JULY

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of

all virtues.

"Christian Moderation," Introduction,--_Bishop Hall_.

JOSEPH HALL (BISHOP HALL), a famous English bishop and satirist, was

born at Bristow Park near Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, July 1,

1574, and died in 1656. He wrote "Episcopacy by Divine Right," "An

Humble Remonstrance to the High Court of Parliament," "Of Toothless

Satyrs," "Christian Moderation," "Contemplations," etc.

Solitude holds a cup sparkling with bliss in her right hand, a

raging dagger in her left. To the blest she offers her goblet, but

stretches towards the wretched the ruthless steel.

--_Klopstock_.

FRIEDRICH GOTTLIEB KLOPSTOCK, a renowned German poet, was born at

Quedlinburg, July 2, 1724, and died at Hamburg, 1803. He is best known

by his great epic, "The Messiah," and his "Odes."

Discouragement seizes us only when we can no longer count on

chance.

"Handsome Lawrence," Ch. II,--_George Sand_.

GEORGE SAND (BARONNE DUDEVANT), the great French novelist, was born in

Paris, July 2, 1804, and died at Nohant, June 7, 1876. Among her

numerous works may be mentioned: "Indiana," "Aldo the Poet," "The

Private Secretary," "Andrè," "A Winter at Majorca," "Gabriel,"

"Pauline," "Horace," "The Seven Strings of the Lyre," "Consuelo," "The

Companion of a French Tour," "Isidora," "The Countess of Rudolstadt,"

"The Miller of Angibault," "The Castle of Solitude," "The Master

Ringers," "Story of My Life," "The Snow Man," "Flavia," "Tamaris," "The

Last Love," "Cadio," "A Rolling Stone," "The Little Daughter,"

"Narcissus," "Village Walks," "Loves of the Golden Age," "Journal of a

Tourist During the War," etc., etc.

Silence is the speech of love,

The music of the spheres above.

"Speech of Love,"--_Richard Henry Stoddard_.

RICHARD HENRY STODDARD, a distinguished American lyric poet, was born at

Hingham, Mass., July 2, 1825, and died in 1903. His works include:

"Abraham Lincoln: A Horatian Ode," "Poems," "The Lion's Cub," "Songs of

Summer," etc.

Life is a voyage. The winds of life come strong

From every point; yet each will speed thy course along,

If thou with steady hand when tempests blow

Canst keep thy course aright and never once let go.

"The Voyage of Life,"--_Theodore Chickering Williams_.

THEODORE CHICKERING WILLIAMS, a noted American clergyman, educator and

author, was born at Brookline, Mass., July 2, 1855, and died in 1915. He

has written: "Character Building," "Elegies of Tibullus," "Virgil's

Æneid," "Poems of Belief," "Virgil's Georgics and Eclogues," etc.

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and

at forty, the judgment.

--_Grattan_.

HENRY GRATTAN, a noted Irish orator and statesman, was born in Dublin,

July 3, 1746, and died in London, June 4, 1820. He wrote: "Letters on

the Irish Union," "Correspondence," and numerous speeches.

We do ourselves wrong, and too meanly estimate the holiness above

us, when we deem that any act or enjoyment good in itself, is not

good to do religiously.

"Marble Faun," Bk. II, Ch. VII,--_Nathaniel Hawthorne_.

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, a famous American novelist and short-story writer,

was born in Salem, Mass., July 4, 1804, and died at Plymouth, N. H., May

19, 1864. He wrote: "The House of the Seven Gables," "Tanglewood Tales,"

"The Wonder Book," "Tales of the White Hills," "Twice-Told Tales,"

"Mosses from an Old Manse," "Fanshawe," "Our Old Home," "The Marble

Faun," "The Scarlet Letter," etc.

Let travellers devote one entire morning to inspecting the Arcos

and the Mai das agoas, after which they may repair to the English

Church and cemetery, Pere-la-chaise in miniature, where, if they

be of England, they may well be excused if they kiss the cold

tomb, as I did, of the author of "Amelia," the most singular

genius which their island ever produced, whose works it has long

been the fashion to abuse in public and then read in secret.

"The Bible in Spain,"--_George Borrow_.

GEORGE BORROW, a distinguished English philologist, and traveler, was

born in East Dereham, Norfolk, July 5, 1803, and died in Oulton,

Suffolk, July 30, 1881. Among his writings are: "Romano Lavo Lil, or

Word-Book of the Romany," "The Zincali, or Gipsies of Spain," "The Bible

in Spain," "Lavengro," "The Romany Rye," and "Wild Wales."

