FOOTNOTES:

Within the rose I found a trembling tear,Close curtained in a gloom of crimson night,By tender petals from the outer light.“Within the Rose I found a Trembling Tear,”—Boyesen.

Within the rose I found a trembling tear,Close curtained in a gloom of crimson night,By tender petals from the outer light.

“Within the Rose I found a Trembling Tear,”—Boyesen.

Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, a celebrated American novelist, was born at Frederiksvarn, Norway, September 23, 1848, and died in New York, October 4, 1895. He has written: “Idyls of Norway and Other Poems,” “Tales from Two Hemispheres,” “Ilka on the Hilltop and Other Stories,” “A Norseman’s Pilgrimage,” “Gunnar,” and “A Daughter of the Philistines.”

When he writes of himself, how supremely excellent is the reading. It is good even when he does it intentionally, as in “Portraits and Memories.” It is better still when he sings it, as in his “Child’s Garden.” He is irresistible to every lonely child who reads and thrills, and reads again to find his past recovered for him with effortless ease. It is a book never long out of my hands, for only in it and in my dreams when I am touched with fever, do I grasp the long, long thoughts of a lonely child and a hill-wandering boy-thoughts I never told to any; yet which Mr. Stevenson tells over again to me as if he read them off a printed page.“Mr. Stevenson’s Books,”McClure’s Magazine, Vol. 4, p. 289 1895,—S. R. Crockett.

“Mr. Stevenson’s Books,”McClure’s Magazine, Vol. 4, p. 289 1895,—S. R. Crockett.

Samuel Rutherford Crockett, a distinguished Scotch novelist, was born in Little Duchrae, Galloway, September 24, 1862, and died in 1914. He has written “The Stickit Minister,” “The Lilac Sun-Bonnet,” “Lad’s Love,” “Joan of the Sword Hand,” “The Dark o’ the Moon,” “The Banner of Blue,” “An Adventure in Spain,” “Maid Margaret,” “Cherry Riband,” “Flower o’ the Corn,” “Kit Kennedy,” “The Red Axe,” “The Bloom of the Heather,” “The White Plume of Navarre,” “Anne of the Barricades,” “Patsy,” “Sandy,” etc.

The breaking waves dashed highOn a stern and rock-bound coast,And the woods against a stormy skyTheir giant branches tossed.“Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers,”—Felicia Hemans.

The breaking waves dashed highOn a stern and rock-bound coast,And the woods against a stormy skyTheir giant branches tossed.

“Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers,”—Felicia Hemans.

Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, a noted English-Irish poet, was born in Liverpool, September 25, 1793, and died at Redesdale, near Dublin, May 16, 1835. Her most famous works are: “Tales and Historic Scenes in Verse,” “Songs of the Cid,” “Lays of Many Lands,” “The Siege of Valencia, the Last Constantine,” and “Domestic Affections.”

We can do without any article of luxury we have never had; but when once obtained, it is not in human nature to surrender it voluntarily.“The Clockmaker,”—Thomas Chandler Haliburton.

We can do without any article of luxury we have never had; but when once obtained, it is not in human nature to surrender it voluntarily.

“The Clockmaker,”—Thomas Chandler Haliburton.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton (Sam Slick), a famous Canadian author, was born at Windsor, Nova Scotia, September 26 (?), 1796, and died near London, August 27, 1865. He is best known by his famous “Sam Slick” papers.

Honor is like the eye, which cannot suffer the least injury without damage; it is a precious stone, the price of which is lessened by the least flaw.—Bossuet.

Honor is like the eye, which cannot suffer the least injury without damage; it is a precious stone, the price of which is lessened by the least flaw.

—Bossuet.

Jacques Bénigne Bossuet, a renowned French theologian, was born at Dijon, September 27, 1627, and died April 12, 1704. He wrote: “Discourse upon Universal History Down to the Empire of Charlemagne,” “History of the Variations of the Protestant Churches,” and the “Defense of the Famous Declaration Which the Gallican Clergy Approved Regarding the Power of the Church.” His “Complete Works,” in 46 volumes, were published 1815-19.

A life on the ocean wave!A home on the rolling deep,Where the scattered waters rave,And the winds their revels keep!Like an eagle caged I pineOn this dull unchanging shore:O give me the flashing brine,The spray and the tempest’s roar!“A Life on the Ocean Wave,”—Epes Sargent.

“A Life on the Ocean Wave,”—Epes Sargent.

Epes Sargent, a celebrated American journalist, author and dramatist, was born in Gloucester, Mass., September 27, 1813, and died in Boston, December 31, 1880. His works include: “Change Makes Change,” “The Priestess,” “Wealth and Worth,” “Peculiar: A Tale of the Great Transition,” “Songs of the Sea,” “Life of Henry Clay,” “A Life on the Ocean Wave,” etc.

Logic makes only one demand, that of science. But life makes a thousand. The body wants health; the imagination cries out for beauty; and the heart for love. Pride asks for consideration; the soul yearns for peace; the conscience for holiness; our whole being is athirst for happiness and for perfection.—Amiel.

