Croly, George, rector of Eng. Church,
author, orator, poet; b. Dublin, Ire-
land, 1780; d. 1860. "Leonidas," p.

203.

Cummings, Jeremiah W., Rom. Cath.

priest, author, scholar, poet; built and
officiated in St. Stephen's Church, N. Y.,
from its erection, 1856, until his death;
b. Washington, D. C., 1823; (Coll. Pro-
paganda, Rome). "Song of the Union,"
p. 179.

Curtis, George William, journalist,
scholar, author; b. Providence, R. I.,
1824; d. 1892. "The Great Question
settled," p. 301.

Cutter, George Washington, poet; b.
Ky. 1814; d. 1865. "E Pluribus
Unum," p. 406.

Cuyler, Theodore Ledyard, Presb. min. ;
author, temperance advocate; b. Aurora,
N. Y., 1822; (Coll. of N. J., 1841).
"The Mighty Word 'No,'" p. 283.

• Day, Rev. William, as designated on
back of picture at Mt. Vernon. "Wash-
ington," p. 133.

"The

Delke, James A., teacher for more than
fifty years; Prof. Belles Lettres, Union
Univ., Tenn.; Prof. Chowan Bapt. Fem.
Inst., N. C.; scholar and poet; b. in
Virginia; (Univ. of N. C.); d. 1893.
"Carolina and Mecklenburg," p. 109.
Demosthenes, greatest of Grecian orators,
patriot and statesman; b. near Athens,
Greece, 383-385; d. 322 B. C.
Degeneracy of Athens," p. 69.
Depew, Chauncey Mitchell, lawyer, ora-
tor, scholar; b. Peekskill, N. Y., 1834;
(Yale Coll., 1856). "Columbian Oration
at World's Exposition,"
p. 368.
lumbus the Discoverer," p. 373.
Devens, General Charles, lawyer, sol-
dier, jurist; b. Charlestown, Mass.,
1829 d. 1892. "No Conflict now," p.
303.

"Co-

"The

Dix, General John A., lawyer, soldier,
statesman; U. S. Sen. N. Y.; b. Bosca-
wen, N. Y., 1798; d. 1879. "Christianity
as a political Force," p. 146.
Dow, General Neal, temperance reformer,
soldier, philanthropist; b. Portland,
Me., 1804; contributes paper,
Alcoholic and Tobacco Habit,"
p. 298.
Dwight, Timothy. Cong. min., theolo-
gian, author; Pres. Yale Coll.; b.
Northampton, Mass., 1752; (Yale Coll.,
1769); d. 1817. "Washington a Model
for Youth," p. 126.

Eichberg, Phillipine, (afterwards Mrs.
J. B. King); b. Geneva, Switzerland.
"To thee, O Country" (written at the
age of fifteen), p. 224.
Elliott, Ebenezer, poet, the "Corn-Law

Rhymer; " b. near Rotherham, Eng.,
1781; d. 1849. "Old England," p. 79.
Emilius (Æmilius) Paulus, Roman gen-
eral, killed at the battle of Cannæ,

216 B. C. "Representative Government
trustworthy," p. 51.

Everett, Alexander Hill, scholar, diplo-
matist; b. Boston, Mass., 1793; (Harv.
Coll., 1806); d. 1847. "The Young
American," p. 256.

Everett, Edward, orator, statesman;
U. S. Sen. Mass. ; b. Dorchester, Mass.,
1792; (Harv. Coll., 1811); d. 1865.
"Our Relations with England," p. 81.
"The People triumphant," p. 140.
"Plea for the Pocumtoc Chief," p. 241.
Fabricius, Caius Luscinus, Roman gen-
eral and statesman, of great purity of
life; ambassador to King Pyrrhus, B. C.
280. "Refuses Bribes," p. 53.
Fallersleben, poet and linguist (see HOFF-
MANN). "Fatherland," p. 104.
Flagg, Ellen H., née Brown, poetess;
b. Providence, R. I., 1842; d. 1884.
"Death the Peacemaker," p. 320.
Franklin, Benjamin, printer, patriot,
diplomatist, statesman, discoverer in
physics, essayist, and proverbialist; b.
Boston, Mass., 1706; d. 1790. "Don't
give too much for the Whistle," p.
277.

