BAILEY, PHILIP JAMES.-Published at the age of twentythree the poem of "Festus," which secured a swift but transient popularity. The several later works of the author have failed to secure him the fame which his first juvenile production promised. Born in England in 1816. BAILLIE, JOANNA.-An English poetess who enjoyed great celebrity in her early day, but lived to see her genius eclipsed by later writers. Her chief works were her "Plays on the Passions." Born in Scotland in 1762; died in 1851. BANCROFT, GEORGE.-An American scholar and author, whose ability as a statesman is forgotten in his renown as a historian. He has fulfilled with great acceptance the duties of Secretary of the Navy, Minister Plenipotentiary to England, American Minister at the Court of Berlin, and Minister Plenipotentiary to the German Empire. His chief work is a comprehensive "History of the United States," begun in 1834 and still (1883) in progress. Born in Mass, in 1800. BARBAULD, ANNA LETITIA.-An English writer who did much to advance the education of children and the position of her sex. To her belongs the distinction of originating books expressly for young readers. Born in 1743; died in 1825. BARBOUR, JOHN.-A Scotch poet contemporary with Chau. cer. Born about 1320; died 1395. BARNARD, LADY ANNE.-A Scottish poetess, whose name is preserved by the fine ballad of "Auld Robin Gray." Born in 1750; died in 1825. BARNES, WILLIAM.-An English clergyman, poet, and philologist. Born in 1810. BARNFIELD, RICHARD.-An English author who published several poems towards the close of the sixteenth century. Born in 1574. BARR, MATHIAS.-A Scottish poet, known by the endear. ing title of "The Children's Poet Laureate." Was born in Edinburgh in 1831. BARRY, MICHAEL JOSEPH.-An Irish poet who contributed to the Dublin "Nation." His most famous piece "The Place Where Man Should Die," was first published in 1843. Born in 1815. BATES, CHARLOTTE FISKE.-A teacher in Cambridge, Mass., Born in the city of New York. BEATTIE, JAMES.-A well-known Scottish poet and metaphysician. "The Minstrel" was his most popular work. Born in 1735; died in 1803. BEDDOES, THOMAS LOVELL.-A poet and physician, the nephew of Maria Edgeworth. In his nineteenth year he published "The Bride's Tragedy, which excited general admiration as a work of promise. Born in 1803; died in 149. BEECHER, HENRY WARD.-A son of the eminent divine, Dr. Lyman Beecher, he is in his turn the most eminent pulpit orator in America. His lectures and sermons afford admirable examples of spontaneous and inspiring elo. quence. Since 1847, Mr. Beecher has been the pastor of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn. Born in Connecticut in 1813. BEERS, ETHEL LYNN.-Was born in New York in 1827, and died in 1879. Her widely-known lyric beginning “All Quiet Along the Potomac" is among the many popular poems of disputed authorship. BENJAMIN, PARK.-An American poet and journalist. Born in 1809; died in 1864. BENNETT, HENRY.-An Irish poet, author of "St. Patrick was a Gentleman." Born at Cork about 1785. BERKELEY, GEORGE.—A celebrated divine and philosopher. Only one poem of his writing has survived, but that contains an element of enduring life. Born in Ireland, in 1684; died in 1753. BLAINE, JAMES GILLESPIE.-An American statesman of popular gifts and prominent position in the Republican party. Has been a member of both houses of Congress, and Secretary of State under President Garfield. Born in Pennsylvania in 1830. BLAKE, WILLIAM.-An English artist and poet of great and unique talents. His works were of too eccentric a character to be easily understood, but since his death the genius which created them has received a more just appreciation. He was born in 1757, and after a life of sad struggle with poverty and obscurity died in 1828. BLOOMFIELD, ROBERT.—An unlettered shoemaker, who performed the wonderful feat of composing a poem of some 1,600 lines while at work over the last, and completing it before a word was written down. The poem, named “The Farmer's Boy," created an immense sensation, 26,00€ copies being sold in three years, and several translations appearing. Other works were produced by the author, but none of them equalled the first. Born in England in 1766; died in 1823. BOKER, GEORGE HENRY.-A dramatic and lyric poet. Was American Minister to Constantinople from 1871 to 1877. Born in Philadelphia in 1823. BOLINGBROKE, LORD.—An English political writer and speaker, contemporaneous with Pope, Swift, and Addison. He was brilliant, fascinating, ignoble and profligate. Born in 1678; died in 1751. BONAR, HORATIUS.