It Can Be Done - Joseph Morris
BENJAMIN, PARK. Born at Demerara, British Guiana, Aug. 14, 1809; died at
New York City, Sept. 12, 1864. Connected with various periodicals.
_Press On_.
BINNS, HENRY BRYAN. _Ultimate Act_.
BRADFORD, GAMALIEL. Born at Boston, Mass., Oct. 9, 1863; privately
tutored till 1882; entered Harvard College 1882 but was obliged to
leave almost immediately because of ill health. Contributor of essays
and poems to various magazines; has a remarkable insight into the
characters of historical figures, and in a few pages reveals their
inner souls. Among his books are "Types of American Character," "A
Pageant of Life," "The Private Tutor," "Between Two Masters," "Matthew
Porter," "Lee, the American," "Confederate Portraits," "Union
Portraits," "A Naturalist of Souls," and "Portraits of American
Women." _God; Heinelet; The Joy of Living_.
BRALEY, BERTON. Born at Madison, Wis., Jan. 29, 1882. Graduated from the
University of Wisconsin 1905; reporter on the Butte, Mont., _Inter
Mountain_ 1905-6; later with the Butte _Evening News_ and the
Billings, Mont., _Gazette_; with the New York _Evening Mail_ 1909;
associate editor of _Puck_ 1910; free lance writer since 1910; special
correspondent in Northern Europe 1915-16; in France, England, and
Germany 1918-19. Among his books are "Sonnets of a Freshman," "Songs
of a Workaday World," "Things as They Are," "A Banjo at Armageddon,"
"In Camp and Trench," and "Buddy Ballads." _Opportunity; Playing the
Game; Start Where You Stand; Success; The Conqueror_.
BRANCH, ANNA HEMPSTEAD. Born at New London, Conn. Graduated at Adelphi
Academy, Brooklyn, 1893, from Smith College 1897, and from the
American Academy of Dramatic Art, New York, 1900. Among her books are
"The Heart of the Road," "The Shoes That Danced," "Rose of the Wind,"
and "Nimrod, and Other Poems." _Gladness_.
BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT. Born at Coxhoe Hall, Durham, Eng., Mar. 6,
1806; died at Florence, Italy, June 30, 1861. A semi-invalid all her
life. Married Robert Browning 1846, and resided in Italy for the
remainder of her life. Author of "Casa Guidi Windows," "Aurora Leigh,"
and "Sonnets from the Portuguese." _Cares_.
BROWNING, ROBERT. Born at Camberwell, Eng., May 7, 1812; died at Venice,
Italy, Dec. 12, 1889. Educated at home and at London University; well
trained in music. Travel in Russia 1833; considered diplomatic career;
trip to Italy 1838; married Elizabeth Barrett 1846, and during her
life time resided chiefly at Florence, Italy. After her death in 1861,
he lived in London and Venice. Among his works are "Pauline,"
"Paracelsus," "Strafford," "Sordello," "A Blot in the 'Scutcheon,"
"Colombe's Birthday," "Dramatis Personae," "A Soul's Tragedy," "Luna,"
"Men and Women," "The Ring and the Book," "Fifine at the Fair," "The
Inn-Album," "Dramatic Idyls," and "Asolando." _Man, Bird, and God;
Pippa's Song; Prospice; Rabbi Ben Ezra_.
BURNS, ROBERT. Born at Alloway, near Ayr, Scotland, Jan. 25, 1759; died
at Dumfries, Scotland, July 21, 1796. Received little education;
drudgery on a farm at Mt. Oliphant 1766-77; on a farm at Lochlea
1777-84, during which time there was a period of loose living and bad
companionship; at the death of his father he and his brother Gilbert
rented Mossgiel farm near Mauchline, where many of his best poems were
written; winter of 1786-7 he visited Edinburgh, and was received into
the best society; winter of 1787-8 revisited Edinburgh but rather
coolly received by Edinburgh society; 1788 married Jean Armour, by
whom he had previously had several children. Took farm at Ellisland
1788; became an excise officer 1789. Removed to Dumfries 1791; later
years characterized by depression and poverty. Some of his best-known
poems are "The Holy Fair," "The Cotter's Saturday Night," and "Tam
O'Shanter"; wrote many of the most popular songs in the English
language. _A Man's a Man for A' That; Borrowing Trouble; The Gift_.
