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ADDISON, JOSEPH (1672-1719).-Famous English poet, essayist, and statesman. Dr. Samuel Johnson once wrote, "Whoever wishes to attain an English style must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison." The sketches of Sir Roger de Coverley, the country gentleman, and his associates, are among the masterpieces of English literature. Our selection tells about one of Sir Roger's interesting days.

AURELIUS, MARCUS (121-180).-Roman emperor and philosopher. His book entitled Meditations, presents a very noble view of life and has always been very popular.

BACON, FRANCIS (1561-1626).—The first English essayist. He lived at the same time as Shakespeare, Spenser, Walter Raleigh, and Ben Jonson. Our selection is from one of the shortest and best of his essays.

BAGBY, GEORGE WILLIAM (1828-1883).—A distinguished American physician, journalist, and humorist. He wrote under the assumed name of Mozis Addums. Our selection is from his The Old Virginia Gentleman.

BEECHER, HENRY WARD (1813–1887).—One of America's greatest preachers. In the selection which we have printed, Beecher tells some of his experiences in England during the Civil War, trying to convert the English people to the Northern cause.

BLACKMORE, RICHARD DODDRIDGE (1825–1900).—English lawyer and novelist. He wrote a number of stories of which the most famous is Lorna Doone: a Romance of Exmoor (1869). This book describes most sympathetically the Exmoor country in England and has always been one of the most popular of English books.

BROWNING, ROBERT (1812-1889).-A famous English poet. He wrote many beautiful songs and impressive dramas. He was the author of The Pied Piper of Hamelin, a delightful poem for children.

BUNNER, HENRY CUYLER (1855–1896).—An American writer; author of short poems and also several volumes of fiction. He was associated with Puck as assistant editor and editor-in-chief.

BYRON, LORD GEORGE NOEL GORDON (1788-1824).-Celebrated English poet. His best-known long poem is Childe Harold, in four cantos, describing the travels through Europe of a fictitious hero. The third canto, the most popular, gives a vivid account of the battle of Waterloo. Lord Byron

wrote also The Prisoner of Chillon. Our selection is from the third canto of Childe Harold.

CARLYLE, THOMAS (1795-1881.)-English essayist, philosopher, historian. His History of the French Revolution is good literature and interesting as history. He wrote also a History of Frederick the Great. His most widely read books are Sartor Resartus and Heroes and Hero Worship.

CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE (1547-1616).-Famous Spanish novelist, author of one of the great books of the world, Don Quixote (1605–1615). This country gentleman, Don Quixote, stirred by thrilling tales of chivalry, starts with his squire, Sancho Panza, in search of knightly adventure. Our selection pictures one of these and this is typical of many others equally amusing.

COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR (1772-1834).—English poet. This selection has been taken from his most famous poem, The Ancient Mariner, which contains wonderful pictures of night and morning, of arctic and tropic seas.

COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789-1851).—The first important American novelist, author of the famous Leather-Stocking Tales, namely, Deerslayer, Last of the Mohicans, Pathfinder, Pioneers, Prairie. Natty Bumpo, the hero of these stories, is a type of the hardy and courageous pioneers who first settled in our country. Our selection has been made from The Pilot, one of his most widely read books.

COWPER, WILLIAM (1731-1800).—Celebrated English poet. Best known as the author of The Task and John Gilpin. Our selection is from the former. CURTIS GEORGE WILLIAM (1824-1892).—Noted American orator, author, journalist, and editor of Harper's Weekly. He wrote a charming little story called Prue and I. Our selection is taken from his famous speech, The Public Duty of Educated Men.

DAVIS, RICHARD HARDING (1864–

).-Writer of novels, plays and short stories. He was correspondent for the London Times and the New York Herald in the Spanish-American and Russian-Japanese wars, and has travelled extensively.

ELIOT, CHARLES WILLIAM (1834- ). A distinguished American educator, President of Harvard University from 1869 to 1909.

EMERSON, RALPH WALDO (1803-1882).—Famous American essayist and poet; one of our greatest thinkers. For many years he lectured on such subjects as Culture, Human Life, Nature, Representative Men, and aroused the young men of America to the importance of plain living and high thinking. Our prose selection has been taken from his well-known essay, Compensation.

Fox, JOHN, JR.—American novelist. His works treat especially of life in the mountain districts of Kentucky.

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER (1728-1774).-Famous English poet, novelist, and dramatist. His most popular poem is The Deserted Village, from which our selection has been taken. His best-known story is The Vicar of Wakefield, an account of the interesting and amusing experiences of the Primrose family. To Goldsmith is also attributed the well-known story, Little Goody Two Shoes. GRADY, HENRY W. (1851-1889).—American journalist and orator, editor of the Atlanta Constitution. The Homes of the People is a speech which he delivered at Elberton, Ga., only a few months before he died.

GREELEY, HORACE (1811–1872).—A celebrated American journalist, author, and politician. He was a famous anti-slavery leader and was the unsuccessful candidate for President in 1872.

HAZLITT, WILLIAM (1778-1830).-Critic and writer of delightful essays. He was a life-long friend of Charles and Mary Lamb, and knew Coleridge, Wordsworth, and the other great men of a great period. He writes entertainingly of authors and of people in general.

HOOD, ROBIN.-In the thirteenth century, probably, there sprang up many ballads about the name Robin Hood, the popular hero of Old England, the embodiment of its delight in the life of the green forest and open sky, in bluff, shrewd manners and in chivalric adventure.

