ting labels on bottles n t in a blacki g fac ory .

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T h n n e w e a nd n s e . e e n Th e a g l rot , va i h d xt ight m e n w e w en n It ca agai , ith a gr at ak i g light, A nd s howed th e n ames whom love o f God had ’ l s d b e s , ’ And 1 0 ! B en A dh em s n me l ed th e es ! , a all r t

Th e s ister of Charles Lamb killed her mother in a ﬁt of i nsanity ’ In ne n en Loch Katri , Scotla d , is Ell s ” ’ s e ce e e in e I l , l brat d Scott s po m , The h ” Lady o f t e Lake . m s e e the e Tho a Hardy wrot Jud Obscur . Cha rl es Di ckens wa s c a lled the humani n n n n taria ovelist of E gl a d . m n n e en n n Willia Caxto , a ativ of K t , E gla d , i ntroduced the pri nting- press i nto Eng n la d . s o e e a n e n s Chri t ph r Marlow , arly E gli h a w c n em w e pl y right , o t porary ith Shak s e e wa s s t e i n e p ar , fatally abb d a tav rn w e ne n n bra l at D ptford , ar Lo do . G oethe wa s th e author of th e li nes

n e s th e n s e e n wn For touchi g h art o ly cr t k o ,

w en i s e one o f own . My orthy fri d , to hav your

David Graham Phillips wrote The Hun ” e gry H art . Paul Leicester Ford was killed by his e broth r . Charles Kingsley was the writer of the lines :

Th e w es a nd th e es wn orld go up world go do , A nd th e s n s ne ws th e n u hi follo rai , ’ ’ es e s s nee a n d es e s wn But y t rday r , y t rday fro Ca n ne e m n v r co e back agai . ANS WERS 1 99

m one the m s David Graha Phillips , of o t promising young writers of the Un ited s n e th e ee s States , was assas i at d on str t of New a n n n ma n York City by i sa e , who m e then com itt d suicide .

Cu ll ou h e ee . e Mc Myrtl R d ( Mrs J . Sidn y g ) committed suicide while temporarily i n ne sa . n e He ry David Thor au said , I have i n n traveled a good deal Co cord . ” em : Alice Cary , in her po , Nobility , said

e w i s in bein not s eemin Tru orth g , g, In doing each day that go es by — S ome little good n ot in th e dreami ng s n Of great thi ng to do by a d by .

Mrs Ma la ro m e the . p p is a fa ous charact r in ” e The en com dy , Rivals , writt by Rich n e n ard Bri sl y Sherida .

e n in e Am lia E . Barr was bor Lancashir , n n she e e m a nd E gla d ; migrat d to A erica , m e wrote all her fa ous books her . ” e e n e Alic Cary wrot S ow Berri s , a book made up of stories and poems for young

people .

Litchﬁeld , Connecticut , is notable for hav ing been the birthplace of Henry Ward th e e n a nd e Beecher , gr at divi e writ r , and e e his famous sist r , Harri t Beecher Stowe , ’ ” author of Uncle Tom s Cabin . Charles Dudley Warner was the author of e My Summer in a Gard n . ONE THOUS AND LITERARY Q UES TIONS

nm on the e nn Gle ary, Susqu ha a River , wa s th e home of Nathaniel Parker h n t e n e a d oe . Willis , ov list p t w e the m n e e . G org F Root rot fa ous so g, “ ” - m Th e Battle cry of Freedo . Su s an Warner wrote u nder th e pen-name ” of Elizabeth Wetherell . Emma Hart Willard wrote th e well -beloved oem a nd s n e i n the p o g , Rock d Cradle ” th e ee of D p . Theodore Roosevelt wrote The Wilder ” ness n e Hu t r . s e on n e w e Jo ph C rad , a ativ of Poland , hos m n me is en ows fa ily a Korz i ki , although h e did not k now a word o f English until h e wa s n ne een i s a n w e e be i t , ck o l dg d to one o f the greates t ma s ters of th e art of on i n n a n - ficti E gl d to day . ’ m nn n in . e Dr Willia Ell ry Cha i g s grave Mt . n em e m e s s Aubur C et ry , Ca bridg , Ma a chu s etts is m e m n men de , ark d by a o u t s ne en n n n ig d by his fri d , Washi gto Allsto . Thoma s Buchanan Read w rote The ” a ne th e All e h a nies in W go r of g , which occurs the fine lyric beginnin g : " Th e maid wh o bin d s h er warrior s s as h - s m e we h er n s s em es With il that ll pai di bl , T h e W hile beneath h er droopi ng la s h One ' s ta rr e - n s a nd em es y t ar drop ha g tr bl , ‘ Though H eaven alon e r ecords ib er tea r A nd m e s ne e n w h er s r fa hall v r k o to y, ’ H er h ea rt h a s Sh ed a drop a s dear ’ ~ A s e er bedewed th e t fi eld o f glory .

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Walt Whitman s aid

h e th e w m n th e s m e a s th e man I a m t e po t of o a a , And I s a y it i s a s great to be a woman a s to be a n ma , And I s a y th ere i s nothi ng greater than th e moth er m n of e .

’ Robert Loui s Stevenson s My Shadow “ i s s aid to be the mos t popular s hort ” m n poe exta t . William Miller wa s the author of th e poem ” n e ca lled Willi e Wi ki . Rudyard Kip li ng has a s tory called W ee Willie ” n e Wi ki . Walt Whitman wrote The Song of My

self . John Burroughs said : I went to the Lake Di s tri ct o f England to s ee what kind of a country it could be that would produce a Word s worth Robert Browni ng s Prospice is said to “ be th e greatest death -song ever enned p . ’ Alfred Tennys on s famous death -song wa s Cros s ing the Bar

S ns e a nd e en n s u t v i g tar, A nd one cl ear call for me ! And ma e e be no m n n h y th r oa i g of t e bar, en out s Wh I put to ea .

s e a s m n s eems But uch a tid ovi g as leep , T oo s n a nd m full for ou d foa , When that which drew from out the boundles s deep ns n m Tur agai ho e. ANS WERS 2 0 3

w a nd e en n e T ilight v i g b ll , And after that th e dark ! r ma h e e be no s nes s of ewe A id y t r ad far ll , When I embark ;

’ For tho from out ou r bourne o f Time a nd Th e m a hea r m e ﬂood y far, I hope to s ee my Pilot face to face n e s th e Whe I hav cro t bar .

Stephen Collins Foster is noted for his e b autiful and popular songs , My Old Kentucky Home and The Old Folks ” at Home . ’ N off orman s Woe , a rock the coast of Cape e e Ann , Massachus tts was the scen of ’ n e e Lo gf llow s poem , The Wr ck of the ” H esperus . ’ Thomas Babington Macaulay s most fa ” e mous po m is Horatius . Charles Kingsley wrote “ The Sands of ”

D ee .

By the publication of The Nigger of the Narcis s us in the New R evi ew , William n e ne e E . He l y gai d r cognition for Joseph ’ Conrad s writings . S ir Ga la ha d was the most moral and u p right of all the Knights of th e Round ’ e nn Tabl . Alfred Te yson s poem , Sir the Galahad , is one of most famous of

his shorter poems .

n e re Booth Tarki gton wrote P nrod , a ma rkably true-to -life story of a real ” boy . 2 0 4 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

the o f e e n Acros s coast Ch st r , E gland , to h s e e Rhyl on t e north coa t of Wal s , str tch ” th e sands of D ec . Thomas Moore wrote Th e Harp That ’ Once Through Tara s Halls . h George Eliot wrote T e Choir Invisible . T he closi ng lines a re :

May I reach es e en b e e s s That pur t h av , to oth r oul Th e s en in s m e e n cup of tr gth o gr at ago y , n n e en e s ee e e E ki dl g rou ardor , f d pur lov , B eget th e s mil es that have no cruelty B e th e s wee es en e ff s e t pr c of a good di u d , s A nd i n di ff u s io n ev er m ore i n ten e . S o s hall I joi n th e choir i nvi s ibl e i s h n s s f Who s e mu s ic t e glad e o the world .

Edwi n M a rkham h a s been t ermed the ” e a r h n Po t L u eate of t e labori g classes . Oliver Wendell Holmes s a id The be st of a book is not the thought it con n the u e s tai s , but tho ght it sugg st , j ust as the charm of mu s ic dwell s not in th e tone ” in th e e es e but cho of our h arts . William Cowper wrote T he Diverting s o f n n Hi tory Joh Gilpi . Dante Gabri el Ro s s etti buri ed in the grave of his young wife the manuscript of a em he e book of po s , which was aft rward prevailed upon to exhume a nd have pub l ish d e .

The landing- stairs at the end of London Bridge were where Nancy had the inter

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er e y Flagg , Howard Chandl r Christy, M h n n c Cu tc eo . a d John T . Among the illustrious dead interred in Ken een eme e n n a re sal Gr C t ry , Lo do , Thack

era e n nn n . y, Motl y, Alla Cu i gham , Mrs me n Anna Ja so , Thomas Hood , Leigh nd n e n a . Hu t , Wilki Colli s , Mrs Nathaniel n Hawthor e . Lord Byron had a drinking- cup fashioned from a human skull

e e m Jos ph Conrad wrot Nostro o , which h e e e n d dicat d to Joh Galsworthy .

e e who n Jos ph Pulitz r , was bor at Budapest , n me th e n e Hu gary , ca to U ited Stat s en e en een e a nd e e wh s v t y ars old , b cam editor of the New York World and a nee i n m e n n s m pio r od r jour ali . D otheboys H a ll wa s th e building which ’ housed S qu eers s school in Charles Dick ’ ” c ns n e s ickleb s ov l , Nichola N y. The ﬁrst trustworthy biography of Edgar Allan Poe wa s written by John H enry a n n m n Ingram , E glish a , about thirty ’ e e s e y ars after Po d ath .

e e e Charlott Bront d dicated Jane Eyre , en in its e e th s cond dition , to William e e e e Mak peac Thack ray, whos Vanity ” e Fair had just app ared .

s e n Keighley , York hir , E gland , was the

birthplace of Robert Collyer . AN S WERS 2 0 7

Sir Walter Scott is the author of the senti n e a re th e S e me t , T ars softening how rs which cause the s eed of heaven to S pring th e up in human heart . Addison said of Francis Bacon : He had the n s e e sou d , di tinct , compr hensiv knowl e e oi the b dg Aristotle , with all eautiful e e lights , grac s , and mbellishments of

Cicero .

e e Alfred T nnyson wrote Locksl y Hall . ” n Oak K oll , Danvers , Massachusetts , was th e e n hom of the two Miss Joh sons , n the n enl cousi s of poet , Joh Gre eaf e e h e en e Whitti r, wh re sp t much tim in e the lat r years of his life .

e a nd Ambleside Fox How , betwe n Rydal , ‘ in e m n n l n W st orela d , E g a d , was the home n the e of Dr . Thomas Ar old , great h ad master at Rugby of whom Thomas ’ Hughes wrote in Tom Brown s School ” days . Joh n Kendrick Bangs wrote A House

Boat on the Styx . m E Cocker outh , Cumberland , ngland , is notable for having bee n the birthplace

of William Wordsworth .

e It was at Bassenthwaite , on the shor s of ” e en e the D rw t , that fairest of all riv rs , e n Ru that Fitzg rald , tra slator of the ” “ bai at n n y , Te nyso , and the sage of 2 0 8 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

dd Chels ea s ojourne d with the S pe ings. It wa s here that Tennys on rev ised a nd ’ ” hi e d A rth u r a nd poli shed s Mort , h ere al s o Carlyle rested after completing

hi s Frederick the Great .

m n a n wa s th e one- me m Fulha , E gl d , ti ho e s n e - of Hook , Richard o , Bulw r Lytton , n n ne a d Swi bur .

The m es n n i s n the Tha , E gla d , k own as h ” river of t e poets . Southey declared that his library at Greta Hall wa s s o l a rge that h e felt like a cock n i n n m robi a e pty church . It wa s from th e ﬁrst Norman lord of Loch a we the e m m e that po t , Tho as Ca pb ll , was s en e de c d d . Lord Byron pronounced Southey the best l n e h e e e met ooki g po t had v r . The e s n a nd n ne e sist r , Susa A na War r, w re th e T he e e authors of Wid , Wid ” World . Kirkoswald was the one-time residence e n of Rob rt Bur s . Joseph Rodman Drake was the author of ” The Culprit Fay .

m n Of Walt Whit a it was said , His day m n -is me is co i g , co . He died with its ” n n n daw shini g full upo him . w Dr . Ed ard Young was the author of ” Night Thoughts .

William Wordsworth sai d Heaven lies n n about u s in our i fa cy . n e Henry Wadsworth Lo gf llow , in The ” en e : Spanish Stud t , wrot What I m o s t prize in woman I h r f e n s n ot h er n e e ! s e a f ctio , i t ll ct Th e i nt ellect i s ﬁ nite ; but th e aff ections

A re n n e a nd nn be e s e . i ﬁ it , ca ot xhau t d

Thomas Moore was the author of Lalla

Rookh .

e m i n T he e Oliv r Golds ith , Trav ller , said ’ ’ S uch i s th e patriot s boa s t wh ere e r we roam ; i hi s n H i s s es n e e s ow . ﬁr t, b t cou try v r

George Borrow has given famous pictures of th e gyp s i es in Lavengro and The ” m n R e Ro a y y . Shakespeare said

’ A en s e h is en s inﬁrmi ies fri d hould b ar fri d t , But Brutu s makes mine greater than th ey a re

Henry Wad s worth Longfellow wrote The en e en Gold L g d .

e n Bourk Cochra said , There is but one straight road to success and that is me rit . “ In Footsteps of Angels Longfellow a l es e e e e lud to his ﬁrst wif , th n r c ntly de e s e c a d .

n a n s e n Basil Ki g , Epi copal cl rgyma , is the “ ” Th e nne e author of I r Shrin , which e was ﬁrst publish d anonymously . AN S WERS 2 1 1

Josiah Gilbert Holland was th e author of ” e The Mistress of the Mans . Among the lyrical poems of Henry Wads worth Longfellow may be mentioned ” on the The Bridge , The Old Clock ” ” Stairs , The Rainy Day, and A ” Psalm of Life .

Of James Fenimore Cooper it was said , He always brought a quarrel with ” him . Andrew Lang was the most versatile of all

recent Scotch authors .

The Transcendentalists of Boston a nd New England were a number of i ndividuals who believed that th e soul of ma n was of e e th e ne a nd the same ssenc as Divi Soul , hence could hold direct communication e n with God , and that ev ry i dividual was born into the world with certain ideas in no e m e e n e which way cam fro xp rie c . They were in no very defi nite sense a e in school , and they did not agre a definite system of philosophy ; but a few of the leaders held occasional meeti ngs a nd m 1 8 40 1 8 44 for discussion , fro to conducted a quarterly periodical called Th e D ia l e e s , dit d fir t by Margaret Fuller , e me n lat r by Ralph Waldo E rso . Oliver Wendell Holmes was the author of ” The Last Leaf . 2 1 2 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

” Tanglewood Tales we re written by ne Nathaniel Hawthor . ” e i n th e e e Arrow H ad , B rkshir Hills , wa s where Nathaniel Hawthorne a nd his en e e me in s mme a fri d , M lvill , ca u r d ys to enjoy the calm pro s pec t of things from ” w e e e e a fair piazza , hich M lvill d scrib s . e e s wa s the s n s n ne H r , al o , a to i hi g chim y ’ that s ugges ted Me lville s es s ay ; a nd here the two friends di s cu s sed th e plots of “ ” the e e Moby Dick , Whit Whal and e s es oth r tori .

e e wh o n New Br t Hart , was bor at Albany , “ en e the n e York , has be call d classic i t r ’ ” e e n e e pr t r of Califor ia s h roic a g .

’ Hawthorne s own children were the origi na l s of Vi olet a nd P eony of th e S now m e I ag . Celia Thaxte r was called Sappho of the ” I s les .

Ma rs hﬁeld s s e the , Mas achu tts , was home n e e e a nd of Da i l W bst r , the birthplace of n J . G . Holla d . Ralph Waldo Emerson was called the ” e n sag of Co cord . William D ean Howells is called the dean ” me n s of A rica author . Phillip s Brook s s aid : It seems as i f life m be s o s m e s o e ight i pl , b autiful , so good e to liv , so good to look at , if we could

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Joel Chandler Harris Uncle Remus

was the author of Little Mr . Thimble

ﬁnger a nd H i s Queer Country .

’ Robert Loui s Stevens on s tomb contains h n nes h e t e followi g li , of which was the author

Here h e lies wh ere h e longed to be ; m e i s th e s m e m th e s ea Ho ailor , ho fro ,

A nd th e hunter home from th e hill .

s e the Elihu Burritt wa call d peace hero . “ H e was al s o known a s the l earned ” sm m the black ith , fro fact that much of his educa tion wa s obtained while work in the o e in es e g at f rg Worc t r , Massa chu s etts H e wa s no e e r . a t d p ace e me a nd wa s f o r me e n for r , so y ars co sul m n m n n at Bir i gha , E gla d .

