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