—Amiel.

Henri Frédéric Amiel, an eminent Swiss essayist, poet, and philosophical critic, was born at Geneva, September 27, 1821, and died there, March 11, 1881. His writings include: “Millet Grains,” “Study on Mme. de Staël,” “The Literary Movement in Romanish Switzerland,” etc. His famous “Journal” appeared after his death.

The dews of summer nights did fall,The moon, sweet regent of the sky,Silvered the walls of Cumnor HallAnd many an oak that grew thereby.“Cumnor Hall,”—William J. Mickle.

The dews of summer nights did fall,The moon, sweet regent of the sky,Silvered the walls of Cumnor HallAnd many an oak that grew thereby.

“Cumnor Hall,”—William J. Mickle.

William Julius Mickle, a noted Scottish poet, was born at Langholm, Dumfriesshire, September 28, 1735, and diedat Forest Hill, October 28, 1788. He wrote: “Syr Martyn,” “Almada Hill,” “Cumnor Hall,” etc.

Cobden is a man of an extremely interesting mind; quite the opposite of an Englishman in this respect, that you never hear him talk commonplaces, and that he has few prejudices.“Correspondence,”—Prosper Mérimée.

Cobden is a man of an extremely interesting mind; quite the opposite of an Englishman in this respect, that you never hear him talk commonplaces, and that he has few prejudices.

“Correspondence,”—Prosper Mérimée.

Prosper Mérimée, a renowned French essayist and litterateur, was born at Paris, September 28, 1803, and died at Cannes, September 23, 1870. He wrote: “Historic Monuments,” “Historic and Literary Medleys,” “Mateo Falcone,” “Guzla,” “Plays of Clara Gazul,” and his most celebrated works: “Colomba” and “Carmen.”

Time’s corrosive dewdrop eatsThe giant warrior to a crustOf earth in earth and rust in rust.“A Danish Barrow,”—Francis T. Palgrave.

Time’s corrosive dewdrop eatsThe giant warrior to a crustOf earth in earth and rust in rust.

“A Danish Barrow,”—Francis T. Palgrave.

Francis Turner Palgrave, a distinguished English poet and art critic, was born September 28, 1824, and died in 1897. He wrote: “Essays on Art,” “Lyrical Poems,” “The Visions of England,” “The Life of Jesus Christ Illustrated from the Italian painters of the 14th, 15th and 16th Centuries,” “Idylls and Songs,” “Hymns,” “Amenophis and Other Poems,” “The Golden Treasury,” etc.

“I have often noticed that almost everyone has his own individual small economies—careful habits of saving fractions of pennies in some one peculiar direction—any disturbance of which annoys him more than spending shillings or pounds on some real extravagance.”“Cranford, Chap. V,”—Mrs. Gaskell.

“Cranford, Chap. V,”—Mrs. Gaskell.

Mrs. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, a famous English novelist, was born in Chelsea, September 29, 1810, and died November 12, 1865. Among her notable works are: “Mary Barton,” “Ruth,” “Lizzie Leigh,” “Sylvia’s Lovers,” “Wives and Daughters,” “The Life of Charlotte Brontë,” and “Cranford,” her most celebrated work.

Here’s to the maiden of bashful fifteen;Here’s to the widow of fifty;Here’s to the flaunting, extravagant quean,And here’s to the housewife that’s thrifty!Let the toast pass;Drink to the lass;I’ll warrant she’ll prove an excuse for the glass.“School for Scandal,” Act iii, Sc. 3.—Sheridan.

“School for Scandal,” Act iii, Sc. 3.—Sheridan.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the renowned British dramatist and parliamentary orator, was born in Dublin, September 30, 1751, and died at London, July 7, 1816. His dramatic works include: “The Rivals,” “The School for Scandal,” “The Critic,” and “The Duenna.” His most famous speeches are: “The Perfumery Speech” and the “Begum Speech.”

Der Unterliegende ist immer philosophisch gestimmt.[4]—Sudermann.

Der Unterliegende ist immer philosophisch gestimmt.[4]

—Sudermann.

Hermann Sudermann, a celebrated German novelist and dramatist, was born at Matziken, East Prussia, September 30, 1857. Among his works are: “Dame Care,” “In the Twilight,” “Honor,” “The Cat Bridge,” “The Destruction of Sodom,” “Brothers and Sisters,” “Home,” “Battle of the Butterflies,” “Iolanthe’s Wedding,” “Once on a Time,” “The Undying Past,” “Das Hohe Lied,” “Strand-kinder,” “The Indian Lily,” “Der gute Ruf,” etc.

[1]I have often thought that however learnedly you may talk about it, one knows nothing but what he learns from his own experience.

[2]The style is the man himself.

[3]Nature made him, and then broke the mould.

[4]The losing side is always philosophically inclined.

OCTOBER

I have read somewhere or other,—in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I think,—that history is philosophy teaching by examples.“On the Study and Use of History,” Letter 2,—Bolingbroke.

I have read somewhere or other,—in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I think,—that history is philosophy teaching by examples.

