HERRICK, ROBERT.—An English lyric poet of repute during the Commonwealth and Restoration. His songs are replete with sparkling melody. Born in London in 1591; died in 1674.

HEYWOOD, THOMAS.-An actor, dramatic poet, and prose writer, of the times of Elizabeth, James I., and Charles I. Born in 1570; died in 1649.

HIGGINSON, THOMAS WENTWORTH.-A brilliant American writer, who left the ministry to take part in the civil war. Since then has devoted himself to letters. Born in Mass, in 1823.

HOFFMAN, CHARLES FENNO.-An American writer who held a conspicuous place in general literature in the last generation. Born in New York in 1806; died in ————— HOGG, JAMES.-A Scotch poet, known as "The Ettrick Shepherd." Born in 1770; died in 1835.

HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT-An American journalist, poet, and novelist. Associate editor of the "Springfield Republican" for seventeen years, and editor of "Scribner's Monthly" for the last ten years of his life. His writings have enjoyed a wide popularity, and exerted a wholesome moral influence. Born in Mass. in 1819; died in 1881. HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL.-An American author, of many and distinguished powers; he is at once a physician, college professor, poet, and essayist. His contributions to American letters have been varied and valuable. His prose disputes with his poems for popularity. Born in Mass. in 1809.

HOOD, THOMAS.—A favorite English humorist and poet. The most skilled and audacious of punsters. His wit was always conspicuous, yet under it there ran a current of deep pathos. Born in 1798; died in 1845

HOPE, JAMES BARRON.-A native of Virginia, and the author of a volume of poems published in 1857. HOPKINSON, JOSEPH. —An American poet, whose stirring lyric "Hail Columbia" has become a national anthem. Born in Pennsylvania in 1770; died in 1842. HOWE, JULIA WARD.-A talented · American authoress; the wife of Samuel G. Howe, the philanthropist. Born in New York in 1819.

HOWELLS, WILLIAM DEAN.-A novelist whose writings have won him a distinguished place among American men of letters. For several years he was editor of the "Atlantic Monthly." Born in Ohio in 1837. HOWITT, MARY.-An English writer of kindred tastes and pursuits with her husband, William Howitt. The lives and labors of the two were so lovingly blended that the history recorded of one must include that of the other at every step. Born in 1804.

HOWITT, WILLIAM.-An Englishman of letters, whose literary fame is inextricably associated with that of his wife, Mary Howitt. He was a prolific author, his writings embracing prose and verse. Born in 1795; died in 1879. HOWLAND, MAY W.-Born in 1832; died in 1864. HOYT, RALPH.-A clergyman of the Episcopal Church in New York City, and writer of prose and verse. Born in 1808; died in 1878.

HUGHES, JOHN.-An English poet and essayist. Born in 1677; died in 1720.

HUNT, LEIGH.- A prominent man of letters in his period. The associate of Coleridge, Lamb, Byron, Shelley, and other men of note. His pen was employed with skill in various departments of writing. Born in London in 1784; died in 1859.,

INGELOW, JEAN.-An English poet and novelist, whose writings have had a wide circulation and high favor. Born in 1830.

INGERSOLL, ROBERT G.-An American, of national repute for his oratory. Born in Illinois, in 1832. IRVING, WASHINGTON.-An American author peculiarly honored and beloved by his countrymen. His gentle and genial nature, together with the beauty of his writings and the early fame he gave to American literature, cause his memory to be fondly cherished. He was a prolific writer and his works were received with universal applause. Born in New York in 1783; died in 1859. JACKSON, HELEN HUNT.-An American author, whose prose and poetical writings are characterized by ardent imagination and a facile command of language. It is doubtful if as a poetess she has a rival among her countrywomen. Has written chiefly over the signature "H. H." Born in Mass. in 1831.

JEFFERSON, THOMAS.-Third President of the United States, author of the Declaration of Independence, founder of the University of Virginia, and author of the Virginia statute for establishing religious freedom. Born in Virginia in 1743; died in 1826.

JENNER, DR. EDWARD -An English physician famous as the discoverer of the system of inoculation as a preventive to small-pox. Born in 1749; died in 1823. JERROLD, DOUGLAS.—An English author distinguished for brilliant wit. Several of his comedies have a perma nent popularity. Born in 1803; died in 1857. JOHNSON, SAMUEL.-A renowned English author and lexicographer. A man of extraordinary power of mind and of eccentric character. He struggled with poverty for many years, and with disease all his life, yet by his literary achievements and his dictatorial disposition he became the intellectual autocrat of his day. Born in 1709; died in 1784.

