O NE T H O US A ND LIT ER A R Y

Q U E S T IO N S A ND A N S W E R S
 On e Th o u s a n d
L i ter a r y Q u e s ti o n s
a n d A n sw e r s

MA R Y E LE A N O R KR A ME R

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O N E T H O U S A N D L I T E R A RY
Q U E S T IO N S A ND A N S W E R S

Who wrote the poem begin n in g E ve ry

”
wher e eve rywhere Christ m as to night ?
, ,
-

What and where is O rchard H ouse ?

Who was W illia m E ller y Channing ?
What w riters have immortalized G re y lock
M ountai n ?

P
What and where is o a pog
n k ?

Who said :
G r at d d ca ot d i
e ee s nn e :
Th y w ith th
e e d m oo
s un ran n en e w th ir light
e
F or v r bl i g tho that loo k
e e , es s n se on th m
e .

Who wrote The R e d Badge o f Coura ge

F o r what is Gri ff House n oted ?

What was the Bre ad a n d Che e se Club ?

- -
‘

Who wrote the first anti slav e ry book pub -

l i s h e d i n A meri ca ?
What writer r e sides i n a double cottage the
parts o f which a re known r e spe ctiv ely as
th e bungalow and the barracks
What poet s elect e d his own burial place and -

desi gn ed his own sepulcher ?

I
1 4 . Who wa s t h e o rigi n ator o f th e first c i rc u l a t

i ng library ?
What A m e rica n writ er s hom e i s cover e d ’

with ivy gr own fro m a cutti n g brought

fro m M elros e A bb e y Scotla n d ? ,

For what i s St Gil es s Church C rippl egat e

.
’

, ,

Lo n do n fa m ou s
,
?

Whe r e do we fin d th e foll o w i n g h e roi nes o f

fi ctio n : B ec ky S h a rp ; D or a ; Mi nn eha ha ;
Gl or i a Qu a yl e ; H es ter P r yn n e ?
What a n d wh er e i s Ol d T r a i l T own ?
W h o wrot e My R ag p ic k e r
Who h a s b een call e d th e Broad Highway
ma n ,
a n d fro m w hat w a s th e t e r m d e

riv ed ?
Who i s th e auth o r o f T h e Vi rgi n ia n
Who wa s t h e p o et o f th e blu e gras s coun
“
-

try
W ho sa i d ,H a wthor n e s Hous e o f t he ’ ‘

S ev e n Gabl es i s th e m o s t valuabl e c on
t r i bu t i on t o New E n gla n d hi s t o ry that h a s
y e t b e e n m ad e
Who w a s t h e author o f the followi n g li nes
’
T is n othigh tar alo
i n th e s s n e,
N i orcup of buddi g fl o w r
n th e n e s,
N i th r dbr a t m llo w to
’
or n e e e s s e ne ,
N i th b w that m il
or n e i ho w r
o s es n s e s,
But i th m d d cu m of thi g
n e u an s n s
Th r al way al way o m thi g i g
e e , s e n s n s .
 QU E S TI O N S 3

Wh o wrote P ickwick Papers ? ”

For what i s Che y ne Walk noted ?

Who resided at Cr a i gen pu ttock ?

Who wa s the autho r o f th e lines :

W h r v r G d r ct a hou f pray r
e e e o e e s se o e
T h D vil al wa y build a chap l th r ;
,

e e s s e e e
A d t will b fou d upo
n
’
x a m i atio
e n n e n n,
Th latt r h th larg t co gr gatio
,

e e as e es n e n .

What E nglish po e t wa s three times married ?

For what is Kilcolman notable ?

Who was called the J ean In gelow o f

“

A merica
What historian established a naval academ y
at A nnapolis M aryla n d ?,

What and where was Woodland Hall ?

Wher e was H olme s s famous lo n g walk’ “
,

me n tio ne d i n the A utocrat o f the B r eak

fast T able
What and wh e re was H ogarth L ane ?

For what Walpole H ous e notable

i s ?

T ell th e ci rc u m sta n c e s leadi n g to th e writin g

”
o f Th e Sta r Spangl e d Ba nne r
-
.

Who wrote T he Book o f Jo y ous Chil

“

”
dren ?

What A m e rican novelist is the grandso n o f

the fa m ous actress F rances A n ne K e mble
, ,

Fanny K emble
Whom did Whittier term the Cadmus o f
”
the blind ?
41 . Who w rot e the Battle H ymn o f the Re
p ublic
What fa m ous historia n graduat ed from
Harvard C oll ege when but e ight een years
o f a ge ?

What c el ebrat ed E n glish stat es m an said o f

th e C o n s titutio n o f th e U n it e d Stat e s :
A s far a s I ca n s ee th e A m e rica n Con
,

s t i tu t i o n is t h e m o s t wo n d e rful work e v e r

s truc k o ff at on e ti m e by th e brai n a n d p u r

po s e o f m a n ’ 7

What p o et o w n e d a fa m ous dog call ed

Boat s wai n
For what is A vo n m outh n ot e d ?
Wh e r e do we fin d th e follo w i n g charact e rs
o f fi ctio n : M a ggi e T u l l i v er ; Li zzi e
H er oin ; Wa c kf or d S q u eers ; M a ry A s h
bu r ton ; L i ttl e A n ni e ; L i ttl e Nel l ; E ls i e
V enn er ; Fr ec k l es ; R e becca ?
Fo r what i s Tabard I n n fa m ed ?
What a n d wh e r e was Crazy Castl e
Who w a s c all ed th e wizard o f th e N orth
W h o wa s call e d th e E ttric k sh eph e rd
Who s aid : I f w e ch e ri s h th e virtu e s a n d
th e p ri n ci p l es o f our fath e r s H e av en w ill
,

a s s i s t u s to carry o n th e w or k o f hu m a n

libe rty a n d hu m a n ha p pi ness

 QU E S TI O N S 5

Who was the found e r o f the N ationali s t

Clubs in the U nit d Stat s
e e ?

Who was t e rmed the tenth Mus e

Who wrote Zig zag J ourn eys -

Who was known as G ail H amilton

Who wrote The H oosier Schoolmaster ? ”

Who wrote O ve r th e H ill to th e P oor

“

”
house ?
What and wher e i s S l a b s i d e s
Who was th e author o f th e followin g lines :
Four thi g a m m u t l ar to do
n s an s e n
I f h would m a k h i r cord tru
e e s e e :
To thi k w ithout co fu io cl arl y ;
n n s n e
TO lov h i f llo w—m i c r ly ;
e s e en s n e e
T act fro m ho
o t m otiv pur l y ;
n es es e
To tru t i G od d H av
s n cur l y
an e en se e .

What l ed to William Cull en Brya n t s writin g ’

T o a Water fowl
N a m e th e author O f th e poe m Woodma n , ,

Spar e T hat Tr ee and t ell th e circum

,

stances that led to th e writing .

Who wrote : I f one write a bett e r book

‘

preach a b ette r s e rmon or mak e a b ett e r ,

m ous e trap than his n eighbor though h e

-
,

build his ho m e i n th e wild e rn e ss t h e ,

world will m ake a b eat e n path to his

door
Who w rote The O ld O ak en Buck e t ”
?

T o whom w a s L ongf ellow s b eauti ful poem ’

Sant a F ilomena a tribute

”
?
,
 th e U n it ed Stat es .

67 Who was
. T om S a wyer ?
68 Give th e i n cid en t that led to Francis M
. .

Fi n ch s b eauti ful po em a nd tribute

’
,

N atha n Hal e .

69 N am e th e author O f the followin g beauti ful

‘

a n d fa m ou s pray e r :

The day r tur d bri g th

e p tty rou d f irri
ns an n s us e e n o
tati g co c r
n d dutin H lp
e ns to play th m
an es . e us e an .

H lp e to p rfor m th m w ith lau ght r d ki d fac

us e e e an n es .

L t ch rful
e abou d with i du try G iv
ee n es s to go n n s e us
blith l y our bu i all thi day ; bri g to r t
.
,

e on s n es s s n us ou r es
i g b d
n w ar y
e d co t t
s, ed u di ho or d ;
an d gra t n en an n s n e an n
us i th nd th gift O f l p
e en e s ee .

”
Who w rot e T h e Buildi n g o f th e Ship
Wh a t cu s to m gav e ri s e to th e writi n g o f
Joh n Gr een l ea f W h i ttie r s po em T el l ’

,
“

i n g th e B e e s
Who wa s Ma s t e r E z eki el Ch eev e r ?

What n otabl e writ e r was th e daught e r O f a

lighthou s e k ee p e r on the I s l e s o f Shoals ?
-

Who wa s th e author O f D ear Land o f A ll

”
My Lov e a n d for what was it writte n ?
,

What po et di ed at A ldworth ?
Who wrot e the most authoritative li fe o f
A braham L incoln ?
Who wa s the author o f Venetian L i fe
What three A me rican wa r corre spondents
hav e done notable work in fiction ?
 QU E S T IO NS 7

79 . What A merican novelist married a R ussian

noblema n ?
80 . Who said :
co ward oul i m i
NO s s n e,
N tr embl r i th w orld tor m troubl d S p h r e ;
’
-
o e n e s s e e
I H av
s ee glori hi
e en s
’
es s n e,
An d faith s hi q ual ar mi g m fro m f ar
n es e ,
n e e .

Who wrote Following the Star

Who wrote O ld Mobil e ? ”

”
What and where was Paradise Flat 7 ’

“
Who was the autho r o f Memoi rs o f a
B a by
What w rite r sai d o f h is firs t book Lik e ,

the bo y with the m easles I am sorry fo r ,

i t in spots
Who wrote under the signature H H .

Who wrote th e fa m ous h y mn One ,

S weetl yj Sole mn Thought

Who wrote R outl e dge R id e s A lone
What E nglish poet di e d at R om e attended ,

i n his last illness by his frie d an artist

n ?
,

What A merican poet began the tra n slatio n

o f th e Iliad i n his sev ent y fi r s t y ear -
,

compl etin g i t and that o f the O d y sse y ”

in si x years ?

Who wa s A merica s gr eatest humorist ?

’

What A m erican w riter adopt e d as a l i fe

motto ,
H op e and keep busy P
Who wrote th e Bimb i stories ?
ON E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q U E S TI O N S
Wh er e is th e R ed H ors e I nn a n d for wha t
,

not e d
I n what w or k d oe s S ir W a lt e r Scott d e
s crib e a n O l d ti m e Chri s t m a s
- ?

Who was t h e author o f Poor R ichard s

’

A l m a n ac
What a nd w h e r e i s E l m wood ?

Wh er e was Colu m bia th e Gem o f th e

“
,

O c ea n fir s t su g n ?

Who wrot e Marchi n g Through G eorgia ”

?

Who wa s the author o f D ixi e

Wh a t is t e Fra k li
h n n I n n C lub ?

Giv e th e o rigi n o f th e P ig D inn e r o f

th e U n iv e r s ity o f C ali for n ia
.

Who w a s call ed th e po et o f th e
R ocki e s ”
?

Wh e re i s Pige on Cov e ?

Who i s k n ow n a s t e sw eat s hop po et

“
h
”
?

How did Ja m es Whitco m b R il ey first ob

tai n n otic e a m o n g lit e rary men ?
Who wa s A n n e War ne r ?
Giv e th e ps e udo n y m s o f twe n t y A merican
writ e rs.

Who was E n och A r d en ?

Who was A d a m B ed e ?
Who w rot e th e s en ti m en t : Friendship I s
t h e warp a n d woo f o f huma n o n e n ess ,

lov e i s th e d ye a n d patt e rn which mak e

”
t h e fabric s pl en did ?
What A m erica n p oe t w rot e a series o f
n e ws p ap e r articl e s ov er th e S i g n atur e ,
”
B en j F Joh n s o n o f Boo e n ?
. .
,

”
Who w r o t e Trilby ?

W h o was th e author o f Pigs Is P igs

What w rit e r p enn ed a m o s t i n t e r esti n g
n arrativ e o f h i s e x pe ri e n c e s duri n g th e

C ivil War u n d e r th e titl e A R eb el s ’

R e coll ectio n s
O f what A m erica n humorist wa s it said ,

H e s a w li f e a s through a g lass
brightly
”
Who wrot e T h e Blu e B ird ?

Who wrot e Ben Hur -

Who was th e author o f A H oosie r

Chro n icl e
Wh er e do we find thi s p etition , L ord ,

s en d a m a n li k e Bobbi e Bur n s to s ing th e

”
s on g 0 s t ea m
’

Who was th e author O f th e following s enti

m en t : Le t thi s h a ll o w e d hour w ith bet
”
ter thoughts b e s p en t ?

”
Who was the author of B en Bolt ?
For what is Cloc k Hous e n ot e d ?
Who wrote Calu m et K
For what i s Ta l both a ys n ot e d ?
Who hav e immortaliz e d Cape Cod in fic
tion ?
 Q U E S TI ON S II
Who was th e author O f T he G arden o f
A llah
“
Who wrote th e M oonston e
For what is Casa G uidi n otable ?
Who wrote Soldie rs o f Fortime
Who first introduced the N ew Y ork G hetto
into literature ?
Who wa s El i P erkins
Who was the H a wk eye man
Who wrot e th e beauti ful lines :
W h v r w cro a riv r at th ford
en e e e ss e e ,

I f w would pa i af ty w m u t k p
e ss n s e , e s ee
O ur y fi x d t adfa t
e es e ths ehor b y o d
s on e s e e n
if w ca t th m th flo wi g tr am
,

F or e s e on e n s e
T h h ad wi m w ith it ; if w would cro
,

e e s s SO e ss
T h ru
e i g flood f thi g h r i thi world
nn n o n s e e n s ,

O l mu t
u r s ou s t loo k do w
s nobut fi x th ir ight n, e s
O th fi m la d b y o d
n e r n e n .

1 45 . What novel was c onsidered the first seri

ous work O f A m e rican l e tters and b y
”
,

whom was it written ?

1 46 . Who was th e autho r o f the poem Christ ,

mas Treasures
Who was D a vi d H a r u m ?
Who was called the Beecher o f E ng
”
la n d ?
What notable work on slaver y has bee n
translat e d into nineteen language s ?
1 2 ON E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI ON S
Who was th e autho r o f the followin g
L ik a bli d S pi r i th
e n nne n e s u n,
I tr ad my day ;
e s
I k o w that all th thr ad w ill
n e e s ru n
Appoi t d way ; n e s
I k o w ach day will bri g i t ta k
n e n s s
A d b i g bli d m or I
,

n , e n k n , no e as .

’
Who said Lov e i s th e o n ly bow on li fe s
,

dark cloud It is th e mor n ing and th e

.

e v en i n g s tar

N am e two A m e rica n writ e r s who w ere

cl as s m at e s at Bo w doi n C oll ege
Who wa s th e author o f th e po e m 0 Cap ,

tain ! My Captai n ! a n d what occasio ned

t h e writi n g o f it ?

Who wa s th e Mai d o f O rl eans and who ,

immortaliz ed h e r i n a drama ?

Who was th e author o f th e following :

Not w hat w giv but what w S har
e e, e e,
For th gift without th giv r i bar ;
e e e s e
W ho giv hi m lf with h i al m f d thr
es se s s ee s ee ,
H i m lf h i hu g ri g ighbor d m
se , s n e n ne , an e .

What E n gli s h poe t re f e rr e d to th e lat e

Qu een Victoria a s th e wido w at Wi n d
s or

Who said E ach ca n have what inspiration

,

e ach will ta k e

What E n glish autho r w a s k n ight e d b ecause

o f his d e f en s e o f th e E ngli s h gov e rn
m en t i n h i s book T he G reat Boe r ,
“

”
War ?
 Q U ES TI O N S I3
F o r what was Te rre s T avern in P aris
'

not e d ?
What i s T o y nbe e H all ?
Who wrot e M y Little S ister
What great E nglish novelist was born in
India ?
What A m e rican poet p enn ed the followin g
,

tribute to Wilki e Collins :

Y etI b li v that k i dl y d a th
e e e n e
R rv d for h i m a w lco m i g
es e e e n s ha d e
It m atural for h i oul
s ee s so n s s
T m t o my t ry u afra i d
ee a s e n .

Who wrote Widecombe Fa ir

Who wrote P e g W offington
N a m e four prominent lit e rar y men who in ,

dir ect s u cce s sio n e dit e d th e school maga

,

zin e a t St Paul s S chool Co n cord N ew

.
’

, ,

H ampshi re while stud ents there

, .

Who was called the poet o f th e Si e rras

What A m e rican n ov elist w rote a d elight ful
story o f H olland and y et never visited ,

H olland ?

What A merican writer wrot e her first book ,

entitled T his T hat and th e O the r

,
”
, ,

wh en but eight een years o f age ?

What A merican poet had S O g reat an a d
m i ra ti on for Jos eph Je fferson that h e de
c l a re d that h e wo u1 d rath e r be J oseph

J e fferson than an y one else in the world ?

 ON E T H O U S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI O N S
To w hat po et did R al p h Waldo E merson
re f e r a s th e j i n gl e m a n
h
Who wa s t e Po et S tat sman e ? -

Who was th e author O f th e followin g lines

Not w hat
hav but what w
we ;e, e use
Not w hat but what w choo
we s ee , e se
Th thi g that m or bl
es e a r e th e n s ar es s
Th e m of hu m a happi
su n n es s .

N t what w tak but what w giv ;

o e e e e
N t what w pra y but
o w liv
e as e e
Th thi g that m ak for p ac
,

th
es e a r e e n s e e e,
Both w d aft r ti m hall c a
no an e e s e se .

G iv e th e incident O f th e occasio n o f A l fre d

T enn y s o n s writi n g h i s b eauti ful poem
’
,

Brea k Brea k B r eak

, ,
.
”

Who wrote a fa m ous A postrophe to th e

O c ea n ?

Who wa s call ed t h e la s t o f th e Bosto n

T ea party
-

What do e s Ja m e s R uss ell Low ell sa y o f

s ucc e s s ?

Who was B j Orn s tj erne B j Orn s on ?

What po em did Lo n gf ellow scribble on th e
back o f a n ot e rec e iv ed from Charles
Su m ne r ?
G ive th e words o f Willia m He nr y Chan
”
n i ng s
’
My Sympho ny .

Who said o f A braham Li n col n as h e la y ,

dyi n g Now h e b elongs to th e ages

,

Who was the Quaker Poet ?

 Q U E S TI O N S I 5

What A merica n woman novelist wrote sev

eral novels d eali n g with the religious li fe ,

and what wer e the y ?

Who was the author O f G radatim
Who wrote The Song O f th e Shi rt
Who was the h e ro O f Jam e s M ont
go m e r y s poem “’
Make Way for
, L ib
”
e rty ?

What does T homas Campbell s poem ’

H ohenlinden commemorat e ?
”
,

G ive the words o f P or ti a s plea ’

.

Who wrote The Wond e rful O ne horse -

”
Shay ?
Who was Ti to Mel ema ?

Who was T oby Fil lp ot ?

Who wrote B eyond th e T hreshold
”
Who said o f the H oosi e r poet H e ha s ,
~

alwa y s stood for cl ea n a n d whol esome

living for m e rcy a n d k i n d n e ss a n d a bet
,

te r da y to morro w T here i s nothing in

-
.

hi s po ems that can com fort ver y much

the man who hates his nei ghbor o r who
sees nothing good or beauti ful in the
world around him The songs o f R ile y .

are the cheer ful son g s o f a S incere and

”
trusting heart ?

What and wh e re was the L imberlost and ,

-

who has immortalized it i n her books O f

fiction ?
To hav do what v r had to b do ;
e ne e e e ne
T hav tur d th fac of y our oul to th
0 e ne e e ; s e s un
TO hav m ad lif b tt r d bright r for
e e e e e an e one :
Thi i to hav liv d
s s e e .

Who i s worshi p ed a s th e gr eat est te ach e r

a n d morali s t o f C hi a
n ?

Who wa s th e gr eat D a n ish story t eller -

Who was ZE s op ?
Wh e r e d o we l ear n o f th e follo w i n g lit e rary
charact e rs : J a n e E yr e ; M a r i on H ol
c om be ; R h od a Ga l e ; K a ter i n a Mas l ov a ;

Ca n d i d a ?
W h o wr o t e The P riso ner o f Z enda
What A m erica n po et wrot e his fir s t v ers es
ov e r t h e s ignatur e o f Pip P epperpod
What A m e rica n n ove list liv ed i n th e fam e d
”
Vall ey o f th e M o o n S o n o m a Cali , ,

f o rn i a
Who wrot e T h e Ma n with the H oe and ,

what i n s pir e d th e writi n g ?

What great naturali s t as a bo y was wont , ,

to go dow n i n to th e c ellar o f h i s Wis

co n s in hom e that h e might b e com fort
,

ably war m whil e r eading Shakespe ar e

, ,

Milto n Burns and th e B ibl e ?

, ,

What great stage ma nage r b egan his career

-

at S i x t een y ears b y carr y i ng a spear i n

1 8 ONE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI O N S
Who wrot e Thr ee Men in a Boat ”
?

Who w rot e Th e R ight o f Wa y

Wh o wrot e A Wi n dow i n T hrums
Wh er e do th e followi n g li n es appear
G od of our fath r k o w of O ld e s, n n
L ord f our far fl g battl li
,

O -
un e- n e,
B ath who a w ful ha d w hold
en e se n e
D o m i io ov r pal m d pi ;
n n e an ne
L ord G od f H o t b w ith y t
O s s, e us e ,

L t w forg t l t w forg t !
es e e , es e e

VJ ho wa s th e
‘ fi r s t authenti c P oet L aureat e
o f E n gla n d ?
What E n glish p o e t h eld the post o f P oet
Laur eat e for t e lo g est t e rm
h n ?

W h o r esid es at Stra n d Sw ed en ?
,

What pro m isi n g you n g A m erican novelist ,

be for e h i s early d eath wrote two n ov e ls ,

o u t O f t h e thr e e pla n n e d to for m T he

E p ic o f th e Wh eat a n d what w ere th ey ?
”
,

Who wa s called th e p o et o f the n atural

”
man ?

Who wrot e D e ar Lady D isdain

Who i mm ortaliz ed i n fi ctio n the Blue
Grass R egio n O f K en tucky ?
Who wrot e Sapho
O f what po et w a s i t s aid : H e di ed a ged ,

si x ty s ev en you n g i n th e j oy of living
-
, ,

almost j uv enil e i n the earthl y content

me n t he radiated
 Q UE S TI O N S 1 9

Who said ,
M y work i s the embodim en t
o f m y dreams to bring be fore men s
,
-
’

e y es the ima g e o f the thin g m y heart i s

filled with
Wh o wrote T he Southerner ”
?

T o what writer was there tendered a

B ow O f O ran g e R ibbon d inner ?
Who w rote T hei r S ilve r Wedding J ou r
ne y P

Who wrote T he A dventures o f H arr y

R ichmond ”
?

Who said :
Chillo n ! th y p ri o n s is a hol y p lac e,
A n d th y d floor
sa an altar.

Who said NO man sel e cting a literar y

,

harem could possibl y l e av e out J an e A us

t e n s h e roin e s A nne E l i ot and E li za be th
’
,
”
B ennett ?

Who wrot e T went y si x a n d O ne -

Who wrote T he H arim and the Purdah

Who wrote T he L ast D a y s O f P omp e i i
N am e four men who were both artists and
authors .

Who re f e rred to E dga r A llan P oe a s a

gentlema n among canaill e
Who wrote P eter Ibbetso n
Who wa s Matilda H o ff man ?

Who wrote M ichel Strogo ff

Who write s under t h e p en
n am e -
R ichard
D eha n
Who wrot e Ships That Pass in th e
N ight
‘ ”
?

Who w rot e T h e S ecre t Gard en

What E n gli s h n ov eli s t publi s h e d her first
boo k at thirty s i x y ear s a n d i n t h e ne xt
-
,

t w en ty y ear s e a r n ed one hu n dr ed a n d
fi fty thousand dollars by her pen ?

What Fr en ch n ov eli s t wrot e h is master

pi ec e at sixty y e ars O f a ge wh en n early ,

bli n d ?
Who i s te rm ed the pri n c e o f poets o f
”
Paris ?

For what is O ts ego Hall n ot ed ?

Who liv ed at Cu mm i n gto n i n th e B e rk
,

shir e Hills Ma s s achusett s ?

,

What thr ee A mericans wer e sculptors as

w ll a s author s
e ?

Who s e su mm e r ho m e i n Massachusetts i s
call ed D re am Wold ? ”

For what is Mo ntic ello n ot ed ?

Wh e r e wa s VVh i s tl e r s
’ “
White H ouse
locat ed ?
Who w a s th e r en ow n ed R L S ?
. . .

Who wrot e th e Patty stories ?

 Q U ES TI ON S 2 1

Wha t G re ek god was the patron o f music

and poe tr y ?

What and wh e r e was the Vi lla Craw ford ?

”
Who wrote T h e Villag e Blacksmith
“

Who wrote Grandmoth e r s Story O f

“ ’

”
Bunk e r H ill Battl e
- ?

Who w rot e Pictures o f M emory

Who wrot e T h e L egend o f Sleep y H ol
low
F o r what i s Fr e d erick Maryland n ot ed ? , ,

Whom di d Swi nbur n e call th e only po et O f

s upr e m e a n d si m pl e po e tic g enius of
th e e ight e enth c e tury
n ?

Who said :
Thu to r li v th w r tch d w h i p rid
s e e e e e e as s e,
A d v h i faili g l a d to virtu id ’
n e en s n s e ne e s s e.

2 72 . Who said
My i p ai d ea r s ne
oul i ic k w ith v r y da y r p ort
,

M s s s
’

0 ywro g
e e s e
nd outrag with which arth i fi ll d
an e e s e .

G ive th e history o f th e Ca n t erbury T ales '

.

What i s th e E pithalamion
Whos e m asterpi e ce is A talanta in Ca l y “

don
T h e win e o f Baco n s w ritings
’
Who said ,

I s d ry wi n e

Wh o d welt in a castl e on fam ed Strawbe rry

H ill n ear T wickenham E n gland wh e re
, , ,
 illu m i n at ed m a n u s cript s , a nd bric -
a -
brac
o f all k i n d s ?
O f who m wa s i t s aid '

H i s do m i n a n t trait ,

wa s a n i n s atiabl e a m bitio n to which h e

,

ow e d all th e j oy s a n d all the s orrows o f

h i s li f e
What a n d wh e re s R oycro ft I nn
i ?

Who w rot e th e p o em b eg i n n i n g O h w h y , ,

s hould th e s p irit o f m ortal b e proud ?

a n d w h a t tribut e did A braha m Li n coln

pay to thi s p oe m ?

What n ov eli s t O f our ti m e h a s c h os e n K ent ,

E n gla nd a s th e s c en e o f h i s fictio n ?
,

Who w rot e Tal es O f th e M e rmaid

”
Tav e r n ?

What w ell k n o wn playwright i s th e st ep

-

gra n d s o n o f R ob e rt Loui s St ev en s o n ?

For what is Haut evill e Hou s e fa m ed ?

Who s aid , Gr eat m en tak en up i n any

,

way a r e p ro fi tabl e co m p an y
,

What po et wh en as k e d t h e dat e o f hi s
,

birth r espo n d e d by givi n g t h e dat e o f his

,

m arriage ?

Who said , W e a re all children in the

k i n d ergarte n o f G od
Who has b een t er m ed th e great apostle O f
p essimism
 Q U ES TI O N S 2 3

2 90 . F or what i s Keilhau noted

291 Who has been t ermed t h e id eal id ealist
.

2 92 Who s aid
. I fin d l etters fro m God dropp e d
,

i n th e str e et a n d every one i s sig n ed b y

,

G od s n ame ’

2 93 What Ne w E ngland write r w ith her hus

.
,

band and in fant p e rish ed by th e sinkin g ,

o f a ship o Fi re Island New Y ork

ff ?

2 94 Who was the author O f

. T he B li th ed a l e
R omance ”
?

2 95 Who wrot e
. A uld L an g S y n e
2 96 Who wrot e a book o f observations on th e
.

li fe o f th e b ee ?

2 97 O f what E n glish poet wa s it sa id :

. He
was som e thi n g o f a Quak e r i n po etry ,

and loved th e sob e r drabs and grays o f

li fe
2 98 What writ e r a nd his wi f e also a writ e r
.
, ,

peri s hed i n the destructio n o f th e L us i

ta n i a ?

299 . Who w rot e the first songs a n d the first

music compos e d i n A m e rica ?
300 . What i s the n atio al hy m n O f R ussia
n ?

30 1 . Who wa s th e author o f th e following

famous pra y er :
W h th day r tur r tur to
en e de m ns, e n u s , ou r s u n a n co
f ort re d call up with m or i g fac
an us d with m or n n es an n
— —
,

i g h art
n ag r to labor ag r to b happ y i f happi
e s e e e e e
portio — d if th day S hall b m ark d
,

n es sShall b e ou r n an e e e
for orro w tro g t
s . dur it
s n o en e .
2 4 ONE T H OU S AND L IT ER ARY Q UE S TI ON S
Of who m did Cha n n i n g s a y Giv e h i m ,

s u n s hi n e a n d a ha n dful o f n uts a nd h e ,

h a s en o ugh
Who w rot e T h e Gr eat est Thi n g in th e
”
World ?

N a me thr ee lit e rary m en wh o at th e sam e

ti m e s erv e d th e U n it ed Stat e s at for e ign
court s .

Who h a s b een t e r m ed th e Bosw ell O f th e

old ti m e n egro
-

What A me rica n p o e t w a s th e author o f a

p oem th a t n ett e d h i m fiv e hu n dr ed dol
lar s a o rd
w ?

O f w h a t A m e r ic a n n ov eli s t has it b ee n s aid ,

T h e m a n tl e O f Loui s a M A lcott has .

fall en up on h e r
“
Who s aid I awok e o ne morning and
,

fou n d m y s el f fa m ou s
Who i s O ctav e Tha n et
Who w r ot e C ra n ford
What n ot e d divi n e s old a s lav e from the
p u l p it o f Ply m outh Church B rooklyn , ,

Ne w Y or k ?
What a n d wh er e was th e O ld Cor n e r
Book s tor e
Who w a s th e author o f Hugh W y nne ,

Fr Qua k e r
e e
”
?

Who said
H art li k appl
e s, e es , a r e hard a nd s our ,

T l l cru h d b y pai r i tl po w r
’
l s e n s es s es s e .
 Who wrot e th e lines :
’
T is a y ough to b pl a a t
e s en e e s n
W h lif fl o w
en elik a o g ;
s on e s n
But t h m worth whil i th m wh n mi l
e an e s e an o ca s e,
W h v ry thi g go d ad wro g
en e e n es e n .

T h e w o r k o f what E n gli s h p o e t th e d a u gh ,

t e r o f what p o e t w a s fi rst pri n t e d by ,

C harl es D ick en s In his magazi ne H ous e ,

h ol d W or ds ?
What a n d wh e r e was th e Brai n Club
Who was th e author o f Marco B oz z a r IS
Who was call ed th e m a d p oet
Who was call ed th e po et o f c el es tial pas
sio n
Who i s S i r A n th ony A bs ol u te ?
Who was call ed th e A m erican Sibyl
“

Who writ es u n d e r th e pen n am e Marion -

,
”
Harla n d ?

What a n d w h e r e i s Pigeo n R oost i n th e - - -

Woods
What w rit e r liv ed at T h e H olt ”

T O w h om did Walt Whit m an r e f e r as a

a
good Ta i th f u l you n g J e rsey wo m a n
, ,
? n

”
What a n d wh e r e i s Ch erry Cro ft P
Who wrot e A R ill from th e T own
“

”
Pump ?
Who wrote A Spi nn e r i n the Sun
What A m erica n n ov eli s t a fter a vi s it to the ,

slums o f Lo n do n wrot e a book em body ,

in g his e xp erie nces call ed T he A b y ss ,

 Q U E S TI O N S 27

34 7 . Wh o has a summer camp called Wood

chuck L odge
348 . What A m e rican statesman made practical
use o f th e classic motto ,

In tial u ity
e s s en s n ,
in doubtful m att r s lib rty
e e , in all
thi g charity
n s .

34 9 Who said T he true univ e rsit y these da y s

.
, , ,

i s a collection o f books
'

3 5 0 In what church w e r e hun g the lanterns de

.

scribed i n P aul R ev e re s R id e ”
?“ ’

35 1 Who wrot e T he M arsh e s o f Glynn

.

35 2 What writ e r s moth e r s ent him dail y letters

’
.

wh en absent from him each co n taining ,

the phras e I s end you m y dail y pra y e rs

, ,

and I bless y ou dearie ,

35 3 What gave rise to the writi n g o f G old

.

’
smith s She S toops to Conquer
35 4 Who sa id :
. L ittl e mind s are tamed and
subdu ed by mis fortun e ; but great minds
”
rise above it ?
35 5 What poet a contemporar y o f T enn y son
.
,

and B rowning was at th e close o f the , ,

ninete enth c e ntur y th e last o f the g roup ,

o f gr eat E nglish poets o f th e first rank ?

35 6 What a n d wh e re was
. Bu ff Cottage
35 7 What and where was Idl e wild
.

35 8 Who said
. A tart temper never mellows
,

with age
35 9 What po e t S pok e o f himse l f as
. a sh y lad
”
in homespun clothes O f Quaker cut ?
Who wrot e Back L og S tudi e s
- a

Who was t ermed th e great A vatar o f

V i s h nu l a n d
Who writ e s u n d e r th e pseudonym o f
D avid Grayson
What A m e rica n n ov elist a ft e r r e siding in
,

E n gla n d for m a n y y ear s b eca m e a B rit

ish subj e ct wh en a gr eat wa r arose in
,

ord e r to throw th e w eight o f hi s i nfl u

e nc e with E gla d
n n ?

W h o wrot e Tomb Blo s so m s

What a n d wh e re wa s D os ori s
What A me rica n p o e t was t e r m e d the
A m erica n Hood
Who wa s th e author o f th e Masqu e O f th e
”
God s , which h e consid e r e d his best
lit e rary work ?

What a n d wh e re was T he D en
What famous gospel h y mn writer was
bli nd ?
Who m did E merson call E lizab eth the
”
Wise ?

Who said : I hav e swu m with A lcott in

Thor eau s Cov e with T hor eau i n th e A S
’
,

sab et with Chan n i n g i n ev e ry water o f

,

Co n cord
What a nd wh e re was T h e P e rch
Who was called the Y ankee Solomon
 QUE S T I O N S 2 9

What i s acknowledged to be the mos t

original book o f poetr y b y an A meri can ,

and by whom wa s it written ?

Who wrote L ays O f A ncient R ome
Who wrote T he Lad y o f the L ake ? ”

W h o wrote S ohrab and R ustum

What a n d wh e r e was A l s a ti a ?
What E nglish poet was for ten y ear s
e ditor o f th e Na ti on a l R evi ew ?

What poet was vot e d a table t i n the H al l

o f Fame O f N ew Y ork U niv e rsity ?

What A merican po e t o f gre at promise died

a t the early age o f tw en ty fi ve y ears ?
-

“
Who wa s the autho r o f Pan in Wall
”
Street ?
Who was L a d y P enel op e P enfea th er ?
Who said ,
T he way to fame i s like the
—
way to H eaven through much t r i bu l a
,

tion.

In what three volume s i s R uskin reve aled

a s an art cr i t i c ?

Who was R ussia s first political writer ?

’

What N ew E ngland poet ear ne d his acad

em y expens e s making s hoe s ?

N ame two A m e rican bach e lor po ets .

Who has been ca lled A merica s greates t

’

”
realist ?
30 O N E T H OU S A N D LIT ERARY QUE S TI O N S
What D utch n ovelist has writte n all hi s
works i n E nglish inst ead o f in h i s native
la nguag e ?

Who wa s th e author O f an O de in T ime

O f H e sitation

For what i s Gr ee n castl e Indiana n ot ed

, ,
?

Who wa s Chicago s m ost popular poet ?

’

What A m e rica n n ov elist h a s b een termed

th e historia n o f t h e South
Who wrot e Moth ers to Men
Who said R u l e One o f s tory w riti ng is
,
-

to writ e s tori e s that p l eas e yours el f .

Th er e is n o R ul e Two
What A m e rica n w rit e r o f fictio n o wn s a
ha n d s o m e Italia n villa at L en ox Massa
,

ch u se t ts ?

What A m er i can n ov elist h a s b een t e r m ed

on e o f th e m o s t succ e s s ful a m bas s adors

b etw een A m e rica a n d Gr eat Britai n

Who wrot e A Ge ntl em a n from I n dia na
Who s aid : E v ery one o f y est e rday i s
d ead a n d o n ly thos e o f to day a re living ;
,
-

to m orrow s hould be Paradis e

-

What E n gli s h p o et s grave i s mark ed by a

’

sto ne bought by a p ublic s ub s cri p tio n ?

What a nd wh er e i s Gad s H ill Place

’
?

What a nd wh e r e wa s T h e K n oll
Who was Boz
Who was called the Ay rshire plowman
 QU E S TI O N S 3 1

Who wrote the elegy called A donais and ,

in memor y o f whom ?
“
Who wrote Beside the Bonnie B rier
”
Bush ?
Who said A thing o f b eaut y is a j oy f or
,
”
ever ?
What P oe t L aur eate O f E ngland was onc e
designated b y a n e wspap er e ditor as a
littl e Ol d doctor who sometimes wrote
” ?
po etry
Who has immortalized H arpeth Valle y i n
fiction ?
What and where i s M arkla n d
Who was Fuzzy Wu zzy ?
-

Who wrote In School D a y s

F o r what i s M itr e T av e rn n otable ?
What led to E dward G ibbo n s writi n g T he
’

D eclin e and Fall o f the R oman E m

pir e
Who was call e d th e E nglish m y stic
What A m erican stat e s m a n a n d orator de
livered a n addr ess on T h e Tru e G ran
deu r o f N ations ,
”
which made him
famous ?
What E n glish poet was pro n ou n ced one
o f the fine s t looking men i n the worl d
-

O f what A m erican poet was i t said H e i s

,

t h e p oet O f the hous ehold O f the fireside

, ,

O f the universal home feelin g

O N E T H OU S A ND L IT ERARY QUE S T IO N S
Who was th e author O f A Wet Sheet and
a Flowi n g Sea
What E n glish p o et fell heir to a title at ten
years o f a ge ?

Who wrot e A Pri n cess o f T hule

What a n d wh e re was T ypee ?
Who said , Boston Stat e house i s the h u b
-

o f th e solar s yste m
Who w rot e T o a Fringed G entian
What thr ee A merica n n ov elists a re famed
for their tru e d ep iction o f Ne w E ngland
li f e ?
What A m e rica n p oet was call e d a genuine
hu m ori s t by th e grac e o f G od
For what is Fish k ill n otable ?
For what is Carscalle n Villa n otable ?
What was T h e Squirr el s
Who wrot e Common S en s e in th e H ouse
hold
Who wrot e Wild A n i m als I H ave
K n ow n
What A m erican author a n d artist was
fam e d for his picture s o f I n dia n li f e ?
What E ngli s h p oet liv e d for th e la s t thi rty
y ears o f hi s li fe at P ut ney H ill n ea r ,

Londo n with a fri en d who was also a

,

po e t a n d critic ?
Who said :
E dura c i th cro w i g quality
n n e s e n n ,

A d p ati c all t h p a io
n en e e f gr at h art
ss n o e e s .
ON E T H OU S A N D L IT ERARY QUE S TI O N S
What po em by what E n glish poet deals
, ,

w ith th e li f e a n d t eachi n g s o f S i d d ar th a ,

or Gauta m a th e H indu Buddha ?

,

For w hat i s Kirri em ui r Scotland notabl e ? , ,

What n ot ed E n gli s h n ov elist was th e grand

d a ug h t e r o f D r Tho m a s A r n old o f
.
,

R ugby a n d a n i ec e o f Matth e w A rn old ?

,

What A m e rica n w riter was born d ea f ,

m
du b a d bli d
,
n n ?

What wo m a n wa s i n s trum en tal in founding

t h e fi r s t f e m al e s em i n ary i n the U nited
Stat es ?

Who said : Po etry is si m ply the mo s t beau

ti f u l i m p r e s s iv e a n d wid ely e ff e ctiv e
, ,

m od e of s ayi n g thi n g s and h en c e its i m ,

porta nce
Who wa s call e d E n gla n d s myriad ’

m i n d ed ge iu s
n ?

Who wrot e R ev e ri es o f a Bachelor

Who i s th e w rit e r o f th e li n e s :
0 broth r m ! fold to th y h art th y broth r
e an e e
W h r pity d w ll th p ac f G od i th r ;
e e e s, e e e o s e e
T w or hip rightl y i to lov
O s ach oth r s e e e
E ach m il a h y m ach k i dly d d a pray r
,

s e n, e n ee e .

On what coll ege ca m pus do e s th e re appear

a m on u m en t e rect e d to th e m em ory o f
o n e o f th e c o ll eg e s p r e sid en ts a n d b ea r
’

i n g th e followi n g word s ta k e n from ,

th e last co m m en ce m ent addr e ss o f th e

m an w hos e m emor y it hallows : I be
 QU E S T I O N S 35

seec h you to treasure up in y our hearts

thes e my pa rting words : Be ashamed to
,

d i e until you have won some victory for

hu m anity
’
What great orator s grave is in beauti ful
M ilton M assachusetts wher e he and hi s
, ,

wi fe o ft e n spent thei r vacations ?

Wha t A merican n ovelist is famous for his

pictures O f Creol e li fe in N ew O rleans ?

O f what book did D r J ohnson sa y It .

,
“

i s th e onl y book that e v e r took me out

o f bed two hours sooner than I wished
to rise
What E n glish travel e r and writ e r a favor ,

ite o f Queen E lizabe th was behead ed b y ,

James I ?

What po e t was spok e n o f as one o f th e

very diamonds o f H er M aj esty s ( Qu een ’

E lizab eth s ) court

’ ”
?

Who was term e d the swe e t swan O f

A vo n
”
?

Who was call e d the Shak espeare o f the o

logica l literatur e
Who said
The childhood Sho w th m s e an
AS m or i g ho w th day
n n s s e .

What was Will s ’

house Co ff ee - ?

Who said T oo low th ey build who build

,

be neath the stars

What did Th e Ta tl er outline as its course ?
 ”
Who was call ed th e genial Charles ?

What E n glish poet s fathe r was called ’

Mad Jack
Who s aid
T O m e th e m ea n e s t fl o we r that blo ws ca n giv e
Thought that do oft
s en he too d p ee f or t are s .

Who s aid
All my hurt s
M y gard pad enh al A woodla d wal k
s e can e n ,

A qu t of riv r grap a m ocki g thru h

.

es e -
es , n s ,

A wild ro a rock lovi g colum bi

-
s e, -
n n e,
S alv m y wor t wou d
e s n s .

Who said :
No lif e
Ca n b e pur e i n it s purpo s e a nd stro g i i t tri f
n n s s e,
And all lif e n ot b e pur r e and s tro g r th r by
n e e e .

Who w r ot e So n g s o f S ev en
What A m e rica n p o et h a s b een honored b y
t h e E n gli s h p e o p l e to th e e xt en t o f hav
i ng h i s bu s t plac e d i n W e stmi n st e r
A bbe y ?
Who o n c e said to Macaulay Well a ny , ,

o n e c a n s ee that you a r e a n ho n est good ,

”
sort o f a f e llo w m ad e out O f oatmeal ? ,

Who wrot e th e li ne s :
Tak J o y ho m e e,
A d m a k a plac i th y gr at h art f
n e h e n e e or er,
A d giv h
n ti m to gro w d ch ri h h ;
e er e an e s er
Th will h co m d ft will i g t th e
,

en s e e an o s n o e
W h thou art worki g i th y furro w ; y
,

en n n s a
O r w di g i th acr d hour of dawn
,

ee n n e s e .
 QU ES TI O N S 37

Who 1 5 George B endi s h ?

Who applaud e d Pope for his sarcasm and ,

said Wh en you think o f th e world g ive

, ,

it one more lash at m y request ”

?

Who said o f E dmund Burk e I f a ma n ,

w e re to go b y chance at the same time

with Burke u nd e r a S h e d to shun a
showe r he would say T hi s i s an e x
, ,

t r a o r d i na r y m a n
What E n glish writ e r said : A t fift y years
I comme n c e d as a n author It is a whim .

that has s e rv e d m e lo n g es t and b est and ,

will probabl y be my last ” ?

’
Who was term ed S cotia s Bard
Wh o wrote E arth has
,
“

”
no sorrow that
Heav en cannot heal ?

What E n gli s h p oet was drown e d by the

capsizi n g o f a boat in th e Bay o f Spezia ?

What poet dictat e d the inscription for his

grav estone a few da y s b e fore hi s d eath ?

Whos e hom e was at E l l era y on the banks ,

o f Lake Windermere ?
For what i s Lasswad e not e d ?
Who sai d o f Macaula y T h e quantit y o f
,

reading T om has poured i n a nd the ,

qua n tity O f writing he has poured out i s ,

astonishing
Who wrote A urora L eigh
,

”
Who said I am a part o f all I have met ?
,
What A m erican p o et was the son o f an
actr e ss ?

What A m erican writer wrote his poem ,

T h e D irge i n memor y o f his two

”
,

broth e rs ?

Who said : Liv e as on a mountain L et .

m en s ee let th em k n ow a r eal man who

, ,

liv es a s h e was m ea n t to l i v e
W h o wrot e D ow n A m o n g Me n
What thr ee S ist e r s all w rot e n ov els ?

Who s aid A n acr e o f M iddl es e x is better

,
c.

tha n a pri n ci p ality i n U t opia P n

Who w rot e T h e Crick e t on th e H e arth

Who s aid o f B e rgson : H e i s a philo s ophe r
u p o n whom the s p irit s O f both literatur e
a n d s cie n c e hav e d e sc en ded

Who said
We a rei m m ortal w d h r
no an e e,
O ur f ar all w hav to f ar
e Is e e e .

Who has b een called the beloved poet o f

Ge orgi a
Who s aid What is good is never too
,
”
abundant ?
What Prim e M inister o f E ngland first
gai ned r ecognitio n as a novelist ?
What great allegory was written while its
 QU E S TI ON S 39

What town librar y ha s an a lcove devote d

to the works O f th e men and women o f
letters o f the town ?

O f whom did Cha nn i n g sa y I never meet ,

that man without bei ng cheered

Who said N o legac y is so rich as hon
,
“

est y ”
?

What French writer traveled in A meric a

and w rote graphically O f A merican
scener y a n d Indian li fe ?
What wo m an nov eli s t contemporary with ,

Scott Wordsworth and Col e ridge wrote

, , ,

remarkably tru e n ov e ls o f E n glish coun

try li f e and what were th ey
,
?

Who said
Fa m i th fragra c
e s e n e of h roic d d
e ee s,
O f flo w r f chivalry
e s o a nd n ot o f wee ds .

51 3 . Who wrote Castilian D a y s

51 4 . Who said :
A nd, as p ath th e of duty is m ad p lai ne ,

M ay grac b g i v e e n that I
e ma y wal k th r ei n e .