--A minister of the Free Church of Scotland, whose poetical works consist of "Lyric Consolations" and "Hymns of Faith and Hope." Born at Edinburgh in 1808; died in 1869. BONNEY, CHARLES C.-An eminent lawyer and jurist of Chicago, distinguished also by successful advocacy of various important reforms in law and government. Born in Hamilton, N. Y. in 1831. BOURDILLON, FRANCIS W.-While yet an under-graduate at Oxford, he won reputation as a poet by two stanzas, eight lines in all, entitled "Light." Born in 1852. BOWLES, WILLIAM LISLE. -An English clergyman and voluminous writer. His sonnets have been greatly admired. Born in 1762; died in 1850. BOWRING, SIR JOHN.-An English statesman and linguist, noted for his attainments in the Sclavonic languages. Born in 1792; died in 1872. BRAINARD, JOHN G. C.-An American poet and journal- BRONTE, CHARLOTTE.—The most famous member of a BROWN, WILLIAM GOLDSMITH.-An American editor, teacher, and poet. Several of his shorter pieces-as "Mother, Home, and Heaven," and "A Hundred Years to Come," -- have enjoyed a wide and lasting popularity. Born in Vermont in 1812. BROWNE, CHARLES F.—(ARTEMUS WARD.)—A clever and original humorous writer, who won equal favor in England and America by the quaint drollery of his lectures and sketches. Born in Maine in 1834; died in England in 1867. BROWNE, FRANCIS F.-An editor and literary critic. Con ducted the "Lakeside Monthly" magazine (Chicago, 1869 to 1874), and since 1880 editor of the Chicago "Dial." Born in Vermont in 1843. BROWNE, WILLIAM.-An English author who achieved distinction by poems written before he was twenty, but fell into silence and obscurity after he was thirty. Born in 1590; died in 1645. BROWNELL, HENRY HOWARD.-An American poet, whose principal book, "Lyrics of a Day," appeared in 1864. He is best known by his stirring poem on "The Bay Fight," and other naval pieces. Born in Conn. in 1820; died in 1872. BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT.-The greatest female poet of England or of modern times. High as is the standard of the poetry she produced, had she possessed physical powers commensurate with her genius she would undoubtedly have attained a still loftier rank by the force of sustained effort. Many of her poems are among the most popular in our language. She was married to the poet Robert Browning, in 1846. Born in 1807; died in 1861. BROWNING, ROBERT.-A poet of universal genius, whose fame, on account of the obscurities and eccentricities of his style, has not been equal to his deserts. One of his greatest works, "Paracelsus," was written when he was twentythree. His repute is slowly increasing, and the title of "the poet of poets" may yet be exchanged for that of the poet of cultivated readers. Born in England in 1812. BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN.-One of America's first and most honored poets. He began writing poetry at the age of ten, and his most celebrated production, "Thanatopsis," was written when he was but eighteen. All his poems, whether early or late, show a rare uniformity of excellence, and a close and fine observation of nature. From 1826 until his death, a term of fifty-two years, Mr. Bryant held with esteem the position of editor of the New York "Evening Post." He was born in Mass. in 1794; died in New York in 1878. BRYDGES, SIR SAMUEL EGERTON.-An English writer and bibliographer of eccentric character. His shorter poems show imaginative power and some of the high gifts of the poet. Born in 1762; died in 1837. BUNGAY, GEORGE W.-A newspaper editor and lecturer. Born in New York about 1830. BURKE, EDMUND.-A statesman, orator and writer of commanding influence and talent; a leader among the great Englishmen of his time. Born in Dublin in 1728; died in 1797. BURLEIGH, CECIL, LORD.-The renowned statesman who, under Elizabeth, was virtually prime minister of England for a period of forty years. Born in 1520; died in 1598. BURLEIGH, WILLIAM HENRY.-An eloquent writer and speaker, identified with the anti-slavery cause and temperance reform. He was by nature a poet and enthusiast. Born in Connecticut in 1812; died in 1871. BURNS, ROBERT.-"The National Poet of Scotland"; was born in 1759, and died in 1796. His simple lyrics sprang from a brain fired with the purest flames of genius, and a heart throbbing with genuine human feeling. A peasant's son, his life was made up of poverty, hardship and sorrow. Its pathos appeals to our charity, and the errors which shadowed it are forgotten in our love. Wherever the poetry of Burns is read, his name will be spoken with tenderness and enthusiasm. BURROUGHS, JOHN.