HOWELLS, WILLIAM DEAN (1837- ).-Novelist. Mr. Howells has always written stories portraying real people in ordinary life. Perhaps his best story is Silas Lapham, which describes the rise and fall of a paint manufacturer in New England. Our selection is from his interesting book, Literary Friends and Acquaintance, in which he tells about his first going from Ohio to Boston and New York and his meeting with the great writers of the time. HUGO, VICTOR MARIE (1802–1885).—Famous French poet and novelist. His best work, from which The Battle of Waterloo is taken, is a long novel, Les Miserables, a story of a hero, Jean Valjean, in his attempt to lead a good life and his struggles against prejudice and wickedness.

KELLER, HELEN ADAMS (1880- ).-American miscellaneous writer. Though deaf and blind since early childhood, with the assistance of her teacher she was enabled to pass through and graduate from Radcliffe College. Her best-known book is The Story of My Life. Our selection has been taken from The World I Live In.

KIPLING, RUDYARD (1865- ).-English poet and short-story writer. He has written extensively of India, describing Anglo-Indian military and civil life. Children especially like his Jungle Books. Our selection is from his excellent boys' book, Captains Courageous.

LANIER, SIDNEY (1842-1881).-American poet and critic, "the foremost singer of the South since Poe." He was passionately fond of music and wrote poems which sing melodiously of the live oaks with their "little green

leaves," of the glimmering marsh, of the rising sun, and the flooding sea. His best poems are Corn, Ballad of the Trees and the Master, The Marshes of Glynn, Song of the Chattahoochee, and Hymns of the Marshes.

LONDON, JACK (1876- ).—Journalist, lecturer, and writer of stories. He tramped over the United States and Canada for the purpose of studying the conditions of the workingman. Our selection has been taken from his most popular book, The Call of the Wild.

LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL (1819-1891).-American poet, essayist, scholar, diplomat; professor at Harvard University, editor of Atlantic Monthly and North American Review, ambassador to Spain and to Great Britain. His Odes are probably the greatest odes written by an American poet. Besides, his Vision of Sir Launfal, and his humorous and patriotic Biglow Papers, Lowell has written many interesting essays on great authors and great books. MABIE, HAMILTON WRIGHT (1845– ). An interesting essayist. He is now literary editor of The Outlook. He has also written a life of Shakespeare. Our selection is from his book, The Life of the Spirit.

MATTHEWS, BRANDER (1852– ).-Professor of English literature in Columbia University. Author of The Development of the Drama, Vignettes of Manhattan, and of many magazine articles. Our selection has been taken from Vignettes of Manhattan, which contains many interesting sketches of New York City.

MUIR, JOHN (1836- ).—An American naturalist, explorer, and writer. For many years Mr. Muir has lived in the Yosemite Valley or in Alaska or Yellowstone Park, and has described in a most sympathetic manner the mountains and trees and life of these regions.

).-American journalist and poet.

NANSEN, FRIDTJOF (1861- ). A famous Norwegian arctic explorer. He has made many voyages to the extreme north. NESBIT, WILBUR DICK (1871PAGE, THOMAS NELSON (1853- ).-American author, noted for his stories depicting life in the South before the Civil War. Some of his best books are In Ole Virginia, Two Little Confederates. Through his stories run themes of kindly feeling and loyalty.

PAGE, WALTER HINES (1855- ). He has been editor of The Forum, The Atlantic Monthly, and now is in charge of The World's Work.

PLATO, born about 428 B. C., was one of the most famous philosophers of Greece. His many works on philosophical subjects are distinguished by purity of language and elegance of style.

POE, EDGAR ALLAN (1809-1849).-Poet and author of many wonderful short stories. Among his best-known stories are The Black Cat, Fall of the House of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum, and The MS. Found in a Bottle. In Europe Poe is considered one of our greatest writers.

RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB (1849- ). One of the true poets of America, born in Indiana. Mr. Riley has described many odd characters of the farm or the small town, the simple drollness of childhood, the splendid sentiment of ripe manhood and old age. The world may well be grateful for the humor and pathos of true and inspired poets such as Mr. Riley.

ROOSEVELT, THEODORE (1858- ). Twenty-sixth President of the United States. He has written books on history and stories of his adventures. Our selection is from his speech at the dedication of the memorial to Lincoln in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, February 12, 1909.

RUSKIN, JOHN (1819-1899).—Essayist and critic of art. He spent a large part of his time and energy, as well as much of his large fortune, in attempting to help the working classes. His beautiful style is based on the prose of the English Bible. Our selection has been taken from his most popular book, Sesame and Lilies.

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616).-The greatest English poet and dramatist, writer of comedies, tragedies, and historical plays. From Shakespeare's plays we have printed four passages, The Tent Scene from Julius Cæsar (III, Sc. IV); Monsieur Melancholy from As You Like It (III Sc. II); In Such a Night from The Merchant of Venice (V, Sc. I); The Fall of Cardinal Wolsey from Henry VIII (III, Sc. II).

SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE (1792-1822).—One of the truest of English poets. Pupils should read his beautiful Ode to the West Wind.

SHERIDAN, RICHARD BRINSLEY (1751-1816).—One of the most popular of English dramatists. When only twenty-three, he wrote The Rivals, which has always pleased Americans, partly because the part of Bob Acres was presented by our beloved actor, Joseph Jefferson. In 1777, Sheridan produced his School for Scandal which so delightfully set forth the world of fashion of the eighteenth century.

SIMMS, WILLIAM GILMORE (1806-1870).-American novelist, poet, and journalist. He was born in Charleston, S. C., and spent most of his life in the South. His novels are no longer read except by students of American literature, but much of his poetry has survived to the present day. He was one of the foremost writers of the South.

SPALDING, JOHN LANCASTER (1840- ). Archbishop in the Catholic Church. He has written on many religious and educational subjects. He is distinguished for his fairness and good judgment.

STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS BALFOUR (1850-1894).-Scottish poet, essayist, and novelist. His most popular novels are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Master of Ballantrae, and David Balfour. Our selection is from chapter XVII of Treasure Island.

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