“On the Study and Use of History,” Letter 2,—Bolingbroke.

Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke, a distinguished English statesman, author, and orator, was born at Battersea, October 1, 1678, and died there, December 12, 1751. His principal works are: “Letters on the Spirit of Patriotism,” “Letters on the Study of History,” “The Idea of a Patriot King,” and “A Dissertation on Parties.”

We join ourselves to no party that does not carry the flag and keep step to the music of the Union.“Letter to the Whig Convention, 1855,”—Rufus Choate.

We join ourselves to no party that does not carry the flag and keep step to the music of the Union.

“Letter to the Whig Convention, 1855,”—Rufus Choate.

Rufus Choate, an eminent American lawyer, orator and statesman, was born at Essex, Mass., October 1, 1799, and died at Halifax, N. S., July 13, 1859. His “Works” (2 vols.) were published in 1863.

But I account it worthAll pangs of fair hopes crost—All loves and honors lost,—To gain the heavens, at costOf losing earth.“Sir Marmaduke’s Musings,”—Theodore Tilton.

But I account it worthAll pangs of fair hopes crost—All loves and honors lost,—To gain the heavens, at costOf losing earth.

“Sir Marmaduke’s Musings,”—Theodore Tilton.

Theodore Tilton, a noted American journalist, lecturer, editor, and verse-writer, was born in New York City, October 2, 1835, and died in 1907. He wrote: “Thou and I,” “The Sexton’s Tale, and Other Poems,” “SuabianStories,” “Tempest-Tossed,” “Sanctum Sanctorum: or An Editor’s Proof Sheets,” etc.

Mr. Webster says of Mr. Adams: On the day of his death, hearing the noise of bells and cannon, he asked the occasion. On being reminded that it was “Independence Day,” he replied, “Independence forever!”“History of the United States,” Vol. vii, p. 65,—Bancroft.

“History of the United States,” Vol. vii, p. 65,—Bancroft.

George Bancroft, a famous American historian and statesman, was born in Worcester, Mass., October 3, 1800, and died in Washington, D. C., January 17, 1891. His most famous work is the “History of the United States.”

But Petrarch’s highest merit by no means consists in this new classic elegance; it consists in the fact that he was the first to write freely of all things in the same way that a man speaks. He was the first to throw aside all scholastic crutches, and prove how much more swiftly a man could walk without leaning upon them.“Machiavelli and his Times,” (transl.) Vol. I,—Pasquale Villari.

“Machiavelli and his Times,” (transl.) Vol. I,—Pasquale Villari.

Pasquale Villari, a distinguished Italian historian, was born at Naples, October 3, 1827, and died in 1914. His principal works are: “Niccolo Machiavelli and His Times,” “Ancient Legends and Traditions Illustrating the Divine Comedy,” “Essays Critical, Historical and Literary,” “Teaching History,” “The School and the Social Question in Italy.”

Amongst the masses—even in revolutions—aristocracy must ever exist; destroy it in nobility, and it becomes centered in the rich and powerful House of Commons. Pull them down, and it still survives in the master and foreman of the workshop.—Guizot.

—Guizot.

François Guizot, an illustrious French historian and statesman, was born at Nîmes, October 4, 1787, and died at Val Richer, near Lisieux, September 12, 1874. He wrote: “History of the English Revolution,” “Corneille and his Time,” “The History of Civilization in Europe,” “The History of Civilization in France,” “Memoirs,” “Shakespeare and His Times,” “History of France for my Grandchildren,” etc.

Religion, in its purity, is not so much a pursuit as a temper; or rather it is a temper, leading to the pursuit of all that is high and holy. Its foundation is faith; its action, works; its temper holiness; its aim, obedience to God in improvement of self, and benevolence to men.—Jonathan Edwards.

—Jonathan Edwards.

Jonathan Edwards, a famous American divine and theological writer, was born in East Windsor, Conn., October 5, 1703, and died at Princeton, N. J., March 22, 1758. Among his works may be mentioned: “The Great Christian Doctrine of Original Sin Defended,” “An Inquiry into the Modern Prevailing Notions Respecting that Freedom of the Will which Is Supposed to Be Essential to Moral Agency,” “A Dissertation Concerning the End for which God Created the World,” and “The Nature of True Virtue.”

We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.—Diderot.

We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.

—Diderot.

Denis Diderot, a famous French philosopher and encyclopædist, was born at Langres, October 5, 1713, and died July 31, 1784. He wrote: “Philosophic Reflections,” “A Skeptic’s Walk,” “The Nun,” “Rameau’s Nephew,” “Little Papers,” etc.

The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those who feel.Letter to Sir Horace Mann, 1770,—Horace Walpole.

The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those who feel.

Letter to Sir Horace Mann, 1770,—Horace Walpole.

Horace Walpole, a famous English author and letter-writer, was born in London, October 5, 1717, and died there March 2, 1797. His works include: “Anecdotes of Painters in England,” “The Castle of Otranto,” “Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of Richard III,” “The Mysterious Mother,” “Memoirs of the Last Ten Years of the Reign of George II,” etc. His chief fame rests upon his celebrated letters, 9 vols., which were published in 1857-59.