What poet was called i n E ngland th e ,

A merican B y ron
Whom did T heodor e R oosevelt proclaim as
th e g reat e st novelist o f ou r a g e

Who said
to th i giv n
Un ee s e
A li f that b ar i mm ortal fruit
e e s ,

I n tho gr at O ffi c that uit

se e es s
Th e ful l g ro w -
rgi s f h e v en
n en e e o a .
Who i s th e most popular livi n g E nglish
p o et ?

Who wrot e H ow th e O th e r H al f L ives

What wa s th e S na rk ?
’
Who sa id o f hi s own work , I don t do it .

I m o n ly th e willow through which the

’

whistl e com es
What three n otabl e Scotch writ e rs o f th e
pr es en t day hav e writt en stori es o f
Scotch li f e ?

What Bosto n buildi ng is sai d to b e th e most

picture squ e structur e i n th e Un it e d
S tat e s ?

What n ot e d lit e rary charact e r said My,

cradle wa s a cov e re d wago n poi n t ed

,
”
W e st ?

What lit e rary m a n i n 1 8 95 organiz ed th e

, ,

La n d m ark s C lub to rais e fu n ds for th e

p r es ervatio n o f th e Ol d Fra n cisca n M is
s io n s O f Cali for n ia ?

What n ov eli s t i n h i s youth gai ne d the titl e

, ,

o f th e boy orator b ecaus e o f his curb

s to e sp ee ch e s on socialism
n ?

Who has b een ter m ed th e po et o f thi n gs

divi n e
Who wrot e T h e Sugar plu m T r ee
-
”
?

Who has been termed the mod e r n F roe

bel
4 2 ON E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI ON S
Of w hatp o et was i t said : H e was o f
i m agi n atio n all co m p act
N a m e A m e rica s two great est writers o f ’

C olo n ial ti m es .

Who w rot e th e followi n g li nes :

Th r a wo d rful cou try th Ki gdo m O f I f
e e s
’
n e n e n
A d it li i t h Vall y of D r a m
, ,

n es n e e e s
N ath th blu t O f ki wh r th v r di ;
.

’
e e es s es , e e e s u n ne e es
It h gold for i t oc a
as d tr a m s e ns an s e s .

Th r v r a tor m d th r
e e s
’
ne e v r a cloud s an e e s
’
ne e
A d th r v r a g ri f aw
,
’
n e e s ne e e n or oe,
A d th r v r a h art that orro w bo w d
’
n e e s ne e e In s Is e
B y th ba k wh r th gold tr a m fl w
,

e n s e e e en s e s o .

Who w rot e T h e Last o f th e Mohicans

What fa m o u s A m erica n j our n alist w rot e
”
Pru e a n d I ?

Who wa s th e author o f Tom B row n s ’

Schoolday s a n d T om B row n at Ox
ford
Fo r w hat i s Christ C hurch A l exandria , ,

Virgi ia ot ed
n n ?
,

Who wrot e T h e Littl e Lam e Pri n c e

Who wrot e T h e H ous e o f t he Wol f
Who s ai d : T h e o n ly fr eedo m which de
s e rv e s th e n a m e i s that o f pursui n g our

o w n good i n our o wn w a y so long as we

‘

do n ot att em pt to d epriv e oth ers o f theirs ,

or i m p ed e th e ir effort to obtai n it ?”
 Q U E S TI O N S
'

43

What A merican w rite r has been spoken O f

as the first ambassador whom the N ew
World o f L etters s ent to the O ld
What poet declar e d I could not writ e
,

upon an y thin g without some personal

,

e x perience and foundation ”

?

Which i s th e most popular o f all O f P erc y

B y sshe Sh elle y s l y ric poems ?
’

What A m e rican po et su ff ere d a paral y ti c

strok e which r esulted in his d e ath i m
, ,

mediately a fter d e livering an oration on

t h e occasion o f the unv e ili n g O f a statu e
o f the Italian patriot Mazzini in Central , ,

P ark New Y ork City

,
?

N ame si x promin ent men O f l ette rs who

‘

w e re residents o f Concord Ma s s a ch u ,

setts.

What poet w rote his masterpiece at eight

een y e ars o f age ?

O f whom was i t sa id With th e gi ft o f ,

song h e would have bee n the greatest O f

,

epic poets s ince H omer

Who was A merica s greatest colored poet
’
?

Who wa s A merica s greatest colored edu ’

cator ?
Who wrote Concord D a y s
Who said Fear i s an instructor O f great
,

sagacity and th e herald o f all rev ol u

,

tions
44 ONE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI ON S
Who wrote th e c el ebrated Fable for
Critics
What a n d wh e re i s King s Chapel ? ’

Who said :
No r m i th ne r lik po w r to S ho w
e s ee -
e e
Th e cr t f th h art d m i d ;
se e s O e e an n
To drop th plu m m t li b lo w
e e -
ne e
O ur co mm o world of j o y or w
n oe,
A mor i t
e d pair or bright r hop t
n en s e es e e o fi nd

”
Who wrot e Idylls o f King th e ?

Who s aid o f Walt e r H i ne s Pag e th e editor ,

a n d di p lo m at : Walt e r Pag e c a n writ e

a l ett e r d e cli n i n g a co n tributio n with
tha n k s a nd w o rd i t s o s w eetly that th e
,

r e cipi en t c a n ta k e i t to a bank and rais e

”
m o n e y on it ?

Who wrot e T h e Judgm en t House

What Scotch p o et a n d n ovelist was als o a
pr each er ?

Who wrot e th e following lines :

A ndagai I h ard th wood dov
n e ; e -
e coo
c t of th woodla d m ad m
A n d th e s en e n e e sad ;
For r m i d d my h art f y ou
t h e t wo e n e e o
Wh y ou w r a girl d I w a lad
,

en e e an as .

O f who m did Bli s s Pe rry say : H e is th e

first p rof essio n al m a n o f l ett e rs to be
co me Pr es id en t o f th e Un it ed Stat es ? ”

Who wa s call ed the A stro n o m e r Poet o f -

P e r s ia
 Q U E S TI O N S 45

5 71 . Who said T he o n l y S hots fired that a re

,

heard rou n d th e world a re fired b y

‘ ’

literar y m en
5 72 . Who said O f h er illustrious son :
In th word which my
es e hs w ritt i co tai ned s on as en s n
his w hol go p l
e s e :

T h world i
e full f a u mb r of thi g
s so o n e n s,
I m ur w Should all b
a s happy k i g
e e e as as n s .

Who said It costs no mor e to live in the

,

upper story o f li f e wh e r e the air i s purer ,

the scenery fairer the v ision keener and , ,

”
the j oys mor e constant ?

Who was termed the most fastidiou s o f

A merican critics
Who was th e author o f Y esterda y s with
A uthors
What and where was S tone H ouse ?

Who wrote the followi n g stanza and o f ,

whom :
G r n b th turf abov th
ee e e e ee,
F ri d O f m y b tt r day
en e e s
No k w th but to lov th
ne ne ee e ee,
N n a m d th
or but to p rai
e ee se .

Who were termed the D amon and P y thias

o f A merican poets
Where do we hea r O f Lincoln s Inn H all ? ’

W hat A m erican woman o f letters received

the degree o f D octor o f L iterature fro m
Bowdoin College ?
 la n d m en ?

What gr eat R ussia n n ov elist was at one

ti m e a bootmak e r ?

Who m did Matth ew A r n old call th e i n

”
e ff e ctual a n g el ?

Who was call ed th e proph e t o f Ch els ea

Who was call ed th e pr oph e t o f Bra n t
”
wood ?

What E n gli s h wo m a n O f l ett e r s s p ok e o f

Lord Nel s o n a s th e littl e la m it e r who
“

wi elded E n gla n d s m ight at s ea

’

“
Who wrot e J a n V e d d a r s Wi f e ’

Who said ,
A n i m agi n ativ e bootblack is
lord o f u n s k irt ed r eal m s ? ”

For what i s C hawto n n otabl e ?

W h o wrot e P ro m etheu s U nbound

W h o wrot e “
T h e Wood B eyo n d th e
”
World ?

Who w rot e Li fe on the M issi s sippi

For what is COps h a m Cottage E sher E ng , ,

land not e d
,
?

What A me rican po et s wi f e was buri e d on

’

th e a nniv e rsary o f h e r w e ddi n g day ? -

Who wrot e T h e Chamb e r e d N autilu s

Who wrot e T h e Ju ngl e Boo k s
Who said , T h e s etti n g o f a grea t hope i s
lik e th e s e tting o f th e s u n
 Q UES TI O N S 47

Who wrote to Whitti e r thus : L et m e sa y

unh esitati n gly that you have writte n th e
most beauti ful schoolboy po em i n th e
E nglish la n guag e I hav e j ust read it as
.
,

I was writing to you a n d be fore I got ,

through In School D ays the t ears were ,

’

rolling from m y ey e s
What writer s burial place in Sleepy H ol
’
-

low Cem et e ry Concord M assachus etts

, , ,

is surrounded by an arbor vit ae hedge ? -

What Ne w E ngland w rit e r S p ent a n ight i n

j ail for r e fu s ing to pay a ta x to support
slaver y i n S outh Carolina ?
What A merican poet was for a time a stu
dent a t Manor H ouse School in Church
- ?

Street S tok e Newi ngton E ngland ?

,
~
,

W h o was the author o f The Bare foot

Bo y ?
”

What po e t was born at Somersb y L inc oln

‘

sh ire E ngland
,
?

O f whom did J osiah G ilbert H olland sa y :

I think O f one whose g enius wa s ‘

angelic who swept all th e chords o f

,

human passion with finge rs that shook

w ith the str ess O f thei r inspiration
-

Who wrot e D r ed A Ta l e o f the G reat ,

D ismal Swamp
What w riter s home was at Fa r ri ngf ord on
’

the Isle o f Wight ?

 b egi nn i ng 0 Lyric Love
,

Who wrot e The L ong Whit e S e am

Who wa s made famous by his E ssa y
M ilton
Who said :
It tak a oul es s
T m ov a body — i t tak
O e a high oul d m n es -
s e a
T m ov th m a
,

o e e s s es .

Who said o f Charl e s D ickens H e has ,

do ne m or e to a m eliorat e th e co n ditio n of
th e E n gli s h poor tha n all th e stat e sm en
Gr eat B ritain has ev e r s ent to Parlia
”
m en t ?
What n ot ed E n glish m a n O f letters studied
art i n R o m e a n d Pari s ?
Who wrote T h e Li f e and O pi n ions o f
“

Tristram Sha n dy
Who i s th e l eading writer O f sea stories i n
E n gla n d to day ? -

Who wrot e Tal es o f a G ra n d father

Who s aid : I f th e re i s w ick ed ne ss i n th e
stre ets your st ep s s hould S hin e with light
,

o f purity ; i f there i s a cry o f a n gui s h ,

”
you hould b e th e r e to s till it
s ?

T o whom did Whitti er re f e r when he said

The viol t b y i t mo y to
e s ss s ne,
The pri m ro b y th riv r bri m
se e e
’
s
cha c o w da ff odil hav found
,

An d n e- s n e
I mmortal lif through h i m
,

e .
Of w hat two broth e rs has it b ee n sai d that
th e on e wrot e fi ctio n li k e a psychologist ,
a n d th e oth e r wrote psycholo g y like a

ov elist
n ?

Who s aid
L i f i a j t d all thi g Sho w it
e s es an n s
I thought o c w I k ow t
,

d
so n e, an no n I .

O f what book did D r Joh n so n say : . No

body ev e r laid it dow n without w ishi n g it
w e r e lo ng e r
Who wa s th e author O f th e line West ,

ward th e cours e o f em p ire takes its

”
way ?

Fo r what i s A ldwi nkl e N orthamptonshire , ,

E n gla n d n oted ?
,

Who said
For truth i pr ciou d divi s e s an ne
r i ch a p arl for car al wm
,

T OO e n s e .

Who wrot e Lycidas

Who w rot e h i s fi n e s t po em in honor o f St .

C ecilia s D ay i n a s ingl e n ight ?

’

Who said : So m e a re bor n great some ,

a ch I ev e gr e at n es s a n d so me hav e gr e at
,

n es s thrust upo n em
’

’
What po et s grave remai ne d unmarked for
thirt y y ears a n d wa s the n mark ed b y a
,

monu m ent erected by A nne Countess o f ,

 Q U E S TI ON S 51

Who was t e rm e d th e fath e r of exper i

m ental scie n ce
What statesman philosopher and writer
, ,

was beh e aded b y H enry VII I ?

Who was call e d th e morning star o f the
“
-

R e formation
Who wrote T h e Snow Shower -

Who said : A ha n d ful o f good li fe is

”
worth a bush e l o f l ar i g
e n n ?

What Scotch n ov elist cr eated the characters

Of R od eri ck R a nd om and P er egr i ne
“

P i c kl e ?
O f what E n glish nove list has it been said :
S he
wa s a s unsociable as a storm at
midnight
Who wrote Be fore A dam
Who said :
T is
’
h av e en alo that i giv a way
ne s en ,
’
T is n o ly G o d m y b had f
a th a k i g
e or e s n
NO p ric i
e s se ton th lavi h u m m r ;
e s s e
J un e m ay be had by th p oor t co m r
e es e .

Who wrote N athaniel H awthorne and

H i s Wi f e
F or what wa s Coppet famed ?

Who wrote The M ay Qu een

“
Who was called th e fathe r o f ethics i n
A mer i ca ?
”

What and wh e re i s R oarin g B rook

 tha n gr eat es t di s cove ry or i nvention
th e ,
”
a n d do e s m ore good ?
Who said
And I v y th y tr a m
en it glid alo g s e as es n
Through i t b autiful ba k i a tra c f o ng
,

s e n s n n e o s .

What po et spok e o f th e city o f his birth as

th e b e auti ful tow n that i s seat e d by the
s ea

Who wrot e H ome Li f e o f G reat A u

”
thors ?
Who wrote Lov e So n gs o f Childhood
For w hat i s Hav e rhill Massachusetts , ,

n otabl e ?

6 60 . Fro m what poem are th e following line s

ta k en :
S hip that pa i th ight d p a k ach oth r i
s ss n e n an s e e e n
pa i g
,

ss n
O l y a ig al ho w d a di ta t voic
,

n s n isth n an s n e n e
dark n es s
S O th
on oc a O f lif w p a
e d p ak
e n e e ss an s e on e
a oth r n e
O l y a look d a voic th dark agai
,

n an d e, en n es s n an
a il c s en e .

661 . What E n gli s h p o et wrot e a prot est against

th e em ploy m en t o f you n g childr en i n fac
tori es entitl e d T h e Cr y o f the Chil
,
“

”
dren ?
 Q U ES TI O N S 53

What po e t a nd artist th e son o f an Italian

,

e x il e was born in Lo n don

, E ngland in , ,

1 8 28
What W as th e
K elmscott Press ?

For what i s E dward Fitzg e rald noted ?

What E n glish n ovelist as a boy e arn e d si x
shillings a w eek pasti n g lab els on bottles
in a blacking establishm t e n ?

F or what was Charte rhouse School Lon ,

don E ngland n ot e d
, ,
?

W h o wrot e the Paris Sk etch Book

Fo r what is Mossgi e l S cotla n d not e d ?
, ,

Who said : A wid e spr eading hop e ful di s

-
,

positio n is our only tru e u mbr e lla i n thi s

val e o f t ears
N ame so m e memb ers o f th e P re R aphael -

”
i te B rotherhood .

Who wrote A bou B en A dh em

What E n glish writ e r s S ist er killed he r ’

mother in a fit o f i sanity
n ?

Where i s E ll en s Isle o f Scott s poem

’ ’

T h e L ady o f th e Lake
Who wrote Jude the O bscure
Who was call e d th e hu m anitarian novelist
o f E n gland
Who introduced the printing press int o -

E n gland ?
54 ONE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI O N S
What early E n glish p laywright was fatall y
s tabb e d i n a tav e r n brawl at D eptford ,

n ea r Lo n do n ?

Who s aid
For touchi g h art th o l y cr t k o w
n e s e n se e n n,
M y worth y fri d i to hav en f y our , s e on e o own .

Who wrot e T h e Hu n gry H eart

What A m e rica n n ov elist was killed by his
broth e r ?

Who w rot e th e follo w i n g lin es :

The world go up d th w orld go do w
es an e es n,
A n d th eu hi follo w th rai
s ns ne s e n,
But y t rday
es e r d y t rday fro w
’
s s n ee an es e
’
s n
v r co m back agai
,

C a n ne e e n .

What A m e rica n n o v e li s t wa s a s s as s inat e d

o n th e str e e t s o f Ne w Y ork City by a n ,

i n sa ne m a n ?

What p opular A m e rica n n ov elist co m mitted

suicid e whil e t em p orarily i n s a n e ?

Who said : I hav e travel e d a good d eal in

C o n cord
Who wrot e th es e li nes :
Tru worth i i b i g t m i g
e s n e n no s ee n
I doi g ach da y that go by
, ,

n n e es
S o m littl good—m t i t h dr a m i g
e e o n e e n
O f gr at thi g to do by d by
e n s an .

68 6 . Who i s Mrs Ma l a p r op ?
.

68 7 . What nov eli s t bor n i n L ancashire E ng

, ,

la n d em igrat ed to A m erica and became

, ,

on e O f our b st known womene -

Of l etters ?
 QU ES TI ON S 55

Who wrote Snow Berries

F o r what i s Li tch fiel d Con necticut no , ,

table ?

Who wrot e M y Su m m e r in a G arden

What a n d wher e is Gl en mary
Who wrot e T h e Battle cry O f Freedom -

Who wrot e und e r th e pen name o f E liza -

beth W e ther ell

Who wrot e R ock ed i n th e Cradle o f th e
D eep
Who wrot e T he Wild e rn e ss Hu n t e r ? ”

What Polish writ e r who did n ot know a ,

word o f E nglish until h e was ni ne t een

years o f a ge i s o ne o f th e gr e at es t mas
,

t e rs o f th e art o f fiction i n E n gland to

day ?
O v e r whose grave in M t A uburn C em e
,
.

tery , Ca m bridg e M assachu s etts i s a

, ,

monu m e n t d e signed by his fri end Wash ,

i ngton A llston ?

Wh o wrot e T he Wagon e r o f the A lle

”
“

gh a n i es ?

N ame two A m e rican po ets bor n in the

”
fa m ous Val e O f Ch ester P enn s yl ,

vania .

Who was A l fred T en n yson s successor as ’

P oet Laur eate O f E ngla n d ?

A ft e r what po em was Lo ngf e llow s T he ’

h
Building o f t e Ship model e d ?
‘
 What A m e rica n p o et b ega n his care e r as a
lawy e r a ft e rward aba n doni n g it for
,

lit e ratur e ?

What Ne w E ngla n d p oe t s aid : My n a t

ural Su n day ho m e i s Ki n g s C hap el I n ’
.

that church I hav e wor s hi p e d for hal f a

c e n tury Th e r e I wa s m ar r i ed th er e m y
.
,

childr en w e r e christ ened from that ,

church m y d ea r co m p a n io n o f so m a n y
bl es s e d ye ars w a s buri e d
For what i s T em p l e C hurch Lo n don E ng , ,

la d n ot e d
n ,
?

Wh a t n ov elist s aid : T h e godd es s Th em is

i s at E d i n burgh a n d I su pp os e e v e ry
, ,

w h e r e e l s e o f a p articularly j e alou s dis

,

p ositio n
What p o em wa s w ritte n i n co m m emoratio n
o f th e la n di n g o f th e Pilgrims at Ply
m outh Mas s a c hu s e tt s
,
?

Who wrot e John A nd erson My Jo “

,

W h o said
I am po t o f th wo m a th a m
th e e e n e s e as th e m a n ,
A nd I y it i
sa gr at to b a wo m a
s as e e n as to a be
m an,
A nd I y th r i othi g gr at r tha
sa e e s n n e e n th e m oth r e
of m en .

709 . What po em has b een d eclar ed the most

p opular hort p o e exta t
s m n
”
?

71 0 . Who wrote Willi e Wi nkie

71 1 . Who wrote T h e Song O f Mys el f
 o f our h eart s
T h e D iv e rting H istor y o f
“
Who w rot e
Joh n Gilpi n
What E n gli s h p o et buri e d i n t h e grave o f
his you n g wi f e th e m a n u s c ript o f a book
o f po em s w hich was a ft e rward exhum ed
,

and publish e d ?

H ow do e s Lo n do n B ridg e en t e r into
D icke n s s roma c es
’
n ?

What E n gli s h n o v eli s t s fath e r was i m

’

priso ne d for d ebt i n Mar s h a l s ea Priso n ?

Who wa s call ed the p es s i m ist s ag e
“

Who i s call e d T h e Ma n x m a n
“

Who said : P i n y our faith to th e u ns een

thi ngs and l e t Pati e n c e hav e her p erfe c t
wor k
Who was th e h eroin e o f H unt s po em ’

J en n y K i s s e d Me
What E n gli s h m a n o f l ett e r s work ed fo r
m o n th s tryi n g to m a s t e r th e art o f china
pai n ti n g yet fail ed ?
,

For what was B e au fort H ous e not ed ?

Who wrot e T h e Sh eph e rd o f th e H ills
Who wrot e T h e Little Sheph e rd O f King
d om C o m e
Na m e four O f A merica s leadin g illus
’

t r a tors .
 Q UES TI O N S 59

N am e som e o f the illustrious dead buried in

Ke n sal G reen Cemet e r y L ondon , .

What po e t had a drinki ng cup made from -

a huma n skull ?
Who wrot e N ostromo and to whom i s ,

it d edicat e d ?
What Hungarian boy coming to the U nited
,

Stat e s whe n s ev enteen y e ars o f age be ,

ca m e the editor o f th e N ew Y ork Wor l d ,

a d
n a pio n e er i n modern j ournalism ?

Wher e do we hear o f D oth eboys H a l l ?

O f w hat A merican author was the first
trustworthy biography writte n n ot u n til
about thirty y ears a fte r hi s d eath and ,

then b y what E ngli s hma n ?

T o whom did Charlotte B ro n te dedicat e

“
Jane E yr e ”
?

For what is Keighl ey Y ork s hire noted ?

, ,

W h o said “
T ears a re th e so ftening
sh ow e rs which caus e the s e ed o f h eave n
”
to spri n g up in the human heart
O f whom was th e followi n g tribute written :
H e had th e sou n d di s tinct c ompreh en
, ,

siv e k n owl e dge o f A ristotle with all th e ,

beauti ful li ghts grace s and embellish

, ,

m en ts o f Cic e ro
Who wrot e Locksle y H all ? ”

What and where was O ak K noll “

What was Fo x H ow ?
For what i s Bas s en thwaite n otable ?
For what is Fulha m fa m ed ?

What was th e riv e r o f th e po ets

What p o et d e scrib ed h i s library a s bei n g so
larg e that h e f elt lik e a cock robi n in an
-

e m p ty church ?

For what is L oc h a we n otabl e ?

Who m did L o rd Byro n p ro n ou n c e the b est

lo ok i ng po et h e had k n o wn ?

Who w rot e T h e Wid e Wid e World

,

For w hat i s Ki r k os wa ld n otabl e ?

Who w rot e T h e C ul p rit Fa y
O f who m wa s it s aid : H is day is coming ,

i s co m e
. H e di e d w ith i ts dawn S hining
full u p on h i m ”
?

Who wrot e N ight Th ughts o

”
?

Who w rot e Two Y ears Be fore the

”
Mast ?
Who wa s Hos ea B iglow
Who w rot e The Story o f a n A frica n
F ar m

W h o wrot e T h e D oll s Hou s e

’

What A m e rica n p o et s wi f e di e d i n R otter

’

d a m Holla n d ?
,

What E n gli s h Po et Laur eat e wa s duri n g

,

h i s p ro fe ssio n al li f e a doctor o f medi

,

cin e ?
 Q U ES TI O N S 61

Who wrote G reat S tone Face

T he
”
?
“
Who said o f Washi n gton Irving : Wash
i n gton I rvi n g ! Wh y g en tlem en I don t
’

, ,

go upstairs to bed two nights out o f seven

without taking Washington I rvin g under
my arm
Who wrot e E choes f rom a Sabin e
Farm
Who said H ow bitter a thing i t i s to look
,
’
into happiness through anothe r m a n s
e yes

Who said : H eave n lies about us in ou r

”
infancy ?

Who wrote the following lines a nd in what ,

selection do th ey appear :
W hat I m o t pri z i wo m a s e n n
I h
s aff ctio
er t h i t ll ct !
e ns , no er n e e
Th i t ll ct i fi it ; but th aff ctio
e n e e s n e e e ns
A i fi it
re n d ca
n ot b x hau t d
e, a n nn e e s e .

7 78 Who wrote
. Lalla R ookh
7 79 Who said
.
:

Su ch patriot boa t wh r r w roa m ;

i s th e
’
s s e e e
’
e
H IS fi r t b t cou try v r i h i w
s , es n e e s s o n .

What writ e r wrot e o f th e gypsies and wha t ,

we re h i s mo s t famous books ?
Who said
A fri d hould b ar h i fri d i fi miti
en s e s en
’
s n r es ,
But Brutu m ak m i gr at r tha th y
s es ne e e n e a re.

78 2 . Who wrote T he G olden L egend

62 ONE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI O N S
Who said : Ther e i s but one s traight ro a d
to succ ess a n d that i s m erit
Whom do e s Lo n gf ellow allud e to in Foot
s t eps o f A n g els

Who w rot e th e n ov el T h e I n n e r Shri n e

, ,

which wa s fi r s t publi s h ed anony m ously ?

Who w rot e T h e M istr es s o f th e Ma n s e
N a m e four lyrical p o ems writt en by Long
f ellow .

O f what A me rica n n ov eli s t wa s i t said ,

H e alway s br ought a quarr e l with

h im
What Scotch author O f r ec ent y ears showed
r em ar k abl e ve r s atility ?
Who w e r e t e Tra s c end e tali s ts
h n n ?

Who w rot e T h e La s t L ea f
Who wrot e Ta n gl ewood Tal es
What a n d wh er e wa s A rrow H ead
What writ e r bor n i n New Y or k has b een
, ,

call ed t h e c l a s s ic i n t e r p r et e r o f C ali
“

f o rn i a s h e roic a ge
’

Who w e r e th e origi n al Vi ol et a n d P eony

o f Hawthor ne s S n ow I m ag e
’

Who wa s call ed Sa pp ho o f th e Isl es

For what is Ma rs h fiel d Ma s sachus etts
, ,

n otabl e ?

Who was call ed th e sage o f Concord

Who i s call e d the dean o f A merican
”
authors ?
 UES TI ON S
Q 63

Who said : It se ems a s i f li fe might be

so S imple so b eauti ful so good to live
, , ,

so good to look at i f we could o n ly thi n k

,

o f i t as on e lo n g j our n ey wh e r e ev e r y ,

da y s march has its own s eparat e sort o f

’

beauty to trav el through

Who wrote T he R ight Pri n cess
Who wrote T h e S lim P rincess
What was L indenwald
What Philadelphi a e dito r was the bio g
ra h e r o f Walt Whitman ?
p
Who said : What is seen cannot be unseen ,

but what i s heard is O fte n u n h eard

F o r what i s W oo t orpe E ngland not ed
l h ,
?
,

What India n a writer told o f his own e x

e r i e n c e s as a m inister i n hi s book T h
p e ,

Ci rcuit R I d e r
Who wrot e L ittl e M r T hi mb l efinger and
.

Hi s Que e r Cou n tr y
Whose tombston e contain s the followin g
l i n es o f which he hims e l f was the
,

author
H r
e e li
h e es w h r h lo g d to b ;
e e e n e e
H om ailor ho m fro m th
’

e i s th e s , e e s ea ,
A n d th e hu t r ho m fro m th hill
n e e e .

81 0 . Who wa s calle d the peace hero

Who wrote T wo L ittle P il g rims P rog ’

”
ress ?
64 ON E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI O N S

81 2 . W h o s aid
Se r I fold my ha d d wait
en e n s an ,

N car for w i d
or e tid n s , n or e , n o r s ea

I rav m or
e no gai t ti m d fat
e
’
ns e an e,
For 1 ! my w hall co m to m
0 o n s e e .

What fri en d a n d di s ciple o f Walt Whitman

h a s writt en a stri k i ngly origi n al book ,

a n d what I s it ?

Who w rot e h er famous nov el D elphi ne , ,

a ft e r havi n g b een ba n ish e d fro m h er own

country Fra nc e ,
?

What did th e n ative s o f th e Sa m oa Islands

call R ob e rt Loui s St ev e son n ?

Who was th e prototyp e o f C ed r i c E rr ol i n

Fra nc es Hodgs on Bur nett s Littl e Lord ’

Fau ntl e roy

Who w rot e I m agi nary Co n v e rsatio n s in ,

which th e spirit s O f fa m ous charact e rs

O f th e p a s t w e r e supposed to converse

togeth e r ?
Who said
O ur doubt traitor
s a re s,
A d m ak
n lo th good
e us se e we o ft m ight wi n
B y f ari g to att mpt
e n e .

81 9 . What famous editor and publisher b egan

li f e as a n ew s boy in Portland Ma i n e ? ,

8 20 . What gre at e ditor a n d publisher became

bli n d yet conti nued his work ?
,
66 ONE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI ON S
Who wr ot e Pictur e Book s Without P ic
”
tur es ?

What m en O f l ett e r s w er e a m o n g the first

tru s t ee s O f th e famous A stor Librar y ,

Ne w Y or k City ?

Who w rot e A D aught e r o f H eth

T h e p o etic fa m e o f what writ e r b e st k n ow n
,

by A P etitio n to Ti me was e clipsed ”

,

by that o f h i s daught e r ?

What gr e at E ngli s h w rit e r b ega n li fe a s a

ti nk e r a n d wa s th e s on o f a ti nk e r ?

N am e S i s t e rs each p o ets n e ith e r o f whom

, ,

w a s e v e r m arri e d and w h o di e d within

,

t h e sa m e y ea r ?

O f who m did E d m u nd Clar en c e St ed m a n

s ay : S h e wa s th e m o s t i n s p ir e d woma n
,

s o far a s k n o wn ,
o f all wh o hav e com
p o s ed i n a n ci en t or m od e r n to n gu es or
,

fl uri h d
o s e i n a n y la d or ti m e
n
”
?

What f a m ou s E n gli s h p o e t i s s aid to hav e

r ead A rabia n N ight s E n t e rtai nment
“ ’ ”

wh en but s i x y e ar s O f a ge ?
W h o wa s Italy s gr eat est po et ?
’

Who w rot e N atural Law i n th e Spiritual

World
Who w a s call ed th e father O f the E nglish
n ove l

Who was th e fou n d e r o f the Societ y o f

Fri en ds commonly called Quakers ?
,
 Q UE S TI ON S 67

What grea t abolitio n i s t and j ournalist wa s

in turn a sho emake r cabi n et maker ,
-
,

printer and e ditor ?

,

Who wa s E ngland s greatest historia n

’
?
’
What gr eat G e rman poe t s first drama i n
verse wa s dedicated to th e woman he
lov e d ?

Who found e d the N ew Y ork Tr i bu ne ?

Who wrote T he H istor y o f the E volution
f‘

o f Man
What A merican poet was a di rect desc end
ant O f John E liot the A postl e to the
,

Indians
What y oung woman in th e da y s o f Samuel
J ohnson sprang into fam e with h er first
n ovel ?

Who said : T h e co n scious n ess o f duty

don e gives us music at m id n ight
What A m e rican woman o f l ett e rs was mad e
a gov e r n me nt co mm i s sio n e r to look i n to
t h e co n ditio n o f th e M issio n I n dia n s o f
Cali for n ia ?
T o whom did J am e s R ussell L owell dedi
cat e his poem The D ead Hous e P
,

Who dra ft e d the origi n al D eclaration o f

Indepe n d en ce o f the U nit e d S tates ?

O f what book by what w rit e r did M a

, ,

c a u l a y say t hat it wa s t h e fir s t tale

writt e n by a woma n and purporti n g to
,

be a pictur e O f l i fe a n d manners tha t ,

lived or d e s e rv ed to l ive
68 ONE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI ON S
Who was th e first A me rica n novelist Of
n ot e ?

W h en a n d w h e r e w a s th e first printi ng
pr es s o f A m e rica s et up ?

What wa s th e fi rst book print ed in

A m erica ?

What early m a n o f l ett er s i n th e U n it e d

Stat es took a n active part i n th e witch :

cra ft trial s o f w hich h e wrot e a n accou n t

,

i n h i s bo o k Wo n d er s o f th e I n visibl e
World
Who wrot e T h e H eath en C hi nee or , ,

Plai n La n guag e from Truth ful

”
Ja m es ?

W h o wa s O wen M e r edith
Who w a s E n gla n d s gr eate s t dra m ati s t pre ’

c e di ng Sha k e s p ear e ?
N a m e ten f a m ou s w rit e r s bor n i n I n dia n a .

Who w rot e T h e Hy m n on th e Mor n i n g

o f C hri s t s Nativity ’
? ”

For what i s No r th fiel d Massachus etts , ,

n otabl e ?

Who wa s the author o f th e fa m iliar poem ,

T h e O ld A r m chair
Who w rot e th e follo w i n g li nes
L et m e a hou b y th id f th road
liv e in se e s e o e
W h r th rac of m go by
e e e e en
Th m e wh en good d t h m wh
o a re bad an e en o a re
A good bad I
,

s d an as as
I would t i t i th cor r at
.

’
no s n e s ne s se
O r hurl th cy ic b
,
’
e n s an
L t m liv i a hou
e e b y th id of th road
e n se e s e e
A d b a fri d to m
n e en an .
 Q U E S TI O N S 69

Who wrot e I n O ld Vir ginia

Who was th e great educational re former o f
Zurich ?
F o r what was R aleigh T av e rn Williams ,

bur g Virginia noted

,
?
,

What Presid e nt o f the U nit e d States wa s

a clas s m at e o f the poet L ongfello w at
Bowdoin College ?

Who was G eorg e Sand

Who wrot e Wall enst e in d eclared b y
,
“
Carlyl e to b e th e greatest dramatic
work o f th e e ighte en th c en tur y
Who was A n e Hathaway
n ?

What pr es ent da y E n glish writer i s the

-

author o f th e e ssay How to Live on

,

—
T w enty four Hours a D ay
What A merican writer lived alon e in a hut
b y a pond at an ex pe n s e o f nine cents a
,

da y ?
For what is O rl e ans H ouse , T wickenham ,

E ngland not e d ?
,

T he work o f what E nglish woma n po et o f

to day entitl e d h er to co n sid e ratio n as a
-

po s s ibl e ca n didat e for th e poet laur eat e

ship a ft e r th e d eath o f A l fr e d A usti n ?
N am e s ome n otabl e l it e rary people who a re
buried in Sl eepy Hollow Ce m ete ry Con ,

cord M assachus etts

, .
What A m erica n po et s grav e was unmarke d
’

by a m o n u m en t for ov e r tw enty five -

y ear s ?

W h o h a s w ritt en d elight ful j uv en il e stori e s

u n d e r th e pen n am e o f
-
L ewis Car
r oll
Who was th e lily maid o f A stolat
Wh er e do we h ear o f J oe Ga rgery ?
T ell o f Ger tr u d e of Wyomi ng .

Who wa s L i e e t tl N l l T r e n t ?

What A m erica n po et co mpare d D ant e s

’

D ivi n e Co medy to a d i m restful

”
,

cath edral ?

Who wa s D on Qu i x ote ?
Wh a t p o e t s aid o f Lo n gf ellow s E xc el ’

s ior It d ep ict s th e e ar n est upward

i m pul s e o f th e s oul a n i mpulse n ot to
,
-

b e s ubdu e d e v e n i n de ath
N a m e A m e rica s gr eat e st essayist
’
.

Who w rot e T h e So n g O f th e Ba nj o
What n ot e d p er s o nage said i n prais e o f th e
w or k s o f Sha k espe ar e A ll th e E n glish
,

hi s tory that I k n ow I l ear ned from ,

Sha k esp ear e

Who i mm ortaliz ed the nam e O f A rthur
H en ry Halla m ?
’
Who was know n as th e children s poet
”
Who wrot e T h e Spy and upo n what i s ,

th e stor y founded ?
 QU E S TI O N S 7 1

What write r i s sometimes called the busi

”
ness man o f letters ?
What noted E nglish woma n a novelist wa s
, ,

born at Stoke upon T rent

- - ?

W h o wa s the author O f A merica

F o r what was Clara B arton famous ?
Who wrot e T he Stor y o f a Bad Bo y
Wher e was Mark Twain born and wha t ,

i s the mean ing o f his name ?

What w rit e r from we ste rn U nited S tat e s
was ap pointed U nited Stat e s Consul to
G erman y ? N ame his most popula r S hort
‘

s to r y
.

What Southern woman wrote T he Voic e

o f the People
Who wrote T he L ad y o r the T i g er
W h o was lUncl e Re mu s
Who w rote S ongs fro m Vagabondia
What i n t e rnational writ e r was th e s on o f
an Irish army o ffic e r was born in G reece
, ,

educat e d in Pari s lived tw enty y e ars in

,

A merica and sp ent the last fourtee n

,

y ears o f his li fe J apan

i n ?

Who i s the renowned M r D oole y .

For what i s E ccle fecha Scotland otable

n ,
n ?
,

What E nglish n ovelist was called th e

“

Browning o f pros e
What has ”bee n sa id i n praise o f G oe the s
’

F au s t ?
72 ONE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI ON S
What Italia n p o et wa s t er m ed th e bard o f
su ffe ri n g o f s orrow a n d o f d e spai r
, ,

Who wa s call e d R us s ia s gr eat epic poet

’

i n p ro s e
Who h a s b een t e r m e d th e m ost s cholarly
a n d t h e m ost truly cla s s ical o f E n glish
”
poe ts ?

Who wa s the author O f T h e D es erted Vil

lage
What E nglish po et has b een call ed th e
Po et Laur eat e of th e fi r e sid e
For what s A yrshir e Scotla d n otabl e
i ,
n ,
?

Who i n troduc e d th e n ew G e r m a n thought

and lit eratur e i n to E n gla n d
N am e two E n gli s h po ets who marri ed
s i s t er s
.

Who wrot e Co n fessions o f a n E nglish

O piu m eat e r
-

What Scotti s h poet was devoted to out O f -

door li fe ?

What E n glish po et b egan li f e by bei n g a p

pr en tic e d to a s urgeo n at fi ft een y ears o f
ag e ?

Why did T horwald s en w eep wh en he u m

v il d
e e h i s statue o f Chri s t ?

H ow did the coal m i n e r s O f N ewcastle

-
,

E n gla n d mak e k n ow n to H en ry Wads

,

worth Lo ng fellow thei r appreciatio n o f

hi s work ?
 str eet m i m i c k ed
What wa s th e ol d Whit echape l C lub ?
“
Who w a s th e author o f Home Sweet
,

Ho m e
What was the A n thology Club ?

N a me th e four m o s t fa m ous orations o f

D a ni e l W ebst e r .

What wa s th e Brook Far C om u ity m m n ?

What was th e A diro n d a c k C lub ?

N a m e th e f o u n d e r o f th e Co n cord School
o f Philo s ophy .

Giv e H os ea B i gl ow s Opi n io n o f war

’
.

T ell o f th e New E d en exp eri men t

“ ”
.

What A m eric a n n ov eli s t wa s th e daughte r

o f a c l e rgy m a n t h e s i s te r o f a cl e rgyman
,

a n d th e w i f e o f a fa m ou s pro f e ssor ?

What a nd w h er e i s Craigi e Hous e ?

What a n d wh er e i s th e O ld M anse ?
What a d wh er e i s th e Waysid e
n ?

Who wrot e T he Childr en O f the G hetto

Who w rot e T h e Ma n Without a Coun
try a n d for what speci fi c purpose was
”

it writt en ?
I n what po em do es O liver We n dell H olme s
giv e ho nor to th e author o f A merica
Who was the bank e r poet -
 QUES TI ON S 75

What A me rica n po e t was appointed M in

ister to G ermany a n d died shortly a fter
,

entering upon th e duties O f the O ffi ce ?

N ame two A merican n ov elists who hav e

given us authent i c h i stor i cal romances .

What and where was th e U gl y Club ?

H ow was P aff s wine cellar related to
’

A merican literatur e ?
Who uttered o f hims el f the g ruesom e
prophec y I shall die as that tree
, ,

from the top down meanin g insanit y ,

Who was the sage o f H ighgat e

What and where is T h e Na u l a h ka
For what was Winslow H ous e not e d ?

What was the S ign o the L anthorn ’

Who said : O ur deeds shall trav e l with us

from a far
Who wrot e the followin g lines :
50 J uda k i d h i
s sse s m atr s e ,

A nd cri d all hail !

e ,
“ ”
w h en a s a t all har m
h e me n .

What N ew E n gland po e t was a direct de

s ce d a t from John A lden
n n ?

Who was known as th e painter poet -

Who sai d : I would have a woman as true

as D e ath A t the first r e al lie which
.

works from th e h eart Outward she should

‘

b e t en d e rly chloro form e d into a be tter

world where s h e can hav e an ange l for a
,

governess and feed on strange fruits

,
76 ON E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI ON S
w hi c h w ill m ak e h er all ov e r again even
,

to h er bo n es a n d m arro w
Giv e th e e ight g en e ral d ivisions O f poetry ,

with a n e xa m pl e o f each .

To who m did Wa s hi n gto n I rvi n g dedicat e

h i s fa m ou s S k etch book
-

W h o s aid :

My li f e should be uniqu e ; it
s hould be a n al m s a battl e a conquest a
, , ,

m e dici n e
What was T a r rya wh i l e
Who w rot e Ha pp y D odd
For what wa Tur k H ead Tavern ot ed
s
’
s n ?

W h o s aid : Sl ow ri s es w orth by pov e rty

o p p r es s e d

What p o e t wa s te r m ed th e marv e lous

”
boy ?

For wh a t was B etty Fl a na ga n s H ot el ’

n ot e d ?

T ell o f th e Lotus C lub .

T ell of th e Saturday Club .

O f who m w a s it s aid that he talks about

N atur e a s i f sh e d b een born and brought
’

up at Co n cord
What a n d wh er e was Ce darcro ft ?
Who wrot e th e li nes :
 QUES TI O N S
For what was Cl ov e rn ook
notable ?

Who wrot e Cato

Who founded Th e S p ec ta tor ?
Who wa s call e d the wicked wasp o f
Twickenham
Who was H i ghl a nd M a ry ?
Who was A i Laurie
n n e ?

What and where was D ove Cottage ?

Fo r what i s S toke P og e s Church y ard
noted ?
Who was the autho r O f M r I saacs .

What was the original village o f H enr y

Ward B ee ch er s n ov el ’
N orwood,

What nature loving essayist wrote as h i s

-
,

first book Wild Li f e N ear H ome

,

O f whom was it said H e has the love o f

,

wisdom a n d the wisdom o f lov e

Who said :

I n eve r dog ear ed a book in -

m y li f e n or p ro fan e l y scribbl e d upon th e

,

titl e pages margi n or fl yl ea f and would

-
, , ,

as soon hav e stuck a pin through m y fl esh

as through th e pag e s O f a book
Who sai d : E ducatio n i s a be tte r sa fe
guard O f liberty than a standi n g arm y
What popula r n ov elist served as a hosp ital
nurs duri g a portion o f the Civil War
e n ?

O f what woman novelist has it been said :

S eldom do we fi n d a writer who com

bines such ke e n i n t e llectual power with
”
suc h spiritual swe etness ?
996 . For what i s R iv e rby fam ed ?
Who was called S u n s et Co x a nd
,

Who was th e originator o f D r .

Who r esid ed at Cops e H ill ”

?

F or what is Tri n ity Church y ard ,

Y ork City famed ?

,
A N SW ER S T O ONE T HO U S A N D
L I T E R A R Y QU E S T I O N S

P hillips B rooks was the author o f the

“
Christmas Carol beginning E very ”

”
wh e r e e v e rywh e r e Christma s to n ight
, ,
-
.

B rooks was a B osto n clergym a n havi n g ,

be en r ector o f Tri n it y Church for tw en t y

two y ears b e for e h e was m ade B ishop o f
Massachus etts i n 1 8 91 H e wrote Lec .

T h e In fl u en ce o f
” “
tures on Preachi n g ,

J esu s s ev e ral volumes o f s e rmo ns and

”
, ,

many b eauti ful po em s O f which the one ,

me n tio n ed was a ge n eral favorite .

E v ry wh r v ry wh r C hri t m a to ight !
e e e, e e e e, s s -
n
Chri t m a i la d f t h fi r tr
s s n n d pi
s O e ee an ne,
Chri tm a i la d of th pal m tr
s s n n d vi
s ; e ee a n ne
Ch i tm wh r o w p ak ta d ol m sn n n and
wrt
r s zs e e -
e s s s e
l i e,
Chri t ma wh r
s sfi ld li u y d bright ;
e e c orn e s e s nn an
E v ry wh r v ry wh r C hri t ma to ight
e e e, e e e e, s s -n .

O rchard H ous e i n Concord M assachusetts

, , ,

was th e home O f th e A lcott fami ly It .

was und e r a gr eat el m tr e e i n th e f ro n t

y ard seat ed on a rough homemade
, ,

bench that Louisa M A lcott notebook on

, .
,

kn ee is sai d to hav e pen n ed her f a mous

,

stor y L ittle Women

,
”
.

79
80 ON E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI ON S
Willia m E ll ery Cha nn i n g th e m i n ist e r was, ,

a th eological s t u d en t at C a m bridg e grad ,

u a t i n g fro m Harvard C o ll e g e w ith th e . !

high es t ho n or s o f h i s cla s s H e be ca m e .

pa s tor o f th e F ed e ral Str eet C o n gr ega

t i ona l C hurch o f Bo s to n Massachus ett s , ,

a n d w a s s oo n r e c o g n iz e d a s a l e ad e r i n

th e libe ral C o n gr eg a tio n a l m o v em en t that

fi n ally d ev elop ed i n to U n itaria n i s m D r . .

Cha n n i n g vi s it ed E urop e i n 1 8 22 a n d
mad e th e ac q uai n ta n c e o f m a n y lit erary
p eo p l e a m o n g th em Wordsworth a n d
,

C ol eridg e with who m h e form e d a lasti n g

,

fri en d s hip .

Willia m E ll e ry C ha r mi n g 2 d th e po et , , ,

wa s a n eph ew o f th e m i n i s t e r H e liv e d .

i n C o n c o rd Ma s s achus ett s for s ev e ral

, ,

y ears a n d w a s a fri en d a n d n eighbor o f

,

E m er s o n Thor eau A lcott S a n bor n etc

, , , , .

H e w rot e s ev e ral s m all volu m e s o f poe m s ,

a n d a biography o f Thor eau th e Po et ,

N aturalist ”
H e was t e r m e d
. th e poe t s
“ ’

”
po et .

T he rugged b eauty o f G r eylock Mou ntain ,

Mas s achus etts h a s b een su n g by O liver

,

W end ell Hol mes H en ry D avid Thor eau

, ,

Willia m Cullen Brya n t N athani el H aw ,

thor n e a n d Fa nn y K embl e T h e summit

, .

O f th e mou n tai n had for Hawthorn e a

p eculiar fasci natio n From th e str eets o f.