JONES, AMANDA T.-An American poet and philanthropist; author of a number of magazine pieces, and of a volume of poems published in 1867, and “A Prairie Idyl, and Other Poems," published in 1882. Her poetry is the work of a deeply reflective spirit, and is marked by great sincerity and purity of expression.

JONES, SIR WILLIAM.-A famous English scholar and jurist. Born in 1746; died in 1794.

JONSON, BEN.-One of the greatest of the English dramatists, a contemporary of Shakespeare, and, during their lifetime, a rival. He produced more than fifty dramas and works. Born in 1574; died in 1637. KEATS, JOHN.-A poet of great promise, whose life was unfortunately brief. His "Endymion" was published when he was twenty-two, and the "Eve of St. Agnes" and minor poems two years later. Had he reached maturity, there is reason for believing he would have added another to the list of great English poets. Born in 1795; died in 1821.

KEBLE, JOHN.-An English clergyman and poet, whose sacred lyrics, the expression of a sanctified life, gained him the reverent regard of men of all denominations. Born in 1792; died in 1866.

KEMBLE, FRANCES ANNE.-Daughter of Charles Kemble, the actor, and niece of Mrs. Siddons Distinguished in early life for histrionic talent, and, later, as a writer of poems, sketches of travel, and personal reminiscences. Born in London in 1811.

KIMBALL, HARRIET M.-An American poetess, whose devotional lyrics are characterized by a true poetic quality and an artistic finish. Born in New Hampshire in 1834. KINGSLEY, CHARLES.-An eminent English divine, novelist, and poet. A man of brilliant talents, whose earnest work in the church and in behalf of the English poor give him as honorable a distinction as did his fervent and eloquent writings. The magnetism of a strange and intense nature was felt in all he did and wrote. Born in 1819; died in 1875.

KINNEY, COATES.-An American poet and miscellaneous writer. Born in New York in 1826.

KNOWLES, JAMES SHERIDAN.-An accomplished British dramatist, actor, and theologian. Among his successful plays are "William Tell," "Virginius," "The Hunchback,” "The Wife," etc. Born in Ireland in 1794; died in 1862. KNOX, WILLIAM.-A Scotch poet, whose memory is kept green by the pensive lyric, “Oh, Why Should the Spirit of Mortal be Proud?" Born in 1789; died in 1825. LACOSTE, MARIE R.-A teacher, whose only published writing is the touching poem, "Somebody's Darling.” Born in Georgia in 1842.

LAIGHTON, ALBERT.—An American poet, a cousin of Mrs. Celia Thaxter. Born in New Hampshire in 1829. LAMB, CHARLES.-The most popular of English essayists. His writings are marked by a delicate, quaint humor which is peculiarly captivating. His character was expressed by the title, "Gentle Elia." Born in 1775; died in 1834. LAMB, MARY.-Sister of Charles Lamb, and tenderly associated with his life and literary efforts. Born in 1765; died in 1847.

LANDOR, WALTER SAVAGE.-An English poet and miscellaneous writer, whose style was original, antique, and perfect. His "Imaginary Conversations" form the enduring basis of his fame, yet his poems evince power, and some of them have enjoyed great popularity. Born in 1775; died in 1864.

LANIER, SIDNEY.-An American poet and prose writer, whose life was cut short in the midst of an honored and useful career in literature. Besides many poems of merit and several volumes for the young, he left a substantial treatise upon "The Science of English Verse," and one upon "The Development of the English Novel." Born in Georgia in 1842; died in 1881.

LARCOM, LUCY.-An American writer of note. At one time a factory operative, afterwards a teacher, and finally wholly devoted to literature. Born in Mass. in 1826. LATHROP, GEORGE PARSONS.-An American journalist and poet. At one time assistant editor of the "Atlantic Monthly," afterwards editor of the "Boston Courier.” His wife is a daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Born in the Sandwich Islands in 1851.

LAWRENCE, JONATHAN, JR.-An American poet. Born in New York in 1807; died in 1833.

LEIGHTON, ROBERT.-A Scotch poet of true inspiration. Born in 1822; died in 1869.

LELAND, CHARLES GODFREY. - Author of the "Hans Breitman Ballads," and translator of a number of Heine's pieces from the German. Born in 1824.

