Through the Year With Famous Authors Part 21

Take, O boatman, thrice thy fee,-- Take, I give it willingly; For, invisible to thee, Spirits twain have, crossed with me.

"The Pa.s.sage," _Edinburgh Review_, Oct., 1832,--_Johann L.

Uhland_.

JOHANN L. UHLAND, an eminent German poet, was born at Tubingen, April 26, 1787, and died November 13, 1862. He wrote: "Walther von der Vogelweide," "The Old French Epos," "The Myth of Thor, according to Norse Tradition," etc. Also two dramas: "Ludwig the Bavarian," and "Ernest, Duke of Suabia." His ballads and songs also won for him great renown.

Even bear-baiting was esteemed heathenish and unchristian: the sport of it, not the inhumanity, gave offence.

"History of England," Vol. i, Chap. lxii,--_David Hume_.

DAVID HUME, a famous British philosopher and historian, was born in Edinburgh, April 26, 1711, and died there August 25, 1776. Among his works may be mentioned: "Political Discourses," "An Inquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals," "Four Dissertations," "A Treatise on Human Nature," "History of England," "Two Essays," "Natural History of Religion," "Essays, Moral and Political," etc.

Let us all be happy and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with.

"Natural History,"--_Charles Farrar Browne_.

CHARLES FARRAR BROWNE ("ARTEMUS WARD"), a noted American humorist, was born at Waterford, Me., April 26, 1834, and died at Southampton, England, March 6, 1867. He wrote: "Artemus Ward, His Book," and "Artemus Ward, His Travels."

On the approach of spring, I withdraw without reluctance from the noisy and extensive scene of crowds without company, and dissipation without pleasure.

"Memoirs," Vol. i, p. 116,--_Edward Gibbon_.

EDWARD GIBBON, a renowned English historian, was born at Putney, Surrey, April 27, 1737, and died at London, January 15, 1794. His notable works are: "History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," "Critical Observations," "Essay on the Study of Literature," and "Miscellaneous Works, with Memoir Composed by Himself."

Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.

"First Principles,"--_Herbert Spencer_.

HERBERT SPENCER, the celebrated English philosopher, was born at Derby, April 27, 1820, and died December 8, 1903. Among his noted works are: "Principles of Psychology," "Cla.s.sification of the Sciences,"

"Education," "Essays," "The Study of Sociology," "Data of Ethics,"

"Principles of Sociology," "Political Inst.i.tutions," etc.

Let us have peace.

Accepting a Nomination for the Presidency, May 29, 1868.--_Ulysses Simpson Grant_.

ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT, the greatest of American generals, and eighteenth President of the United States, was born at Point Pleasant, Ohio, April 27, 1822, and died at Mt. McGregor near Saratoga Springs, N. Y., July 23, 1885. His "Personal Memoirs," won for him everlasting literary fame.

Have you sent to the apothecary for a sufficient quant.i.ty of cream of tartar to make lemonade? You know I die if I have not everything in the highest style.

"Man and Wife," iii,--_Colman_.

GEORGE COLMAN, the Elder, a celebrated English dramatist, was born in Florence, Italy, April 28, 1733, and died in London, August 14, 1794.

Among his comedies are: "The Deuce Is in Him," "New Brooms," "Man and Wife," "The Separate Maintenance."

Injuries from friends fret and gall more, and the memory of them is not so easily obliterated.

--_John Arbuthnot_.

JOHN ARBUTHNOT, a famous Scottish humorist, was born near Arbuthnot Castle, Kincardineshire, Scotland, April 29, 1667, and died in London, February 27, 1735. His most celebrated work was, "The History of John Bull."

Life is a game the soul can play With fewer pieces than men say.

"Field-Notes,"--_Edward Rowland Sill_.

EDWARD ROWLAND SILL, a distinguished American poet, was born in Windsor, Conn., April 29, 1841, and died in Cleveland, O., February 27, 1887. His poetical works include: "The Venus of Milo, and Other Poems," "The Hermitage, and Other Poems," and "Poems," published after his death.

To be bright and cheerful often requires an effort; there is a certain art in keeping ourselves happy; in this respect, as in others, we require to watch over and manage ourselves almost as if we were somebody else.

--_Sir John Lubbock_.

SIR JOHN LUBBOCK, a renowned English naturalist and paleontologist, was born in London, April 30, 1834, and died in 1913. Among his many works are: "Prehistoric Times as Ill.u.s.trated by Ancient Remains," "The Origin of Civilization and the Primitive Condition of Man," "Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects," "Ants, Bees, and Wasps," "On the Senses, Instincts and Intelligence of Animals," "The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World," "Flowers, Fruits and Leaves," "The Pleasures of Life," "The Use of Life," "The Scenery of Switzerland and the Causes to Which It Is Due," "The Scenery of England," "Essays and Addresses,"

"Free Trade," "Notes on the Life History of the British Flowering Plants," "Marriage, Totemism, and Religion," "Peace and Happiness," etc.

From our Dominion never Take thy protecting hand!

United, Lord, forever, Keep thou our father's land!

--_John Campbell, Duke of Argyll_.

GEORGE JOHN DOUGLAS CAMPBELL, eighth Duke of Argyll, a noted English philosophical, scientific, and political writer, and statesman, was born in Ardencaple, Castle Dumbartonshire, April 30, 1823, and died in 1900.

Among his notable works are: "The Reign of Law," "Primeval Man," "Iona,"

"The Eastern Question," "The Unity of Nature," "The Unseen Foundations of Society."

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.

[2] We Germans fear G.o.d, but nothing else in the world.

[3] The king reigns but does not govern.

MAY