Williamstow n from all the wa y s by which

,
 fa m ous R ed Badg e o f Courage lit erar y ,

critics hail ed h i m as th e w rit e r o f th e com

ing gr eat A m erica n n ov el but h e di ed
”
,

whil e s till v e ry you n g whil e visiting ,

for eig n la n d s H i s r em ai n s w e r e brought

.

bac k t o New Y or k and buri ed within a

f e w m il es o f h i s birthpla c e .

Gri ff Hou s e w a s th e childhood home o f

“
G eorge E liot ( Mary A nn E va n s
( C
Cross ) T h e plac e i s d e s crib e d as
. a
charming r ed bric k ivy cov e r ed hous e on
,
-
,
-

t h e A rbury e s tat e i n Warwic k s hire

”
, ,

E ngla n d H e re S h e s p en t th e fi r s t tw en ty
.

o n e ye ar s o f h e r li f e M a ggi e T u l li v er i n
.

“
T h e Mill on th e Flo s s is i n part a n , ,

autobiographical s k etch o f th e writ e r s ’

own li f e o f thos e day s .

O ld Wa s hi n gto n Hall , New Y ork C i ty , wa s

t h e m ee ti n g- plac e
o f a cot eri e o f lit e rary
m en a m o n g w ho m we r e Coop e r Brya n t
, , .

Ve r p la n c k Sa n d s Hall eck a n d oth e rs

, , , .

k n o wn a s th e B read a n d Ch ees e C lub be - -

,

cau s e i n th e ir voti n g for m em b e rship

, ,

bread was used for th e a ffir m ative and ,

ch ees e for th e n egativ e ballots .

Lydia Maria Child wrote first anti th e

slav e ry book publish e d in A m e rica It .

wa s call ed A n A pp eal for That Cla s s of

A m erica n s Call e d A frica n s and was
”
,

published in 1 8 33 .
 A N S W ER S 83

E lla Whe el e r Wilco x r esides i n a double cot

t a g e at Sound Beach Connecticut whic h , ,
” “
i s known as the bungalow and the
barracks ”
O riginally there was but one
.

o f these bungalows but the write r in her , ,

numerous travels through E urop e and the

O rie n t was th e recipient o f S O man y
,

treasures o f art pottery and furnishings , ,

that one building would not accommodate

them so a second was constructed to house
,

thes e treasures .

Walt Whitman selected his own burial place -

and d e signed hi s own tomb H arl eigh .

Cemeter y a mile or two outside o f Cam

,

den N ew Jerse y i s the plac e h e sel e cted

, ,

fo r his burial O n a st eep hillside clothed

.

—
b y atural forest tr ees oaks beeches
n , , ,

—
and hickories h e prepar e d his s epulche r
, ,

designing it himsel f and coming f re

quentl y until too infirm to do S O long e r
, ,

t o superv i se th e work O f co n struction ,

which was completed but a little time be

fore his d eath T he tomb i s a capacious
.

vault o f ponderous rough tooled blocks ,

-

o f granite surmou nted by a tria n gular

,

mass w e ighing s ev e ral tons which is

, ,

graven with his name T he massiv e stone .

doo r stands aj a r and through it ma y be ,

seen th e seal e d cr y pts which contain the

ashes O f th e poet and some O f his kindred .
1 4 . B en j a m i n Fr a n k li n wa s th e origi n ator o f the
fi r s t c ircul a ti n g library I n 1 731 he sug .

g es t ed to h i s f ello w m em b e r s o f t h e Ju n to
-

C l u b that th ey k eep th e ir bo oks tog eth e r ,

s o th a t all th e m e m b e r s m ight hav e acc e ss

to th em T h e p u blic library o f to day i s

.
-

th e outco m e o f thi s e x p e ri m en t .

”
Su nn y s id e t h e ho m e O f Washi n gton
,

Irvi n g at Irvi n gto n o n th e Hud s o n R iv e r

, ,

i s c ov e r e d w ith E n gli s h ivy th e origi n al ,

pla n t o f which s p ru n g fro m a root brought

fro m M elr o s e A bb ey Scotla nd , .

St Gi l es s C hurch C ri pp l egat e London is

.
’

, , ,

th e burial p lac e o f Joh n M ilto n

-
.

B ec ky S h a rp i s th e h e roi n e o f T hackeray s
’

“
Va n ity Fai r D or a i s th e wi f e o f
.

D a v i d C opp erfiel d i n D ick en s s n ov el

’

o f that titl e M i n n eh a h a i s th e h e roin e o f

.

Lo n gf ello w s v e r s e ro ma n c e
’
T h e Song
-
,
“

”
o f H ia w atha Gl or i a Qu ayl e i s th e
.

h eroi ne i n Hall C ai n e s T h e C hristia n ” ’ “

.

H es ter P rynn e i s th e h e roi n e i n H aw

’ ”
thor n e s S c arl et L ett e r .

Ol d T r a i l T ow n w a s th e s c en e o f t h e rural
dra m a d es crib e d i n Zo n a Gal e s romance ’

C hri s t ma s ”
I n thi s dra m a s uch actors
.

as M a ry Ch a va h E benez er R u l e Ta b , ,

Wi ns l ow J enny Wi ng Mi s Mor ti mer

, ,
’
 AN S W ER S 85

B a tes , M i l es appea r T he pro

and B l u ff .

t otypes O f th es e a re the r e al p eopl e which

move about i n all o f M iss Gal e s char m ing ’

books a m o n g which a re her Fri e ndship

,

Village s e ries .

M ary E Wall e r i s
. author o f M y R ag th e
pick e r . This is th e story o f a little
Fr ench girl whos e o n ly m oth er was th e
histori c a n d som ewhat forbidding cathe
dral o f N otr e D ome i n Paris T O e m .

brace a great sto n e pilla r O f thi s cath edral

wa s to h er lik e cli n gi n g to th e k n ee s o f
h er moth e r S h e k n e lt by it clasp ed it in
.
,

he r arm s and pr e ss e d h er achi n g head

,

against i t a n d found th er e r e fuge a n d

com fort at a crisis hour i n h e r li f e Wh en .

she wa s discover e d by th e artist who re

lat e s h e r story h er hom el e ss unhapp y
, ,

da y s were soo n ov e r .

J e ff ery Fa rn ol h a s b een term ed the B road

”
highwayman b ecause o f his book en
titl e d T h e B road H ighway A gai n .
,

most o f Fa rn ol s stories have for their ’

hero a m a n who loves to tramp through

t he cou n try with a k n apsack o n his back .

Fa r nol has sp en t m ost O f his l i f e i n Ke n t ,

—
E n gla n d a land which h e k n ows i n ti
,

mat e ly b ecause o f his ma n y k n apsack

tramps throughout its l en gth and breadth .

O w en Wiste r i s th e author o f T h e Vi r
ginian ”
T he stor y i s laid in western
.
86 ON E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI O N S
U n it ed Stat es In th e co wboy district o f
ti m es a go ne T he . Virginian i s true to
ty p e a n d tru e to li f e .

Madi s o n C aw e i n i s t e rm ed th e poet o f th e
”
blu e gra s s cou n try
-
H e was bor n i n .

K en tu c k y a n d his po em s hav e the tru e

,

K en t u c k y at m o s p h e r e th e ripe ne s s ,
“
,

m ellow n es s a n d s w ee t n e s s o f bi rd song
,

a n d b eauty o f foli a g e w hich a re char ,

”
a c te r i s t i c o f th e blu e gra s s cou n try as -
,

wit n e s s ed i n th e f o ll o w i n g stanzas :
W h thi g go w ro g th y oft will
en n s n , as e en ,

Vvi th t h w ork y ou hav i ha d

’
e e n n ,

J u t whi tl a o g of ch r u til
s s e s n ee n
w ork y ou v pla d; ’
Y ou can th s ee e e nn e
A d do y our b t ho w v r m
n r
es , e e en s n ee
A d all w ill b right i d m y d ar
,

n th e n e en , e .

J u t do th work that y ou hav to do

s e e ,

A d what v r it i y ou ll fi d
’
n e e s n
If y ou k p a o g i th h art f y ou
ee s n n e e o
T h lp w hat y ou hav i mi d
,

O e e n n
A d do y our b t ho w v r m r
,

n es , e e en s n ee
All will b right i th d my d ar
,

e n e en , e .

Ja m es R us s ell Lo we ll said o f th e H ouse

”
o f th e S ev en G a bl es : Hawthor ne s ’

Hou s e o f th e S ev en Gabl es is t h e m ost

valuabl e co n tributio n to New E n gla n d
”
history that h a s yet b een mad e .

R alph Waldo E m erso n was writer o f the th e

follo w i n g lin es , which are part o f the
 AN S W ER S 87

F ra gments on the P oet and the P oetic

”
Gi ft !

’
T is high tar alo
n ot i n th e s s n e,
N i cup of buddi g flo w r
or n th e n e s,
N i th r dbr a t m llo w to
’

or n e e e s s e n e,
N i th b w that m il
or ni S ho wer s
e o s es n
But i th m d d cu m f thi g
,
n e u an s o n s
Th r al way al way o m thi g i g
e e , s e n s n s .

Charles D ickens wrot e P ickwick P apers .

In these pap e r s S a mu el P i ckwi c k is the

hero an e cce ntric a n d be nevol ent L on
,

doner middle age d a n d o f m iddle class

,
-
,

u n sophisticated hot h ead e d but e sse n ,

-
,

ti a ll y amiabl e e asily a n g e r e d and e asily

, ,

l ed . He i s picture d with a bald h e ad a ,

smooth round fac e a bland a n d childlik e ,

expressio n sp e ctacl e d nose a rotu n d

, ,

paunch and S hort stubby l egs thrust int o

,

black gait e r s that r each up to h i s k nees .

H i s faith ful att en da n t is S a m Well er .

Cheyne Walk Ch e lsea L ondon was the , , ,

home O f G eorg e E liot at th e ti m e o f h er

d eath which occurr e d D ec em b e r 2 2 1 8 8 0
, , .

H e r r emains were interred in H ighgate

Cemeter y .

Cra i genpu ttock was the on e time home o f -

T homas Carlyle I n this b eauti ful coun .

try home h e a n d his wi f e Jan e W e lsh ,

Carlyle liv e d ma n y years and e nt e rtained

,

man y not abl e peopl e i n cluding E m e rson ,

and L ongf ellow I n th e mid s t o f Car .

l y l e s greatest honors he was crushed b y

’

,
88 ON E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI ON S

th e d eath o f h i s w i f e H i s last y ears w e r e .

s p en t at C h e y n e R o w C h el s e a London , , ,

wh e re h e di e d Fe bruary 4 1 8 8 1 , , .

D ani el D e fo e wrot e th e li n es :
W h r v r G od r ct a hou O f pray r
e e e e e s se e ,

T h D vil al w a y build a chap l th r ;

e e s s e e e
A d t w ill b fou d upo
n
’
x a m i atio e n n e n n,
T h latt r h larg t co gr gatio
,

eth e as e es n e n .

John Milto n wa s thr ee ti m es m arri ed With .

h i s fi r s t w i f e Mary Po w e ll h e w a s most , ,

u nhap p y a n d o f th e thr ee daught e r s bor n

,

o f thi s m arriage t wo w e r e m ost u n ki n d to ,

th e ir fath e r Milto n bor e h i s trial s w ith

.

a b eauti ful s er en ity a n d fortitud e a n d ,

would n ot c on d e s c en d to littl e thi ngs .

D eborah h i s o n e a ff e ctio n at e a n d faith ful

,

daught e r s p ea ks o f h i s ch ee r fuln es s a n d
,

d es crib es h i m a s th e s o u l o f a co nv e rsa
tio n H is s eco n d w i f e Kath e ri n e Wood
.
,

co c k to who m h e p ay s a n obl e tribut e

, ,

di ed aft e r littl e m or e tha n a y ear s m a r ’

r i a ge H i s third w i f e E liza be th Mi n
.
,

S hull w ho m h e m arri e d i n 1 6 64 surviv e d

, ,

h i m m or e tha n h a l f a c en tury .

Kilcol m a n w a s t h e ho m e o f E d m u n d S pen
s er S p en s e r obtai n ed a gra n t o f la n d
.

i n Ir ela n d a n d took u p h i s abod e i n Kil

col m a n C a s tl e a p lace re m ar k abl e for its ,

d elightful sc enery H e re h e w rot e th e .

”
Fa ery Qu een and en tertained his ,

friend Si r Walt e r R aleigh and othe r

, ,
 th e r ear o f O rchard Hous e the home o f ,

th e A lcotts .

H ol m es s lo n g w al k s p oke n o f in the
’ “
,

A utocrat O f th e B rea k fa s t Tabl e was ”

,

acro s s th e fa m ous Bo s to n C o m mo n from

Joy Str e e t t o Boylsto n Str e e t .

H ogarth La n e Lo n don E ngla n d was , , ,

na m ed i n ho n or o f th e m atchl e ss H O “

garth who r e sid ed th e r e for si x te en

,

ye ars It is n ow th e s it e o f Hogarth
.

Museu m Willia m Hogarth was a c el e

.

b ra ted p ai n t e r a n d en grav e r whos e satiri ,

cal r ep r es en tatio n s o f vic e a n d foll y won

him r en ow n .

At on e ti m e Wal p ol e Hous e Chiswick Lon , ,

d on w a s th e ho m e O f Horac e Walpol e
, .

Lat e r it be ca m e a boys s chool and has ’

S i n c e b ee n i m mortaliz e d i n fi ction as M i s s

P i n k er ton s A ca d emy
’
in Thack e ray s ,
’

”
Va n ity Fai r Walpol e wa s n ot ed as a
.

l ett e r writ e r a n d for one grot es qu e ro

-

ma n c e en title d Th e Ca s tl e o f O tranto
,
”
.

Fra n cis Scott Key was th e author o f T he

Star S p a ngl ed B a n ner
-
D uri n g th e War .

o f 1 8 1 2 a B riti s h fl eet wa s anchored i n

,

C h es a p ea k e Bay D r Bea n s a n Ol d resi . .

,

d en t o f U pp e r Marlborough Maryla n d , ,

had be en ca p tur e d a n d s en t as a prisoner

to A d m iral C ochra n e s fl agship Francis ’
.

Scott Key a you n g lawy e r O f Baltimor e

, ,

was a frie n d O f D r B eans and h earin g .

, ,
 A N S W ER S 91

of his plight hastened to the British com ,

ma n d e r to e nd eavor to have hi s frie n d

r el eas ed T h e e n em y was about to attack
.

F ort Mc H enry so re fused to allow M r , .

Key and D r B ea n s to return until a fte r .

the fort was captured .

A ll through the night o f September 1 3 ,

1 8 1 4 the bombardment was k ept up and

, ,

i n th e light o f the rockets red glare “ ’

the y could S ee the A m erican fl ag still wa y

ing over th e old fort Wh en th e first rays .

o f dawn s how e d that the fl a g was still

”
there Fra n cis S cott Key was inspir e d to
,

writ e the lin e s O f th e wo n de rful son g ,

T h e Star Spangled Banner -

.

0 s ay y ou
! b y th dawn arl y light
ca n s ee, e
’
s e ,

W hat proudly w hail d at th t wilight la t

so e e , e
’
s s
gl a m i g e n ?

W ho broad trip
se d bright tar s through th
s es an s e
p rilou fi ght e s
O
’
th erra m part w watch d w r
e galla ntl y
s e e , e e SO
tr ami g ;
s e n

A n d th roc k t d glar th bo mb bur ti ng i n i

’
e e s re e, e s s a r,
G av proof through th n ight that
e flag w t i ll e ou r as s
th r ; e e
0 y do that tar Spangl d ba n r y t wav -
sa , es s e ne e e
O
’
th
er la d f th fr
e n d th
n ho m f th
o e ee a e e o e
brav ? e

A fter goi n g ashore Ke y showed the ,

lines to a relative who de clar e d that th ey ,

must b e print ed This was done and an .

,

old E nglish ai r A nacreon in H eaven ”

, ,

wa s adapt e d to the m b y F erd inan d

92 ONE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI O N S
D ura n g a ,
m u s i c ia n . The fi rst ti m e the
s ong wa s s ung a B a lti m or e th eat e r
wa s in ,

a n d it to o k t h e audi e n c e by s tor m Soo n .

it wa s b e i ng s u n g all ov e r th e la n d a n d ,

you n g Key fou n d hi m s e lf fa m ous .

Ja mes Whitco m b R il ey w a s t h e author o f

T h e Boo k o f Joyous Childr en
”
.

O w en Wi s t e r th e A m e rica n n ov elist i s the

, ,

gra n d s o n o f th e fa m ou s actr e ss Franc e s ,

A nn e Ke m bl e Butl e r b ett e r k n own as ,

”
Fa nn y K em bl e .

J oh n Green l ea f Whitti e r t e r m ed D r Sa m uel .

Gridl ey Ho w e th e hu s b a n d o f Julia Ward

,

th e C a d m u s o f th e bli n d
”
Ho we , w rit ,

i n g o f h i m thu s i n a p o em en titl e d
“
T he
H e ro which h e d e di c at ed to D r Ho we
, . .

Thi s wa s b e c a u se o f D r How e s w ork .

’

a m o n g th e bli n d childr en o f Boston and ,

es p ec i a lly b e c a u s e o f h i s w o n d e rful work

i n t eachi n g t h e m ut e Laura Bridg m an , .

J ulia Ward H o we wa s th e auth o r o f th e s ti r

ri n g war s on g T h e Battl e Hy m n o f th e
,

R ep u blic ”
I n D e c em b e r 1 8 61 D r a n d
.
, , .

Mr s H o w e with a party o f f r i en d s mad e

.
, ,

a tri p to W a s hi ngto n E v e rythi n g about .

th e city s p o k e vividly of war s di s ord e r

’
.

Th e railroads w e r e guard e d by pick et s th e ,

str eet s w e r e full o f soldie r s a n d all about ,

could b e s een th e wa tch fir es o f a thou

“
 T h e mi s sil e d estroyed t h e s ight o f thi s eye ,
a n d through sy m pathy h i s right e ye b e
ca m e ve ry w ea k A ft e r a s ev e r e ill ness ,
.

h e r etur n e d to Harvard a n d co m p l e t e d hi s
cours e H e had ex p ect e d to fi t hi m s el f
.

for the ba r but thi s accid en t cha n ged all

,

h i s p la n s for th e futur e H is gr eat his .

t o r i ca l w ork s n otably T he C o n qu est o f

,
” ”
M exico a n d T h e Co n qu es t o f P e ru ,

mad e h i m fa m ou s H i s H istory o f the .

R eign o f F e rdi n a n d a n d Isab ella was ”

succ es s ful at o n c e a n d wa s tra n slat e d i nto

fi v e E urop ea n la n guag e s .

Willia m E wa r t Glad s t on e s aid o f th e Con

s t i tu t i on o f t h e U n it e d Stat e s A s far !

as I ca n s ee th e A m erica n C o n s titutio n i s
,

th e m o s t w o n d e r ful w or k e v e r s truc k o ff
at on e ti m e by th e brai n a n d p urpos e o f
ma n
n
.

Lord Byr o n ow ne d a fa m ou s dog n a m ed

T h e p oe t hi m s e lf dir e ct e d
”
Bo a ts wai n .

th e buildi n g o f a to m b for thi s a n imal ,

a n d it i s m or e m ag n i fi c e n t tha n t h e o n e

that m ar k s th e last r e sti n g plac e o f th e -

po et hi m s el f .

A t A vo nm outh we find th e Nor ton B u ry o f

Joh n Hali fax G en tl em a n , al s o th e ,

Ol d i n n wh e r e D i n ah Craik liv e d whil e

writi n g this popular tal e .

T h e characters of literature n amed are found

a s follows : Ma ggi e Tu l li ver in G eorge ,
 AN S W ERS 9S

E liot s
’
M ill on the F loss L i zz i e
H ex a m , in Charl e s D ickens s O ur Mu ’

tual Friend Wa ckf ord S q u eers was the

son o f th e school m aster S q u eers i n , ,

Charles D ick en s s N icholas N ickl eb y ; ’ ”

Ma ry A s h bu r ton is fou n d i n H e n ry Wads

”
worth Lo ngf ellow s Hyp e rio n ; L i ttl e ’

A nni e i n N atha n i e l Hawthor n e s story

’
, ,

Littl e A nn i e s R a m bl e i n T wic e told

” ’
-

T ale s L i ttl e N el l i n Charl e s D ickens s ,

’

O ld Curiosity Shop E ls i e Venn er ,

in O liv e r W en d ell Holm e s s E lsie V en ’

Fr ec k l es i n G en e Stratto n P ort e r s
’
ner ,
-

“
Freckl es ; R ebec ca in K at e D ouglas
”
,

Wiggi n s R ebecc a o f S unn ybrook

’

Farm ”
.

T abard Inn was th e s tarting place o f the pil -

grims o f Chaucer s Ca n t e rbur y T ales ’

.

Skelto n Castle was the ho m e o f John H all

St ev enso n author o f , Craz y Tales .

H e re S te r n e visited him a n d wrote hi s

”
famou s lett e rs fro m Crazy Castle “
.

“
S i r Walt e r Scott was termed the wiza rd
o f th e N orth .

J ames H ogg was call e d the E ttrick sh ep

herd . H e was bor n i n E ttrick i n south ,

e rn Scotland in 1 77 0 U n til he was

, .

thirt y h e had but a hal f a y e ar s school

,
’

in g save that give n h i m as a S h eph e rd boy

,

among the beauti ful hills a n d alo n g th e

streams o f his native countr y A fte r his .
 i te , a nd ha s fou n d a p la c e i n hu n dr eds o f
coll ectio n s o f po em s a n d i n school r ead e rs .

Wh r e e th e blackbird S i g th lat t n s e es
Wh r ha thor bloo m th w t t
,

e e th e w n s e s ee es ,

Wh r e e th e nes tli g chirp d fl

n s an ee ,
That ’
s th e wa y for Bill y d m an e .

o
n:

But thi I k o w I lov to pla y

s n e
Through t h m ado w a m o g th hay
,

e e n e
U p th wat r d
,
’
e th l e an o er e ea ,
That th w y for Bill y d m
’
s e a an e .

D ani el W eb s t e r i n h i s famous e ulogy on

,

A da m s a n d J effe r s o n said : I f we ch e r ,

i s h th e virtu es a n d th e pri n ci p l e s o f our

fath e r s H eav en w ill as s i s t u s to carry o n
,

th e wor k O f hu m a n lib e rty a n d human

ha p pi n ess ”
.

E dward E v e r ett s O ration on Wa s hi n g

’

i s s p o k en O f a s th e m ost e loque n t
“
ton
oratio n i n th e E nglish la n guage It was .

by h i s Phi B eta Kap p a oratio n at Harvard

i n 1 8 2 4 on Lit e ratur e i n A m erica that ,
”

E v e rett s fa m e a s a scholarly a n d polished

orator wa s p er m a nen tly e stablish ed E v .

e rett w a s th e s on o f a Bosto n cl e rgy

m a n a n d was bor n i n 1 7 94 He studie d .

th eology a n d a ft e r graduatio n at H ar
, ,

v ard Coll eg e b ecame pastor o f a U nitarian

,
 ON E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI O N S
ma ny O f th es e clubs which endeavored to ,

p ut i n to practice the theori es advance d in

th e boo k .

A nn e Br a dstr eet the first A merica n woman ,

”
o f l ett er s w a s t e r m ed th e t en th Mus e
, .

A lthough S h e wa s th e author o f a numb e r

o f biogra p hi es e s s ays a n d p ap e rs on vari
, ,

ous s ubj ects duri n g h er li f eti m e s h e was

,

k n o wn o n ly as a p o et ess T h e b e st o f her .

v ers e was h er short po em Co n t empla ,

”
tio n . Thu s a s early a s 1 6 32 a wo m an o f
,

l ett er s was r ecogn iz e d i n th e U n ited

Stat es .

H ez ekiah Butt erworth a Boston writ e r for , ,

m a n y y ear s e ditor o f th e Y ou th s Com

’

p a ni on w r o t e Z ig zag Jour n eys a n d

,
“
-

m a n y oth e r j uv en il e works H e was the .

author o f two book s o f m usi c al v e rse ,

”
“
So ng s o f H i s tory a n d Po ems for “

C hri s t ma s E a s t e r a n d New Y ear s

, ,
’

Ma r y A bigail D odge wa s k n o w n as G ail

”
Ha m ilto n a p s eu do n y m u n d e r which s h e
,

wrot e m a n y n ot e d e s says H er pu nge n t .

style m ad e h er w ork at on e time e x tremel y

popular .

E d ward E ggl esto n was th e author o f T he

Hoosi e r School m a s t e r E ggl eston was a .

cl ergy m an livi n g at Lak e G eorge New ,

Y or k wh en h e b ega n his succe s s ful car eer

,

a s a n author Havi n g bee n born i n In .

diana he was especially success fu l in de

,
 A N S W ER S 99

p i c ti n g t h e tim e H oosi e r
Ol d -
H e was .

the autho r o f num e rous works o f fiction

and a n umber o f works o f historical value ,

chie f a m ong which was a H istor y O f the

U nit e d States ”
.

Will Carle ton was th e author o f O ver the

H ill to the P oorhous e Carleton was a .

nativ e o f M ichigan H e wrot e much .

homely v e rse which was e x trem e ly popu

,

lar among the worki n g classes Whil e hi s .

work lacks high clas s literary m e rit i t y et

-
,

has an appeal that r each e s th e h eart .

A mong his popula r works a re Farm

Ballads ”
Far m L ege n ds
,
”
Far m Fe s ,

tivals ”
City L egends
,
”
Ci t y Ballads ”
, ,
”
City F e stivals e tc , .

O n th e wooded hills that ov e rlook the Hud

s on R iv e r nearl y Opposit e Poughkeepsie
, ,

New Y ork J ohn B urroughs has built fo r

,

hi m s el f a pictur e sque retr eat a rustic ,

”
hous e which he has n am e d S l a b s i d es
, .

The cabi n i s a w ell built two story s tru c -

,
-

tur e its un e uphonious but fitti n g na m e

,

having b een giv en it b ecause its out e r

walls a re for m ed o f bark cover e d slabs -
.

“
M y fri en ds fr equently complai n sai d ,

M r Burroughs b ecau s e I hav e not giv e n

.
,

my hous e a pr ettie r name ; but thi s n am e

j ust ex pr e ss e s th e plac e a n d th e plac e j ust ,

meet s the want that I f elt for som e thi n g

S imple ,
—
homel y , secluded som e thi n g ,

with th e bark on Her e man y o f the

.
I oo ON E T H OU S A N D L IT ERARY QUE S TI O N S
atur e book s o f this popular writer were
n -

p en n e d .

D r H en ry Van D yk e wa s th e author o f the

.
‘

popular li ne s :
Four thi g a m m u t l ar to do n s an s e n
I f h would m ak h i r cord tru
e e s e e :
T thi k w ithout co fu io cl arl y
O n n s n e
To lov h i f llo w m i c r ly ;
e s e -
en s n e e
To act fro m ho t m otiv pur ly n es es e
TO tru t i G od d H av s cur l y n an e en se e .

Willia m Cull en Brya n t was r etur n i ng to his

ho m e on e e v en i n g a ft e r a day s p en t i n th e ,

op en i n d eep thought a n d r efl ectio n A s

, .

h e s tood on a n e m i ne n c e ov e rloo k i ng a
vall ey h e m ar k e d th e fl ight o f a s i ngl e
,

wild fowl a s it w i n g ed i ts way solitary , ,

a nd alo n e A s h e w atched its certai n .

fl ight s we rvi n g n e ith e r to th e right n o r

,

to th e l e ft w ithout h esitatio n or pau s e , ,

u n til di s ta n c e had m ad e i t i nvi s ible th e ,

clo s e a n al ogy b etw een t h e fl ight o f th e

f owl a n d th e li f e o f m a n wa s bor ne i n
u p on h i m u n til th e thought was give n
forth i n th e p o em To a Wat e rfowl ,

W hith r m id t falli g d w e s n e
W hil glo w th h av w ith th la t t p f day
, ,

e e e en s e s s e s o
Far through th ir ro y d pth do t thou pur u
,

, e s e s, s s e
Th y olitary w y s a ?

fro m zo to z o
H e wh o ne n e,
bou dl S k y th y c rta in
,

Gu i d jl
es gh th r ou e n es s e
fl gfi ti

lo g way that I m u t tr ad alo

,

In th e n s e n e,
Wi ll l ad my t p ari ght e s e s .
1 02 O N E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UES TI O N S
W ood m a Spar that tr ! n, e ee
Touch t a i gl bough ! no s n e
I y outh it h lt r d m
n s e e e e,
A d I ll prot ct it w
’
n e no .

m y for fath r ha d
’ ’
T w as e e s n
That plac d it ar my cot ; e ne
Th r wood m a l t it ta d
e e, n, e s n ,

Th y hall harm it t !a xe s no
>k a:

My h art tri g rou d th cli g

e -
s n s
’
n ee n ,

Clo th y bark O ld fri d !

se as en
H r S hall th w ild bird i g
,

e e e s n
A d till th y bra ch b d
,

n s n es en
O ld tr th tor m till brav !
.

ee , e s s e
A d wood m a n l av th pot ; n, e e e s
W hil I a ha d to av
,
’
e ve n s e,
Th y hall har m it t a xe s no .

R alph Waldo E m er s o n w a s th e author o f th e

“
t c
s en e n e : I f one writ e a b ett e r book ,

p r each a b ette r s erm o n o r m ak e a b ette r ,

—
m ou s e trap tha n h i s n e ighbor though he ,

build h i s ho m e i n th e w ild e r n ess th e ,

w orld will mak e a b eat en path to his

door .

Sa m u el Woodworth was th e author O f the

p op u lar s o n g p o em T h e O ld O aken
-
,

Buc ke t ”
It was i n 1 8 1 7 that Woodworth
.

wrot e th e so n g that was to mak e his name

i mm ortal a n d its co m po s ition came about
,

i n t h e following way : M e eting a friend

o n e day and havi n g a dri n k with him ,

Woodworth praised the e x cell en t char

acter O f the beve rage whereupon his ,

friend setti ng th e empt y glass down on

,

the tabl e said : NO Sam this stuff

,
“
, ,
 A N S W ER S 1 0 3
’
doesn t compare for a moment with the
clear cool sparkling wate r we used to
, ,

dri n k wh e n we w e re boys from the old ,

oaken bucket that hu n g in the w ell T he .

two S hook ha n ds a n d parted Wood .

worth went to his room s e iz e d p encil and ,

pape r a n d i n side o f forty mi n utes had

,

compos e d the verses which w e re to become

so popular .

H ow e thi h art to th c f my child

s e a re e s en e s o
ld a r
l
0 0
W h fo d r coll ctio pr nt th m to vi w !
en n e e n es e s e e
Th e orchard th m ado w th d p ta gl d wild
, e e , e ee -
n e
wood
A n d v r y lov d pot that m y i fa c y k w ;
,

e e e s n n ne
T h w rd j p
e e sd i g po d d th m ill which tood
r ea n n an e s
ly t i ,

T h bridg
e d th roc k wh r th cataract f ll ;
e, an e e e e e
Th cot of m y fath r th dair y hou
e igh ite e -
se n
rud buck t which hu g i th w ll
, ,

A nd
’
th
e en e e e n n e e .

T h O ld oa k
e buck t th iro bou d buc k t
en e , e n ~
n e
Th mo cov r d buc k t which hu g i th w ll
,

e ss -
e e e n n e e .

H enr y Wadsworth Longfellow s beauti ful ’

”
poem S anta F il om ena was a tribut e to
, ,

the l i f e a nd work o f Flor ence N ighti n gal e .

I t was s h e who orga n ized a complet e field

hospital for the S ick and wou n ded soldiers
o f the Crim ean Wa r Be fore the war .

broke out s h e had studied the hospital s y s

tems o f E urope had tak e n a course in ,

nursing with th e S isters o f Saint Vincent

de P aul i n P aris and another course with ,

the P rotestant Sist e rs at Ka i s erwerth on

the R hine Within a week s time she .
’

or gani zed a ban d o f trained nurses and ,

 s et out on h er m issio n o f m ercy M any a .

pai n rac k e d soldi e r kis s ed h e r S hadow as

-

s h e pa s s e d or utt e r e d a pray e r o f tha nks

,

givi n g f or th e h eali n g pre s en c e o f th e

ch ee ri n g an g el or th e Lady o f the ,
“

L a m p a s th ey lovi n gly call e d h er

,
”
.

Lo ngf ello w d esiri n g to pay h e r a tribut e ,

worthy o f h er m atchl e s s s e rvic e re f e rr ed ,

”
to h er as Sa nta Filo m ena th e sai n t ,

o f h eali n g .

W h r r a obl d d i wrought e e e
’
n e ee s
Wh r i pok a obl thought
,
’
en e e s s en n e
O ur h art i glad urpri
,

e s n s s e,
T high r l v l ri o e e e s se .

66 . O f th e fl ag o f th e U n it e d Stat es G e orge F .

Hoar said :
I hav the glori of art d archit ctur
s een e d Of es an e e, an
riv r d m ou tai I hav
e an th n t n th J u g
. e s ee n e sun se on e n
frau d t h m oo ri ov r Mou t Bla c But t h
an e n se e n n . e

fair t vi io
es w hich th
s n ony v r r t d w th fl ag es e e es e e es e as e
o f m y cou tr y i a for ign port B autiful a fl o w r
n e n . e as e

to tho wh lov it t rribl

se o a m t or to tho wh
e , e e as e e se o

hat it it i th y m bol of po w r d th glory d th

e ,
s e s e ,
an e an e

ho or f fi fty m illio f Am rica

n o ns O e ns .

67 T om S a wyer was the h e ro o f Mark T wai n s

’
.

boo k O f th e s a m e titl e T om was a r eal .

boy with all a boy s i n gen uity a n d fr ee

,
’

m a s o n ry I n o ne i n sta n c e T om was i n
.

r eal tr o ubl e H e wa n t ed to go swim m i n g .

with th e boys but h i s g uardian told hi m ,

h e m ust whit e wash th e front f e n c e ,

thirt y y ards O f board fence nine feet

1 06 ON E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI ON S
H en ry Wad s w orth Lo n gf ellow was the
”
author o f T h e Buildi n g o f th e Ship“
,

th e la s t s ta n za o f w hich b egi n s :
Thou too ail 0 S hip of S tat ! s on , e
S ail 0 U io tro g d gr at !
, ,

on , n n, s n an e
H u m a ity with all i t f ar
n s e s,
W ith all th hop of futur y ar e es e e s,
I ha gi g br athl
s n th y fat !
n e es s on e

In W h i tti er s day i n New E n gla n d th ere was

’

a pe culiar cu s t o m o f t elli n g th e b ee s wh en
a n y m e m b e r o f th e hou s e h o ld di e d It .

w a s b e li ev e d that i f th e b ee s w e r e n ot told
o f th e d eath th ey wo u ld n ot s tay at ho m e
, ,

a n d h e n ce s o m e on e w a s oblig e d to go out
,

a n d t e ll th e m o f th e b e r e av e m e n t Thi s .

cu s to m i s i n t e r p r et e d i n W h i tti er s beau ’

ti ful p o em T e lli n g th e B ees

,
”
.

H r
e e plac ; right ov r th hill
i s th e e e e
Ru path I took ;
n s th e
Y ou th
ca n gap i th l d w all till
s ee e n e o s
t ppi g to i th S hallo w broo k
,

A d th
n e s e n -
s nes n e .

Th r i th hou w ith th gat d barr d

e e s e s e, e e re -
e
A d t h poplar tall ;
,

n e s
A d t h bar bro w l gth d th cattl y ard
’
n e n s n en an e e-
A d th whit hor to i g abov th wall
, ,

n e e ns ss n e e .

Th r
e th
e b hiv ra g d i th
a re e ;
‘

ee es n e n e s un
A d do w
n by th bri k n e n
O f th broo k e h poor flo w r w d a re n er e s, ee -
o e r ru
’

Pa y d da ff od i l ro d pi k
,
ns an , se an n .

72 .
More than two hundr e d y ears ago one o f ,

New E n gland s famous schoolmasters

’

Mast e r E z eki el Ch eev e r pass e d away A t , .

his graveside s tood m an y gra y ha ired men -

 A N S W ER S 1 07

whom he had taught as children and in ,

the Boston fre e school or L atin School ,

”
,

o f which he wa s head m aste r for thirty

e ight y e ars wer e said to b e grandchildren
,

o f h is first pupils i n New H aven Colon y .

M aste r Ch eev e r was bor n in E ngland i n

1 61 4 .H e assisted i n pla n ting the colon y
and i n establishi n g th e church in N ew
H av en taught th e famous grammar school
,

at Ipswich a n d di e d i n Bosto n i n 1 70 8
, .

In hi s stori es o f early Ne w E ngland

li f e N athani el Hawthorn e giv e s us a
,

cl ear accurat e p ictur e o f th e school o f that

,

day It i s i n t e r e sti n g to r e ad the story o f

.

the v ene rabl e old mast e r and his school .

C elia Thaxt e r liv e d on th e Isl e s o f Shoals ,

j ust off th e coast o f N ew H a m pshire ,

wh e r e h e r fath e r was th e k eep e r o f th e

lighthous e H e r maide n na m e was C elia
.

L a i gh to n S h e s p ent much o f h er time

.

out o f doors and so was fo n d o f nature

,

in all its asp e cts and e sp ecially fo n d o f all

,

animal li f e She m ad e fri en ds w ith the

.

beach birds and when S h e b egan writi n g

, ,

used th e s e early e xp e ri en ces as subj ects

for h er po ems On e o f h er poems . T he ,

Sa n dpiper is an e s pecial favorite T he

”
, .

last stanza o f i t reads as follows :

C o rad wh r ilt thou b to ight
m e, e e w e -
n
W h th loo d tor m br ak furiou ly ?
en e se s e s s
M dri ft wood fi will burn bright !
-
re so
y what warm Sh lt r ca n t thou fly ?
0 e e s
 I do t f ar for th though w roth
no e ee,
T h t m p t ru h
e through th S ky
e es s es e
For t G od childr both ’
w a re e no s en ,

Thou littl a dpip r d I ? , e s n e ,

an

S id ney La n i e r w a s th e author of D ear

La n d o f A ll My Lov e which wa s part
”
,

o f th e C en t enn ial M e ditatio n o f Co

lu m bi a w ritt en a s a C a n tata to be s u n g
,

at th e C en t en n i a l at Philad elphia in 1 8 76 .

Lo g thi Art hall lov tru lov

n as ne s e e e,
L o g th y S ci c truth hall k o w
n as en e s n ,

L o g thi E ag l har m
n as D ov
ne e s no e,
Lo g th y L w b y l w hall gro w
n as a a s ,

L o g th y G od i G od abov
n as s e,
Th y broth r v ry m b lo w e e e an e
lo g d ar L a d of all my lov
,

So n e n e,
Th y a m hall hi th y fa m S hall glo w !
,

n e s s n e, e

A l fr ed T e n n y s o n th e E n gli s h Po et Laure ,

a te di ed a t A ld worth
,
.

Joh n Hay a ft e r ward S ecr etary o f Stat e and

, ,

J oh n G N i col a y w rot e th e most a u th or i

.

t a t i v e li f e o f A brah a m Li n col n Th ey .

w er e h i s s ecr etari e s duri n g h i s presid en c y .

William D ea n How e lls was th e author o f

”
V en etia n Li f e .

R ichard Hardi n g D avi s Fre d e rick P almer , ,

a n d Will L evi n gto n Co m fort are thr e e

A m erica n war corre s p o n d en ts who have

do ne n otabl e wor k i n fi ctio n .

A m eli e R iv es Chanle r m arri ed a R ussia n

nobl em a n Pri n ce P i e rr e Troubetzko y
, .

T h e p ri n c e i s a n artist o f r eput e W hile ,

A m eli e R i ve s i s a w ell kn ow n n ovelist

’

-
.
I IO ON E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI O N S
Joh n K eats di e d at R o m e a n d was atten ded ,

duri n g his la s t ill ness by his friend ,

S ev e r n the artist
,
.

Willia m C ull en Brya n t b ega n th e tra ns latio n

”
o f th e Iliad i n hi s s ev en ty fi r s t year
“
-
,

a n d co m pl et e d both that a n d th e t ra n s l a

tio n o f th e O dy s s ey i n s i x y ears .

A m erica s great est hu m orist wa s Samuel

’

La nghor n e C l em en s co m monly known as ,

”
Mark T w ai n .

L ouis a M A lcott po p ular autho r o f j uv en il e

.
,

stori e s e arly i n li f e adopt e d as h er li f e

,

motto th e phra s e Hop e a n d k ee p bus y ”

, .

O uida ( Loui s e d e la R am ée ) wrot e th e

B i m bi stori es .

T h e R e d Hors e I n n i s i n Sudbury Massa ,

c h u s e tt s It i s th e s c en e o f H en r y Wads
.

worth Lo n gfe llo w s fa m ous Tal e s o f a ’

”
Waysid e I nn Thi s was a favorit e r e .

’
tr eat o f Lo n gf ellow s who o ft en r epaired ,

to th e old i nn for a vacatio n a n d r e st .

”
Sir Walt e r Scott i n Mar m ion thus de
scrib e s a n old ti m e Christmas : -

On Chri tma E t h b ll w r ru g ;
s s ve e e s e e n
On Chri t m a E th m a w u g
s s ve e ss as s n
:

That o l y ight i all t h y ar

n n n e e
tol d pri t th chalic r ar
,

S w th
a e s e es e e e .

T h da m l d kirtl h ; ’
e d h se on n er e s een
Th b ll w d w ith holl y gr
’
e d
a ; as res s ee n
Forth to th wood did m rry m go e e -
en
T g ath r i th m i tl to
,

o e n e s e e .

Th y p d wid th baro hall

e o en
’
e e n s
’

T va al t a t
O ss rf d all , en n , se , an .

>i= a:
 A N W ER S S ‘
I 1 I

E gla d w m rr y E gla d wh
n n as e n n en
O ld Chri tm a brought h i port agai
,

s s s s s n .

T w
’
Chri tm a b h d th m ighti t l
as s s r oa c
’
e es a e
T w
’
Chri t m a told th m rri t tal ;
as s s e e es e
A Chri t m a gam bol ft would ch r
s s o ee
A p oor m a h art through half th y ar
n s
’
e e e .

Benj amin Frankli n was the author o f P oor

R ichard s A lmanac P oor
’ ”
Many o f .

R ichard s sa y ings have been preserved

’

for posterit y T he following a re familia r

.

ones :
P lo w d p whil Sluggard l p ;
ee , e s s ee
A n d y ou hall hav cor tos ll nd k p e n se a ee .

Earl y to b d d arl y t ri e an e o s e,
M a k a m h alth y w alth y nd wi
es an e , e , a se .

F g
or a d wa nt
e an av whil y ou m y ! , s e e a
N m or i g
O la t a whol day
n n s un s s e .

E lmwood was the ancestral home o f the

po e t J ames R uss ell Low ell a n d stands on
, ,

E lmwood A v en u e Cambridge M assa , ,

c h u s et ts H e r e his fath e r was born a n d

.
,

h e r e t h e illustrious poet lived all his li f e .

T h e old hous e i s s et i n ampl e grou n ds ,

which have b een k ept as nearly as possible

i n a stat e o f nature a n d which originall y ,

e x tended al m ost to th e gat e s o f M t .

A uburn C em eter y In the grass and trees .

o f E l m wood th e bi rds build their nests -

and S ing th e i r songs i n per fect fre edom .

T h e grou n ds a re border e d i n front with

massive lilac S hrubs whose n odding ,

plumes o f white and purple fill the streets

I I2 ONE T H OU S AND L IT E RARY Q UE S TI ON S
a nd grou n ds with S pri n gti m e fragrance .

I n a l ett e r to a fri en d Low ell o n c e wrot e ,

thus o f E l m wood : It i s a squar e hou s e “

with four roo m s on a fl oor li k e s o m e ,

h o u s es o f th e G eorgia n er a I hav e s een

i n E n gl i Sh provi n cial tow n s o n ly th ey a re ,

o f bric k a n d thi s i s o f wood It i s

v ery s u nn y th e s u n ri s i n g s o a s to S hi n e
,

( at a n acut e a n gl e to b e s ur e ) through
, the
n orth e r n w i n do w s a n d goi n g rou n d t h e
,

oth e r thr ee sid es i n th e cour s e o f the day .

Th er e i s a pr etty s tairca s e with th e quai n t

w n —
old t i s t e d ba ist e rs w hich they call
balu s te r s n ow but m i n e a r e ba n ist e rs M y
, .

library occupi es t wo roo m s O p en i n g i n to

each oth e r by arch es at th e S id e s o f th e
a m pl e chi m n ey s T h e tr ees I loo k out on
.

”
a r e th e e arli e s t thi n g s I r em e m b e r .

Low ell w rot e o f h i s ho m e i n a nu m b e r

o f po em s On e o f th e s e was A n I nvita
.

”
tio n i n which h e says :
,

Ki dli r to m th
n e e e plac of birth
e
That fi r t m y tott s e ri g foot t p trod ;
n s e s
Th r m y b fair
e e a e e r pots arth s on e
But all th ir glori t worth
,

e es a re no
T h virtu i th
e e n e n ativ d e so .

Columbia th e Gem o f th e O cean was

,

first s u n g i n the Ch es t n ut Str eet T h eat er ,

P hilad el p hia P en n s ylva n ia in 1 8 4 3 T h e

, , .

origi n o f th e so n g is in doubt T homas A ,

.

B eck et a n E nglish actor the n playi ng i n

,

P hiladelphia claimin g the authorship o f

,
1 1 4 ONE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI O N S
T h e so n g s oo n b e ca m e popular all over
t h e la n d I n 1 8 60 a n e n t e rtai n m en t was
.

giv en i n Ne w O r l ea n s T he l ead e r had .

so m e di ffi culty i n s e l ecti ng a m arch fo r

h i s chorus A ft e r tryi n g s ev eral b e de
.

cid e d u p o n D ixi e It w a s tak en up by

th e p e opl e s u n g u p o n th e s tre e ts a n d
, ,

s oo n i n t h e battl e fi e ld s wh e r e it b eca me ,

t h e gr e at i n s p iratio n al so n g o f th e South
e rn ar m y .

T he Fra n k li n In n Club is on e o f the most

n otabl e o f th e m a n y orga n izatio n s o f

Philad el p h i a Pe nn s ylva n ia It n umbers

, .

a m o n g i ts m em b e rs m a n y authors artists , ,

a n d p ubli s h e r s T h e lat e D r S W e i r . . .

Mitch ell wa s i t s p r es id en t for fourteen

y ear s I t s m em b er s hi p h a s i n clud e d such
.

fa m ou s Phil a d el p hia n s a s H orac e How

ard Fur n es s th e Sha k es p earia n S cholar ;
,

D r H en ry C harl es L ea th e historian ;
.
,

O wen Wi s t e r th e n o v eli s t ; Pro f Schell, .

i n g th e auth o rity on E lizab e tha n po e t ry ;

,

Pro f C h en ey who s e hi s tory o f th e E liza

.
,

b etha n p eri o d h a s re c en tly b een pub

l i s h e d ; Pro f Lar n e d who has e lucidat e d
.
,

th e G e r m a n i n fl u enc e in A m erica ; D r .

K ee n th e c el ebrat ed surg eo n ; J ohn

,

Luth e r Lo n g th e n ov elist ; F Hopki n son

, .