LEWES, GEORGE HENRY.-The well-known English philosophical, scientific, and miscellaneous writer, and founder of the "Fortnightly Review." The husband of Marian Evans, the novelist. His chief works are "The Life of Goethe" and "Problems of Life and Mind." Born in 1817; died in 1878.

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.-Sixteenth President of the United States. A man who rose from the humblest origin. Eudowed with strong common sense, tender feeling, great energy and ambition, keen sense of humor, and pure principles. He was one of the most remarkable characters America has produced, and is cherished fondly in the hearts of his countrymen. Was born in Kentucky in 1809; assassinated by J. Wilkes Booth in 1865, shortly after he had entered the second term of his administration. LINGARD, JOHN.-An English historian of high rank. Born in 1771; died in 1851.

LOGAN, JOHN.-A Scotch divine and poet. Born in 1748; died in 1788.

LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH.—The most popular of American poets. His name is not only dear to his countrymen, but is held in high esteem by all English readers. His poems are transparent in thought, tender in sentiment, and perfect in rythm, and are adapted to universal favor. Born in Maine in 1807; died in 1882. LOVELACE, RICHARD.-An English cavalier poet, who spent his fortune in the service of the king, and, after much suffering, died in extreme poverty. Born in 16.8; died in 1648.

LOVER, SAMUEL-A humorous Irish poet and novelist. Was a successful lecturer, giving entertainments made up of songs and stories of Irish life. Born in 1797; died in 1868. LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL.-One of the most eminent of American scholars, poets, and writers. His critical essays evince wide reading and fine discrimination, while their style is rich, elegant, and captivating. His humorous poems, chief of which are the " Biglow Papers,” are racy and witty to a rare degree, and his more serious poetical writings are distinguished by varied graces. Born in 1819. LUDLOW, FITZ-HUGH.—An American author of fine natural abilities, who fell an untimely victim to the habit of opium-eating. Born in New York in 1837; died in 1870. LUNT, GEORGE -An American poet. Born in Mass. in 1807. LYLY, JOHN.-Called the "Euphuist." A dramatist, whose affected writings set a pernicious example in English literature. Born in 1553; died in 1600.

LYTE, HENRY FRANCIS.-A Scotch poet and divine. The last and finest of his poems was the beautiful hymn, "Abide With Me." Born in 1793; died in 1847.

LYTTON, SIR EDWARD BULWER —A leading English novelist, whose works at one time ranked with those of Thackeray and Dickens, but have since declined in favor. Lord Lytton excelled as a man of letters by dint of ambitious and endless labor, rather than by an inborn creative genius. His three dramas, "Richelieu,” “Lady of Lyons," and "Money,” have had great success upon the stage. Born in 1805; died in 1873.

LYTTON, ROBERT BULWER (OWEN MEREDITH).—Only son of Lord Lytton. A poet and diplomatist. His most popular work is the poem of " Lucille." Was Viceroy of India from 1876 to 1880. Born in 1831.

MACAULAY, THOMAS BABINGTON, LORD.-An eminent English historian, essayist, and poet, of remarkable cloquence in conversation and writing. His works have had an enormous sale. His "History of England" was rend with the eagerness of an exciting novel, and his essays and poems have had a similar popularity. Born in 1800;

died in 1859.

MACCARTHY, DENIS FLORENCE.-An Irish poet. Born in 1810; died in 1882.

MACDONALD, GEORGE - A British novelist and poet, whose writings are esteemed for their pure teachings. Born in 1825.

MACE, FRANCES LAUGHTON.-An American writer, contributing to leading periodicals. Her hymn, "Only Waiting," is widely popular. Born in Maine in 1836.

MACKAY, CHARLES.-A Scotch poet and journalist. Author of many spirited and familiar poems. Born in 1812. MAHONY, FRANCIS (FATHER PROUT).—Au Irish poet and priest, witty, scholarly, and mild. His " Reliques" is a most delightful book. Born in 1804; died in 1866. MANN, HORACE.-A noted American educationist, whose services in behalf of popular education in America merit the nation's gratitude. Born in Mass. in 1796; died in 1859.

MARLOWE, CHRISTOPHER.-An English dramatist, contemporary with Shakespeare, and born in the same year, 1564; died in 1593.

MARSTON, JOHN.-An English dramatist, and friend of Ben Jonson. Born in 1600; died in 1634.