Gates, Merrill Edward, educator, scholar,
writer; Pres. Rutgers Coll., N. J.; Pres.
Amherst Coll., Mass.; b. Warsaw, N. Y.,
1848; (Rochester Univ., N. Y.). "The
Twentieth Century," p. 396.

A

Geikie, Cunningham, Presb. min., au-
thor, Biblical scholar; b. Edinburgh,
Scotland, 1826; (Univ. Edinburgh).
People delivered," p. 21. Joshua the
Patriot General," p. 32. "David the
Patriot King," p. 36.

Gibbons, James, (Cardinal) Rom. Cath.
Church; b. Baltimore, Md., 1834; (Bal-
timore Coll. and St. Mary's Sem.). "The
American Republic a Christian State,"
p. 160.

Giles, Henry, Unitarian min., writer; b.
Wexford Co., Ireland, 1809; came to
America, 1840; d. 1882. "The Cost of
Liberty," p. 138.

Goethe, John Wolfgang, scholar and
poet; b. at Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1749;
(Strasburg Univ., 1770); d. 1832. Extract
from "Haste not, Rest not," p. 262.
Gordon, General John Brown, lawyer,
soldier, statesman; Gov. Ga.; U. S.
Sen. Ga.; b. Upson Co., Ga., 1832.
"Gettysburg: a Mecca for the Blue
and the Gray," p. 302.

Grattan, Henry, Irish orator, statesman,
and patriot; b. Dublin, Ireland, 1750;
(Trinity Co., Dublin, Ireland); d. 1820.
"A Plea for Ireland," p. 244.
Greeley, Horace, printer, journalist, poli-
tician; b. Amherst, N. H., 1811; d. 1872.
"Self-sacrificing Ambition,"
p. 327.
Habberton, John, soldier, journalist, au-
thor; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1842.
Ideal Citizen," p. 148.

"The

Hale, Edward Everett, Unitarian min.,
journalist, lecturer, author; b. Boston,
Mass., 1822; (Harv. Coll., 1839).
"Pa-
triotic Words for the Young,” p. 359.
Hamilton, Colonel Alexander, soldier,
financier, statesman, patriot; b. West
Indies, 1757; d. 1804. "The American
Constitution," p. 116.

Hancock, John, statesman, patriot, ora-
tor; Pres. Continental Congress; signer
of Dec. Am. Ind., 1776; Gov. Mass.;
b. Quincy, Mass., 1737; (Harv. Coll.,
1754); d. 1793. "The Boston Massacre,'
p. 227.

Hannibal, Carthaginian general; b. 247
B. C.; d. 183 B. C. "Address to his
Soldiers in Italy," p. 62. "Appeals to
Scipio for Peace," p. 64.
Harrison, General Benjamin, lawyer,
soldier, statesman; U. S. Sen., Indiana;
23d Pres. U. S.; b. South Bend, O.,
Aug. 20, 1833; (Miami Univ., O., 1852).
"Proclamation of World's Exposition,"
p. 361. "The Critical Conditions of La-
bor," p. 268. "Aim High," p. 354.
Hastings, Horace Lorenzo, evangelist,
journalist, hymnologist, Biblical scholar,
and author; b. Blanford, Mass., 1831.
"A Sketch of Moses," p. 29.

Hawes, Joel, Cong. min., writer, theolo-
gian; b. Medway, Mass., 1799; d. 1867.
"A good Name," p. 342.

Heber, Reginald, Eng. bishop and poet;
b. Cheshire, Eng., 1783; (Oxford Univ.,
1803); d. 1826. "The Hebrew Capital
despoiled," p. 42.

Hemans, Felicia Dorothea (née BROWNE),
Eng. poetess; b. Liverpool, Eng., 1784;
d. 1835. "Rocks of my Country," p.
95. "The Bended Bow," p. 226.
Hoffman, Charles Fenno, novelist, poet,
journalist; b. N. Y. City, 1806; (Co-
Jumbia Coll., N. Y.); died 1884.
The
Storming of Monterey," p. 218.
Hoffmann, August Heinrich (also called
HOFFMANN VON FALLERSLEBEN), poet and
linguist; b. Fallersleben, Hanover, 1798;
(Göttingen and Bonn); d. 1874.
Fatherland," p. 104.

