Borrow therefore, of those golden morning hours, and bestow them on your book.
—EARL OF BEDFORD
FEBRUARY 5TH TO 11TH
5th. I. De Quincey’s On the Knocking at the Gate In Macbeth,
4-Pt. II:100-107
6th. SIR HENRY IRVING, b. 6 F. 1838
I. Sir Henry Irving, 17-II:39-47
7th. CHARLES DICKENS, b. 7 F. 1812
I. The Trial for Murder, 21-Pt. I:1-19
8th. JOHN RUSKIN, b. 8 F. 1819
I. The Slave Ship, 1-Pt. II:27-29
II. Art and Morals, 1-Pt. II:103-132
III. Peace, 1-Pt. II:135-137
9th. GEORGE ADE, b. 9 F. 1866
I. The Fable of the Preacher, 9-Pt. II:67-71
II. The Fable of the Caddy, 9-Pt. II:93-94
III. The Fable of the Two Mandolin Players, 9-Pt. II:13l-136
10th. SIR JOHN SUCKLING, baptized 10 F. 1609
I. Encouragements to a Lover, 13:122
II. Constancy, 12:122-123
E. W. TOWNSEND, b. 10 F. 1855
III. Chimmie Meets the Duchess, 9-Pt. I 109-114
11th. I. Brooke’s Dust, 12:341
II. 1914—V—The Soldier, 15: 228
III. Guiterman’s In the Hospital, 15:203
The scholar, only, knows how dear these silent, yet eloquent, companions of pure thoughts and innocent hours become in the season of adversity. When all that is worldly turns to dross around us, these only retain their steady value.
—Washington Irving.