BYRON, LORD (George Gordon Byron). Born at London, Jan. 22, 1788; died
at Missolonghi, Greece, Apr. 19, 1824, and buried in parish church at
Hucknell, near Newstead. Born with a deformed foot; much petted as a
child; inherited title and estate at death of his granduncle, William,
fifth Lord Byron, 1798. Studied at Harrow and at Cambridge University,
receiving M.A. degree 1808. Traveled in Portugal, Spain, Greece, and
Turkey 1809-11. In 1815 married Anna Milbanke, who left him 1816. In
1816 met Miss Clairmont at Geneva, who bore him an illegitimate
daughter, Allegra, 1817; in 1819 met Teresa, Countess Guiccioli, at
Venice, and remained with her during his stay in Italy. Joined the
Greek insurgents 1823, and died of a fever in their cause of freedom
from the Turks. Among his works are "Hours of Idleness," "English
Bards and Scotch Reviewers," "Childe Harold," "The Giaour," "The
Corsair," "The Prisoner of Chillon," "Cain," "Manfred," and "Don
Juan." _Serenity_.
C
CARLYLE, THOMAS. Born at Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Dec. 4,
1795; died at Chelsea, London, Feb. 4, 1881. Educated at Annan Grammar
School and Edinburgh University; mathematical tutor at Annan 1814;
teacher at Kirkcaldy 1816; went to Edinburgh to study law 1819; tutor
in Buller family 1822-4; married Jane Welsh 1826; lived successively
at Comely Bank, Edinburgh, and Craigenputtoch 1828-34; moved to
Chelsea 1834; and remained there the rest of his life. Elected Lord
Rector of Edinburgh University 1865. Among his works are "Life of
Schiller," "Sartor Resartus," "The French Revolution," "Chartism,"
"Heroes, Hero Worship, and the Heroic in History," "Life and Letters
of Oliver Cromwell," "Life of Sterling," "Latter-Day Pamphlets," and
"Frederick the Great." _To-Day_.
CLOUGH, ARTHUR HUGH. Born at Liverpool, Eng., Jan. 1, 1819; died at
Florence, Italy, Nov. 13, 1861. Went to school at Rugby and Oxford;
accepted headship of University Hall, London, 1849; came to America
1852; health began to fail 1859. _Say Not the Struggle Nought
Availeth_.
COATES, FLORENCE EARLE. Born at Philadelphia, Pa.; educated at private
schools and at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, France; studied also
at Brussels. President of the Browning Society of Philadelphia
1895-1903 and 1907-8; a founder of the Contemporary Club,
Philadelphia, 1886; member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants,
and Colonial Dames of America. Among her books are "Mine and Thine,"
"Lyrics of Life," and "The Unconquered Air, and Other Poems." _A Hero;
Courage; Per Aspera_.
COOKE, EDMUND VANCE. Born at Port Dover, Canada, June 5, 1866. Educated
principally at common schools. He began to give lecture entertainments
1893, and has been for years one of the most popular lyceum men before
the public. Frequent contributor of poems, stories, and articles to
the leading magazines. His poem "How Did You Die?" has attained a
nation-wide popularity. Among his books are "Just Then Something
Happened," "The Story Club," "Told to the Little Tot," "Chronicles of
the Little Tot," "I Rule the House," "Impertinent Poems," "Little,
Songs for Two," "Rimes to be Read," "The Uncommon Commoner," and "A
Patch of Pansies." _How Did You Die?; Laugh a Little Bit_.
CROSBY, ERNEST HOWARD. Born at New York City, Nov. 4, 1856; died there
Jan. 3, 1907. Graduated from University of New York 1876, and from
Columbia Law School 1878; lawyer in New York 1878-89; judge of
international court at Alexandria, Egypt, 1889-94; returned to New
York 1894, and interested himself in social reform. Among his books
are "Plain Talk in Psalm and Parable," "Captain Jenks, Hero," "Swords
and Plowshares," "Tolstoi and His Message," and "Labor and Neighbor."
_Life and Death_.
D
DEKKER, THOMAS. Born at London, about 1570; died about 1641. Little is
known of his life; imprisoned several times; had literary quarrels
with Ben Jonson. Lived in the great period of the English drama (the
age of Shakespeare); wrote many of his plays in collaboration with
other writers of the period. Among his best-known plays are "The
Shoe-makers' Holiday" and "Old Fortunatus." _The Happy Heart_.
DRAKE, JOSEPH RODMAN. Born at New York City, Aug. 7, 1795; died there
Sept. 21, 1820. Author of "The Culprit Fay" and "The American Flag."