My

Holland, Josiah Gilbert ("Timothy Tit-
comb "), journalist, author; b. Beicher-
town, Mass., 1819; d. 1881. "Getting
the right Start," p. 257.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, versatile poet
and wit, scholar, author; Prof. Anatomy
and Physiology, Harv. Coll. ; b. Cam-
bridge, Mass., 1809; (Harv. Coll., 1829).
"The Flower of Liberty," p. 163.
Hood, Thomas, Eng. author and humor-
ist; b. London, Eng., 1798; d. 1845.
"The House where I was born," p.
96.

Hopkinson, Joseph, jurist; b. Phil.,
Penn., 1770; (Univ. Penn.); d. 1842.
"Reverence for Law," p. 147.
"Hail,
Columbia, Happy Land," p. 405.

Houdon (oo don), Jean Antoine, eminent
sculptor; b. at Versailles, France, 1741;
d. 1828; executed bust of Washington,
now in the Richmond capitol, Va. This
statue has its type in the St. Memim
crayon, owned by J. C. Brevoort, New
York, from which H. B. Hall & Sons
made their celebrated engraving of
Washington. See frontispiece.
Ireland, John, Rom. Cath. bishop, orator,
temperance advocate; b. Burnchurch,
near Filtrin, Ireland, 1838; emigrated
to St. Paul, Minn., while a boy; (Grande
Seminary, Hyères, France); chaplain
5th Minn. Reg. "Our Future," p. 383.
Johnson, Colonel Charles Wesley, prin-
ter, soldier, elocutionist, musician;
Secy. Minn. Senate 7 years; Clerk U. S.
Sen., 1883-1893; b. Belleville, St. Clair
Co., Ill., March 17, 1843. "The Nor-
wegian Wedding March of Grieg," in
verse, p. 98.

Johnson, William Preston, educator,
scholar; Pres. La. State Univ. and A.
and M. Coll., Baton Rouge, La., 1880;
since 1883, Pres. Tulane Univ., La. ; b.
Louisville, Ky., 1831; (Yale Coll., 1852).
"Our Dawning Future," 322.
p.
Keller, Matthias, musician; b. Würtem-
berg, Germany, 1813; d. Boston, 1875.
"Keller's American Hymn," p. 407.
Kennedy, John Pendleton, popular wri-
ter, scholar, statesman; b. Baltimore,
Md., 1795; Sec. Navy, 1852; d. 1870.
"The Age of Work," p. 264.
Kellogg, Elijah, Cong. min., lecturer.
poet, author; b. Portland, Me., 1813;
(Bowd. Coll., Me., 1840). "Vindication
of Virginius," p. 54.

Key, Francis Scott, lawyer, jurist, poet;
b. Frederick Co., M., 1779; d. 1843.
"The Star-spangled Banner," p. 406.
Khnemnitzer (IVAN IVANOVITCH), Russian
fabulist and poet; b. St. Petersburg,
Russia, 1744; d. 1784. Wisdom and
Wealth," p. 287.

66

King, Thomas Starr, Unit. min., lecturer,
author; b. N. Y., 1824; d. 1864.
"Our
Nationality," p. 143.

Kinkel, John Gottfried, theologian, poet;
b. Obercassel, Germany, 1815; (Univ.
Bonn). "Patriotic Song," p. 168.
Korner, Andreas Justinus, scholar, poet;
b. Ludwigsburg, Germany, 1786: (Univ.
Tübingen); d. 1862. "The richest
Prince," p. 167.

Kossuth, Louis, patriot, orator, states-
man; Gov. Hungary in revolution of
1848; b. Monok, Hungary, 1802; visited
the United States, 1851; d. in exile,
1894. "No Peace without Liberty," p.
"The mourning Hero's Vision,'
"The Roman Senate and Amer-
ican Congress," p. 173.

139.
p. 189.

Krout, Mary Hannah, teacher, journalist,
poet; in 1894, of ed. staff of Chicago

"Inter-Ocean; " correspondent from
foreign parts; b. Crawfordsville, Ind.,
"The Battle Eve," p. 222.
Lamar, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus,
lawyer, statesman, jurist; U. S. Sen..
Miss. b. Putnam Co., Ga., 1825; (Emory
Coll., Ga, 1845); d. 1892. "The Nine-
teenth Century ends Slavery," p. 305.
Lamartine, Alphonse de, French orator,
historian, poet; b. at Mâcon, on the
Saône, 1792; (College of Salley, 1809);
d. 1869. "A Republic defined,"
p. 156.
Lee, Richard Henry, patriot, orator,
statesman; signer Dec. Am. Ind.; b.
Westmoreland Co., Va., 1732; Pres.
Am. Cong., 1784; U. S. Sen., Va.; (edu-
cated in Eng.); d. 1794. "The First
Congress" (apothegm), p. 113.
Lefevre, Pierre François, French dram-

atist and poet; b. Paris, 1741; d. 1813.
"Gustavus Vasa to his Soldiers," p. 238.
Legare, Hugh Swinton, lawyer, states-
man, scholar; b. Charleston, S. C.,
1797; (South Car. Coll., 1815); d. 1843.
"The American Constitution no Experi-
ment," p. 119.