Frances Hodgs on Burnett wrote Two ’ e ms Littl Pilgri Progress .

n e n s i s Joh Burroughs , our gr at aturali t . th e th e n n author of followi g li es , which en his em n op po , Waiti g

S e ene m n s a nd w r I fold y ha d ait , Nor e w n s nor e nor s ea car for i d , tid , ; ’ e no m e n s m e a nd e I rav or gai t ti fat , 1 0 ! m o n s For y w hall come to m e . 8 1 3 . e e Horac Traub l , a friend and disciple of m n ha s w n s n Walt Whit a , ritte a triki gly original book called Chants Com ” m n l u a . AN S WERS 2 1 5

Madame de Stael wrote her famous e ne e nov l , Delphi , whil banished from her e n France , nativ cou try . T he natives of th e Samoa Islands called “ e en T u s ita la Robert Louis St v son , e meaning Tell r of Tales . ’ n es n n Mrs . Fra c Hodgso Bur ett s son , e e Cedri c Vivi n , was the prototyp of E rrol e e Fa u ntle , the h ro of Littl Lord ” roy .

e e n e Walt r Savag Landor , co t mporary with w a nd e e e Im Words orth Col ridg , wrot ” a ina r e n w th e g y Conv rsatio s , in hich s pirits of famous characters of th e past n a re suppos ed to co vers e together .

e e e in e e e e Shak sp ar , M asur for M asur , said :

s a re s Our doubt traitor , A nd make u s lo s e th e good we o ft might win n m By f eari g to atte pt .

e a Cyrus H . K . Curtis began his car er as e i n ne n wsboy Portland , Mai .

e e e e n et Jos ph Pulitz r b cam totally bli d , y continued his great work a s editor of ’ n one of New York City s l eadi g dailies . Shelley was once expelled from Un iversity e e e e i s now Coll g , Oxford . Th r a me morial chamber contai ning a white e e ne e marbl ﬁgur of the drow d po t , which rests on a green marbl e S lab supported n by bro ze lions . 22 ee e the 8 . Ella Wh l r Wilcox is author of the lines :

e W e build our futur thought by thought, a nd n w not Or good or bad , k o it

Y et s o th e un iv ers e i s wrought . i s n e n m e e Thought a oth r a for fat , s e en es n a nd w Choo , th , thy d ti y , ait

e n s e a n d e n s e. For lov bri g lov , hat bri g hat

Georgine Faulkner i s known all ove r the “ ” n e es a s the s h er U it d Stat tory lady , s tories f or children appeari ng in many o f the leadi ng city papers a nd in maga f ne zi s .

Sir Edwi n H enry Land s eer taught Queen Victori a a nd th e Pri nce Cons ort th e art o f e n a nd s e e e tchi g , for thi achi v m nt was n e k ight d .

On the w a e door ay of C sa Guidi , Elizab th ’ e wn n s n me ma Barr tt Bro i g Italia ho , y be o n th e o ow n w s e f u d f ll i g ord , plac d e e th e n e e in n th r by Italia p opl , ho or of one they loved : H ere wrote a nd died e e n n wh o in her Elizab th Barr tt Brow i g , ’ woman s heart un ited th e wi s dom of a ” e a nd th e s e a nd m e sag pirit of a po t , ad with h er vers e a golden ring binding a nd n n Italy E gla d .

Helen Keller said : Optimism is th e faith that leads to achievement ; nothing ca n ” be ne do without hope .

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s e m n most in pir d wo an , so far as k own , of a ll who have composed i n ancient or o e n n e s e m d r to gu s , or ﬂouri h d in any m ” land or ti e . Samuel Taylor Coleridge is said to have “ ’ ” read A rabian Night s Entertainment ix s a e at s year of g .

’ e a s e Dante Alighi ri w Italy s gr atest poet . Henry Drummond wa s th e author of ” in th e r Natural Law Spi itual World . Samuel Richard s on i s usually called the ” father of th e Engli s h novel . George Fox wa s the founde r of the Soci ety mmon en s c e e . of Fri d , o ly call d Quak rs William Ll oyd Ga rri s on was in turn a s em e ne - e e a nd ho ak r, cabi t mak r, print r , e ditor .

’ Edward Gibbon was England s greatest n historia .

’ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe s ﬁrst drama in verse was dedicated to the girl he e lov d . Horace Greeley founded the New York Tribu n e .

Ern s t He inrich Haeckel wrote The His th e n n tory of Evolutio of Ma . Fitz - Greene Halleck was a direct descend “ of h ant John Eliot , the Apostle to t e ” Indians . AN S WERS 2 1 9

e e a e Franc s Burn y , afterward Mad m ’ D A rbla e y, a cont mporary of Samuel n n o her Johnson , spra g i t fame with ﬁrst ”

n e . ov l, Evelina

The s George Herbert said , consciousnes of duty done gives us music at mid ” night . Helen Hunt Jackson was appointed a com e e mission r to the Indians , aft r the publi ” her e n cation of gr at book , Ramo a , a powerful romance of Indian life in south rn n e n n h r e Califor ia . After b gi ni g e work s he wrote Co nditions a nd Needs ” the is s n of M sion Indian of Califor ia , a book which aroused much s ympathy for the n led im India s , and which to great n in e m e proveme t th ir circu stanc s .

e e James Russ ll Lowell wrot his poem , e e e e The D ad Hous , aft r the d ath of a nd e i e e his wife , d d cat d it to her m mory . Thomas Jefferson drafted the original D eclaration of I ndependence of the n e U it d States .

9 Macaulay said of Frances Burney S Eve lina that it wa s the ﬁrst tale written m n a nd n by a wo a , purporti g to be a pic e a nd n ture of lif man ers , that lived or ” e des rved to live . Washington Irving was America ’ s ﬁrst

novelist of note . 2 2 0 ONE THOUSAND LITERARY QUES TIONS

The ﬁrst printi ng- pres s in America was s et s se s in 1 630 U m e . p at Ca bridg , Mas achu tt , The ﬁrs t book printed in America was the

Bay P s alm Book . n e who wa s th e s on In Cotto Math r , of e e wa s New n n creas Math r , a E gla d clergyman wh o wa s much i nterested in h s u w a nd a n a c t e t dy of itchcraft , took h c s H tive part in t e wit hcraft trial . e wrote a n accou nt of th es e trial s in his book entitled Wonders of th e Invisible ” World . Franci s Bret Harte wa s the author of The ” e en nee s e n H ath Chi , ﬁr t call d Plai

Langua ge from Truthful James . This em es s e his e n e po tabli h d r putatio as a po t . Owen M eredith was Lord Edward o e we - n H e e Lu R b rt Bul r Lytto . wrot ” e n e in e e a nd cil , a ov l v rs , also other m poe s . ’ Chri s topher Marlowe was England s great es t m s e e n e dra ati t pr c di g Shak speare . Lew e n e me Wallac , Joaqui Mill r , Ja s Whit m e e n e e co b Ril y , Edward Eggl sto , G org McCu tcheon e e A de e e Barr , G org , M r s n n n dith Nichol o , Booth Tarki gto , es a nd e m n Charl Major , Mauric Tho pso e e n es n n w r ativ of I dia a . John Milton wa s th e author of The ’ Hymn on th e Morning of Christ s Na ” iv i t ty.

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e n s Raleigh Tav r , William burg , Virginia , wa s the one- time favorite resort of e Edgar Allan P o . Franklin Pi erce wa s a cla s s mate of Henry Wads worth Longf ellow at Bowdoin Col

e e n ne . l g , Bru swick , Mai ” George Sand was th e p s eudonym of ones s e e a n the t Bar Auror Dud v t , mos h er proliﬁc French writer of day . ” ens e n w r e e e Wall t i , hich Ca lyl d clar d to be th e greates t dramatic work of the ” e een en u en ight th c t ry , was writt by e Schill r .

nne wa e in e ne the A Hatha y liv d Shott ry , ar n home of Shakes p eare . Whe a lad of e een ea s es ea e m e but ight y r , Shak p r arri d her s he e n e e s hi s s en , b i g ight y ar ior .

no enne one m e s e Ar ld B tt , of the ost v r atil es en — n e s a s n e of pr t day E glish writ r , ov l i s t m s a nd es s s w e th e , dra ati t , ayi t , rot u es s e en pop lar ay , How to Liv on Tw ty f our Hour s a Day About a mile north of th e village of Con s s e s en cord , Ma sachu tt , H ry David Tho reau built a hut i n the wood s on the S es en n a nd e e h e hor of Wald Po d , th r e ne for two e s e e he s en dw lt alo y ar . H r p t s a nd n s w e his day ight ith Natur , and out of these exp eri ences wrote his most popu “ ” en in h lar book , Wald , which e says : I went to the woods because I wished to ANS WERS 2 2 3

live deliberately , to front only the essen e s ee not tial facts of lif , and if I could e not en learn what it had to t ach , and , wh me e not I ca to die , discov r that I had ” lived . It is said that his expenses were e but nin cents a day .

Orleans House was the home of Alexander

e n . Pop at Twickenham , E gland His me b e re translation of Ho r , for which ceived e n nin thousa d pounds , enabled wickenh a m him to purchase this villa . T the Lon is on Thames , in the suburbs of fi . ve e e e don With his acr s , Pop produc d n e n e wo d rs in la dscape gardening . Horac Walpole says : Pope has twisted a nd a nd e twisted rhymed this , till it app ars two e e e en n or thre swe t littl lawns , op i g and e n e the e a nd op ni g one b yond oth r , the whole surrounded by impenetrable ” ’ s e wood . Pop s famous grotto at Twick enham was fitted up with many little e in e mirrors , which flash d the light ev ry the eff e e n direction , ct b i g most pleasing. e e e e e Pope h r liv d with his ag d moth r , who had petted a nd praised h er crippled

boy all his life .

T he e poetry of Mrs . Alice M ynell was of so high a n order as to cause h er to be named as a pos sible candidate for the English poet laureateship after the death

of Alfred Austin . 2 2 4 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

Among th e illus trious dead interred in o em e e n Ma s Sleepy H llow C t ry , Co cord , ch u s etts a re N n e ne s a , atha i l Hawthor , o me s n en Ralph Wald E r o , H ry David n c a nd h i s e . ns Thor au , A Bro o Al ott , m n n th e e e n fa ily , i cludi g b lov d Au t Jo s a nd the ( Loui a M . Alcott ) , Hoar m fa ily .

The grave of Edgar Allan P oe was for over twenty - ﬁv e years unmarked by a monument becau s e a n a ccident happened to th e S lab prepa red at th e order of a n m n on the da e e wa s be ki s a , y b for it to e A n a e m n men wa s plac d . ppropriat o u t at length erected by th e efforts of th e ’ m o e o e e s n Balti r Sch ol T ach rs A sociatio , a nd pla ced over hi s grave i n Westmi ns ter m e n in Churchyard , Balti or , Maryla d , T en e h s 1 8 75 . y ars later t e actor of America pres ented a P oe M emorial to the M etrop olitan Mu s eum of Art in New th e s ee e n York City , p ch of pres ntatio e n m e n b i g ad by Edwi Booth .

h rl eS ‘ L on C a . Dodgs has written delightful en e es - es n e juv il stori , fairy tal , u d r the “ ” n m e ew s T he e a L i Carroll . h roine , A li ce wa s n m in n en , a ed ho or of a fri d , e e e e n e Alic Lid ll , daught r of D a Lid ll , to w m he s th e s es ho ﬁr t told tori . Alice in n e e i n 1 8 65 e s Wo d rland , publish d , t ll how She wandered in a dream through a

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e e the H enr Wa l her fath r harbor d boy , y d e ra ve w m th e n n Ou ta lis s i a n g , ho I dia , ne a e e m e O id , had sav d aliv fro slaught r h e ns wh o e e by t Huro , had kill d his fath r ’ e ee e s the a nd mother . Aft r thr y ar boy s es i n n a n s en a nd he relativ E gl d t for him , n m n m n departed relucta tly . Roa i g a o g th e fores t s or reposi ng in s eques tered n o s o me e e e ok with a v lu of Shak sp ar , n ne m n Ger tru d e grew i to lo ly wo a hood . H enr Wa ld e ra ve e ne a nd he a nd y g r tur d , Ger tr u de found in each other th e ful ﬁll

m ent o f their dreams . They w ere e e bu t ee m on e Ger tru d e w dd d , thr ths lat r a nd her father were killed in th e i nvas ion n a n d his s n e th e by Bra dt warrior , u d r very wall s of the fort where they sought e T he s c n d r fuge . di o solate Wa l egrave lived only to avenge their d eath s on th e m orrow . Li ttl e Nell Tr ent wa s a n ideal of childi s h nn cen e s wee nes s a nd in i o c , t , purity , ’ ” en s s no e s Dick v l , Old Curio ity Shop . S h e i s the g ra ndchild o f th e owner of th e S T h l m n . e o d a es s e hop , obs d with th e ea o f m n her a nd id aki g rich happy , em s ne in th e m n n t pt fortu ga bli g de s , wns e e n se ev e n a nd pa v rythi g , lo s rythi g, , n een ne n the s ee s s havi g b tur d i to tr t , start out on weary wanderi ngs with Li ttl e Nell a s e n s he e his guid , u til di s of weariness n The and privatio . description of her ANS WERS 2 2 7

death is one of the most pathetic bits of e ﬁction xtant .

en e in e H ry Wadsworth Longf llow , his b au ” n e th e D ivi na Commedi a tiful so n t on , — e e m e the m di val iracl of song , Whose lines are footpaths for the ” ’ — m e thought of Italy, co par s Dante s e work to a dim , r stful cathedral :

S o as en e e e m to , I t r h r fro day day, A nd e e m en s m ns e e l av y burd at thi i t r gat , nee n in e a nd not s m e K li g pray r , a ha d to pray, The tumult o f the time di s cons olate n e m m s es w To i articulat ur ur di a ay , e th e e e n es w a nd Whil t r al ag atch wait .

D on Qu ixote is th e hero of one of the most m - n e e fa ous mock roma ces of all lit ratur , ’ “ Ce rvantes Hi s tory of th e Renowned ” H e re Don Quixote de la Mancha . is p resented as a gentle a nd generous em th u s ia st h a s e th e , who brood d over romances of chivalry un til they have dis e n h e m ne ord red his brai , so that i agi s e a re a nd ms e n th y true , hi lf a k ight n e es ne s n th e erra t , pr d ti d to ally out i to e e m e s in s e world , r scu da s l di tr ss , slay a nd n de dragons gia ts , right all wrongs , n th e e e a nd en e th e ih fe d oppr ss d , av g h e j ured . Accordingly e mak s for himself m e m n an a at ur suit of ar or , mou ts a bat tered h e s R os i na nte steed which call , e e n e s l cts a peasa t girl for his lady lov , and choo s es for his squire a middle - aged 2 2 8 ON E THOU S AND LITERARY QUES TION S

c lown wh o i s a s thoroughly a materialist ms n e s a s h e hi elf is a id ali t . ’ Edgar Allan P oe s aid of Longfellow s oem e s e s the p , Exc l ior It d pict ea nes w m s e th e s —a h r t up ard i pul of oul , ” m s e not be s e e en i n e i pul to ubdu d v d ath . ’ Ralph Waldo Emerson was America s e es e s gr at t ssayi t . Rudyard Kipling was the writer of T he Song of the Banj o

In th e s en e th e m e e th e il c of ca p b for ﬁght , ’ Wh en it s good to make your will a nd s ay your e pray r , You ca n h ear my s tru mpty- tu mpty overnight n n ten on wa s s Explai i g to e alway fair . ’ I m th e e the e s proph t of Utt rly Ab urd , Of th e Paten tly Impo s s ibl e a nd Vain ’ A n d w en th e n n h a s e h Thi g that Could t occurr d , e m e me n e m l a nd n Giv ti to cha g y eg go agai .

The D u k e o f Marlborough s aid : All the n s s n e ne E gli h hi tory that I k ow , I l ar d ” m es fro Shak peare .

e enn n in e e In Alfr d T yso , his gr at po m , ” em o m mm e the n me M ria , i ortaliz d a of en a m Arthur H ry H lla . ’ Eugene Fi eld wa s known a s th e children s ” oe p t . James Fenimore Cooper wa s the author of ” Th e n e n e on n Spy , a ov l fou d d i ci en s o f th e me n e n d t A rica R volutio . Arnold B ennett i s s ometimes called the ” ne e e busi ss man of l tt rs .

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n n the Fra k R . Stockto was author of The ” the e one the e Lady or Tig r , of great st e e e mystery stori s ver writt n .

n e em s e s U cl R u was Jo l Chandler Harri , who wrote a seri es of stories of the H e the e South . took charact r of an old n n ne s e w a nd pla tatio gro , hr d humorous , whose mind wa s s tored with beast fables a nd wh o always foun d a moral applica n f or em m n hi s e e tio th a o g h ar rs . Bli s s Carman wrote in collaboration with e n s m a Richard Hov y , So g fro Vag on b dia . Lafcadio H earn wa s th e s on o f an Iri s h m f ce wa s n i n e e ed u ar y o ﬁ r , bor Gre c , ca ted i n e en e in Paris , liv d tw ty y ars me a nd s en the ee A rica , p t last fourt n e s hi s e in n y ar of lif Japa .

n e e nn h n Fi l y Pet r Du is t e re owned Mr . ” e Dool y .

ma s e e e Tho Carlyl was born in Eccl f chan , n Scotla d .

e e e e e G org M r dith was a proliﬁc nov list , en a n n e n with oft i volved styl , a passio m e a nd e ex for taphors , a too fr ely e e e e pr ss d cl ctic scorn for the multitude. “ H e was frequently alluded to as the ” n n s one Brow i g of pro e . Says writer, Hi s epitaph might well be that he e the — a und rstood women of his time , ” e e 1 0 . 1 9 rar ph nomenon He died in . ANS WERS 2 31

’ he Goethe s Faust is in two parts . In t e e ﬁrst part , Goeth was and d sired to be e in th e e n ntirely German ; s co d , through many reveries more or less relative to th e e e he e e th m , more particularly d sir s to depict the union of the German spirit

with that of classical genius , which formed his own life and led to intelligent n actio , which also was a portion of his n A nd e existe ce . for b auty , drama , e n a nd pathos , eas , pha tasy , fertility in e n en n n n e e vari d i v tio , othi g has v r sur e i f n e e e the pass d , anythi g has ven qual d , two parts of Fau s t regarded as a S in ” l e em g po . e th e e ee e e L opardi , Italian po t , has b n t rm d th e ff e n bard of su ri g , of sorrow , and ” e of d spair . ’ Tolstoy was Russia s great epic poet in ” e prose . He was a v ry powerful and fe o e i n e af cting n v list , and some measur e e e might hav be n termed a proph t . ” Resurrection shows that mournful and impassioned pity felt by Tolstoy for th e humble and the fallen it realizes m e a lofty dra atic b auty . Tolstoy , in large number of pamphlets or brief e e works , pr ach d to his own people and n n th e s to ma ki d trict morality of Christ , — en n n e charity , r u ciatio , the moral d gra n wa r e the me datio of , and , ther fore , ces s it e e v y for p ac at any price , ad ocating 2 32 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

always brotherhood and human ity in all h th e relations of s ocial life . His was t e s oul of a n exalted poet a nd a lofty poeti m n cal i d . John Milton h a s been termed th e most s cholarly a nd th e mos t truly classical of

English poets . Oliver Gold s mith wa s the s on of a poor cl ergyman of th e Engli s h Church i n Ire n wh o wa s the n o f the n la d , origi al cou try ” i n h es e e pars on T e D rt d Village . The poem begins :

S wee n ! e es e o f th e n t Aubur lov li t villag plai , ’ e e e a nd en c h ee r d th e n s w n Wh r h alth pl ty labori g ai , e e s m n s n i ts e es s Wh r ili g pri g arli t vi it paid , ’ ’ ’ A nd n s mm e s l in r in m s d el a d parti g u r g g bloo y . >r

’ How en e bl es s d th e m n oft hav I co i g day ,

Wh en toil remitting l en t its turn to play .