MARTINEAU, HARRIET.-An eminent English author, whose writings range through the departments of his. tory, politics, social economy, and fiction. Her style is clear and lively, securing her works a deserved popularity. Born in 1802; died in 1876.

MARVEL, ANDREW.-Distinguished chiefly as a political writer, but also a writer of verse. Born in 1620; died in 1678.

MASSEY, GERALD.-An English poet, who endured in childhood the hardships and miseries of a factory operative. Born in 1828.

MCREERY, J. L.-An author whose fame rests upon his beautiful poem, "There is no Death." The piece has been widely attributed to Bulwer, but is contained in a volume of McCreery's poems, published in this country, and is undoubtedly his.

MCLEAN, KATE SEYMOUR.—A writer of good poetic gifts, but who has published sparingly. A resident of Ontario, Canada.

MCMASTER, GUY HUMPHREY.-An American poet. Born in New York in 1829.

MEEK, ALEXANDER BEAUFORT.-An American lawyer, journalist, and poet. Author of the spirited poem on Balaklava. Born in South Carolina in 1814; died in Georgia in 1805.

MERRICK, JAMES.-An English clergyman and poet. Born in 1720; died in 1769.

MILLER, JOAQUIN.-An American poet and novelist. His youth was passed in the rough pioneer life of the Pacific coast. After publishing his first volume of poems, he was lionized in English society. Born in Indiana in 1841. MILLER, WILLIAM.-A Scotch poet, author of "Willie Winkie;" an artist in wood-turning. Born in 1810; died in 1872.

MILNES, RICHARD MONCKTON (LORD HOUGHTON). — An English statesman and author. Favorably known by his poems and by his amiable personal character. Born in 1809.

MILTON, JOHN.-Next to Shakespeare, the greatest English poet. Author of "Paradise Lost," an epic poem ranking with Homer's "Iliad" and Dante's "Inferno." Some of his minor poems, as notably the "Allegro" and "Penseroso," are masterpieces of thought and diction. In prose, Milton evinced an equal power, his political writings exerting a special influence on his times. His character partook of the stateliness and grandeur of his writings. His later years, including the period of the production of "Paradise Lost" and "Paradise Regained," were passed in total blindness. Born in 1608; died in 1674.

MONTGOMERY, JAMES.-A Scotch poet and journalist, who was twice fined and imprisoned for offensive political writings. His devotional poetry was of a high merit, many pieces being adopted into the hymnology of all Christian denominations. Born in 1771; died in 1854. MOORE, CLEMENT C.-An American poet and scholar; son of Bishop Moore of the Episcopal Church. His poem, Ꭺ Visit from St. Nicholas," is universally familiar. Born in New York in 1799; died in 1863.

MOORE, THOMAS -A famous Irish poet, the friend of Byron, and a social favorite. His talent was very precocious and prolific. He wrote with remarkable ease, and his songs, set to Irish melodies, were sung by him with much effect. "Lalla Rookh" is his chief work, and was one of the most successful and pecuniarily profitable poems ever published. Born in 1779; died in 1852. MORE, HANNAH.-An English writer of great distinction in her day. The contemporary of Johnson, Cowper, and Scott, and the friend of Garrick. Her writings were of a distinctively moral character, and did much to elevate the standard of purity in England. Her works comprise dramas, poems, essays, and tales. Born in 1745; died in 1833.

MORRIS, CHARLES.-A British naval captain, who pub lished many songs, none at all equal to his "Toper's Apology." Born in England in 1749; died in 1838.

MORRIS, GEORGE P.—An American poet. Author of "Wood man, Spare that Tree," "My Mother's Bible," etc. Born in Pennsylvania in 1802; died in 1864. MORRIS, WILLIAM -An English poet and artist, prominent in the school of the pre-Raphaelites. His "Earthly Paradise" recalls the poet Chaucer, in the simple naturalness of its language and versification. Born in 1834. MOSS, THOMAS.-An English clergyman, known only by his poem, called "The Beggar." Born in 1740; died

in 1808.

MOULTON, LOUISE CHANDLER. —A brilliant American writer and naturalist. Has contributed largely to magazines, and at one time literary criticisms to the New York "Tribune." Born in Connecticut in 1835.

MUHLENBERG, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS.-An American clergyman and poet, grandson of the founder of the German Lutheran Church in this country. Born in Pennsylvania in 1796; died in 1877.

MUNBY, ARTHUR J.-An English poet, author of "Doris " and other charming pieces. His first volume appeared in 1865; his "Dorothy," a long elegiac poem, published in 1882, was less favorably received than his shorter works. Born in 1837.