Lincoln, Abraham, lawyer, politician,
statesman; 16th Pres. U. S.; b. Hardin
Co., Ky., 1809; assassinated April 14,
and died April 15, 1865. "Address at
Gettysburg, Nov. 19, 1863," p. 299.
Lofland, John (alias MILFORD BARD),
poet, journalist; subject of a tribute by
Whittier; published "The Harp of
Delaware," 1828; b. at Milford, Del.,
1798; (Milford Acad.); d. 1849.
"The
Serpent of the Still," p. 348.
Lover, Samuel, Irish novelist, humorist,
painter, poet; b. Dublin, Ireland, 1797;
d. 1868. "Father Land and Mother
Tongue," p. 93.

Livy, Titus, Roman historian; b. Pata-
vium, Italy, 39 B. c.; d. 17 A. D.
"Ad-

dress of Hannibal to his Army," p. 62.
"Scipio's Reply to Hannibal," p. 65.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, poet
and scholar; b. Portland, Me., 1807;
(Bowd. Coll., 1825); d. 1882. "Decora-
tion Day," p. 316.

Lowell, James Russell, poet, critic,
scholar, diplomatist; b. Cambridge,
Mass., 1819; (Harv. Coll., 1838); d. 1892.
"The Fatherland,
99 p. 91. "Our Her-
itage," p. 171. "Freedom," p. 245.
Macaulay, Thomas Babington (Baron),
Eng. writer, journalist, statesman, his-
torian; b. Leicester, Eng., 1800;
(Trinity Coll., Cambridge, 1822); d.
1859. "Horatius at the Bridge," p. 49.
"Labor Hours have Limits," p. 274.
Mackay, Charles, Scottish poet; b. Perth,
Scotland, 1814. "Old Tubal Cain," p.
178. "What might be done," p. 292.
"If I were a Voice," p. 296.
Mackintosh, Sir James, author, orator,
statesman; b. near Inverness, Scotland,

1765; (King's Coll., Aberdeen, 1788);
"England's Relations to Amer-

d. 1832.
ica," p. 84.
Mann, Horace, lawyer, educator, scholar,
pioneer in the American common-school
system; Pres. Antioch Coll., Ohio; b. at
Franklin, Norfolk Co., Mass., 1796;
(Brown Univ., R. I., 1819); d. 1859.
"Let there be Light," p. 237.

B. C.

Marius, Caius, an eminent Roman gen-
eral, of low birth, but became eminent ;
b. near Arpinum, Italy, 157 B. c.; d. SG
"Merit before Birth," p. 72.
Maxcy, Jonathan, eminent Baptist di-
vine; Pres. Union Coll., N. Y.; Pres.
South Carolina Coll.; b. Attleborough,
Mass., 1768; (Prof. Brown Univ., 1791);
d. 1820. "The First American Con-
gress," p. 112.

Meagher, General Thomas Francis,
soldier, patriot; b. at Waterford, Ire-
land, 1823, gallant in the Am. Civil
War; d. 1867. "Patriotism," p. 231.
Milford Bard. (See John Lofland.)
Miller, Cincinnatus Heine (JOAQUIN),
poet; b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 1842.
"Fall
of the Indian Heroes," p. 204.
Miller, Theodore de Clermont, physi-
cian, N. Y. City; author of "Is there
Room among the Angels?" "The Old
Willow Chair," etc.; b. Hampton, Vt.,
1841; (Fair Haven High School, Vt.;
Normal Coll., Greenwich, N. Y.; Med.
Univ., Burlington, Vt.). "How we Take
It," p. 293.

Milton, John, patriot, author, among
greatest of poets; b. London, Eng.,
1608; d. 1764. "True Glory," p. 195.
Montgomery, James, poet; b. Ayrshire,
Scotland, 1771; d. 1864. "The True
Aspiration of Youth," p. 260.

