23rd. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, b. 23 (?) Ap. 1564;
d/ 23 Ap. 1616
I. When Daises Pied, 12:18-19
II. Under the Greenwood Tree, 12:21
III. Hark, Hark, The Lark, 12:97
IV. Milton’s Epitaph on Shakespeare, 15:44
V. Stratford-on-Avon, 3-Pt. II:151-181
24th. JAMES T. FIELDS, d. 24 Ap. 1881
I. The Owl-Critic, 7-Pt. I: 41-44
II. The Alarmed Skipper, 7-Pt. I:75-76
LORD DUNSANY, wounded 25 Ap. 1916
III. Songs from an Evil Wood, 15:221
25th. OLIVER CROMWELL, b. 25 Ap. 1599
I. Marvell’s Upon Cromwell’s Return from Ireland, 13:54-59
II. To the Lord General Cromwell, 13:201-202
JOHN KEBLE, b. 25 Ap. 1792
III. Morning, 15:173-175
IV. Evening, 15:175-177
26th. CHARLES FARRAR BROWNE (Artemus Ward,) b. 26 Ap. 1834
I. One of Mr. Ward’s Business Letters, 8-Pt. II:68-69
II. On Forts, 8-Pt. II:69-71
III. Among the Spirits, 8-Pt. I:81-85
27th. U. S. GRANT, b. 27 Ap. 1822
I. General Ulysses Simpson Grant, 16--Pt. II: 3-30
28th. 28 Ap. 1864 “Tell Tad the Goats are Well.”
I. Lincoln’s Telegram to Mrs. Lincoln, 5--Pt. I:114
II. The Last Address in Public, April 11, 1865, 5--Pt. I:102-106
29th. E. R. SILL, b. 29 Ap. 1841
I. Five Lives, 7--Pt. I:39-40
II. Eve’s Daughter, 9--Pt. I:102
III. Opportunity, 11:106
IV. The Fool’s Prayer, 11:263-264.
I own that I am disposed to say grace upon twenty other occasions in
the course of the day besides my dinner.... Why have we none for books?
--CHARLES LAMB.