S m ith arti s t a n d writ er; D r Joh n Bach

, .

Mc Ma s ter wh o wa s m ad e president on
,

the death o f D r M itchell . .

 A N S W ER S I I5
T he P ig D inn e r at the U niv e rsit y o f
Cali fornia came about in this w ise :
E ver y class day ther e occurs at that uni
versity a ceremony know n as the D is
p en sa t i on
”
at which t,
h e D ispe n sator

makes pr esentations to th e m em bers o f

th e class and oth e rs Whil e Fra n k N orris .

was a stud ent ther e at th e D ispe nsa ,

tio n a liv e pig wa s give n to th e D elta

”

K appa E psilo n a rival fraternity to the ,

one o f which he was a memb e r The pig .

escaped Frank N orris pursued it

.
,

caught i t and re tur n ed i t i n triu m ph to

,

the Phi G am m a D elta Clubhous e H e re .

i t was fatt en e d A f estal day wa s set .

apart a procession o rga n iz e d th e D ead

, ,

March play e d a n d the P ig D i n ner

,
“

ensued The Pig D i n n e r b ecame a n

.

nual at the u n iv e rsit y A ft e r F ra nk .

N o rr i s s d eath i t was tak en up by th e

’

frater n it y as a whol e and i s still observ e d

as th e annual di nn e r in m emory o f Frank
N orri s .

C y Warman was call e d th e po e t o f th e

R ocki es ”
War m a n had a d iv e rsified
.

caree r H e was born i n Illi n ois on a

'

.
,

ho m e stead which was p r es ent e d to his

father by th e gov e rnm ent a s a r e ward for
galla n t s e rvic e i n th e M ex ican Wa r .

Warman was i n turn locomotiv e en gi , ,

nee r fire m an publish e r a n d writer T he

, , ,
.

l ast poem written by Warman two weeks ,

1 1 6 ON E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI ON S
b e for e h i s d eath was ,
en titl ed ,
Will the
Light s B e Whit e ? ”
T he concludin g
li nes r ead :
ift to ward lif t r m i al I tr d ;
Sw
’
e s e n en
Th em hort to ight ;
run s ee s s -
n
G od o l y k o w what at th d
n n s
’

s e en
I hop t h light e whit e s a re e .

1 04 . P ig eo n Cove n ear A n dr ew s Poi n t at th e

,
’
,

extr em e e n d o f C a p e A n n Ma s s a ch u ,

s ett s i s wh e r e R al p h Waldo E m erso n

,

o n c e s p en t a vacatio n o f a w ee k It c on .

tai n s a bro n z e tabl et atta ch ed to a gr eat ,

bould e r on w hich a r e engrav ed the words

,

E m e rso n wrot e i n appr eciation o f the

spot :
Andb hold th e th opali pl tiful d tro g
e s ea , e n e, en an s n ,

y t b autiful
e e th ro as th rai bo w full f food
e se or e n o
ouri h r of m purg r of th world cr ati g a w t
, ,

n s e en , e e e n s ee
cli mat i t rcha g abl bb d fl w d i
,

d ie, an n an n e n e e e an o an n
i t b aut y at a f w furlo g givi g a hi t f that which
,

s e e n s, n n o
cha g n t d i p rf ct
es n o an s e e .

1 05 Morri s R o s en f eld i s k n o wn as th e sw eat

.

sho p po et R o s en f e ld i s a R u s s ia n J ew
.
”

who w orks i n th e sw eatsho p s o f th e low e r

E a s t Sid e o f New Y or k City To him .

has b een giv en th e divi n e gi ft o f so n g a s ,

e x e m p li fi e d i n h i s
”
S on gs o f Labor a ,

littl e boo k o f v er s e e dit e d a n d p ublished

“
by fri en d s T h e i n itial po em call e d In
.
,
”
th e Factory b egi n s :
,

O h h r i th h p t h m achi roar wildl y

e e n e s O e ne s SO ,

That oft u a war that I m or hav b

,

n e a e ee n ,
I i k d m lo t i th t rribl tu mult
, ,

s n an a s n e e e
A d void f m y oul
n o I m but a machi s a ne .
 Su n s hi n e Ja n e so wo n d e rfully opti ,

m i s tic w a s w ritt en u n d e r th e m o s t tragic

,

circu m s ta n c es w hich throw th e s u n ,

shi ne o f th e boo k i nto s tro n g r eli e f

”
.

Mr s Fr en c h s hu s ba n d a n d s on di e d w ith
’
.

i n tw o m o n th s o f each oth e r at St Paul .

,

M i n n es ota whil e s h e wa s n ursi n g h er

,

fath e r wh o wa s ill i n h e r ho m e i n E ng
,

la n d Four m on th s lat e r S h e di e d sud

.
,

d en l y o f c e r ebral h em orrhag e a n d b e , ,

for e h er m oth e r a n d broth e r c ould r each

E n gla n d h er fath e r too had passe d
, , ,

a w ay .Su n s hi n e J a n e h ow ev e r S hows , ,

n o hi n t o f d e p r e s s i o n or s ad n es s .

P s eu d o nyni s o f t we n ty A m e rica n w rit e rs

a re as f o llo w s : Wa s hi n gto n Irvi n g ,

D i e d r i cli K n ic k e rb o c k e r ; Ja m es R us
”

s ell L owell Ho s ea Bigl o w Isab ella

M A ld en Pa n s y ; M rs Ja n e C C roly
.
”
, . .
,
“
J enn i e Ju n e ; Mary A bigail D odge
”
,

Gail Ha m ilto n Sa m u el G Go o drich .

,
”
P et e r Parl ey ; Mari etta Holl ey J o ,

s iah A ll e n s Wi f e
’
H el en Hu n t Jack
s on , H H .E m ily Jud s o n Fa nn y
.
,
“

For e s te r M r s G eorg e C R igg s Kat e

. .
,

D ougl a s Wiggi n Sara J Lippi n cott .

,

Grac e Gr een w ood D o nald G M itch .

I k M a rv e l ; Mary N Mur fr e e
”
el l, .
,
“
Charl es E gb ert Craddock E dgar
Wil s o n Nye B ill Nye , Sarah P Par .

t on ,
“
Fa nn y F e rn D avid R Locke .
,

Petroleum V N asb y William T aylor

.
 A N S W ER S 1 1 9

A dams Sarah C Wool

, O liver O ptic ; .

s ey ,
“
Susan Coolidge H enry W .

Sha w J osh B illings

, S a m uel L
“
.

Clemens Mark Twain , .

E n och A r d en was the hero o f a narrative

poem o f the sa m e n a m e by A l fr e d T en n y
.
—
son E n oc h a d P h i l i p the one a poor
n , ,

sailo r lad the oth e r th e s on o f the

, ,

w ealthi es t man in a n E ngli s h s ea coast -

—
village w e re playmat es o f L i ttl e A nni e
, ,

a n d rivals for h e r ha n d i n e arly man

hood E n och w i n s h er Shortly a ft e r

. .

marriage pov e rty forc e s h i m to go on a

,

long s ea voyag e H e i s shipwr ec k e d on .

an uni n habit e d island i n th e tro p ics and ,

sp en ds m a n y y ears i n Crusoe lik e sol i -

tud e R e scu e d at last by a passi n g v es

.

s e l h e r etur n s ho m e to fi n d A n ni e mar
,

ri e d to P h i l i p U n w illi n g to disturb h e r
.

happi ne ss h e do e s n ot r ev eal his identit y

until hi s d eath .

A d a m B ed e is the titular h e ro o f G eorge

E l iot s nove l A dam B e de
’ ”
He is a
, .

village carpe n t e r o f str en uous li f e and

high id e als who was closely patter n e d ,

a fte r th e author s fath er A d a m falls ’

.

i n lov e w ith vain pr e tty H e tty S orrel , ,

who i s b etray e d b y th e son o f the wealth y

squir e o f th e village .

R ichard Wightma n i s th e author o f the

sentiment Fri e ndshi p is th e war p and
 woo f o f hu m a n o ne ness ; lov e is th e
d ye a n d p att e r n which m ak e th e fabric
s pl en did .

R ob e rt B u r n s wa s th e author o f T a m
O S h a n te r
'

A c c ordi n g to h i s wi f e Ta m
.
”
,

wa s a bl eth eri n g blust e ri ng dru nk en

“
, ,
”
bl e llu m .

Joh n Gr een l ea f Whitti e r wrot e the fol

lo w i n g b e auti ful li n e s in his po em ,

R apha el
We hap our lv th j o y or f ar
s e se es e e
O f w hich th co m i g lif i m ad e n e s e,
A d fi ll our Futur at m o ph r ’
n e s s e e
W ith u hi w ith had s ns ne or s e .

M ill Grov e Far m on th e ba nks o f th e ,

S chuyl k ill R iv e r i n P enn s ylva n ia w a s , ,

th e ho m e o f th e n a turali s t J o h n J a m es ,

A udub on A udubo n wa s a n ativ e o f New

.

O rl ea n s Lo u i s ia n a H e wa s th e author
, .

o f T h e Bi rd s o f A m e rica ”
Quadru ,

p ed s o f A m e rica a n d m a n y oth e r n atur e

”
,

v ol u m es .

1 1 5 . Ha n s Chri s tia n A n d ers en said : M y li f e

i s a l ov e ly story ha pp y a n d full o f i n ci ,
”
d en t .

Wa s hi ngton I rvi n g a m o n g num e rous oth er ,

p s eudo n yms u s ed that o f Jonatha n

,
“

O ld s tyl e .
”

Charl e s D udle y Warner s aid : It was

Washi ngton Irvin g not H en drick H il d ,
1 22 O NE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI ON S
u nd e r th e titl e A R eb el s Recol lec
,
’

tions .

O f C harl es B a ttel l Loo m i s th e A me rican ,

hu m ori s t it h a s b een s ai d
, H e saw li fe ,

a s through a glass — brightly .

Mauric e Ma et e rli n ck wa s t h e author o f

”
T h e Blu e Bird .

Gen L e w Wallac e wrot e

. B en H ur A -
,
”
Tale o f th e Chri s t .

M e r e dith N ich ol s o n wa s t h e author o f A

Hoosi er C hro n icl e ”
.

Lord se n d a m a n lik e Bobbi e Burns to

,

si ng th e s o n g 0 st ea m wa s th e pray e r
’
,

o f th e dour old Scotch m a n th e engi nee r ,

o f R udyard Ki p ling s Mc A nd rew S ’ ’

”
Hy m n .

H C Bu nne r r ebuk e d all fri en ds who a t

. .

t empt ed to talk lit erary S hop duri n g

th e lu n c he o n hour w ith th e word s L et
, ,

thi s hallo we d hour with b ett e r thoughts

be s p e n t
”
.

Tho m as D u nn E n glish wrot e B en Bolt .

T h e Cloc k Hous e at Mar n hull E n gla n d

”
, , ,

w a s t h e r es id en c e o f A nn e Warner
Fr en ch th e A m erica n n ov eli s t at the
, ,

ti m e o f h e r d eath i n 1 91 3 , .

Sa m u el M er wi n a n d H enry Kitch ell W eb

”
s t e r wrot e Calu m et K .

Ta l both a ys wa s th e farm w h e r e T es s met

 A N S W ER S 1 2 3

A ngel Cl a i r e in Thomas Hard y s great,

’

”
nov el T e ss o f th e D U ber v i l l es
, ,
’
.

Sarah Pratt Mc Lea n Greene first us e d Cape

Cod as th e sc ene o f h er s tori e s n otably in ,

Cap e Cod Fol k s a nd Ve sty o f th e “

Basi n s . More r ec en tly Jo s eph C Lin .

coln has d ealt with the sa m e s ectio n the ,

sc en es o f ma n y o f his n ov e ls b e i n g laid
among th e fi s h er folk th e re -
.

R ob e rt Hichens wrot e T h e Gard en o f “

A llah b y so m e critics said to co n tain

,

the m ost b eauti ful d e s criptions o f a n y

n ovel e xta n t The D es e rt o f Sahara in
.

north e r n A frica is th e sc ene o f th e s tory .

Wilki e C olli n s was th e author o f T h e “

”
Moo n s to n e .

Casa Guidi Flor en c e Italy was fo r m a n y

, , ,

y ears t h e ho m e o f R ob e rt a n d E lizab eth

Barr e tt B row n i ng t h e E n glish po et s ,
.

H e r e th e i r o nly s on w a s bor n and he r e ,

E lizab eth Barr ett B rowni n g died .

R ichard Hardi n g D avi s wrot e Soldiers o f

”
Fortu n e .

A braha m Caha n first i ntroduced the N ew

Y ork Gh etto i nto literature in h i s book ,

Y ekl a Tal e o f th e Ne w Y ork G h etto

, .

M elville D La n do n wrote ov e r th e si gna

.

tur e,
E li P e rki n s ”
.

R obert J Burd ett e A m e rica n humori st

.
, ,
”
wa s know n as the H a wkeye man be ,
1 2 4 ON E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI ON S
cau se h e b ega n hi s lit e rary care e r as a
r ep ort e r on t h e Burli n gto n ( Iowa )
H a wk eye .

H enry Wadsworth L o n gf ellow wrot e :

W h v r w cro a riv r at th ford
en e e e ss e e
I f w would pa i af ty w m u t k p
,

e ss n s e e s ee
O ur y fix d t adfa t th hor b y o d
,

e es e s e s on e s e e n
For i f w ca t th m fl o w i g tr a m
,

e th s e on e n s e
T h h ad w i m w ith it ; if w would cro
,

e e s s so e ss
T h ru
e i g fl ood of thi g h r i thi world
nn n n s e e n s
O ur oul m u t t look do w but fix th ir S ight
,

s s s no n, e
O th fi m la d b y o d
n e r n e n .

W i ela n d wa s c on s id e r e d th e fi rst s e ri
'

w ork o f A m e ri c a n l e tt e r s
”
ou s Thi s .

n ov e l w a s writt e n by C h a r l e s B rockd en

Bro wn a n d p ubli s h e d i n 1 798

, .

E ugene Fi eld w rot e th e b e auti ful po em en

titl e d C hri s t m a s Tr e asur e s .
”

D a v i d H a r u m wa s th e h e ro o f E d ward
N oy e s W es tcott s n ov el o f th e sa me ’

n a me H e w a s a ba n k e r a n d d eal e r i n
.

hor s es i n a villag e i n c en tral New Y ork ,

w h o p o s s e s s e d a S hr e w d n e s s hu m or a n d , ,

ho m ely p hilo s ophy that t em p e r e d h i s

utt e r lack of p ri n ci p l e i n hor s e s elli n g a n d -

hor tradi n g a n d wh o ro s e to o ccasio n al

s e- ,

h e ight s o f c harity a n d s el f ab negatio n o f -

which h e w a s ba s h fully r etic en t .

Charl es Haddo n S p urge o n was called the

B eecher o f E ngla nd ”
.
 story i n a dra m a en titl ed T h e M aid ,

of O rl ea n s R ob ert South ey wrot e a

lo ng epic po em en titl e d Joa n o f A rc ”
,
“
.

Jam es R u s s ell Low ell i n th e Visio n o f ,

“

”
S ir La u n f a l w rot e th e following li nes :
,

Not w hat w giv but what w har e e, e s e,

For th gift w ithout t h g iv r i bar ;
e e e s e
W ho giv hi m lf w ith h i al m f d thr
es se s s ee s ee,
H i m lf h i hu g ri g ighbor d m
se , s n e n ne , an e .

R udyard Kipli n g r e f err ed Qu een Vic

to
t or i a a s th e w id o w
“
at Wi n dsor i n ,

Barrac k R oo m Ballad s .

Th eodor e Par k e r th e gr eat th eologia n a n d ,

s ocial r e f o r m e r s aid E ach ca n hav e , ,

what i n s p iratio n each will ta k e .

Si r A rthur C o n a n D oyl e wa s k n ighte d be

cau s e o i h i s d e f en s e o f th e E n gli s h gov
e r n m e n t i n his boo k T h e G r eat Bo e r ,

Wa r ”
'

T e rr é s Tav e r n i n Pari s w hich Willia m

’

, ,

Ma k ep eac e Thac k eray fr equ e n t ed w h en

s t u dyi n g a s a n art i s t i s th e sc e n e o f h i s ,

fa m o u s ballad T h e Ballad o f B ou i ll a
“
,
”
baiss e .

T oynb ee Hall i s a fa m ous Whit echap el s et

tl em en t hou s e i n th e Lo n do n s lu m s It .

wa s h e r e that Ja n e A dda m s b ega n h e r

trai n i n g for s ettl em en t work a n d it wa s ,

thi s hou s e a ft e r which H ull Hous e Chi ,

cago Illinois was patt er ned

, , .
 A N S W ER S 1 2 7

E lizabeth R obi n s ( M rs G eor g e R P arkes

.
) .

was th e author o f th e nov e l My Littl e ,

”
S ister .

William Makep eace T hackera y was born i n

Calcutta India , .

P aul H amilto n H ay n e wrot e the followin g

i n memor y o f Wilki e Collins :
Y etI b li v that k i dl y d ath
e e e n e
R rv d for h i m a w lco m i g Shad
es e e e n e
It m
s ee atural for h i oul
s so n s s
T m t a my t ry u afraid
o ee s e n .

E den P hillpotts wrot e W idecomb e Fai r .

Charl e s R ead e wrote P eg W offington .

”

F Mario n Craw ford O w en Wist e r A rthur

.
, ,

T rain and R eginald Wright K a u ffman

,

edit e d i n direct succ es s io n th e school

, ,

m agazin e o f St Paul s S chool Co n cord

’
.
, ,

Ne w H ampshi r e whil e stud en ts th e r e , .

J oaqui n M iller was called th e po et o f th e

Si e rra s ”
H e wrot e a book o f v e r s e en
.

”
titled ,
So n gs o f t h e Si e rras .

Mary Map es D odge i n Ha n s B ri nke r or , , ,

”
T h e Silver Skates wrot e a d e light ful ,

story o f li f e i n Holla n d yet S h e n ev e r ,

had visit e d that land .

L ouis e Cha n dl e r Moulto n w rot e h er first

book This That a n d the O the r when
, ,
”
, ,

but eight een y ears o f age .

R ichard Watso n Gilder had so great an a d

m i r a ti on fo r Joseph J efferson that he ,
1 2 8 ONE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI ON S
d ecl a r e d that h e w ould rath e r be J eff e r
s on tha n a n y oth e r livi n g p e r s on .

R al p h W a l d o E m e r s on i n c o n v e r s atio n ,

w ith Willia m D e a n Ho w ell s o n c e r e ,

f e rr e d to E dga r A lla n P oe a s th e j i n gl e
ma n .

Joh n Hay wa s th e Po et Stat es m a n -

.

Clar en c e U r m y w a s th e author o f th e lin e s :

Not w we hat
hav but what w
e ; e u se
hat
but what w choo
,

No t w w e s ee e se
Th thi g that m or bl
,

e s e a r e th e n s ar es s
The sum of hu a happi
m n n es s
hat tak but what w giv ;
.

Not w we e e e
Not what pra y but w liv
we as e e
Th thi g that m ak for p ac
,

es e a r e t h e n s e e e,
Both aft r ti m hall c a
n ow a n d e e s e se .

Sp eaki n g o f his po em Br eak B r eak , , ,

B r ea k T en n yso n s aid Thi s m e lody o f

,
”
,

t ear s w a s m ad e i n a Li n col n s hi r e la ne at
fiv e o cloc k i n t h e m or n i n g b e tw een blo s
’

s om i n g h e dg es but th e p o et s thought s ’

w e r e fa r a w ay at Cl ev e do n w h e r e t h e ,

body of h i s b e l ov ed fri en d A rthur H al ,

l a m lay buri e d by th e s ea
, It was i n .

m em ory o f Halla m that t h e po em was

writt en .

Br ak br ak br ak
e , e e
O th y cold gra y to
, ,

n 0 S ! s nes , ea
A d I would that m y to gu could utt r
n n e e
T h thought that ari
e i m s se n e .

l
><

tat l y hip go
A n d th e s e s s on
To th ir hav u d r th hille en n e e
But O for th touch of a i h d ha d e va n s
’
n ,

A d th ou d of a voic that i till

n e s n e s s .
 1 30 ON E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI ON S
p eo p l e but it has b ee n tra n slated
o wn ,

i n to our own la n guag e H e w a s a gr eat .

lo v e r o f n atur e On e o f hi s favorite .

s hort po e m s i s T h e Tr ee .

1 79 Lo n gf e llo w s b eauti ful a n d i n spiri n g p o em

’
.
,

E xc e l s ior wa s w ritte n on th e bac k o f

”
,

a n ot e fr o m C harl es Su mn e r a n d b ears ,

thi s ex p la n atio n at its cl o s e : S ept em

be r 2 8 1 8 4 1 Hal f p ast thr e e o clock
, .
’

,
”
mor n i n g Not to bed Lo n gf ellow r e
. .

c e i v e d h i s i n s p iratio n for th e p oe m from

t h e s eal o f t e St a t e o f Ne w Y ork
h —a ,

shi eld with a ri s i n g s u n a n d th e m otto i n

h er a ldic Lati n E xc el s ior ”
,
.

1 8 0 T h e follo w i n g i s Willia m H en ry Cha n

.

mi n g s My Sy m p ho n y
’

To liv co t t w ith m all m a to

e n en k l ga c s e ns , s ee e e n e
rath r tha lu x ury d r fi m t rath r tha fa hio
e n an e ne en e n s n
to b worth y t r p ctabl ; d w alth y t rich ; to
,

e no es e e an e no
tudy hard thi k qui tl y talk g tl y act fra kl y ; to
, ,

s n e en n
li t to tar d bird
,

to bab d ag w ith op
, ,

s en s s an s, es an s es en
h art ; to b ar all ch rfull y d all brav l y a wait occa
e e ee o e
io hurry v r ; i a w ord to l t th Spiritual m
, ,

s ns , ne e n e e , u
bidd d u co ciou gro w up through th co mmo ;
,

en an n ns s, e n
thi i to b my y m pho y
s s e s n .

A S A braha m Li n col n lay dyi n g E dwi n M ,

.

Sta n to n hi s gr eat Wa r S ecr etary S aid

, , ,

Now h e be lo n g s to th e ag e s ”
A t that .

ti m e f ew or n o ne compreh en d ed th e i m
,

port o f this sayi n g With th e passi n g .

y ears n ot stat esm en alon e n or A meri

,

ca n s alo ne but th e world i s be g inning to

,

s ee th e truth o f this tribute .

 A N S W ER S 1 3 1

J ohn G re enl ea f Whittier was a devout

Quak e r a n d h ence was know n as the
,

Quak e r Po e t .

E lizab eth Stuart Phelps Ward wrote s ev

eral n ovels de aling w ith th e r e ligious li fe .

A mon g th em w e r e Gat es A j ar ”
Be ,

y ond th e Gate s a n d A Si ngular Li f e

”
,
”
.

J osiah G ilbert H olland was th e author o f

G radatim
H av n i t r ach d at a i gl bou d ;
e e s no e e s n e n
But w build th ladd r b y which w ri
e e e e se

F ro m t h lo w l y arth
e to t h vault d S ki
e e e es ,
A n d w m ou t to i t
e u m m it rou d by rou d
n s s n n .

a: a:

We ri by th thi g that
se u d r f t;
e n s a re n e ee
B y what w hav m a t r d f good d gai ;
e e s e e o an n
B y th prid d po d d th pa io S lai
e e e se an e ss n n,
A d th va qui h d ill that w hourl y m t
n e n s e s e ee .

T homas Hood was the author o f the So ng

o f the Shi rt H ood was v e ry s u s .
”

to s u ff e ri n g and th e liv es that

cept i b l e ,

the poor w e r e forc e d to liv e i n his da y , ,

w ere to him almo s t u nb earable :

W ith fi g r w ary d wor
n e s e an n,
W ith y lid h avy d d
e e s e an re
A wo m a t i u wo m a l y rag
,

n sa n n n s,
P ly i g h dl d thr ad
,

n er n ee e an e
S titch — titch — titch
,

s s
I pov rt y hu g r
n e d dirt ; n e an

A d till w ith a voic f dolorou p itch

, ,

n s e o s
W ould that i t to m ight r ach th rich
s ne e e
Sh a g thi S o g f th S hirt !
e s n s n o e

1 86 . A r n old von Wi nk elried a na m e n e x t to ,

that o f Willia m T ell i n th e great struggle

for S w i s s lib e rty was th e h er o o f James
,

Mo n tgo m ery s po em ’
Mak e Way for ,
“

Lib e rty ! T h e S w i s s pe opl e w e r e fi gh t

i n g to fr e e th ei r c ou n try fro m th e opp res
siv e r u l e o f A u s tri a T h e w ell trai ned .
-

A u s tria n cavalry m et tho s e brav e Swiss

m ou n tai n ee r s i n th e p ass o f S em pach ,

July 9 1 38 6 A s th e A u s tria n s w e r e u n
, .

abl e to m a n age th e i r hor s es to good a d

va n tage i n th e n arro w p ass th ey dis ,

m ou n t e d a n d stood should e r to should er ,

formi ng a hu m a n wall prot ect e d by the

bristli n g li ne o f s p ear s poi n t e d toward
th e Swis s p atri o t s A t a c e rtai n m o m ent
.
,

wh en th e Swi s s had r ep eat e dly fail ed to

br ea k t h e s e r ri e d ra n k s o f th e A u s tria n
k n ight s a k n ight o f th e U n t e r wald en
, ,

A r n old v on Wi n k el r i e d by n a m e ca me to ,

th e r es cu e C o n s ig n i n g h i s wi f e a n d
.

childr en to th e car e o f h i s co m rade s h e ,

ru s h ed to w a r d th e A ustria n li n e and ,

gath e ri n g a n u m b e r o f s p ear s agai ns t h i s

br ea s t f ell p i e r c e d through a n d through
, ,

thu s o p e n i n g th e wa y for his p atri o t

co m rad e s i n t o th e ra nk s o f th e enem y .

T h e S w i s s we r e victoriou s th e A ustria n s ,

w er e d r iv en f r o m th e la n d a n d Switz e r ,

l a n d was fr ee .

Mak w y for L ib rt y ! h
e a e e cri de
Th w ith ar m
en r a n , xt d d s e en e wid e,
A if h i d ar t fri d to cla
s s e es en s p;
T enS p ar h w pt withi h i
e s e s e n s gra p s
 thi ngs ; hati n g n othing but pain bodil y ,

o r men tal ; n ev e r delib erately proposi n g

to do a n ythi n g cru e l or base but d e scend ,

i ng st ep by s t ep i n to cru elty and bas e n ess ,

s i m ply b e caus e h e tri es to st ep away from

ev e rythi n g unpl easa n t ; a n d b etrayi n g

e v e ry tru s t i n h i m s i m ply b e cau s e h e ,

car e s sol e ly for his o wn s a f ety a n d pl eas

u re A m o n g h i s victi m s a re R omol a and
.

T es s a both of w ho m h e m arri ed and

, ,

B a l d as s a r e who m ev entually h e strangl e s ,

to d eath .

1 91 . T oby Fi ll p ot was th e h e ro o f T h e B rown

Jug a fav o rit e,
E n glish dri n k i n g so n g -
,

w ritt en by Fra n ci s Fa wk e s .

R ichard Wight m a n wa s th e author o f B e

yo n d th e Thr e sh o ld
I hav pa d th door which op i to a oth r y ar
e sse e en s n n e e
latch of th door w lift d for m b y ha d t my
.

The e as e e n s no
o wn I could t tay i th l d y ar y m or v if no s n e o e an e, e en
I tri d I lov d i t u ow v it
.

e d it d e s s ns an s sn s, an e en s
tor m d dark w r g ood for m I do t m i d
.

s s an nes s e e e no n
ti g of th pai dart which truck m
.

no w th e s n m e n- s e, n or a
I a ham d of th r ulta t car A d th
s e o m ti m e es n s n en , s e es ,
th r w th touch f g tl ha d d t h ki hip
.

e e as e f o en e n s an e ns o
u d r ta di g h art ! Th w r my w i i w ari
n e s n n e s es e e e ne n e n es s
All that pa t —all av th m m ory f it d th ff ct
.

is s s e e e o an e e e
f it ; th abid a part f th fi b r f my lat t lf
,

o es e e, O e e o es se
— —
.

But for thi oth r y ar th tra g s w e what e e e s n e, ne on ?

I ought t to k A v il i ov r i t day m rcifull y

,

no as . e s e s s, e .

I o l y k o w that I hav
n n ay d it ; that it i but a littl e es s e s e
bit of th whol pa f lif e a ual u it i th m e s n o e, an nn n n e su
of Ti m ; d that i it l i m y furth r adv tur
e an d p n e e en e an o

p tu i ty
or I hall go
n Fro m th ir h ight th tar
s on e e s e s s
E arth will prov it lf my fri d all ov r
. .

w ill m th
s ee e, e e se en e
agai n d I Shall m t my broth r
, an th w y ee e s on e a .
 AN S W ER S I 35

M eredith N icholson said o f James Whit

comb R il ey : H e has always stood for
clean and W hol esome livi n g for m e rcy ,

and kindness a n d a b e tt e r day to morrow -

.

Th e r e i s n othi n g i n his po ems that can

co m fort v e ry much th e m a n who hat e s
hi s n eighbor or who s ees n othi n g good
o r b eauti ful in the world arou n d him .

T he songs o f R iley a re th e ch ee rful so n gs

”
o f a si n cer e a n d trusting h eart .

—
G ene Stratton Port e r has i m mortaliz ed th e
L imb e rlo s t i n h e r book s o f fictio n i n clud ,

i ng Fr e c k l es ”
A Girl o f the Limber ,

T h e H arv e ste r
” ”
lo s t , and her n atur e ,
”
book Moth s o f th e Li mb e rlo s t
, S he .

thus describ e s it
b g i i g f th
In th e e d a gr at S wa m p r gio
nn n lay
o e en e e n
i
n orth a t r I dia a It h ad w
n e s e n what i n w n s e as in s no
Nobl d D Kalb Cou ti i t bod y All d W ll
.

e an e n es , s in en a n e s.
an d it f t south r Ada m
ee d
in orth r J ay T h
s e n s an n e n e
L i mb rlo t li at t h foot d w wh I ttl d ar
e s es e an a s, en se e ne
it x actl y d cr i b d i my book T h proc
, e as es f di e n s e es s o s
m a tli g it w told i Fr ckl to tart w ith carri d
.

“ ”
n n as n e es s e
A G irl of th L i m b rlo t d fi i h d i Moth
,
“ ”
on i n e e s , an n s e n s
o f t h L i m b rlo t
e N W it h e co m pl t l y fall p r y
s . O as so e e en e
to co mm rciali m through d va tatio of lu m b rm
e s il e s n e en , o
m en , d far m r
an that I hav b forc d to m ov m y
e s, e een e e
w orki g t rritor y
n d build a
e w cabi about v ty an ne n se en
m il esorth at th h ad o f th wa m p i Nobl Cou ty
n e e e s n e n
wh r th r m a y lak
,

m il f u brok m ar h
,

e e e e a re nd es , es o n en s , an
a far gr at r w alth f pla t d a i m al li f tha x i t d
e e e o n an n e n e s e
duri g my ti m i th outh r part
n e n e s e n .

1 95 . E lizab eth Barr ett Brow n i n g was th e author

o f the beauti ful poem T he Sleep the
”
,
“
,
I 36 ON E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI ON S
r e fra i n o f w hich is th e quotation from
th e P s al m ist H e giv e th H i s b eloved
“

T h e p o e m b egi n s
”
sl eep .

O f all th thou ght of G od that

e s a re
Bor i ward u to oul afar
ne n n s s

Alo g th P al m i t m u ic d p
,
’
n e s s s s ee
N w t ll m i f that
,

o e y i e an s,
For gift grac urpa i g thi or e, s ss n s
H giv th H i b lov d l p
”
e e s e e s ee ?

1 96 . Cli fford Harriso n wrot e th e words :

To hav do what v r had to b do ;
e ne e e e ne
To hav tur d th fac o f y our oul to th
e ne e e s e sun ;
To hav m ad lif b tt r d bright r for
e e e e e an e on e :
Thi i to hav liv d
s s e e .

Co n fuciu s wa s th e gr eat Chi nes e ph i l os o

p h e r a n d t each e r T h e n a m e Con .

”
fu ci u s m ea n s Gr e at T each e r K un g .

H e liv e d fro m th e y e ar 5 5 1 B C to th e . .

y ear 4 78 B C a n d e v e r si nc e h a s b een
. .
,

wor s hip e d a s th e gre at es t t e ach e r a n d

m orali s t o f C hi n a H i s m oral cod e i s .

pr e s e rv e d i n th e N i n e Boo k s which ,
”

”
c on s i s t o f th e Fiv e S acr e d T e xt s com ,

pil e d a n d publi s h e d by C o n fucius fro m

w riti ng s alr eady e xta n t a n d th e Four ,

Boo k s o f th e Philosoph e rs which con .

”

tai n th e writi n gs o f Co n fucius hims el f

a n d h i s di s cipl es .

H a n s Chri s tia n A n d ers en wa s th e grea t

D a n i s h story t ell er ”
-
.

It is g enerally b eliev e d that ZE S Op was b y

1 38 ON E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI ON S
h is far m ho m e to k eep war m whil e he
, ,

r ead h i s favorit e b oo k s Sha k espeare , ,

M ilt on Bur n s a n d th e Bibl e

, ,
.

D avid B e la s co b ega n h i s fa m ous career as

a p l a y w right a n d p r o duc e r by carryi n g a

s p e a r i n a p roductio n o f Ha m l et ’
.

E d w i n Mar k h a m b ega n hi s car ee r by t each

i n g i n s o uth e r n C ali for n ia wh e re h i s ,

s chool roo m w a s a
-
spr e adi ng liv e oa k -

”
tr ee h i s s e at s o f log s
,
.

Fra n k N orri s b ega n h i s car ee r as a n ov eli s t

whil e a fr e sh m a n i n th e U n iv e rsity o f
C a li for n ia .

G e rtru d e A th erto n wa s b o r n o n R i nco n

H ill S a n Fra n c i s c o C ali f o r n ia
, , .

Kat e D ou gla s Wiggi n w r ot e h e r fi r s t boo k ,

”
T h e Story o f Pat s e y i n o rd e r that
“
,

s h e m ight rai s e f u n d s to op en a fr ee

k i n d e rg a rt en f o r poor childr en .

P oe C o ttag e i s locat e d on Ki n gsbridg e

R oad F o rdha m New Y ork H e r e
, , .

E dgar A lla n P oe w rot e th e p o em s A n

n a b el L ee
”
U l a l u me
,
” “
E ureka ”
,
“
,
“
T h e B e lls a nd For A n ni e ; also
”
,

t h e s tori e s T h e Ca s k o f A m o n tillado
,

T h e D o m ai n o f A r n h e i m
”
a nd H er e .
,

also th e po e t s b elove d wi f e Virgi n i a

,
’

Cl e m m P oe di ed , .

Gr een s boro North C aroli n a wa s th e birth

, ,
 A N S W ERS 1 39

novelist who wrote under the pen name

,
-

”
o f 0 H enry . .

A t Chapte r Co ff ee hous e T homas Chatt e r -

,

ton s ecur e d his fa m ous supp e rs at a shil

ling each .

A Co n an D o y l e wrot e T he H ound o f the

.

”
Bask e rvill e s .

D oon e Va l l ey in th e Ex moo r country , ,

Som e rs etshir e E n gland i s famous as t h e , ,

scene o f th e struggle b e twee n J oh n R i d d

and the S inist e r Ca rv er i n Black m ore s ,
’

gr eat nov el L orna D oon e , .

R udyard Kipling wrot e T h e L ight that “

F ail ed .

In Charl e s D ick ens s novel Littl e D or ’

,
”
rit we l e arn o f th e famous Bl eedi n g
,

H eart Y ard which was at H olborn i n ,

L o n don .

A n old curios it y S hop in Portsmouth Street ,

j ust off Lincol n s I nn Fi e lds L o n do n ’

, ,

E n gla n d is suppos ed to be th e one i m

,

mortaliz e d by Charl es D ic k en s who ,

mad e i t th e ho m e o f Li ttl e N el l a n d h e r
Gra n d fath e r i n his n ov el O ld Curiosity ,

Sh 0 p .

T homas Gray i n his fa m ous E l egy Writ

,

ten i n a Cou n try Church y ard wrot e th e ,

words :
Th e boa t f h raldry th po m p f po w r
s o e e o e ,

all that b auty all that w alth

,

A nd gav e e e er
’

e,
ait ali k t h i vitabl hour
,

Aw e e ne e
Th e p ath f glory l ad but t th grav
s o e o e e .
S ir Gilb e rt Park e r wrot e T h e R ight o f
”
Way .

S i r Ja m es Barri e wrot e A Wi n dow in

Thru m s .

I n R udyard Ki p li n g s R ec e ssio nal a p ’

p ear th e li n es :
G od f fath r k o w f old
o ou r e s. n n o
L ord of our far fl g battl li
,

-
un e- ne,
B ath w ho a w ful ha d w hold
en e se n e
D o m i io ov r pal m d pi ;
n n e an ne
L ord G od of H o t b w ith y t s s, e us e
L t w forg t l t w forg t !
,

es e e ,
es e e

In 1 61 6 B en Jo n so n r ec e iv e d th e ho nor o f
a p en s io n o f on e hu n dr e d m ark s fro m
Ki n g Ja m es who al s o w i s h e d to dub h i m
,

k n ight b ec a u s e o f h i s lit e rary achie v e

m en t s but th e p o e t d ecli ne d
, Jo n so n .

thu s b ec a m e th e fi rst p o et laure at e ,

although th e titl e wa s n ot o fficially c on

f err e d u p o n h i m a n d did n ot come i n t o
u s e u n til s o m e ti m e lat e r .

A l fr ed T en ny s on h e ld the titl e o f P oe t
Laur ea t e lo n g e r tha n a n y oth e r po e t o f
E n gla n d that is fro m 1 8 5 0 1 8 92
, ,
-
.

Stra n d A l v a s tra S wed en locat e d on the

, , ,

gr eat la k e call ed th e V ett e r S ea i s th e ,

ho m e o f E ll en Key th e w rit e r ,
.

Frank N orris wh o di ed at th e a ge o f thirty

,
1 42 ONE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI ON S
G eorge M e r edith wa s th e author o f
A dv entur e s o f Harry R ich m o n d ”
.

L ord Byro n s aid

Chillo ! th y pri o
n s n is a hol y plac e,
A d th y
n d fl oor sa an altar .

A ndr ew L a n g s aid : N0 m a n s e l ecting a

lit e rary har em co u ld p o s s ibly l eav e out
Ja n e A u s t en s h eroi ne s A nne E l i ot a nd
’

,
”
E l i z a be th B enn e tt .

Maxi m Gorky wrot e T wenty six -

a nd

On e .

E lizab eth C o o p e r w rot e Hari m a n d

T he
”
th e Purdah ,
a s t o ry o f th e liv e s o f
O ri en tal w o m en .

L o rd E dward G eo rge Bulw e r Lytto n wrot e -

T h e La s t D ay s o f P o m p e ii
”
.

Ja m e s McNe i l “ h i s tl e r F H op k i n so n
l
, .

S m ith Tho m a s Bucha n a n R ead a n d

, ,

Willia m Bla k e w e r e all b oth arti s t s a nd

a u thor s .

A n dr ew La n g i n s p ea k i n g o f E dgar A lla n
,

P o e r e f e rr e d to h i m a s
, a gentle m a n
”
a m o n g ca n aill e .

D u Mauri e r wrot e P et er Ibb etso n .

Matilda Ho ffm a n wa s th e fia n cee o f Wash

i n gton I r vi n g S h e di e d o f co n sumptio n
.

at th e a ge of e ight ee n y ears Irving ev e r .

,
 A N S W ER S 1 43

J ul es V erne wrote M ich el St ogo ff r .

R ebecca Gratz an A m erican J ewess livin g

,

in Philadelphia a n d clos e frie n d o f ,

Matilda H off m a n was th e prototyp e o f ,

R ow ena in S ir Walter Scott s Ivan ’

”
h oe .

Clotilde G rav writ e s u d e r the pen na m e

es n -

R ichard D eha n .

B eatric e H arrad en wrote Ship s T hat

Pass in the N ight ”
.

Fra n c e s H odgson Bur nett wrot e The

”
S ecr e t Gard en .

G eorge E liot publish e d h er fi rst book wh en

thirty six y ear s o f a ge a nd i n th e n ext
-
,

tw en ty y e ars e ar ned one hu ndr e d a n d

fi ft y thou s a n d dollars by h e r pen .

G eorge D u Mauri e r wrot e his m ast e rpi ec e ,

”
Trilby wh en s ixty y ears o f a ge a n d
,

al m o s t bli n d .

P aul Fort has b een call e d the pri nc e o f

”
poets o f Pa ris .

O ts ego Hall was th e ho m e o f Jam es F en i

m or e Coop e r It i s located at Coopers
.

tow n Ne w Y ork
, .

W illiam Cull en B rya n t liv e d at Cu mm i n g

ton ,
M assachus ett s i n th e B e rkshi r e ,

H ill s .

Wa s hi ngton A llsto n A n ne Whit ney and , ,

Fr ed e ric R em i n gt o n w e r e all sculptor s

as w e ll as authors .
Tho m as Lawso n author o f Friday th e ,
”
Thirt een th has a su mm e r ho m e call ed
, ,

D rea m Wold at E gypt n ear Scituat e ,

”
, ,

Ma s sachu s ett s .

Mo n tic ello Virgi n ia wa s th e ho m e o f

, ,

Tho m a s J effe r s o n autho r o f th e D eclara ,

tio n o f I n d ep en d en c e a n d third Pr esi ,

d en t o f t h e U n it ed State s o f A m e rica .

Whi s tl e r s r es id en c e k n o wn as th e Whit e
’

Hou s e w a s locat ed o n C h ey ne Walk

”
, ,

Lo n do n E n gla n d , .

R obe rt Louis St ev en s o n wa s th e r en ow n e d
writ e r wh o s om eti m e s sign ed his work
w ith h i s i n itial s R L S , . . .

J ea n W eb s t e r was th e author o f th e c el e
b r a te d Patty s tori e s .

P h oebus A pollo th e s on o f Jupit er a n d ,

Lato n a wa s th e god o f th e s u n th e
, ,

patro n o f m u s ic a n d po etry fou n d e r o f ,

citi es pr o m ot e r o f colo n izatio n giv e r o f

, ,

good law s th e id eal o f fai r a n d m anly

,

youth a pur e a n d j ust god requiri n g

, ,

cl ea n ha n ds a n d pur e h eart s o f thos e who

wor s hi p e d h i m H e Wa s on e o f th e mo s t .

b elove d god s .

Villa Craw ford was th e ho m e i n Sorrento ,

Italy o f t h e A m e rica n nov elist F

, , .

Marion C raw ford .

H enry Wadsworth L ongf ello w wrote the

”
po em T h e Village Blacksmith his i n
, ,
 a village pr each er
Thu to r li v th wr tch d w h i prid
s e e e e e e as s e,
h i faili g l a d to Virtu id
’ ’
A d n e en s n s e ne e s s e.

Willi a m C o w p e r i n Man s i nhumanit y

’

27 .
,
to
Ma n ,
”
s aid :
My i pai d ea r s ne
M y oul i S ick w ith v r y day r port
,
'
s s e e s e
O f w ro g d outrag with which arth fi ll d
n an e e
.

is e .

T h e C a n t e rbury Tal e s i s a coll ectio n o f

t ri e s w ritt en a t di ff e r en t ti m es but put
s o

tog eth e r p r obably to ward t h e clos e o f ,

C h a u c e r s li fe A n u m b e r o f pilg r i m s
.
,

w h o a re g o i n g o n hor s ebac k to t h e S hri n e

o f Sai n t Tho m a s a B e c k e t at C a n t e rbury ,

m e e t at th e Tabard I n n i n S o uthwar k a ,

s u b u rb o f Lo n d o n T h e j o lly h o s t o f th e
.

Taba r d H a r ry B a i l y p r opo s e s that each

, ,

o f t h e c o m pa n y s hall on th e i r way to ,

C a n t e rb u ry te ll two tal e s a n d two mor e

, ,

o n t h e wa y back ; a n d that t h e o n e who

t e ll s th e b e st s hall hav e a S up p er at th e
c o s t o f th e r est wh en th ey r etur n H e, .

hi m s el f acco m p a n i es th e m i n th e capacit y
o f j udge a nd r ep ort e r .

E d m u n d Sp en s e r s own marriag e so n g
’
,

writt en by h im to crow n his s e ri es o f

A m or e tti or lov e s on n ets was call e d
,
”
,

E pithala m io n a n d is s aid to be the

,
 A N S W ER S 1 47

most spl endid hy m n o f triu m pha n t love

i n th e E n glish la n gu age .

A talanta i n Calydon is co n sid ere d b y

”

many critics the mast e rpi ec e o f A lger n o n

Charl e s Swinburne the poet It i s a , .

lyric drama .

D r Sa m u el J ohnson said : T h e win e o f

.

’ ”
Baco n s writings i s dry wi n e .

H orace Walpol e d welt in a castl e on famed

Strawb e rry H i ll nea r Twick enha m E n g , ,

la n d wher e he mad e a coll ectio n o f

,

a n ci en t ar m or illu m i n at e d m a n uscript s
, ,

and bric a brac o f all kinds

- -
.

O f Ha n s Christia n A n d e rs en it wa s s aid :
H i s do m i n a n t trait wa s a n i n s atiabl e
ambitio n to which h e owed all th e j o y s
,

a n d all th e sorrow s o f h i s li f e .

R o y cro ft Inn at E ast A urora New Y ork

, , ,

was fou n d e d by E lb e rt Hubbard W id ely ,

”
k n own a s T h e F ra th e author o f th e
“
,

fa m ous L ittl e Jour n ey s ”

It i s a c en t e r .

o f lit e rary cultur e a n d i s a co m m u n i s tic ,

colo n y to which all p eopl e a r e w elco m e

,
.

William K n ox was a Scottish po et know n ,

per s onally to S i r Walter Scott but to th e

w orld o n l y by this o ne po em t h e first ,

sta n za o f which i s :
O h why hould th pirit f m ortal b proud ?
s e s o e
L ik a wift fl ti g m t or a fa t fl y i g cloud
,

e s -
ee n e e s -
n ,

A fl a h f th light i g a br ak f th wav
,

s o e n n , e o e e,

M pa th fro m lif to h i r t i th grav

an sse e s es n e e .
 Thi s w a s th e favorit e po em o f A bra
h a m Li n col n , who ca me acro s s it in earl y
m a n ho o d .

J e ff r ey Fa r n ol has chos en K ent E n gla n d , ,

as th e s etti n g for his popular works o f

fi ctio n .

A l fre d N oy e s wrot e Tal es o f the Mer

”
maid Tav e r n .

A usti n Stro n g author o f T h e E xil e

, ,

T h e Littl e Fath e r o f th e Wild e r n ess ,

a n d oth e r play s i s a st ep gra n dso n o f

,
-

R ob ert Louis St ev en so n .

H aut evill e Hous e at St P et e r Port on th e

, .

isla n d o f Gu e r n s ey i s fa m ed as havi ng ,

b een th e ho m e o f Vi ctor Hugo .