—An American author, whose writings, chiefly on the scenery and life of nature, are exquisite prose idyls. He looks upon all things with the eye of a poet, and has a rare power of graceful expression. Born in New York in 1837. BUTLER, SAMUEL.-An English humorist, famed as the author of "Hudibras," a satire on the Puritans, abounding in wit and enjoying a lasting celebrity. Born in 1612; died in 1680. BYROM, JOHN.—A minor English poet. Born in 1691; died in 1763. BYRON, GEORGE GORDON NOEL, LORD.-One of the greatest of modern English poets. To genius of a high order he joined an attractive person and many engaging qualities. No poet has been more widely discussed, and none has had his private life subjected to a severer scrutiny. But whatever his failings as a man-and these have been scandalously exaggerated-his position as a poet is of the loftiest. Born in 1788; died in 1824. CAMPBELL, THOMAS.-An eminent Scottish poet. Published his "Pleasures of Hope" at twenty-one. His lyrics are greatly admired, the choicest being familiar as household words. Born in 1777; died in 1844. CAREY, HENRY.-An English poet and musician, who composed a number of songs, dramas, and burlesques. Born in 1700; died by his own hand in 1743. CARLETON, WILL.-Author of the popular "Farm Ballads" and "Farm Legends." Born in Michigan in 1845. CARLYLE, THOMAS.-An English historian and essayist, who produced a greater impression on the thought of his age than any other writer of the nineteenth century. His intellect was mighty in grasp, his character was rugged, his disposition severely critical, and his writings were a mingling of these grand and harsh qualities. His "History of The French Revolution" is graphically denominated the epic of modern times. There is a tremendous stimulus in his works, and an eloquence that is electrifying. Born in Scotland in 1795; died in 1881. CARY, ALICE.-An American author, whose writings display rare poetic sensibility. Her name, with that of her sister Phoebe, is peculiarly endeared to American readers. Born in Ohio in 1820; died in 1871. CARY, PHOEBE.-Sister of Alice Cary, and her life-long associate in literary work. Born in Ohio in 1824; died in 1871. CHATTERTON, THOMAS.-An English poet, whose precocious genius and untimely fate have gained him great notoriety. Born in 1752, and at the age of seventeen committed suicide by poison. CHAUCER, GEOFFREY.—England's first great poet, called distinctively the "Father of English Poetry." Of good birth, he was connected with royalty by marriage, and held trusted places in the service of Edward III. His principal work was "The Canterbury Tales," said to be written after he was sixty. Born in 1328; died in 1400. CHESTERFIELD, PHILIP, EARL OF.-Best known as the author of "Chesterfield's Letters," which were written to his son, and never intended for publication. Born in 1694; died in 1773. CIBBER, COLLEY.-A witty English dramatist and actor. Poet laureate to George II., yet a single poem only of his writing is now remembered. Born in 1671; died in 1757. CLARE, JOHN.-The Northamptonshire peasant poet. Born in England in 1793; died in 1864. CLARK, JAMES G.-An American poet and musician. Born in New York in 1830. CLARKE, WILLIS GAYLORD.-An American poet of prominence in his time, and editor of the old " Knickerbocker Magazine." Born in New York in 1810; died in 1841. CLEMENS, SAMUEL C. (MARK TWAIN). - An American humorist of quaint and original talent. His books have had an extraordinary sale. Born in Missouri in 1835. CLOUGH, ARTHUR HUGH.-An English poet, a favorite pupil of Dr. Thomas Arnold; for a time a resident of Cambridge, Mass. His later career scarcely fulfilled his youthful promise. Born in 1819; died in 1861. COLERIDGE, HARTLEY.-Eldest son of the poet S. T. Coleridge, and the inheritor of much of his father's extraor dinary talent. Born in England in 1796; died in 1849. COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR.-One of the towering names in modern English literature. Coleridge was endowed with magnificent genius, but its achievements were sadly limited by a feeble energy and impotent will. His poems, fragmentary at best, are creations of marvelous power. His fame as a conversationalist has never been surpassed. Born in 1772; died in 1834. COLFAX, SCHUYLER.