FOOTNOTES:
[65] Henry James (1843-1916). An American novelist noted for strikingly analytical novels. His boyhood home was on Washington Square.
[66] Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). Perhaps the most widely known American poet and short story writer. The Raven is the best-known poem by any American poet. Poe wrote the poem while he was living in New York City.
[67] Washington Irving (1783-1859). The genial American essayist, biographer and historian. He spent much of his time in New York City.
[68] James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851). The first great American novelist, best known for his famous “Leatherstocking Tales.”
[69] William Dean Howells (1837-1920). A celebrated modern novelist, noted for his realistic pictures of life.
[70] F. Hopkinson Smith (1838-1915). An American civil engineer, artist and short story writer. Colonel Carter of Cartersville is one of his best-known books.
[71] O. Henry (William Sidney Porter) (1867-1910). A popular American short story writer, noted for originality of style and treatment.
[72] “Windows in Thrums”. The title of a novel by James Matthew Barrie (1860.—) is A Window in Thrums, Thrums being an imaginary village in Scotland, inhabited principally by humble but devout weavers.
[73] Sir Richard Whittington (1358-1423). Three times Lord Mayor of London; the hero of the legend of Whittington and His Cat.