T ho m as Carlyl e said Gr eat m en tak en ,

“
,

up in a n y way a r e pro fi tabl e co m pa n y

,
”
.

R ob ert Loui s Stev en so n wh en aske d th e ,

dat e o f hi s bi rth gav e th e dat e o f h i s ,

weddi n g as h e had o n ly th en b egu n to

,

liv e .

E lb ert H ubbard said W e a re all children ,

i n th e k i n d e rgart en o f God
”
.

A rthur Schop enhau e r h a s b een call ed the

”
gr eat apostl e o f p es si m is m .

Vaili m a w a s th e Sa m oan ho m e o f R ob e rt
Louis St ev en so n .

K e ilhau was th e hom e o f F r oe bel th e great ,

originator o f the kind ergarten .

1 5 0 ON E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI ON S
30 0 . T he R u s s ia n
atio n al hymn i s entitl ed
n ,
“
God Prot e ct th e C zar
,
T h e words .
”

w e r e w ritt e n by th e po e t Vasili J ou k ov ,

S k i a n d t h e m u s ic by Colo n e l A l ex i s v on
,

L yo ff a n ar m y o ffi c e r i n 1 8 30
, , .

30 1 . R ob e rt Lo u i s St e v en so n wa s th e author o f
t h e f o ll o w i n g pray e r :
Wh day r tur r tur to
en th e de m ns, e n us, ou r sun a n co
fort r ed call anup w ith m or i g facus d w ith m or n n es an n
to labor a g r to b happy i f happi
,

i g h
n t ea r s
g
u — ea er e e e
hall b our portio — d if th day b m ark d for
,

n es s s e n an e e e
sorro w tro g to dur it
,
s n en e .

302 C ha r mi n g th e p o et s a id o f H e n ry D avid
.
, ,

Tho r e a u Gi v e h i m s u n s hi ne a n d a
,
“

h a n d ful o f n ut s a n d h e h a s e no ugh ,

30 3 . H en ry D r u m m o n d wa s th e author o f T h e
Gr ea t es t Thi n g i n th e World by ,
-

w hi c h h e m e a n t Lov e .

30 4 . Th om a s Ne l s o n Page Walt e r H i n es P a ge , ,

a n d H e n r y V a n D y k e w e r e a l l m en o f

l ett e r s a n d all r epre s en tativ e s o f th e

,

U n it e d St a t e s at for e ign court s at th e

s a m e ti m e .

30 5 . Th om a s Nel s o n Page has b een t er m ed th e

”
B o s w ell o f th e o l d ti m e n egro -
.

30 6 . Ja m e s Wh i tc om b R il ey i s sai d to hav e m ad e
fiv e hu n dr e d dollars a word o n h i s c ele
b r a t e d p o em A n O ld Sw eeth eart o f
“
,
”
M i ne .

30 7 . O f K a t e D ougla s Wiggin it has b een said ,

T h e m a n tl e o f Louisa M A lcott has .

fall en up on h e r .
 A N S W ER S 1 5 1

308 . L ord B y ro n said a ft e r the publication o f,

Child e H arold I a wok e one m or n ,

”
~

”
ing and fou n d m ys el f famous .

A lice French writ es under the pen na m e o f -

O ctave T hanet ”
.

M rs E lizab eth C Ga s k ell wrot e Cra n

. .

”
ford which i s sai d to b e the best d e
,

scriptio n o f villag e li f e e xta n t .

H en ry Ward B eech e r s old a slav e fro m th e

pulpit Of Ply m outh Church B rookly n , ,

Ne w Y ork that its n e w m ast e r might

,

fr ee it .

T he O ld Cor n e r Bookstor e wa s a littl e

book store at th e cor ne r o f School a n d
Washi ngto n Str eets i n Bosto n wh e re , ,

th e lit e rary m e n o f Longf e llow s day

’

w e r e wont to gath e r for S hop tal k .

H e r e occurr e d s o m e o f th e m ost w o n d e r
ful di s cussio n s by m en o f l e tt e rs that
hav e ev e r b een chro n icl ed .

D r S W e i r M itch ell was th e author o f

. .

”
Hugh Wyn n e Fr ee Quak e r by s o m e , ,

critics pro n ou n c e d th e b est work o f fic

tio n D r M itch ell wrot e
. .

D r Jo s iah Gilb e rt H olland i n B itter

.

”
Sw ee t wrot e :
H art li k appl
e s, e es , a re hard a nd our
s ,

Till cru h d b y pai s e

’
n s r i tl
es s es s po w r e .

31 5 . M argar e t D ela n d wrot e T he I ron

Woman .
1 5 2 ON E T H OU S A ND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI ON S
E d n a F e rb e r s fi r s t boo k
‘ ’

,
D aw n
O H a ra
’

wa s r es c u e d fro m th e w ast eba s k e t by h e r

m o th e r wh o o n r eadi n g it i n s i s t e d that
, , ,

it be s en t to a p ubli s h e r Thi s was do n e .

,

a n d t h e hith e rto n e w s p a p e r wo m a n w a s

lau n ch e d on a s ucc es s ful car ee r as a

n ov e li s t .

Mary E Wall e r was th e author o f T h e

.

”
W oo d carv e r o f Ly m pu s
-
’
.

A be M a r ti n i s th e charact e r s obri q u e t u n d e r
w hi c h Fra n k M c K i n n e y H ubbard a n ,

I n dia n ap o li s ( I n dia n a ) n ew s p a p e r m a n ,
”
Ki n H u bbard i s o ne o f ou r
“
w rit e s .

b e s t k n o w n hu m o ri s t s a nd b e s id es A be
-
, ,

M a r ti n h a s giv e n u s F e r n L i ppi ncu t a n d

,

oth e r en t ertai ni n g charact e r s .

H en ry Wad s worth L o n gf ellow wa s th e

autho r o f th e li n es :
h y ou thi k of thi r m mb r too
A n d w en n s, e e e
’
al ay or i g o m wh
T is w s m d abov
n n s e e r e, an e
a ak i g co ti t fro m S hor to hor
The w en n n n en s , e s e,
o h r b i rd
S m ew e e t h e Si g i g v r mor s a re n n e e e .

Th ey fou n d i n T h e Po et s Tale
a re
’

T h e B ird s o f Killi n g worth amo n g

th e Tal es o f a Way s id e In n .

R a m o na w a s th e heroi n e o f th e n ov e l o f
that titl e writt en by H el en Hu n t Jack
,

s on .A n orpha n R a m ona i s rais ed as ,

 Scott a t A bbot s ford Scotla n d ,
.

E lla Flagg Y ou n g for y ears s up eri n te nd ent

,

o f th e p ublic s chools o f Chicago Illi n oi s , ,

w a s th e fi rst w o m a n e l e ct e d to th e pr esi
d en ey o f th e N atio na l E ducational A sso
c i a t i on o f t h e U n it e d Stat e s .

Ma n ch est e r a suburb o f A ll egh en y ( n ow

,

exti nct ) wa s th e o rigi n al Ol d Ch es ter

,

o f Margar et D ela n d s s tori es ’

.

Kat e D ougla s Wiggi n wa s th e author o f

T h e O ld P e abody P ew .

E ll a Wh eel e r Wilcox was th e author o f

t h e li n es :
’
a y ough to b pl a a t
T is e s en e e s n
W h lif fl o w
en lik a o g ;
e s on e s n
But th m w orth whil i th m
e an e s e an wh o can s m il e,
W h v ry thi g go d ad w ro g
en e e n es e n .

A d elaid e A nne Proct e r daught e r w a s th e

o f th e po et a n d es s ayist Bryan Wall e r ,
“
Proct e r ( Barry Charl es
D ic k en s i n h i s i n troduction to M i s s
,

Proct e r s p o em s told o f r ec e ivi n g a s

’

, ,

e dit o r o f H ou s e h ol d W ord s so m e dis ,

t i n c ti ve poetry fro m a Mi s s Mary B e r

wic k ”
Mor e tha n six m o n ths fro m th e
.

ti m e h e b ega n to publish M i s s Ber

wick s p o etry h e took with him th e
” ’

Christ m a s n u mb e r o f th e m agazi ne as
h e was goi n g to di n e with his fri en d
, ,

Barry Cor nwall H e s ai d I re .

 A N S W ER S I 55

marked as I laid it on the drawin g room

,
-

tabl e that it contai ne d a v e ry pr ett y

,

poe m writt en b y a c e rtain M iss Ber

,

wick . N ex t day brought me the dis

’

closure that I had s o spoken o f th e poem

’
to the mother o f its write r in its writer s ,
”
presence .

In Boston in th e earl y 8 0 S w e r e h eld as

,
’

s emb l a ge s o f th e Ladies Social Club .

A mo n g thos e taking part e i th e r by r ead ,

i n gs o r l ectur e s were A gassiz E m e rso n

, , ,

Gr eene Whippl e Clark e a n d E dward

, , ,

E v e r ett Hal e It was i ro n ically s tyl e d

.

th e B rai n Club a n d di e d ma ny y ears,

lat e r b ecaus e accordi n g to one ex mem

,
-

b er , th e n e wer m emb e rs brought into it

too m uch supp e r a n d stomach and no ,
”
brai n a t all .

Fitz Gr een e Hall eck was the author o f

-

”
M arco Bozzaris .

McD ona l d Clark e who l ived i n N ew Y ork ,

was fa m iliarl y know n a s the mad po e t .

R ichard Watson G ild e r was k n own as th e

p o e t o f c el estial p assio n becaus e one o f
”
,

h i s books o f po e try was call e d T he

”
C e lestial Passio n .

S i r A n th ony A bs ol u te i s a character in
Sh e rida n s co m edy T h e R ival s
’ ”
, .

M ar ga r e t Full e r Os sol i was call ed the

A merican S ibyl .
Mar y S Terhu n e writ es unde r th e pen
.

”
n am e Mario n Harla n d
,
.

Pigeo n R 0 0 st i n th e Wood s
-
i s th e I n
- - -

dia n a ho m e o f B ruc e Calv e rt n ature ,

lov e r philosoph er e ditor a nd writ er

, , ,

fath e r o f T h e O p en R oad a n d b u s ,
”

ba n d o f Mme Gulbra n d s e n Calvert th e .

-
,

N orw egia n n ighti ngal e ”

.

T he Holt was th e one time hom e o f

”
-

Fran k R Stoc k to n . .

Th e good faith ful young J e rsey

, ,
”
wo man allud e d to by Walt Whit m a n
, ,

wa s M rs D avi s t h e h o us ek eepe r w h o s o
.
,

lo n g car e d for h i s ho m e a n d to u s e his ,

o wn phras e took vigila n t car e o f h i m

, .

Ch erry C ro ft at Cor n wall ou Hudso n

”
,
- -
,

Ne w Y ork i s th e ho m e o f A m elia E
, .

Barr .

N atha n i el Hawthor n e was th e author o f

A R ill fro m t h e To wn Pu mp ”
.

Myrtle R eed wrot e A Spi nner in the “

S un .

Jack Lo n do n visited th e slum s of London ,

E n gla n d liv ed th e r e for so m e w eeks j u s t

, ,

as its i nh a bita n t s liv e a nd s u m me d up ,

h i s ob s e rvatio n s a n d e xp e ri en c e s i n a
b ook en titled T h e A byss
”
.

J oh n Burroughs th e n aturali s t h a s a wood , ,

la n d ca m p call e d Woodchuck Lodge

, ,

at R oxbury New Y ork , .

 O N E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI ON S
Swi nbur n e who di e d i n 1 90 9 wa s at the
, , ,

clos e o f th e n i n et een th c en tury th e last ,

o f th e grou p o f E n glish po et s o f th e first

ra n k a m o n g who m w e r e T en nyso n
, ,

B ro wn i n g La n do r A r n old R oss etti and

, , , ,

Morris .

Bu ff Cottage wa s th e cou n try home o f

Jo s iah Gilb ert Holla n d .

o n th e Hud s o n R iv e r
”
Idl e w ild New ,

Y or k wa s th e la s t ho m e o f Natha n i e l
,

Pa r k e r \Vi l l i s wh e r e h e di ed i n 1 8 6 7
/
, .

O liv e r We n d ell Hol m es s aid A tart tem ,

e r n e v e r m e llo w s w ith a e
p g .

Joh n Gr een l ea f Whitti e r s p o k e o f hi m s el f

as a s h y lad i n h om e s p u n cloth es o f
Qua k e r cut .

Charl es D udl ey War n e r w a s the author o f

Bac k L og Studi es
-
.
”

R ud y ard Kipli n g wa s t e r m ed th e gr eat

A vatar o f V i s h n u l a n d .

R ay Sta nn ard B a k e r write s u n d e r th e ps eu

d on ym o f D avid Gray s o n .
”

H en ry Ja m e s a n ov e li s t a nd a n A m erica n
, ,

a ft e r r es idi n g i n E n gla n d ma n y y ears ,

b eca m e a Briti s h subj ect at th e outbr e ak

o f th e pr es en t E uro p ea n Wa r i n ord e r ,
 AN S W ERS 1 59

O verlooking L ong Island Sound near G l en ,

Cov e and th e entra n c e to H em pste ad

H arbor was D os o r i s th e isla n d ho me
, ,
”

o f Charles A D a n a . .

J ohn G od fr ey Sa x e was called th e A meri

can H ood .

Bayard T a y lor was the author o f The

”
Masque o f th e Gods which he c on s i d ,

er e d hi s best literary work .

A t the corner o f N ew and Wall Streets ,

Ne w Y ork Ci t y wa s a store o f one ,

Wile y a publishe r who s e back roo m

, , ,

call e d th e D en b y Jam e s F en i m or e
” “

Coop e r was th e m eeti n g place o f a

,
-

cot e ri e o f famous lit e rary m en o f that

time i n cludi n g H all e ck D u n lap P e r
, , ,

c i v a l P auldi n g a n d m any oth e rs

, , It wa s .

fro m this ro om that R ichard H en ry

D a n a issu ed his p e riodical T h e Idl e ,
“

Ma n a n d i t was to h i m that th e m a n u
,
”

script o f B rya n t s fa m ou s Tha n a’ “

t ops i s was sub m itt e d This cor ne r is .

now occupied by a large o ffi c e building .

Fann y Crosby the famous writer o f hymns

, ,

was bli n d .

E m erson call ed E lizabeth H oar E liza ,

b e th the Wise .

F rank Sanborn one o f the great literar y

,

lights o f Concord Massachuse tt s sa id , , ,

I have swum with A lcott i n T horeau s

’
 Cov e w ith T hor eau i n the A s s a b et with
, ,
”
Cha r mi n g in ev e ry wat e r o f Co n cord .

”
Th e P e rch was th e ho m e o f M rs .

K embl e Butl e r i n th e B e rkshir e H ills

-
, .

”
Josh Billi ng s ( H e n ry W Shaw ) was .

called th e Y a n kee Solo m o n

“
.

”
L eav es o f Gra s s by Walt Whitman ,

fir s t publi s h ed i n 1 8 5 5 a n d add e d to in
lat e r editio n s i s ac k n owl edg ed to be th e
,

m ost origi n al boo k o f po etry i n A m e r

ica n lit e ratur e .

Tho m as Babi ngto n Macaulay wrot e Lays

o f A n ci en t R o m e .
”

Si r Walt e r Scott w rot e T h e Lady o f the

La k e .

Matth e w A r n old wa s th e author of Soh

rab a n d R u s tu m ”
.

A ls a ti a was t h e n a m e giv en i n th e s i x t een th

c entury to Whit e friar s a Lo n don pre ,

ci n ct for m erly j u s t outsid e th e city wall s ,

wh e r e outla ws fou n d i mm u n ity fro m ar

’
r e st I t is d e scrib e d i n Sir Walt e r S cott s
.

T h e Fortu n es o f N ig el
”
.

A l fr ed A usti n a Po et Laur e at e o f E ngland

, ,

was for ten y ears th e e ditor o f the Na ~

ti ona l R ev i ew .

E dgar A lla n P oe wa s vot e d a tablet i n th e

Hall o f Fa m e o f New Y ork U niv e rsit y .

J oseph R od m a n D rak e a n A m erican poet ,

o f great pro m ise died at th e earl y a ge o f

,
1 62 ON E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI O N S
fully pardo ned b ecomi n g a m emb e r o f
,

t h e l egislativ e co mm i s s i o n o f 1 8 0 1 A .

y ear lat e r h e co m m itt e d s uicid e .

Joh n Gr een l ea f Whitti e r ear n ed th e money

to pay h i s e x p en s es at Hav e rhill A cad
e m y by m a k i n g s ho e s duri n g th e ev e n ings

a n d on Saturdays a n d holidays .

T h e two bach elor p o et s

“
o f A m eric a ”

w e r e Joh n Gr een lea f Whitti e r a n d Ja m e s

Whitco mb R il ey .

H en ry Ja me s h a s b een call ed A m erica s ’

”
gr eat est r eali s t .

Maart en Ma a rten s wh o wrot e ,G od s ’

”
Fool a n d T h e Gr eat e r Glory i s a
“
,

D utch n oveli s t wh o h a s writt en all his

wor k s i n E nglish .

Willi a m Vaugh n Moody th e Chicago po et , ,

w a s th e a u t h or o f a n O d e i n Tim e o f
H e s itati on p ro n o u n ce d by critics to be
”
,

h i s b e s t w or k Moody di e d at a n earl y
.

a ge .

G r een fi e l d I n d i a n a i s n otabl e as th e birth

, ,

p la c e a n d childhood ho me o f J a m es
Whitco m b R il ey .

E ugene Fi eld was Chicago s m ost popula r ’ ‘

p oet
Mary Joh nsto n ha s be en t ermed th e his
tor i an o f the South ”
.

becaus e o f th e,

a ccuracy o f h er hi s torical novels .

Z on a G ale wrote M others to M en ”

.
 A N S W ER S 1 63

Willia m S idne y Porter 0 H enry .

said : R ul e One o f stor y writing is to -

write stori e s that p l eas e yours el f T h ere .

is n o R ule T wo .

E dith Wharton owns a handsome vill a a t

L e n o x M assachusetts built in the Italian
, ,

styl e .

Kat e D ouglas Wiggin said Th e S p ec ,

ta tor Lo n don E ngla n d

“
, i s on e o f the
, ,

most success ful a m bassador s b etwe e n

A merica and G reat B ritai n ”
This trib .

u te was paid soon a fte r t h e app earance

o f her Pen elope books

Booth Tarki n gton wrot e A G entl eman
”
fro m India n a .

Irv i n g Bach ell e r sai d E very one o f yes ,

t er d a y i s dead and o n ly thos e o f to day

,
-

a r e l iving ; to morrow should b e Para

-

”
dis e.

T h e grav e o f Thomas Hood i s mark e d b y

a sto n e bought b y public subscriptio n .

G ad s H ill Place Lo n do n E ngland wa s

’

, , ,

the home o f Charles D ickens .

The Knoll A mbl eside E ngl a n d wa s the

'

, , ,

o n e time ho m e o f Harri e t Martineau

-
.

Boz wa s th e pen na m e o f Charles -

D ickens .

R obert Burn s was called the Ay rshire

”
plowman .
1 64 ONE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI O N S
Sh ell ey wrot e A donais one o f the ,

great est e l egi es i n m emory o f J ohn ,

K ea t s th e a uthor o f E n dymion and

,

Hy p erio n .
”

I a n Maclar en R Joh Wat s o n ) was

( e v n .

th e author o f B esid e th e Bonni e Brier

”
Bu s h .

Joh n K eat s i n E n dymi on said

,
A , ,
”
thi n g o f b eauty is a j oy forev e r .

R ob ert Bridges th e p re s en t Po et Laureate ,

of E n gla n d wa s s p o k en o f by a n ews,

p a p e r edit o r a s th e littl e old doctor who

”
s o m e ti m es wrot e po e try .

Maria Tho m p s o n D a v i e s s h a s i mm ortaliz ed

Ha r p eth Vall e y i n h e r fictio n Thi s beau .

ti ful vall ey i s l ocat ed i n T enn e s s ee a ,

s ho r t di s ta n c e fro m th e city o f N ashville .

Mar k la n d i s th e ho m e o f A lb e rt Bige
low Pai n e T h e la n d ne ar R e ddi n g
.
, ,

C o nn ecticut on which thi s ho m e sta n ds, ,

wa s p r es en t ed to Pai n e by Mark Twai n

s ho r tly b e fore hi s d eath Pain e i s .

T wai n s o ffi cial biograph e r

’
.

Fu z z y Wu z z y wa s th e h e ro of on e o f the
-

“
B a rrac k R o om Ballads -
o f R udyard
Ki p li n g i n which T om my A tki ns voic e s
,

his ad m iratio n for th e big black , ,

b ou n d i n b eggar i n th e Soudan Ex pedi

’

t i on a r y Force who fought a n d brok e

,
”
th e s quar e .
1 66 O NE T H O U S AND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI O N S

S ea ,
pro n ou n c ed b y critics one o f the
fi nest s ea s o n g s eve r writt en .

G eorge Gordo n Lord Byro n fell heir to his

, ,

titl e at ten y ears o f age .

Willia m Blac k t h e popular Scottish novel

,

ist was the author o f A P rinces s o f

,
”
Thul e .

T ypee was a vall ey o f th e isla n d o f N uka

hiva a m o ng th e Marqu esa s I s la n ds wh e re ,

H e r m a n M elvill e th e w rit e r was d e , ,

ta i n ed for four m o n th s by ca n n ibals H is .

”
s tory ,
“
T ypee d eal s w ith his experi
,

e n c es th e r e .

O live r Wend ell Hol mes m ak es o ne o f his

char a c t e r s i n T h e A utocrat o f th e
Br ea k fa s t Tabl e s a y : Bo s to n State “

”
hou s e i s t h e h u b o f th e solar s yst em .

Willia m C ulle n Brya n t wrot e To a

”
Fri nge d G en tian .

Margar et D ela nd Mary Wilkins Fre eman , ,

a n d A lic e Bro w n a r e fa m e d for their true

d ep ictio n o f li f e i n New E ngland .

E ugen e Fi eld was t ermed a genuine

hu m orist by th e grace o f G od .
”

Fi s h k i l l was t h e sc en e o f th e imprisonment
o f H a rv ey B i rch o f C ooper s Sp y a nd ’
,
”

wa s th e hom e o f M rs Mary A shle y .

T own s end author o f , D is ta ff a nd

”
Spindle , a book o f sonnets .
 AN S W ER S 1 67

Carscallen Vi lla at U pper N y ack N ew , ,

Y ork was the ma n sio n in which Winston

,

Churchill completed his manuscript o f

R ichard Carvel ”
.

T he Squirrels was for t en y ears th e

”

parso n age home o f R ev E P R oe th e . . .

,

novelist preacher -
I t i s located a little .

below West Point Ne w Y ork , .

Mario n H arland was th e writer o f Com

mon Se n s e in the H ous ehold ”
.

E rnest Thompson S eton i s the author o f

Wild A nimals I H av e K n own ”
.

F r e deric R emington o f New Y ork wa s , ,

fam e d fo r his pictur e s o f I n dian li fe ,

don e with pen brush and chisel for he , , ,

was sculptor and painter as well a s

author .

Swinburne lived at P utne y H ill near L on ,

don during th e last thirty years o f his

,

l i fe and w ith h i m lived his friend T heo

, ,

dore Watts D unton who is also a poe t-

,

and critic .

J ames R ussell L owell in his poem Co ,

”
lumbus said : ,

E dura c i th cro w i g q uality

n n e s e n n ,

A d pati
n c all th p a io f gr at h art
en e e ss n o e e s .

4 36 . L ord Francis Bacon wrote T he New

A tlantis an all egor y T he name is tha t
,
”
.

o f a m y thical i sland said to be S ituated in

the middle o f the A tlantic O cea n .
1 68 ON E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI O N S
Samuel Taylor Coleridge th e E ngli sh poet , ,

wa s bor n at O ttery Saint Mary D evon ,

shir e E n gla n d
,
.

Fath e r D a m i en wa s a m is s ionary pri est

fro m B elgiu m who w ent to Molokai to,

car e for a colo n y o f l ep er s a n d to try to

ma k e th e ir liv e s l es s wr etch ed H e r e he .

liv ed u n til his d eath R ob e rt Louis .

St ev en s o n wa s gr e atly i n t er e st ed i n the
wor k o f Fath e r D a m i en a n d was m ost ,

i n dign a nt that so m e o f th e i n habita n ts o f

Ha waii did n ot a pp re ciat e th e work a nd
s acri fi c e s of t h e g o od fath e r as th e y
s h ould .H e w rot e a n op en l ett e r to th e
public r egardi n g thi s w hich app ears in ,

on e o f his books .

Jo s iah Gilbe rt Holla nd i n his po em , ,

Wa n t ed wa s th e author o f the lines :

,

God giv e us m ! A ti m lik thi d ma d

en e e s e n s
S tro g m i d
n gr at h art tru faith d r ady
n s, e e s, e an e
ha d
,

n s .

Virgi n ia Woodward Cloud wa s th e author

of D ow n D u rl y Lan e a n d O th e r Bal
lad s . This boo k co n tai n s so m e o f the
bright est v e rs e ev e r writte n for children .

Matth ew A r n old th e E n gli s h poet was , ,

bor n at L al eha m E n gla n d ,

.

Willia m Pitt E arl o f Chatham Secretar y

, ,

o f Sta te o f E ngland wa s called the ,

“

”
great Commoner .
 ONE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI O N S
Maria Su s a nna Cu m mi n s was the author o f
T h e La m p light e r
T h e Light o f A s ia a po em b y S ir E dwin ,

A r n old d ea l s with th e li f e a n d t eachi n gs

,

o f S i d d ar th a or Gauta m a th e H i n du
, ,

Buddha .

Si r Ja m es Matth e w Barri e the Scotti s h ,

n ov e list liv es at Kirri em uir Scotla n d

, , .

T h e Littl e Mi n
“
H e i s th e author o f
”
i s ter .

Mrs Hu mphry Ward th e c ele brat e d E ng

.
,

li s h n ov eli s t w a s th e gra n ddaught e r o f

,

D r Tho m as A r nold o f R ugby fa m e and

.
, ,

a n i ec e o f th e p o et Matth e w A r n old , .

H el en K ell e r th e w rit e r w a s born d ea f

, , ,

du m b a n d bli n d,
.

Mary Lyo n th e t each e r a n d scholar was

, ,

th e f o u n d e r o f th e fi r s t s chool for the

high e r educatio n o f w o m en i n th e U n it e d
Stat es : Mou n t H olyo k e F emale S emi
n ary Holyo k e Massachus e tts
, , .

Matth ew A r n old said : Po etry is simpl y

th e mo s t b eauti ful im p r essive a nd , ,

w id ely e ff ectiv e m od e o f S aying things ,

”
a n d h enc e its i m portanc e .

’
Shak es p ear e wa s termed E ngland s
myriad m ind ed
“
-
genius .

D onald G M itch ell I k M arvel

. wrote
R everi es o f a Bachelor ”
.
 A N S W ERS 1 7 1 )

J ohn G reenlea f Whittier was the autho r o f

the lines :
0broth r m ! fold t th y h art th y broth r ;
e an o e e
W h r pity d w ll th p ac f G d i th r ;
e e e s, e e e o o s e e
T wor hip rightl y i t lov
o s ach oth r s o e e e ,

E ach mil a h y mn ach ki dly d d a p ray r

s e , e n ee e .

O n the coll ege campus o f A ntioch Colle ge ,

Y ellow Sprin g s O hio has been erect e d a

, ,

monument on which are carved the mem

o ra bl e word s o f H orace M ann in h i s ,

last commencement address to the stu

dents o f th e colle g e o f which he had ,

been presid ent for s e ven years : I be

seech you to treasu re up i n y ou r hearts
thes e m y partin g words : B e asham e d to
,

d i e until you hav e won some victory for

humanit y ”
.

T he grave o f Wendell P hillips is i n M ilton ,

Massachusetts wher e h e and his wi fe

,

o ften spent their vacations .

G eorge Washington Cable i s fam ous for

the pictur e s o f Creole li f e i n N ew Or
leans which a re given i n hi s novels .

D r J ohnson sai d o f R obert Burton s T he

.
’

A natom y o f Melanchol y ”
It is the o nl y ,

book that ever took me out o f bed two

hours sooner than I w ished to ris e .

Si r Walter R al e igh d isti n gu ished writer ,

and trav ele r a favorite o f Que en E liza

,

beth was beh ead e d b y J ame s I

,
.
ON E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI O N S
E dmu n d Sp en s e r author o f ,
th e
Fa e ry
Qu een wa s spo k en o f as
,
on e o f the

Maj esty s ( Queen

’
v e ry diamo n d s o f H er
E lizab eth s ) court ’
.

Sha k es p ear e wa s call e d th e s weet swan

of A vo n .
”

Je r em y Taylor wa s call ed the Shak espeare

o f th eological lit e rature .

Joh n Milto n said

Th e childhood ho w th m s s e an

As m or i g ho w th day
n n s s e .

Will s C o ff ee hou s e w a s th e public hous e

’
-

in which Joh n D ryd en s p en t much o f his

ti me b ecau s e o f do m estic u n happin ess .

E d wa rd Y ou n g s aid Too l ow th ey build , ,

”
w h o build b e ne ath the s tar s .

T h e ge n e ral p ur p o s e o f thi s pap e r said ,

i s to e x p os e th e fals e arts
“
T h e T a tl er ,

o f li f e to p ull o ff th e di s gui s es o f c u n
,

n i n g va n ity a n d a ffe ctatio n a n d to rec

, , ,

o m m e n d a g en e ral s i m p licity i n our dr ess ,

”
our di s c our s e a n d our b ehavior , .

Charl es La mb wa s call e d th e genial

“

C harl es .
”

Ca p tai n Joh n Byro n th e fath e r o f George ,

Gordo n Lord Byro n the p o et was called

, , ,

Mad Jac k .

Willia m Wordsworth s ai d
T o m e t h e m ea n es t fl o we r that blo ws c a n giv e
Thought that do oft
s en l i e t oo d p ee f or t r ea s .
1 74 ON E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI O N S
Jo natha n Swi ft applaud ed A l ex ander P ope
for his sarca s m a n d s aid,
Wh e n you ,

thi nk o f th e world giv e it one more lash

,
”
at my r equest .

D r Joh nso n said o f E dmu n d Burk e I f a

.
,

m a n w e r e to go by cha n c e at th e same
ti me with Bur k e u n d e r a s h ed to shu n a
sho we r h e would say This is a n e x
, ,

t ra or d i na ry ma n .

Willia m Cowp e r s aid A t fi fty years I

,

co m m en c ed as a n author It is a whi m .

that has s e rv e d m e lo ng es t a n d b est and ,

”
will probably b e my la s t .

R ob e rt Bur n s wa s call ed Scotia s Bard ’

.

Tho m a s Moor e said E arth has no sorrow

,

that H eav en ca nn ot h eal .

P ercy B Sh ell ey was drow ned by the cap

.

sizi n g o f a b oat i n th e Bay o f Sp ezia .

Joh n K e ats dictat ed th e followi n g i n s c r ip

tio n for his grav esto n e a f ew days b e for e
his d eath : H e r e li es one whos e n ame
”
was writ in wat e r .

Joh n Wil s o n b ett e r k n own as Pro fessor

,

Wilso n fro m his Occupyi n g th e chai r o f

m oral philo s ophy i n th e U n iv e r s ity o f
E di nburgh or a s C hristoph e r N orth
,

i n h i s writi n gs liv e d i n his e arly married

,
 A N S W ER S
A t L asswade n ea r E dinburgh in a cottage
, ,

onc e occupi e d by Scott wa s the ho m e o f ,

T homas D e Quinc ey for the last si x teen

y ears o f his li fe .

H annah More sai d o f Macaulay T he ,

qua n tity o f r eadi n g Tom has poured i n ,

and th e qua n tity o f writing he has pour e d

”
out is astonishing
,
.

E lizab eth Barrett B rownin g wrote A urora

”
Leigh .

A l fr e d T en nyso n said ,
I am a part o f all
”
that I hav e met .

E dga r A llan Poe was the son o f an actress .

R alph Waldo E m erson wrot e his beauti ful

T h e D i rge i n memor y o f hi s
“ ”
po em , ,

two brothers
E m e rson sa id L ive as on a mou n tain Let
, .

m en s ee let them k n ow a r eal ni an who

, ,
”
liv e s as he was meant to liv e .

W ill L evi n gton Com fort wrote D own

A mon g Men ”
.

T hree S isters all o f whom wrot e novels

, ,

wer e Charlotte B ronté N i chols who ,

wrote Ja n e Ey r e E mily B ron té who

”
, ,

wrot e Wuth e ring H e ights a n d A nne ,

B ront e who w rote A gn es G re y

, .

T homas Babington M acaulay said An ,

acr e o f M iddl es ex i s better than a p rinci

”
p a l i ty i n U top ia .
 ONE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI ON S
C harl es D ic k en s wrote Th e Cric k et on th e
”
H earth .

Joh n Burrough s said o f B e rg s o n : H e is

a p hil os o p h e r upo n w ho m t h e S pirit s o f

both lit e ratur e a n d sci enc e have de

”
sc en d ed .

A lic e Cary s aid

We i m m ortal w d h e
a re no an er
O ur f ar all w hav to f ar
,

e is e e e .

Sid n ey La n i e r wa s call ed th e b eloved p oet

”
o f G eorgi a .

C e rva n t es s aid What i s good i s n ev e r too

,
”
abu n da n t
B en j a m i n D i s ra eli E arl o f B ea con s fiel d at
, ,

o n e ti m e Pri m e Mi n i s t e r o f E n g la n d fi r s t ,

gai n e d r ecogn itio n as th e author o f

n ov els ,
a m o n g w hich w e r e Vivia n
Gr ey ,
”
C o n tari n i Fl em i n g a nd H en
”
,

r i e t ta T e m p l e
”
.

T h e Pilgri m s Progr e ss was th e gr eat

’

all egory writt en whil e i ts author Joh n ,

Bu n ya n was i m pri s o ned i n B ed ford j ail

,

b eca u s e o f h i s r eligiou s faith .

Concord Massachus etts i n its public

, ,

library h a s a n alcove d evot ed to th e

works o f th e lit e rary p eopl e o f the town .

William E ll ery Cha rm i n g th e poet said o f , ,

A Bro n so n A lcott I n ev er meet that

.
,

ma n without being cheered

”
.
1 78 O NE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI O N S
A l fr ed T enn yso n ,
in In Memoriam , wa s
the author o f th e lin es :
U to th i giv n n ee s e
A lif that b ar i m mortal fruit
e e s ,

I tho ngr at o ffi c that uit

se e es s
T h full gro w
e rgi f h av n
-
n en e es o e e .

A l fre d N oyes is s aid to be the most popula r

o f livi n g E n glish po et s .

Jacob R i i s was th e author o f H ow the

O th er Hal f Liv es .
”

T h e S n a r k was a s m all boat built b y and ,

u n d e r th e p erso n al dir ectio n o f J ack ,

Lo n do n th e n ov eli s t which h e n avigated

, ,

through th e Paci fi c O c ea n a n d th e South

S eas o f A ustralia on a cruis e a ft e rward
d es crib ed i n hi s volu m e en titl ed The ,
“

C rui s e o f the S n a r k ”
H is wi f e Char .
,

m ia n Kittr e dge Lo n do n also wrot e a ,

volu m e d escriptiv e o f th e cruis e und e r ,

the ca p tio n T h e Log o f th e S na r k

,
”
.

Ja mes Whitco m b R ile y our b eloved ,

”
Hoosi e r Poe t said o f hi s work ,
I ,

do n t do it I m o nly th e willow through

’ ’
.

”
which th e whi s tl e com es .

Thr ee n otabl e Scotch writ e rs o f the pr esent

day wh o hav e writt en stori e s o f Scotch
l i fe a r e : I a n M a c lar en w h o wrot e : B e ,
“

S id e t h e Bo n n i e B riar Bush S am u el R ,
”
.

C rock e tt wh o w rot e T h e Stic k it M in

,
“

i s t er ”
, a n d J a m es M B arri e who wrot e .
,

T h e Li ttl e M i n ist e r
“ ’
H
.
 A N S W ER S 1 79

T rinity Church Bo s to n Massachusetts , , ,

is
declar e d to be the most pi c tu b s q ue strue
ture i n A meri c a .

J oaquin M ille r said M y cr adle was a ,

covered wagon point e d West , .

Charles F L ummis i n 1 8 95 organiz e d the

.
, ,

L andmarks Club to rais e fu n ds for the

pr e s e rvation o f the old Franciscan M is
sions o f Cali forn ia .

J ack L ondon in his y outh gained th e title

, ,

o f the boy orator b e cause o f his curb

ston e S p ee ches on socialism in O akland , ,

Cali fornia .

G eorge H erbert was called the poet o f

”
things divine .

E ugene F ield wrote T he S ugar plum -

T ree.

D r Mari a M ontessori ha s been termed

.

the mode rn F r oeb el

“
.

P aul Laur ence D unba r wrot e P oems o f

”
Cabin a n d Fi eld .

J oseph A ddison the E nglish poet and es ,

s a yi s t married the Countess dowager o f

,
-

Warwick .

T homas G ra y in his fa m ous E l egy Writ

t en i n a Countr y Churchyard wrot e
the li n e s
Full m any g m f p ur t ra y r n
a e , o es se e e,
T h dar k u fatho m d cav
e f oc a b ar
n e es o e n e
Fu ll ma y fl o w r i bor t blu h u
n a e s n o s n s een ,
An d wa t i t w tn
s e n th d rt i
s s ee es s o e e se a r .
 1 80 ONE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI ON S
O liv er Gold s m ith has b een te rm ed th e
m os t b elov e d o f E ngli s h writers
”
.

Willia m Cowp e r di ed i n s an e .

In F i tz G r een e Hall eck s tribute to R obert

’
-

Bur n s occur th es e li nes :

P ilgri m who wa d ri g f t hav pr
s, se n e n ee e es s e d
T h S witz r o w th A rab a d ’ ’

e e s sn e s s n
O r trod th pil d l av of th W t
, ,

e e e es e es ,

M y w gr for t la d
o n ee n es n ,

All a sk cottag f h i birth

th e e o s
G az c h lov d d u g
,

e on t h e s en e s e e an s n
A d gath r f li g f arth
,

n e t ee n s no o e
H i fi ld d tr a m a m o g
,

s e s an s e s n .

5 36 . A lex and e r Pop e has b een call ed th e father

”
o f epigra m .

5 37 . T homa s Hood i n h i s p oem I R emember , ,

I R em ember wrot e : ,
”

I r m mb r I r m mb r
e e e e e e
T h fi tr
,

dark d high
,

e r- ee s an
I u d to thi k th ir l d r to p
se n e s en e s
W r clo agai t th ky
e e se ns e s
It w a childi h ig ora c
as s n n e,
But w t i littl j o y
no
’
s e
To k o w I m furth r ff fro m h av
n
’

e o e en
Tha wh I w a bo y
n en as .

5 38 .
O f Samu el Taylor Col eridge it was said ,

H e wa s o f imagi n ation all compact .

”
1 82 ON E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UES TI ON S
lo n g a s we do n ot att empt to deprive
oth er s o f th e irs o r i m p ed e their e fforts
,
”
to obtai n it .

Walt Whit m a n i s th e author o f th e words

R i se a ft e r ris e h ow th e pha n toms be
hi n d m e i n h i s po em that b egi n s
,
I
a m a n ac m e o f thi n gs acco m plish e d .

Washi n gto n Irvi n g w a s spok en o f as th e

fi r s t a m bas s a dor who m th e New World
o f l ett e r s s en t to th e O ld ”
.

Lord Byro n s aid I could n ot writ e u p o n

,

a nythi n g w ith o ut s o m e p er s o nal ex per i

,
”
e n c e a n d f o u n d a tio n .

T h e m o s t p o p ul a r o f a l l o f P e rcy Byssh e
Sh ell ey s lyric p o em s i s th e od e To a
’

S k ylar k ”
.

Willia m C ull en Brya n t su ff e r e d th e para

lytic stro k e whi c h cau s e d hi s d eath on ,

t h e occa s io n o f h i s s p ee ch at t h e u n v e il
i n g o f a s tat u e i n ho n or o f th e Italia n
patriot M azzi n i i n C en tral Park N ew
, , ,

Y or k .

Six o f th e p ro m i n en t m en o f l ett ers who

r es id e d at Co n cord Massachus etts w e r e , ,

E m er s on Ha w thor ne A lcott Cha nn ing

, , , ,

Thor eau a n d Sa nborn , .

Willia m C ull en Brya n t wrot e his m aster

pi ec e Tha n atops i s wh en but eight een
, ,

y ears o f a ge .

Jam es R uss ell Low ell S aid o f T homas Car

lyle , With the gi ft o f song h e would ,
 AN S W ER S 1 83

have been the g reatest o f epic poets S ince

H ome r ”
.

P aul Laurenc e D u nbar was A meric a s ’

greatest colore d poet .

Book e r T Washi n gton wa s A merica s

.
’

g reat est color e d educato r .

A B ronson A lcott wrot e Concord D ays

. .

R alph Waldo E m e rso n Said Fear is an ,

instructo r o f gr eat sagacit y a n d th e ,

”
herald o f all revolution s .

J ames R uss ell L owell wrot e A Fabl e fo r

”
Critics .

K ing s Chapel was th e first E piscopal

’

church i n Boston a n d th e s eco n d build ,

in g still s tand s at th e cor n e r o f T r em o n t

a n d S chool S tr e e ts It was i m mortal iz e d .

in H awthor ne s S carl e t Lett e r U nd e r

” ’
.

t h e rectorship o f R ev Jam e s Fr eeman .

th e church b e cam e t h e first U nitarian

Church in A m eri ca .

J ohn G reen lea f Whitti e r in h i s poem , ,

Proe m wrot e th e followi n g lines :

”
,

Nor m i n e th er li k p o w r to ho w s ee -
e e s
Th cr t f t h h art d m i d ;
e se e s o e e an n
T drop th plu m m t li b lo w
o e e -
ne e
O ur co m m o w orld f j y w n o o or oe,
A m or i t d pair bright r hop to fi d
e n en s e es or e e n .

A l fred T en ny so n wrote I d y lls o f the

Ki n g .

0 .H enry ( William S idney P ort e r )

sai d o f Walt e r H i nes P age : Walter “
1 84 ON E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI ON S
Page w rit e a l e tt e r de cli n i n g a c on
ca n

t r i bu t i on w ith tha n k s a n d w o rd it so ,

s we etly that t h e r ec i p i en t c a n ta k e i t t o
a b a n k a n d rai s e m o n ey on it ”
.

Sir Gilb e rt Par k e r w rot e T h e Judgm en t

”
Ho u s e .

George Macdo n ald th e Scotch p o e t a n d ,

n ov e li s t w h o wrot e m a n y w e ll k n o w n
,
-

p o em s a nd s ev e ra l n ov el s o f Scotch li f e ,

w a s a l s o a p r e ach e r .

M a diso n C a we i n i n Wh en W e W e re
Y ou n g wrot e th e follo w i ng li n es :
”

And agai I h ard

n ood dov coo ;
e th e w -
e
c t of
A n d th e s oodla d m ad m
en th e w n e e sad ;
For r m i d d my h art of y ou
th e t w o e n e e
Wh y ou w r a girl d I w a lad
,

en e e an as .

5 68 . Bli s s P e rry s aid o f W o od r o w Wil s o n H e ,

i s th e fi r s t p ro f e s s i on al m a n o f l e tt e rs to
b eco m e Pr es id en t o f th e U n ite d Stat es ”
.

5 69 . O m ar Khayyam w a s call ed th e A s trono

”
m e r Po et o f P e r s ia
-
.

5 70 . R ob e rt B ro wn i n g w a s th e author o f
R abbi B en E zra .
”

5 71 . E lb e rt Hubbard s aid T h e o n ly shots fi red ,

that a re h eard rou n d th e world a re ‘ ’

fi r ed by lit erary m en ”
.

5 72 . T h e m oth e r o f R ob e rt Loui s St evenson said

o f h er illu s trious s on :
lnth wordes e s w hich my s on has w ritt en is co tai dn ne
whol go p l
o

hi s e s e :
1 86 ONE T H OU S AN D L IT ERARY QUES TI ON S
Cou n t L eo Tolstoy was at one tim e a boot
make r .

Matth ew A r n old spo k e o f P e rcy Byssh e

Sh ell ey a s th e i n effectual a n g el .

Th om a s C a rlyl e wa s call e d th e prophet o f

C h els ea ”
.

Joh n R u s k i n wa s call e d th e proph et o f

”
Bra n twood .

Charlott e Bro n t e s po k e o f Lord N elson as

th e littl e la m it e r who wi eld e d E n g
“

”
la n d s m ight at s ea
’
.

A melia E Barr wrot e Ja n Ve dd er s ’

Wi f e .

Willi a m Vaugh n Mo o dy s aid A n i m agi ,

n a tive bootblac k i s lord o f u n s k irt e d

r eal m s .

C ha wto n i s n otabl e a s th e r e s id e nc e o f Ja ne
A u s t en .

P ercy By s s h e Sh ell ey wa s th e author o f

Pro m eth eu s U n bou n d ”
.

Willia m Morris wrot e T h e Wood Be yo n d

”
t h e World .

Mar k T wai n wrote L i f e on the M issis

sip p i ”
.

COps h a m Cottage E sh e r E n gla n d wa S th e

, , ,
'

on e ti m e ho m e o f G e org e M e r e dith
-
.

T h e wi fe o f H en ry Wadsworth L ongf el
low was buri ed on th e eight een th a nn i
v e rs a ry o f h e r w e ddi n g day This r e f e r s -
.

to M r Lo ngf ellow s s econd wi f e who

.
’

,
 AN S W ER S 1 87

was M iss Franc e s A ppleton H ers was .

a most tragic d eath by burning her dre ss ,

having b ecome ig n it e d from a light e d

m atch which had fall e n on the fl oor dur ,

i ng t h e process o f s e alin g up a package

o f curls which S h e had j ust clipp e d from
th e locks o f h e r two littl e daught e r s H e r .

burial took place at M t A uburn C em e .

t e ry
. S h e wa s dr e ssed for the to m b in
her weddi n g gown h e r head w r e ath e d in
-
,

a crow n o f ora n ge blossoms .

O liv e r W en d ell H olm es was the author o f

T h e Chamb e r e d N autilus .

R udyard Kipli n g wrot e T he J ungl e

Books .

H enry Wadsworth L ong f ellow was the

author o f th e word s T h e s e ttin g o f a
,
”
gre at hope i s lik e th e s e tti n g o f th e sun .

O liver W en d ell Hol m es w rote to J ohn

G r eenl ea f Whittier on th e first reading
,

o f hi s po em I n S chool D a y s Let “

me say to you unh esitati n gly that y ou

have writte n th e most beauti ful school
boy po e m i n the E n glish la n guage I .

have j ust r ead it as I was writi n g to you

, ,

a n d b e fore I got through

‘
In School
D ays the t ears were rolli n g from m y
,
’

”
eyes .

Th e grave o f N athani el H awthorne in

Sleep y H ollow Cemeter y Concord Ma s , ,
1 88 ON E T H OU S AND L ITE RARY QUE S TI O N S
s a c h u s et t s , is s urrou n d e d by an arbor
vit ae h edge .