William Cowper h a s been termed the ” o re h es H e re P et Lau ate of t e fir ide . is p em nen th e e m f e n i tly po t of fa ily a f ctio s , mes a n emen One of do tic d rural retir t . writer h a s s poken of him as th e laurea te the es e the en th e een of fir id , gard , gr ” o s e a nd th e a - Th e ne h u , r bbit coop . Ol y n s e wa s me la d cap a ta , flat , agricultural e on w e e the s s e n r gi , h r luggi h Ous wou d e ween owe e s a nd th e n b t pl d fi ld , horizo was bounded by low hill s ; yet to Cowper wa s n n a nd his e s it i spiri g , d scription e e n e a nd m n e w r disti ctiv i agi ativ .

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ia ll n e s h e be c y through his co v r ations , came th e conductor by which German philOS Ophic idea s reach ed the English c s s literary la . Samuel Tayl o r Coleridge a nd Robert m Southey m a rri ed s i s ter s . B oth fa ilies e e a t es w i n th e e n r sid d K ick , Lak Cou try ’ n n o e s n of E gla d . S uth y i dustry sup e m es e e e n a c port d both fa ili , Col ridg b i g , n own n a m cordi g to his accou t , bookwor nd e me a a dr a r . Thomas D e Qui ncey wa s the author of Con fes s ion s of a n Engli s h Opium ” r D e n e wa s S h e e . s at Qui c y a y, booki h ma n o f e s who m e e , rratic habit , i pr ss d ’ one a s a o f en s w s child g iu , ith a child ’ helpl es s nes s a nd a child s S harp observa n H e e a n n m tio . b g taki g opiu when a s en a t w e e h e es e tud t Oxford , h r r id d for fi s e a ve yea r s . For ev r l year s after thi s h e s u ffe e the m s e m e a nd r d o t acut is ry , hi s n e wen m e e will u d r t a co pl t paralysis . The most impres s ive effect of th e opium wa s een in e m in the u n habit s his dr a s , n e ns n o f me a nd e a nd atural xpa io ti plac , th e n n e e e n th e me e i fi it r p titio of sa obj cts . s ee e dim va st e His l p was fill d with , imag s , measureles s cavalcades deploying to the sound of orchestral m us ic ; a n endless e n e succ ssio of vault d halls , with stair es m n e en e cas cli bi g to h av , up which toil d e the s me s e ternally a olitary figure . Th n AN S WERS 2 35

m came sudden alar s , hurrying to and fro ; trepidations of innumerable fugi tives ; darkness and light , tempest , and ” e e human faces . All thes exp riences are ” related in his Confessions .

Sir Walter Scott was an outdoor poet . He

spent much time in the saddle , and was

fond of horses , hunting, dogs , and -ﬁ hin H e salmon s g. had a keen eye for the h beauties of natural scenery, thoug e ” more specially , he admits , when combined with ancient ruins or remains ’ ” e e of our forefather s pi ty or spl ndor .

John Keats was apprenticed to a surgeon e e e at ﬁfte n y ars of age , by his fath r , who e - was groom in a London liv ry stable . At school he had studied Latin but not s e e e e Greek . In his v nte nth year K ats ’ obtained a copy of Chapman s translation

of Homer, and the impression that it made u pon him he h a s recorded in his e sonn t , On First Looking into Chap ’ ” n man s Homer . His k owledge of Greek was obtained through the medium n e a nd of classic dictio ari s , translations , m e popular ythologi s , and later through the marbles and casts in the British m Museu .

e It is said that when Thorwalds n , the great e e Danish sculptor , unv il d his statue of

Christ he was seen to weep . His friends 2 36 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

who had come to congratulate him were n s e e him s a en as to i h d to h ar y, My g ius ” “ ” me ? i s decayi ng . What do you an h e s e . s s e e e e th y a k d Thi tatu , r pli d , “ is the ﬁrs t of my work s that I have m s s e w ever been c o pl etely ati ﬁ d ith . Till now my id ea l h a s always been far beyond u e e e i s s o no what I co ld x cut , but it n ca n ne e e e e lo ger . I v r cr at a gr at work ” n of art agai .

It is said that Longfellow wa s once driving i n c s e a e n e New s e E n a lo d c rriag ar ca tl , g n w en the r e wa s en la d , h car iag sudd ly nd he oo n n halted a t d r viole tly ope ed . n the e s a w he Looki g out , po t that was s urrounded by a group of coal - begrimed m ners H i s s o he i . ﬁr t th ught was that be e . was about to robb d Is this Mr . ” “ n e ? e one em Lo gf llow ask d of th . It ” i wa s th e e i r s . e s s e , r ply W ll , , om of us heard that you were to pa s s here about this time a nd we got permi s s ion to come U th e m ne a nd s ee W e p out of i you . just w n s e n a nd s a a t to hak your ha d y, God bles s the ma n who wrote A Psalm of ” H Life . Th e followi ng a re the stanzas most often quoted

e m e not in m n n m e s T ll , our ful u b r , Life i s but a n empty dream ! th e s i s e s m e s For oul d ad that lu b r , And n s a re n thi g ot what th ey s eem.

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i 1 4 0 Morte romances n 7 . It was called ’ d A r thu r ( Th e Death of Arthur ) and n e th e s was pri t d by ﬁr t English printer, 1 48 5 William Caxton , in . In th e lines

e w h im wh o n s I h ld it truth , ith Si g one e in e s nes To cl ar harp div r to , That m en ma y ri s e on s teppi ng-s tones Of th eir dead s elves to high er things

’ Alfred Tennyson characterized Goethe s w ork . William Wordsworth was the author of the lines :

m e n e s A child , or tha all oth r gift e c a n ff e e n n m a n That arth o r to d cli i g , - n s e w a nd w n s . Bri g hop ith it, for ard looki g thought

George Eliot complim ented Words worth by placing these lines on th e title ” h r ne e e n e s . pag of ov l , Sila Mar r ’ J ea n Va lj ea n is the hero of Victor Hugo s ” m s e L e e es s e es . a t rpi c , Mi rabl He had stolen a loaf of bread to give to his s ta rv ing s i s ter a nd her s even children ; h e was caught a nd given ﬁve years in th e galley n e a nd een m e priso for robb ry , fourt or s me for trying to e cape . H e co s out of the e s ene n gall y , a hard d crimi al , at forty

. H e n es e a n six ﬁ ally go afar , assum s other name a nd becomes rich a nd hon ored ; but circums tances seem to be against him a nd he is again sentenced to th e galleys , where, it is reported , he meets AN S WERS 2 39

with an accident and drowns . Although h e e n thus scapes , a police i spector, a for e n e h e mer nemy , soo surmis s that is e a nd n e the aliv , he is a hu t d man for rest hi s n - of life . He has in his hidi g place , e n n n th e howev r , a mi isteri g a gel in form Cos ette m e of , a little outcast , co mitt d to ’ l F ti ne Va ea n s e e a n . j car by her moth r , Thus through a little child he is led at S ee — he e e last to light , as said j ust b for n n ot his death , I k ow what is the mat ”

me s ee . ter with , but I light What James F enimore Cooper did for the i n e n e Indian , his wond rful fro ti r stories , Joel Chandler Harris did for the Ameri in n em e can negro , his U cle R us stori s . Just as Chi nga chgook is the last of the n Uncle R emus the Mohica s , so is last of the - e old time n groes . Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote th e Con ” th e e e cord Hymn , which was sung at c r mony of completion of th e Battle Monu e e e on the e th e m nt , er ct d w st bank of Concord River near the old North e th e Bridg , the place of Concord ﬁght at the e n th e e b gin ing of R volutionary War . The e e 4 monument was d dicat d July , 1 8 37 Th e th e : . words of hymn are

th e e e e th e By rud bridg that arch d flood , ’ e s ee e n e Th ir flag to April br z u furl d , H ere once the embattl ed farmers s tood And e the s e n fir d hot h ard rou d th e world . 2 40 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

Th e foe lo ng s i nce in s il ence s l ept A like th e co nqueror Sil en t s l eep s ; A nd Tim e th e rui n ed bridge h a s s wept s m s Down th e dark trea which eaward cr eep s .

On s een n s s s e m thi gr ba k, by thi oft tr a , W e s et to - day a votive s ton e ; m em ma e ee e eem That ory y th ir d d r d ,

en e ou r s es s n s a re ne. Wh , lik ir , our o go

S i rit th a t m e s e e es e p , , ad tho h ro dar d ie a n d e e e en ee To , l av th ir childr fr , Bid Tim e a n d Nature gently s pare s Th e haft we rai s e to th em a nd th ee.

ibwa e i n 1 900 n e n Two Oj y chi fs , , i vit d Lo g ’ fellow s family to witnes s a n I ndian ” e n on r productio of Hiawatha , a rocky s n i n e n We e little i la d Lak Huro . lov d The mem e e your father . ory of our p opl ’ will never die as long a s your father s ” s on e a nd e e g liv s , that will liv for ver , h e t y said . Alfred Tennyson once found a flower growing not in th e s olid ea rth but in th e du s t that vagrant wi nds had swept i nto th e Th e a nd crack of a wall . e v ry frailty ins ignifica nce of s uch a flower led th e poet to take it a s a n illustration of how th e e n s n n th e e s o littl thi g co tai gr at , and l ed to his writing th e li nes :

we in th e nn e w Flo r cra i d all , th e nn es I pluck you out of cra i , e e a nd in m n I hold you h—r , root all , y ha d , Littl e ﬂ ower b u t if I coul d unders tan d a re a nd a nd i n What you , root all , all all , n w w a nd ma n i I Should k o hat God s .

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s the wa r- s e e No more hall cry v r , Or th e win ding rivers be red ; n s o u r n e e e Th ey ba i h a g r for v r, Wh en th ey laur el th e grav es o f our Un e th e s od a n d th e d ew d r , Waiting th e judgm ent day ; Love a nd tear s for th e Blue ;

Tears and love for th e Gray .

An epic poem i s the long narrative of the s e in e exploit of a h ro , told an exalt d n n w e e s train a d deali g ith past v nts . Few n ations have more than one great na ti ona l e a ee e pic , lthough Gr c has two , ’ n s Hom er s Iliad a d Ody sey .

Thoma s Babington Macaulay s aid of Lord

: Byron H e had a h ea d wh ich . s ta tu es e c a nd o the de ari lov d to opy , a fo t f ormity of which the beggars in the street m m ” i icked .

T he old Wh itechapel Club of Chicago num bered among its members such men as n e e e nne e e Ade e Fi l y P t r Du , G org , Opi e B en n e en e R ad , Ki g , Alfr d H ry L wis , e e m Wallac Ric , Upham Ada s , and e Th Horac Taylor . e club was founded ’ ’ in the e 8 0 s a nd n en lat , duri g the t years of its e xi s tence it was one of the most remarkable of all th e Bohemian

. its m e clubs It had roo s , two of th m , in ’ th e rear of a little s aloon in Chicago s n e e e . T he wspap r all y ﬁrst , or Blood e e Room , was ﬁtt d out all in de p blood ANS WERS 2 43

the e n e red ; s co d , or Skull Room , h ld as trophies the S kulls of two n egro mur derers : these skulls were suspended from en e re a c tral chandelier, and wh n liquid f reshments were desired the rattling of the m th e skulls sum oned waiter . For a me the e e e ti club was nam l ss , but one aft r noon a group was sitting in one of the rooms when a newsboy passed through e e the alley and cri d , All about the lat st ” Whitechapel murder ! Charles Good year S eymour paused with a stein of beer ’ e e new half li ft d , and said , W ll call the ’ he club t Whitechapel Club . John Howard Payne was the author of ” H e e . e wa n Home , Swe t Hom led a e i n New dering lif , but was born York , and belongs to that city i f to a ny par tic la r nn e the u spot . He was co ect d with e a nd me a nd stag in Europe A rica , wrote , e a nd e e translat d , adapt d a numb r of in one e dramas . It is of th se , Clari , or The n e Maid of Mila , that Hom , e e Swe t Hom occurs . In the early part of th e eighteenth century the n a n s n A thology Club , as ociatio of men e n n young of lit rary i sti cts , did much e e ne for lit ratur , and was concer d with th e establi shment of the North A meri ca n ’ R evi ew one the n , of most importa t of n n mem American jour als . Amo g the 2 44 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TION S

bers of thi s club were J ohn Quincy m e w en th e Ada s , aft r ard Presid t of n e es a nd one me e s U it d Stat , at ti prof s or of belles - l ettr es at H a rvard University ; s e th e n e e a nd Jo ph Story, ot d lawy r juri s t ; Edward Everett a nd George n w e s e es in n n ! Tick or , hos rvic i troduci g German educati onal method s did so much f or th e country ; a nd William Ellery r m n wh o e n h is ee w Cha i g , b ga car r by rit i n e es a s wh o e me the g lit rary s y , but b ca o f th e n a n m emen lead er U itari ov t . ’ Dani el Webs ter s mo s t famou s oration s a re : hi s Addres s a t th e Laying of th e C orn er - s tone of the Bunker Hill Monu m ent ; hi s Oration on Adam s a nd Jeffer s on ; his Reply to Hayne in the United — States S enate ; a nd th e S eventh - of March ee e e e S Sp ch Oth rs , how v r , how h i s s e e e tyl qually w ll . The s o- called Brook Farm Community was not e mm n s n its n n r ally co u istic , i ce ﬁ a cial affairs were conducted by a regularly n e s n n orga iz d tock compa y , accordi g to n s nes s n es e e wa s ordi ary bu i pri cipl . Th r , e e a n em e e s how v r , att pt to l v l ocial dis tinctions a nd to li v e simply a nd close to the Th soil . e a s soc iation rented a large m in o ne s n far R xbury , ar Bo to , Massa ch u s etts on w m h , hich ost of t e labor was e me th e w n mem p rfor d by orki g bers . Among the res idents at Brook Farm were

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’ s ea B i l ow s n n en H o g opi io of war , as giv “ h a m s e s in t e f ou Biglow Pap r , of which James Ru s s ell Lowell was the s : author, was as follow

E z fer wa r m e , I call it urd r , ’ Th ere you h ev it plai n a n ﬂat ; ’ I don t want to go n o furd er Than my T es tym ent fe r that ; ’ h ez s s o m a n God aid plu p fairly, ’ It s e z n ez i s lo g it broad , ’ ’ An you v e gut to git u p airly n i n E f you wa t to tak e God .

The New Eden wa s one of Amos Bron ’ s on c s m m n e e me Al ott ost a usi g xp ri nts , in which h e attempted to f orm a new commu n ity becau s e the s pirit of Brook m s eeme s r n s Far d too o did . At Fruitla d , in v a s s s e a wa s Har rd , Ma achu tts , all l bor be ne n s n e wa s w n to do by ha d , i c it ro g to ens la ve animal s ; all insect s were to be nm es e s n e e ha d u ol t d , i c th y a right to what wa s nec es s ary to their exi s tence ; no vegeta bles which grew u nder ground e e be e en s nce n s w w r to at , i o ly tho e hich a s pired were worthy to be th e food of man . Loui s a Alcott has recorded th e s s e e m en h hi tory of thi xp ri t , which s e ” e m s e m e s e t r Appl Slu p , b cau of its e failur .

e ee e Harri t B ch r Stowe , the author of ’ ” n e m n e U cl To s Cabi , was the daught r e n Rev n of a famous cl rgyma , . Lyma e e the Be ch r, sister of a renowned clergy ANS WERS 2 47

m n ee a , Henry Ward B cher , and the wife e en of Prof . Calvin E . Stow , th o f Cin c inna ti e n ne , but lat r of Bru swick ( Mai ) , e a nd Andov r ( Massachusetts ) , , ﬁnally, e of Hartford ( Conn cticut ) . It was dur her e e in n ing r sidenc Ci cinnati that Mrs . e e me n s e i n e Stow b ca i tere t d slav ry , as Sh e saw something of its workings across s n e e l ed the Ohio River . Thi i t r st ﬁnally to the writing of h er famous book of

ﬁction .

e e e Craigi House , Cambridg , Massachus tts , is a ﬁne old - fashioned mansion sur n e ees e e rou d d by tr , on Brattl Str et , on h n e t e way from Harvard U iv rsity to Mt . n The e wa Aubur Ceme tery . old hous s ’ once Washington s h eadquarters duri ng he e n en en t R volutio ary War . Wh H ry Wadsworth Longfellow married France s ’ e n e n the e Appl to , Mr . Appl to , brid s e e e fath r , purchas d this handsom old resi d ence a nd pres ented it to the young e e n peopl , as a w ddi g gift . Mr . Long ’ fellow s study (afterward th e nursery ) was the room occupied by General Wash i n ton ee n - men In g as a sl pi g apart t . his “ ” poem , To a Child , Mr . Longfellow writes thus of th e house :

n e n e w n ese w s O c , ah , o c , ithi th all , One w m m em o ft e s ho ory r call ,

Th e e o f H i s n we . Fath r Cou try, d lt 2 48 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

a n d wn es e e n s s Up do th choi g tair , e w th e we es H avy ith ight of car , S ound ed hi s m aj es tic tread ; Y es w n e m , ithi thi s v ry roo S a t h e in s e s m tho hour of gloo ,

Weary both in h eart a nd h ead .