No seed shall perish which the soul hath sown.“Sonnet, Versöhnung, a Belief,”—John Addington Symonds.

No seed shall perish which the soul hath sown.

“Sonnet, Versöhnung, a Belief,”—John Addington Symonds.

John Addington Symonds, a distinguished English critic and historian of literature, was born at Bristol, October 5, 1840, and died at Rome, April 19, 1893. He wrote: “Studies of the Greek Poets,” “Sketches in Italy and Greece,” “Introduction to the Study of Dante,” “Shakespeare’s Predecessors,” “Sketches and Studies in Italy,” and his greatest work: “The Renaissance in Italy.”

“Freedom!” their battle cry—“Freedom! or leave to die!“The Black Regiment,”—George H. Boker.

“Freedom!” their battle cry—“Freedom! or leave to die!

“The Black Regiment,”—George H. Boker.

George Henry Boker, a noted American poet and dramatist, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., October 6, 1823, and died there January 2, 1890. His plays include: “Anne Boleyn,” “The Betrothed,” “Calaynos,” “All the World’s a Mask,” and “Francesca da Rimini.” Also, “Poems of the War,” “Sonnets,” “Königsmark and Other Poems,” etc.

The ripest peach is highest on the tree.“The Ripest Peach,”—James Whitcomb Riley.

The ripest peach is highest on the tree.

“The Ripest Peach,”—James Whitcomb Riley.

James Whitcomb Riley, a celebrated American poet, was born at Greenfield, Ind., October 7, 1853, and died July 22, 1916. Among his writings are: “The Old Swimmin’ Hole and ’Leven More Poems,” “Green Fields and Running Brooks,” “Child Rhymes,” “Love Lyrics,” “The Golden Year,” “Songs of Summer,” “The Rose,” “The Riley Baby Book,” “Songs of Friendship,” “Songs of Cheer,” “Old Schoolday Romances,” “Songs of Home,” “Down Around the River and Other Poems,” “A Summer’s Day and Other Poems,” “All the Year Round,” “Knee-Deep in June and Other Poems,” “The Prayer-Perfect and Other Poems,” “A Song of Long Ago,” “When My Dreams Come True,” “Away,” “Do They Miss Me?” “Friendship,” etc.

I think that saving a little childAnd bringing him to his own,Is a derned sight better business,Than, loafing around the throne.“Little Breeches,”—John Hay.

I think that saving a little childAnd bringing him to his own,Is a derned sight better business,Than, loafing around the throne.

“Little Breeches,”—John Hay.

John Hay, a famous American poet and prose-writer, was born in Salem, Ind., October 8, 1838, and died in 1905. His literary fame rests on his famous “Pike County Ballads.”

Thy Soul ...Is as far from my grasp, is as free,As the stars from the mountain-tops be,As the pearl in the depths of the sea,From the portionless king that would be.“Stanzas from Music,”—Edmund Clarence Stedman.

Thy Soul ...Is as far from my grasp, is as free,As the stars from the mountain-tops be,As the pearl in the depths of the sea,From the portionless king that would be.

“Stanzas from Music,”—Edmund Clarence Stedman.

Edmund Clarence Stedman, a distinguished American man of letters, was born in Hartford, Conn., October 8, 1833, and died in 1908. He wrote: “Nature and Elements of Poetry,” “Poets of America,” “Victorian Anthology,” “Victorian Poets,” “Poems Now First Collected,” etc.

Backward, flow backward, O tide of the years!I am so weary of toil and of tears—Toil without recompense, tears all in vain!Take them, and give me my childhood again!“Rock Me to Sleep,”—Elizabeth Akers Allen.

Backward, flow backward, O tide of the years!I am so weary of toil and of tears—Toil without recompense, tears all in vain!Take them, and give me my childhood again!

“Rock Me to Sleep,”—Elizabeth Akers Allen.

Elizabeth Akers Allen, a noted American poet, was born at Strong, Me., October 9, 1832, and died in 1911. She wrote: “The Silver Bridge and Other Poems,” and avolume of “Poems,” the best known among them being: “Rock Me to Sleep, Mother.”

Woodman, spare that tree!Touch not a single bough!In youth it sheltered me,And I’ll protect it now.“Woodman, Spare that Tree!”—George P. Morris.

Woodman, spare that tree!Touch not a single bough!In youth it sheltered me,And I’ll protect it now.

“Woodman, Spare that Tree!”—George P. Morris.

George Pope Morris, a celebrated American journalist and song-writer, was born in Philadelphia, October 10, 1802, and died in New York City, July 6, 1864. He wrote: “Poems,” “The Little Frenchman,” “Briercliff,” and his famous song, “Woodman Spare That Tree.”

It was acknowledged by Hume, that it was only in solitude and retirement that he could yield any assent to his own philosophy.“Essays,”—Hugh Miller.

It was acknowledged by Hume, that it was only in solitude and retirement that he could yield any assent to his own philosophy.

“Essays,”—Hugh Miller.