NAIRNE, LADY.-A Scottish poetess of exquisite tenderness, as evinced by "The Land o' the Leal," and other beautiful poems. Born in 1766; died in 1845. NEWMAN, JOHN HENRY. - An eminent English scholar and theologian. Prominent in the Tractarian movement in the Church of England. Afterwards made Cardinal in the Roman church. Born in 1801.

NOEL, THOMAS.-An English country gentleman, who published in 1841 a volume of " Rhymes and Roundelays," which included "The Pauper's Drive," the poem by which he is chiefly known.

NORTHRUP, B. G.-An American clergyman and poet. Born in Conn. in 1817.

NORTON, CAROLINE ELIZABETH SARAH.-An English poetess; the grand-daughter of Sheridan; of great personal beauty and brilliant talents. Born in 1808; died in 1877.

O'HARA, THEODORE.—A Kentuckian, author of the famous poem, “Bivouac of the Dead," written on the occasion of the interment, at Frankfort, Ky., of the soldiers of that State who fell at Buena Vista. Born in 1820; died in 1867. O'REILLY, JOHN BOYLE.—An Irish patriot and poet. Tried for sedition and sent to the penal colony of Australia, he escaped to America, and became editor of "The Pilot," published in Boston. Born in 1844.

OSBORNE, SELLECK —An American journalist and poet, Born in 1783; died in 1826.

OSGOOD, FRANCES S.—An American poetess. Born in Mass. in 1812; died in 1850.

OTIS, NEWTON S.-A resident of Brooklyn, N. Y. Born in 1836.

PAGE, EMILY R.-An American writer, who died at the early age of twenty-two. Her poem of "The Old Canoe" was widely credited to Albert Pike. Born in Vermont in 1838; died in 1860.

PALFREY, SARAH HAMMOND. - An American writer; daughter of the historian, J. G. Palfrey.

PALMER, JOHN WILLIAMSON.-A physician and poet,
known principally by his famous piece on "Stonewall
Jackson's Way." Born in Baltimore about 1828.
PALMER, WILLIAM PITT. - Author of "The Smack in
School," etc. Born in Mass, in 1805.

PARDOE, JULIA.-An English author, whose numerous vol-
umes of travel, fiction, and historical memoirs met with
much favor. Born in 1806; died in 1862.
PARKER, THEODORE. —A famous American preacher,
poet, and linguist. He is chiefly known as an ardent re-
former and an eloquent advocate of simple theism in
religion. Born in Mass, in 1810; died in 1860.
PATMORE, COVENTRY.—A favorite English poet. Author
of "The Angel in the House." Born in 1823.
PAULDING, JAMES K.—An American statesman and man
of letters. A prolific writer of prose and verse. Born in
1778; died in 1860.

PAYNE, JOHN HOWARD.-An American dramatist and actor, chiefly known by the popular and exquisitely touching poem, "Home, Sweet Home." Born in New York in 1792; died in 1852. PEABODY, S. H.-An eminent teacher and educator, and writer upon scientific subjects. Born in Vermont in 1833. PEALE, REMBRANDT. -An eminent American painter, and also an author of note. Born in Penn, in 1778; died in 1860. PENN, WILLIAM.-The founder of Pennsylvania, and an able exponent of the doctrines of the Society of Friends. After establishing his colony in America, he returned to England in 1684, and took an active part in political affairs, enjoying the favor of James II His writings were numerous and much esteemed. Born in 1644; died in 1718. PERCIVAL, JAMES GATES -An accomplished American scholar and poet, of recluse habits and eccentric character. Born in Conn. in 1795; died in 1856. PERRY, NORA.-An American poetess; author of the popular piece," After the Ball." Born in Rhode Island. PHELPS, EGBERT.—A son of U. S. Senator Phelps, of Vermont. A teacher, officer in the regular army, and afterwards a successful lawyer in Illinois. Born in 1838. PHELPS, ELIZABETH STUART.-An American prose and poetical writer, whose works are widely read. "The Gates Ajar" established her literary reputation in 1869, and she has since produced a number of popular novels and contributed largely to the leading magazines. Born in Mass. in 1844.

PIATT, DON.-—An American journalist and poet. Born in Ohio in 1829.

PIATT, JOHN JAMES.-An American poet and prose writer. Born in Indiana in 1831.