The ns e e i n n Old Ma , locat d Co cord , Mas s a ch u setts wa s s en n e , fir t t a t d by Ralph ’ me n s n s e a nd ne Waldo E rso gra d ir , xt e wh o m e th e by Dr . Ezra Ripl y , arri d ’ previou s occupant s widow a nd became n o f h er en — n n e guardia childr , bor u d r — ’ its ~ o f w me s n e roof , hich E r o s fath r w one en h i s e e m a s . e Wh fath r di d , E r s on n a s e n m e e e fou d co d ho h r with Dr . T h e a n s e wa s n the Ripley . M agai abode me s n a nd hi s m o er i n 1 8 34 -35 of E r o th , n h w e hi s m In 1 8 42 e e s e. wh rot fir t volu , th e year followi ng th e death of the good h n . e t e s e wa s e Dr Ripl y , Ma occupi d for the s me m n — its re fir t ti by a lay a , all p v iou s n s n een e men occupa t havi g b cl rgy , — n e ne H e b Natha i l Hawthor . rought e e e e e h r his brid , lov ly Sophia P abody , a nd for four years lived h ere the ideal ” life of which his Note Books a nd Mos s es from a n Old Manse give u s e m s n d lightful gli p es . Writi g of this e me ne s : e n id al ti , Hawthor say M thi ks my little wife i s twin si s ter to th e S pring ; so they s hould greet one another ten derl e a re e a nd e y, for th y both fr sh d wy , both full of hope a nd cheerfulness ; both

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n e S e the en e in wi g at ach id , c tral gabl the n th e a nd w fro t of old roof , ide rustic h n the n piazza s acros s t e fro t of wi gs . No additions were made during Haw ’ ne s s es d en e e e nor n thor ﬁr t r i c h r , duri g ’ n ne s th e occupa cy of Mrs . Hawthor e w e th e n e s wa s broth r , hil ov li t abroad ; w en w ne e ne i n 1 8 60 but h Ha thor r tur d , “ with mo s t of hi s family twice as big a s en h e e he en e one wh l ft , larg d wing n the n e ene the by addi g bar to it , h ight d e s e—w n e e e oth r id i g , r ct d two spacious men s a t th e a nd ne the apart t back , crow d e e w a s a e - s diﬁc ith qu r third tory study , w its e m ne a nd n which , ith gr at chi y ma y a es o e s th e m n e g bl , v rtop ra bli g roofs lik a n e a nd m a e een obs rvatory , y hav b sug ges ted by th e tower of the Villa Mon ne en e w e e he tauto , ar Flor c , Italy , h r w e T he e n m rot Marbl Fau . No i por tant changes have been made by the sub e en wne o f the e s qu t o rs plac . Israel Z a ngwill wa s the author of The ” en th e e Childr of Gh tto . Edward Everett Hale was the author of ” The Ma n n Without a Cou try , which wa s written to arou s e patriotism during the . a nd one Civil War It is a classic , of th e mos t artistic a nd eff ective of Ameri ca n stories . Oliver Wendell Holmes entered Harvard College a s a member of the famous class AN S WERS 2 5 1

1 8 29 n m e of , u b ring among his class e mates such notable men as Samu l F . m “ ” S ith , author of America , James ee Fr man Clarke , William Henry Chan a nd n ning , ma y others whose names are n m not unk own to fa e . Holmes was the e regularly appoint d class poet , and for some tim e after leaving college continued ‘ h m r h to write u o ou s poems . On t e occa sion of the thirtieth anniversary of the h ” e e . graduating class , wrot The Boys a nd Its quaint humor , graceful style , n e touchi ng pathos make it u ique . No l ss remarkable i s th e work of his classmates en e e in the we as um rat d poem , which give in full :

H a s th ere a ny old f ellow got mixed with the boys ? h a s him o m n e e e u t w n s e. If th r , tak , ithout aki g a oi ’ ’ Hang th e Almanac s ch eat a nd th e Catalogu e s s pite ! ’ Old Time i s a liar ! W e re twenty to -night !

’ ’ W e re twenty ! W e re twenty ! Who s ays we a re more ? ' He s s — n a ck a na es —s w him th e ! tip y , you g j p ho door “ ”— Gray temples at twenty ? Y es ! whi te if we pl ea s e ; ’ Wh ere th e s now-ﬂakes fall thickes t there s nothing c a n freez e !

Wa s it s nowi ng I s poke o f ? Excu s e the mi s take ! s e — w not s ee th e n o f e ! Look clo , you ill Sig a ﬂak We want s ome n ew garlands for tho s e we have s e h d , And s r th e e a e white ro ses in plac e o f th e red .

’ e e a rick we n e ws ou ma e een W v , you g f llo . y y hav b tolé Of talki ng ( in public) a s if we were old 2 52 ONE THOU S AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

we a nd fib s we That boy call Doctor , i call ” Judge ; ’ — ’ n e e ﬁction o f s e i t s e . It s a at littl , cour all fudg

’ s th e S e e -th e one on th e That fellow p ak r , right ; ” m n one h ow a re - n ? Mr . Mayor , y you g , you to ight ’ “ ” s em e n es s we s a w en That our M b r of Co gr , y h we chaff ; ’ ' ’ P- Th ere s th e Reveren d What s h is name don t

make we laugh .

That boy with th e grave mathematical look e e e e h e w en w n e Mad b li v had ritt a o d rful book, A n d th e Royal S oci ety thought it wa s tr u e ! S o e s e h im i n e wa s ! th y cho right ; a good jok it , too

’ e e s we e en w ee- e e n Th r a boy , pr t d , ith a thr d ck r brai , Who could harn e s s a t ea m with a logical chai n ; en h e s e m n i n s e ﬁ re Wh pok for our a hood yllabl d , ” ’ W e e h im T h e s e n ow h e s The call d Ju tic , but ” S quire .

’ A nd e e s n e n s e e e en th r a ic you g t r of xc ll t pith , Fate tri e d to conceal h im by nam i ng him S m ith h e s e s n th e e a nd th e ee But hout d a o g for brav fr , ” ” ’ “ s e on hi s m e n o f ee ! Ju t r ad dal , My cou try , th

’ Y ou h ear that boy laughing - You think h e s all fun ; th e n e s th e h e h a s ne But a g l laugh , too , at good do ; T h e en a a s e hi s childr l ugh loud th y troop to call , But th e poor m a n that knows h im laugh s loudes t o f all !

’ Y es we e — w s n w n e or , r boys al ay playi g ith to gu W n ith pe , A nd s o n eti mes e s e - S we e e be I r hav a k d , hall v r men .

S we w s be a n d u n a nd hall al ay youthful , la ghi g, gay , Till th e la s t cl ear companio n drop s s miling away ?

’ en e e s its a n d its ! Th h r to our boyhood , gold gray . T h e s s i ts W n e th e d ew s its ! tar of i t r , of May A nd w en we e n e w e- s n s h hav do ith our lif la ti g toy , e e e e en T he s ! D ar Fath r, tak car of thy childr , Boy

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h In 1 8 78 ered a great part of t e globe . h e wa s appoi nte d United States Minister n The to Germa y . popular approval of this appointment wa s i ns tantaneous and n e s H i s en s e n u iv r al . fri d crowd d arou d him a nd nearly s uffocat ed h im with en h i i n nes s es e n t u s a s t c . ki d Ch t r Cou ty , enns n hi s me n P ylva ia , ho cou ty , at a famou s dinner told h ow proud it wa s of hi s geniu s a nd s ucces s ; hi s New York literary fri end s gave to h im a breakfa s t en e e e me att d d by ighty peopl . A rica had s o - b h im e e Ger hardly aid go d y to , b for m n we om e him e e h e wa s a y lc d , for h r a very grea t favorite ; bu t h is s tay i n this n w c w a s e s econ e cou try , hi h lik a d fath r n him wa s e for he e la d to , all too bri f , di d almo s t imm edi a tel y after taki ng up hi s s d nc H i s em a ns e re i e e there . r i w re ou c to New w e e e br ght ba k York , h r th y in s a e in th e en e e lay t t City Hall , th w r en h i s ome a t e a o a nd tak to h C d rcr ft , laid res es e s e o f hi s e e e to t b id tho b lov d wif , h a d d e m n e e H i s who i d a y y ar s b fore . funeral s ervices were attended by scores n e e e a nd m n we e the of otabl p opl , a y r es m e e s one th e tribut fro broth r po t , of most beautiful being from the pen of Joh n Greenleaf Whittier :

e es e ! him s o O Val of Ch t r trod by oft , een a s ne ee h i s m Le Gr thy Ju turf k p emory . t Nor w nor e nor s e s e m e , d ll , tori d tr a forg t , . ood Nor Winds that blow round lonely Cedarcroft ; AN S WERS 2 55

Let the me es ee h im in th e ho voic gr t far , S trange lan d that hold s him ; l et th e m es s ages ’ Of lov e pur s ue h im o er th e chartl es s s ea s And unmapp ed va s tnes s es of hi s unknown s tar ! ' e s n e e e n th e s s e Lov la guag , h ard b yo d loud di cour e s e me in e e e e Of p ri habl fa , v ry Sph r It s elf interprets ; a n d its utterance h ere ' S omewh ere in God s un folding un ivers e S e ou r e e s en n the s s e hall r ach trav l r, oft i g urpri Of his rapt gaze on un familiar s ki es !

Winston Churchill and Mary Johnston are two American novelists who have given e m n m n us auth ntic historical ro a ces . A o g ’ Churchill s works may be mentioned ” ” e n Richard Carv l , The Crossi g , and ” ’ n The Crisis . Miss Joh ston s his torica l romances include To Have a nd ” e Th e n To Hold Ceas Firing , Lo g ” Roll , Lewis Rand , and The

Witch . The Ugly Club was a ci rcle of handsome n e men e m e n you g lit rary , who h ld e ti gs ” i n i n n Ugly Hall , a buildi g that stood on th e present site of the Un ited Bank n New the Buildi g , York City . Among leaders in this club was Fitz - Greene Hal

leck .

the e e In bas ment of a stor on Broadway , e New York , two or three doors abov ee e e e e Bl ck r Stre t , b for the Civil War , ’ was Charles Pfaff s wine cellar and ’ es n f n e r taura t . Pfa f s Wi e C llar has been sung by the bards of Va ni ty Fair 2 56 ONE THOU SAND LITERARY QUES TIONS

tu r P res s wa s the a nd the S a d ay . It n ightly hau nt o f th e brightes t of New ’ s oh em n s wh o me e e York B ia , ca h r to ff ea t n m e a nd . , dri k , s ok , cha To this o e on e m s e gr up b l g d Tho a Bail y Aldrich , m n e m n e Willia Wi t r , Walt Whit a , Art mu s w m n Ward , Fitzhugh Ludlo , Ed u d en e e m a n e e n th e Clar c St d , G org Ar old , ” e eer wh o s n W e a re e po t of b , a g , v ry ’ merry at Pfaff s a nd Fitz -James ’ O B rien wh o e me the , was t r d gypsy of ” s letter . n n w th e n s e Jo atha S ift , E gli h writ r , said , s d ie e ee - om th e I hall lik that tr , fr top ” n s e e n h i s own ns n dow , thu for t lli g i a ity . Swift wa s born in Irela n d of Engli s h n H e w s e e n pare t s . a ducat d at Tri ity e e n e s a nd Coll g , Dubli , took holy ord r , ’ m n e e e . b ca D a of St . Patrick s , Dublin H e wa s s o morbidly sens itive a s greatly to m e h i s e H i s n s a re e bitt r lif . writi g a e e eennes s a nd ch ract riz d by k vigor , bu t a re s o coars e a nd bitter as to be m in e n en n har ful th ir te d cy . His pri cipal ” ’ s a re e e work Tal of a Tub , Drapi r s ” ’ ” e d H e e s a n e s e s . L tt r , Gulliv r Trav l e e m s e he fulﬁll d his proph cy of hi lf , for e ns ne H e e hi ne n di d i a . l ft s fortu to fou d n c s m in n a lu ati a ylu Dubli . Samuel Taylor Coleridge S pent the last n ineteen years of hi s life at th e home of e m n e Dr . Jam s Gil a at Highgat , a Lon

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Th s with those of th e hillside . e econd i s en s e in S n e the n e story clo d hi gl s , lo g lin th e n n th e of fro t , faci g highway , is broken by a loggia with a proj ecti ng balu s trade a nd by a bay wi ndow which u n s th e e e s T he en n e i s mo t to av . tra c e e e- the ee prot ct d by a carriag porch , st p e s n m e a nd e roof b ar quai t dor rs , a wid v eranda extend s from the south end of h s e n on e n a t e tructur . Abutti g this v ra d i s a garden which i s f enced by a wall of rough s tones quarri ed from th e s oil a nd s till abloom with th e bright flowers n n s s h Kipli g te ded . Acro t e deep valley the Connecticut Rive r flow s between its e n s n n s a n wood d ba k . Kipli g fou d thi ” en b excell t place to work . Here e pro d uced much of th e virile a nd impas “ s ioned m a s ter- vers e o f Th e Seven e s m e him a s m e S a , that ark d a ajor po t , many of th e i ncomparable stori es of th e “ ” n e s a nd th e e Ju gl Book , whol of that delightf u lly vivid a nd vigorous tale of th e e e fish er- Glouc st r folk , Captains e u s n Courag o . Although he had ot yet reached th e dollar- a -word period of h is s ne author hip , his ighbors considered that his wa s th e most profitable indus in the n try tow .

In Plymouth , Massachusetts , is a ﬁne old m n i n n n a s o know as Wi slow House . Here Ralph Waldo Emerson and Lydia AN S WERS 2 59

m e 1 8 34 s e n Jackson were arri d in , thi b i g ’ s n e H i s Emerson s eco d marriag . ﬁrst e wif was Ellen Louisa Tucker, of Bos ton , who lived but two years after her m e arriag .

960 the e 1 8 94 e . In wint r of , Irving Bachell r , e n n n St phe Cra e , Willis B . Hawki s , and Hen ry Fielding rented a little chalet on e New a nd Monk y Hill , York City , hung “ ’ ” n In out the Sign o the Lanthor . “ ” e e Eb n Hold n , Bacheller thus de scribes the chalet

e the e s emen s o f a nd n er I r ad adv rti t board lodgi g, a p pl exing ta sk for one s o ignorant o f th e town ( E ben H d n m n s n ol en Sp eaki g) . After a y call I fou d a place to m n on n e n e n n s e S e . y liki g Mo k y Hill , ar Pri ti g Hou quar n e wa s e e s en d o f m S ee a n d not Mo k y Hill th y a t Willia tr t , h e e s s n e e we e s m e ne a n d e n t l a t fa hio abl e. Th r r o at cl a ly n s es on o f w a nd a nd wn s ne looki g hou it ood , brick, bro to ,

‘ n e s m esm en few s s s e i habit d by all trad ; a hop , a big tabl , a nd th e et s n on e e chal itti g a broad , flat roof that cov r d n h - T h e s e a s th e a p ortio of t e s tabl e yard . yard it lf w k I e een o s ummit of Mon e Hill . t lay b tw tw brick build n s a nd th e h m th e w on e e n the i g ; up ill , fro alk , look d i to m e n o f th e s e a nd n e th e l ow on gloo y cav r tabl ; u d r roof , o n e s e e e we e m s a nd ol d es in id , th r r du p cart coach vary s n e e wa s a n old n i n s e m . s g tag of i fir ity Th r iro hop , that h s n n th e s e- s s w t e ew . tood flu h ith id alk, fla ki g tabl yard A lan tern a nd a mammoth k ey were s u s p ended abov e th e a nd n n n th e e of the s h o wa s w en door , ha gi g upo Sid a ood s s en n th Th e e li s e n tair a c di g to e chal et . latt r ad a h athi g o f w - n s on th e e en d eath er wor clapboards . It tood r ar o f th e n mm n n w the n ms brick buildi g, co u icati g ith fro t roo h f fi s s en e above t e s hop . A little s tair o ve s tep a c d d from the landing to its r ed door that ov erlooked a n ample f n n Th m n o ne w e s . e yard roofi g, ador d ith pott d pla t ai m o f the e w e e we a te ou r m e s a nd s a t a nd roo chal t , h r al ’

e o f a n e en n th e o f s s n. talk d, v i g, had look a hip cabi 2 60 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

The re were s tationary s eats along th e wall covered with e e a nd s l eath ern cu shion s . Th re w re port tarboard l a n t erns a n d a big one of poli s hed bra s s that overhung th e ’ A n s a n d e e . s e tabl Ship clock , that had a oi y ch rful tick , A n s s e l d h wa s s et in th e wall . arrow pa ag e to t e room in n a n d th e e s n n s es . A w n w fro t , latt r had la ti g id big i do e n es in its e en d l et in th e of littl pa , furth r , light of Wil r n a m e m s — m a m S ee . e e e e li t t H r I fou d ho for y lf , hu bl h e m n h n a n d e n . w o n but quai t cl a ly A t rifty G r a , , havi g n we th e s ea m e a nd wn h is lo g follo d , had arri d thro out n a n d n ow we in th e e w h is a chor for good all , d lt chal t ith n s n e m n Th w e a d two e ews e . e if board r , both pap r old s ee e in n n e s m s e th e hopk p r fro t , o c a ailor hi lf , had put s m place in s hip hap e a nd l ea s ed it to th e .

e e i s the ne G org Eliot author of the li , “ Our deed s s hall travel with us from ’ a fa r f

Shakes peare wrote the lines :

S o s s s e h i s m s e Juda ki d a t r, “ A n d e ! w en a s h e me n cri d , all hail h a t all harm.