_The Man Who Frets at Worldly Strife_.
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ELIOT, GEORGE (Mary Ann Evans Lewes Cross). Born at Arbury Farm,
Warwickshire, Eng., Nov. 22, 1819; died at Chelsea, London, Dec. 22,
1880. Educated at Nuneaton and Coventry; assistant editor of the
_Westminster Review_ 1851-3. Lived with George Henry Lewes from 1854
until his death in 1878; married John Walter Cross in 1880. Among her
books (mostly novels) are "Adam Bede," "The Mill on the Floss," "Silas
Marner," "Romola," "Felix Holt," "The Spanish Gypsy," "Middlemarch,"
"Daniel Deronda," and "Impressions of Theophrastus Such." _You May
Count That Day_.
EMERSON, RALPH WALDO. Born at Boston, Mass., May 25, 1803; died at
Concord, Mass., Apr. 27, 1882. Graduated at Harvard College 1821,
working his way; taught school; began to study for the ministry 1823;
licensed to preach 1826; trip to the South for his health 1827-8;
Unitarian minister in Boston 1829-32; European travel 1832-3; settled
at Concord 1834; lectured extensively for over thirty years.
Contributed to the _Dial_ 1840-4; visited Europe 1847-8 and 1872-3.
Lectured at Harvard 1868-70. Some of his works are "Nature," "The
American Scholar," "Essays" (first and second series), "Representative
Men," "English Traits," "The Conduct of Life," and "Society and
Solitude." _Duty; Fable_.
F
FOLEY, JAMES WILLIAM. Born at St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 4, 1874. Educated at
the University of South Dakota. Member of Masonic Order and Past Grand
Master of Masons. Had early ranch experience; knew Theodore Roosevelt
during his ranching days. Began newspaper work on the Bismarck, N.
Dak., _Tribune_ 1892. During the Great War he served seventeen months
in army camps as an entertainer and inspirational lecturer, traveling
fifty thousand miles and addressing a quarter of a million men. For
fifteen years he has been lecturing and writing. His work includes
books of verse, humorous sketches, and plays. At present associate
editor of the Pasadena, Cal., _Evening Post._ Among his books are
"Boys and Girls," "Tales of the Trail," "Friendly Rhymes," "Voices of
Song," "Letters of William Green," and "Songs of Schooldays." _A Hymn
to Happiness; A Toast to Merriment; Days of Cheer; Friends of Mine;
One of These Days; Song of Endeavor; Undismayed_.
FOSS, SAM WALTER. Born at Candia, N.H., June 19, 1858; died in 1911.
Graduated from Brown University 1882; editor 1883-93; general writer
1893-8; librarian at Somerville, Mass., from 1898; lecturer and reader
of his own poems. Among his books are "Back Country Poems," "Whiffs
from Wild Meadows," "Dreams in Homespun," "Songs of War and Peace,"
and "Songs of the Average Man." _The Firm of Grin and Barrett_, 118;
_The House by the Side of the Road_, 2.
FOWLER, ELLEN THORNEYCROFT (The Honorable Mrs. Alfred Felkin). Elder
daughter of 1st Viscount Wolverhampton; married to Alfred Laurence
Felkin 1903. Among her books are "Verses Grave and Gay," "Verses Wise
and Otherwise," "Cupid's Garden," "Concerning Isabel Carnaby," "A
Double Thread," "The Farringdons," "Love's Argument," "Place and
Power," "Miss Fallowfield's Fortune," "The Wisdom of Folly," "Her
Ladyship's Conscience," and "Ten Degrees Backward." _The Wisdom of
Folly_, 61.
G
GARRISON, THEODOSIA. Born at Newark, N.J., 1874. Educated at private
schools at Newark. Married Joseph Garrison of Newark 1898; married
Frederick J. Faulks of Newark 1911. Among her books are "The Joy of
Life, and Other Poems," "Earth Cry, and Other Poems," and "The
Dreamers." _A Prayer_, 156; _One Fight More_, 145.
GATES, ELLEN M. HUNTINGTON. Born at Torrington, Conn., 1834; died at
New York City, Oct. 12, 1920. Schooling at Hamilton, N.Y. Among her
books are "Treasures of Kurium," "The Dark," "To the Unborn Peoples,"
and "The Marble House." _The Bars of Fate_, 158; _Your Mission_, 120.
