(Place of birth in parentheses. Title of one noted book in italics. Title of most famous poem in quotation marks.)

Browning, Robert. English poet. The Ring and the Book. (Born near London.) Lived in Italy. 1812-1889.

Bryant, William Cullen. American poet and journalist. "Thanatopsis." (Massachusetts.) New York. 1794-1878.

Buckley, Arabella B. (Mrs. Fisher). English writer on popular science. (Brighton, England.) 1840——.

Bunyan, John. English preacher and writer. Pilgrim's Progress. (Bedford.) London. 1628-1688.

Burns, Robert. Scottish poet. "Tam O'Shanter." (Alloway.) Dumfries. 1759-1796.

Campbell, Thomas. Scottish poet. "Hohenlinden." (Glasgow.) 1777-1844.

Canton, William. English journalist and writer. 1845——.

Carnegie (kÄr neg'i), Andrew. American manufacturer and philanthropist. (Scotland.) New York. 1837——.

Cherry, Andrew. Irish poet and dramatist. All for Fame. (Ireland.) 1762-1812.

Collins, William. English poet. (Chichester.) 1721-1759.

Columbus, Christopher. The discoverer of America. (Genoa, Italy.) Spain. 1446(?)-1506.

Cook, Eliza. English poet. "The Old Arm-Chair." 1818-1889.

Dickens, Charles. English novelist. David Copperfield. (Portsmouth.) London. 1812-1870.

Domett (dom'et), Alfred. English poet and statesman. "Christmas Hymn." 1811-1887.

Dumas (dÖ mÄ'), Alexandre. French novelist and dramatist. The Count of Monte Cristo. 1802-1870.

Eliot, George (Mrs. Mary Ann Evans Cross). English novelist. The Mill on the Floss. 1819-1880.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. American philosopher and poet. Essays. (Boston.) 1803-1882.

Everett, Edward. American statesman and orator. Orations and Speeches. (Massachusetts.) 1794-1865.

Fields, James T. American publisher and author. (New Hampshire.) Massachusetts. 1817-1881.

Giberne, Agnes. English writer on scientific subjects.

Goldsmith, Oliver. English poet and novelist. Vicar of Wakefield. (Ireland.) 1728-1774.

Halleck, Fitz-Greene. American poet. "Marco Bozzaris." (Connecticut.) 1790-1867.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. American novelist. The Wonder Book. (Massachusetts.) 1804-1864.

Henry, Patrick. American patriot. (Virginia.) 1736-1799.

Herrick, Robert. English poet. 1591-1674.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell. American author. Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. (Massachusetts.) 1809-1894.

Hugo, Victor. French novelist and poet. 1802-1885.

Hunt, Leigh (James Henry Leigh Hunt). English essayist and poet. "Abou ben Adhem." 1784-1859.

Irving, Washington. American prose writer. The Sketch Book. (New York.) 1783-1859.

Jerrold, Douglas William. English humorist. Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures. (London.) 1803-1857.

Jonson, Ben. English dramatist. 1573-1637.

Kipling, Rudyard. English writer. The Jungle Book. (Bombay, India.) England. 1865——.

Lamb, Charles. English essayist. (London.) 1775-1834.

Lanier, Sidney. American musician and author. Poems. (Georgia.) Maryland. 1842-1881.

Lee, Henry. American general, father of Robert E. Lee. (Virginia.) 1756-1818.

Lincoln, Abraham. Sixteenth president of the United States. (Kentucky.) Illinois. 1809-1865.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. American poet. Poems. (Maine.) Massachusetts. 1807-1882.

Lowell, James Russell. American poet and essayist. (Massachusetts.) 1819-1891.

Macleod, Fiona (True name William Sharp). Scottish poet and story-writer. 1856-1905.

Mitchell, Donald G. American essayist. Reveries of a Bachelor. (Connecticut.) 1822-1908.

Parker, Theodore. American clergyman and author. (Massachusetts.) 1810-1860.

Poe, Edgar Allan. American poet and story-writer. "The Raven." (Massachusetts.) Virginia. 1809-1849.

Pope, Alexander. English poet. (London.) 1688-1744.

Proctor, Richard A. English astronomer. 1837-1888.

Riley, James Whitcomb. American poet. (Indiana.) 1852——.

Rogers, Samuel. English poet. (London.) 1763-1855.

Ryan, Abram J. American clergyman and poet. (Virginia.) Georgia; Kentucky. 1839-1886.

Scott, Sir Walter. Scottish poet and novelist. Ivanhoe. (Edinburgh.) 1771-1832.

Shakespeare, William. The greatest of English dramatists. (Stratford-on-Avon.) 1564-1616.

Sharp, William. See Macleod, Fiona.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe (bish). English poet. Poems. 1792-1822.

Simms, William Gilmore. American novelist and poet. (South Carolina.) 1806-1870.

Sophocles (sof'o klez). Greek tragic poet. 495-406 B.C.

Sylvester, Joshua. English poet. 1563-1618.

Tennyson, Alfred. English poet. In Memoriam. (Lincolnshire.) 1809-1892.

Thackeray, William Makepeace. English novelist and critic. (Calcutta, India.) London. 1811-1863.

Timrod, Henry. American poet. (South Carolina.) 1829-1867.

Whitman, Walt. American poet. Leaves of Grass. (New York.) Washington, D.C.; New Jersey. 1819-1892.

Whittier, John Greenleaf. American poet. Poems. (Massachusetts.) 1807-1892.

Winslow, Edward. Governor of Plymouth colony. (Worcestershire, Eng.) Plymouth, Massachusetts. 1595-1655.

Wotton, Sir Henry. English poet. 1568-1639.