H enry D avid Thor eau wa s arr est ed and

s p en t a n ight i n j ail b e cau s e h e r e fu s e d to

p ya a tax to s u pp ort s lav e ry i n South

C aroli n a H i s f r i en d a n d n eighbor
.
,

R a l p h Wald o E m e r s o n ca m e to th e c ell ,
”
a n d s aid H en ry why a you h e r e
r e ?
, ,
“
Thor ea u r epli ed Why a re you n ot ,
”
he r e ?

E dgar A lla n P oe wa s fo r a ti m e a s tud en t

i n th e c el ebrat e d M a n or Hou s e S chool -
,

in C hurc h Str eet Sto k e N e wi n gto n ,

-
,

E n gl a n d .

Joh n Gr een l e a f Whitti e r w rot e Th e Bare

”
foot Boy .

A l fr e d T enn yso n wa s born in Somersby ,

Li n col n s hir e E n gla n d , .

Josiah Gilb ert Holla n d A m e rican po et , ,

said o f E liz a b eth Barr e tt Brow n i ng th e ,

c e l ebrat e d E n gli s h p oe t es s : I think o f

on e w ho s e g e n iu s w a s a n g e lic who sw ept ,

all th e chord s o f h u m a n pa s sio n w ith

fi nge r s that s hook w it h th e s tr ess o f th ei r
i n s p ira tio n .
”

H arri et B eech e r Stow e wa s th e a uthor o f

“
D r ed A Tal e of
, th e Gre at D ismal
S wa m p .

A l fr e d T ennyso n liv ed at Fa rri ngfor d , on

1 90 ON E T H OU S A N D L IT ERARY QUE S TI ON S
I f th e re i s wic k e d n es s i n th e s treets ,

your st ep s should s hi n e with th e light o f

purity ; i f th e r e i s a cry o f a ngui s h you ,
”
s hould be th e r e to s till it .

J oh n Gr een l e a f Whitti e r s aid o f William

Wor d s worth
Th e viol t b y i t m o y to
e s ss s n e,

The pri m ro b y th riv r bri m

se e e
’
s ,

An d cha c o w da ffodil hav fou d

n e- s n e n
I ortal lif through h im
,

mm e .

Tho m a s D e Qui n c ey co n tract ed th e opium

habit fro m ta k i n g th e drug t o r e li ev e
s e v e r e n e uralgi a i n t h e h e ad w hich w a s ,

brought o n by a m i s guid e d effort to stop

tootha c h e .

Tho ma s C a m p b e ll s aid
’
T i s th e u t of lif giv m my tical lor
s ns e e es e s e,
And mco i g v t ca t th ir hado w b for
n e en s s e s s e e .

Tho m a s Moor e wa s a gr eat s oci e ty favorit e .

Irvi n g Bac h ell er wrot e E b en Hold en ” “

.

Kat e D ougl a s W iggi n ( M rs G eorge C

’

. .

R iggs ) w rot e Moth e r Car ey s Chick “ ’

e ns .

O liv e r Gold s m ith i m m ortaliz ed his fath e r

in fa m ou s D r P r i mr os e o f h i s
th e .

Vicar o f W a k e fi eld .

D r Sa m u el J oh n so n i s sai d to hav e writt en

.

T h e Hi s tory o f R as s ela s Pri n c e o f ,

A by s si n ia h i s o n ly ro m a n c e ; i n a s i n gl e
,
”

n ight to de fray th e fun e ral e xpenses o f

,

his m other .
 AN S W ERS 1 91

G eorg e M eredith was the author o f D iana

”
o f the Crossways .

S urre y E n gland is famous b e

B ox h i l l , , ,

caus e ther e was locat e d Fli n t Cottage ,

the home o f G eorg e Meredith during the

latt e r part o f his li fe
H annah More wrote T he Shepherd o f
Salisbury P lain ”
.

J ames Boswell was the biographer o f

Samuel Johnson .

A le x and e r P ope s ’ “
U niversal P rayer was
as follows :
T ach m t f l a oth r w
e e o ee n e
’
s oe,
T hid t h fault I
o e e s ee :
That m rcy I t oth r Sho w
e o e s ,

That m rcy Sho w t m

e o e .

Of nov e list H enry J am e s i t has b een

th e , ,

said that h e wrot e fictio n lik e a p s ych ol o

gi s t a n d o f h i s broth e r Pro f e ssor W il
, ,

liam Ja m es A m erica s gr eat est p s ych ol o

,
’

gi s t that h e m ade psycholog y a s interest

,
‘

ing as a nov el .

J oh G a y on his death bed sai d :

n ,
-
,

L i f i a j t d all thi g ho w i t ;
e s es an n s s
I thought o c w I k o w it
,

d so n e, a n no n .

632 . D r Samu el J oh n son said o f D aniel D e foe s

.
’

R obi n so n Cruso e N obod y ev e r

laid i t down without wishing it were
longer .
1 92 ONE T H OU S AND L IT ER ARY Q UE S TI ON S
G eo rge B e r k el ey was th e writ e r o f th e li ne ,
“
W es t ward the course o f em pire ta k es ‘

”
i t s way .

A l d wi nk l e N ortha m p to n s hir e E n gla n d

, , ,

wa s th e birthplac e o f Joh n D ryd en .

Sa m u el B utl e r wrot e th e coupl et :

Fo rtruth i pr ciou d divi ‘

s e s an n e,
Too r i ch a p arl for car al wm e n s e .

Joh n M i lto n wrote Lycidas ‘

Joh n D r yd en wrot e h i s fi n es t p o em A l ex ,

a n d e r s F ea s t o r T h e P o we r o f M usic
’

, , ,

a n O d e i n Ho n or o f St C ecilia s D ay .
’

,
”

i n a s i n gl e n ight
.

Sha k es p e ar e s aid : S o m e a r e bor n gr eat ,

s o m e a c h i ev e gr e at n e s s a n d s o m e hav e ,

r e at n e s s th r u s t u p o n e m
’ ”
g .

E d m u n d Sp en s e r s g r av e i n W es t m i n s t e r
’

A bb ey a ft e r havi n g b een n egl ect e d f o r

,

th irty y ear s wa s ev en tu a l ly m a r k e d by a
,

m o nu m en t e r ect e d by A n n e C ount ess o f ,

D ors et .

Fra ncis Baco n wa s call e d th e fathe r o f

e x p e ri m en tal s ci e n c e
”
.

Si r Tho ma s Mor e stat es m a n writ e r and , , ,

p hilo s oph er wa s b eh ead e d by o rder o f

,

H en ry VII I .

J oh n W ycli ffe wa s call ed the morning

'

s tar o f th e R e for m ation .

1 94 ON E T H OU S A N D L IT ERARY QUE S TI ON S

fath er Baro n N eck e r a n d it was h er e

, ,

that s h e h eld h er fa m ous lit erary c o urt

A l fr ed T en n y s o n w rot e T h e May Qu een .

Willi a m E ll e ry C ha r mi n g t h e m i n i s t e r wa s , ,

call ed th e fath e r of ethics i n A m erica ”

.

R oari n g Broo k a n d oth er m ou n tai n

s tr e a m s a r e i n t h e cou n try s urrou n di n g

t h e Brya n t ho m e s t ea d n ear th e v ener ,

abl e w o o d s w hich a r e c el ebrated i n his

,

b eauti ful For es t Hy m n “

Fath r th y ha d e n
H ath r ar d th v rabl colu m thou
,

e e es e en e e ns ,
D id t w av thi v rda t roof Thou did t loo k
s e e s e n s
do w
.

n
U po th ak d arth d forth with ro
n e n e e an se
All th fair ra k of tr Th y i th y
, , ,

es e n s e es e n s u n,
Budd d d hook th ir gr l av i th y br z
.
,

e an s e ee n e es n ee e,
A d hot to w ard h av
,

n s s e en .

E d m u n d C lar en c e St ed m a n i n h i s Vic ,
”
tori a n Po et s s ai d : T h e sight o f a ,

s t a r or a fl o w e r or th e s tory o f a S i n gl e ,

n obl e a c tio n t o uch es our hu m a n ity mor e

,

n early tha n t h e gr e at e s t di s cov e ry or i h

”
v en t i on a n d do e s m or e good
, .

Willia m C ull en B rya n t wa s the writer o f

th e li n es :
And I v y th y tr amen it glid alo g s e as es n
Through t b autiful ba k i a tra c f o g
,

I s e n s n n e o s n .
 A N S W ERS 1 95

th e po e t t ells o f his childhood home and

its pr ecious compa n io n ships
I c a n s ee br zy do m f grov
th e ee e o es ,
Th hado w f D ri g W ood ;
e s s o ee n
’
s s

A d th fri d hi p
n e ld d th en arl y lov s s o an e e es
C o m back w ith a abbath ou d
e f dov e s s n , as o s
I q ui t ighborhood
n e ne s
A d th v r f that w t ld o g
.

n e e se o s ee o s n ,

It flutt r d m ur m ur till
e s an s s :
A bo y will i th W i d will
’
s s e n
’
s
A d th thought f y outh lo g lo g thought s
,

n e s o a re n , n .

M rs G ri swold wrote H ome Li fe o f G reat

.

A uthors .
”

E ug en e Field wrote L ove So n gs o f Child

hood which i n clude s m a n y o f h i s most
,

b eauti ful poems among which i s th e fa ,

”
v or i te Littl e Boy Blue :
,

The littl to y d g i cov r d w ith du t

e o s e e s
But turd y d ta ch h ta d ;
,

s an s n e s n s
A d t h littl to y oldi r i
n e d w ith ru te s e s re s
A d h i m u k t m ould i h i ha d
,

n s s e s n s n s
Ti m w wh th littl to y dog w
.

e as w en e e as ne
A d th
n oldi r w pa i g fair
e s e as ss n
A d that w t h ti m w h our L ittl Bo y Blu
,

n as e e en e e
K i d th m d put th m th r
s se e an e e e .

H averhill Mas s achus ett s i s n otabl e fo r

, ,

havi n g b een th e birthplace o f J ohn

G r eenl ea f Whitti e r .

T he followi n g lin es are from the poe m ,

E lizabeth o ne o f Lo n gf ellow s Tale s ,

’

o f a Way s id e I nn
Shi p that p a i th ight d p a k ach oth r i
s ss n e n an s e e e n
pa i g
,

ss n ,

O nl y a S ig al ho w d a di ta t voic
n i th s n an s n e n e
dar k ; n es s
SO on oc a of lif w pa
th e d p ak
e n e e ss an s e on e
a oth r n e
O ly a look d a vo c th dark aga i
,

d
0

n an r e, en nes s n an

a fl s en c e .

E lizab eth Barr ett Bro wn i n g wro te her

T h e C ry o f th e C hildr en
”
po em ,
as a ,

prote s t agai n s t th e em ploym ent o f you n g

c hil d r e n i n factori es .

D a n t e Gabri el R o s s e tti p o et a n d artist s on , ,

o f a n It a lia n exil e wa s bor n i n Lo n do n , ,

E ngla n d i n 1 8 2 8 ,
.

Six y ear s b e fo r e h i s d eath William M orri s .

e s tabli s h e d th e K e l m scott Pr es s fro m ,

which h e s en t forth boo k s p ri n t e d i n typ e

a n d bou n d i n d e coratio n s o f h i s o wn

arti s tic d es ign i n g .

E dward Fitzge rald i s n ot ed for havi n g

tr a n s l a t ed i n to E ngli s h v e rs e th e P e rsia n
p oem R ub aiy at o f O m ar Khay yam
, ,
”
.

T wo o ft en q uot e d sta n za s a r e -

A boo k of V r u d r ath th Bough e s es n e ne e

A J u g of W i a Loaf of Br ad— d Thou
,

n e, e an
B id m S i gi g i t h W ild r
es e e n n n e e nes s
Oh W ild r
, w r Paradi
e n es s ow ! e e s e en
l
>< >l< l
><

I o m ti m thi k that v r blo w

s e es d n ne e s so re
T h Ro e wh r o m buri d C ar bl d
se a s e e s e e ae s e
That v ry H y aci th th Gard w ar
e e n e en e s
D ropt i h L ap fro m o m o c lov l y h ad
n er s e n e e e .

Charl es D ick en s ; wh en a child e arne d si x ,

shilli ngs a week p a s ti n g lab el s on bottl e s

in a blac k i n g fac tory .
1 98 O NE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UES TI ON S
The a g l wrot
n e d va i h d Th
e, x t ight an n s e e ne n
It cam agai w ith a gr at w ak i g l i ght
.

e n, e en n ,

A d
n ho w d th am who m lov f G d had
s e
’
e n es e o o
bl d es s
a m l d all th r t !
,

A dh m
’
A d 1 ! B
n , 0 en e s n e e e es

T h e s ist e r o f C harl es Lamb kill e d her

m oth e r i n a fi t o f i n sa n ity
I n Loch Katri n e Scotla n d i s E ll en s , ,
’

” ’
I s l e c el ebrat e d i n Scott s po em
,
The ,

Lady o f the La k e .
”

Tho m a s Hardy wrot e Jud e th e O bscure .

C h a rl es D i c k en s wa s c a ll ed th e humani
taria n n ov elist o f E n gl a n d .

Willia m C axto n a n ativ e o f K en t E ngla n d , , ,

i n tr o duc ed the pri n ti n g pr e s s i nto E ng -

la nd .

C hri s t o ph e r Marlow e a n early E n gli s h ,

p l a y w right c o n t em p orary w ith Sha k e

,

s p e ar e wa s fatally s tabb e d i n a tav e rn

,

bra wl at D eptford n ear Lo n do n , .

G oeth e w a s th e author o f th e li n es
For touchi g h art th o l y cr t k o w
n e s e n se e n n,
M y worth y fri d i to hav f y our w en , s e on e o o n .

D avid Graha m Phillips wrote The Hun

”
gry H e art .

Paul L e ic est e r Ford was kill e d by his

broth e r .

Charl e s Ki ngsley was the writer o f the

li nes :
orld go up d th world go do wn
Th e w es an e es
u hi follo w th rai
,
A n d th e s ns ne s e n,
But y t rday r d y t rday fro wn
es e
’
s s ne e an es e
’
s
v r co m back agai
,

C a n ne e e n .
 AN S W ERS 1 99

D avid G raha m Phillips o f th e m o s t , on e

promising you n g w rit e rs o f the U n it e d

States was assas s i n at ed on th e str eet s o f
,

New Y ork City by a n i n sa n e m a n who ,

then com m itt ed suicide .

M y rtl e R ee d ( M rs J Sidn ey Mc Cu l l ou gh ) . .

co m mitted suicide whil e t em porarily i n

sa ne .

H e n ry D avid T hore au said I have ,

trav el e d a good d e al i n Co n cord .

A lice Cary in her po em N obility said :

,
”
, ,

Tru worth i i b i g t mi g
e s n e n , no s ee n ,

nI doi g ach da y that go

n by e es
S o m littl good— t i t h dr a m i g
e e no n e e n
O f gr at thi g to do by d b y
e n s an .

Mr s Ma l apr op is a fa m ous charact e r in th e

.

T h e R ivals writt en b y R ich

”
com edy , ,

ard B ri n sl ey Sherida n .

A m elia E Barr was bor n i n L ancashi re

.
,

E n gla n d ; s h e emigrat e d to A m erica a n d ,

wrote all her fa m ous books here .

A lic e Cary wrot e S n ow Berri e s a book ”

,

mad e up o f stories and po ems for y oun g

people .

Li tc h fiel d Connecticut is notable for hav

, ,

ing b ee n th e birthplac e o f Henry Ward

Beecher th e gr eat divi n e a n d writ e r and
, ,

his famous sist e r H arri et Beecher Stowe , ,

author o f U ncle Tom s Cabin ” ’

.

Charles D udley Wa r ne r was th e author o f

M y S ummer in a G ard en .
 ON E T H OU S A N D L IT ERARY Q U E S TI O N S
Gl enmary Susqu eha nn a R iver ,
on th e ,

wa s th e ho m e o f N atha n iel Parker

Willis th e n ov elist a n d p oet
,
.

G eorg e F R oot w rot e th e fa m ous so ng .

,
”
T h e Battl e cry o f Fr ee do m
“
-
.

Su s a n War n e r wrot e u n d e r th e pen name -

o f E lizab eth W eth er ell ”

.

E mm a Hart Willard w r ot e th e w ell b elov e d -

p oem a n d s o n g R oc k ed i n th e Cradle ,

o f t h e D ee p ”
.

Th eodor e R oo s ev elt w rot e T h e Wilder

”
n es s Hu n t e r .

Jo s ep h C on rad a n ative o f Poland w hos e , ,

fa m ily n a me i s Korz en i o ws k i although ,

h e did n o t k n ow a word o f E n glish u n til

h e wa s n i n et een i s a c k n o w l e dg e d to b e ,

o n e o f th e gr e at es t m a s t e r s o f th e art o f

fi cti on i n E n gl a n d to day -
.

D r Willia m E ll e ry C ha n n i ng s grave i n Mt
.
’
.

A uburn C em et e ry Ca m bridge Ma s s a , ,

c h u s ett s i s m ar k e d by a m o n u m en t d e
,

s ig n e d by hi s fri e n d Washi n gto n A llsto n , .

T ho m a s Buchan a n R ead w rot e The

”
W a go n e r o f th e A l l egh a n i e s i n which ,

occur s th e fin e lyric b egi n n i n g :

The m aid wh bi d h warrior a h o n s er
"
s s s
W ith m il that w ll h pai di m bl
-
s e e er n sse es ,
T h W hil b
e ath h droopi g la h e en e er n s
O net y t ar drop ha g
s a rr d tr m bl
'

-
e n s an e es ,
Though H av alo r cord ib r t r ‘

e en ne e s e ea
A d fa m
n hall v r k o w h to y e s ne e n er s r
h a rt h Sh d a drop d ar
,

H
’

er e as e as e
A b d w d th fi l d f glory
’
s e er ~
e e e e t
e o .
2 02
’

ONE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI ON S

Walt Whit m an s ai d
I am po t of th wo m a th a m
th e e e n e s e as th e ma n
I y it i gr at to b a wo m a to a
,

And sa s as e e n as be
m a n,
And I y th r i othi g gr at r tha
sa e e s n n e e n th e m oth r e
of m en .

R ob ert Loui s St ev en so n s ’
M y Shadow
aid to be t h e m o s t popular s hort
“
is s
”
po em exta n t .

Willia m Mill e r wa s th e author o f th e po em

c a ll ed Willi e Wi n k i e R udyard Ki p .
”

li n g has a s tory call e d W ee Willi e

”
Wi nki e .

Walt Whit ma n wrot e T h e Song o f My

s el f .

J o h n Burroughs said : I w en t to th e L ak e
D i s tri c t o f E ngla n d to s ee w hat k i n d o f
a c ou n try it could be that w ould produc e
a Word s worth
R ob ert Bro wn i n g s Prospic e is said to
“
be th e gr eat est d eath song ever -

p e n n ed .

A lfr ed T enn y s o n s fa m ous death son g ’

-

wa s Cro s s i n g the Bar

S u ns e t
v i g tar
a nd e en n s
cl ar call for m !
,

A d n on e e e
A d m y th r b
n a m oa i g of th bar
e e e no n n e
W h I put t to
en ou s ea .
,

But uch a tid

s movi g m a l p e as n s ee s s ee
T full for ou d d foam
oo s n an
,

W h that which dr w fro m t th bou dl d p

,
en e ou e n es s ee
Tur aga i ho mns n e .
 A N S W ER S 20 3
T wilight d v i g b ll an e en n e ,

A d aft r that th dar k !

n e e
A i d m y th r b
r a ad f far ew ll
e e e no s n es s o e
W h I mbar k ;
,

en e

For tho fro m t

’
bour f Ti m d ou ou r ne o e an
T h flood m y h
e m far a ea r e ,

I hop to e my Pilot fac t fac

s ee e o e
W h I hav cro t th bar
en e s e .

Steph e n Collins Foster i s noted for h i s

b eauti ful and popula r son g s M y O ld ,

Kentuck y H ome and T he O ld Folks

at H ome ”
.

Norman s Woe a rock o ff the coast o f Cape

’

A nn Massachuse tts was the scene o f

,

L o n gf ellow s poem T he Wr eck o f the ’

H esp e rus ”
.

T homas Babington M acaula y s most fa ’

mous po em is H oratius ”
.

Charles K i ng sle y wrote T he Sands o f “

”
D ee .

By th e publication o f T he N igger o f the

Na r ci s s us William i n t h e N ew R ev i ew ,

E H e n l ey gai n ed r ecognition fo r J oseph

.

’
Conrad s writings .

S i r Ga l a h a d was the most moral and u p

right o f all the K n ights o f th e R ound
Tabl e A l fre d Te nn yson s poem
. Sir ’

G alahad i s one o f th e most famous o f

,

his shorter poems .

Booth T arki n gton wrote P enrod a re ,

m a rk a bl y true to li fe story o f a rea l - -

bo y ”
.
204 O NE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI ON S
A cro s s coast o f Ch est er E ngland to
th e , ,

R hyl on th e north coa s t of Wal es str e tch ,

”
th e sa n d s o f D ec .

Thoma s Moor e w rot e T h e H arp T hat

O nc e Through Tara s H alls ’
.

Ge o rg e E liot w rot e T h e Choir Invisible .

T h e closi n g li nes a r e :
May I r ach e
That pur t h av b to oth r oul
es e en , e e s s
T h cup of tr g th i
e o m gr at ago y
s en n s e e n
E ki dl g rou ardor f d pur lov
,

n n e en e s ee e e,
cru lty
,

B g t th m il that hav
e e e s es e no e
B th
e w t pr
e s c of a good di ff u d
ee e s en e se
di ff u io v r m or i t
,

A d i
n n s n e e e n en s e
hall I j oi th choir i vi ibl
.

S o s n e n s e
Who m u ic i th g lad
se s f th w orld
s e n es s o e .

E d w i n M a rkha m h a s b een t e rm ed th e
”
Po et L a u reat e o f t h e labori n g class es .

O liv e r W en d ell Hol m e s s a id T h e be st

o f a boo k is n ot th e thought it con
tai ns but t h e tho u ght it sugg est s j ust a s
, ,

t h e char m o f m u s ic d w e ll s n ot i n th e ton e
”
but i n th e e cho es o f our h earts .

Willia m Co wp e r w rot e T he D iv e rti n g

Hi s tory o f Joh n Gil p i n .

D a nt e Gabri el R o s s etti buri ed i n the grav e

of his you n g wi f e th e m a n uscript o f a
book o f po em s which h e was a ft e rward ,

p r evail ed u p o n to e xhu me a n d hav e pub

l i s he d .

T he la di g stairs at th e end of L ondon

n n -

Bridg e w e re wh e r e Na ncy had the inter

2 06 ONE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI O N S
e ry Flagg Howard C handl e r Christ y
, ,

a n d John T Mc Cu tc h eon . .

A mong th e illustrious d ead int e rre d in K en

sal Gr een C em et e ry Lo ndo n a r e T hack , ,

e ra y ,
M otl e y A lla n Cu nn i n gham M rs
, , .

A nna Ja m e so n Thomas Hood L eigh , ,

Hu nt Wil k i e Colli n s a n d Mrs N athaniel

, , .

Hawthor n e .

Lord Byro n had a dri n ki n g cup fashioned -

from a hu m a n s k ull
Jos eph Conrad wrot e N ostro m o which ,

h e d edicate d to Joh n Galsworthy .

J os eph Pulitz er wh o was born at Budapest

, ,

Hu ngary ca m e to th e U n ited Stat e s

,

wh en s ev ent een y ears old a n d b ecam e ,

e ditor o f th e Ne w Y or k Wor l d and a

p io nee r i n m od er n j our nali s m .

D o th eb oys H a l l wa s th e buildi n g which

hous ed S q u eers s school i n Charl e s D ick ’

’
c n s s n ov e l N ichola s N i ck l eby
,
”
.

Th e fi rst trustworthy biography o f E dgar

A lla n P oe wa s writt en by Joh n H en r y
Ingram a n E n glish m a n about thirt y
, ,

y ears a fter Po e s d e ath ’

.

Charlott e Bront e d edicated J ane E yre ,

th en i n i ts s econd e dition to William ,

Mak epeac e Thack eray whos e Vanit y ,

”
Fair had j ust app eared .

K eighley Y ork s hir e E ngland was the

, , ,

birthplace o f R obert Coll y er .

 A N S W ER S 20 7

S ir Walt e r Scott is the author o f the s e nti

me n t ,
T e ars a re th e so ftening S how e rs
which cause th e s eed o f heaven to S prin g
up in th e human heart .

A ddison said o f Fra n cis Bacon : H e had

th e sou n d d i s tinct compr ehensiv e knowl
, ,

e dg e o i A ristotle w ith all th e beauti ful ,

lights grac es and e mbellishments o f

, ,

Cicero .

A l fred T ennyson wrote L ocksl ey H all .

O ak K n oll D anve rs M assachusetts was

”
, , ,

th e hom e o f the two M iss J oh n sons ,

cousi n s o f th e poet Joh n Gre enl ea f ,

Whitti e r wh e re h e sp en t much tim e in

,

the lat e r y ears o f his li fe .

Fo x H ow betwe e n R ydal a n d A mbl es i d e

, ,

i n W e st m orela n d E n g l a n d was the home

‘

, ,

o f D r T homas A r n old th e great h ead

.
,

mast e r at R ugby o f whom T homas

H ugh e s wrot e i n T om B rown s School ’

”
days.

J oh n Kendrick Bangs w rote A H ouse

Boat on the St y x .

Cocker m outh Cumberland E ngland i s

, , ,

notabl e fo r havi n g bee n the birthplace

o f William Wordsworth .

It wa s at Bassenthwaite on the shor e s o f ,

”
the D e rw en t that fai rest o f all riv e rs
, ,

that Fitzg e rald tra n slator o f the R u ,

”
b ai yat
“
Te nnyso n and the
,
sage o f ,
208 ONE T H OU S A ND L IT ERARY QUE S TI ON S
C h el s e a oj our ne d with th e S ped d i n gs
s .

It wa s h e r e that T en ny s o n r e v is ed a n d
p oli s h ed h i s Mort e d A r th u r ”
a nd
’

h e r e al s o C arlyl e r e st e d a ft e r co m pleti n g
his Fr e d e ric k th e Gr eat .

Fulha m E n gl a n d w a s th e on e ti m e ho m e
, ,
-

of Hoo k R ichard s o n Bulw e r Lytton

, ,
-
,

a n d S w i nbur n e .

T h e Tha m es E n gla n d i s k n own as th e

, ,

riv e r o f th e p o ets ”
.

South ey d eclar e d that h i s library at G r eta

Hall wa s s o l a rge that h e f elt li k e a cock
robi n i n a n em pty church .

It wa s fro m th e fi rst Nor m a n lord o f Loch

a we that t h e po et Tho m as Ca m pb ell was
, ,

d es c e n d e d .

L ord Byro n pro n ou nc ed South ey th e best

l oo k i n g po e t h e had e v e r m e t .

The sist e r s Susa n a n d A n na War n e r w e re

, ,

th e authors o f T h e Wid e Wid e ,

”
World .

K irkos wald was the one time residence -

o f R ob e rt Bur n s .

Jos eph R od ma n D rake was the author of

”
T h e Culprit Fay .

O f Walt Whitm a n it was said H is da y ,

is co m i n g i s co m e He died with its

,
-
.

”
daw n shini n g full upo n him .

D r E d ward Y oun g was the author o f

.

N ight Thoughts ”
.
Willia m Wordsworth sa i d H eaven lies
about u s i n our i n fa ncy .

H enry Wadsworth Lo n gf ellow in T he ,

”
Spa n ish Stud en t wrot e : ,

W hat I m o t priz i wo ma s e n n
I h
s a ff ctio
er t h i t ll ct !
e ns, no er n e e
Th i t ll ct i fi it ; but th a ff ctio
e n e e s n e e e ns
A i fi it
re n d ca ot b x hau t d
n e, a n nn e e s e .

T hom a s Moor e was th e author o f Lalla

R ookh .

O liv e r Golds m ith i n T h e T rav eller , ,

said
S uch i th patriot boa t wh r r w roam ;
s e
’
s s e e e
’
e
H is fi r t b t cou try v r i h i w
s ,
es n e e s s o n .

G eo rge Borrow has giv en fa m ous pictures

o f th e gy p s i es i n L a ven gro and T he
R o m a n y R ye ”
.

Shak esp ear e said

A fri d hould b ar h i fri d i fi mitie
en s e s en
’
s n r s,
But Brutu m ak m i gr at r tha th y
s es ne e e n e a re

H en ry Wad s worth L o n gf ellow wrote T he

Golde n L eg en d .

Bour k e Cochra n said There is but one ,

straight road to succ ess and that i s

m e rit .

In Footst eps o f A n gels L ongfello w a l

“

lud es to his first wi f e th e n r ec ently de ,

c ea s e d .

Basil Ki n g a n E p i s copal cl e rgyma n is the

, ,
” “
author of T h e I nn er Shrin e which ,

was first publish e d anon y mousl y .

 A N S W ER S 2 1 1

J osiah G ilbert Holla n d wa s th e author o f

T he M istress o f the M ans e .
”

A mong the l y rical poems o f H enry Wads

worth L o n gfellow may be m entione d
T he Bridge T he O ld Clock on th e
,
”

Stairs ”
The R ain y D a y
, and A ,
”

P salm o f Li fe .
”

O f J ames Fenimore Cooper i t was said ,

He alwa y s brou g ht a quarr el with

”
him .

A ndrew L an g was the most versatile o f all

recent Scotch authors .

T he T ranscend en talists o f Boston a n d New

E n gland wer e a nu m b e r o f i n dividuals
who b e li ev e d that th e soul o f m a n was o f
the same e ssenc e a s th e D ivi ne Soul a n d ,

hence could hold dir ect com m u n icatio n

with God and that ev e ry i n dividual wa s
,

bor n into the world with c ertai n id eas

which i n n o wa y cam e fro m e x p e rie n c e .

T h e y w e re in n o v e ry d efi n it e s en s e a
school and the y did not agre e i n a
,

d e finite system o f philosoph y ; but a f ew

o f the l e ad e rs held occasional meeti ngs
for discussi on a n d fro m 1 8 4 0 to 1 8 4 4
,

conduct e d a quarterly pe riodical call e d

Th e D i a l e dit e d fir s t by M argaret Fuller
, ,

lat e r by R alph Waldo E m e rso n .

Olive r W end e ll H olmes was the author o f

T he L ast L ea f ”
.
2 1 2 ONE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI ON S
Ta ngl ewood T al e s we re writt en b y ”

N atha n i el Hawthorne .

A rrow H ead i n th e B e rkshire H ills

”
, ,

w a s w h e r e N atha n i e l Hawthor ne a n d his

fri en d M elvill e ca m e i n s u m m e r d a ys to
, ,

enj oy th e cal m p ro s p ec t o f thi n gs from

”
a fair piazza which M elvill e d escrib e s , .

H e r e al s o w a s th e a s to n i s hi n g chim n ey
, ,

that s ugge s t e d M e lvill e s e s s ay ; a n d h e r e ’

th e tw o fri en ds di s cu s s e d th e plots o f
“
Moby D ic k th e Whit e Whal e and ,
”

oth e r s tori es .

Br et Hart e wh o was bor n at A lbany New

, ,

Y or k has be en call ed th e classic i nte r

,
“

pr et e r o f C ali for n ia s h eroic a ge ” ’

.

Hawthor ne s own childr en w e r e th e origi

’

n a l s o f Vi ol e t a n d P e on o f t h e S n o w
y
I m age .

C elia Thaxte r was call ed Sappho o f the

”
I s l es .

Ma r s h fiel d Mas s achu s etts was th e home

, ,

o f D a n i el W ebst e r a n d the birthplace o f ,

J G Holla n d
. . .

R al p h Waldo E m e rson wa s called th e

sage o f C o n cord ”
.

William D ea n Ho w ell s i s call ed the dean

o f A m e rica n author s ”
.

Philli p s Broo k s s aid : It s eems as i f li fe

m ight b e s o s i m pl e s o b eauti ful so goo d , ,

to liv e so good to look at i f we could

, ,
2 1 4 ON E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI O N S
Jo el C ha n dl e r Harris U n cl e R emus
was th e author o f Littl e M r Thimble .

fin ge r a n d H i s Qu eer Cou n try .

R ob e rt Loui s St ev en s o n s tomb contains ’

th e followi n g li n es o f which h e was the ,

author
Hr e e h e es w li h r h lo g d to b ;
e e e n e e
Hom e i s th e s ailor ho m fro m th e e s ea ,
hu t r ho m fro m th hill
,

A n d th e n e e e .

E lihu Burritt call e d th e peace hero

wa s .

H e was al s o k n ow n a s
“
th e l ear n ed
blac k s m ith fro m th e fact that much o f
,
”

h i s e duc a tio n w a s obtai n e d w hil e work

i n g at th e f o rg e i n Worc es t e r Massa ,

c h u s e t ts H e wa s a n o t e d p eac e r e
.

for m e r a n d wa s f o r so m e y ears co n sul

,

at Bi r m i n gha m E ngla n d , .

Fra n c e s Hodg s o n Bur nett wrote T wo

Littl e Pilgri m s Progr e ss ’
.

Joh n Burroughs our gr eat n atural i s t i s , .

th e author o f th e followi n g l i n es which ,

op en h i s p o em Waiti n g ,

Se r I fold my ha d d wait
en e n s an
car for wi d tid
,

N or e n s, n or e, n o r s ea ;
I rav m or
e no gai t ti m d fat e
’
ns e an e,
For 1 ! my w hall co m to m
0 o n s e e .

81 3 . Horac e Traub e l a friend and disciple o f ,

Walt Whit ma n h a s w ritte n a s tri k i n gly ,

origi n al book called Chants Com

”
m u na l .
 AN S W ER S 2 1 5

M adame de
Sta e l wrot e her famous
nov el D elphi n e whil e banished from
, ,

France h er nativ e cou ntry

, .

T h e n atives o f th e Samoa Isla n ds call e d

R obert Louis Ste v en son T u s i ta l a
“
,

meanin g Tell e r o f T al e s .

M rs Fra n c es H odgso n Bur n ett s son

.
’
,

Vivi en was the prototyp e o f Ced r i c

,

E r r ol the h e ro o f
,
L ittl e Lord Fa u ntl e
ro y ”
.

Walt e r S avag e L ando r co n t emporary w ith ,

Words w orth a n d Col e ridg e wrot e Im ,

”
a gi n a ry Conv e rsatio n s in w hich th e ,

s pi rits o f famous charact e r s o f t h e past

a r e suppos e d to co n v e rs e tog e th e r .

Shak e sp ear e i n M easur e for M e asur e

, ,

said :
O ur doubt traitor s a re s,
A d m ak
n lo th good w ft m ight wi
e us se e e o n
B y f ari g to att m pt
e n e .

C y rus H K C urtis began his car eer as

. . a

n e wsboy i n Portland M ai n e , .

J os eph Pulitz e r b ecam e totally bli n d yet ,

co n tinu e d his gr eat work a s editor o f

on e o f N ew Y ork City s l e adi n g daili e s
’
.

Sh ell ey was o n c e e xp ell e d fro m Un iversit y

Coll ege O x ford Th e r e i s n ow a me
, .

morial cha m b e r contai n i n g a whit e

marbl e figur e o f the drow n e d po e t which ,

r e sts on a gr een m arbl e S lab supported

b y bro n z e lions .
8 22 .
E lla Wh eel e r Wilcox is th e author o f the
li nes :
We build our futur thought b y thought e ,

O r good or bad d k o w it t , an n no

Y t
e th
so u iv r i w rought
e n e se s .

Thought i a oth r a m for fat

s n e n e e,

Choo th th y d ti y d wait
s e, en , es n , an

For lov bri g lov

e d hat br i g hat
n s e, an e n s e .

Georgi n e Faul k ne r k n o wn all ove r th e

is
U n it e d Stat es a s t h e s tory lady
”
h er
“
,

t ri es
s o f or c hildr e n a pp e ari n g in m a n y
of th e l eadi ng city p ap e r s a n d in m aga f

zi nes .

Si r E d w i n H e n ry La n d s eer taught Qu ee n
Victori a a n d th e Pri n c e C o n s ort th e art
o f e tchi n g a n d for thi s achi ev e m ent was
,

k n ight ed .

On th e door way o f C a sa Guidi E lizab eth ,

Barr ett B ro wn i n g s Italia n ho m e m a y ’

,

b e f o u nd t h e f o ll o w i n g w ord s place d ,

th e r e by th e Italia n p eopl e i n ho n or o f ,

on e th e y lov e d : H e r e w rot e a n d di e d
E lizab eth Barr ett B row n i n g wh o i n h e r ,

wo m a n s h eart u n ite d th e w i s dom o f a

’ ”

sag e a n d th e s p irit o f a po et a n d m ad e ,

with h er v e r s e a gold en ri n g bi n di n g
Italy a n d E n gla n d .

H el en K ell e r said : O ptimism i s th e faith

that l eads to achi ev em ent ; nothin g ca n
”
be do n e without hop e .
2 1 8 ON E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUES TI ON S
most in s pir e d wo m an so far as k n own , ,

of a l l who hav e co m pos ed i n anc i en t or

m od e r n to n gu e s or fl ouri s h e d in an y
,
”
la n d or ti m e .

Sa m u e l Taylor C ol e ridg e is said to hav e

r ead A r abia n N ight s E nt e rtainm ent
“ ” ’

at s i x y ear s o f a ge .

D a nt e A lighi eri wa s Italy s gr eatest poet ’

.

H en ry D ru m m o n d w a s th e author o f
”
N atural Law i n th e Spi r itual World .

Sa m u e l R ichard s o n i s usually call ed th e

fath e r o f th e E n gli s h n ov e l ”
.

G eorg e Fox wa s th e fou nd e r o f th e Soci et y

of Fri en d s c o m m on ly call e d Quak e rs
, .

Willia m Ll oyd G a rri s on was in turn a

s ho em ak e r cabi n et mak e r print e r a nd
,
-
, ,

e ditor .

E dward Gibbon was E ngland s greate st

’

historia n .

’
Joha n n Wol fga n g von Go eth e s first dram a
i n v ers e was d edicated to th e girl he
lov ed .

Horac e Gre el ey fou n ded the N ew Y ork

T r i bu n e .

E rn s t He i n rich Ha eck el wrot e T he H is

tory of th e E volutio n o f Ma n .

Fitz G r eene Halleck was a dire ct descend

-

ant o f John E liot the A postle to the

,
“

”
Indians .
 AN S W ERS 2 1 9

Franc e s B urn e y a fterward M ada me

,

D A rbl a y a cont emporar y o f Samuel

’
,

J ohnson spra n g i n t o fame with h er first

,

n ov e l
,
E velina ”
.

G eorge H erbert said T h e consciousnes s ,

o f duty done gives u s music at mid

”
n ight.

H el en H unt J ackso n was appoi n t e d a com

mission e r to the Indians a ft e r the publ i ,

cation o f he r gr eat book R amo n a a ”

, ,

pow e r ful romanc e o f India n l i f e in south

ern Cali for n ia A fter b egi n ni n g h e r
.

work s h e w rot e Co n ditio n s a n d N eeds

”
o f th e M is sion Indian s o f Cali for n ia a ,

book which arous e d m uch s ympathy for

t h e India n s and which l ed to great i m
,

proveme n t i n th e ir ci rcu m stanc e s .

J ames R uss ell Lowell wrot e his poem ,

T he D ead H ous e a ft e r the d e ath o f ,

hi s wi fe a n d d e d i cat e d it to he r m emory
, .

T homa s Jeff e rso n d ra ft ed the ori ginal

D eclaration o f I n dependence o f the
U n it e d States .

Macaulay said o f Fra n ces B urne y S E ve 9

li n a that it wa s the fi rst tal e written

b y a wo m a n a n d purporti ng to be a pic
,

ture o f li f e a n d mann ers that lived o r ,

”
des e rved to live .

Washington I rv ing was A merica s first ’

novelist o f note .
220 O NE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI ON S

Th e fi rst printi g pr es s i n A m erica was s et

n -

U p at C a mbridg e Mas s achu s ett s i n 1 6 30

, , .

T h e fi r s t book p ri n t ed i n A m e rica was th e

Bay P s al m Boo k .

Cotto n Math e r wh o wa s th e s on o f I n
,

cr ea s e Math e r w a s a New E n gla n d

,

cl ergy m a n wh o w a s m uch i n t er est e d i n

th e s t u dy o f w itchcra ft a n d too k a n a c ,

tiv e p art i n th e wit c hcra ft trial s H e .

wr ot e a n acc o u n t o f th es e trial s i n his

boo k en titl ed Wo n d er s o f th e I nvisibl e
”
World .

Fra n c i s Br e t Hart e w a s the author o f The

H eath en C hi n ee fi r s t call ed Plai n
,
”

La ngu a ge fro m Truth ful Jam es This .

po em e s tabli s h e d h i s re p utatio n as a po e t .

O wen M e r e dith was Lord E dward

R ob e rt Bul we r Lytto n H e wrot e L u
-
.

”
cil e a n ov e l i n v ers e a n d also othe r
, ,

p o em s .

C hri s to p h e r Marlo we was E n gla n d s great ’

e s t dra m ati s t pr ec e di n g Sha k e spear e .

L ew Wallac e Joaqui n Mill e r Ja m e s Whit

, ,

co mb R il ey E dward E ggl esto n G eorge

, ,

Barr Mc Cu tch eon G eorge A d e M e r e , ,

dith N ichol s o n B ooth Tar k i ngto n

, ,

Charl es Maj or a n d Mauric e Tho m pso n

,

w e r e n ativ e s o f I n dia n a .

Joh n M ilto n wa s th e author o f T he

Hym n on th e Morning o f Christ s N a ’

”
t i v i ty.
 O N E T H OU S AND LIT ERARY Q UE S TI ON S
R al eigh Tav er n William s burg Virginia , , ,

wa s th e o ne -
ti m e favorite r e sort o f
E dgar A lla n P oe .

Fra nk li n Pi e rc e wa s a cla s s m at e o f H en ry
Wad s worth Lo n gf ellow at Bowdoi n Col
l eg e Bru n swic k Mai ne
, , .

”
G eorg e Sa n d was th e p s eudo n y m o f
Bar on e s s A uror e D ud ev a n t t h e mos t ,

p roli fi c Fre n ch w rit e r o f h e r day .

Wall en s t ei n which C a r lyl e d eclar e d to

,
”

be th e gr e at e s t dra m atic wor k o f th e

”
e ight e e n th c en t u ry was writt en by ,

Schill e r .

A nn e Hatha wa y liv ed i n Shott e ry n ear th e ,

ho m e o f Sha k es p ear e Wh en a lad o f .

but e ight een y ea r s Sha k e s p ea r e m arri e d ,

h er s h e b e i n g e ight y e ar s h i s s en ior
, .

A r nold B enn ett on e o f the m ost v e r s atil e

,

o f pr e s en t — day E ngli sh writ e r s a s n ov e l ,

i s t dra m ati s t a n d e s s ayi s t w rot e th e

, , ,

p o p u lar e s s ay How to Liv e on Tw e nt y

,

f o ur Hour s a D ay
A bout a m il e n orth o f th e village o f Con
cord Ma s sachu s ett s H en ry D avid Tho
, ,

r eau built a hut i n th e wood s on th e

S hor e s o f Wald e n Po n d a n d th e r e h e ,

dwelt alo ne f o r t wo y e ar s H e r e h e s p en t .

his day s a n d n ight s w ith N ature and out ,

o f th es e ex p eri en c e s wrot e his m ost popu

“ ”
lar book Wald en i n which h e say s :
, ,

I went to the woods becaus e I wishe d to

 AN S W ERS 22 3

live deliberately to front onl y the essen

,

tial facts o f li f e and s ee i f I could n ot

,

learn what i t had to t each and n o t wh en , ,

I ca m e to die discov e r that I had n ot

,

lived ”
.It i s said that his e x penses were
but nin e cents a day .

O rleans H ouse was th e home o f A l ex ander

P op e at Twickenham E n gland H is ,
.

translation o f H o m e r fo r which b e re ,

c ei v e d nin e thousa n d pounds enabled ,

him to purchase thi s villa T wi ck enh a m .

i s on th e T hames in the suburbs o f L on ,

don With hi s fiv e acr e s P op e produc e d

.
,

wo n d e rs in la n dscape gardening Horac e .

Walpol e sa y s : P op e has twisted a n d

twisted a n d rh y med this till it app ears ,

two o r thre e swe e t littl e lawns op en i n g ,

a n d op eni n g one b e yond th e oth e r a n d ,

the whol e surround e d by i m p en e trabl e

” ’
wood s .Pop e s famous grotto at Twick
e nh a m was fitted up w ith m a n y little
m irrors which fl ash e d the light i n ev e ry
,

direction th e e ff e ct b e i n g most pleasing

, .

P ope h e r e liv e d w ith hi s age d moth e r ,

who had p e tt e d a n d p rais e d h e r crippled

boy all his li fe .

T he poetry o f Mrs A lice M ey nell was o f .

so high a n ord e r as to cause h e r to be

nam e d as a pos sibl e ca n didat e for the
E n glish p oe t laureateship a fter the death
o f A l fred A ustin .
224 ONE T H OU S A N D LIT E RARY Q UE S TI ON S
A mon g th e illu s triou s d ead i n t err ed in
Sl ee p y H ollow C em et e ry C o n cord Ma s , ,

s a c h u s ett s , H awthor ne
a re Natha n i e l ,

R al p h Wald o E m e r s o n H en ry D avid ,

Thor eau A Bro n s o n A l c ott a n d h i s

, .
,

fa m ily i n cludi n g th e b elov e d A u nt Jo

,

( Loui s a M A lcott ) a n d t h e Hoar

.
,

fa m ily .

T he grav e o f E dgar A lla n P oe was for

o v e r t wen ty fiv e y e ar s u n m ar k e d by a-

m o n u m en t b e cau s e a n a ccid en t happ ene d

to th e S lab p r ep a r ed at th e ord e r o f a
k i n s m a n on th e d a y b e fore i t wa s to b e
,

plac e d A n a pp ro p riat e m o n u m en t wa s
.

at l ength er ect ed by th e e ff orts o f th e

Balti m o r e Sch ool T each e rs A s sociatio n ’
,

a n d p la c e d ov e r h i s grav e i n W e st m i n s ter

C hurchyard Balti m ore Maryla n d i n , , ,

1 8 75 . T en y e ar s lat e r th e actor s o f
A m e rica p r es en t ed a P oe M em orial to
t h e M etr o p o lita n M u s e u m o f A rt i n New
Y ork C ity th e s p eech o f prese ntatio n
,

b e i n g m ad e by E dwi n Booth .

Ch a r l eS L ‘
. D odgs on has writt en d elightful
j uv il e stori es fairy tal es u n d e r the
en ,
-
,
”
nam e
“
L e w i s Carroll T h e h e roine .
,

A l i ce wa s n a m ed i n ho n or o f a fri en d
, ,

A lic e Lid ell daught e r o f D ea n Lid ell to

, ,

w ho m h e fi r s t told th e s tori es A lic e i n .