GILLILAN, STRICKLAND W. Born at Jackson, Ohio, Oct. 9, 1869. Attended
Ohio University to junior year; began newspaper work on the Jackson,
Ohio, _Herald_ 1887; and has since been on the staffs of many
newspapers and magazines in various capacities. Writer of humorous
verse, and popular lyceum lecturer. Among his books are "Including
Finnigan," "Including You and Me," and "A Sample Case of Humor." _Keep
Sweet_, 220.
GILMAN, CHARLOTTE PERKINS. Born at Hartford, Conn., July 3, 1860.
Excellent home instruction; school attendance scant; real education
reading and thinking, mainly in natural science, history, and
sociology. Writer and lecturer on humanitarian topics, especially
along lines of educational and legal advancement. _The Forerunner_, a
monthly magazine, entirely written by her, published for seven years
from 1910. Among her publications are "In This Our World," "Women and
Economics," "Concerning Children," "The Home," "Human Work," "The
Yellow Wallpaper," "The Man-made World," "Moving the Mountain," "What
Diantha Did," and "The Crux." _Resolve; The Lion Path_.
GLAENZER, RICHARD BUTLER. Born at Paris, France, Dec. 15, 1876. Educated
at the Hill School and Yale. Interior decorator, poet, and essayist.
At present scenario writer at Hollywood, California. Author of "Beggar
and King" and "Literary Snapshots." _Man or Manikin_.
GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Born at Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany,
Aug. 28, 1749; died at Weimar, Mar. 22, 1832. Famous poet, dramatist,
and prose writer. Among his well-known works are "The Sorrows of Young
Werther," "Wilhelm Meister," "Hermann and Dorothea," and "Faust."
_Lose the Day Loitering_.
GRAY, THOMAS. Born at London, Dec. 26, 1716; died at Cambridge, July 30,
1771. Educated at Eton and Cambridge; went with Horace Walpole on trip
to Continent 1739-41; became professor of modern history at Cambridge
1768, but did not teach. A man singularly retiring and shy throughout
his life. Among his well-known poems are "Ode on a Distant Prospect of
Eton College," "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," "The Progress
of Poetry," "The Bard," "The Fatal Sisters," and "The Descent of
Odin." _Opening Paradise_.
GUEST, EDGAR ALBERT. Born at Birmingham, Eng., Aug. 20, 1881; brought to
the United States 1891; educated in grammar and high schools of
Detroit, Mich. Connected with the Detroit _Free Press_ since 1895;
syndicates a daily poem in several hundred newspapers. His books are
"A Heap o' Livin'," "Just Folks," "Over Here," "Path to Home," and
"When Day is Done." _Can't; How Do You Tackle Your Work?; It Couldn't
Be Done; See It Through; There Will Always Be Something to Do; The
Things That Haven't Been Done Before; The World Is Against Me; To a
Young Man_.
H
HENLEY, WILLIAM ERNEST. Born at Gloucester, Eng., Aug. 23, 1849; died
July 11, 1903. Educated at the Crypt Grammar School at Gloucester.
Afflicted with physical infirmity, and in hospital at Edinburgh
1874--an experience which gave the material for his "Hospital
Sketches." Went to London 1877; edited _London_ (a magazine of art)
1882-6; the _Scots Observer_ (which became the _National Observer_)
1888-93; and the _New Review_ 1893-8. Besides three plays which he
wrote in collaboration with Robert Louis Stevenson, he is the author
of "Views and Reviews," "Hospital Sketches," "London Voluntaries" and
"Hawthorn and Lavenden" _Invictus_, 5; _Praise the Generous Gods for
Giving_, 194; _Thick Is the Darkness_, 151.
HERBERT, GEORGE. Born at Montgomery Castle, Wales, Apr. 3, 1593; died at
Bemerton, near Salisbury, Eng., Feb., 1633. Graduated from Cambridge
1613; took M.A. degree 1616. He was in high favor at court; appointed
by the King as rector to Bemerton Church in 1630, and there wrote the
religious poems for which he is remembered. _The Gifts of God_, 211.
HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT. Born at Belchertown, Mass., July 24, 1819; died
at New York City, Oct. 21, 1881. Editor of the _Springfield
Republican_ 1849-66; editor-in-chief of _Scribner's Monthly_ (which
later became the _Century Magazine_). Among his poems are "Kathrina"
and "Bitter-Sweet." _Gradatim_, 200.
HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL. Born at Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 29, 1809; died
there Oct. 7, 1894. Physician; professor of anatomy and physiology in
the medical school of Harvard University 1847-82. Some of his
best-known poems are "Bill and Joe," "The Deacon's Masterpiece," and
"The Chambered Nautilus." Of his three novels "Elsie Venner" is the
best known. His "Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table," "Professor at the
Breakfast-Table," "Poet at the Breakfast-Table," and "Over the
Tea-Cups" all appeared originally in the _Atlantic Monthly_. _The
Chambered Nautilus_, 30.
HUNT, JAMES HENRY LEIGH. Born at Southgate, Eng., Oct. 19, 1784; died
at Putney, Eng., Aug. 28, 1859. Imprisoned for radical political
views; writer of popular poems and essays, _Abou Ben Adhem_, 133.
I
INGALLS, JOHN JAMES. Born at Middleton, Mass., Dec. 29, 1833; died at
Las Vegas, N. Mex., Aug. 16, 1900. Educated at Williams College;
admitted to the bar 1857; moved to Kansas; member of the state senate
1861; U.S. senator from Kansas 1873-91. _Opportunity_, 54.
J
JONSON, BEN. Born at Westminster, Eng., about 1573; died Aug. 6, 1637.
Went to school at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields and Westminster.
Shakespeare played one of the roles in his comedy "Every Man in His
Humour" 1598. He went to France as the tutor of the son of Sir Walter
Raleigh 1613; was in the favor of the court, from which he received a
pension. Attacked with palsy 1626, and later with dropsy, and confined
to his bed most of his later years. Well-known plays besides the one
cited above are "Epicoene," "The Alchemist," "Volpone," "Bartholomew
Fair," and "Cataline"; author of the lyric "Drink to Me Only With
Thine Eyes," and a volume of criticism "Timber." _The Noble Nature_,
177.
K
KEATS, JOHN. Born at London, Oct. 29, 1795; died at Rome, Feb. 23, 1821.
Went to Enfield School; apprenticed to a druggist 1811-15; student in
London hospitals 1815-17; passed examination at Apothecaries Hall
1816, but never practised. Walking trip to Scotland 1818; his health
rapidly failed, and he sailed to Naples in Sept. 1820, and then went
to Rome, where, until his death, he was attended by his friend Severn.
Among his well-known poems are "On First Looking into Chapman's
Homer," "Endymion," "The Eve of St. Agnes," "Isabella," "La Belle Dame
Sans Merci," "Ode to Psyche," "Ode to a Grecian Urn," "Ode to a
Nightingale," "Ode on Melancholy," "Lamia," "Ode to Autumn," and
"Hyperion." _Fairy Song_, 193.
KIBBY, WILLIAM JUDSON. Born at Knoxville, Tenn., Mar. 12, 1876. Educated
in Knoxville Public Schools; graduate of the Sheldon School. Character
analyst and industrial psychologist; newspaper and magazine
contributor. President of the Lion's Club of New York; thirty-second
degree Mason. _Appreciation_, 219; _Helpin' Out_, 96.
KING, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, JR. Born at St. Joseph, Mich., Mar. 17, 1857;
died at Bowling Green, Ky., Apr. 7, 1894. At an early age showed a
remarkable talent in music; a public entertainer on the piano and
reciter of his own verse. His poems collected in "Ben King's Verse."
_If I Should Die_, 13; _The Pessimist_, 166.
KIPLING, RUDYARD. Born at Bombay, India, Dec. 30, 1865. Educated in
England at United Service College; returned to India 1880; assistant
editor of _Civil and Military Gazette_ 1882-89; returned to England
1889; resided in the United States for several years; has traveled in
Japan and Australasia. Received the Noble Prize for Literature 1907;
honorary degrees from McGill University, Durham, Oxford, and
Cambridge. Among his books are "Departmental Ditties," "Plain Tales
from the Hills," "Under the Deodars," "Phantom' Rickshaw," "Wee Willie
Winkle," "Life's Handicap," "The Light That Failed," "Barrack-Room
Ballads," "The Jungle Book," "The Second Jungle Book," "The Seven
Seas," "Captains Courageous," "The Day's Work," "Kim," "Just So
Stories," "Puck of Pook's Hill," "Actions and Reactions," "Rewards and
Fairies," "Fringes of the Fleet," and "Sea Warfare." _If_, 4; _When
Earth's Last Picture Is Painted_, 230.
KISER, SAMUEL ELLSWORTH. Born at Shippenville, Pa. Educated in Pennsylvania
and Ohio. Began newspaper work in Cleveland, and from 1900 until 1914
was editorial and special writer for the Chicago _Record-Herald_.