The knowledge which we have acquired ought not to resemble a great

shop without order, and without an inventory; we ought to know

what we possess, and be able to make it serve us in need.

--_Leibnitz_.

GOTTFRIED WILHELM VON LEIBNITZ, a renowned German philosopher and

scholar, was born at Leipsic, July 6, 1646, and died at Hanover,

November 14, 1716. Among his writings are: "Essays on God's Goodness,

Man's Freedom, and the Origin of Evil," "Principles of Nature and

Grace," "New Essays on the Human Understanding," etc.

Alexander Wilson, in the Preface to his "American Ornithology,"

(1808), quotes these words, and relates the story of a boy who had

been gathering flowers. On bringing them to his mother, he said,

"Look, my dear Ma! What beautiful flowers I have found growing in

our place! Why, all the woods are full of them!"

--_Alexander Wilson_.

ALEXANDER WILSON, a celebrated Scotch-American ornithologist, was born

at Paisley, Scotland, July 6, 1766, and died in Philadelphia, August 23,

1813. His most important work, "American Ornithology," won for him great

fame.

Awake thee, my Lady-Love!

Wake thee, and rise!

The sun through the bower peeps

Into thine eyes.

"Waking Song,"--_George Darley_.

GEORGE DARLEY, a noted Irish poet and critic, was born in Dublin, July

7, 1795, and died near Rome, November 23, 1846. He wrote: "Sylvia, or

the May Queen," "Nepenthe," "Errors of Extasie and Other Poems," and

numerous studies of other men's work.

There's a hope for every woe,

And a balm for every pain,

But the first joys of our heart

Come never back again!

"The Exile's Song,"--_Robert Gilfillan_.

ROBERT GILFILLAN, a renowned Scotch poet, was born in Dumfermline, July

7, 1798, and died at Leith, December 4, 1850. His "Original Songs" have

made him famous, the best known of the collection being: "In the Days o'

Langsyne," "Peter McCraw," and "The Exile's Song."

The opinion of the strongest is always the best.

"The Wolf and the Lamb," from "Fables," Book I, Fable 10,--_Jean

de La Fontaine_.

JEAN DE LA FONTAINE, the great French fabulist and poet, was born at

Château-Thierry, in Champagne, July 8, 1621, and died in Paris, April

13, 1695. His principal works were: "Stories and Novels," "Adonis," "The

Loves of Psyche," and his celebrated "Fables."

They love their land because it is their own,

And scorn to give aught other reason why;

Would shake hands with a king upon his throne,

And think it kindness to his Majesty.

"Connecticut,"--_Fitz-Greene Halleck_.

FITZ-GREENE HALLECK, a celebrated American poet, was born in Guilford,

Conn., July 8, 1790, and died there, November 19, 1867. His most

important poems were: "Fanny," and "Marco Bozzaris."

Time softly there

Laughs through the abyss of radiance with the gods.

"The Fire-Bringer," Act i,--_William Vaughn Moody_.

WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY, a noted American poet, was born at Spencer,

Indiana, July 8, 1869, and died at Colorado Springs, October 17, 1910.

He is best known by his famous poem, "An Ode in Time of Hesitation,"

which won for him lasting fame. Among his dramas are: "The Masque of

Judgment," "The Great Divide," and "The Faith-Healer." With R. W.

Lovett, he wrote: "History of English Literature," etc.

A manufacturing district ... sends out, as it were, suckers into

all its neighborhood.

"View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages," Ch.

IX,--_Hallam_.

HENRY HALLAM, a distinguished English historian, was born at Windsor,

July 9, 1777, and died at Pickhurst, Kent, January 21, 1859. His noted

works are: "Constitutional History of England," "Introduction to the

Literature of Europe During the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth

Centuries," and "A View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages."

I have not so great a struggle with my vices, great and numerous

as they are, as I have with my impatience.

--_Calvin_.

JOHN CALVIN, a renowned reformer and theologian, was born at Noyon, in

Picardy, France, July 10, 1509; and died in Geneva, May 27, 1564. He

wrote: "Commentaries on the New Testament," and "Institutes of the

Christian Religion," the latter his most famous work.

Man was formed for society; and, as is demonstrated by the writers

on the subject, is neither capable of living alone, nor indeed has

the courage to do it. However, as it is impossible for the whole

race of mankind to be united in one great society, they must

necessarily divide into many, and form separate states,

commonwealths, and nations, entirely independent of each other,

and yet liable to a mutual intercourse.

"Comment: Of the Nature of Laws in General,"--_Blackstone_.

SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, an eminent English jurist and writer on law, was

born in London, July 10, 1723, and died in 1780. He won great celebrity

by his famous "Commentaries on the Laws of England."

All lies disgrace a gentleman, white or black, although I grant

there is a difference. To say the least of it, it is a dangerous

habit, for white lies are but the gentleman ushers to black ones.

I know of but one point on which a lie is excusable, and that is,

when you wish to deceive the enemy. Then, your duty to your

country warrants your lying till you are black in the face; and,

for the very reason that it goes against your grain, it becomes,

as it were, a sort of virtue.

--_Captain Marryat_.

FREDERICK MARRYAT (CAPTAIN MARRYAT), a celebrated English novelist, was

born in London, July 10, 1792, and died at Langham, Norfolk, August 9,

1848. His best known works are: "The King's Own," "Frank Mildmay,"

"Peter Simple," "Mr. Midshipman Easy," "Japhet in Search of a Father,"

"Masterman Ready," etc.

Chance is blind and is the sole author of creation.

"Picciola," Ch. III,--_J. X. B. Saintine_.

JOSEPH XAVIER BONIFACE SAINTINE, known as Saintine, the renowned French

littérateur and dramatist, was born in Paris, July 10, 1798, and died

there, January 21, 1865. He wrote numerous plays, but his story,

"Picciola," won for him world-wide fame.

This hand, to tyrants ever sworn the foe,

For Freedom only deals the deadly blow;

Then sheathes in calm repose the vengeful blade,

For gentle peace in Freedom's hallowed shade.

Written in an Album, 1842,--_John Quincy Adams_.

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, an illustrious American statesman and publicist, and

sixth President of the United States, was born at Braintree, Mass., July

11, 1767, and died in Washington, D. C., February 21, 1848. He

published: "Letters on Silesia," etc. The "Diary of J. Q. Adams," and

his "Memoirs" appeared after his death.

It is better in some respects to be admired by those with whom you

live, than to be loved by them; and this not on account of any

gratification of vanity, but because admiration is so much more

tolerant than love.

--_Arthur Helps_.

SIR ARTHUR HELPS, a noted English essayist, historian and miscellaneous

writer, was born at Streatham, Surrey, July 11, 1813, and died in

London, March 7, 1875. Among his best works are: "Friends in Council,"

"Companions of My Solitude," "Realmah," "Spanish Conquest in America,"

"Casimir Maremma" (a romance), etc.

That man is blessed who every day is permitted to behold anything

so pure and serene as the western sky at sunset, while revolutions

vex the world.

--_Henry D. Thoreau_.

HENRY DAVID THOREAU, an eminent American writer, was born in Concord,

Mass., July 12, 1817, and died there May 6, 1862. His works include:

"Familiar Letters," "Summer," "Winter," "Autumn," "A Week on the Concord

and Merrimac Rivers," "Early Spring in Massachusetts," "Poems of

Nature," "The Maine Woods," "A Yankee in Canada," "Excursions," "Letters

to Various Persons," and "Cape Cod."

And what is true of a shopkeeper is true of a shopkeeping nation.

Tract (1766),--_Tucker_ (Dean of Gloucester).

JOSIAH TUCKER (DEAN TUCKER), a noted English economist and divine, was

born at Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, July 13, 1712, and died November 4,

1799. His "Important Questions on Commerce" (1755), won for him great

fame.

Fixed in a white-thorn bush, its summer guest,

So low, e'en grass o'er-topped its tallest twig,

A sedge-bird built its little bendy nest,

Close by the meadow pool and wooden brig.

"The Rural Muse. Poems: The Sedge-Bird's Nest,"--_Clare_.

JOHN CLARE, a celebrated English poet, was born in Helpstone, near

Peterborough, July 13, 1793, and died at Northampton, May 20, 1864. His

"Poems, Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery," won for him great fame.

Busy, curious, thirsty fly,

Drink with me, and drink as I.

"On a Fly drinking out of a Cup of Ale,"--_William Oldys_.

WILLIAM OLDYS, a distinguished English biographer and antiquary, was

born July 14, 1696, and died April 15, 1761. He wrote: "The British

Librarian," "The Life of Sir Walter Raleigh," "The Universal Spectator,"

etc.

Rise up, rise up, Xarifa! lay your golden cushion down;

Rise up! come to the window, and gaze with all the town.

The Bridal of Andalla,--_John G. Lockhart_.

JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART, a renowned Scotch biographer and son-in-law of

Walter Scott, was born at Cambusnethan, Lanark, July 14, 1794, and died

November 25, 1854. He wrote: "Reginald Dalton," "Adam Blair,"

"Valerius," "Matthew Wald," "Life of Robert Burns," a volume of

translations of "Ancient Spanish Ballads," and his most celebrated work,

"Life of Sir Walter Scott."

But when the sun in all his state

Illumed the eastern skies,

She passed through Glory's morning-gate,

And walked in Paradise.

"A Death-Bed,"--_James Aldrich_.

JAMES ALDRICH, a noted American poet, was born at Mattituck, L. I., July

14, 1810, and died in New York, September 9, 1856. His most celebrated

poem, "A Death-Bed," won for him great fame.

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house

Not a creature was stirring,--not even a mouse;

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,

In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.

"A Visit from St. Nicholas,"--_Clement Clarke Moore_.

CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE, a distinguished American poet and educational

writer, was born in New York City, July 15, 1779, and died in Newport,

R. I., July 10, 1863. He is best known by his famous poem, "A Visit

from St. Nicholas."

"The history of our land will hereafter record the name of John

Henry Newman among the greatest of our people, as a confessor for

the faith, a great teacher of men, a preacher of justice, of

piety, and of compassion."

From Purcell's "Life of Manning," Vol. II,--_Cardinal Manning_.

HENRY EDWARD CARDINAL MANNING, a famous English Roman Catholic prelate,

was born July 15, 1808, at Totteridge in Hertfordshire, and died in

London, January 14, 1892. Among his publications are: "Petri

Privilegium," "The True Story of the Vatican Council," "The Temporal

Mission of the Holy Ghost," "The Catholic Church and Modern Society,"

"The Internal Mission of the Holy Ghost," "England and Christendom,"

"Sin and Its Consequences," etc.

Though all the bards of earth were dead

And all their music passed away,

What Nature wishes should be said

She'll find the rightful voice to say.

"The Golden Silence,"--_William Winter_.

WILLIAM WINTER, a distinguished American journalist and dramatic critic,

was born at Gloucester, Mass., July 15, 1836, and died in 1917. He has

written: "Life of Henry Irving," "The Wanderers," "Stage Life of Mary

Anderson," "The Queen's Domain," "Life of Edwin Booth," "The Convent,

and Other Poems," "The Jeffersons," "English Rambles," "Life of Ada

Rehan," "Thistle-down," "Poems," "Other Days, Being Chronicles and

Memories of the Stage," "Life and Art of Richard Mansfield," "Vagrant

Memories," etc.

A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.

--_Sir Joshua Reynolds_.

SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, the great English painter, was born at Plympton

Earls, Devonshire, July 16, 1723, and died in London, February 23, 1792.

His fifteen addresses delivered at the Royal Academy constitute the

well-known "Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds."

Whene'er I take my walks abroad,

How many poor I see!

What shall I render to my God

For all his gifts to me?

"Divine Songs; Song iv."--_Isaac Watts_.

ISAAC WATTS, a celebrated English clergyman and hymn-writer, was born at

Southampton, July 17, 1674, and died at Theobalds, Newington, November

25, 1748. He wrote many religious works, among them: "The Improvement of

the Mind," "Logic; or, the Right Use of Reason in the Inquiry after

Truth," and his famous "Psalms and Hymns."

There is a limit to enjoyment, though the sources of wealth be boundless.

And the choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

"Proverbial Philosophy: Of Compensation," L. 15,--_Tupper_.

MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER, a famous English writer, was born in London,

July 17, 1810, and died November 29, 1889. He published: "Geraldine and

Other Poems," "My Life as an Author," etc. His fame, however, rests on

his notable work, "Proverbial Philosophy," (1838-1867).

Novels are sweets. All people with healthy literary appetites love

them: almost all women; a vast number of clever, hard-headed men.

Judges, bishops, chancellors, mathematicians, are notorious

novel-readers, as well as young boys and girls, and their kind,

tender mothers.

--_Thackeray_.

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY, the renowned English novelist, was born in

Calcutta, India, July 18, 1811, and died December 24, 1863. Among his

celebrated works are: "Irish Sketch-Book," "The Book of Snobs," "Barry

Lyndon," "Comic Tales and Sketches," "A Shabby-Genteel Story," "Men's

Wives," "Our Street," "Mrs. Perkins's Ball," "English Humorists of the

Eighteenth Century," "Dr. Birch and His Young Friends," "Vanity Fair,"

"The History of Pendennis," "The History of Henry Esmond," "The

Newcomes," "The Four Georges," "The Rose and the Ring," "The

Virginians," "The Adventures of Philip," etc.