H enry Wad s worth Longfellow wa s a direct d es cendant from Joh n Alden on ’ h is m e s s e s h e e n a e oth r id , b i g daught r of General Wads worth of Revolutionary me a - fa . It w s thes e far away relatives that th e poet s o charmi ngly des cribed in oem s his p , The Court hip of Miles ” n s Sta di h . Thoma s Buchanan Read wa s both a n arti s t a nd oet a n d f or s a p , thi rea s on wa s termed the n e - e - pai t r po t . H i s bes t known ’ paintings a re a gro up of Longfellow s e s th e i Mrs daught r , portra t of . Brown in a nd one n g, illustrati g his poem ,

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Th e Last Rose of Summer ’ ” n Lowell s The First S owfall . ’ e i 4 e . s n . El giac Gray El gy Written

a Country Churchyard . ’ n s 5 . . . Didactic Brya t s Thanatopsi

6 e a nd e . . Narrativ Descriptiv Long ’ “ f ellow s Tales of a Wayside ” Inn . ’ s Whittier s - 7 . Pa toral . Snow bound . ’ “

8 m s . e . Hu orou Cowp r s John Gil ” i n p . Washi ngton Irving dedicated his Sketch on bo ok to Sir Walter Scott . Scott ece n the o e n r ivi g b ok wrot to Irvi g , say “ in e n e e the e g, I hav gla c d ov r Sk tch ’ I i t s s e e . book . po itiv ly b autiful In regard to the nami ng of thi s book : i n ’ Irvi ng s day S ketchin g wa s a common a nd e m s me a nd valu d acco pli h nt , a tourist carri ed hi s s ketch - book a nd crayons as h e now es h i s carri kodak . me n Ralph Waldo E rso said , My life s be n e s be ms hould u iqu ; it hould an al , a ” e n e me e battl , a co qu st , a dicin . ” T a rrya whil e was the New England me e e e ho of G orge W . Cable . It was h r “ ” n ne that his Joh March , Souther r , was en The writt . library is th e most inter e n m in the - e s sti g roo old fashion d hou e . n s in es It abou d books , papers , and pictur which reﬂect the taste of its famous e own r . AN S WERS 2 63

Connecti Rose Terry Cooke , of Hartford , h ” t e . cut , was author of Happy Dodd In 1 764 the Literary Club was founded in m e n London . Dr . Sa u l Johnso was its e the central ﬁgur , round which smaller e in e stars radiated . Thes , part , w re Sir e e n e Joshua R ynolds , the gr at pai t r ; Gar t n rick , that mos famous of E glish actors ; e n the n Burk , the orator ; Gibbo , historia m me . e t Sheridan , and Golds ith Th y ’ th e e e n once a week at Turk s H ad Tav r . Here in so congenial a group Johnson e e s was at his best , full of liv ly talk , a y , e m f en n and natural , fr e fro the sti f i g n Latinism of his writi gs . e the th e ne Samu l Johnson was author of li , Slow rises worth by poverty re e e em pr ss d , which is found in his po ’ s e entitled London . John on hims lf the e was child of poverty , his father b ing s H e e e e e e a humble book eller . nt r d coll g ’ n ne e n a e at i t e years of g , but his father s misfortunes in business made it neces sary for him to leave the university H e e without a degree . th n set up a pri n e vate academy , but had o ly thre pupils ,

one of which was David Garrick . n n Thomas Chatterto , the E glish poet , was “ me the e H e wa s ter d marv lous boy . m e the son of a Bristol school ast r , and from earliest childhood took delight in

folios and antiquities , spending much 2 64 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

time in a neighbori ng church reading . the H anci ent charters deposited there . e wa s apprenticed to a n attorney early in e bu t s w n n o n e es i n lif , ho i g i t r t law , ﬁnally departed for Lond on to begin a c e s he wa s e literary are r . At ﬁr t succ ss ful ; then the magazines d eclined to a c e t s e e hi s em s w a re now c p v ral of po , hich e T he e highly priz d . youthful po t , with m ne a nd en s e me out o y without fri d , b ca s On th e e e greatly d epres ed . v rg of a on a nd too be actual st rvati proud to g, Chatterton tore i nto fragment s a large am ount of man u s c ript one n ight in h i s e c e n ee e a nd wr t h d , Holbor Str t garr t , n H wa s no e then took poi s o . e t y t e een e s a e ight y ar of g . ’ B etty Fl a na ga n s Hotel wa s the old build ing which Jam es Fenim ore Cooper made ” m i n i n T h m s h s e e . fa ou ov l , Spy Fro thi s h otel H a rv ey B irch made hi s escape

‘ ’ s s e in B ett s e di gui d y attir . e w een ee i n n e B lo Fift th Str t Irvi g Plac , New o s n s n ma n Y rk City , ta d a plai old sion which wa s th e early home of the T he m Lotus Club . spacious old roo s , at ﬁrs t furni s hed with camp - stools a nd em es es e e e n pty box , d rv mor than passi g e e n n notic , for th y have wit essed ma y brilliant as s emblages a nd heard the e e bright st discours . Here were enter ta ined e John Godfrey Sax , Wilkie Col

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him H e s : me the s for . ays Ti is tream n in n w e I go ﬁs hi g . I dri k at it ; but hil I dri nk I s ee the s andy bottoms a nd detect w i s n en s es how s hallo it . Its thi curr t lid m n w e e n e . a ay , but t r ity r ai s I would n ee e ﬁsh i n th e s e dri k d p r ; sky , who bot ” i s s tom s p ebbly with tar . It was Louisa wh o w e th e n e M . Alcott rot followi g b au tiful li nes on th e death of Thoreau in ’ the em e s e po , Thor au Flut

n n the s th e s e m the w Hau ti g hill , tr a , ild , S w w a n d s e e a n d ne allo a t r , lak pi , h im ew m n n e To gr hu a or divi , m es s e- e e Fit at for thi larg h art d child . ’ S m e N e ne e e s uch ho ag atur r forg t , A nd y early on th e cov erlid ’ Neath which h er darli ng li eth hid hi n m in Will write s a e viol ets .

Cedarcroft was the home of Bayard Tay “ ” in the e e o f es e lor , b autiful Val Ch t r,

es e n enn . e Ch t r Cou ty , P sylvania C dar croft wa s to Taylor what Abbots ford wa s H e s en e s in l ec to Scott . p t y ar the ture ﬁeld to procure th e fund s to com l ete e m no p this b autiful ho e . It is w used se e s to hou a privat chool for boys .

Dr . Josiah Gilbe rt Holland is the author of the line s AN S WERS 2 67

lov rnook C e , eight miles from Cincin n th e ati , Ohio , was country home of the

s e oe e a nd e . Cary si t rs , Ph b Alic In this “ ” same brown house , low and small , oe e 4 1 8 24 Ph be was born Sept mber , . e e e the Alic was also born h re , b ing elder e e e by four y ars . This hom was v ry dear e e s to th se sing r , each of whom has pic r in e tu ed it po ms . In An Order for a ” : Picture , Alice says

ese a nd th e s e w e e wa s n Th , hou h r I bor , Lo a nd e a nd a nd l d w o . littl , black , en m n a s ca n With childr , a y it hold, the w n ws en w e All at i do , op id , ea s a nd s e s e s e H d hould r cl ar out id , And fair young faces all ablu sh e s ou ma e s een s me P rhap y y hav , o day , s es w n the s e - s me wa Ro cro di g lf a y,

o f W n w s e s . Out a ildi g , ay id bu h

oe Ph be , in Our Homestead , sings love of the little cottage :

mes e a n m e e Our ho t ad had a pl h arth , Wh ere at night we loved to meet ; ’ e e m m e s e wa s w s n Th r y oth r voic al ay ki d, A nd h er s mil e wa s alway s s weet ; ’ ’ And e e I v e s a t on m e s nee th r y fath r k , A nd w e h is w atch d thoughtful bro , m s n in h is en With y childi h ha d rav hair, That hair i s s ilver now ! ’ e s oh But that broad h arth light, , that broad ’ h earth s light ! ’ ’ And m e s a nd m m e s s m e y fath r look, y oth r il , They a re i n my h eart to-night !

e Jos ph Addison was the author of Cato . Joseph Addison a nd Sir Richard Steele

e h ' e t to wer t e founders of Th e S p c a r . 2 68 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

’ Addi s on s contributions to th e paper

O . s i n . . i e . n were sig d C L I , which g ” ﬁed e e th e e e s the ith r l tt r of word Clio , the n s e s e n n n or i itial of Ch l a , Lo do , Isli g ton a nd th e Ofﬁce — th e e e , , plac s wher we en the articles re writt .

e n e e e e his e m Al xa d r Pop , b caus of d for ity , a s we a s his s n n s m ll ti gi g arcas , was dubbed by La dy Mary Wortley Mon ta gu th e wicked wa s p of T wicken h m a .

m e H i hla nd Ma r wa s the Mary Ca pb ll , g y , e o f r ns S h e s weeth art Robe t Bur . died i n 1 78 6 a nd wa s burie d in the kirkyard o f re n c her m em u rns G e o k . To ory B d edi ca ted two o f h is mos t beautiful ” s n s in e en a nd o g , To Mary H av ” h n Hig la d Mary .

A nni e Lauri e wa s th e h eroine of the famous c s n m Scot h o g by Willia Douglass , of in l a nd w en 1 05 s he a F g , ritt about 7 was e l e th e e r a charact r , daught r of Sir Rob ert e or w e x e n Lauri , La ri , of Ma w lto , m es s e T h h Du fri hir . e poet wrote t e s s n n word of thi so g duri g his courtship , wa s ns e s ma r which u ucc s ful , for Mary ried James Fergusson of Craigdarroch i n 1 709 a nd b ecame the mothe r of Alex ’ n e e u s s n th e e B u rn s a d r F rg o , h ro of s em T he s e po , Whi tl The air that now accompani es the words of Annie

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Stoke Poges Churchyard i s th e s upposed ’ scene of Thomas Gray s famous Elegy ” e in Writt n a Country Churchyard . This church is located near Windsor ; the scene as described in th e Elegy i s exactly e e th e e reproduc d . Abov littl church s e e e m e ri s the squar tow r , antl d with ivy, and surmounted by a tapering spire whose s hadow falls across the grave of the e wa s n e e i n po t , for Gray i t rr d this e s th e littl churchyard , ju t back of church , i n h e s me m m The t a to b with his other . i s e n a nd S m tomb v ry plai i ple , a low e e a m structur of brick , cov red by arble e u rn n e S lab . No stori d or a imat d bust is needed to perpetuate th e name of him who made himself immortal ; even his name i s not graven upon the

marble . F Marion Crawford was the author of ” Mr . Isaacs . n e the Northampto , Massachus tts , was scene ’ en ee e n of H ry Ward B ch r s ovel , Nor ” e n wood . Josiah Gilb rt Holla d called it ” th e en e th e me que villag of ads , while Harri et Martineau praised it as the most e New n b autiful of E gland villages . In this village was publi s hed the periodical ’ i n n e which Brya t s ﬁrst po ms appeared . e e e e the H re dw lt G org W . Cable during writing of Strange True Stories of

Louisiana , and most of the prose pas ANS WERS 2 71

en e th e e toral; Bonav tur . Here Sw d ” ish nightingale spent h er honeymoon ; while Alice Cary h ere passed a portion e of the last y ar of her life . 90 e e e e 9 . Dallas Lor Sharp , coll g prof ssor and e e e ssayist , but chi ﬂy a lov r of nature , wrote Wild Life Near Home as his

ﬁrst book . 991 e e m e . Col ridg said of Willia Ell ry Chan : H e th e e s ning has lov of wi dom , and h m e t e wisdo of love . All who kn w him had but words of love and praise for

Channing . Dr . Henry W . Bellows said of him : Even in th e pulpit h e lived th e thi ng s h e s a w a nd s aid ! Th e greatnes s o f human n ature s hone i n h i s beautiful w s cu l tored w a nd e m w n bro , p ith thought light d fro ithi ; h is e e s o a n d e wa s s s w s n o f y full blu , lu trou ith a vi io God a nd s eeme m s a n en n the n n , d al o t op door i to Shi i g S s es en e . o n e s o n n wa s pr c profou dly h lpful , i piri g h is e n for one e on m n t achi g that I , , liv d it fro fort ight to n a nd wen to e e me w th e e e n fort ight , t it v ry ti ith xp ctatio a nd the experience o f receivi ng th e bread o f h eaven on w wa s to e a nd w n th e m nn e n hich I liv gro , u til a a f ll agai ; a nd m n o f m m n e all ages had uch th e s a e feeli g .

992 e n : - e . Horac Ma n said I never dog ear d a nor book in my life , profanely scribbled - e ﬂ l ea f upon the title pag s , margin , or y , and would as soon have stuck a pin through my ﬂesh as through the pages of ” a book . 993 E . E dward Everett said , ducation is a bet ter safeguard of liberty than a standing

army . 2 72 ONE THOUS AND LITERARY QUES TIONS

e e m e Louisa M . Alcott s rv d as an ar y nurs n s n n s m i Wa hi gto , Di trict of Colu bia , h H er duri ng a portion of t e Civil War . experi ences i n this work were afterward depicted in a little volume entitled Hos e es w m n a d pital Sk tch , hich a y of her mi rers declared th e best work she ever in e wa did a lit rary y. nn s e w de Of A e Dougla S dg ick ( Mrs . Basil Seli ncourt ) it h a s been s aid : S eldom do we ﬁn d a writer wh o combi nes such keen i ntellectual power with s uch n h h s en S piritual s weet es s . S e a writt ” “ ” n e n n e e Ta t , A Fou tai S al d , and ” T he Encounter . ” e es i s the New Riv rby , at W t Park , me n th e e York ho of Joh Burroughs , gr at “ ” “ n h s . e t e e aturali t Riv rby, or hous a s the e that Jack built , proph t of Out doord om e m s e e th e e t r it , sugg st d titl n hi s m s o e e e e . of of volu , writt n her It e s the n a nd ov rlook Hudso River , is sup l emented e - e e p by a littl bark cov r d study , e e m th e e e . d tach d fro hous , wh re Mr Burroughs does his writing when at “ e hom . There is a rustic summer e ne a nd e ne hous ar by , the Riv rby vi e s e n yards , form rly hu band d by the vi e ’ es s e s n s dr r of E opus , as his frie ds u ed s on n to call him ; now by his Julia , who ne e e e e combi s , lik his fath r b for ” e- e - him , grap growing with ssay writing .

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ne e e H e e e rgy to lit ratur . publish d sev eral volumes of mus ical verse and some m e ne isc lla ous work . n New Tri ity Churchyard , York City, is notable for th e number of illustrious e e n e e d ad r sti g th r . Among them are e n e m n e n the Al xa d r Ha ilto ; Rob rt Fulto , i nventor of the steamboat ; William th e n e in e Bradford , ﬁrst pri t r the Unit d es s e n a nd the Stat out id of Bosto , friend m enn a nd of Willia P ; Albert Gallatin , n n e a nd ﬁ a ci r statesman . I ND E!

( Thi s Index includes only the names o f author s a nd other em nen n Th m i t p ers o ages . e nu bers re fer to ques tions a nd ah rs s we . )

m n . 8 2 8 n ew 1 Abbott, Ly a Ar old , Matth , 355 , 377, 44 , Ada ms n n 1 6 8 , Joh Qui cy , 5 , 937, 453. 45 . 5 3 g . m s 2 93 Dr Tho a . 453. 543. 75 U m e n e e 2 0 pha . 935 Ath rto , G rtrud , 9 m e n n mes 1 1 Willia Taylor Oliv r Audubo , Joh Ja , 4 1 0 8 s en ne 2 1 1 8 Au t , Ja , 39, 5 , 5 9 ms ne 1 60 2 2 6 s n e 0 0 Adda , Ja , , 3 4, 3 Au ti , Alfr d, 379, 7 s n s e 1 1 666 Addi o , Jo ph , 47 , 53 , , 8 1 8 2 e e n 0 0 62 1 60 749. 9 . 9 Bach ll r, Irvi g, 4 , , 9 Ad e e e 8 0 2 8 62 n n s 2 6 6 , G org , , , 935 Baco , Fra ci , 7 , 43 , 44 5 , E s 1 op , 99 i A a s s . R 868 s n s . e e s m 8 g , Loui J , 333, , Jo phi Da ka , 4 “ g e S nn 97 Bak r, Ray ta ard ( David m s ns n 2 s n 62 Alcott , A o Bro o , , 33, Gray o 3 1 0 8 8 8 8 1 n Ge e 2 37 . 5 . 553. 5 5 . 7 . 94 . Ba croft, org , 3 n s n en 943, 947 Ba g , Joh K drick , 753

s M. 2 2 0 8 8 L 8 1 en e . Loui a , , 33, 9 , 3 7, 7 , Barclay , Flor c , 1 m e E . 2 8 94 , 943, 947, 977, 994 Barr , A lia , 35 , 343, 5 7, A en s M 68 e r s . . . ld , I ab lla M . ( G R 7 en ns 1 0 8 e S i r mes ew Ald , Pa Barri , Ja Matth , m s e 2 2 2 2 2 2 Aldrich , Tho a ail y, 5 , 574, , 45 , 5 66 8 2 8 8 n 8 9. 9. 9 . 955 Barto , Clara, 97 en mes ne 2 0 m A e e s . 8 All , Ja La , 3 B ck t, Tho a , 9 All st0 n s n t n 2 6 ee e en 1 8 1 1 , Wa hi g o , 57, 97, B ch r, H ry Ward , 4 , 3 , 8 0 68 8 2 8 8 3 9. . 944. 9 9 n e sen ns s n 1 1 e s 2 0 6 A d r , Ha Chri tia , 5 , B la co , David, 1 8 2 8 8 1 e m w 9 . 7 . 3 B lla y, Ed ard , 53 6 oe s 2 e ws . en W . 1 pollo , Ph bu , 3 B llo , Dr H ry , 99 s e enne n 8 8 Ari totl , 749 B tt , Ar old , 74 , 94 n S i r w n 1 e s n en 0 1 Ar old , Ed i , 45 B rg o , H ri , 5 e e e e e e e 6 G org . 955 B rk l y , G org , 33 2 75 2 76 I NDEx

S ee we n m s e 8 0 1 w s e . , Biglo , Ho a Lo ll , Bur ha Clara Loui , m es s se n s e 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 Ja Ru ll Bur , Rob rt , , 3 , 5 , ” S ee S w 2 0 8 668 n s s . 0 62 Billi g , Jo h ha , 95 . 4 5 . 4 5 . . 7 7. 7 .