Montgomery, General Richard, soldier,
patriot, poet; b. at Swords, near Fil-
trin, Ireland, 1736, (Trin. Coll., Dub-
lin); killed in battle before Quebec,
1775. "Marathon by Starlight," p.

200.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem (a' kon') de,
French philosopher and essayist; b. in
Perigord, France, 1533; d. 1592. Apo
thegm, "Sincerity and Truth," p. 145.
"The Noise of Arms," p. 193.
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat de
moralist and political essayist, autho
of "Spirit of Laws;" b. near Bordeaux,
France, 1689; d. 1755. "Poverty of
the Soul" (apothegm), p. 154.
Moore, Thomas, Irish poet; b. at Dublin,
Ireland, 1779; (Trin. Coll., Dublin, and
Middle Temple, London); visited the
United States, 1804; d. 1852.
"The
Torch of Liberty,"
p. 157.
Morris, George P., poet,
1802, at Phil., Penn., 1864.
Boys Together," p. 92.
spare that Tree," p. 101.

journalist; b.

"We were
"Woodman,

Morton, Levi Parsons, banker, diplo-
matist; Vice Pres. U. S.; b. Shoreham,
Vt., 1824. "Welcome to the Nations,'
p. 363.

Mosen, Julius, scholar and poet; b. in
Saxony, 1803; (Univ. Marieny); d. 1867.
"The Dying Trumpeter," p. 206.
Newman, John Philip, journalist, au-
thor, orator, lecturer; Meth. Episc.
bishop; b. 1826; (Cazenovia Sem., N. Y.,
1849). "Abraham Lincoln," p. 317
(contributed).

O'Hara, Theodore, poet, soldier; b. Ken-
tucky, 1820; d. 1867. "The Bivouac
of the Dead," p. 184.

Parbodie, William Jewett, poet; b.
Providence, R. I., 1812; d. 1870. "Our
Country," p. 165.

Paine, Robert Treat, writer, poet; b.
Taunton, Mass., 1773; (Harv. Coll.,
1792); d. 1849. "The Unselfishness of

Washington," p. 123.

Parker, Theodore, Unit. min., scholar;
b. Lexington, Mass., 1810; (Harv. Coll.);
d. 1860. "National Injustice," p. 155.
"The March of Freedom," p. 232.
Patten, Colonel George W., soldier,
military writer, poet; b. Newport,
R. I., 1808; (Brown Univ., R. I., and
U. S. Mil. Acad.); d. 1882. Called the
"Poet Laureate of the Army." "The
Seminole's Lament," p. 240.

Patterson, James Willis, orator, educa-
tor; U. S. Sen., N. H.; b. Hennicker,
N. H., 1823; (Dartmouth Coll., 1840); d.
1893. Again Brethren and Equals,"
p. 306.

66

Payne, John Howard, actor, poet; b.
N. Y., 1792; d. 1852. "Home, Sweet
Home," 106.
p.

Peabody, William B. 0., Unit. min.,
poet, author; b. Exeter, N. H., 1799;
(Harv. Coll., 1816); d. 1847. "Ruth
and Naomi," p. 35.

Peale (pēl), Charles Wilson, naturalist
and painter; pupil of West, in England;
b. Charlestown, Md., 1744; d. 1827;
painted a portrait of Washington. See
frontispiece.

Percival, James Oates, eminent poet,
medical scientist, and scholar; b. Ber-
lin, Conn., 1795; (Yale Coll., 1815); d.
1856. "New England," p. 82.
Phelps, S. Dryden, Bapt. min., poet; b.
Suffield, Conn., 1816; (Brown Univ.,
1844). "Decoration Day Ode," p. 314.
"The New Song of Freedom,"
p. 404.
Pierpont, John, Univ. min., poet; b.
Litchfield, Conn., 1785; (Yale Coll.,
1804); d. 1866. "Washington as a
Leader," p. 127; "Battle of Bunker
Hill," p. 230; Whittling Typical of
Young America," p. 279.

66

Pope, Alexander, Eng. poet and critic;
b. London, 1688; d. 1744. "The Road
to Happiness Open," p. 280.

Proctor, Bryan Waller (alias BARRY
CORNWALL), Eng. poet; b. 1790; d.
1874. "A Petition to Time," p. 337.
"Courage," p. 319.