Hugh Miller, a distinguished Scottish geologist, was born at Cromarty, October 11, 1802, and died near Edinburgh, December 2, 1856. His most notable works are: “The Old Red Sandstone,” “Footprints of the Creator,” “Testimony of the Rocks,” “Poems,” “Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland,” etc.

There came to port last Sunday nightThe queerest little craft,Without an inch of rigging on;I looked and looked,—and laughed!It seemed so curious that sheShould cross the unknown water,And moor herself within my room,—My daughter! O my daughter.“The New Arrival,” St. I.—George Washington Cable.

“The New Arrival,” St. I.—George Washington Cable.

George Washington Cable, a famous American novelist, was born in New Orleans, La., October 12, 1844. He has written: “The Silent South,” “The Creoles of Louisiana,” “Old Creole Days,” “Dr. Sevier,” “Strange True Stories of Louisiana,” “The Busy Man’s Bible,” “John March, Southerner,” “The Negro Question,” “Strong Hearts,” “Kincaid’s Battery,” “Gideon’s Band,” “The Amateur Garden,” etc.

I’ve wandered east, I’ve wandered west,Through mony a weary way;But never, never can forgetThe luve o’ life’s young day!“Jeannie Morrison,”—William Motherwell.

I’ve wandered east, I’ve wandered west,Through mony a weary way;But never, never can forgetThe luve o’ life’s young day!

“Jeannie Morrison,”—William Motherwell.

William Motherwell, a Scottish poet and antiquary of great fame, was born at Glasgow, October 13, 1797, and died there, November 1, 1835. His most famous works are: “Minstrelsy, Ancient and Modern,” and “Poems, Narrative and Lyrical.”

Absence makes the heart grow fonder;Isle of Beauty, fare the well!“Isle of Beauty,”—Thomas Haynes Bayly.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder;Isle of Beauty, fare the well!

“Isle of Beauty,”—Thomas Haynes Bayly.

Thomas Haynes Bayly, a noted English poet and novelist, was born in Bath, October 13, 1797, and died at Cheltenham, April 22, 1839. He wrote 36 dramas, including among them: “The Aylmers,” “Perfection,” and “The Legend of Killarney.”

Be humble and gentle in your conversation, of few words, I charge you, but always pertinent when you speak, hearing out before you attempt to answer, and then speaking as if you would persuade, not impose.“Advice to his Children,”—William Penn.

“Advice to his Children,”—William Penn.

William Penn, a distinguished writer, and the founder of Pennsylvania, was born at London, October 14, 1644, and died July 30, 1718. Among his notable works were: “A Sandy Foundation Shaken,” “Truth Exalted,” “No Cross, No Crown,” “Reasonableness of Toleration,” and “Primitive Christianity Revived in the Faith and Practice of the People Called Quakers.”

Come in the evening, or come in the morning;Come when you’re looked for, or come without warning.“The Welcome,”—Thomas Osborne Davis.

Come in the evening, or come in the morning;Come when you’re looked for, or come without warning.

“The Welcome,”—Thomas Osborne Davis.

Thomas Osborne Davis, a famous Irish poet and journalist was born in Mallow, County Cork, October 14, 1814, and died in Dublin, September 15, 1845. His “Poems” and his “Literary and Historical Essays” were collected in 1846.

Farewell to Lochaber, farewell to my Jean,Where heartsome wi’ thee I ha’e mony days been;For Lochaber no more, Lochaber no more,We’ll maybe return to Lochaber no more.“Lochaber No More,”—Allan Ramsay.

Farewell to Lochaber, farewell to my Jean,Where heartsome wi’ thee I ha’e mony days been;For Lochaber no more, Lochaber no more,We’ll maybe return to Lochaber no more.

“Lochaber No More,”—Allan Ramsay.

Allan Ramsay, an eminent Scottish poet, was born in Leadhills, Lanarkshire, October 15, 1686, and died in Edinburgh, January 7, 1758. His most noted works are: “Fables and Tales,” “Tartana; or, The Plaid,” “The Evergreen,” “Fair Assembly,” “The Tea-Table Miscellany,” “Health,” “Thirty Fables,” and “Gentle Shepherd,” his most celebrated work.

A man can’t be too careful in the choice of his enemies.“The Picture of Dorian Gray,”—Oscar Wilde.

A man can’t be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

“The Picture of Dorian Gray,”—Oscar Wilde.

Oscar Wilde, a famous Irish poet and author, was born in Dublin, October 15, 1856, and died in 1900. Among his works are: “Poems,” “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” “The Happy Prince and Other Tales,” etc.; also three noted plays: “Lady Windermere’s Fan,” “A Woman of No Importance,” and “The Importance of Being Earnest.”

Abstinence is many times very helpful to the end of religion.—Tillotson.

Abstinence is many times very helpful to the end of religion.

—Tillotson.

John Tillotson, a distinguished English archbishop, was born in Sowerby, Yorkshire, October 16, 1630, and died in London, November 22, 1694. His manuscript sermons were published after his death, with the “Rule of Faith,” by Ralph Barker.

