[11] James Russell Lowell (1819-1891). An American poet and essayist, noted for his love of books.
[12] Pactolian Stream, a river in Asia Minor in which gold was found.
[13] The Tempest, one of Shakespeare's most poetic comedies, written about 1611.
[14] Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), the great literary leader of the eighteenth century, noted for his work as an essayist.
[15] Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374), one of the most noted Italian poets.
[16] John Keats (1795-1821), an English poet especially noted for the rich beauty of his style.
[17] Edmund Spenser (1552?-1599), the celebrated author of The Faërie Queen and of other poems noted for rich imaginative power. His Epithalamium, perhaps his best poem, was written in honor of his marriage to Elizabeth Boyle.
[18] Cowden Clarke (1787-1877), an English publisher and Shakespearian scholar, a friend of John Keats.
[19] Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), a great American philosopher and patriot whose life story is told in his Autobiography.
[20] The Spectator, a daily paper published by Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele and others from March 1, 1711, to December 6, 1712.