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became connected with Lamb and others. A civil list 

 pension was granted in Is44 to his wife, his own health 

 having broken down. Among his chief works were 

 "Whims and Oddities," "The Comic Annual," "Miss 

 Kilrnansegg," and various pieces, of which the "Song 

 of the Shirt," and the "Bridge of Sighs" are the best 

 known. Died. 1M.-,. 



Hooker, Joseph, American soldier; born in Massa- 

 chusetts in 1814; resigned his commission to go to Cali- 

 fornia in 1853, but returned to the army at the outbreak 

 of the Civil War, and particularly distinguished himself 

 iliamsburg, and afterwards at Fair Oaks. Glendale, 

 and Malvern. He compelled Jackson to evacuate Ma- 

 nanmin. took a prominent part in the Maryland campaign. 

 and was in 1863 given the command of the army of the 

 Potomac. In the ensuing campaign Jackson was mor- 

 tally wounded, but the Confederates were successful, 

 an. I H.,ker resigned his command. Died. 1879. 



Hopkiii-. Mark, born in 1802; American education- 

 ist, principal of Williams College from 1836 to 1872, and 

 professor of moral philosophy, wrote "The Law of Love 

 and Love as a Law," and "An Outline Study of Man." 

 Among his pupils was President Garfield. Died. 



i pkinson, Francis, born in 1737; American writer, 

 one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence; 

 wrote "The Battle of the Kegs" (1778), "The Pretty 

 Story" (1774). "The Political Catechism" (1777), and 

 rks in prose and verse. His son, Joseph (died 

 judge of the fnited States District Court, wrote 

 i Columbia!" I >,.-d. 1791. 



Home, (juiritus Horatius Flarrus, one of the 

 greatest of Latin poets, born at Venusia, 65 B. C.. 

 studied at Rome under Orbilius Pupillus, and com- 

 pleted his education at Athens. He then joined the 

 Roman army, and fought under Brutus at Philippi; 

 thereby occasioning the confiscation of his patrimonial 

 estate. On his return to Rome, he embraced literature 

 as a profession, and was so fortunate as to find a liberal 

 and life-long patron in Mtrcenas. His poetical works 

 consist of odes, satires, and epistles all replete with 

 elegance of diction and perfect propriety of thought and 

 expression, and withal pervaded by a certain atmos- 

 phere of calm and well-bred philosophy, that renders 

 them irresistibly attractive to the minds and tastes of 

 cultivated men. Died. 8 B. C. 



llornaday, William Temple, director of the New 

 York Zoological Park since 1896; born in Plainfield. Ind., 

 December 1. 1854; educated at Iowa Agricultural Col- 

 lege; studied zoology and muscology in this country and 

 Europe; as collecting zoologist visited Cuba, Florida. 

 the West Indies, South America, India, Ceylon, the Malay 

 Peninsula, and Borneo, 1875-79; married September 1 1, 

 Josephine Chamberlain, Battle Creek, Mich. 

 Chief taxidermist United States National Museum, 1882- 

 90; in real estate business Buffalo, N. Y., 1890-96. 

 Since 1896 has been director New York Zoological Park. 

 Author: "Two Years in the Jungle," "Free Hum on the 

 Congo. " "The Extermination of the American 

 "Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting." "The Man Who 

 Became a Savage." "Guide to the New York Zoological 

 Park," "The American Natural History," etc. 



llosmer, Harriet. \!ii.ri.; in sculptor; born in Water- 

 town. M:us.. is.'.o. was a pupil of Gibson at Rome, and 

 executed busts of "Daphne." "Mnone," " Beatrice Cenci," 

 nobia in Cham-." She also devised H method 

 Averting Italian limestone into marble. 