PIATT, SALLIE M. B.-An American poetess, wife of John James Piatt. Born in Kentucky in 1835.

PIERPONT, JOHN.-An American clergyman, prominent in the cause of anti-slavery and of temperance reform. Born in 1785; died in 1866.

PIKE, ALBERT.-For many years a resident of Arkansas, and noted there as a brilliant and eloquent lawyer, as well as poet and journalist. Born in Mass, in 1809. PITT, WILLIAM.-An English ship-builder, who died at Malta in 1840. His amusing poem of "The Sailor's Consolation" is in many collections credited to Charles Dibdin. POE, EDGAR ALLAN.-An American poet of rare and unique genius. The best of his writings have been translated into all the European languages. His fame, slight during his lifetime, has increased greatly since his death. Of keen sensibility, delicate organization, irregular habits, and unhappy fate, the incidents of his life have excited the deepest interest, while they have been subjected to conflicting interpretations. Born in 1809; died in 1849. POLLOK, ROBERT.-An English poet and divine. His principal poem was "The Course of Time." Born in 1799; died in 1827.

POPE, ALEXANDER.-One of the most celebrated of English poets. His verse was moulded with consummate art, and throughout his century was regarded as an expression of the loftiest genius. But it was monotonous in its polished construction, was wanting in the passion which speaks from heart to heart, and has suffered un inevitable decline in favor. Born in 1688; died in 1744.

PORTER, NOAH.-An American scholar and author, eleventh President of Yale College. Born in Conn. in 1811. POWERS, HORATIO NELSON.-An American clergyman of the Episcopal Church, and an accomplished poet and man of letters. Was an intimate friend of the poet Bryant, and author of an excellent memoir of him. Pastor of a church in Bridgeport, Conu. Born in New York in 1826. PRENTICE, GEORGE D—An American journalist and poet of great repute in his day. Editor of the Louisville "Journal." Born in Connecticut in 1802; died in 1870. PROCTER, ADELAIDE ANNE.-An English poetess, the daughter of Bryan Waller Procter (Barry Cornwall). Her poems are tender, serious, and imbued with a delicate fancy. Born in 1825; died in 1864.

PROCTER, BRYAN WALLER (BARRY CORNWALL). —An English poet and barnister at law. Many of his songs are popular favorites. Born in 1790; died in 1874. PROCTOR, EDNA DEAN.—An American poetess and miscel· laneous writer. Born in New Hampshire. PUNSHON, WILLIAM MORLEY. -A popular English preacher of the Wesleyan denomination. Born in 1824. QUARLES, FRANCIS.-A quaint English poet. His "Emblems" are very widely known. Born in 1592; died in 1644. RALEIGH, SIR WALTER.—A famous English discoverer, sailor, soldier, and courtier. There are forty short poems attributed with tolerable certainty to him, but his prose writings contain the best evidence of his genius. Born in 1552, beheaded by James I. in 1618.

READ, THOMAS BUCHANAN.-An American painter and poet, excelling in lyrics, of which one, "Sheridan's Ride," had sufficed to give him national fame. Born in Penn. sylvania in 1822; died in 1872.

REALF, RICHARD.-A gifted but unfortunate poet, who emigrated from England to America at the age of twenty, and was associated with John Brown in the political strife in Kansas. Born in 1834; died in 1878.

REDDEN, LAURA C. (HOWARD GLYNDON).—An American poetess. Born in Maryland about 1840.

RICH, HIRAM.-An American poet and magazine contributor. Born in Mass. in 1832.

RICHARDS, WILLIAM C.-A poet of English birth, resident in America since youth. A clergyman, journalist, and popular lecturer on chemistry. Born in 1817. ROBERTSON, FREDERICK W.-A distinguished English clergyman, whose sermons and lectures have made him widely known. Born in 1816; died in 1853. ROBERTSON, WILLIAM.-An eminent Scotch historian, whose works rank with those of Hume and Gibbon. Born in 1721; died in 1793.

ROGERS, SAMUEL.-An English poet and banker, distinguished in the literary and social life of London. His chief poems are "The Pleasures of Memory” and “Italy." Born in 1763; died in 1855.

ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA G.-An English poet, sister of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

ROSSETTI, DANTE GABRIEL.-An English painter and poet, one of the originators of the Pre-Raphaelite school of painting. Born in 1828; died in 1882.

