Through the Year With Famous Authors Part 27

A brave endeavor To do thy duty, whate'er its worth, Is better than life with love forever, And love is the sweetest thing on earth.

"Sir Hugo's Choice,"--_James Jeffrey Roche_.

JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE, a noted American author, was born in Queen's County, Ireland, May 31, 1847, and died in 1908. He has written: "Songs and Satires," "Ballads of Blue Water," "Life of John Boyle O'Reilly,"

"His Majesty the King; A Romance of the Harem," etc.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] There should be many judges, for few will always do the will of few.

[2] Much knows he who knows naught, if he can hold his tongue.

[3] The great are only great because we are on our knees. Let us rise up.

[4] Love knows no winter; no, no! It is, and remains the sign of spring.

JUNE

JUNE

Abide with me! fast falls the even-tide!

The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide!

When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, oh, abide with me!

"Abide With Me!"--_Henry Francis Lyte_.

HENRY FRANCIS LYTE, a distinguished British clergyman and poet, was born at Kelso, Scotland, June 1, 1793, and died at Nice, France, November 20, 1847. He has written: "The Spirit of the Psalms," and some well-known hymns, among them, "Abide with Me," "Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken,"

"Praise, My Soul," "The King of Heaven," etc.

While we would have our young sisters imitate, as they cannot fail to love, the conduct of Ruth, will not their elders do well to ponder on, and imitate the tenderness of Naomi? Would we have our daughters Ruths, we must be Naomis.

--_Grace Aguilar_.

GRACE AGUILAR, a celebrated English novelist, was born at Hackney, June 2, 1816, and died at Frankfort-on-the-Main, September 16, 1847. She wrote: "The Spirit of Judaism," "Women of Israel," "Home Influence,"

"The Days of Bruce," "The Vale of Cedars," etc.

'Tis wise to learn; 'tis G.o.d-like to create.

"The Library,"--_John G. Saxe_.

JOHN G. SAXE, a noted American humorous poet, was born in Highgate, Vt., June 2, 1816, and died in Albany, N. Y., March 31, 1887. His most popular poems include: "Rhyme of the Rail," and "The Proud Miss McBride."

When false things are brought low, And swift things have grown slow, Feigning like froth shall go, Faith be for aye.

"Between Us Now,"--_Thomas Hardy_.

THOMAS HARDY, the renowned English novelist, was born in Dorsetshire, June 2, 1840. Among his noted works are: "Desperate Remedies," "Under the Greenwood Tree," "A Pair of Blue Eyes," "Far from the Madding Crowd"

(Cornhill), "The Hand of Ethelberta," "The Return of the Native," "The Trumpet Major," "A Laodicean," "Two on a Tower," "The Mayor of Casterbridge," "The Woodlanders," "Tess of the D'Urbervilles," "Jude the Obscure," "The Well Beloved," "Wess.e.x Tales," "A Group of n.o.ble Dames,"

"Life's Little Ironies," "A Changed Man, The Waiting Supper and Other Tales," "Wess.e.x Poems," "Poems of the Past and the Present," "The Dynasts" Pt. 1, 2, 3 (1903, 1906, 1908), "Time's Laughing Stocks,"

"Satires of Circ.u.mstance," "Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses,"

"Complete Poetical Works."

Let every man be occupied, and occupied in the highest employment of which his nature is capable, and die with the consciousness that he has done his best.

"Memoirs," Vol. i, p. 130,--_Sydney Smith_.

SYDNEY SMITH, the famous English wit, essayist and clergyman, was born at Woodford, Ess.e.x, June 3, 1771, and died in London, February 22, 1845.

Among his publications are: "Three Letters to Archdeacon Singleton on the Ecclesiastical Commission," "Letters," "Papers," "Peter Plymley's Letters," etc.

Courage, Brother! do not stumble, Though thy path be dark as night; There's a star to guide the humble, Trust in G.o.d and do the Right.

"Trust in G.o.d,"--_Norman Macleod_.

NORMAN MACLEOD, a distinguished Scottish divine and miscellaneous writer, was born at Campbeltown, June 3, 1812, and died at Glasgow, June 16, 1872. Among his writings are: "Peeps at the Far East," "Wee Davie," "The Earnest Student," "Character Sketches," "Parish Papers,"

and "The Starling."

Qui fuit peut revenir aussi; Qui meurt, il n'en est pas ainsi.[1]

--_Scarron_.

PAUL SCARRON, a noted French poet, novelist, and dramatist, was born at Paris, June 4, 1610, and died there October 14, 1660. His works include: "The Ridiculous Heir," "Jodelet," "Don j.a.phet of Armenia," "The Scholar of Salamanca," and his best known work the "Comic Romance." His travesty of the aeneid (1648-53) was considered a masterpiece of its kind.

To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers.

"Wealth of Nations," Vol. ii, Book iv, Chap. vii, part 3 (1775),--_Adam Smith_.

ADAM SMITH, a celebrated Scotch political economist, was born at Kirkcaldy, June 5, 1723, and died at Edinburgh, July 17, 1790. Among his works may be mentioned: "Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations," "Theory of Moral Sentiments," and "Origin of Languages."

Les hommes valeureux le sont au premier coup.[2]

"Le Cid," II, 3,--_Corneille_.