Quintius Curtius, Roman historian.
Birth and death not known. "Virtue
Uncorrupted by Fortune," p. 71.
Quincy, Josiah, patriot, orator, political
essayist; b. Mass., 1744; d. 1775. "The
Principles of the Revolution," p. 114.
Racine, Jean, French dramatic poet; b.
Ferte Milon, France, 1639; (Coll. of
Beauvais); d. 1699. "Our Own the
Best" (apothegm), p. 94. "How to take
it" (apothegm), p. 294.

The

Rankin, Jeremiah Eames, Cong. min.;
b. Thornton, N. H., 1828; (Middlebury
Coll., Vt., 1849). America, Fairest
of Freedom's Daughters," p. 159.
Road, Thomas Buchanan, artist, poet;
b. Chester, Penn., 1822; d. 1872.
Brave at Home,” p. 193.
Robertson, Frederick William, Eng.
min., original thinker; b.1816, London,
Eng. (Oxford Univ., 1836); d. 1853.
"True Liberty," p. 263.

Ross, General Lawrence Sullivan, law-
yer, soldier; of Va. and Ky. parentage;
b. at Bentonsport, Iowa, 1838; (Wes-
leyan Univ., Alabama). "Our Banner
Unrent: its Stars Unobscured," p.
307.
Sallust, Caius Crispus, Roman historian;
b. 86 B. c.; d. 36 B. c. "Adherbal be-
fore the Roman Senate," p. 74.
Sargent, Epes, journalist, scholar, writer;
b. Gloucester, Mass., 1812; d. 1880.
"Regulus before the Roman Senate,"
p. 56. "Our Country," p. 255. "Deeds
of Kindness," p. 351. By permission of
executors.

Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich
von, dramatic poet; b. Marbach, Ger-
many, 1759; d. 1805. "Joan's Farewell
to Home," p. 201.

Scipio, Africanus (Scipio the Greater),
Roman general of eminence, who sub-
dued Carthage, 203 B. C.
"Rejects
Hannibal's Plea for Peace," p. 65.
Scipio, Publius Cornelius, a Roman gen-
eral, killed in battle, 211 B. c. "Address
to his Soldiers, threatened by Hannibal,
in front of Rome," p. 60.
Scott, Sir Walter, novelist, poet; b.
Edinburgh, Scotland, 1771; d. 1832.
"Love of Country," p. 106.
Shakespeare, William, the greatest
dramatic poet; b. at Stratford-on-Avon,
1564; d. 1613. "Be just, and fear not,"
p. 248. "A Good Name," p. 343.
Shaw, David T. "Columbia, Land of
the Free" ("The Red, White, and
Blue "), p. 405.
Sheridan, General
soldier, lecturer,
bury, Mass., 1840.
ries," p. 309.

George Augustus,
politician; b. Mill-
"Immortal Memo-

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, orator and
dramatist; b. Dublin, Ireland, 1751; d.
1816. "The Orator described," p. 335.
Sherman, General William Tecumseh,
soldier; b. Lancaster, Ohio, 1829; (U. S.
"Bel-
Mil. Academy, 1840); d. 1892.
ligerent Non-combatants," p. 308.
Sigourney, Lydia (née HUNTLEY), poetess,
author; b. Norwich, Conn., 1781; d.
1865. "Stars in my Country's Sky, are
ye all there?"
403.
p.
Smart, Alexander, Scotch poet; b. in
Scotland; in 1860 published "Songs of
Labor and Domestic Life." "Better
than Gold," p. 286.

Smith, Horace, Eng. humorist and wri-
"How
ter; b. London, 1780; d. 1849.

to have just what we like," p. 291.
"The Sanctuary within the Breast,'
p. 350.

Smith, Samuel Francis, Bapt. min.,
journalist, hymnologist, and poet; b.
Boston, Mass., 1808; (Harv. Coll.,
1829). "The Patriot Dead," p. 300.
"Eve of Decoration Day," p. 313.
"Patriot Sons of Patriot Sires," p.
399.

"Im-

Smith, Sarah F., English poetess.
mortality" (apothegm), p. 333.
Sparks, Jared, biographer, historian; b.
Wilmington, Conn., 1789; (Harv. Coll.,
1815); d. 1866. "The Lessons of the
Revolution," p. 115.