RUSKIN, JOHN.-The great English art critic and writer. His works have had a profound influence on the age, exciting admiration by their impassioned eloquence and elevating the standard of morals by their lofty teachings. There is nothing in the prose literature of our language equalling in magnificence and splendor some of his descriptions of nature, and nothing more impressive than some of his terse declarations of the duty of men. Born in 1819.

RUSSELL, WILLIAM H.-A distinguished English newspaper correspondent, familiarly known as "Bull Run Russell," from his report of the battle of that name in 1861. Born in Ireland in 1821.

RYAN, ABRAM T. (FATHER RYAN).-A Catholic clergyman of Alabama, who has published a volume of verse, much of it of excellent quality.

RYAN, RICHARD.-A Scotch poet. Born in 1796; died in 1849.

SANGSTER, MARGARET E. M.-An American poet. Born in 1858.

SARGENT, EPES.-An American poet and journalist. Edited a series of school-books-speakers, readers, and spellers, which have been extensively used. Born in 1812; died in 1880.

SAXE, JOHN GODFREY.-One of the most popular of the humorous poets of America. Born in Vermont in 1816. SCOTT, SIR WALTER.-A Scotch poet and novelist, a man of wonderful, vigorous, and fecund genius, whose works enjoyed an immense popularity in their day, securing him a splendid reward in wealth and fame. His reputation was founded on his poems and crowned by the series of Waverly novels. Born in 1771; died in 1832.

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM.-A name which stands above all others in the literature of England or of the world. His works are an inexhaustible treasury of great thoughts delivered with marvelous expression. They comprise thirty-seven plays, the poems of "Venus and Adonis," and "Tarquin and Lucrece," and 134 sonnets. Born in 1564; died in 1616.

SHANLEY, CHARLES DAWSON.-Author of the famous poem, "Civil War," which appeared originally in London "Once a Week." Born in 1830; died in 1876. SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE.- great English poet, whose genius was underestimated during his lifetime on account of the liberal social and religious views which he proclaimed. His successive writings show a continual development of his powers, but his life was cut short before they were matured. Born in 1792; died in 1822. SHENSTONE, WILLIAM.-An English pastoral poet and miscellaneous writer. Born in 1714; died in 1763. SHILLABER, B. P. (MRS. PARTINGTON).—A popular American humorist. By profession a journalist, his humorous sketches and sayings originally appeared in the newspaper press, and afterwards had an immense sale in book form. Born in 1814.

SHIRLEY, JAMES.-A celebrated writer of tragedies, comedies, and poems. Born in England in 1596; died in 1666. SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP.-A courtly knight adorning Queen Elizabeth's reign. His bright talents were overshadowed by his manly and lovely personal traits. Honored and admired universally, he trod from his cradle to his grave amid incense and flowers. Born in 1554; died in 1586, SIMMS, WILLIAM GILMORE.—An American poet and nov elist, whose writings embrace a list of sixty volumes. Born in South Carolina in 1806; died in 1870.

SMITH, CHARLOTTE.-An English poetess, whose life was full of hardship and sorrow, the result of an unhappy marriage. Born in 1749; died in 1806.

SMITHI, HORACE.-A celebrated English wit and writer, associated with his brother James in the production of "The Rejected Addresses." Born in 1779; died in 1849. SMITH, MAY RILEY.-An American poet and miscellaneous writer. Born in New York in 1842.

SMITH, SEBA.-An American journalist, poet, and prose writer, displaying a rich vein of humor in some of his works. Born in Maine in 1792; died in 1868.

SMITH, SYDNEY.—A political writer, humorist, critic, and preacher, of extraordinary talents. Born in England in 1771; died in 1845.

SMOLLETT, TOBIAS G.—A popular English novelist, the author of a few short poems of much merit. Born in 1721; died in 1771. SOMERVILLE, WILLIAM.-An English poet. died in 1742.

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SOULE, JOHN B. L.-A clergyman of the Presbyterian denomination; prominently connected with educational interests in Illinois. Author of a volume of poems, published in 1882.

SOUTHEY, CAROLINE A. B.-An English poetess, the second wife of the poet Southey. Born in 1787; died in 1854. SOUTHEY, ROBERT.—One of the English Lake Poets, associated with Wordsworth and Coleridge, and a poet laureate. He was an able and laborious writer, and his works were voluminous and covered a wide range of topics. Born in 1774; died in 1843.

SPENCER, WILLIAM ROBERT. — An English poet, who wrote chiefly "society verses." Born in 1770; died in 1834.