25th. BRET HARTE, b. 25 Ag. 1839
I. Plain Language from Truthful James, II:234-236
II. The Outcasts of Poker Flat, 20-Pt. I:30-46
III. Ramon, 11:285-288
IV. Her Letter, 8-Pt. I:113-115
26th. I. Holley’s An Unmarried Female, 8-Pt. II: 26-36
We are as liable to be corrupted by books as by companions.
—HENRY FIELDING.
AUGUST 27TH TO SEPTEMBER 2ND
27th. I. Scott’s Coronach, 15:33-34
II. Lochinvar, 10:36-39
III. A Weary Lot Is Thine, 10:40-41
IV. County Guy, 12:154-155
V. Hail to the Chief, 12:203-204
28th. LEO TOLSTOI, b. 28 Ag. 1828
I. The Prisoner in the Caucasus, 19-Pt. I:141-186
29th. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES,b. 29Ag. 1809;d.
I. The Ballad of the Oysterman, 7-Pt. I:105-106
II. My Aunt, 7-Pt. I:23-24
III. Foreign Correspondence, 7-Pt. I:77-80
IV. The Chambered Nautilus, 14:108-109
The Royal George lost 29 Ag. 1782
V. Cowper’s On the Loss of the Royal George, 10:148-149
30th. I. Scott’s Brignall Banks, 10:41-43
II. Hunting Song, 12:230-231
III. Soldier Rest, 12:277-278
IV. Proud Maisie, 10:258
V. Harp of the North, 12:286-287
31st. THÉOPHILE GAUTIER, b. 31 Ag. 1811
I. The Mummy’s Foot, 19-Pt. I:90-108
S. 1ST. SIMEON FORD, b. 31 Ag. 1855
I. At a Turkish Bath, 9-Pt. II:74-77
II. The Discomforts of Travel, 9-Pt. II: 123-127
III. Boyhood in a New England Hotel, 9-Pt. I:123-126