-Seventeenth Vice-President of the United States, greatly esteemed in public and private life. Born in New York in 1823. COLLINS, MORTIMER.-Author of several novels and vol. umes of poetry, and a frequent contributor to "Punch" and other periodicals. Born in England in 1827; died in 1876. COLLINS, WILLIAM.—An English lyric poet of rare endowments. His brief and sad life ended in insanity. Born in 1720; died in 1756. COLLYER, ROBERT.-A native of England, of humble birth and scanty education. He came to this country at the age of 27, and worked at his trade of blacksmithing. Soon after he forsook the anvil for the pulpit, and has become one of the most popular preachers in the United States. His literary style is a model of Saxon simplicity. Pastor of a Unitarian church in New York city. Born in 1823. COLMAN, GEORGE.-Styled "The Younger." An English humorist and dramatist. Several of his plays are still popular on the stage. Born in 1762; died in 1836. CONSTABLE, HENRY.-An English poet; born about 1560; died in 1600. COOK, ELIZA.-A favorite English poetess. Received a literary pension in 1864. Born in 1817. COOKE, JOHN ESTEN.-Brother of Philip Pendleton Cooke, and, like him, a prolific and pleasant writer. Born in Virginia in 1830. COOKE, PHILIP PENDLETON.-An accomplished man of letters. Born in Virginia in 1816; died in 1850. COOKE, ROSE TERRY.-Author of many poems and short prose sketches. Born in Conn. in 1827. COOLBRITH, INA D.-A California poet, whose verses first attracted attention in the "Overland Monthly." A volume of her poems has appeared in print. CORBETT, MISSES.-Natives of England, the authors of a number of juvenile books which have met with high success. CORWIN, THOMAS-An American lawyer and statesman, and one of the most popular orators of his time. He was Governor of Ohio, U. S. Senator from the same State, and Minister to Mexico. Born in Kentucky in 1794; died in 1865. COWPER, WILLIAM.-"The most popular poet of his generation," whose writings modified the tone of English poetry, infecting it with a more earnest and simple spirit. His greatest work was "The Task," but the best known at the present day is the ballad of "John Gilpin." Born in 1731; died in 1800. CRABBE, GEORGE.-An English poet and divine, who depicted the life of the poor and lowly in verse of simple graphic power. Born in 1754; died in 1832. CRAIK, DINAH MARIA (MISS MULOCK).—An English nóvelist, whose voluminous writings are deservedly popular for their healthy moral tone and truthful pictures of every day life. The best-known of her books is "John Halifax, Gentleman," one of the standard works of English fiction. Born in 1826. CRAWFORD, JULIA.-An Irish lady, a contributor to the London "New Monthly." CROSS, MARIAN EVANS LEWES (GEORGE ELIOT).—An English novelist and poetess, standing in the first rank of the authors of fiction in her own or any other language. Her writings were invariably characterized by powerful originality, wide learning, masterly insight and invention, and vigorous and sinewy diction. They procured her fame and wealth, and the world's esteem. Born in 1820; died in 1881. CUNNINGHAM, ALLAN.-A Scotch poet, novelist, and miscellaneous writer. His most esteemed works were biographical. Born in 1784; died in 1842. CURTIS, GEORGE WILLIAM -Best known as the editor of "Harper's Weekly," and a champion of civil service reform. The author of a number of charming books of fiction and travel. His writings are marked by exquisite finish, keen penetration, and sound judgment. Also one of the most brilliant orators of his time. Born in Rhode Island in 1824. CUSHING, CALEB.-An American scholar and jurist of distinguished and varied talents. Occupied a prominent position in public affairs, and produced many literary and political works. Born in Mass. in 1800; died in 1879. CUTTER, GEORGE W.-The author of a volume of poems published in 1857. Born in Kentucky in 1814; died in 1865. DANA, RICHARD HENRY.-An American author who acquired repute in the first half of this century. Born in Mass. in 1787; died in 1878. DANIEL, SAMUEL.-An English poet and historian. Born in 1562; died in 1619. DARWIN, ERASMUS.-An ingenious English physiologist and poet; author of "The Botanic Garden," and also of several prose works evincing much metaphysical talent. Grandfather of Charles Darwin, the eminent naturalist. Born in 1731; died in 1802. DAVIS, THOMAS OSBORNE.-An Irish poet and patriot. Born in 1814; died in 1845. DE QUINCEY, THOMAS.