Wo n d e rland p ublish ed i n 1 8 6 5 t ell s

, ,

how S h e wandered in a dr ea m through a

226 ON E T H OU S A N D L IT ERARY QUE S TI O N S
h er fath e r harbor ed th e boy H enry Wa l ,

d egr a v e w ho m th e I n dia n Ou ta l i s s i a n
, ,

O n eid a had sav ed aliv e fro m slaughte r

,

by th e Huro n s w h o had k ill e d his fath e r

,

a n d m o th e r A ft e r three y ear s th e boy s

.
’

r elativ es i n E n gl a n d s en t for him , a n d h e

d ep art e d r elucta n tly R oa m i n g a m o n g
.

th e for es t s o r r ep osi n g i n s e q u e s t e r e d
n o o k s with a v o lu m e o f Shak e s pe ar e ,

Ger tr u d e gr ew i n to lo n ely wo m a n hood .

H enr y Wa ld egra v e r e tur n ed a n d h e a n d ,

Ger tr u d e fou n d i n e ach oth e r th e f u l fill

m en t o f the i r dr e a m s Th e y w e r e .

w e dd ed b u t thr ee m on ths lat e r Ger tr u d e

,

a n d h e r fath e r w e r e k ill e d i n th e i n va s io n

by Bra n dt a n d h i s warrior s u n d e r th e ,

v e ry w all s o f th e fort wh e r e th ey sought

r e fuge T h e di s c o n solat e Wa l d egra v e
.

liv e d o n ly to av eng e th e ir d eath s o n th e

m orro w .

L i ttl e N e l l Tr en t w a s a n id eal o f childi s h

i nn o ce n c e , s weet n es s a nd p urity i n , ,

D ick en s s n ov el O ld C urio s ity Shop

’

,
”
.

S h e i s th e g r a n dchild o f th e ow n e r o f
th e S ho p T h e o l d m a n obs es s ed with
.
,

th e ide a o f m a k i n g h e r rich a n d ha pp y ,

t em p t s fortu n e i n th e ga m bli n g de n s ,

p a wn s ev e rythi n g lo s e s e v e rythi n g a n d
, , ,

havi n g b een tur n e d i n to th e s tr eet s start s ,

out o n w eary w a n d e ri n g s with L i ttl e Nel l

a s his guid e u n til s h e di e s o f wearin e ss
,

and privatio n T h e description o f her

.
 AN S W ERS 227

death i s one o f th e most pathetic bits o f

fiction ex tant .

H en ry Wadsworth Longf ellow i n his b eau ,

”
t i ful so n ne t on th e D i v i na Commedi a ,

—the m e di eval m i racl e o f song ,

W hose lines are footpaths for th e

thought o f Ital y ”
— co m par e s D ante s ,
’

work to a dim r est ful cathedral : ,

So I t r h r fro m day t day

as en e e e o
A d l av m y burd at thi m i t r gat
, ,

n e e en s ns e e,
K li g i pray r d t a ham d to p ray
n ee n n e , an no s e
Th tu m ult f t h ti m di co olat
,

e o e e s ns e
To i articulat m ur m ur di a way
n e s es
W hil th t r al ag watch d wait
,

e e e e n es an .

D on Q u i x ote
is t h e hero o f o n e o f the most

fa m ous mock roma n ces o f all lit e rature

-
,

Ce rva n t e s H i s tory o f th e R e n ow n ed
’ “

D on Quixot e d e la M ancha H e is r ep .
”

r e se n t e d as a g en tl e a n d g en e rous e m
th u s i a s t who h a s brood e d ove r th e
,

ro m a n c e s o f chivalry u n til th ey hav e di s

ord e red hi s brai n so that h e i m agi n e s ,

th ey a re true a n d hi m s el f a k n ight ,

erra n t pr e d e s ti n e d to s ally out i n to th e

,

world r escu e da m s el s i n di s tr e ss slay

, ,

d ragons a n d gia n ts right all wrongs d e , ,

fe n d th e oppr ess e d a n d av en ge th e i h ,

j ure d A ccordingly h e mak e s for himsel f

.

an a m at e ur suit o f ar m or mou n ts a bat ,

ter ed steed which h e call s R os i na n te ,

s el ects a peasa n t girl for his lady lov e ,

and choo s es fo r his squire a middle ag e d -

228 ON E T H OU S A N D L IT ERARY QUE S TI ON S
c lo wn wh o i s
thoroughly a mat e riali st
as

a s h e hi m s el f i s a n id e ali s t .

E dgar A lla n P oe s aid o f Lo n gf ellow s ’

p oem E xc e l s ior
,
It d epict s th e
e a r n e s t u p w a rd i m p ul s e of t e s oul
h —ah ,
”
i m pul s e n ot to b e s ubdu e d ev en i n d eath .

R al p h Waldo E me rso n was A m erica s ’

gr eat es t e ssayi s t .

R udyard Ki p li n g was th e writer o f T h e

So n g o f th e Ba n j o
I n th e il c of th cam p b for th fi ght
s en e e e e e
Wh it good to m ak y our will d y y our
,
’
en s e an sa
pray r e
You h ar my t mpty t mpty ov r ight
,

ca n e s ru -
u e n
Ex plai i g t to
n n w al way fair
en on e as s
I m t h proph t of t h U tt rl y Ab urd
.

’
e e e e s
O f th Pat tl y I m po ibl d Vai
,

e en ss e an n
A d wh Thi g that Could t h occurr d ’
n th en e n n as e
G iv m ti m to cha g m y l g d go agai
,

e e e n e e an n .

T h e D u k e o f Marlborough s aid : A ll th e
E ngli s h hi s tory that I k n ow I l ear ned ,

fro m Sha k es p ear e .

”

A l fre d T enn yso n i n his gr eat po em In , ,

”
M em o ria m i mm ortaliz ed t h e n a m e o f
,

A rthu r H en ry H a lla m .

E ugen e Fi eld wa s k n ow n a s th e children s ’

p oe t .
”

Ja m es F en i m o r e Coop e r wa s th e author o f
T he S py
”
a n ov el fou n d ed on i nci
,

d ent s o f th e A m e rica n R evolutio n .

A r n old B ennett i s s o m etimes called the

”
busi ness man o f l ett ers .
 O NE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI O N S
Fra nk R Stoc k to n was th e author o f T he
.

”
Lady or th e Tig e r one o f th e great est ,

m yst e ry stori es ever writt en .

U n cl e R em u s was Jo el Chandler H arri s ,

who w r ot e a s eri e s o f stories o f th e

South H e too k th e characte r o f an old
.

pla n tatio n n egro s hre wd a n d humorous

, ,

wh o s e m i n d wa s s tor e d with b east fabl e s

a n d w h o always fou n d a moral applica

tio n f o r th em a m o n g h i s h ear e rs .

Bli s s C ar m a n wrot e in collaboration with

R ichard Hov ey So n g s fro m Vaga
,

b on dia .

La f c adio H ear n wa s th e s on o f an Iri s h

ar m y o ffi c e r wa s bor n i n Gre ec e e d u
, ,

c a te d i n Paris live d tw e n ty y ears i n

,

A me rica a n d s p en t th e last fourt een

,

y ear s o f h i s li f e i n Japa n .

Fi n l ey P et e r D u nn i s th e r en own e d M r .

D ool ey .
”

Tho m a s C arlyl e was born in E ccl e f echan ,

Scotla n d .

Ge orge M er edith was a prol ific nov elist ,

with o ft en a n i nvolved styl e a passio n ,

for m eta p hors a n d a too fr eely ex

,

pr ess ed ecl ectic scorn for th e multitud e .

H e was fr equ en tly alluded to as

“
the
”
B rown i n g o f pro s e Says on e writer.
,

Hi s epita p h might w ell be that he

und e rstood th e women o f his time a — ,

rare ph enomenon ”
H e died in 1 91 0
. .
 A N S W ERS 2 31

G oethe s
’
Faust i s in two parts In th e .

first part G oeth e was and d esired to be

,

e ntirel y G erman ; i n th e s e co n d through ,

ma n y reveries more or less relativ e to th e

th em e h e more particularly d esi r e s to
,

d epict the union o f the G e r m an spiri t

with that o f classical genius which ,

formed his own li f e and led to intelligen t

actio n which also was a portion o f h is
,

existe n ce A n d for b eauty drama

.
, ,

pathos ease pha n tasy a n d fertilit y in

, , ,

vari e d i nv en tio n n othi n g has e v e r sur

,

pass ed i f anythi n g has even e qual ed th e

, ,

two parts o f Fau s t r egard e d as a S i n

”
g l e po e m .

L eopardi th e Italian po et has be e n t e rm e d

, ,

th e bard o f su ff e ri n g o f sorrow and , ,

”
o f d e spair .

T olstoy was R ussia s gr eat epic poet i n ’

pros e ”
. H e was a v e ry powerful and
aff e cting no v e list and i n some measur e ,

might hav e be en termed a proph e t .

R esurrectio n shows that mourn ful

”

and impassio n ed p it y felt by T olsto y fo r

th e humbl e and th e fallen it realizes
loft y dra m atic b e auty Tolsto y in a .
,

large nu m b e r o f pamphl ets o r brie f

works pr e ach e d to hi s own people and
,

to ma n ki n d th e s trict morality o f Christ

—charity r en u n ciatio n the moral d egra
,

, ,

datio n o f w a r and ther e fore th e me ces

, , ,

s i ty for p e ac e a t an y price ad vocatin g ,

2 32 ON E T H O U S A N D L IT ERARY Q UE S TI O NS
always broth e rh o od and hu m a n ity i n all
th e r e latio n s o f s ocial li f e H is was th e .

s oul o f a n e xalte d po e t a n d a lo fty po e ti

cal m i n d .

Joh n Milto n h a s b een t erm e d th e m ost

s cholarly a n d t h e m o s t truly classical o f

E n glish po e t s .

O liv er Gold s m ith wa s th e s on o f a poor

c l e rgy m a n o f t h e E n gli s h Church i n I r e

la n d wh o w a s th e origi n al o f th e cou n try

,

p ar s o n i n T h e D e s e rte d Village The .

”

po em b egi n s :
t Aubur ! lov li t villag f th plai
S w ee n e es e o e n,
W h r h alth d pl ty h d th labori g wai
e e e an en c ee r
’
e n s n,
W h r m ili g pri g i t arli t vi it paid
e e s n s n s e es s
A d parti g u m m r l i g i g bloo m d l y d
,
’ ’ ’
n n s e s n r n s e a .

r
>

H owoft hav I b l d th co m i g day

en e es s
’
e n
W h toil r m itti g l t i t tur to play
,

en e n en s n .

Willia m Co wp e r h a s b een t e rm e d th e
”
P oet Lau r eat e o f th e fir e s id e H e is pr e .

e m i n e n tly th e po e t o f fa m ily a ff e ctio n s ,

o f do m e s tic a n d rural r etir em ent One .

w rit e r h a s s po k e n o f h i m as th e laur ea t e
o f th e fi r es id e t h e gard en t h e gr een , ,

h o u s e a n d th e r a bbit coo p
,
”
T h e O l n ey -
.

la n d s ca p e wa s a ta me fl at agricultural , ,

r egi on wh er e t h e s luggi s h O us e wou n d

,

b et ween pl owe d fi eld s a n d th e horizo n ,

was bou n d ed by low hill s ; yet to Cowper

i t wa s i n spiri n g a n d h i s d e scription s ,

w er e disti n ctiv e a n d i m agi nativ e .

2 34 ONE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI O N S
cia l ly through hi s co nv e r s ations h e be ,

ca me th e co n ductor by which G e rman

p h i l O S O ph i c id e a s r e ach e d t h e E nglish
lit erary c la s s .

Sa m u el Tayl o r C ol e ridg e a n d R ob e rt
South e y m a rri ed s i s t e r s B oth fa m ili e s .

r esid ed a t K es w ic k i n th e La k e C ou n try
,

o f E n gla n d S o uth ey s i n dustry sup

’
.

port e d both fa m ili es C ol e ridge b e i n g a c

, ,

cordi n g to his own accou n t a bookwor m ,

a n d a dr e a m e r .

Tho m as D e Qui nc ey w a s th e author o f

C on f es s io n s o f a n E n gli s h O p iu m
”
eat e r . D e Qui n c e y w a s a S h y booki s h ,

m a n o f e rratic habit s w h o i m pr e ss e d
, ,

on e a s a child o f g e n iu s w ith a child s

’

h elpl es s n es s a nd a child s S har p obs e rva

’

tio n H e b eg a n ta k i n g opiu m wh en a
.

s tud en t a t O x ford w h e r e h e r es id e d for

,

fiv e y ea r s For s ev e ra l y ear s a ft e r thi s

.

h e s u ffe r e d th e m o s t acut e m is e ry a n d ,

h i s will u n d e r w en t a co m pl et e paralysis .

T h e m ost i m pr e s s iv e e ffe ct o f th e opium

habit wa s se en i n hi s dr ea m s i n th e u n ,

n atural expa n s io n o f ti m e a n d plac e a n d ,

th e i n fi n it e r ep etitio n o f th e sa m e obj ects .

H is s l eep was fi ll ed with d i m v a s t images , ,

m easur el es s cavalcad e s d ep loyi n g to the

sou n d of orch e stral m u s ic ; a n e ndless
succ essio n o f vault ed halls with stair ,

cas es cli m bi n g to h eav en u p which toil ed ,

e ternally th e s a m e s olitary figu r e T h en .

 A N S W ERS 2 35

came sudden alarm s hurr y in g to and ,

fro ; tr epidations o f innumerable fu g i

t i ve s ; darkness and light tempest and , ,

human fac es ”
A ll thes e e x p eriences are
.

”
related in hi s Con fessions .

S i r Walte r Scott was an outdoor poet H e .

spent much time in the saddle and was ,

fond o f horses huntin g do g s and , , ,

salmon fis h i ng H e had a keen eye fo r

-
.

th e beauties o f natural scenery thoug h ,

more especiall y ”
he admits when , ,

combined with ancient ruins o r r emains

o f our fore father s pi e t y o r spl endor’”
.

J ohn K eats was apprenticed to a surgeon

a t fi fte e n y e ars o f age by h is fath e r who , ,

wa s groom in a L ondon liv e ry stabl e A t -

.

school h e ha d studied L atin but not

G reek I n hi s s ev entee nth y ear K eats
.

obtained a cop y o f Chapman s translatio n ’

o f H omer and the impression that it

,

made u pon him he h a s recorded in his

sonn et O n Fi rst Looking into Chap
,

ma n s H omer
’ ”
H is kn owledge o f
.

G ree k wa s obtained through th e medium

o f classic dictio n ari es translations a n d , ,

popula r m ythologi es and later through ,

the m arbles and casts in the British

M useu m .

It i s said that when T horwalds en the great ,

D anish sculptor unv e il ed hi s statue o f

,

Christ he was seen to weep H is friends .

2 36 O NE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI ON S
who had co m e to co n gratulat e him were
a s to n i s h ed to h ear h i m s a y My g en ius ,
” ”
m
“
is d e cayi n g What do
. you e an ?

th ey a s k e d Thi s s tatu e h e r epli ed

.
, ,
“
i s the fi r s t o f m y wor k s that I hav e
ev e r b e e n c o m p l et e ly s ati s fi e d w ith Till .

n ow m y id ea l h a s al w ay s b ee n far b e yo n d

w hat I co u ld e x e cut e but it i s s o n o ,

lo n ge r I ca n n ev e r cr eat e a great wor k

.

”
o f art agai n .

It i s said that L o n gf e llo w wa s o n c e drivi n g

i n a c lo s e d c a rriage n e ar Ne w ca s tl e E ng ,

la nd w h en th e car r iag e wa s sudd en ly

,

halt ed a n d th e d oo r viol en tly ope n ed .

Loo k i n g out th e p o et s a w that h e wa s

,

s urrou n d e d by a grou p o f coal b e gri m e d -

m i ner s H i s fi r s t th o ught was that h e

.

was about to b e robb e d Is this M r . .

Lo n gf ellow ? ”
as k e d on e o f th em It .
“

wa s th e re p ly
”
is ,
W e ll s i r s om e o f .
, ,

us h eard that you w e r e to pa s s h e r e about

this ti m e a n d we got p e r m i s s io n to co m e
U p out o f th e m i n e a n d s ee you W e j ust .

w a n t to s ha k e your ha n d a n d s a y God ,

bl es s th e m a n wh o wrote A Psalm o f
”
Li fe .
H

T h e followi n g a r e th e sta n zas most

o ft en quot ed
T ll m t i m our ful u mb r
e e no n n n e s,
L i f i but m pt y dr a m !
,

e s an e e
For th oul i d ad that lu mb r
e s s e s e s,
A d thi g n t what th y nm s a re n o e s ee .
2 38 O N E T H OU S A N D L IT ERARY QUE S TI ON S
ro manc es i n 1 4 70 It was called Mor te .

d A r th u r ( T h e D eath o f A rthur ) and

’

wa s pri nt e d by th e fi r s t E nglish printer ,

William Caxton , in 1 4 8 5 .

In th e li n es
I h ld it truth with h i m wh S i g
e o n s
To cl ar harp i div r to
,

on e e n e s n es ,
That m m y ri t ppi g to
en a s e on s e n -
s n es
O f th ir d ad lv to high r thi g
e e se es e n s

A l fre d T en nyso n characterize d G oethe s ’

w ork .

Willia m Wordsworth was th e author o f th e

li n es :
A child mor tha all oth r gift
e n e s
That arth o ff r to d cli i g m
,

e can e e n n a n,
Bri g hop with it d for ward looki g thought
n s e ,
an -
n s .

G eorge E liot co m pli m en ted Words

worth by placi n g th es e li ne s on th e title
”
page o f h er n ov e l Sila s Mar n e r ,
.

J ea n Va lj ea n is th e h e ro o f Victor H u g o s
’

m a s t e r p i ec e H e ha d
”
L es M i s e rabl e s
, .

stol en a loa f o f br ead to giv e to h i s s ta rv

i n g s i s t e r a n d h e r s ev en childr en ; h e was
caught a n d giv en fiv e years i n th e gall ey
prison for robb ery a n d fourt een m or e ,

for trying to es cape H e co m es out o f .

t h e gall ey s a hard ene d crimi n al at forty

, ,

six H e fi nally go es a fa r assum e s a n

.
,

oth e r n a m e a n d b eco m es rich a n d hon

or ed ; but circu m s ta n c e s s eem to be
against h i m a n d h e i s again sente nced to
th e galle y s where i t is reported , he meets
, ,
 AN S W ER S 2 39

with an accident and drowns A lthough .

h e thus e scapes a police i n spector a for , ,

mer enemy soo n surmis e s that h e is,

aliv e a n d he i s a hu n t e d man for th e rest

,

o f h i s li fe H e ha s in his hidi n g place

.
-
,

howev e r a mi n isteri n g a n gel in th e form

,

o f Cos ette a little outcast co m mitt e d to

, ,

Va lj ea n s car e by her moth e r Fa n ti n e

’

, .

T hus through a little child he i s l ed at

—
last to S ee light as h e said j ust b e for e ,

hi s death I k n ow n ot what is the mat

,
”
te r with m e but I s ee light , .

What J ames F en imor e Cooper di d for the

Indian i n hi s wond e r ful fro n ti e r stories
, ,

J o e l Cha n dl e r Harris did for the A m e ri

can negro i n h is U n cle R em us stori e s
, .

Just as Ch i nga chgook i s the last o f the

M ohica n s so Un cl e R emu s i s th e last o f
,

th e old time n egroes

-
.

R alph Waldo E m e rson w rote th e Con

cord H ymn which was sung at th e c e re
”
,

mo n y o f co m pl e tio n o f th e Battl e Mo n u
m ent er e ct e d on th e w e st bank o f th e
,

Concord R iv e r near the old N orth

B ridge the place o f th e Concord fight at
,

th e b egin n ing o f th e R e volutiona ry Wa r .

T h e monument was d e dicat e d July 4 ,

1 8 37 .T h e words o f th e hymn are :

B y th rud bridg that arch d th flood
e e e e e
Th ir fl ag to April br z u furl d
,
’
e s ee e n e
H r o c t h mbattl d far m r tood
,

e e n e e e e e s s
A d fi r d th
n ehot h ard rou d th world
e s e n e .
2 40 ONE T H OU S A ND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI ON S
T h e f oe lo g i c i il c l pt
n s n e n s en e s e

A lik
e th e co qu ror S il t l p ;
n e en s ee s

And Ti
m e th e rui d bridg h w pt ne e as s e

Do wn t h e dark tr a m which a ward cr p s e se ee s .

O thi gr
n sba k by thi oft tr a m
ee n n s s s e
t to da y a votiv to ;
, ,

W e se -
e s ne
That m m ory m y th ir d d r d m
e a e ee e ee
Wh lik ir our o go
,

en , e ou r s es , s ns a re ne .

S p i i t th t m ad tho
r a h ro dar e se e es e
To d i d l av th ir childr fr
, ,

e, an e e e en ee,
Bid Ti m d Natur g tl y par
e an e en s e
Th e haft w rai to th m d th
s e se e an ee .

T wo O j ibwa y chi e fs ,
i n 1 90 0 i n vit e d Lo n g ,

f ello w s fa m ily ’
to w it n es s a n I n dia n
r eproductio n o f Hiawatha on a roc k y ”
,

littl e i s la n d i n La ke Huro n W e lov e d .

your fath e r T h e m em ory o f our p eopl e .

’
w ill n ev e r d i e a s lo n g a s your fath e r s
”
s o n g liv e s a n d that will l iv e for ever
, ,

t h ey said .

A l fr e d T enn yso n o n c e fou n d a fl ow e r

gro w i n g n ot i n th e s olid ea rth but i n th e
du s t that vagra n t wi n ds had s wept i nto
th e crac k o f a wall T h e v e ry frailty a n d .

i n s i gn i fica n ce o f s uch a fl o we r l e d th e
po et to ta k e it a s a n illustratio n o f how
t h e littl e thi n g s co n tai n th e gr eat and s o ,

l ed to h i s w riti n g th e li n es :
Flo w r i th cra i d wall
e n e nn e
I pluck y ou out of th cra i
,

e n n es ,
I hold y ou h r root d all i my ha d e e, an n n
L ittl fl w —b t if I coul d u d r ta d
, ,

e o er u n e s n
W hat y ou root d all d all all a r e, an an in
I Should k o w what G od d m i
, ,

n an an s .
2 42 ON E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUES TI O N S
N m or
o hall th w cry v r
e s e a r- se e ,

O r th w i di g riv r b d ;
e n n e s e re
Th y ba i h
e a g r for v r
n s our n e e e ,

W h th y laur l th grav f u
en e e e es o o r
U d r th
n d e d th d w e so an e e ,

W aiti g th j udgm t day ;

n e en
Lov d t ar for th Blu ;
e an e s e e
T ar d lov f th G ray
e s an e or e .

A n epic po em i s th e
long n arrativ e o f the
e xploit s o f a h e ro told i n an e x alt e d ,

s trai n a n d d e ali n g w ith past e v ents Few .

n atio n s hav e m or e tha n o ne gr eat na

t i on a l e p ic a lthough Gr ee c e has two

, ,

Ho m e r s Iliad a n d O dy s s ey
’
.

Tho m a s Babi n gto n Macaulay s aid o f Lord

Byro n :

H e had a h ea d wh i ch s ta t u .

ari es lov e d to c o p y a n d a fo o t th e d e ,

f o r m ity o f which th e b eggar s i n th e stre e t

m i m ic k e d
”
.

T h e ol d Wh it echap el C lub o f Chicago n u m

b er e d a m o n g i ts m emb e rs such m en as
Fi n l ey P et e r D u nn e G eorg e A d e O pi e , ,

R ead B en Ki n g A l fr ed H en ry L ewis
, , ,

Wallac e R ic e Up ham A da m s and , ,

Horac e Taylor T h e club wa s founded .

i n t h e lat e 8 0 s a n d duri n g the t en

’ ’

y ear s o f its e xi s t en c e it was one o f th e

m o st r emarkabl e o f all th e Bohemia n
clubs It had i ts roo m s two o f th em in
.
, ,

t h e r ear o f a littl e s aloon i n Chicago s

’

n ewspap e r all e y T h e first or Blood .

,

R oom was fi tt ed out all i n de ep bloo d

,
 A N S W ER S 2 43

red ; th e se co n d or Skull R oom h eld

, ,

a s trophi e s th e S kulls o f two n egro mur

d erers : th es e skulls w e re susp ended from
a c en tral chandelie r and wh e n liquid re ,

f res h ments were desir e d the rattling o f

t h e skulls sum m oned th e waite r For a .

ti m e th e club was nam e l ess but one a ft e r ,

noo n a group was sitting in one o f th e

rooms wh en a n e wsboy pass e d through
the alley and cri e d A ll about the lat e st
,
”
Whitechapel murd e r ! Charl e s Good
yea r S eymou r paused with a stei n o f be e r
hal f li ft ed and said W e ll call the new
, ,
’

clu b th e Whitechapel Club .

’

J ohn H oward Payne was th e author o f

H ome Swe e t Hom e
,
”
H e led a wa n .

dering li f e but was born i n New Y ork

, ,

and belo n gs to that cit y i f to a n y par

t i c u l a r spot H e was co nn ect e d w ith th e
.

sta ge in E urope a n d A m e rica a nd wrote , ,

translat e d a n d adapt e d a numb e r o f

,

dramas It i s i n o n e o f th e se Clari or
.
, ,

T h e Mai d o f M ila n that H om e , ,

Swe e t H om e occurs .

In th e early pa rt o f th e e ight eenth century

th e A n thology Club a n as s ociatio n o f ,

young men o f lit e rary i n sti n cts did much ,

for lit e ratur e and was concer n e d with

,

th e e stabl i s hm e nt o f th e N or th A mer i ca n
R ev i ew one o f th e most importa n t o f
’
,

A merican j ou rn als A mo n g the m em .

2 44 ONE T H OU S A ND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI ON S
b e r s o f thi s club w e r e J o h n Quincy
A da m s aft e r ward Presid en t o f th e
,

U n ite d Stat es a n d at on e ti m e pro f es s or

,

o f bel l es l e ttr es at H a rvard Un iv e rsity ;

-

Jo s eph Story th e n ot e d lawy e r a n d

,

j uri s t ; E d ward E v e r ett a n d G eorg e

Tic k n or w hos e s e rvic es i n i ntroduci ng !
,

Ge r m a n e ducati on al m ethod s did so m uch

f o r th e cou n try ; a n d Willia m E ll ery
Cha r mi n g wh o b ega n h i s car ee r by w rit
,

i ng lit e rary e s s a y s but wh o b eca m e th e

,

l ead e r o f th e Un itari a n m ov em en t .

D a n i el W eb s t er s m o s t fa m ou s oratio n s
’

a r e : h i s A ddr es s a t t h e Layi n g o f th e

C o r n er s to n e o f th e Bu n k e r Hill Mo n u
-

m en t ; h i s O ratio n on A da m s a n d J e ffe r
s on ; h i s R e p ly to Hay n e i n t h e U n it e d

Stat es S en a te ; a n d th e S ev en th o f March — -

S p ee ch O th ers how ev e r S how, ,

h i s s tyl e e q ually w e ll .

T h e s o call e d Brook Far m Co m m u n ity was

-

n ot r e ally co mm u n istic s i n ce i t s fi n a n cial

,

a ffair s w er e co n duct ed by a r egularly

orga n iz e d s toc k compa n y accordi n g to ,

ordi n ary bu s i n es s p ri n cipl es Th e r e wa s .

,

how eve r a n att em p t to l ev el s ocial dis

,

t i n c t i on s a n d to li v e si m ply a n d close to
th e soil . T h e a s so c iatio n r en t e d a large
far m i n R o xbury n ear Bo s to n Massa
, ,

ch u s e tts o n w hich m ost o f th e labor was

,

p e rfor m e d by th e w or k i n g m emb ers .

A m o n g th e r es id ent s at Brook Farm were

 ONE T H OU S A ND L IT ERARY QUES TI ON S
H os ea B i gl ow opi n io n o f war as giv en ’
s ,

i n t h e f a m ou s
“
B iglow Pap e r s of ,

w hich Ja m es R u s s e ll Low ell was th e

author was as follow s :
,

I call it m urd r
E z f e r wa r , e
Th r y ou h it plai flat ;
,
’
e e ev n an
I do t wa t to go furd r
n
’
n no e
Tha m y T ty m t f that ;
n es en er
G od h aid plu m p ez fairl y s so an
’

lo g it i broad
,
’
It s ez n ez s ,

A y ou v gut to git p airl y

n
’ ’
e u
E f y ou w a t to tak G od n e in .

The New w a s one o f A m os B ro n

E d en
s on A l c ott s m ost a m usi n g e xp e ri m ents
’

i n w hich h e att e m p t e d t o f o r m a n e w
co mm u n ity b ec a u s e th e s p irit o f B rook
Far m s eem e d too s o r did A t Frui tla n d s .
,

i n Har v a rd Ma s s achu s e tts all l a bor w a s

, ,

to be do n e by ha n d s i n ce it w a s w ro n g ,

to en s l a v e a n i m al s ; all i n s e ct s w e re to be
u n m ol es t e d s i n c e th ey h a d a right to
,

what wa s n ec es s ary to th eir exi s t enc e ;

n o v e g et a bl es w hich gr e w u n d e r grou n d

w e r e to be eat en s i n c e o n ly tho s e w hich ,

a s pir ed w e r e worthy to be th e food o f

man . Loui s a A l c ott has r ec o rd ed th e
hi s tory o f thi s e x p eri m en t , which s h e
t erm s A ppl e Slu m p b ecau s e o f its
”
,

failur e .

H arri et B eech e r Stowe the author o f ,

Un cl e To m s Cabi n was the daught e r

” ’

o f a famous cl e rgyma n Re v Lyma n , .

Be ech e r th e sister o f a renowned clergy

,
 A N S W ERS 2 47

ma n , H enry Ward B eecher and the w i fe ,

o f P ro f Calvin E S tow e th en o f Cin

. .
,

c i nn a ti but lat e r o f B ru n swick ( M ai n e )

, ,

A ndov e r ( Massachusetts ) a n d finall y , , ,

o f H artford ( Conn ecticut ) It was dur .

ing h er r esidenc e i n Ci n cinnati that M rs .

Stow e b eca m e i n tere s t e d i n slav e r y a s ,

Sh e saw som ethi n g o f i ts worki n gs across

th e O hio R ive r Thi s i n t e r e st finally l ed
.

to th e writi n g o f h er famous book o f

fiction .

Craigi e H ouse Cambridg e M assachus etts

, , ,

i s a fin e old fashio ne d mansion sur -

rou nd e d by tr ee s on B rattl e S tr eet on , ,

t h e way from Harvard U n iv e rsity to Mt .

A ubur n C e me t e r y T h e old hous e w a s .

’
onc e Washi n gto n s h eadquart e rs duri n g
th e R e volutio n ary War Wh en H en ry .

Wadsworth L o n gf e llow marri e d Fra n c e s

A ppl eto n M r A ppl eto n th e brid e s
, .
,
’

fath e r purchas e d this handsom e old resi

,

d enc e a n d pr e s en t e d it to the youn g

peopl e as a w e ddi n g gi ft M r Long
, . .

fellow s study ( a ft e rward th e n urser y )

’

was th e room occupi e d by Ge ne ral Wash

i ngt on as a sl eepi n g apart m en t I n hi s -
.

poem To a Child
,
“ ”
M r Longfellow , .

writes thus o f th e house :

O c ah o c withi th wall
n e, n e, n ese s,
w ho m m m or y
,

O ne f t r call e o e s,
T h Fath r f H i Cou tr y d w lt
e e o s n , e .
2 4 8 O NE T H OU S A ND L IT ERARY QUE S TI ON S
U p d do w th an choi g tair n es e e n s s,
H av y w ith t h w ight of car
e e e es ,
S ou d d h i m aj tic tr ad ;
n e s es e
Yes ,w ithi thi s v ry roo m n e
S t h i tho
a hour of gloo m
e n se s ,

W ary both i h art d h ad

e n e an e .

The O ld Ma n s e locat ed i n C o n cord Mas , ,

s a ch u s ett s w a s fi r s t t en a n t e d by R alph
,

Waldo E m erso n s gra n d s ir e a nd ne xt ’

by D r E zra R i p l ey w h o m arri e d th e
.
,

pr eviou s occu p a n t s widow a n d b eca m e ’

guardia o f e childr e
h r n n —bor n u n d e r ,

i ts roo f — of w hich E m e r s o n s fath e r

,
~
’

wa s o ne Wh en h i s fath e r di ed E m er
.
,

s o n fou n d a s e co n d ho m e h e r e with D r .

R ipl ey T h e M a n s e wa s agai n th e abod e

.

o f E m e r s o n a n d h i s m oth e r i n 1 8 34 -35 ,

wh en h e w rot e h i s fi r s t volu m e In 1 8 4 2 .
,

th e y e ar follo w i n g t h e d e ath o f th e good

D r R i p le y th e Ma n s e wa s occupi e d for
.
,

t h e fi r s t ti m e by a lay m a n , — all i ts p r e
v i ou s occu p a n t s havi n g b een cl e rgy m e n ,

—N atha n i el Hawthorn e H e b rought .

h e r e his brid e lov e ly So p hia P eabody , ,

a n d for four y e ar s liv e d h e re th e id e al

li f e o f which h i s N ot e Books a n d ”

Mo s s es fr om a n O ld Ma n s e giv e u s
d elightful gli m p s es Writi n g o f this .

id eal ti m e Hawthor n e say s : , M ethi nks

my littl e wi f e i s t wi n si s t e r to th e S p ri n g ;
so th ey s hould gr eet one a n oth e r ten
d erl y for th ey a re both fr e sh a n d d ewy
, ,

both full o f hop e a n d ch eerfuln ess ; both

2 50 ONE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY Q UES TI O N S
wi ng at each S id e th e c en tral gabl e i n the
,

fro n t o f th e old roo f a n d w ide rustic ,

p iazza s acro s s th e fro n t o f th e wi ngs .

N o additio n s we re m a de duri n g Haw

thor n e s fi r s t r e s i d enc e h er e n or duri n g
’
,

th e occu p a n cy
’
o f M rs Hawthor ne s .

broth e r w hil e th e n ov eli s t wa s abroad ;

,

but wh en Ha w thor n e r etur n ed i n 1 8 60 ,

with m o s t o f h i s fa m ily twice as big

“

a s wh e n h e l e ft h e e n larg e d o n e wing
,

by addi n g t h e bar n to it h e ight en e d th e ,

s —
oth e r id e w i n g e r ect e d two spacious
,

a p art m en t s a t th e bac k a n d crow n ed th e

,

e di fi c e w ith a s q u a r e third s tory study -

,

which w ith i t s gr eat chi m ne y a n d ma n y

,

g a bl es ov e rtop s th e ra m bli n g roofs lik e

,

a n obs e rvatory a n d m a y hav e b ee n sug

,

ges t e d by th e to w e r o f th e Villa Mon

tauto n e ar Flor en c e Italy w h er e h e
, , ,

w rot e T h e Marbl e Fau n N o i mpor .

ta n t cha ng es hav e b een m ad e by the sub

se qu en t o w n ers o f th e plac e .

Isra el Z a n gwi l l wa s th e author o f T he

C hildr en o f th e Gh etto ”
.

E dward E v er ett Hal e was th e author o f

T h e Ma n Without a Cou n try ”
which ,

wa s w ritt e n to arou s e patriotis m duri n g

t h e Civil Wa r It is a classic a n d on e o f
.
,

th e m o s t artistic a n d e ff ective o f A m eri

c a n storie s .

O liv er W en d ell Holm es ent er e d Harvard

College a s a m emb er o f th e famous class
 A N S W ERS 2 5 1

o f 1 8 2 9 n u mb e ring among his class

,

mates such notabl e men as Samue l F .

S m ith author o f ,
A merica J ames
” “
,

Fr eeman Clarke William H enr y Chan ,

nin g a n d ma n y others whose names are

,

not unk n own to fa m e H olmes was the .

regularly appoint e d class poet and for ,

som e tim e a ft e r l eaving college continued

t o wri te h u m o rou s poems
‘

O n th e occa .

sion o f the thirti e th anniversary o f the

”
graduating class h e wrot e The Boys , .

Its quaint humor grace ful style a n d , ,

touchi n g pathos mak e it u n ique N o l ess .

remarkabl e i s th e work o f hi s classmat e s

as en um e rat e d i n th e poem which w e ,

give i n full :
H as th r y l d f llo w got m i x d with th bo y ?
e e an o e e e s
I f th r h tak h i m t without m ak i g a oi
e e as, e ou n n se .

H a g th Al ma ac ch at d th Catalogu pit !
,
’ ’
n e n s e an e e s s e
O ld Ti m i a liar ! W r t w ty to ight !
e s e
’

e en -
n

W r t w ty ! W r t w ty ! W ho ay w
e
’
e en e
’
e en s s e a re
m or e?
H
'
e sti p y —y ou g j k p — ho w h i m th door !
s n ac a na es s e
G ra y t m pl at t w ty ? —Y ! wh i t if w
,
“ ”
e es en es e e
pl a ; e se
W h r th o w fl k fall thick t th r nothi g
e e e sn -
a es es e e s
’
n
fr z !
ca n ee e

W it o w i g I po k f
as sn Ex cu th mi tak !
n s e o ? se e s e
L ook clo —y ou will t
s e, th S ig f a fl ak ! no s ee e n o e
W wa t o m
e n w garla d sfor tho w hav
e ne n s se e e
h d s e ,

A d th
n whit ro
es e a re i plac f th d e s es n e o e re .

W v ’
i k w y ou g f llo w y m y hav b
to l é
e e a r c , e n e s. ou a e een

O f talki g ( i public ) if w w r ld
n n as e e e o
2 5 2 ON E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI O N S
That bo y w call D octor d fib i w call
e ,
an s e
J udg ; e
”

It
’
a at littl fi ti — f cour t all fudg
s ne e c on , o se i
’
s e .

That f llo w th S p ak r th
e
’
th
s right ; e e e -
e on e o n e
Mr May or my y ou g y ou to ight ?
,
”
h w n on e, o a re -
n
That our M mb r of Co gr y wh
.
,
”
w
’ “
s e e n es s , e sa en
w cha ff ; e
Th r th R v r d W hat h i
e e s
’
e m do t e e en
'

s s na e P- n
’

m ak w lau g h e e .

That bo y w ith th grav m ath m atical look e e e

Mad b li v h had w ritt a wo d rful boo k
e e e e e en n e
A d t h R o y al S oci t y thought it w
,

n e t ! e as rue

S th y cho
o e h i m right i ; a good j ok it w
se too ! n e as,

Th r a bo y w pr t d with a thr d ck r brai

e e s
’
e e en e e- e e n,
W ho could har a t m w ith a logical chai ;
, ,

nes s ea n
W h h pok for our m a hood i y llabl d fi
en e s e n n s e re ,

W call d h i m T h J u tic but w h ”

Th
’
e e e s e, no e s e
S quir
”
e .

A d th r
n a ic y ou g t r o f x c ll t p ith
e e s
’
n e n s e e e en
Fat tri d to co c al h i m b y am i g h i m S m ith
,

e e n e n n
But h hout d a o g for t h brav d th fr
e s e s n e e an e ee ,
J u t r ad
s h i m dal
e M y cou try
on f th
’

! s e , n ,
” “
o ee
”

Y ou h ar that bo y laughi g Y ou thi k h all f ;

e n - n
’
e s un
But th a g l laugh too at th good h h do ;
e n e s e e as ne
T h childr l augh loud th y troop to h i call
, ,

e en as e s ,

But th poor m that k o w h i m laugh loud t

e an n s s es
f all ! o

Y w r
es , boy s — al way play i g w ith to gu
e
’
e s n n e or
W i th p n,
e
A d I n t m hav a k d S hall w v r b
so ne i -

m r
es e s e , e e e e
en
S hall w al wa y b y outhful d la ghi g d ga y
.

e s e an u n an
T i ll th la t l ar co m pa io drop m ili g a way ?
, , ,

e s ce n n s s n

Th h r to our boy hood i t gold d i t gray !

en e e s
’

s an s
tar of t W i t r th d w of i t May !
,

Th
.

e s s i s n e e e s s
A d wh w hav do w ith our lif la ti g to y
,

n en e e ne e- s n s,
D ar Fath r tak car of th y childr T h Boy !
e e , e e en, e s
2 54 ON E T H OU S A ND L IT ERARY QUE S TI ON S
r d a gr eat part o f th e glob e I n 1 8 78
e e .

h e w a s appoi n te d U n it e d Stat es M i n ister

to G e r m a n y T h e popular approval o f
.

this a p poi n t m en t wa s i n s ta n ta n eous and

u n iv e r s al H i s fri en d s crowd ed arou n d
.

h i m a n d n e arly s u ffocat e d h i m with e n

th u s i a s ti c k i n d n es s C h e s t e r Cou n ty .
,

P en n s ylva n ia h i s ho m e cou n ty at a
, ,

fa m o u s di nn e r t o ld h ow prou d it wa s
o f h i s g en iu s a n d s ucce s s ; h i s Ne w Y ork
lit e rary fri en d s gav e to h i m a br ea k fa s t
att en d ed by eighty p eopl e A m e rica had .

hardly s aid go o d b y to h i m b e for e Ge r -

,

m a n y we lc om e d h i m for h e r e h e wa s a ,

v e ry gr ea t favorit e ; b u t h i s s tay i n thi s

cou n try whi c h w a s li k e a s ec on d fath e r
,

la n d to h i m w a s all too bri e f f o r h e di ed

, ,

al m o s t i m m edi a t el y a ft e r ta k i ng up h i s
r e s i d en ce th e r e H is r em a i n s w e r e
.

br ou ght ba c k to New Y or k wh e r e th ey ,

lay i n s t a t e i n th e C ity Hall th en w e r e ,

ta k e n to h i s h om e a t C ed a rcr o ft a n d laid ,

to r es t b es id e tho s e o f h i s b elov e d wi f e ,

who h a d d i ed m a n y y ear s b e for e H i s .

fu ne ral s e r vic e s w e r e att en d e d by scor e s

o f n otabl e p eopl e a n d m a n y w e r e th e ,

tribut es fro m broth e r po et s on e o f th e ,

most b eauti ful b e i n g fro m th e pen o f

Joh n Gr een l ea f Whitti e r :
O V al of Ch t r ! trod by h i m oft
e es e so
Gr th y J u turf k p h i m mory L t
,

een as ne ee s e e
d ll tori d tr a m forg t
.

N wood
or , n or e nor s e s e e
N W i d that blo w rou d lo l y C darcroft ;
, ,
.

or n s n ne e
 AN S W ER S 2 55
Let th e ho m voic gr t h im i th far
e es ee n e
tra g la d that hold h i m ; l t th m ag
,

S n e n s e e es s es
O f lov pur u h i m
e th chartl
s a e o er
’

e es s se s
A d u m app d va t
n n of h i u k o w tar !
e s nes s es s n n n s
L ov la guag h ard b y o d th loud di cour
'
e s n e, e e n e s se
O f p ri habl fa m i v ry S ph r
e s e e, n e e e e
It lf i t rpr t ; d i t utt ra c h r
se n e e s an s e n e e e
S o m wh r i
e G od u foldi g u iv r
e e n
'

s n n n e se
S hall r ach trav l r oft i g th ur p ri
e ou r e e , s en n e s se
O f h i rapt gaz
s u fa m iliar k i ! e on n s es

Winston Churchill and Mary Johnston are

two A m e rica n n ov e lists who hav e give n
us auth entic historical ro m a n ces A m o n g .

Churchill s works may be me n tio n ed ’

R ichard Carv el ”
T he Crossi n g and
”
, ,

T he Crisis ”
M iss Joh n ston s his .
’

tor i ca l ro m a n ces include T o H ave a n d

T o Hold Ceas e F iring ”
T h e Lo n g ,

R oll ”
L ewi s R and
, and T he ,

Witch .

T he U gl y Club was a ci rcle o f handsom e

you n g lit e rary m en who h e ld m e e ti ngs ,

in U gly Hall i n a buildi n g that stood

”
,

on th e pr e s en t sit e o f th e U n ited Ba n k
Buildi ng New Y ork City A mong t he
, .

lead e rs i n this club was Fitz G re ene H al -

le ck .

In th e bas ement o f a stor e on B roadwa y ,

N ew Y ork two or three doors abov e ,

Bl eeck e r Stre et b e for e the C ivil Wa r , ,

was Charles P faff s wi n e c ellar and ’

r es taura n t P fa ff s Wi n e C ella r has

.
’

be e n su n g b y the bards o f Va ni ty Fa i r
2 56 ON E T H O U S A N D L IT ERARY Q UE S TI O NS

a nd th e S a tu r d a y P r es s . It wa s th e
n ightly hau n t o f th e bright e s t o f New
Y or k s B o h em ia n s w h o ca m e h er e to
’

eat ,
dri n k s m o k e a n d cha ff To this
, ,
.

gr ou p b el on g e d Tho m a s Bail e y A ldrich ,

Willia m Wi n t e r Walt Whit m a n A rt e , ,

m u s Ward Fitzhugh Ludlo w E d m u n d

, ,

C lar en c e St ed m a n G eorg e A r n old th e , ,

po e t o f b ee r wh o s a n g W e a re v e ry
,
”
,

m erry at P fa ff s a nd Fitz Ja m es
’
-

O B r i en wh o wa s t e r m e d th e gypsy o f
’

,
”
l ett er s .

J o natha n S w i ft th e E n gli s h write r said

, , ,

I s hall d i e li k e that tr ee fr om th e top ,

-

”
dow n thu s for et elli n g h i s o wn i n s a n ity
, .

S w i ft wa s bor n i n Ir ela n d o f E n gli s h

p ar en t s H e w a s e ducat e d at Tri n ity
.

C oll ege D ubli n too k holy ord e r s a n d

, , ,

b eca m e D ea n o f St Patric k s D ublin .

’

,
.

H e wa s s o m orbidly s e n s itiv e a s gr eatly

t o e m bitt e r h i s l i f e H i s writi n g s a r e .

ch a ract e riz e d by k ee nn e s s a n d vigor ,

b u t a r e s o coar s e a n d bitt e r as to b e
har m ful i n th ei r t en d en cy H is p ri ncipal .

wor k s a re Tal e o f a Tub ”

D rapi e r s ,
’

” ”
L ett er s a nd Gulliv e r s Trav el s He
’
.
,

ful fi ll e d his proph ecy o f hi m s el f for h e ,

di ed i n s a ne H e l e ft h i s fortu n e to fou n d
.

a lu n ati c a s ylu m i n D ubli n .

