“Woodman, Spare that Tree!”—George P. Morris.
George Pope Morris, a celebrated American journalist and song-writer, was born in Philadelphia, October 10, 1802, and died in New York City, July 6, 1864. He wrote: “Poems,” “The Little Frenchman,” “Briercliff,” and his famous song, “Woodman Spare That Tree.”
It was acknowledged by Hume, that it was only in solitude and retirement that he could yield any assent to his own philosophy.
“Essays,”—Hugh Miller.
Hugh Miller, a distinguished Scottish geologist, was born at Cromarty, October 11, 1802, and died near Edinburgh, December 2, 1856. His most notable works are: “The Old Red Sandstone,” “Footprints of the Creator,” “Testimony of the Rocks,” “Poems,” “Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland,” etc.
There came to port last Sunday night
The queerest little craft,
Without an inch of rigging on;
I looked and looked,—and laughed!
It seemed so curious that she
Should cross the unknown water,
And moor herself within my room,—
My daughter! O my daughter.
“The New Arrival,” St. I.—George Washington Cable.
George Washington Cable, a famous American novelist, was born in New Orleans, La., October 12, 1844. He has written: “The Silent South,” “The Creoles of Louisiana,” “Old Creole Days,” “Dr. Sevier,” “Strange True Stories of Louisiana,” “The Busy Man’s Bible,” “John March, Southerner,” “The Negro Question,” “Strong Hearts,” “Kincaid’s Battery,” “Gideon’s Band,” “The Amateur Garden,” etc.
I’ve wandered east, I’ve wandered west,
Through mony a weary way;
But never, never can forget
The luve o’ life’s young day!
“Jeannie Morrison,”—William Motherwell.