“Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers”; “Charles Edward at Versailles,”—W. E. Aytoun.
William Edmonstoune Aytoun, a noted Scottish humorist, was born in Edinburgh, June 21, 1813, and died at Blackhills, near Elgin, August 4, 1865. He wrote: “Ballads of Scotland,” and his most famous work, “Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers.” With Theodore Martin he wrote the celebrated “Bon Gaultier Ballads.”
With the multiplication of books comes the rapid extension and awakening of mental activity.
“Constitutional History of England,”—William Stubbs.
William Stubbs, a noted English historical writer, was born at Knaresborough, June 21, 1825, and died April 22, 1901. His most famous work is: “The Constitutional History of England.” He also published: “Lectures on Mediæval and Modern History.”
Hopkins sought to add to the five points of Calvinism the rather heterogeneous ingredient that holiness consists in pure, disinterested benevolence, and that all regard for self is necessarily sinful.
“History of the United States of America,” Vol. II, p. 597,—Richard Hildreth.
Richard Hildreth, a renowned American historian, was born in Deerfield, Mass., June 22, 1807, and died in Florence, Italy, July 11, 1865. Among his works are: “History of Banks,” “Theory of Morals,” “Theory of Politics,” and his most noted work, “History of the United States.”
My two favourite novels are Dickens’ “Tale of Two Cities” and Lytton’s “Coming Race.” Both these books I can read again and again, and with an added pleasure. Only my delight in the last is always marred afresh by disgust at the behaviour of the hero, who, in order to return to this dull earth, put away the queenly Zoe’s love.
“Books which Have Influenced Me,” p. 67,—Haggard, H. Rider.