WESTMINSTER ABBEY.-COMMENCED BY EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, 1055.

Several additions made in later years. The 800th Anniversary of its Consecration was celebrated December 28th, 1865.

12. Bryant, editor of the N. Y. Evening Post, and type of the true American poet, is best known by Thanatopsis and The Ages. His masterly translation of Homer appeared in 1870-71. B. 1794. D. 1878.

13. Longfellow is one of the most popular of American poets; the author of Evangeline, the Song of Hiawatha, and Miles Standish, besides many other poems. B. 1807. D. 1882.

14. Whittier is the author of Snow-Bound and Barbara Frietchie, which are the best known of his poems. B. 1807.

15. Holmes wrote Old Iron-side, a standard National lyric, the Deacon's Masterpiece, and The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, beside other numerous works. B. 1809.

16. Emerson is best known by his Representative Men. He was the most distinguished of American Essayists. B. 1803. D. 1880.

17. Lowell has written both poetry and prose; Bigelow Papers, Among My Books, Fable for Critics, are among his popular writings. B. 1819. 18. Poe's Bells, Raven, and Annabel Lee are wonderful melodies. B. 1809. D. 1849.

19. Saxe is famous for his clever puns and love poems. pure merriment, he is unsurpassed. B. 1816.

As a poet of

20. Payne wrote Home, Sweet Home, which was first made public in a play. B. 1792. D. 1852.

21. N. P. Willis wrote the poem People I have met, and a volume of poems which appeared in many editions, some of which were richly illustrated. B. 1807. D. 1867.

22. Holland was a popular essayist and novelist. He wrote Bitter Sweet and Kathrina. B. 1819. D. 1880.

23. Aldrich is both a poetry and prose writer. The Ballad of Baby Bell is one of his best poems. B. 1836.

24. The Cary sisters were talented poetry and prose writers. They died in 1871.

25. Taylor has written largely both in poetry and prose. Among his writings are Hannah Thurston, The Story of Kennett, and his poem The Prophet. B. 1842. D. 1879.

26. Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, William II. Seward, Edward Everett, Charles Sumner, Robert C. Winthrop, Wendell Phillips, and William M. Evarts.

27. George Bancroft, author of History of United States; John Gorham

Palfrey, History of New England; William H. Prescott, History of Ferdinand and Isabella; Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution and The Civil War in America.

28. They are noted writers of fiction.

29. Charles Farrar Browne, (Artemus Ward) Henry W. Shaw, (Josh Billings) Samuel L. Clemens, (Mark Twain) David R. Locke, (Petroleum V. Nasby) Charles Dudley Warner.

30. James Gorden Bennett, the founder of the New York Herald. Horace Greeley, the founder of the New York Tribune and author of several works, chief of which is The American Conflict. B. 1811. D. 1872. Henry Jarvis Raymond, LL.D., acquired great and deserved celebrity as the founder and editor of the New York Times. B. 1820. D. 1869.

George Denison Prentice, for forty years editor of the Louisville Journal, holds a conspicuous place among American journalists. His witticisms have become proverbial. B. 1802. D. 1870.

Charles Anderson Dana has been prominent as a journalist for the past twenty-five years. He is now the editor of the New York Sun. B. 1819. Whitelaw Reid, editor-in-chief of the New York Tribune, first made his mark in literature as a newspaper correspondent. B. 1839.

31. Samuel Irenæus Prime, D.D., is the author of several interesting volumes, but is chiefly known as editor of the New York Observer. B. 1812.

James M. Buckley, D.D., editor of Christian Advocate, New York. Edward Bright, D.D., editor of Examiner, New York.

32. Alexander Winchell, LL.D., Geologist; J. W. Dawson, LL.D., Geologist; Prof. James M. Dana, Geologist; Asa Gray, LL.D., Botanist; Taylor Lewis, author of Six Days of Creation.

33. Charles Hodge, D.D., author of Systematic Theology and Commentaries; M. W. Jacobus, D.D., author of Commentaries; W. G. T. Shedd, D.D., author of Christian Doctrine; Horatio B. Hackett, D.D., Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles; John McClintock, D.D., Theological and Biblical Cyclopedia; D. D. Whedon, D.D., The Will and Commentaries.

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SOCIAL HOURS

SPELLING. RULES FOR;

WORDS SIMILAR IN SOUND,

DIFFERENT IN SPELLING AND MEANING. GIVE IT UP

2. When is final e of a primitive word retained?

3. What is the rule for dropping the final e of a primitive word?

4. What final consonants in primitive words are doubled?

5. If a syllable is added, when are final consonants added?

6. When is the double final letter of a word retained before an addi

tional syllable?

7. How do nouns ending with y form their plural?

8. How are primitives ending in y changed into compounds?

9. What is the rule for spelling compound words?

10. When may the letter / be doubled?

11. What change does the syllable ing make in some primitive words? 12. What rule regarding the diphthongs ei and ie is worth remembering?