The fourteenth of February is a day sacred to St. Valentine! It was a very odd notion, alluded to by Shakespeare, that on this day birds begin to couple; hence, perhaps, arose the custom of sending on this day letters containing professions of love and affection.—Noah Webster.

—Noah Webster.

Noah Webster, the eminent American lexicographer and journalist, was born at West Hartford, Conn., October 16, 1758, and died in New Haven, May 28, 1843. He published “Sketches of American Policy,” “Philosophical and Practical Grammar of the English Language,” “A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language,” and hismagnum opus, “American Dictionary of the English Language.”

In the Cross of Christ I glory,Tow’ring o’er the wrecks of time;All the lights of sacred storyGathers round its head sublime.“The Cross of Christ,”—Sir John Bowring.

In the Cross of Christ I glory,Tow’ring o’er the wrecks of time;All the lights of sacred storyGathers round its head sublime.

“The Cross of Christ,”—Sir John Bowring.

Sir John Bowring, a famous English author and diplomat, was born in Exeter, October 17, 1792, and died there, November 23, 1872. Among his writings are: “Specimens of the Polish Poets,” “Specimens of the Russian Poets,” “Ancient Poetry and Romances of Spain,” “Servian Popular Poetry,” “The Flowery Scroll: A Chinese Novel,” “The Kingdom and People of Siam,” “Cheskian Anthology,” and “A Visit to the Philippine Islands.”

Kingsley’s three masters were—in poetry, Tennyson; in social philosophy, Carlyle; in things moral and spiritual, Frederick D. Maurice; he was a much more passionate reformer than Tennyson; he was far more genial and social than Carlyle. Not that he imitated any of the three.“Studies in Early Victorian Literature,”—Frederic Harrison.

“Studies in Early Victorian Literature,”—Frederic Harrison.

Frederic Harrison, a renowned English essayist, and publicist, was born in London, October 18, 1831. He wrote: “Order and Progress,” “The Study of History,” “Oliver Cromwell,” “The Meaning of History,” “Choice of Books,” “Annals of an Old Manor House,” “Chatham,” “Life of Ruskin,” “Memories and Thoughts,” “Carlyle and the London Library,” “My Alpine Jubilee,” “National and Social Problems,” “Among My Books,” “The Positive Evolution of Religion,” “Autobiographic Memoirs,” “The German Peril,” “On Society,” “Jurisprudence and Conflict of Nations,” “Obiter Scripta,” “Novissima Verba,” etc.

O sweet delusive Noon,Which the morning climbs to find,O moment sped too soon,And morning left behind.“Verses: Noon,”—Helen Hunt.

O sweet delusive Noon,Which the morning climbs to find,O moment sped too soon,And morning left behind.

“Verses: Noon,”—Helen Hunt.

Helen Fiske Jackson (“H. H.”), a noted American poet and miscellaneous writer, was born October 18, 1831, and died in 1885. Among her publications are: “Poems,” “Bits of Talk,” “Hetty’s Strange History,” “A Century of Dishonor,” and “Ramona,” her most famous work.

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million of faces there should be none alike.“Religio Medici,” Part II, Sect. ii,—Sir Thomas Browne.

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million of faces there should be none alike.

“Religio Medici,” Part II, Sect. ii,—Sir Thomas Browne.

Sir Thomas Browne, a celebrated English antiquary and physician, was born in London, October 19, 1605, and died in 1682. His principal work is “Religio Medici.” After his death a collection of his fugitive pieces was published, followed by “Christian Morals,” a collection of aphorisms.

The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward for evermore.“Letter to Mrs. Adams,” July 3, 1776.—John Adams.

“Letter to Mrs. Adams,” July 3, 1776.—John Adams.

John Adams, an illustrious American statesman and publicist, and second President of the United States, wasborn at Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts, October 19, 1735, and died there, July 4, 1826. His most celebrated work was: “Defence of the Constitution and Government of the United States.”

With spots of sunny openings, and with nooksTo lie and read in, sloping into brooks.“The Story of Rimini,”—Leigh Hunt.

With spots of sunny openings, and with nooksTo lie and read in, sloping into brooks.

“The Story of Rimini,”—Leigh Hunt.

Leigh Hunt, a famous English poet, critic, and essayist, was born in Southgate, October 19, 1784; and died at Putney, August 28, 1859. The most important of his works are: “The Story of Rimini,” “Recollections of Byron,” “A Legend of Florence,” and “Sir Ralph Esher.”

Most wondrous book! bright candle of the Lord!Star of Eternity! The only starBy which the bark of man could navigateThe sea of life and gain the coast of blissSecurely.“The Course of Time,” Book ii, Line 270,—Robert Pollok.

Most wondrous book! bright candle of the Lord!Star of Eternity! The only starBy which the bark of man could navigateThe sea of life and gain the coast of blissSecurely.

“The Course of Time,” Book ii, Line 270,—Robert Pollok.

Robert Pollok, a noted Scottish poet, was born at North Moorhouse, Renfrewshire, October 19, 1798, and died September 17, 1827. He published “Tales of the Covenanters,” and his famous poem, “The Course of Time.”