en . 1 8 8 H ry W 9 5 . 9 4 . 9 5 n s m 2 8 1 0 Billi g , Willia , 99 Burritt , Elihu , rn 1 8 o n s n B Orns tj e e, 7 s n 0 1 Bj r o , j Burrough . Joh . 59. 347. 5 . m 2 2 8 Black , illia , 4 , 33 1 2 8 1 2 6 W , 7 , 99

m e D . 2 1 Black or , Richard , 5 n e 6 Burto , Rob rt , 4 3 e m 2 2 0 1 6 Blak , Willia , 43, 7 , 4 e s e 1 2 Butl r, Elli Park r , 4 w n 8 , , 79 r Booth Ed i M s . Pi erce ( Frances Anne w e e 8 0 Borro , G org , 7 em e nn Kem K bl , Fa y s we m es 1 62 8 Bo ll , Ja , 4 4 , bl e 4 . 39. 372 s ee nne Brad tr t , A , 54 S m e 6 a u l , 35 es e 0 771 Bridg , Rob rt , 4 9, e w e e Butt r orth , H z kiah , 5 5 n e nne 98 Bro t , A , 4 n , e e n S ee N s Byro Lord G org Gordo , e. Charlott ichol , 1 2 8 0 8 2 1 44 . 75 . 3 . 3 . 4 . 473. e n e Charlott Bro t 8 1 4 5 1 5 . 5 50 58 1 1 60 m 8 0 8 6 6 . . . 74 . 7 . E ily . . 49 . 4 34 s s 1 8 0 0 9 Brook , Phillip , , wn e 2 6 Bro , Alic , 4 B rockden 1 es , 45 Cable 1 62 6 Charl e e W . 0 6 G org , , 4 , 9 9, wne es Bro , Charl Farrar Ar gé9 l em s u 95 5 n m 1 1 Caha , Abraha , 4 wn n e e Bro i g, Elizab th Barr tt , ne 1 2 Cai , Hall , 7, 73 1 1 2 60 60 6 1 0 39. 95 . 49 . 4 . 7. . e e 0 Calv rt , Bruc , 34 61 2 6 6 . 8 5 . 8 37. 9 4 Mr Mm . s . Bruce ( e Gul e 0 60 1 5 7 . 7. 7 3. Rob rt. n s en - e 0 bra d Calv rt ) , 34 90 8 m m s 6 e , 1 8 7, 1 9, n Ca pb ll Tho a , , m en 4 , 9, Brya t Willia Cull , 8 8 759. 3 6 1 0 2 6 68 2 2 . 9 . 5 . 3 . 4 5 . 5 5 . e n 8 2 2 8 2 2 6 6 6 66 Carl to , Will , 5 , , 3 5 54 . 43. 53. 55 . 9 . 98 9 e ne e s 2 we - n w Carlyl , Ja W l h , 7, 734 Bul r Lytto , Lord Ed ard m s 2 2 8 e e 2 2 6 Tho a . 7. 5 . 5 55 . G org , 4 , 75 1 8 2 584 . 73 755 . 7 . 90 7. 957 Lord Edward Robert , “ m n s s 0 ( wen e e 6 Car a , Bli , 9 4 O M r dith 47 , “ ” D d ew s . S ee o 8 60 Carroll , L i g

s on es . nne en e 1 1 , Charl L Bu r , H ry Cuyl r , 3 e 1 1 1 8 2 6 0 2 n n n 0 6 8 Cary , Alic , 3 , , 7, 5 , Bu ya , Joh , 5 , 35

e e 68 5 68 8 8 36. e . 1 . . Burd tt , Rob rt J , 43 6 8 0 e m n 8 1 t bc , 8 7, 8 3 , 9 Burk , Ed u d , 4 3, 97 we n s n 2 2 6 ne Mr s . n es H od Bur tt, Fra c g Ca i , Madi o , , 5 7 s on 2 1 8 1 1 8 1 6 n m 6 6 2 , 5 , , Caxto , Willia , 7 , 9 4 ’ ne n l es . S ee D A r e n es S e e Bur y , Fra c C rva t aav dra, Migu me de 0 8 8 6 blay, Mada , 5 4,

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6 e n e 1 2 2 e e. S ee C s s D la d , Margar t, 3 5 , 3 9, 4 , Eliot , G org ro , 998 Mary A nn Evans d e me e s e n 8 8 la Ra , Loui Eliot , Joh , 4 “ ( 93 m e s n 2 Ouida E r o , Ralph Waldo , 4 , 4, D n e m s 0 6 1 8 e Qui c y , Tho a , 49 , , 2 6 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 7. 3. 4 . . 7 . 333. 0 6 37 . 475 . 495 . 49 . 5 53. 559. d e S élin cou rt Mrs . s , Ba il 60 0 0 8 8 8 2 . 79 . 79 . 7 . 88 8 . 9 9. nne s S e w (A Dougla dg ick ) , 0 1 6 939. 94 . 94 . 94 . 95 7. 959. 995 6 9 8 . 976 2 6 ens es 1 7, 5 , 4 , Dick , Charl , mme D n e e 1 0 0 E tt , a i l D catur, 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 7 8 33 . 4 . 4 4 . 5 . . . n s m s nn , , 1 32 6 1 1 66 6 2 0 E gli h Tho a Du 5 79. . 5 . 75 . 7 9. 73 . n A n s n . S ee s s 8 2 8 8 Eva , Mary Cro , 744 773. 8 . 4 , A nn ns s e en m n o f Mary Eva Di ra li , B j a i , Earl e e w 2 8 1 ﬁ l Ev r tt , Ed ard , 5 , 5 , 937, B ea con s e d , 50 5 D n m s 2 993 ixo , Tho a , 34 e Dodg , Mary Abigail Gail Fa rnol eff e 2 0 2 8 1 m n 6 1 0 8 , r , , Ha ilto 5 , J y e es 1 68 a ne e ne 8 2 Mary Elizab th Map , F ulk r , G orgi , 3 “ w s w es n s 1 1 s n es . e Dodg o , Charl L ( L i Fa k , Fra ci , 9 8 8 0 e e n 1 6 F rb r , Ed a , 3

. S e nne e e e n nn . S ee n Dool y , Mr Du , F r , Fa y Parto , n e e e S Fi l y P t r arah P E . D s s m 8 , , 9 5 e mm n e e m nn ougla Willia Ficht , I a u l H r a e S ir n n 1 8 Doyl , Arthur Co a , 5 , v on 1 6 , 9 2 1 4 e ene 8 1 6 2 Fi ld . Eug . 5 . 4 . 393. 4 7. e s e m n 8 1 Drak , Jo ph Rod a , 3 , 2 8 2 5 8 . 65 . 774 . 8 9 8 6 577. 5 7 . 7 3 en n H ry Marty , 975 mm n en 0 8 0 Dru o d , H ry , 3 3, 4 e n en 60 Fi ldi g , H ry , 9 en n 6 6 6 Dryd . Joh . 4 9. 34 . 37 m T e s es . Fi ld , Ja , 5 75 e n nes s e Dud va t, Baro Auror n n s es 68 2 “ Fi ch , Fra ci Mil . , 93 ( e e 8 7 1 G org e 66 , w , 4 , 755 e e e 2 2 Fitzg rald Ed ard , , 1 3, 45 , Du Mauri r G org m n m , es e 739 2 53 Flagg Ja Mo tgo ry, e es e 68 0 n en e 0 Ford , Paul L ic t r, Du bar, Paul Laur c , 53 , ”

es e nn . S ee 5 56 For t r , Fa y Jud s on m n m 68 , E ily Du lap, Willia , 3 , . , 2 54 nne n e e e . Fort M Paul Du , Fi l y P t r Mr s s S a m e 8 66 0 6 Fo , Walt r , 9 . 935 s n n 1 w n S n 6 e , S e e s , 7 5 D ight , Joh ulliva , 97 Fo t r t ph Colli e e 8 2 Fox , G org , 4 w s n n n r 8 Ed ard , Jo atha , 539 Joh . J . 73 es n w 8 0 8 62 n n en m n 1 6 Eggl to , Ed ard , 5 7, 7, Fra kli , B ja i , 4 , 9 , 539 e 1 2 m n s 2 6 e ee . n G org Cary , 5 Fr a , Mary E Wilki , 4 I NDEx

rench e e e e ns e n . 8 F , Alic Octav Ha ck l , Er t H i rich 47 0 e w e e 1 1 1 6 3 9 Hal , Ed ard Ev r tt, 9, 7 ,

Mrs . nne ne 1 0 1 A War r, 7, 33 333, 949 e e e 2 0 2 N n 68 Fro b l, Fri drich , 9 , 5 9 atha , m s A m e e . en 1 8 1 Froud , Ja , 975 Halla , Arthur H ry , 74 , 9 S ee 0 e - n e e . 5 ee e Full r, Margar t Hall ck, Fitz Gr , 9, 334,

s S . a e e 1 8 8 2 8 8 oli , M rgar t Full r . 535 . 577. 57 . 3 . 4 . n es s e w 1 0 1 33 Fur , Horac Ho ard, m n . S ee e Ha ilto , Gail Dodg , e Z n 1 8 Gal , o a , , 395 Mar Abigail s w n 2 m s 1 6 Gal orthy, Joh , 74 Hardy, ho a , 35 74 “ 1 2 n n S ee Ter Garrick, David , 97 , 97 Harla d , Mario . m 8 n s n e S . Garri o , Willia Lloyd , 43 hu , Mary

s e Mrs . e C. 1 0 en e e 2 0 Ga k ll , Elizab th , 3 Harrad , B atric , 5 n 6 1 s e n e Un e Gay , Joh , 3 Harri , Jo l Cha dl r cl n w 1 8 em s 8 0 8 0 2 8 Gibbo , Ed ard, 4 5 , 44 , R u , 9 3, 9 I s n ff 1 6 97 Harri o , Cli ord , 9

s n , es n 7 e n s e 8 Gib o Charl Da a , 39 Hart , Fra ci Br t, 794, 59, e s n 1 0 Gild r, ichard at o , 7 , 0 0 R W 9 . 975 336 n s s B 60 w . Ha ki , Willi , 9 s ne m w Glad to , Willia E art , 43 w ne n 6 Ha thor , Julia , 49 s w en 0 1 Gla go , Ell , 9 N n e 1 2 6 2 atha i l , 4 , 7, 3, 4 , 7 , e e nn n v on Go th , Joha Wolfga g , 1 2 2 61 5 . 94. 344 . 553. 5 . 599. 6 8 8 0 2 7 45 . 9. 9 5 6 2 2 . 9 49. 77 . 79 . 793. 795 . 8 78 . s m e 2 1 Gold ith , Oliv r , 7 , 353, 533, 6 6 939. 94 . 947. 97 62 0 1 1 . 7 4 . 779. 9 3. 97 N n P 3 Mrs . e ( S ea m “ atha i l ophia o S e . e e G odrich , a u l G ( P t r 6 0 6 body ) . 49. 74 . 94 e 1 0 8 Parl y n 6 2 1 , , 7 . 1 7 . 5 3. 975 m 2 Hay Joh , , 40 Gorky Maxi ne m n 1 6 Hay , Paul Ha ilto , 3, 999 es , e Grav Clotild Richard e n 0 H ar , Lafcadio , 9 5 Dehan 2 49 em ns e e 0 6 m s 2 1 2 66 H a , F licia Doroth a , 7 Gra5 Tho a , 9, 53 , 9 , E 1 en e m . 38 7 H l y , Willia , 7 9

en 0 . S ee e H ry , Port r, Wil s n . S ee e Gray o , David Bak r, m S ne Ray S tannard lia id y e e e e 2 6 8 0 ee e e 8 6 H rb rt , G org , 5 7, 44 , 5 Gr l y, Horac , 4 ew e e 8 1 eene e e s n n H l tt , Mauric , 4 Gr , G org Wa hi gto , ens e 1 333 Hich , Rob rt , 37

e e F. 66 8 8 Mrs . S McLea n Hoar , G org , , 7 arah Pratt , m 1 36 Hogarth , Willia , 35 mes 0 eenw e . S ee Gr ood , Grac Lip Hogg, Ja , 5 n s e 1 8 incott S . , 4 p , ara J Holla d , Jo iah Gilb rt , 1 6 60 8 6 Gri s vold Mrs . e T n 3 4 . 35 . 439. 4 . 7 . 797. g , Hatti y g, 57 979. 98 9 ~ Al s n e s Mrs . e en y, Mari tta Jo iah Jack o , H l ’ “ 8 e en n n 1 0 . a s ( H l Hu t , H 8 6 1 0 8 1 0 ms e en e , , 5 , 2 0 8 1 , Oliv r W d ll , 4 , 34 , 3 , 5 m es n 6 1 6 1 8 2 66 8 2 , e , 6 8 6 . 9. . 35 . 4 4 . Ja H r 3 3, 3 9, , . 7 y m 6 0 8 0 2 6 1 8 0 illia , 3 . . W 95 . 59 . 7 3. 7 . 79 5 m s M e n rs . nn 0 0 Ja o , A a , 74 5 . effe s n s e 1 0 er 8 6 2 0 33 r o , o ph , 7 . 9 J J . 7 . 9 m s 1 2 8 1 m s 1 8 66 0 1 Tho a . 5 . 59. 53. 9; , Tho a , 5 , 3 , 4 , e m m K e e e . 2 2 0 0 J ro , J ro , 37. 74 ewe S n e 8 0 e e w 6 J tt , arah Or , 5 Th odor Ed ard , 75 n 1 An n 2 0 1 Joa of Arc , 54 , 443 tho y , 1 n s n n . F e . B 0 h n Joh o , B j , of ; to , Lord Richard S e e e mes J n k on nes Ril y , Ja o c t , 75 Mil 9 m 0 co b y , Richard , 9 4 n s n S m e 2 6 1 , , 7 . 0 1 2 1 Joh o a u l , 4 4 ulia ard , 4 , 4 , 3 J W 8 62 62 8 6 2 4 3. 4 . . 3 . 735 . S m e e 0 1 a u l ridl , 4 , 4 , G y 972 2 6 3 3. 9 7 J n s n oh to , Mary , 394 , 953 = ll s m e n 1 0 6 , Willia D a , 77, , n s n B en 2 2 Jo o , , 4 6 1 6 ' 3 . 5 . 799 s A en s Jo iah ll Wif e. l A e e Mr s . ard , lic Moor ( e e Holl y , Mari tta E e ) , 2 8 lb rt Hubbard 9 J o uk ov s k i s A nd reei “ , Va ili iert Th e 2 ( 79, 30 0 s n m nn Jud o , E ily Fa y Ink Mc Kinn Ab ey e es t er 1 0 8 ” 3 1 8 n e enn e S ee C Ju , J i Ies m s 2 M , , rs . n Tho a , 543 75 Ja e C . 2 8 2 Victor , 4 , 9 7 ” i t e en . . e mes s , H l , or H H Kal r , Ja Oti J r Mr e s n s . e en 6 Jack o , H l 44 n nt mm n e 1 6 Iu t Ka . I a u l , 9 m es en e 6 1 ff m n e n W I Ja H ry L igh , 7 , Kau a , R gi ald 1 66 lli a m s 6 m n e e 0 Morri , 97 Kauf a , H rb rt , 54 e s n 8 0 6 0 8 K at , Joh , 9, 4 , 4 , 92 0 en 6 H rik . 447. 7 9 een . 1 0 1 K , Dr , aw ea n 1 8 0 60 8 . J . 3 . 477. 4 . e e e en 8 2 K ll r , H l , 454 , 6 $ 0 1 1 e 1 1 “ ” , Rob rt , 5 em e nn S B . ee K bl , Fa y I m n en , Joh H ry , 745 Mrs . Pi erce S i r en 1 0 6 H ry , Ke en 2 2 6 y, Ell . s hin ton 1 1 0 8 1 1 6 1 1 g , 5 . , , 7, n s S 2 6 Fra ci cott , 37, 9 6 2 8 2 68 2 4 . 4 . . 3 7. 354 . 549 n s 8 . Ki g, Ba il , 7 5 73 8 0 8 2 8 6 B en . 3. 3 . 55 . 9 7 . 935

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( n S s e n n . ill , Joh tuart , 547 Old tyl , Jo atha l e n nn s eme n s n t n ill r , Ci ci atu H vi g , Wa hi g o “ n e 1 6 m am 6 6t ( Joaqui Mill r 7, O ar Khayy , 5 9, 1 2 8 62 e S ee 5 5 . 5 4 . 975 Optic , Oliv r m 1 0 m Willia , 7 Willia Taylor 1 0 68 s l i lilton n 6 2 2 O s o S . e Ful , Joh , , 9, 5 , 4 , , Margar t 6 6 8 6 8 0 3 , 3, 33 . 79 939 n Ik m [itch ell n s es . S ee , Do ald Gra t Oti , Ja 1 0 8 8 mes s , 45 Ja Oti ” 1 0 1 1 S S . e . . ee de Dr W ir , , 3 3 Ouida la i lontes s or . 2 s e , Dr Maria , 5 9 Loui [ ont omer mes 1 8 6 g y, Ja ,

lood w L . 8 6 y, D ight , 4 e m s Ne s n Pag , Tho a l o , m n 1 8 8 Vaugh , 39 , 5 8 67 [loore emen Will ,iaCl t, 933 e nes 0 Walt r Hi , 3 4 , 5 m s 8 6 62 0 2 8 Tho a , 4 , , 7 3, 77 , ne e e w Pai , Alb rt Big lo , 6 96 me e e 8 Pal r , Fr d rick , 7 1 6 l e, nn , 49 , 2 7 or Ha ah ns . S ee en Pa y Ald , i m s 6 1 6 S r , 4 , 73 Tho a M . [ s e e e 62 orri , G org Pop , e S i r e 2 2 1 Park r, Gilb rt , m 2 1 66 6 0 Willia . 33. 35 5 . 59 . 3. 7 e e e 1 Park r , Th odor , 5 7 [ e n 0 6 otl y , Joh Lothrop , 74 , 97 M . es rs e e . Park , G org R loulton s e n e 1 6 , Loui Cha dl r , 9 e ns 1 61 b th Robi ) , [ n 2 0 ” uir , Joh , 5 e e e . S ee Parl y , P t r lu r free N. es , Mary Charl m S e . rich , a u l e 1 0 8 G Egb rt Craddock n S s . Parto , arah Pay Mr e e ( s . J a m N s m dr dg e e . S ee a by, P trol u V “ ton nn e n , Fa y F r e . Lock , David R n mes e e s n 8 6 Pauldi g, Ja Kirk l o , Lord Horatio , 5 ne n w ew n S i r s 8 0 6 Pay , Joh Ho ard , 5 to , I aac , P ” e er od . S e ich ol s e n e pp p , Pip , Charlott Bro t es Wa r Currer dard , Charl e mes es P rcival , Ja Gat , ”

e n s . S ee I ich ol son e e 1 2 1 P rki , Eli , M r dith , 9, 93, 8 62 M elvill e D . i l a 6 e s s 68 co n G. , 5 y, Joh , 7 P rry Bli , i h in l s g t a e , en e 6 Phillip , avid raha g Flor c , 5 D G s n 1 0 2 2 0 8 2 2 68 2 orri , Fra k , , , 7 e e en e 61 8 1 orth , Lord Fr d rick , 573 W d ll , 4 , 5 es e 2 8 2 1 8 s E en 1 6 oy , Alfr d , , 5 Phillpott , d , 4 e s n e e n n 8 0 y , Edgar Wil o Bill Pi rc , Fra kli , 7 " ’ 9 \ - f - n I NDEX