-An English author of wonderful powers, but trammeled in their use by the habits of an opium-eater. He had a masterly command of language, and as an essayist and conversationalist was equally dazzling. Born in 1785; died in 1859. DE VERE, SIR AUBREY.-An Irish poet and dramatist. Born in 1788; died in 1846. DICKENS, CHARLES.-One of the first of the great English novelists of the present century. But one or two authors can rival him in the department of fiction, and none equal him in the enthusiasm of his readers. He is cherished by a host of admirers with a feeling of personal love and gratitude, such was the tenderness of his nature and the charm of his transcendent talent. Born in 1812; died in 1870. DIMOND, WILLIAM.-An English theatrical manager, dramatist and poet; he is now known by his "Mariner's Dream." Born about 1780; died about 1814. DOANE, GEORGE W.-Bishop of New Jersey. A poet and scholar of refined and cultivated taste. Born in New Jersey in 1799; died in 1859. DOBELL, SYDNEY.-An English poet. Born in 1824; died in 1874. DOBSON, AUSTIN.-One of the foremost of the younger English poets of the day, and an accomplished man of letters. Born in 1840. DODDRIDGE, PHILIP.—A celebrated English hymnist, and DODGE, MARY MAPES.-Widely known as the editor of "St. Nicholas," and a writer of juvenile literature. Born in 1838. DODSLEY, ROBERT.-An English author and publisher of note. He was the first to give employment to Samuel Johnson. Born in 1703; died in 1764. DOMETT, ALFRED.-Contributed a number of lyrics to "Blackwood's Magazine," among them his celebrated "Christmas Hymn." Born in England about 1815. DOUDNEY, SARAH. (Afterwards Mrs. Clark.)-An American, whose title to the authorship of the beautiful and popular poem of "The Water-Mill," claimed by several authors, is not now to be disputed. DOUGLAS OF FINGLAND.-The author of the original song of "Annie Laurie," which is in two stanzas, and was written prior to 1688. The lady who inspired the poem married a Mr. Ferguson. DRAKE, JOSEPH RODMAN.-An American poet of precocious genius, remembered chiefly as the author of "The Culprit Fay" and the stirring poem of "The American Flag." Born in New York in 1795; died in 1820. DRAYTON, MICHAEL.-An English poet, whose name is preserved mainly by his spirited ballad of "Agincourt." Born in 1563; died in 1831. DRUMMOND, WILLIAM.-An early Scotch poet, the first to write in pure English dialect. Of high repute in his day. Born in 1585; died in 1649. DRYDEN, JOHN.-An English poet and dramatist, whose writings mark an epoch in the progress of the literature of his country. He excelled in prose as well as poetry. Was poet laureate. Born in 1631; died in 1700. DUFFERIN, LADY.-A grand-daughter of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, sister of Mrs. Norton, and mother of the Earl of Dufferin, late Governor-General of Canada. Her literary reputation was made by "The Lament of the Irish Emigrant." Born in 1807; died in 1867. DUFFY, SIR CHARLES GAVAN.-An Irish poet and journalist. Emigrating to Australia, he became Prime Minister of the colony in 1871. Born in 1816. DUGANNE, AUGUSTINE J. H.-An American poet and novelist. Born in Mass. in 1823. DURIVAGE, FRANCIS A.-An American poet and magazin. ist. Born in Mass. in 1814. DWIGHT, TIMOTHY.-A prominent theologian, and for many years President of Yale College. One of the earliest of American poets. Born in Mass. in 1752; died in 1817. DYER, JOHN.-A Welsh poet. Born in 1700; died in 1758. DYER, SIR EDWARD.-A writer of the Elizabethan age. Was employed by the Queen in several foreign embassies. Born in 1540; died in 1607. EASTMAN, CHARLES GAMAGE.-A journalist and poet. Born in Maine in 1816; died in Vermont in 1861. ELLIOT, EBENEZER.-The English "Corn-Law Rhymer." Born of the people, he espoused their cause, and with fervid zeal plead in his verses for the relief of their oppressions. Born in 1781; died in 1849. EMERSON, RALPH WALDO.-An eminent American essayist, poet, and idealist; distinguished for originality and subtlety of thought, for exalted conceptions of conduct, and for a life consistent with his highest teachings. America has produced no writer or scholar of greater influence and renown. His works have had a profound effect in molding earnest minds. Born in Mass. in 1803; died in 1882. EMMET, ROBERT.-An Irish patriot and revolutionist, whose career excited a romantic interest. Was born in 1780, and executed for treason in 1803. ENGLISH, THOMAS DUNN.-A physician and poet. Born in Pennsylvania in 1819. EVERETT, EDWARD.