It is no easy task for anyone who has been studying his life and works to set reasonable bounds to their reverence and enthusiasm, for the man.“Alfred the Great,”—Ch. 24,—Thomas Hughes.

It is no easy task for anyone who has been studying his life and works to set reasonable bounds to their reverence and enthusiasm, for the man.

“Alfred the Great,”—Ch. 24,—Thomas Hughes.

Thomas Hughes, a celebrated English essayist and story-writer, was born at Donnington Priory, near Newbury, October 20, 1823, and died in 1896. He wrote: “Our Old Church: What Shall We Do With It?” “Rugby,” “The Manliness of Christ,” and his two celebrated works, “Tom Brown’s School Days,” and “Tom Brown at Oxford.”

On their own merits modest men are dumb.“Epilogue” to the “Heir at Law,”—George Colman, the Younger.

On their own merits modest men are dumb.

“Epilogue” to the “Heir at Law,”—George Colman, the Younger.

George Colman, the Younger, a famous English dramatist and humorous poet, was born in London (?), October 21, 1762, and died there October 17, 1836. He wrote: “Broad Grins,” “Poetic Vagaries,” etc. Among his comedies are: “The Iron Chest,” “John Bull,” and “The Heir-at-Law.”

A noise like of a hidden brookIn the leafy month of June,That to the sleeping woods all nightSingeth a quiet tune.“The Ancient Mariner,” Part V,—Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

A noise like of a hidden brookIn the leafy month of June,That to the sleeping woods all nightSingeth a quiet tune.

“The Ancient Mariner,” Part V,—Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a renowned English poet and philosopher, was born at Ottery, St. Mary, Devonshire, October 21, 1772, and died July 25, 1834. Among his famous works are: “Fall of Robespierre” (a play), “Moral and Political Lecture Delivered at Bristol,” “Conciones ad Populum,” “The Plot Discovered,” “Poems on Various Subjects,” “The Destiny of Nations,” “Ode to the Departing Year,” “Pears in Solitude,” “Wallenstein,” “Remorse, a Tragedy,” “Biographia Literaria,” “Aids to Reflection,” etc. “The Ancient Mariner,” was published in 1798, in a volume of “Lyrical Ballads,” with Wordsworth.

If cruelty has its expiations and its remorses, generosity has its chances and its turns of good fortune; as if Providence reserved them for fitting occasions, that noble hearts may not be discouraged.—Lamartine.

—Lamartine.

Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine, an eminent French poet, was born at Milly, near Macon, October 21, 1790, and died at Passy, March 1, 1869. His greatest works were: “Poetic and Religious Harmonies,” “Jocelyn,” “Poetical Meditations,” “New Poetical Meditations,” “History of the Girondins,” “The Fall of an Angel,” “Confidences,” “New Confidences,” and the “History of the Restoration.”

My country, ’tis of thee,Sweet land of liberty,Of thee I sing:Land where my fathers died,Land of the pilgrims’ pride,From every mountain-sideLet freedom ring.—“America”—Samuel Francis Smith.

My country, ’tis of thee,Sweet land of liberty,Of thee I sing:Land where my fathers died,Land of the pilgrims’ pride,From every mountain-sideLet freedom ring.

—“America”—Samuel Francis Smith.

Samuel Francis Smith, a noted American clergyman and hymn-writer, was born in Boston, October 21, 1808, and died in 1895. He wrote: “Mythology and Early Greek History,” “Knights and Sea Kings,” “Poor Boys Who Became Great,” and his famous hymn, “America.”

Heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute.“Junius” Letter XXXVII.

Heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute.

“Junius” Letter XXXVII.

Sir Philip Francis, a celebrated Irish-English public man and writer, was born in Dublin, October 22, 1740, and died in London, December 23, 1818. He won celebrity by the “Letters” signed “Junius,” which appeared in the Public Advertiser of London, from 1768 to 1772.

Scatter the clouds that hideThe face of heaven, and showWhere sweet peace doth abide.Where Truth and Beauty grow.“Morning Hymn,”—Robert Bridges.

Scatter the clouds that hideThe face of heaven, and showWhere sweet peace doth abide.Where Truth and Beauty grow.

“Morning Hymn,”—Robert Bridges.

Robert Bridges, a renowned English author and poet, was born October 23, 1844. He has been poet-laureate of England since 1913. He has written: “Essay on Milton’s Prosody,” “Critical Essay on Keats,” “The Growth of Love,” “Eros and Psyche,” “Prometheus the Firegiver,” “Demeter, a Masque,” “The Spirit of Man: An Anthology in English and French,” “Ibant Obscuri,” and some notable plays, among them: “Nero” (Parts I and II), “Palicio,” “Ulysses,” “Christian Captives,” “Achilles in Scyros,” “Humours of the Court,” “Feast of Bacchus,” etc.

... A Boswell and is not allowed to be, who has wild notions that he is really a greater man than Johnson and occasionally blasphemes against his idol, but who in the intervals is truly Boswellian.“Essays in English Literature,”—Saintsbury.