Spenser, Edmund, Eng. poet; b. Lon-
don, about 1553; (Pembroke Hall, Cam-
bridge); d. 1599, in great destitution.
(Apothegm) "Contentment," 324.
p.
Sprague, Charles, merchant, banker,
poet; b. Boston, Mass., 1791; d. 1875.
"Individual Purity the Hope of the
State," p. 144.

Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, politi-
cian, legislator, statesman; b. Talifiero
Co., Ga., 1812; d. 1883. "Separate as
Billows, but one as the Sea," p. 304.
Stockard, Henry Jerome, educator, phi-
lologist; b. Chatham Co., N. C., 1858;
(Graham Coll. and Univ. N. C.); Prof.
Eng. Lit., Univ. N. C. "The Review
of the Dead," p. 186.
Story, Joseph, legal author, jurist,
statesman; b. Marblehead, Mass., 1779;
(Harv. Coll., 1798); d. 1845.
Future of the United States," p. 387.
Storrs, Richard Salter, Cong. divine,
orator, scholar, author; b. Braintree,
Mass., 1821. "The Supremacy of Con-
science," p. 259.

"The

Stoughton, John, English divine; author

of ecclesiastical literature; b. Norwich,
Eng., 1807; (Highbury Coll. and Univ.
Coll., London); d. 1834. "Desirable
Objects of Attainment," p. 326.
Street, Alfred Billings, writer and poet;
b. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1811; d. 1881.
"The Death of Osceola," p. 207.

Stuart, Gilbert Charles, American
painter, studied in England under West
and Sir Joshua Reynolds; b. Narra-
gansett, R. I., 1756; d. 1828; painted
See
portrait of Washington, 1792.
frontispiece.

Sumner, Charles, lawyer, orator, states-
man; U. S. Sen., Mass.; b. Boston,
Mass., 1811; (Harv. Coll., 1830); d. 1874.
"The True Grandeur of Nations," p.
137. "Progress is constant," p. 392.
Swain, Charles, Eng. writer, engraver,
and author, known as "the Manchester
poet; "b. Manchester, Eng., 1803; d.
1871. "True Nobility,"
p. 276.
Swett, John, teacher; Supt. Pub. Ins.,
Cal.; Supt. Schools, San Francisco.
Credited to "Common School Read-
ings" H. H. Bancroft & Co, San Fran-
cisco. "The Pacific Shore," p. 395.

Taylor, George Lansing, Meth. Episc.
min., lecturer; b. Skeneatles, N. Y.,
1835; (Columbia College, N. Y., 1861).
"No Slave beneath the Flag," p. 169.
Taylor, Jane, Eng. writer and poet; b.
London, 1783; d. 1824. "The Philoso-
pher's Scales," p. 344.
Thompson, William H., lawyer, soldier
journalist, and poet; known as the
"champion archer of America;
Calhoun, Ga., 1848; (Ga. Mil. Institute).
"High Tide at Gettysburg," p. 219.
Thomson, James, Scottish poet; b. 1834;
for a while a soldier; d. 1882.
Culture" (apothegm), p. 328.
Thornton, Eliza, poetess; b. Northamp-
ton, N. H., 1795; d. 1854. "The Reign
of Peace," p. 198.

b.

"Soul

Trafton, Mark, Meth. Episc. min., tem-
perance advocate, poet; b. Bangor, Me.,
1810. "Our Martyred Dead," p. 188.
Trumbull, Colonel John, American
painter and soldier; studied in London
under West; aid-de-camp of Washing-
ton; b. Lebanon, Conn., 1756; d. 1843;
painted a portrait of Washington, as
well as the most famous battle-scene
pictures of the Revolutionary War.
See frontispiece.

Tupper, Martin Farquhar, Eng. poet,
novelist; b. London, 1810. "America

an Aggregate of Nations," p. 108.
Tuttle, Joseph Farrand, Presb. min.,
journalist, scholar; Pres. and Pres.
Emeritus of Wabash Coll., Indiana; b.
Bloomfield, N. J.,1818; (Marietta Coll.,
Ohio, 1841); contributes "Death or Lib-
erty," by Theodore D. Weld, p. 251.
Upham, Charles Wentworth, Unit. min.,
writer; b. St. Johns, New Brunswick,
1802; at Salem, Mass., 1824; d. 1875.
"Washington's Training," p. 121.
Upham, James Bailey, versatile writer,
journalist, associated with "Youth's
Companion" since 1872; originated the
system of placing the national flag in all