P n 1 1 2 1 1 2 e e F. 6 2 oe, Edgar Alla , 7 , , 44 , Root , G org , 9 0 60 1 86 8 s en e s 1 0 8 . 494. . 74s. 9. 79. Ro f ld, Morri , 5 338 s s e n e a e Ro tti , Da t G bri l , 355, e IAl exa nder 2 8 2 662 6 0 2 8 Pop , , 35 , 44 5, 4 , , 7 , 7 6 62 s n n 8 8 6 0 5 3 . 9. Ru ki , Joh , 3 5 , 5 5 , 7 e ene S n 6 1 Port r , G tratto 4 , 94 “ H n S n 1 m S ne O. e n n Willia id y ( a bor , Fra k, 37 , 5 53 6 ” r 2 1 2 6 S n e e. S ee e y , 39 . 5 4 a d , G org Dud es m n 2 n nes s e Pr cott, Willia Hickli g, 4 va t, Baro Auror e e e nne 2 S n s e es Proct r, Ad laid A , 33 , a d , Rob rt Charl , 9 8 S a e n e 66 34 x , Joh Godfr y, 3 , 975 S E 0 1 r n e e n e . 1 B a Wall r Barry ch lli g, F lix , 2 y 3 8 3 e e m . von 1 6 3 , 4 Fri drich Wilh l J , 9 8 20 S 1 e s e e . . e Pulitz r, Jo ph , 743, chill r, J C Fri drich , 54,

70 1 , 8 72 , 91 6 Ra dishtchev 86 S en e 2 88 , 3 chop hau r, Arthur , 6 e S i r e 0 S e ne e Mr s . n Ral igh , Walt r, 3 , 4 4 chr i r, Oliv ( Cro e e w - S e ne 68 R ad , Opi , 935 right chr i r) , 7 m s n n 2 6 8 S S i r e 0 Tho a Bucha a , 43, 9 , cott, Walt r , 49, 5 , 95 , 6 2 2 2 6 8 699. 9 4 48 . 8 0 . 3 7. 37 . 37 . 38 3. e e es 1 6 2 0 0 1 1 6 1 6 0 8 8 2 R ad , Charl , 5 , 5 . 5 . 73. 7 5 . 74 . 7. M l 1 ee e. S ee c Cu 6 8 R d , Myrtl 9 9. 9 7. 97

Mrs . . S . S e w nne s . S ee lough , J dg ick , A Dougla m n n e 2 éli n u rt e e d e S co Mrs . s R i gto , Fr d ric , 57, 433 , Ba il e n s S i r s 1 S e n nes m s n 2 R y old , Jo hua, 97 to , Er t Tho p o , 43 es e n 8 S e e n s e 8 Rhod , C cil Joh , 44 v r , Jo ph , 9 e e S e m es e Ric , Wallac , 935 y our , Charl Goody ar,

s E . 2 Richard , Laura , 3 3 935 s n S m e 6 8 1 S es e e m 1 2 1 1 88 Richard o , a u l , 75 , 4 hak p ar , Willia , , , M 66 6 0 6 s rs . e e . e 2 0 8 Rigg , G org C ( Kat 5 . 457. 4 . 4 7. 5 9. 3 . s n 6 1 0 8 8 1 8 1 8 8 8 0 62 Dougla Wiggi ) , 4 , , 775 . 7 . . 73. 9 . 9 . 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 . 3 7. 3 . 33 . 398 . 6 966 RIIS 1 S s e 0 , Jacob, 5 9 harp , Dalla Lor , 99 e mes m 8 T S w . 8 Ril y , Ja Whitco b , 3 , ha , David , 9 1 0 6 1 2 2 1 0 6 88 2 e e e n 2 0 0 . . 93. 3 . 3 . 39 . G org B r ard , “ 2 1 862 Bil en . s 5 , H ry W ( Jo h

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ns e . S ee es 68 6 1 Robi , Elizab th Park , 337. . 97 Mr s . e e . S m . i ns n 1 0 1 2 G org R ith , F Hopk o , , 43 R R v oe e . w s n 0 S m e F. 8 6 0 , Ed ard Pay o , 43 a u l , 9 , 95 se e e e 1 6 6 S m e s e e 6 Roo v lt, Th odor , 5 , 95 oll tt, Tobia G org , 45 2 8 4 INDEX

e e 1 8 e m ke S outh y, Rob rt, 54, 75 , 7 Thack ray, Willia Ma e e 1 1 62 61 2 91 7 p ac , 7, , , ns e m n 0 2 6 666 667 S pe r, Ed u d, 3 , 74, 4 5 , . .

ne e. S ee en 639 Tha t, Octav Fr ch , e n es n 1 8 e S purg o , Charl Haddo , 4 Alic m d e 6 0 8 1 e e 6 S e e , 5 , 4 Tha t r, C lia, 73, 79 ta l , Mada x M 1 8 1 m s n e 8 62 S n n w n . ta to , Ed i , Tho p o , Mauric , S en es 2 e en 2 1 tarr , Ell Gat , 3 4 Thor au , H ry David , 4 , 9 , S m n m n en e 0 2 1 60 0 68 8 ted a , Ed u d Clar c , 3 . 37 . 553. . 4 . 75 . 8 2 8 8 7 3 . 654 . 955 7 . 9 7 S i r 1 666 w s en e e e S tee Richard , 47 , , Thor ald , Alb rt B rt l , r)?2 92 1 S e ne en e 8 8 6 1 n e e t r , Laur c , 4 , 3 4 , 3 Tick or , G org , 937 S e ens n n 8 s n Leo Nikola e t v o , Joh Hall , 4 Tol toy , Cou t

. 2 8 2 1 1 . S 0 0 e s . Rob rt Loui R L vich , , 5 , 9 6 2 61 2 8 2 8 6 2 8 0 1 wne e 9, , 3, , 9, 3 , To , Elizab th , 733

8 2 0 8 0 8 1 wns en Mr s . e n 43 . 5 7 . 7 9. 9. 5 To d , Gid o ( Mary R 1 0 2 A s e V a n s 2 8 S n n . tockto , Fra k , 34 , 9 hl y Voorhi ) , 4 S es en n 1 66 toddard , Charl Warr Trai , Arthur, “ 2 0 2 e e 8 0 8 1 ( Pip Traub l , Horac , 4 , 3 en e n es s Amélie Richard H ry , 975 Troub tzkoy . Pri c S s e es n e me e tory . Jo ph . 937 Riv Cha l r A li S we e ee e 1 es to , Harri t B ch r , 3, Riv 79 F 1 6 0 68 e n . 49. 5 7 . 6 5 . 9. 944 Tupp r , Marti , 975 n m n S n s n 2 8 w . S ee e e s tro g, Au ti , 3 T ai , Mark Cl ,

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S w n ne A e n n es Un e em s . S ee s i bur , lg r o Charl , cl R u Harri , 2 0 2 6 e n e 7 . 75 . 355 . 434 . 75 Jo l Cha dl r m en e 1 Ur y , Clar c , 73 n n 2 1 8 62 Tarki gto , Booth , 399, 7 , 6 6 2 V a n en n 8 0 Taylor. Bayard . 3 7. 99. 95 . Bur , Marti , 3 6 8 8 V a n D e en 60 0 9 4 . 97 . 9 5 yk , H ry , , 3 4 e e ne es 2 2 Horac , 935 V r , Jul , 47, 9 3 e em 6 e n n mme n J r y . 4 7 V rpla ck , Gulia Cro li , 9 e m 1 8 6 T ll , Willia , enn s n A e 6 e ene Lew 1 2 8 8 62 T y o , Lord lfr d , , 75 , Wallac , G ral , , 1 0 1 2 2 E 1 1 8 e . 1 9. 74 . 5 . 35 5 . 4 . 493. Wall r, Mary , 9, 3 7 ‘ 1 6 60 60 6 6 1 0 0 e e 6 2 8 6 5 7. 5 3. 3. . 5 . 7 . Walpol , Horac , 3 , 77, 7 ” 1 2 0 0 1 S ee 88 8 1 em s . 7 4 . 7 . 75 . 755 . . 9 . Ward , Art u 2 1 66 wne es 9 5 . 93 . 0 Bro , Charl Farrar Te ne n e S s rhu , Mary Virgi ia Ward , Elizab th tuart Ph l “ ep ( n n Mr s . e e Mario Harla d 339, ( H rb rt Ward ) , 3 Mrs m . Hu phry, 453

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e s e e 8 ns n . S . Ch l a , Proph t of , 5 4 Co titutio of U , 43 e e 6 0 Ch rry Croft , 343 Copp t , 5 e ne 2 6 s e Ch y Walk, Cop Hill , 999 ’ s s e a e Red e Chicago Mo t Popular Po t, Cour g , Badg of , 7 Cr i n u tt k 2 393 a ge p oc , 7 s ws the ma n 68 ra e s e Childhood ho , 4 C igi Hou , 945 en 2 8 a z a s e 8 Childr 7 Cr y C tl , 4 en s e 8 2 e e e 62 Childr Po t , 9 Cr ol Lif , 4 n 2 8 e on th e e 0 0 Chillo , 3 Crick t H arth , 5 n e s 1 st s s A me Chi a , Gr at Morali t of , 97 Critic , Mo fa tidiou ri A n a s e V . ca n Chri t Church , l xa dria , , . 574 th e en T h e 66 1 544 Cry of Childr , , s m s a s it s e be 2 T h e 6 Chri t a u d to , 3 5 Culprit Fay , , 7 3 s m s m e mm n n 2 6 Chri t a , old ti , 95 Cu i gto , 5 s m s - n 1 Chri t a to ight , s m s ea s es 1 6 m en e 8 Chri t a Tr ur , 4 Da i , Fath r, 43 e T h e 8 0 m n a nd s me Circuit Rid r , , 7 Da o Pythia of A ri n s 1 ca n e s 8 Circulati g Library , Fir t , 4 Po t , 57 n 8 n s S e e 1 8 Clara Barto , 97 Da i h tory T ll r, 9 s e 1 e e 8 Clock Hou , 33 Daught r of H th , 33 Clovernook 8 0 s n 62 , 9 David Gray o , 3 n n Inn 1 0 1 m 1 Club , Fra kli , David Haru , 47 ’ e m wn O H a ra 1 6 Cock r outh , 754 Da , 3 ff ee s e e 2 1 e se 8 2 Co Hou Chapt r , 3 D ad Hou , 5 ’ ff ee se s 6 e S e es 2 Co Hou , Will , 4 9 D ad lv , 9 5 n mes e n of me n s Colo ial Ti , 539 D a A rica Author , e Color d Educator , 5 57 799 e e e es 6 e s n 2 2 Color d Po t , Gr at t , 5 5 D ar Lady Di dai , 9 Col u i bia the Gem the e n e n m e of Oc a , D ar La d of all y lov , 74 s e n 1 6 g D ath , Ki dly , 3 Co sh a m e e S n of enn s n 1 p Cottag , 593 D ath o g T y o , 7 4 mm ne th e e 2 e S n th e e es 1 Co o r , Gr at , 44 D ath o g, gr at t , 7 3 mm n S ense in th e se e n n e en en e Co o Hou D claratio of I d p d c , 1 8 hold , 43 53

2 90 INDE!

er m en 8 en of h 1 Fath Da i , 43 Gard Alla , 37 e e m 6 en T h e S e e 2 1 Fath r of pigra , 53 Gard , cr t, 5 e e s 6 2 m 1 Fath r of thic , 5 Gauta a , 45 Fath r o f e e men s en e en es The 2 xp ri tal ci c , G ial Charl , , 47 g0 en s - m n e 4 G iu , Myriad i d d , 457 e the n s n e 8 1 ent n n e 2 Fath r of E gli h ov l , 4 G ia , To a fri g d , 4 5 ’ s e e s 0 en emen m n n e Fau t, Go th , 9 9 G tl a o g ca aill , A, e 1 1 8 1 8 F ar , 3, e i s we e e 0 2 en em n m n n F ar all hav to f ar , 5 G tl a fro I dia a , 399 e i s a n ns t e e en s 8 1 F ar i truc or , 559 G org B di h , 4 m en S n 6 e e S n 8 1 Filo a, a ta , 5 G org a d, 7 es e e e e the e e e e 0 Fir id , Po t Laur at of , G orgia , B lov d po t of , 5 3 1 Germa in n n 9 4 thought E gla d , s m s s o f new w 1 g Fir t a ba ador orld , 9 e e m n 8 8 549 G rtrud of Wyo i g , 3 . s C n 1 e en the 8 Fir t irculati g library , 4 Gh tto , Childr of , 94 s 2 8 e New 1 1 Fi hkill , 4 Gh tto , York , 4 e th e 66 n n 2 Flag , tribut to , Gilpi , Joh , 7 7 we in th e nn e w 1 on s w Flo r cra i d all , 93 Gird thy ord , 444 we th e m e n es e h im s n s ne 0 2 Flo r , a t , 474 Giv u hi , 3 w n th e s 8 1 e Not w we 1 Follo i g tar , Giv , hat , 55 s e s o f th e n e s 8 en m 6 1 Foot t p a g l , 7 4 Gl ary , 9 n e s 6 8 e 1 For touchi g h art , 7 Gloria Quayl , 7 i s e s 6 nn T h e m s es o f 1 For truth pr ciou , 35 Gly . ar h , 35 ‘ n s m an m s e n e te s m e i n Four thi g a u t l ar God, L t r fro , dropp d 60 th e s ee 2 2 to do , tr t , 9 H ow 7 2 e u s m en Fox , 5 God giv , 439 n n Inn 1 0 1 e s 2 2 Fra kli Club , God of our fath r , 3 e es 6 Godes s em s 0 Fr ckl . 4 Th i , 7 5 e e Md 2 6 s s e th e 6 Fr d rick , , 9 God , Ma qu of , 3 7 ee m T h e n en e en 8 2 Fr do , o ly , 547 Gold L g d , 7 en s I I I m 1 8 Fri d hip , Gradati , 4 n e en n 2 n e es 61 Fri g d G tia , To a , 4 5 Gra dfath r , Tal of a , 5 ’ e e T he m e n 2 n m e s s n e Fro b l , od r , 5 9 Gra d oth r tory of Bu k r m 6 2 66 Fulha , 75 Hill , m n em 2 s s e n e 2 0 Full a y a g , 53 Gra R gio , Blu , 3 e e 1 1 e s e to Futur Lif , 3 Grav , Path of glory l ad , -w 1 2 2 1 Fuzzy uzzy, 4 9 s n 62 Gray o , David , 3 ’ s e 02 e oe The 1 8 Gad Hill Plac , 4 Gr at B r War , , 5 m n 6 e mm ne Th e 2 Gail Ha ilto , 5 Gr at Co o r, , 44 ’ S i r 2 0 e t ee s nn die 6 Galahad, , 7 Gr a d d ca ot , en s mme in 6 0 e Men 2 8 Gard , My u r a , 9 Gr at , 5 INDE ! 2 91

G ea S me are orn 6 8 He was of ma n n all com r t, o b , 3 i gi atio e s ne e 2 a ct 8 Gr at to fac , 77 p . 53 e es n in the w 0 H e wa s s me n of e Gr at t thi g orld, 3 3 o thi g a Quak r , een be th e 2 Gr turf , 577 97 H 2 H . een s e . 86 Gr ca tl , 39 , ’ een e 2 1 w S n of n n s a Gr Plac , 3 Hia atha, o g , I dia p eens N 2 1 e n 0 . C. 2 Gr boro , , pr ciatio of, 93 e un n e S e o f Gr ylock Mo tai , 4 Highgat , ag , 957 ff se 8 n 8 Gri Hou , Highla d Mary , 9 4 s es 8 0 H is i s m n 6 Gyp i , 7 day co i g, 7 4 H i s m n n ra 2 8 do i a t t it , 7 m en 8 1 H s n of th e S Halla , Arthur H ry , 9 i toria outh , 394 f me w n o s o N. . U . 8 0 t Hall Fa , Y , 3 Hitch your ago a tar, m n 6 1 2 0 Ha ilto , Gail , 5 n o f e 6 H oe Th e ma n w th e 2 0 Ha dful good lif , 44 , ith , 4 nes s 1 fm n 2 6 Happi , 73 Hof a , Matilda , 4 a s n s 2 ne Happy ki g , 57 Hogarth La , 35 0 en n en 1 8 Happy Dodd . 97 Hoh li d , 7 em e 2 n 1 68 Har , Lit rary , 39 Holla d , ’ m a nd th e The mes n Hari Purdah , , Hol Lo g Walk , 34 ‘ 2 1 T he 1 4 Holt, , 34 n n me e e s 6 Harla d , Mario , 339 Ho lif of gr at author , 57 ’ ’ ’ n e s we s s 2 Harp that o c thro Tara Ho Club , Boy , 3 3 s 2 nes no e s o a s Hall , 7 3 Ho ty , l gacy rich , e e 1 0 0 Harp th Vall y, 4 5 9 e 2 8 T he m e n 66 e se . Haut vill , Hou 4 Hood , A rica , 3 e 6 s e n e 1 2 Hav rhill, 59 Hoo i r Chro icl , 9 w e e Man n n 1 s e e 1 Ha k y , Burli gto , 43 Hoo i r Po t , 93 e s e es 1 s e S m s e H art lik appl , 3 4 Hoo i r chool a t r , 57 e en nee 8 e a nd ee s 2 H ath Chi , 59 Hop k p bu y , 9 e en es u s 6 e s s n 66 H av li about , 77 Hop ful di po itio , 9 H e e e -se en 2 2 se e w 6 di d ag d Sixty v , 3 Ho a Big lo , 7 7 H e e H is e e ee n th e s e v es 2 1 giv th b lov d Sl p , Hou d of Ba k r ill , 4 I s e on th e S t QS Hou Boat yx , 753 H e e se mm ns ens e i n the had a h ad, 934 Hou hold , co o , H e h a s th e e W s m 1 1 lov of i do , 99 43 H e is s s se no man 8 0 s e th e s e en es 2 urpa d by , 3 Hou of v gabl , 3 e e h e es 8 0 se o f the w 6 H r li , 9 Hou olf , 54 e ee s 1 2 H ow e n H roic d d , 5 bitt r a thi g , 775 H e sa w e 1 2 6 H ow the e es 1 lif , oth r half liv , 5 9 es n A n Ode in ime of H ow e on 2 s da H itatio , t , to liv 4 hour a y, 39I 8 74 es e nne 1 s n e 1 1 H t r Pry , 7 Hud o Riv r , 7 2 92 INDEX