Noted for his humorous sketches, which have been widely syndicated.
His poem "Unsubdued" is, like Henley's "Invictus," a splendid
portrayal of undaunted courage in the face of defeat. Among his books
are "Georgie," "Charles the Chauffeur," "Love Sonnets of an Office
Boy," "Ballads of the Busy Days," "Sonnets of a Chorus Girl," "The
Whole Glad Year," and "The Land of Little Care." _A Little Prayer;
December 31; Faith; It May Be; My Creed; The Fighter; Unsubdued_.
KNOX, J. MASON. _Co-operation_.
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LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH. Born at Portland, Me., Feb. 27, 1807; died
at Cambridge, Mass., Mar. 24, 1882. Graduated from Bowdoin College
1825; traveled in Europe 1826-9; professor of modern languages at
Bowdoin 1829-34; again visited Europe 1835-6; professor of modern
languages and belles lettres at Harvard College 1836-54; European
travel 1868-9. Some of his best-known poems are "A Psalm of Life,"
"The Village Blacksmith," "The Wreck of the Hesperus," "The Skeleton
in Armor," "The Bridge," "Evangeline," "The Building of the Ship,"
"Hiawatha," "The Courtship of Miles Standish," and "Tales of a Wayside
Inn"; author of two novels, "Hyperion" and "Kavanagh"; translator of
Dante's "Divine Comedy." _A Psalm of Life; The Arrow and the Song_.
LOVELACE, RICHARD. Born in Kent, 1618; died at London, 1658. Educated
at Oxford; imprisoned for support of the royalist cause 1642 and 1648;
released from prison after the execution of King Charles I, but his
estate had been ruined and he died in poverty. _To Althea from
Prison_.
M
MACKAY, CHARLES. Born at Perth, Eng., Mar. 27, 1814; died at London,
Dec. 24, 1889. Editor of the Glasgow _Argus_ 1844-47 and of the
_Illustrated London News_ 1852-59; New York correspondent of the
London _Times_ during the Civil War. _Clear the Way; Cleon and I_.
M'LEAN, JANE. _Slogan_.
MALLOCH, DOUGLAS. Born at Muskegon, Mich., May 5, 1877. Common school
education; reporter on the Muskegon _Daily Chronicle_ 1886-1903;
member of the editorial staff of the _American Lumberman_ from 1903;
associate editor from 1910; contributes verse relating to the forest
and lumber camps to various magazines; is called "The Poet of the
Woods," He is author of "In Forest Land," "Resawed Fables," "The
Woods," "The Enchanted Garden," and "Tote-Road and Trail." _Be the
Best of Whatever You Are; To-Day_.
MALONE, WALTER. Born in De Soto Co., Miss., Feb. 10, 1866; died May 18,
1915. Received the degree of Ph.B. from the University of Mississippi
1887; practised law at Memphis, Tenn., 1887-97; literary work in New
York City 1897-1900; then resumed law practice at Memphis; became
Judge of second Circuit Court, Shelby Co., Tenn., 1905, and served
till his death. Annual exercises held in the Capleville schools in his
honor. An excellent edition of his poems, issued under the direction
of his sister, Mrs. Ella Malone Watson of Capleville, Tenn., is
published by the John P. Morton Co., of Louisville, Ky. _Opportunity_.
MARKHAM, EDWIN. Born at Oregon City, Ore., Apr. 23, 1852. Went to
California 1857; worked at farming and black-smithing, and herded
cattle and sheep, during boyhood. Educated at San Jose Normal School
and two Western colleges; special student in ancient and modern
literature and Christian sociology; principal and superintendent of
schools in California until 1899. Mr. Markham is one of the most
distinguished of American poets and lecturers. His poem "The Man with
the Hoe" in his first volume of poems is world-famous, and has been
heralded by many as "the battle-cry of the next thousand years." He
has sounded in his work the note of universal brotherhood and
humanitarian interest, and has been credited as opening up a new
school of American poetry appealing to the social conscience, where
Whitman appealed only to the social consciousness. His books are "The
Man with the Hoe, and Other Poems," "Lincoln, and Other Poems," "The
Shoes of Happiness, and Other Poems," and "Gates of Paradise, and
Other Poems." His book "California the Wonderful" is a volume of
beautiful prose giving a historical, social, and literary study of the
state. _A Creed; Duty; Opportunity; Preparedness; Rules for the Road;
The Stone Rejected; Two at a Fireside; Victory in Defeat_.