“Life of Thackeray,”—Anthony Trollope.
Anthony Trollope, an illustrious English novelist, was born in London, April 24, 1815, and died there, December 6, 1882. Among his numerous publications may be mentioned: “The Kellys and the O’Kellys,” “La Vendée,” “The Warden,” “Barchester Towers,” “Doctor Thorne,” “The Bertrams,” “Castle Richmond,” “Orley Farm,” “Tales of All Countries,” “The Struggles of Brown, Jones and Robinson,” “North America,” “Rachel Ray,” “Hunting Sketches,” “Traveling Sketches,” “The Claverings,” “British Sports and Pastimes,” “He Knew He Was Right,” “Mary Gresley,” “Ralph the Heir,” “The Golden Lion of Granpère,” “Phineas Redux,” “South Australia and Western Australia,” “Lady Anna,” “The Prime Minister,” “The American Senator,” “South Africa,” “John Caldigate,” “Cousin Henry,” “The Duke’s Children,” “Life of Cicero,” “Ayala’s Angel,” “Marion Fay,” “The Fixed Period,” “Kept in the Dark,” etc. His “Autobiography” appeared in 1883.
Come and see her as she stands.
Crimson roses in her hands;
And her eyes
Are as dark as Southern night,
Yet than Southern dawn more bright.
And a soft, alluring light,
In them lies.
“Fanny, A Southern Blossom,” St. I,—Anne Reeve Aldrich.
Anne Reeve Aldrich, a noted American poet and novelist, was born in New York, April 25, 1866, and died there June 22, 1892. She wrote: “The Rose of Flame,” “The Feet of Love,” “Songs About Life, Love and Death,” etc.
Take, O boatman, thrice thy fee,—
Take, I give it willingly;
For, invisible to thee,
Spirits twain have, crossed with me.
“The Passage,” Edinburgh Review, Oct., 1832,—Johann L. Uhland.
Johann L. Uhland, an eminent German poet, was born at Tubingen, April 26, 1787, and died November 13, 1862. He wrote: “Walther von der Vogelweide,” “The Old French Epos,” “The Myth of Thor, according to Norse Tradition,” etc. Also two dramas: “Ludwig the Bavarian,” and “Ernest, Duke of Suabia.” His ballads and songs also won for him great renown.
Even bear-baiting was esteemed heathenish and unchristian: the sport of it, not the inhumanity, gave offence.
“History of England,” Vol. i, Chap. lxii,—David Hume.