-An American scholar, statesman, and orator, especially famed for eloquence of the most finished character. He filled with credit various impor· tant public positions. Born in Mass. in 1794; died in 1865. FALCONER, WILLIAM.-A Scotchman of humble birth, winning fame by a single remarkable poem, "The Shipwreck." Born in 1732; died in 1769. FAWCETT, EDGAR.-An American poet, novelist, and dramatist. Born in New York in 1847. FIELDING, HENRY.-Entitled the "Father of the English Novel." His first fiction was intended as a satire on Richardson's "Pamela," and had a prodigious success. His best novel was "Tom Jones." Born in 1707; died in 1754. FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS.-An American publisher and author, whose character and writings were equally genial and charming. Born in New Hampshire in 1817; died in 1881. FINCH, FRANCIS MILES.-A lawyer and judge. Born in Ithaca, N. Y., in 1827. His poetic fame rests chiefly on the fine lyrics of "The Blue and the Gray"-published first in the " Atlantic Monthly," and suggested by the women of Columbus, Miss., decorating alike the graves of Union and Confederate dead--and "Nathan Hale," read at Yale College in 1853. Hale was a captain in the Continental army, who was found by the British within their lines at New York, and, by order of Lord Howe, was executed the next morning, Sept. 22, 1776. FINLEY, JOHN.-Born in Virginia in 1797; died in 1866. FLAGG, WILSON.-An ornithologist, and the author of sev· eral volume of delightful sketches of nature. A native Massachusetts. FLETCHER, GILES.-Born in Kent, England, about 1550; died in 180. FORRESTER, ALFRED A. (ALFRED CROWQUILL).-An English artist and humorous writer; the first illustrator of "Punch" and the "Illustrated News," and the author of a number of books combining humorous sketches with pen and pencil. Born in 1805. FOSTER, STEPHEN COLLINS.—A musician and poet, whose negro songs, original in words and melody, have had a wonderful popularity. Born in Pennsylvania in 1826; died in 1864. FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN.-An American sage, statesman, and scientist, who is to be named among the great men of the world. A signer of the Declaration of Independence, and one of the framers of the Constitution of the U. S. His writings, on a wide range of subjects, fill ten octavo volumes, and are remarkable for the purity of their literary style as well as for their sagacity and depth of thought. Many of his wise sayings have become proverbs among all English-speaking people. Born in 1706; died in 1790. FRENEAU, PHILIP.-An able political humorist of the Revo. lutionary period, and a prolific writer of verse. Born in 1752; died in 1832. FULLER, MARGARET (COUNTESS D'OSSOLI).-A remarkably gifted woman, noted as a conversationist and writer. She was conspicuous among the company of brilliant personages born in New England at the beginning of the present century. Born in 1810; died by shipwreck in 1850. GAGE, FRANCES DANA.—An American poetess, and popular public lecturer. Born in Ohio in 1808. GALLAGHER, WILLIAM D.-A journalist and poet, author of "Miami, and other Poems" Born in Pennsylvania in 1808. GARFIELD, JAMES ABRAM.-Twentieth President of the United States. A statesman of fine abilities, lofty motives, and manly character, whose assassination while Chief Magistrate of the nation plunged a whole people in mourning. Born in Ohio in 1831; died in 1881. GARRICK, DAVID.-The most famous actor who has adorned the English stage. He was an accomplished playwright and a writer of considerable verse. Born in 1716; died in 1779. GAY, JOHN.—A poet, contemporary with Swift and Pope, and best known as the author of "The Beggar's Opera” and the ballad of "Black-Eyed Susan." Born in 1688; died in 1732. GILBERT, WILLIAM S.-An English dramatist and poet. Associated with Arthur Sullivan in the production of "Pinafore" and other popular burlesque operas. Born in 1836. GILDER, RICHARD WATSON.-A journalist and poet, associate editor of "Scribner's Magazine" from its foundation, and successor to Dr. Holland as editor of the "Century Magazine." Born in New York in 1844. GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.—One of the cherished names in English literature. He wrote a vast amount of prose with singular grace and simplicity. He produced less poetry, but it was imbued with an individual charm. "The Vicar of Wakefield" is now his most popular prose work, and his "Deserted Village" has a high place among English classics. Born in Ireland in 1728; died in 1774. GOODALE, DORA READ.