Samu el Taylor C o l e ridg e S p en t the last

n i ne t een y ear s o f h i s l if e at t h e hom e o f

D r J am es Gil m a n at H ighgat e a L on
.
,
2 5 8 ONE T H OU S A N D L IT ERARY QUE S TI O N S
w ith thos e o f th e hillsid e T h e s eco n d .

story i s en clo s ed i n S hi ngl es th e lo n g lin e ,

o f th e fro n t faci n g th e highway i s

, ,

bro k en by a loggia w ith a proj ecti n g

bal u s tra d e a n d by a bay w i ndow which
m o u n t s to th e eave s T h e en tra n c e i s
.

p rot ect ed by a carriage porch th e stee p -

,

roo f b ear s quai n t dor m e rs a n d a wid e ,

v e ra n da ext end s fro m th e south en d o f

th e s tructur e . A butti n g o n this ve ra n d a
i s a gard en which i s f en c e d by a wall o f
rough s to n es q uarri ed fro m th e s oil a n d
s till ablo om w ith th e bright fl ow e r s
Ki p li n g t en d ed A cro s s th e d ee p vall ey
.

th e C o nn e cticut R ive r fl ow s b e tw een its

wood ed ba n k s Kipli n g fou n d thi s a n
.

exc e ll e n t p lac e to wor k

”
H e r e b e pro .

d u c e d m u c h o f t h e viril e a n d i m pas
s i on e d m a s ter ver s e o f T h e Sev e n
“
-

S ea s that m ar k e d h i m a s a m aj or p o et
, ,

m a n y o f t h e i n co m parabl e stori e s o f th e
“
Ju ngl e Boo k s a n d th e whol e o f that
,
”

d elightf u lly vivid a n d vigorous tal e o f

th e Glouce st e r fi s h e r fol k Captains
-
,

C ourag eo u s . A lthough he had n ot yet

r each ed th e dollar a word p e riod o f - -

h i s author s hip his n e ighbors consid e r e d

,

that his w a s th e most profitable i ndus

try i n th e tow n .

In Plymouth Massachusetts i s a fine old

, ,

m a n s i o n k now n as Wi n slow House .

H ere R alph Waldo E merson and Ly di a

 A N S W ER S 2 59

Jackson were m arri ed in 1 8 34 thi s b e i n g ,

E merson s s eco n d marriage H i s first

’
.

wi f e wa s E llen Louisa Tucke r o f Bos ,

t on who lived but two years a fter her

,

m arriag e .

960 . In wint e r o f 1 8 94 Irving Bachell e r

th e , ,

St ephe n Cra n e Willi s B H awki n s and , .

,

He n ry Fi e lding re n t ed a littl e chal et on

Monk ey H ill Ne w Y ork City a n d hung , ,

out the S ign o the L anthor n

“ ”
In
’
.

“
E b en H old en ”
Bachelle r thus de ,

scrib e s the chalet

I r ad adv rti m t f board d lodgi g a p
e th e e se en s o an n er
i g ta k for ig ora t f t h to w ( E b
,

pl ex n s on e so n n o e n en
H ld o S p aki g ) Aft r m a y call I fou d a plac to
en e n e n s n e
m y liki g Mo k y H ill ar Pri ti g H ou S quar
.

n on n e ne n n se e
Mo k y H ill w th y a t d f W illia m S tr t d t
.
,

n e as e e s en o ee an no
l a t fa hio abl Th r w r s o m at d cl a l y
,

th e e s s n e e e e e e ne an e n
looki g hou it f wood d brick d bro w to
.

n s es on o an an ns n e,
i habit d by m all trad m ; a f w hop a big tabl
, ,
‘

n e s es en e s s, s e,
an d t h chal t itti g e a broad fl at roof that cov r d
e s n on e e
a p ortio of t h tabl y ard T h y ard it lf w t h
,

n e s e- e se as e
u mm it o f M k H ill I t lay b t w t w bric k build
.

s on e e ee n o
i g ; d up th hill fro m th walk look d i to th
.

n s an e e on e e n e

g loo m y cav r tabl ; d u d r th l w roof

, ,

f th e n o e s e an n e e o on
id th r w r dum p cart d l d coach i vary
,

one s e, e e e e s an o es n
in g tag o f i fi rm ity Th r w
s es l d iro hop that
n e e as an o n s
tood fl u h with th id walk fla ki g th tabl y ard A
.
,

s s e s e , n n e s e- .

la t r
n e n d a m a mm oth k y w r
an u p d d abov th e e e s s en e e e
door d ha gi g upo th S id f th h w a wood
an n n n e o as en
tair a c di g to th chal t T h latt r liad a h athi g
, e e s o
s s en n e e e e s e n
f w ath r wor clapboard It tood r ar d
.

o e e -
th n s s on e e en
f th brick buildi g co mm u icati g with th fro t roo m
.

o e n n n e n s
abov t h hop A littl tair f fi tp ac dd
,

e e s . e s o ve s e s s en e
fro m th la di g to i t d door that ov rlook d a m pl
e n n s re e e an e
y ard f roo fi g ador d with pott d p la t T h m a i
o n ne e n s e n
roo m f th chal t wh r w t m al
, .

o e d t de e e e a e ou r e s an sa an
talk d f v i g had th loo k f a hip cabi
,
’
e , o an e en n , e o s s n .
2 60 O N E T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI ON S
Th r w r tatio ary at alo g th wall cov r d with
e e e e s n se s n e e e
l ath r cu hio
e e n Th r w r port d tarboard l
s ns e e e e an s an
tr d a big of poli h d bra that ov rhu g th
.

e ns an on e s e ss e n e
tabl A Ship clock that had a oi y d ch rful tick
e
’

s n s an ee
w all arro w pa ag l d to th roo m
.
, ,

w t i
as th se A n e n ss e e e
fro t d th latt r had la ti g id A big wi do w
.

i n n an e e s n n s es n
of littl pa i t furth r d l t i t h light of W il
.
,

i e nes , n s e en e n e
li m S t t H r I fou d ho m for m y lf — hu m bl
,

a r ee e e n a e se e
but quai t d cl a l y A t h rifty G r m a wh havi g
.
,

n an e n e n, o, n
lo g follo w d th had m arri d d thro w out h i
.

n e e s ea , e an n s
a chor for good d all w d w lt i th chal t w ith h i
n an no e n e e s
w if board r both w pap r m old
,

d tw
e an o Th e s, ne s e en e
hopk p r i fro t o c a ailor hi m lf had put th
.

s ee e n n n e s se e
plac i hip hap d l a d it to th m
, ,

e n s s e an e se e .

G eorge E liot i s t h e author o f the li n e ,

O ur d eed s s hall trav e l w ith us fro m

“

fa r f
’
a

Sha k es p ear e wrot e th e li nes :

So J uda ki d h i s s se s m s e atr
cri d all hail ! h a t all har m
,

And h e me
“
e , w en as n .

H en ry Wad s worth Lo ngf ellow wa s a

di re ct d es c en da n t fr om Joh n A ld en on
h i s m oth e r s s id e s h e b e i n g a daught e r
’

o f G ene ral Wad s worth o f R evolutio nary

fa me It wa s th e s e far away r elativ es
.
-

that th e po et s o char m i n gly d es crib e d i n

his p oem The Court s hip o f M iles ,
”
Sta n di s h .

T homa s Bucha n a n R ead wa s both a n arti s t

a n d a poet a n d f o r thi s r e a s o n wa s t e r m e d
,

th e pai nt e r po et H i s b e s t k n ow n -
.
-

pai n ti ngs a re a gro up o f Lo n gf e llow s ’

daughte r s th e p ortra i t o f Mr s Brow n , .

i ng a nd on e
, illustrati n g his poem ,
2 62 ONE T H OU S AND LI T ERARY Q UE S TI O N S
L ast R ose o f Summ er
The
Low ell s T he First S nowfall ’
.
”

4 . E l egiac Gray s E l egy Written i n

.
’

a C ou n try Churchyard .

5 . D idactic B rya n t s Thanatopsi s

.
’
.

6 . N arrativ e a n d D escriptiv e Long .

’ “
f ellow s Tal e s o f a Waysid e
”
In n .

7 . Pa s toral . W h i tti er ’
Snow bound s -
.

8 . Hu m orou s . Cowp e r s J ohn G il ’ “

”
in
p .

Washi ngto n I rvi n g d e dicat ed his Sk etch

bo ok to S i r Walt e r S cott Scott on .

r ece ivi n g t h e b o ok w rot e to Irvi ng say ,

i ng I hav e gla n c e d ov e r th e Sk etch

“
,

boo k I t i s po s itiv e ly b eauti ful

.
’
In .

r egard to th e n a m i n g o f thi s book : i n

Irvi n g s day S k etchi n g wa s a co m m o n
’

a n d valu e d acco m p li s h m e nt a n d a tourist ,

carri ed h i s s ke tch book a n d crayons as -

h e n ow carri es h i s kodak .

R al p h Waldo E m erso n said M y li fe ,

s hould b e u n iqu e ; it s hould b e an al m s a ,

”
battl e a co n qu e st a m edicin e
, , .

T a r r ya w h i l e
”
was th e N ew E n gla n d
ho m e of G eorge W Cable It was h e r e . .

“ ”
that his Joh n March Souther ne r was , ,

writt en T h e librar y is th e most int e r

.

e sti n g roo m i n th e old fashion e d hou s e -

.

It abou n d s i n books papers and pictur es , ,

which re fl ect the taste o f its famou s

own e r .
 AN S W ER S 2 63

R ose T err y Cooke o f H art ford Conn ec ti

, ,

cut wa s th e author o f H app y D odd

,
.
”

I n 1 764 the Lite rary Club was fou n d e d i n

L ondon D r Sa m u el Johnso n wa s its
. .

central fi gu r e round which th e smaller

,

stars radiated T hes e i n part w e re S i r

.
, ,

J oshua R eynolds the gr eat pai n t e r ; G ar

,

rick that mos t famous o f E n glish actors ;

,

Burk e the orator ; G ibbo n th e historia n

, ,

Sheridan and G olds m ith T h ey m et

, .

once a week at th e Turk s H ead T av e r n ’

.

H e r e in so conge n ial a group Johnso n

was at his best full o f liv ely talk e a s y
, , ,

and natural fr e e f ro m the sti ffen i n g

,

L atinism o f his writi n gs .

Samu el J ohnson was th e author o f th e li n e ,

S low ris es worth by pov e rt y re

pr ess ed which i s found in his po em
,
’
e ntitl e d London John s on hims el f .

was th e child o f poverty his father b e ing ,

a humbl e book s ell e r H e e nt e r e d coll ege .

’
at n i net ee n years o f a ge but his father s ,

mis fortunes in busi ness made it n eces

sary for hi m to l eav e the univ e rsit y
w ithout a degree H e th e n set up a pri .

vate academy but had o n ly thre e pupils

, ,

one o f which was D avi d G arrick .

T homas Chatterto n the E n gl ish poet was , ,

term e d th e marv e lous boy H e wa s

“
.

the son o f a Bristol school m ast e r and ,

from earliest childhood took d elight in

folios and antiquities spendin g much ,
2 64 O N E T H O U S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI O N S
ti m e i n a n e ighbori n g church r eadi n g the .

a n ci en t chart e r s d eposit e d th e r e H e .

w a s appr en tic e d to a n attor n ey e arly i n

li f e b u t s ho w i n g n o i n t e r e s t i n law
, ,

fi n ally d ep art e d for Lo n d on to b egi n a

lit erary c ar ee r A t fi r s t h e wa s succ ess
.

ful ; th en th e magazi n es d ecli n e d to a c

c e p t s ev e ral o f h i s p o em s w hich a re n ow ,

highly p riz ed T h e youthful p o et with

.
,

out m o n ey a n d without fri en d s b eca m e ,

gr e atly d epr es s ed On th e v e rg e o f
.

actual st a rvati on a n d to o p roud to beg ,

C hatt e rto n tor e i n to fragme n t s a large

a m o u n t o f m a n u s c ript on e n ight i n h i s
wr et c h e d Holbor n Str eet garr e t a n d
, ,

th en took p oi s o n H e wa s n ot yet .

e ight een y e ar s o f a ge .

B e tty Fl a n a ga n s Hot e l w a s th e old build

’

i n g which Ja m es F e n i m o r e C oo p e r m ad e
”
fa m ou s i n h i s n ov el T h e Spy ,
Fro m .

thi s h ot el H a rv ey B ir ch m ad e h i s e scap e
di s gui s ed i n B e tty s atti r e’
‘

B elo w Fi ft een th Str eet i n Irvi n g Plac e ,

Ne w Y o r k City s ta n d s a plai n old m a n

,

sio n which w a s th e early ho m e o f th e

Lotus C lub T h e spaciou s old roo m s at
.
,

fi r s t fur n i s h ed with ca m p stools a n d -

e m p ty box e s , d es e rv e mor e than passi n g

notic e for th ey hav e wit ne ssed ma n y
,

brillia n t as s em blage s a n d heard th e

bright est discours e Her e w e r e ent e r .

t a i n ed John God fre y Sa xe Wilkie Col ,

2 66 ONE T H OU S A ND L IT ERARY QUES TI O N S
for h i m H e s ays : T i m e is the s tream
.

I go fi s hi n g i n I dri nk at it ; but whil e I

.

dri nk I s ee th e s a n dy botto m s a n d d et e c t
how s hallo w it i s Its thi n curr en t s lid es .

a way but et er n ity r em ai n s I would

,
.

dri n k d eep e r ; fi s h i n t h e s k y who s e bot ,

t om i s p ebbly with s tar s

”
It was Louis a .

M A lcott w h o w rote th e followi n g b eau

.

ti ful li n es on th e d eath o f Thor eau in

t h e p o em
’
Thor eau s Flut e
,

H au ti g th hill th tr a m th wild
n n e s, e s e e
S wallo w d a t r lak d pi
, ,

an s e e an ne ,
To h i m gr w hu m a or divi
,

e n n e,
Fit m at for thi larg h art d child
es s e- e e
S uch ho m ag Natur r forg t
.

’
e e ne e e s,
A d y arl y
n th cov rlid
e on e e
N ath w hich h darli g li th hid
’
e er n e
W ill writ h i a m i viol t e s n e n e s .

C edarcro ft wa s t h e ho m e o f Bayard T a y
”
lor i n th e b eauti ful Val e o f Ch es t e r
,
“
,

C h es t er C ou n ty Pe n n sylvania C edar , .

cro ft wa s to Taylor w hat A bbot s ford

w a s to Scott H e s p en t y ear s i n the l ec
.

tur e fi eld to procur e th e fu n d s to com

p l et e this b eauti ful ho m e It is now used .

to hou s e a privat e s chool for boys .

D r Josiah G ilbe rt Holla n d i s th e author o f

.

the line s
 A N S W ER S 2 67

Cl ov ern ook eight miles from Cincin ,

n ati O hio was t h e country home o f the

, ,

Cary si s t e rs Ph oeb e a n d A lic e In this , .

” “
same brown house low and small , ,

Ph oebe was born Sept ember 4 1 8 2 4 , .

A lic e was also born he re b e ing th e elder ,

b y fou r y ears T his hom e was v e r y dea r .

to th e se singe r s each o f whom has pic ,

t u re d i t i n po ems In A n O rder for a .

P icture A lice sa y s :
”
,

Th d th hou
e s e, wh r I w
an born e se e e as ,

L w
o d littl
an d blac k d ol d e, a n an ,

W ith childr m a y it hold

.

en , n as ca n ,

All at th wi do w op wid e n s, en e,
H d
ea d hould r cl ar out id
s an s e s e s e,
A d fair y ou g fac
n all ablu h n es s
P rhap y m y hav
e s o m dayou a e s een , s e
R o cro wdi g th lf am w y
,

s es n e se -
s e a ,

O ut f a W ildi g way id bu h
o n , s e s .

Ph oebe i n O ur Homestead
, s in g s ,

love o f the little cottag e :

O ur ho m t ad had a m pl h arth
es e an e e ,

Wh r at ight w lov d t m t ;
e e n e e o ee
Th r my m oth r voic w al way k i d
e e e
’
s e as s n
m il w al way w t ;
,

A d h
n er s e as s s ee
A d th r I m y fath r k
’ ’
n t
e e ve sa on e s n ee,
A d watch d h i thoughtful bro w
n e s
W ith my childi h ha d i h i rav hair
,

s n n s en
That hair i ilv r w !
,

s s e no
But that broad h arth light h that broad e
’
s o
h arth li ght !
, ,
’
e s
A d m y fath r loo k d m y moth r m il ’ ’
n e s an e s s e,
Th y m y h art t
,

e i a re ight !
n e o n -

J os eph A ddison was the author o f Cato .

J os ep h A ddison a n d Si r R ichard St eele

wer e th e founders o f Th e S p ec ta tor '

.
2 68 ONE T H OU S A ND L IT ERARY QUES TI ON S
A ddi s o n s co n tributio n s to th e paper
’

w e r e sig n e d C L I O which s ign i . . . .

,
”
fie d ith e r th e l ett e r s o f th e word Clio
e ,

or th e i n itial s o f C h el s ea Lo n do n Isli ng , ,

to n a n d t h e O ffic e — th e plac e s wher e ,

,

th e articl e s w e r e w ritt en .

A l exa n d e r Po p e b e caus e o f h i s d e for m ity

, ,

as w e ll a s h i s s ti n gi n g s arcas m wa s ,

dubb ed by L a dy Mary Wortl ey Mon

t a gu th e w ic k e d w a s p o f T w i ck en
ham .

Mary C a mpb ell H i ghl a n d M a r y wa s th e

, ,

s w ee th e art o f R ob e r t Bur n s S h e di e d .

i n 1 7 8 6 a n d w a s buri e d i n t h e k ir k yard
of G re e n o c k To h e r m em ory B u r n s
.

d edi c a t e d t wo o f h i s m o s t b eauti ful

”
s ong s ,To Mary i n H eav en a nd
”
Hig h la n d Mary .

A nn i e Lauri e wa s th e
h e roi n e o f th e famous
Scot c h s o n g by Willia m D ouglass o f ,

F i ngl a n d w ritt en about 1 7 0 5 s h e was a

,

r eal characte r th e daught e r o f Sir R ob

,

e r t Lauri e o r La w ri e
, o f Max w elto n , ,

D u m fri e s s hire T h e po et wrote th e

.

word s o f thi s so n g duri n g his courtshi p ,

which w a s u n s ucc e s s ful for Mary m a r ,

ri ed Ja m es F e rgusso n o f Craigdarroch
i n 1 7 0 9 a n d b e c a m e th e m othe r o f A l e x
a n d e r F e rg u s s o n th e h e ro o f B u r n s s
,
’

po em , T h e Whi s tl e T h e ai r that
now acco m pani es the words of A nni e
 ONE T H OU S A N D L IT ERARY QUE S TI O N S
Stoke Poges Churchyard i s th e s uppos ed
sce ne o f Thomas Gray s famous E le g y ’

W ritt en i n a Country Church y ard ”

.

This churc h is locat ed n ear Wi n dsor ; the

scen e as d escribed i n th e E l egy i s e x actl y
r eproduc ed A bov e th e littl e church
.

ri s es the square tow e r m antl e d with i v y

, ,

and surmou nt ed by a tap e ri n g spire

whose s hadow fall s across th e grav e o f
th e p o e t for Gray wa s i n t e rr e d i n this
,

littl e churchyard j u s t back o f th e church

, ,

i n th e s a m e to m b with his m other T he .

tomb i s v e ry p lai n a n d S i m ple a low ,

structur e o f brick cov e red by a m arble

,

S lab. N o stori ed u rn or a n imat ed

bust i s n eed e d to p e rp etuat e th e n a m e
o f h i m who m ade hi m s el f i m mortal ;
e v en his n ame i s n ot graven upon th e

marbl e .

F Marion Craw ford was the author o f

”
M r Isaacs
. .

N orthampto n M assachus etts was th e scene

, ,

o f H en ry Ward B eech e r s n ovel N or ’

wood ”
.Josiah G ilb e rt H olla n d called i t
”
th e que en village o f th e m e ads while ,

H arri et Marti neau p rais ed it as the most

b eauti ful o f New E n gland villa ges In .

this village was publi s h e d the p e riodical

i n which B rya n t s fi rst p o ems appe ared
’
.

H ere dw elt G eorge W Cable during th e .

writing o f Stra ng e Tru e Stori e s o f

L ouisiana and most o f the prose pas
,
 AN S W ER S 2 7 1

toral ; Bonav en tur e H ere th e Swe d .

i sh nighti ngal e sp ent h e r ho ney m oo n ;

”

while A lic e Cary h e r e passed a portion

o f the last y e ar o f her li fe .

990 . D allas Lore Sharp coll eg e pro f essor and ,

e ssayist but chi e fl y a lov e r o f nature

, ,

wrote Wild L i fe N ear H ome as his

first book .

991 . Col e ridge sai d o f Willia m E ll e ry Chan

ning : H e has th e lov e o f wi s dom and ,

th e wisdo m o f lov e A ll who kn ew him .

had but words o f love and prais e fo r

Channin g D r H enry W Bellows said . . .

o f him :
E v i th p ul p it h liv d th thi g h w d aid !
en n e e e e n s e sa an s
Th gr at
e f hu m a
e atur ho i h i b autiful
n es s o n n e s ne n s e
bro w l pt ,
d with thought
s cu d light d fro m w ithi ;
or e an e n
his y e e full d blu w lu trou with a vi io f
so an e, as s s s n o
G d
o d, m d al m o t
an o p door i to th Shi i g
s ee e s an en n e n n
pr c
e s en e S profou dl y h lpful i piri g w o n e so ns n as
h i t achi g that I f liv d it fro m fort ight to
.
,

s e n , o r on e , e on n
fort ight d w t t it v ry ti m with th x p ctatio
n , an en o e e e e e e n
an d th x p ri c f r c ivi g th br ad f h av
e e e en e o e e n e e o e en on
which I w t liv d gro w u til th m a a f ll agai ;
as o e an ,
n e nn e n
an d m f all agen ohad m uch th a m f li g es e s e ee n .

992 H orac e M a n n sai d

. I never dog ear e d a :
-

book i n m y li fe n or pro fanel y scribbled ,

upon the title pag e s m argin o r fl yl ea f -

, , ,

and would as soon hav e stuck a pin

through m y fl esh as throu g h the pages o f
”
a book .

993 E dward E verett said

. E ducation is a bet ,

te r sa fe g uard o f libert y than a standin g

arm y .
2 72 ONE T H OU S A ND L IT ERARY Q UE S TI ON S
Louisa M A lcott s erv ed as an ar m y nurs e
.

i n Wa s hi n gto n D i s trict o f C olu m bia , ,

duri n g a portio n o f th e Civil War H er .

e xp e ri en c e s i n this w or k w e r e a ft e rward

d e pict e d i n a littl e volu m e en titl e d Hos

pital S k etch es w hich m a n y o f her a d
,

m i r e r s d eclar e d th e b est work s h e ev e r

did i n a lit e rary w a y .

O f A nne D ougla s S e dg w ick ( M rs Basil d e .

S eli n court ) i t h a s b een s aid : S eldo m

do we fin d a w rit er wh o co m bi n e s such
k een i n t ell ectual pow e r with s uch
S piritual s w ee t n es s S h e h a s w ritt en.

Ta nt e , A Fou n tai n S eal ed and

” “ ”
,

T he E n cou n t e r
”
.

R iv e rby at W es t Park i s th e New

”
, ,

Y or k ho m e o f Joh n Burroughs th e great ,

n aturali s t R iv e rby or th e hous e

.
“ ”
,
“

that Jack built a s t h e proph et o f O ut,

d o or d o m t e r m s it sugge st e d th e titl e ,

o f on e o f h i s volu me s w ritt en her e It , .

ov erlook s th e Hudso n R iver a n d is sup ,

p l e m e n t e d by a littl e bark cov e r e d study -

,

d etach ed fro m th e hous e wh e re M r , .

Burroughs do e s his writing wh en at

home . T h er e i s a rustic sum m er
“

hous e n ear by a n d the R iv e rby vi ne ,

yards form erly hu s band e d by the vi ne

,

dr e s s e r o f E s opus as his frie n ds u s e d ,

’

to call him ; now by his s on Julia n ,

who combi n e s lik e hi s fath e r b e for e ,

him grap e growing with e ssa y writing

,
-
”
-
.
2 74 ONE T H OU S AND L IT ERARY QUE S TI O N S
ene rgy to lit e ratur e H e publish e d sev
.

e ral volu m e s o f mu s ical verse and some

m isc ella neous work .

T ri n ity Churchyard New Y ork Cit y is

, ,

n otabl e for th e numb e r o f illustrious

d ead r esti n g th er e A mong them are
.

A l exa n d e r Ha m ilto n ; R obe rt Fulto n th e

,

i nv en tor o f th e st eamboat ; William

B rad ford th e fi rst p ri n t e r i n the U nit e d
,

Stat es out s id e o f Bosto n a n d th e friend

,

o f Wi llia m P e nn ; a n d A lbert G allatin ,

fi na n ci e r a n d statesman .
 I N D E!

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H ugh Wynn 31 3 e, Iva ho Ro w na i 48
n e, e n, 2
H ull H ou 3 4 s e, 2 Iv y fro m M lro A bb y 1 5 e se e
H u m a itaria Nov li t 675 I would hav a wo ma 965
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J ff r o J o ph 70
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J y ki d m 734
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I awok m or i g 30 8 J oh A d r o my J 7 7
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M atilda H offma 2 46 n, My Ragp ick r 1 9 e ,

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M y tic E gli h 4 6
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M r maid Tav r 8
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M iddl x acr i 4 99 Natio ali t Club 5 3
,

es e an e n, n s s,
Mill G rov Far m 4 N a t io Tru gra d ur f
,

e 1 1 ns , e n e o
N ativit y H y m of t h 8 63
, ,

Mi d L ittl 35 4
n s, e, n e,
Mi haha 7 Natural L w i piritual w
,

nne 1 a n s o
Mi tr of th Ma 78 6
,

s es s e n s e, 8 40
Mitr Tav r 4 4
e e n, 1 Na u l a h k a , T h e , 95 8
Mobil O ld 8 e, 2 N autilu Cha b r d
s m e e 5 95
Mo tic llo 5 9 g ro Bo ll
, , ,

n e 2 Ne s we o f th e 30 5
Moo to T h 38 ll Littl
, , ,

ns ne, e, 1 Ne e 46
Moo Vall of th 3 Atla ti
, ,

n, ey e, 2 0 Ne w n s T h e 4 36
Mor i g S tar of th R for ma E d Ex p ri t
, ,

n n e e New en e m en 943
tio 64 i ght Thou ght
,

n, 2 N s 765
Mo gi l S cotla d 668 Nobod y v r laid it do w
,

ss e n e e n,
Mo t b lov d of E gli h w rit r
,

N co ward oul i m i
,

s e e n s e s, o 8 s s n e, 0
5 33 N l gac y
o e rich ho so as ne
Mo t b autiful choolbo y po m
s e s e , 5 9 0
5 98 N lif
o b pur 4 76
e ca n e e,
Moth r Car y Chick 6
e e
’
s en s , 22 N o m l cti g a li t r
an se e n e
Moth r t m 395
e s o en , har m 2 39 e
M ou t i L iv a 496 No k w th but to l
,

n a n, e a s on ne ne ee
Mr D ool y 9 6
,

. e 0 th 577 ee ,
M r I aac 98 8
,

s s, Nor m a W 7 6 n s
’
oe , 1
Malaprop 686
.

M rs N or i th n ne r li k p w e s ee -
e o
Mu T h t th 5 4 5g
.
,

s e, e en 2
My cradl w a cov r d wago
,

e as e e n, N th fi l d M a s 8 64
or e s
Nor w g ia P o t 447
, ,

5 4 2 e n e
My i pai d my oul i Nor wood 98 9
,

ea r s ne s s
ick 7
,

No tro m o 74
,

s 2 2 s 2
M y lif i a lov l y tor y 1 5
,

N t m a y fri d
,

e s e s 1 o n en s,
M y littl i t r 6
,

e s s e 1 1 N t what w giv
o
’

55 e e, 1
My l d K t ck y hom 7 5
,

o en u e, 1 N t what w hav 1 73
o e e,
 I NDEX 2 95

Noveli s t gr eat es t 5 1 6
, O ur D oubt Trai tor 8 8 s a re s, 1
Now h e be lo ng s to th e
ag 8 O ur F ar i all w hav t F
,

es , 1 1 e s e e o ea r,

5 02
O ak K oll 75 n , O v r th H ill to th Poorhou
1 e e e s e.
O atm al M ad O ut f 4 79
e 58 e o
O Broth r M 4 59
, ,

e Ow l
a n, d i th 8 60 en ere
0 Ca p tai M y C ptai 5 3
,

n, a n, 1
Oc Apo tro p h To th 75 Pa ff W i C llar 95 5
ea n , s e e, 1
’
s ne e
O ctav Tha t 30 9 Pai t r po t 964
,

ne n e -
e e
Od i Ti m f H itatio i W all S tr t 38 2
, ,

e n A P
e o es n, n, an n ee
Paradi
,

39 I 00
Paradi 14lat 8 3
s e,
O dy y 90sse se
O h Wh y S hould th S p irit of Pari S k tch boo k 667
, ,

e s e
Mortal b Proud ? 2 8 0 P a io Po t f c l tial 336
,

e ss n, e o e es
O j ib way I dia 93 Path b at to h i door 63
,

n ns , 0 e en s
O ld Ar m chair 8 6 5 P a t i c 435
, ,

en e ,
O ld Ch t r 3 9 Pati c hav h p rf ct work
,

es e 2 en e e er e e
O ld Cor r Boo k tor 3
, ,

ne 733 s e, 1 2
O ld C urio ity S hop 8 s Pat y S tory f 2 1 se o 2 1 0
O ld Fol k t H o m 7 5 Patty S tori
, , ,

s a 6 e, 1 es , 2 2
O ld K tucky H o m 7 5
en P abod y P w O ld 33 e, 1 e e 0
O ld Ma P ac G r
, ,

94 6
ns e, 3 e e, een , 2 1
O ld M obil 8 e, P ac H ro T h 8
2 e e e e, 1 0
O ld O ak Buck t T h 64 P g W o ffi gto
,
’
en e65 e, e n n, 1
O ld P abod y P w T h 33
,

e P f th L ad y P lo p 38 3
e e, 0 en e a er , ene e,
O ldto w Fol k 3
,

n P rod 7 s, 1 en 2 1
O ld Tra il To w 8 P o y f S o w I mag
,
“
n, 7951 e n o n e,
O Ly ric Lov 60 7 P p p p d Pip
e, e er o 2 02
H or S hay 8 9 P rch T h 37
, ,

One- se 1 e , e, 2
S w tl y S ol m Thought
,

One ee P r ia A tro o m r p t f 5 69
e n , e s s n e -
oe o
P r o al x p ri c 5 5
, , ,

S7 e s n e e en e , 0
O l y Fr do m 5 47
n ee P i m i m Apo tl f 8 8 es s s s e o 2
O piu m H abit 6 8 P i m i t S ag 73
, , ,

1 es s s e, 1
O pti m i m 8 6 P t r Ibb t o 2 4 5
,

s 2 e e e s n,
O ratio Mo t E loqu t 52 P titio to Ti m A 8 34
,

n, s en e n e,
O rchard H ou P ha to m 5 48
, ,

s e, 2 n s,
O rd r for a Pictur 1 8
e P hilo oph y Co co d S chool f e, 1 s , n r o ,

O rl a H ou 8 76
e ns se,94 1
O rl a M aid f 1 54 P id boo k w ithout p ictur
g3
e ns, o re s es ,
O ti J a m 446
,

s, es . 1
O t go H all 5 5
se Pictur f M mor y 2 67
2 es o e
O tt r y S ai t M ar y 437 Pic kw ick P ap r 5
, ,

e n e s, 2
P i g D i r O rigi f 0 2
,

O ur D d 96ee s , 1 nne ,
n o ,
1
2 96 I NDE!
P ig o C v 1 0 4
e n P ortsmo uth N H 8 2 9
o e, , .

Pig o R oo t i th W ood 34 Pray r A b autiful 69

e n- s -
n- e- s, 0 e e
Pray r a fa mou 30
,

P ig i Pig 4
,

s s s, 1 2 e s, 1
Pilgri m who wa d ri g f t Pray r Each ki dl y d d a 4 59
,

s se n e n ee e n ee ,

Rapha lit Broth rhood 670

, ,

5 35 P re- e e e ,

Pin y our fa ith to th u Pri m Mi i t r Nov li t 5 0 5 e ns een e n s e e s ,

thi g 733 n P i b y th riv r bri m r rr r o s e e e

’
s
é7
s, ,

P ip P p p p d 0 2e er o 2 I
P lowma Ay r hir 40 5 Pri m ro D r 6 3
,

n, s e, s e, 2
Plu mm t li 5 6 Pri c T h right 8 0 1
.
,

e n e, 2 n es s , e
Cottag Pri c T h li m 8
,

Poe e, 2 1 1 n es s , e s 02
Po m of cabi d fi ld 5 30 Pri c of Thul 4 2
,

e s n an e n es s e, 2
Po t b t looki g 760 Pri c f Po t of Pari 2 5 4
,

e es n n e o e s s,
Po t L aur at fir t 4 Pri ti g Pr Fir t Am rica
, ,

e e e, s 22 n n es s , s e n,
P o t Laur at f th fi r id
,

e 8 56
e e o e es e,

9 4 1 Pri o r o f Z da 0 1 s ne en 2
P o t Laur at of th labori g Pro m th u U bou d 5 90
,

e e e e n e e s n n
cla Proph t of Bra twood 5 8 5
,

7 5 s s es , 2 e n
Po t of C l tial Pa io 336 Proph t of Ch l a 5 8 4
,

e e es ss n, e e se
Po t f upr m i m pl Pru d I 5 42
,

e o d s e e an s e e an
g iu 7 d y m of fa m ou wri t r
,

en P
s, 2 0 s eu 0n s s e s,
P o t of th Blu G ra Cou tr y
e e 08 e ss n 1
P y chology li k a ov li t 63
,

22 s e n e s 0
Po t of th Natural M 2 8 Pu m p a rill fro m t h to w 344
, ,

e e a n, 2 e n,
Po t of th R ocki Purd h Th H ari m d th
,

e 3 e es , 1 0 a e an e,
Po t f th S i rra 67
,
’

e o e 4 e s, 1 2 1
Po t f Thi g D ivi 5 2 7
e o Put y H ill 434
n s ne , ne
Po t tat ma 7
,
-
e s es n, 1 2
Po t S w at hop 5
e eQuak r Po try 2 97
s 1 0 e in e
Po t Th Mad 335
, ,

Quak r Po t 8
,

e , e e e 1 2
Po try divi io of 966 Quak r 8 4
, ,

e s ns e s, 2
P o try mo t b autiful m od f Quarr l Al way Brought a 78 8
, ,

e s e e o e s
ayi g th i g 4 56 .
, ,

s n
Q ill t 3 n s, u co e , 22
P o try Mo t origi al boo k of
e , s n ,

374 R L S 6 2 1
Po t bach lor 388 R abbi B E z ra 5 70
. . .
,

e s, e en
Pol i h writ r 696
,

R agpick r M y 9
,
s e e 1
Po m p ii La t D ay f 42 R al igh Tav r 8 69
, , ,
o

e , s s o ,
2 e e n,
P k p g 5
on a o R am o a 3
, n 20
Poorhou O v r th hill to th R ali t Am rica gr at t 38 9
,
’
s e, e e e, e s e s e es
R b cca 4 6
, ,

58 e e
Poor R ichard Al ma ac 96 R b l R coll ctio A 1 2 5
,
’ '
s n , e e s e e ns,
P ort ia s P l a 1 8 8 R d Badg f Courag e 7
,
’
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2 98 I NDEX

i rra P o t of
S e s, e th e 1 67 S qu r s Wack ford 46
ee ,

quirr l T h 4 3
,

ight a tar or a o r
,

S of s fl we , 654 S e s, e, 0
ig o
S n La thor
th e n
’
n , 960 St C cilia D ay 637
e
’
s
G il Church 6
,

ilv r W ddi g J our y

.

’
S e e n ne 2 36 St es 1
tar Lov th M or i g nd
.
,

A tho y b olut
,

S ir n n A s e, 3 37 S e e n n a
Galahad Ev i g 5
,

S ir 72 0 en n 1 1
S tar S pa gl d Ba r 37
,

i t r My littl
,

S s e e 1 61 n e nn e ,

k tch Book d dicatio S tar Build b ath 4 70

, ,

S e e n 96 7 s, en e
S t ppi g S to Ri
,

ki or ay
, ,

S en N w 44 7 e n 9 5 nes , s e on , 2
kull dri ki g cup S tor m at m id ight u ociabl
, ,

S n n 74 1 n as ns e
a 64 6
, ,

S l a b s i d es 5 9 as

lav ry otabl ork S tok Po g Church y ard 98 7

, ,

S e n e w on 1 4 9 e es
l p g iv th b lov d S tok upo Tr t 8 95
, , ,

S ee He e H is e e e- n- en
S to H ou 5 76
, , ,

QS I ne s e,
S l p y H ollo w 68
ee 2 S tor y of A frica Far m 768 an n
S l py H ollo w C m t ry 8 78 S tor y Lady T h
, ,

ee e e e 8 3 e, 2
S li m Pri c S tor y of a Bad B y 8 98
, ,

8 n es s , 02 o
S lo w ri w orth b y pov rty S tor y of Pat y
,

s es e s 2 1 0
oppr d 97 S to y W riti g R ul
,

es s e 2 r 396 n es ,
S ark T h 5 S tra d S w d
,

n e, 20 n 6 e en , 2 2
r Y t rday 68 S trai g h t R oad But
, ,

78 3
’
S nee es e s, 1 on e ,
S o w B rri S tra wb rr y H ill
, ,

n 68 8 e es , 77e 2
S ow I mag S trogo ff Micha l
,
’
n 795 e, 47 e 2
S o w S how r T h 64 3 S uch i th Patriot Boa t 779
, ,
’
n -
e e, s e s s
S ohr b d R u tu m 377 S u gar plu m Tr
, ,

5 8
-
a an s ee , 2
S J uda ki d h i Ma t r 96 Bli d S pi r i th 34 5
,

o s s se s s e 2 Su n, n n ne n e,
S oldi r of Fortu t Co x 997
,

e s 4 ne , 1 0 Su nse
S olo m o T h Ya k S wa of Avo S w t 4 66
,

37 3 n, e n ee , n n, ee
S om bor gr at 638 S w t M rc y Nobilit y Tru
,
’
e a re n e ee e s e
S o m wh r th bird
,

Badg
,

e 3 9 e e e s, 1 e, 1 2 1
S o g of M y lf T h
n 7 se e, 1 1 S w at hop Po t
e s 5 e 1 0
S o g of th Ba jo 8 8 9
,

Sw t th d rt air 5 3
,

n e n e e n e s s on e es e 2
S o g of th S hirt
,

S w t S wa f Avo
,

n 85 e 1 ee 466 n o n,
S o g fro m Vagabo dia 90 4
,

n s n S y m pho y M y 8 0 n 1
S o g of S v
, , ,

n s 4 77 e en ,
S o g Tra c of 65 5
n n e Tabard I 4 7 nn ,
S oul It ta k a 6
, ,

es 1 0 Ta k j oy ho m 48 0
e e,
S outh r r T h
, ,

e ne
34 e, 2 T l b th y
a o 35 a s, 1
S p ctato
,

e Th 98 r, e, 2 Tal of a G a dfath r 6 5
es r n e 1
S p zia B y f 4 8 7 Tal f th M rm aid Tav n
,
e a o es o e e er
S pi r i th Bli d 5
, , ,
nne n e s u n, n ,
1 0, 282
T a m O S h a nt er , 1 1 2
’

S py T h e, 8 93
. Ta gl ood Tal
n ew es , 792
 I NDEX
T a rrya wh il e, 969 T om Brown, 543
Tart T p r e m e , 35 8 a yr
T om S w e , 67
T a t l er , T h e,
47 1 T oo l ow eth y bu ld 4 70
i
Tav r T rr s 59
,

e n, e e
’

, 1 To w P um p rill from th
n 3 e,
Part y Bo to 1 76
,

T ea , s n, 344
T ach m t F l 62 9
e e o ee , Toy b H all 60
n ee 1
T ar oft i g ho w r Tra c d tali t 790
,

th en n

74E
e s re e s s e s, n s en en s s,
Tra c of S o g 6 5 5
n e n
T ll r f Tal 8 1 5 Tribulatio 38 4
,

e e o es , n,
T lli g th B
e n 71 e ees , Tribu Fo d r f N Y 8 46
n e, un e o
T mp A Tart 35 8 Tril by 3
.

e er , , 1 2
T m l Church 70 4 Tri ity Church yard 1 0 0 0
,

e e
T tpM u T h 5 4
, n
Tri tram S ha d y L if
,

en se , e, s d n e an
T rr Tav r 1 59 O pi io f 6 3
,

e e s e n, n ns o 1
Th r i a wo d rful cou tr y
,

e e s n e n , Tru G ra d ur f Natio 4 1 7
e n e o ns,

54 0 Tr U iv r ity T h 349
ue n e s e,
T h V i l t b y i t m o y to Tru Worth i i b i g 68 5
,

e o e s ss s ne, e s n e n
i pr ciou d d ivi
,

6 7
é35
I T t
ru i s e s an ne ,
f Baco wri t i g
7g
Th w
'
e ne o n s n s,
2 Turk H ad Tav r 97
’
s e e n, 1
Th m i Th Godd 7 5
e s, e es s , 0 T it l
us 8 5
a a, 1
Thi g f b aut y 40 8
n o e T w ty ix d
en -
40 s an o ne, 2
Thi That d th O th r 1 69
,

Tw Y ar at H ull H ou
3g
s, an e e en e s s e,
Thor au C ov 37 1
,
’
e s e,
Thr M i a Boat 0
ee en n , 22 T wick ha m W ick d Wa p f
en e s o
Thul A Pri c
, ,

e, f 4 2 n es s o 2 98 3
Thu t r li v th wr tch d
,

T w Li ttl P i lgr i m P rogr

.
’
s o e e e e e e , o e s es s ,
2 71 8 1 1
Ti
’
a y ough to b pl a a t
s e s en e e s n , Tw oY ar B for th Ma t e s e e e s ,

I 766
’
Ti s v Alo that i giv
ca en ne s en T y p ee. 4 2 3
away 648
th h igh tar alo
,
’
T t
i s no 1n e s s ne ,
24 U gl y Club 95 4
u t f li f 6 9 br lla T h O l y Tru 669
,

Ti th Um
’
s e s ns e o e, 1 e e n e,
Ti to M l ma 1 90 cl R mu 90 3
,

e e Un e e s,
T a Fri g d G tia cl To m Cabi 1 49
,
'
o 4 5 n e en n, 2 Un e s n,
Tob y Fillpot 1 9 1 Un iv r ity T h Tr 34 9
e s e u e,
T hav do what v r had t
, ,

o e ne e e o Un s ociabl a tor m at mi de as s
b do 1 96
e ne , ight 646
n
To mb Blo om 364 U to th i g iv li f 5 7
,

ss s, n ese s en a e, 1
T m th m a
o t fl o w r that
e e e ne s e U pp r tory f lif
e 5 73
s o e,
g r ow 4 1 4 s, U topia 4 99 ,
30 0 I ND
V aili m 8 9 a, 2
Val f Ch t r 699
e o es e
Vall y f D r a m 5 4
,

e o e s, 0
Vall y of th Moo
e 3 e n, 2 0
V tia L if 77
en e n e,
V r E l i 46
en n e s e,
Victoria Qu
,

56 een , 1
Villa Cra w ford 64
,

2
Villa g Black m ith 65
,

e s 2
Viol t b y i t m o y to 6 7
,

e s ss s n e, 1
Viol t of S w I m ag 795
e no e,
Vir g i ia I O ld 8 6 7
n n
Vir g i ia
, ,

n n, 2 1
V i h l d G r at Avatar o f
s nu a n , e

36 1
Voic of th P opl 9
e e e e, 01

W a ck f o r dqu r 46 S ee s ,
Wall t i 8 7 en s e n , 2
W lpol H u 36
a e o s e,
W ll S tr t P i 38
a ee an n, 2
Wal Pa g L t 5 64
,
’
t er e s e te
r

War Corr po d t Work i es n en s

’
n

Fictio 78 n,
W H o a Big lo w opi io
a r, se e
’
s n n
f 94
o 2
W ar th G r at Bo r 5 8
,

e e e 1
W ar r A
, ,

ne 7 n n e, 1 0
W t it w t
,

as e 5 32 s s e e n es s ,

Wat rfow l To a 6
e 1
Way id T h 947
, ,

s e, e,
W all childr
e a re 87 en , 2
W i m m ortal 5
e a re 02
W Build O ur Futur 8
,

e e, 22
W hap our lv
e s 3 e se es , 1 1
W t S h t d a Flo wi g S
e ee an n ea ,

What i good 5 4 s 0
What i
,

80 5 s s een ,
Wh at E pic f th 2 2 7
e o e,
Wh v ry thi g go d ad
,

en e e n es e
wro g 331 n ,
 S y n o ny m s
a nd A n t o ny m s
B y E D IT H B . O RD W AY

1 2 mo . Cl ot h n et,

A ge n u i n e d i c t i on a ry of wo d s inr o rd i n a ry u s e, wi h t
a ll p
t h e i m o r ta n t w o d s r of k o
li e r si m i l a r m ea n i n g . It
is r d v ol u m e ba s ed
a s ta n d a , u p on
th e s t a n d a r d a n d u p

t o d a t e a u t h ori t i e s a n d w i t h ou t i t n o d e s k i n h om e o r
-
,

offi c e i s c o m p l ete Th os e w h o kn ow m os t k n ow i ts
.
,

v a l u e b es t T h e b ook c on ta i n s th ou s a n d s o f w o r d s w i t h
.

t h e i r opp os i t es w h i c h w i l l n ot b e f ou n d i n a ny ot h e r

vo u l me .

H er e a re fi v e t h ou s a n d l ea d i ng w o r d s w i t h m a ny

t h ou s a n d s yn onym s a n d a n on t ym s . An e x cell ent ma n

u al f or on e wh o w i s h e s t o s tu d y wor d s in s pa re mo

m en s t .
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G E O R GE S U L L Y A N D C O M P A N Y
mmm
 By W L MA S ON . .

1 2 mo . C l ot h n e t,

Thi i popular ha dboo k for p opl of all ag

s s a . d cla n e e es a n s s es

co tai i g word which

n n n co m mo l y fou d troubl om or s a re n n es e

p r pl x i g
e to p lli g acc t y llabicatio pro u ciatio
e n as s e n ,
en , s n, n n n,

or u se .

i t d d a ha dy r f r c book for th bu y m
It is n en e as n e e en e e s an

or wo ma ; a d k co mpa io for th t ograph r ;

n as es n n e s en e as an

ard t th t a h r i
o d out f t h cla
e ro m ; a i d i p
e c e n an o e ss o as n n s en

sabl dj u ct for a yo wh writ

e a n n ne o es .

T h word e arra g d i forty group bri gi g t cl arl y

s a re n e n s, n n ou e

th p culiarit y of all th
e e word i v r y group pr ti g th e s n e e ,
e s en n e

word fi r t i i t ordi ar y for m th

s howi g it prop rl y y l
n s n ,
en s n e s

l bi d
a d acc t d follo w d b y a cl ar
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e e an n se e n

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n, n e s e n en e s n s e u s e,

d wi th l l of thi ot poi ti g t th p rpl x i g part

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an a a s, n e n n ou e e e n

o f th word ed ho wi g h w to ov rco m it,

an s n o e e .

Th di ti gui hi g f atur
e f thi boo k which cau
s n s it to
n e e o s , s es

diff r fro m all oth r i m ilar work i that it t o l y d ig

e e s s, s no n es

n at th catch i v ry troubl om word but how th

es e
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