nne 1 n e wen in 2 8 Hugh Wy , 3 3 Iva ho , Ro a , 4 s e 2 m e se A e 1 Hull Hou , 3 4 Ivy fro M lro bb y , 5 m n n N e s 6 w e w m n 6 Hu a itaria ov li t, 75 I ould hav a o a , 9 5 m n 60 Hu a ity , Victory for , 4 m s en ne 2 Ma d Hu ori t, a g ui , 4 7 Jack , , 473 ’ m s me s ea tes mes s 6 Hu ori t, A rica gr t , Ja Oti , 44 1 ne e 2 0 0 6 9 Ja Eyr , , 74 ’ n e T h e 6 an V edd a r s w e 8 Hu gry h art, , 79 J if , 5 7 mn e s m e e n n e w me 1 Hy , ach il a , 459 J a I g lo of A rica, 3 mn th e N 8 6 e n e n 2 Hy of ativity , 3 J a Valj a , 9 7 eff e s n s e 1 0 J r o , Jo ph , 7 a m e met enn s s e me I a part of all I hav , J y ki d , 734 n e m a n 1 1 493 Ji gl , 7 a m the e th e w m n 0 8 oe e 8 8 2 I po t of o a , 7 J Garg ry , w e one m n n 0 8 n n e s n m o 0 I a ok or i g , 3 Joh A d r o , y J , 7 7 ns n en m n F f e e s 2 1 . o ne Id al id ali t , 9 Joh o , B ja i , Boo , ew 1 2 2 Idl ild , 357 ’ n 2 1 n n s e 1 1 6 I do t do it , 5 Jo atha Old tyl , s th e n 6 s e e ff e s n 1 0 Idyll of ki g, 5 3 Jo ph J r o , 7 one w e e e 6 ne s Z If rit a b tt r book, 3 Jour y , igzag , 5 5 e e i s w e nes s 6 1 6 o 1 1 If th r ick d , J y, 3 we e s th e es 1 e e 0 8 If ch ri h virtu , 5 Joy for v r , 4 2 s en of 8 I hold it truth , 9 5 Joyou childr , book , 3 0 e m e 8 0 Iliad , 9 Joy , tak ho , 4 s s e n s 62 Illu trator , L adi g, 739 Juda , 9 m n n e s ns 8 1 e th e s e 6 I agi ary co v r atio , 7 Jud Ob cur , 74 n n s n e s r n in m en s e 6 I dia , E gli h ov li t bo , Judg t Hou , 5 5 1 62 n e s 6 Ju gl Book , 59 n n e I dia Lif , 433 ’ In eﬁ ectu al n e 8 e n s 2 0 0 A g l , 5 3 Kat ri a Ma lova , ne e -e e 2 e e I v r dog ar d a book, 99 K ighl y , 747 Inn R ed s e e 2 0 , Hor , 94 K ilhau , 9 nne S ne T he 8 e m s es s 66 I r hri , 7 5 K l cott Pr , 3 In n 86 en s een eme e 0 Old Virgi ia , 7 K al Gr C t ry , 74 ns ne e e ‘ en n n 2 8 1 I a . po t di d , 534 K t , E gla d , ns n 1 en e ss e n of I piratio , 57 K tucky , Blu Gra r gio , In s s 1 2 0 chool day , 4 3 3 emem e emem e Kilcom an 0 I r b r , I r b r , 537 , 3 n m n Th e 1 n e en 2 8 Iro Wo a , , 3 5 Ki d rgart , 7 s s Mr 8 n . . 8 t 2 I aac , 9 Ki g Ar hur , 9 4 s die a s ee 6 n m 0 I hall that tr , 95 Ki gdo of If , 54 ’ sts no m e e n s e 6 1 0 It co or to liv , 573 Ki g Chap l . 5 , 7 3 It es s 61 0 s w 62 tak a oul , Kirko ald , 7

2 94 INDEX

a offm n 2 6 R e 1 M tilda H a , 4 My agpick r , 9 een 6 1 -m n e en s May Qu , 5 Myriad i d d g iu , 457 n 2 s n s 1 6 Mazzi i , 5 5 My tic, E gli h , 4 e s es e th e w th e s mme i n en 6 C M a l , Lik boy ith , My u r a gard , 9 8 s m n 1 8 0 5 My y pho y , em s 8 M w is th e em ment M oir of a baby , 4 y ork bodi em es 2 6 m e ms 2 M ory , Pictur of , 7 y dr a , 33 e e h wen 8 60 M r dit , O , M erit th e s traight road to s u c es s 8 N n e 68 c , 7 3 atha Hal , e m e n 2 8 2 N n e w ne a nd M r aid Tav r , atha i l Ha thor e S of 2 w e 6 Micha l trog f , 47 if , 49 es e a n e i n N n s s Middl x , acr , 499 atio ali t Club , 53 e m 1 1 N t ns e n e o f Mill Grov Far , 4 a io , Tru gra d ur , n s t e N mn the 8 6 Mi d , Lit l , 354 ativity , Hy of , 3 nne 1 N La w in s wo Mi haha , 7 atural piritual s es s th e nse 8 6 8 0 Mi tr of Ma , 7 4 e e n 1 Na u la h ka Th e 8 Mitr Tav r , 4 4 , , 95 e 8 2 N s m e e Mobil , Old , autilu , Cha b r d, 595 n e 2 Ne s we o f the 0 Mo tic llo , 59 gro , Bo ll , 3 5 ns ne Th e 1 8 Ne e 6 Moo to , , 3 ll , Littl , 4 n ey th e 2 0 New n s T he 6 Moo , Vall of , 3 Atla ti , , 43 n n S the e m New en e men Mor i g tar of R for a Ed Exp ri t, 943 n 6 2 N s 6 tio , 4 ight Thought , 7 5 s s e S n 668 N e e wn Mo gi l , cotla d, obody v r laid it do , M s e e n s w e s No w s is m ne 8 0 o t b lov d of E gli h rit r , co ard oul i , 533 No l egacy s o rich a s hone s e s em 0 Mo t b autiful choolboy po , 5 9 8 No e ca n be e 6 59 lif pur , 47 ’ e e s ens 62 2 No ma n s e e n te Moth r Car y Chick , l cti g a li r e s to men em 2 Moth r , 395 har , 39 n a n e a s on 6 N ne new ee Mou t i , Liv a , 49 o k th but to l

. e 0 6 ee Mr Dool y , 9 th , 577 ’ . s s 8 8 N m n s Woe 1 6 Mr I aac , 9 or a , 7 M - rs . 686 Nor n ine the s ee e ow Malaprop , r lik p s e Th e en g2 Mu , t th , 54 5 e wa s e e w n Northﬁeld s s 86 My cradl a cov r d ago , , Ma , 4 2 N we n e 5 4 or gia Po t , 447 ea r i s ne m s is N w 8 My pai d , y oul or ood, 9 9 s 2 2 N s m 2 ick, 7 o tro o, 74 e is e s 1 1 Not m n en s My lif a lov ly tory , 5 a y fri d , e s s e 1 61 Not’ w we e 1 My littl i t r , hat giv , 55 My old en u me 1 Not w we e 1 K t cky ho , 7 5 hat hav , 73 INDEX 2 95

No e s e es 1 6 s a re t s 8 1 8 v li t , gr at t, 5 Our Doubt Trai or , Now he e n s the es 1 8 1 e i s we e to ea r b lo g to ag , Our F ar all hav F , 50 2 n 1 e the th e se Oak K oll , 75 Ov r Hill to Poorhou . me e of 8 Oat al , Mad Out , 479 5 e Man wen l eredith 8 60 O Broth r , 459 O , 0 n a n 1 Captai , My C ptai , 53 ’ ea n s e the 1 ff s ne e Oc , Apo troph To , 75 Pa Wi C llar , 955 e ne 0 n e - e 6 Octav Tha t , 3 9 Pai t r po t, 9 4 Ode in me o f es n An P an in S ee 8 2 Ti H itatio , , Wall tr t , 3 I se 0 0 39 Paradi , s s e 0 s e 14 8 Ody y, 9 Paradi lat , 3 Wh S the S s S e 66 Oh y hould pirit of Pari k tch book, 7 M be ? 2 8 0 s s n e o f e es 6 ortal Proud Pa io , Po t c l tial , 33 w n ns 0 e en hi s 6 Ojib ay I dia , 93 Path , b at to door , 3 m 8 6 t en e Old Ar chair , 5 Pa i c , 435 este 2 en e e h er e e w Old Ch r, 3 9 Pati c hav p rf ct ork , ne s e 1 2 Old Cor r Book tor , 3 733 s S 2 1 8 s e S o f 2 1 0 Old Curio ity hop , Pat y, tory , s a t me 1 S i es 2 62 Old Folk Ho , 7 5 Patty tor , en me 1 e P ew 0 Old K tucky Ho , 7 5 P abody , Old , 33 nse 6 e e een 2 1 Old Ma , 94 P ac , Gr , 3 e 8 2 e e e The 8 1 0 Old Mobil , P ac H ro, , ’ en e The 6 P e f i n n 1 6 Old Oak Buck t, , 4 g Wo f gto , 5 e P ew Th e 0 P enfeath er ene e 8 Old P abody , , 33 , Lady P lop , 3 3 wn s 1 en 2 1 Oldto Folk , 3 P rod , 7 “ i wn 1 8 P e n of S n w m e Old Tra l To , o y o I ag , 795 e 60 P e er od 2 0 2 O Lyric Lov , 7 pp p , Pip , One- se S 1 8 e Th e 2 Hor hay , 9 P rch , , 37 One S weetl S emn e s s n me - oe of 6 y ol Thought , P r ia, A tro o r p t , , 5 9 S e s n e e en e 0 7 P r o al xp ri c , 5 5 n ee m es s m s m s e of 2 88 O ly Fr do , 547 P i i , Apo tl , m 61 8 es s m s S e 1 Opiu Habit , P i i t ag , 73 m s m 8 2 6 e e e s n 2 Opti i , P t r Ibb t o , 4 5 n s en 2 e n me 8 Oratio , Mo t Eloqu t, 5 P titio to Ti , A, 34 se 2 nt ms 8 Orchard Hou , Pha o , 54 e e 1 1 8 s n r S of Ord r for a Pictur , Philo ophy, Co co d chool , e ns H se 8 6 1 Orl a ou , 7 94 e n s of 1 Pid re s w es Orl a , Maid , 54 book ithout pictur , s mes 6 g1 Oti , Ja . 44 3 s e 2 es of em 2 6 Ot go Hall , 55 Pictur M ory , 7 e S n w e s 2 Ott ry ai t Mary, 437 Pick ick Pap r , 5 ee s 61 nne i n of 1 0 2 Our D d , 9 Pig Di r, Orig , 2 96 INDE!

e n o e 1 0 sm u N. 8 2 Pig o C v , 4 Port o th , H 9 e n- s -in-the- s 0 e e 6 Pig o Roo t Wood , 34 Pray r , A b autiful , 9 s is s 1 2 e m s 0 1 Pig Pig , 4 Pray r, a fa ou , 3 ms w s e w n e n ee e n ee Pilgri ho a d ri g f t, Pray r, Each ki dly d d a, 459 P re- e e e 6 0 535 Rapha lit Broth rhood , 7 Pi n the ns een me n s e N e s 0 your faith to u Pri Mi i t r ov li t, 5 5 ’ n s P rirr rose th e e s m thi g , 733 by riv r bri , Pe er od 2 0 2 éI Pip pp p , 7

wm n s e 0 m s e . 62 Plo a , Ayr hir , 4 5 Pri ro , Dr , 3 mme ne 62 n es s Th e 8 0 1 Plu t li , 5 Pri c , right , Poe e 2 1 1 n es s T h e s m 8 0 2 Cottag , Pri c , li , ems n a nd e 0 n es s e 2 2 Po of cabi ﬁ ld , 53 Pri c of Thul , 4 e es n 60 n e o f e s s 2 Po t , b t looki g, 7 Pri c Po t of Pari , 54 et e e s 2 2 n n es s s me n Po Laur at , fir t , 4 Pri ti g Pr , Fir t A rica , e e e o f th e es e 8 6 Po t Laur at ﬁr id , 5 1 s ne Z en 2 0 1 9 4 Pri o r of da , e e e th e n me e s n n 0 Po t Laur at of labori g Pro th u U bou d , 59 s s es 2 e n w 8 cla , 7 5 Proph t of Bra t ood , 5 5 e e es s s n 6 e e se 8 Po t of C l tial Pa io , 33 Proph t of Ch l a , 5 4 e o f s eme a nd s m e e a nd 2 Po t upr i pl Pru I , 54 en s 2 0 P s eu d0 n ms m s w te s g iu , 7 y of fa ou ri r , e the e s s n 1 0 8 Po t of Blu Gra Cou try , 2 2 s e n e s 6 0 P ychology , lik a ov li t , 3 e th e N Ma n 2 2 8 m m the wn Po t of atural , Pu p , a rill fro to , 344 e the es 1 0 a Th e m a nd the Po t of Rocki , 3 Purd h , Hari , ’ e o f th e S e s 1 6 2 1 Po t i rra , 7 4 e o f n s ne 2 ne Po t Thi g Divi , 5 7 Put y Hill , 434 e -s es m n 1 2 Po t tat a , 7 e S we s 1 0 e i n e 2 Po t, at hop , 5 Quak r Po try , 97 e Th e e e 1 8 2 Po t, Mad , 335 Quak r Po t, e s ns 66 e s 8 2 Po try , divi io of , 9 Quak r , 4 e m s e m e of w 8 8 Po tr e , s 7 y , . o t b autiful od Quarr l Al ay Brought a s n n s 6 u ill cote 2 2 ayi g thi g , 45 Q , 3 e s n Po try, Mo t origi al book of, 61 374 . . S . 2 R L , e s e 88 B en 0 Po t , bach lor , 3 Rabbi Ezra, 57 s w e 6 6 Poli h , 9 e 1 , , 9 o rit r Ragpick r My m e s s of 2 2 e e n 86 Po p ii , La t Day , 4 Ral igh Tav r , 9 Ponka o p g, 5 R m n 2 0 a o a , 3 ’ se e th e th e e s m e s e es 8 Poorhou , Ov r hill to , R ali t , A rica gr at t , 3 9 58 e e 6 R b cca , 4 ’ ' s m n 6 e e s e e ns 1 2 Poor Richard Al a ac, 9 R b l R coll ctio , A, 5 ’ s e 1 88 Red e o Portia Pl a , Badg f Courage, 7

2 98 INDEX

e s e the 1 6 S ee s Wack ford 6 S i rra , Po t of , 7 qu r , , 4 o f s we 6 S e s Th e 0 S ight a tar or a ﬂo r , 54 quirr l , , 43 ’ ’ 6 n th e n n 60 S t . e s S ig o La thor , 9 C cilia Day , 37 ’ 1 6 e e n ne 2 6 S t . es S ilv r W ddi g Jour y , 3 Gil Church , S ir n n A s e S e th e n n and A tho y b olut , 337 tar , Lov Mor i g S ir 2 0 en n 1 1 Galahad , 7 Ev i g, 5 S s e e 1 6 1 S S n e nne i t r , My littl , tar pa gl d Ba r , 37 S e e n 6 S s ene 0 k tch Book , d dicatio , 9 7 tar , Build b ath , 47 S en N w S e n nes s e on 2 ki , or ay , 447 t ppi g S to , Ri , 9 5 S n n 1 S m m n a s ns e kull dri ki g cup , 74 tor at id ight , u ociabl S la b s i des a s 6 6 , 59 a , 4 S e n e w on 1 S e es 8 lav ry , otabl ork , 49 tok Pog Churchyard , 9 7 S ee H e e H is e e S e- n- en 8 l p, giv th b lov d , tok upo Tr t , 95 I S ne s e 6 QS to Hou , 57 S ee w 2 68 S a n n m 68 l py Hollo , tory of Africa Far , 7 S ee w em ete 8 8 S Th e 8 2 l py Hollo C ry , 7 tory Lady , , 3 S m n es s 8 0 2 S B o 8 8 li Pri c , tory of a Bad y, 9 S w s es w e S s 2 1 0 lo ri orth by pov rty tory of Pat y , es s e 2 S r n es 6 oppr d , 97 to y Writi g Rul , 39 S n Th e 2 0 S n S we en 2 2 6 ark , , 5 tra d , d , ’ S nee es e s 68 1 S t one 8 r , Y t rday , traigh Road , But , 7 3 S n w e es 68 8 S w e 2 o B rri , tra b rry Hill , 77 ’ S n w m e S ff e 2 o I ag , 795 trogo , Micha l , 47 ’ S n w- S we T he 6 S i s th e s st o ho r , , 43 uch Patriot Boa , 779 S a a n d s m S - m ee 2 8 ohr b Ru tu , 377 ugar plu Tr , 5 S o s s se his s e 62 S u n n S nne i n the Juda ki d Ma t r , 9 , Bli d pi r , 345 S e s ne 1 0 S n se oldi r of Fortu , 4 u t Cox , 997 S m n T h e n ee S w n n S wee 66 olo o , Ya k , 373 a of Avo , t, 4 ’ S me a re n e 6 8 S wee e N s e o bor gr at , 3 t M rcy, obility Tru S mew e e th e s 1 e 1 2 1 o h r bird , 3 9 Badg , S n s e T he 1 1 S we s e 1 0 o g of My lf , , 7 at hop Po t , 5 S n th e n 8 8 S wee nes s on the es e 2 o g of Ba jo , 9 t d rt air , 53 S n th e S 1 8 S wee S w n o f n 66 o g of hirt , 5 t a Avo , 4 S n s m n 0 S m n 1 8 0 o g fro Vagabo dia, 9 4 y pho y, My , S n s S e en o g of v , 477 S n n e 6 Inn o g, Tra c of , 55 Tabard , 47

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