—The younger of two sisters remarkable for precocity. A volume of their poems was published when they were respectively 15 and 12. Born in Mass. in 1866. GOODALE, ELAINE.-Sister of Dora Read Goodale, and of kindred poetical temperament. Born in Mass in 1863. GOUGH, JOHN B.--Widely known as a temperance lecturer of rare dramatic power. Born in England in 1817. GRAY, DAVID.-A Scotch poet of humble birth and early death. Born in 1838; died in 1861. GRAY, THOMAS.-An English poet and scholar of renown, who produced but little, but that little of a high order of excellence. His "Elegy in a Country Churchyard” is an example of finished poetical composition, which has ensured its author immortal fame. Born in 1716; died in 1771. GREENE, ALBERT GORTON.-The author of fugitive poems, of which "Old Grimes" is the most famous. Rhode Island in 1802; died in 1868. Born in GRIFFIN, GERALD.-An Irish poet and novelist. Born in 1803; died in 1840. GRISWOLD, HATTIE TYNG.-A lady of much poetic talent, author of a volume of verse entitled "Apple Blossoms." Resides in Wisconsin. HALE, SARAH J.-An American writer, whose long career in literature has been honorable to herself and her sex. For many years editor of "The Lady's Book," and its predecessor, "The Lady's Magazine." Born in New Hamp shire in 1795. HALPINE, CHARLES GRAHAM (MILES O'REILLY). —A well. known poet and journalist; a native of Ireland and an adopted citizen of America. Born in 1829; died in 1869. HALLAM, ARTHUR HENRY.-Son of the eminent historian, Arthur Hallam, and a youth of great promise. He was the subject of Tennyson's "In Memoriam." Born in London in 1811; died in 1833. HALLECK, FITZ-GREENE.-Holds an honored place in American literature by his few but excellent writings. His "Marco Bozzaris" is pronounced the best war lyric in the language. Born in Connecticutin 1790; died in 1867. HALL, EUGENE J.-An American poet, author of several popular volumes of verse. Born in Vermont in 1845. HALL, NEWMAN.-A prominent English divine and temperance advocate. His "Pilgrim's Songs" have had a wide circulation. Born in 1816. HANNAFORD, E.-Born in England in 1840. A resident for many years of Cincinnati, Ohio, but now of St. Louis, Mo. HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER.-Author of many popular stories and poems of Southern negro character. In 1881 he published a volume entitled "Uncle Remus," which attracted much attention as a study of negro folk-lore. HARTE, BRET.-An American author, of original and unique talents. In his sketches of pioneer life on the Pacific coast, he struck out a new line in fiction, which he has worked with marked skill and success. Born in New York in 1839. HAVEN, GILBERT.-A Bishop in the Methodist Church, and a writer of prose and verse. Born in Mass. in 1821; died in 1883. HAVERGAL, FRANCES R.—An English poetess, whose writings are chiefly of a devotional character. Born in 1837; died in 1879. HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL.-The greatest of American novelists. His genius was solitary and melancholy, busy. ing itself with the analysis of the secret motives of human action and character. His literary style was a model of pure, copious, felicitous English. Born in Mass. in 1804; died in 1864. HAY, JOHN.-An American poet and journalist of conspicuous ability. Author of "Pike County Ballads," "Castilian Days," etc. Born in Indiana in 1839. HAYNE, PAUL HAMILTON.—An American poet and prose writer. Born in South Carolina in 1831. HAYNE, ROBERT YOUNG.-An American statesman of fine abilities. Noted for brilliant debate with Webster. Was U. S. Senator and Governor of South Carolina. Born in South Carolina in 1791; died in 1840. HEBER, REGINALD (BISHOP).—An English scholar and clergyman, whose celebrated missionary hymn "From Greenland's Icy Mountains" is sung throughout the world. He died in the service of missions in India. Born in 1783; died in 1826. HELPS, ARTHUR.-An able English historian and essayist, the esteemed Secretary of Queen Victoria. Emerson said of him: "There is nothing which Helps might not do." Born in 1818; died in HEMANS, FELICIA DOROTHEA.-An English poetess, universally admired during her life. Her maiden name was Browne. Born in 1794; died in 1835. HENRY, PATRICK.—A distinguished American patriot and orator. Born in Virginia in 1736; died in 1799. HERBERT, GEORGE —An English clergyman and poet of devout life and saintly character. Born in 1593; died in 1632. |