... A Boswell and is not allowed to be, who has wild notions that he is really a greater man than Johnson and occasionally blasphemes against his idol, but who in the intervals is truly Boswellian.

“Essays in English Literature,”—Saintsbury.

George Edward Bateman Saintsbury, an eminent English critic and literary historian, was born at Southampton, October 23, 1845. Among his numerous works are: “Primer of French Literature,” “Short History of French Literature,” “Marlborough,” “Elizabethan Literature,” “Essays in English Literature,” “Essays on French Novelists,” “Nineteenth Century Literature,” “Sir Walter Scott,” “A Short History of English Literature,” “Matthew Arnold,” “History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe,” “History of English Prosody,” “History of English Criticism,” “The English Novel,” “First Book of English Literature,” “A History of the French Novel,” Vol. 1 (1917) and Vol. 2 (1919).

The frivolous work of polished idleness.“Dissertation on Ethical Philosophy, Remarks on Thomas Brown,”—Sir James Mackintosh.

The frivolous work of polished idleness.

“Dissertation on Ethical Philosophy, Remarks on Thomas Brown,”—Sir James Mackintosh.

Sir James Mackintosh, a distinguished Scottish lawyer, philosopher, and politician, was born at Aldourie, Inverness-shire, October 24, 1765, and died in London, May 30, 1832. Among his writings are: “History of England,” “Life of Sir Thomas More,” “Modern British Essayists,” and “Dissertation on the Progress of Ethical Philosophy.”

At the close of the day when the hamlet is stillAnd mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove,When naught but the torrent is heard on the hill,And naught but the nightingale’s song in the grove.“The Hermit,”—James Beattie.

At the close of the day when the hamlet is stillAnd mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove,When naught but the torrent is heard on the hill,And naught but the nightingale’s song in the grove.

“The Hermit,”—James Beattie.

James Beattie, a noted Scottish poet, was born in Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, October 25, 1735, and died inAberdeen, August 18, 1803. His writings include: “The Minstrel,” “Dissertations Moral and Critical,” “The Evidences of the Christian Religion Briefly and Plainly Stated,” “The Elements of Moral Science,” and his famous “Essay on Truth.”

Wherever literature consoles sorrow or assuages pain; wherever it brings gladness to eyes which fail with wakefulness and tears, and ache for the dark house and the long sleep, there is exhibited in its noblest form the immortal influence of Athens.“On Mitford’s History of Greece,” (1824)—Thomas B. Macaulay.

“On Mitford’s History of Greece,” (1824)—Thomas B. Macaulay.

Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay, a renowned English historian, essayist, poet and statesman, was born at Rothley Temple, Leicestershire, October 25, 1800, and died at Kensington, December 28, 1859. His most famous works are: “Lays of Ancient Rome,” and the “History of England.”

Behold! in Liberty’s unclouded blazeWe lift our heads, a race of other days.“Centennial Ode,” Stanza 22,—Charles Sprague.

Behold! in Liberty’s unclouded blazeWe lift our heads, a race of other days.

“Centennial Ode,” Stanza 22,—Charles Sprague.

Charles Sprague, a noted American poet, was born in Boston, October 26, 1791, and died there, January 22, 1875. He wrote: “The Family Meeting,” “The Winged Worshippers,” and “Curiosity.” A collection of his works entitled “Poetical and Prose Writings,” was published in 1841.

Whence are thy beams, O sun! thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth, in thy awful beauty, the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. But thou, thyself, movest alone.“The Poems of Ossian,” “Carthon Ossian’s Address to the Sun,”—James Macpherson.

“The Poems of Ossian,” “Carthon Ossian’s Address to the Sun,”—James Macpherson.

James Macpherson, a famous Scottish author, known as the author of the “Ossian” poems, was born at Ruthven,Inverness-shire, October 27, 1736, and died February 17, 1796. He published the “Poems of Ossian,” consisting of “Fingal, an Epic Poem in Six Books” (1762), “Temora, an Epic Poem in Eight Books” (1764); he also wrote: “History of Great Britain” (1775).

No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.“The Strenuous Life,”—Theodore Roosevelt.

No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.

“The Strenuous Life,”—Theodore Roosevelt.

Theodore Roosevelt, a celebrated American politician and author, and twenty-sixth President of the United States, was born in New York City, October 27, 1858, and died January 6, 1918. He has written: “Essays on Practical Politics,” “The Naval War of 1812,” “Life of Thomas Hart Benton,” “The Wilderness Hunter,” “The Winning of the West,” “Gouverneur Morris,” “Ranch Life and Hunting Trail,” “History of New York City,” “Hunting Trips of a Ranchman,” “The Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter,” “African Game Trails,” “Theodore Roosevelt: an Autobiography,” “History as Literature,” “Life History of African Big Game,” “A Hunter Naturalist in the Brazilian Wilderness,” “Fear God and Take Your Own Part,” “A Book Lover’s Holiday in the Open,” “The Foes of Our Own Household,” etc.

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