Houston. Vim. an American general, wax born in 

 17W. He entered Congress in ISlM. and four 

 years later became Governor of Tennessee. After 

 emigrating to Texas in 1832. he was elected to the chief 

 command of the army which defeated the Mexicans 

 mta Ana at San Jacintu. April 21. 1K36. He 

 was elected President of Texas the same year, and re- 

 elected in 1841. After the admission of Texas into the 

 Union as a State, Houston twice represented her m the 

 National Senate, and filled the gubernatorial chair in 



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Howard, John, a noted philanthropist, was born in 

 Hackney, Middlesex, 1727. I! 

 circumstances at his father's death. A bitter experience 



ranch prisoner of war and obwn 



whilst acting as sheriff of Bedfofdflbin roused him to 

 attempt some reform of the abuses and misery of prison 

 life; he made a tour of the county jails of . 



thernassof mformv . ,. - | :il , I I,, -for.- 1 1,.- H,.,,-.- of 



Common* in 1774, brought about the first prison reforms; 



ar to year to every 



part of the fmted KingdOOL and tO .-\er\ ,pian,-r of Mi- 



rontment ; during 1785-87, he made a tour of inspection 

 through the principal lasarettos of Europe, visited plague - 

 cities, and voluntarily underwent the rigors trf 

 the quarantine system, and finally died. 1790. at the 

 Crimea whilst on a journey to the East. Ib 



at various times accounts of his journeys. His deep 

 piety, cool sense, and single-hearted devotedness to his 

 one great object, won him universal respect throughout 

 Europe. 



Howe, Julia Ward, an American author; born in 

 -rk City. May 27. 1819. A philanthropist. 

 interested especially in woman's suffrage, she was the 

 wife of Dr. Samuel G. Howe, the philanthropist, and with 

 him edited the anti-slavery journal, the "Boston Com- 

 monwealth." She is best known as the author of the 

 "Battle Hymn of the Republic" written during a visit 

 to the camps near Washington. Among her works. 

 besides several volumes of verse, are: "The World's 

 Own," a drama; "Life of Margaret Fuller." 



lluwell. Clark, editor; born in Barnwell County, 

 S. C., September 21. 1863; has lived in Atlanta. Ga., 

 from infancy; graduated from University of Georgia. 

 June, 1883. Entered newspaper work, succeeding Henry 

 Grady as managing editor, 'Atlanta Constitution," in 

 1889, and succeeded his father as editor-in-chief in 1897. 

 In 1901 bought out Colonel W. A. Hemphill's stock in 

 "Constitution" and succeeded him as president of the 

 company. Member of Georgia House of Representatives 

 six years (speaker, 1890-91); member from Georgia of 

 Democratic National Committee since 1892; member 

 and president of Georgia Senate, Atlanta district, since 

 1900; director of Associated Press of America for past 

 eight years. 



Houells, William Dean* American novelist, born 

 in Martinsville, Ohio, 1837; was United States consul 

 at Venice from 1861 to 1865. From 1871 to 1880 he 

 edited the "Atlantic Monthly." but soon be^an to devote 

 his time to novel-writing. Chief among his novels are 

 "The Lady of the Aroostook," "A Modern Instance." 

 "A Fearful Responsibility," etc., and "The Shadow of a 

 Dream." He also wrote lives of Lincoln and Hayes. 

 "Modern Italian Poets," and some poems. 



II u hoard, Elbert, author, journalist, lecturer; born 

 in Bloomington, 111., 1S."9; common school education. 

 Editor "The Philistine"; proprietor "The Roycroft 

 Shop," devoted to making de luxe editions of the classics. 

 Author: "No Kn.-my but Himself," "Little Journeys 

 to Homes of Good Men and Great," " Little Journeys to 

 the Homes of American Authors," "Little Journeys to 

 the Homes of Famous Women." "Little Journeys to 

 the Homes of American Statesmen," "Little Journeys 

 to the Homes of Eminent Painters," "Ali Baba of 

 East Aurora," "As it Seems to M. 

 Garcia," "Time and Chance," "The Legacy," "Forbes 

 of Harvard," "One Day," "A Tale of the Prairies" 

 " Little Journeys to Homes of English Authors," " Little 

 Journeys to Homes of Great Musicians," " Little Journeys 

 to Homes of Eminent Orators," "Little Journeys to 

 Homes of Eminent Artists/' "Little Journeys to Homes 

 of Great Philosophers," "Old John Burroughs." "Con- 

 templations," "Consecrated Lives," "The Man of Sor- 

 row*." 



Hughes, Charles Evans, lawyer: born in Glens 

 Falls, N. Y., April 11, 1862; graduate from Brown Uni- 

 versity, 1881. A. M., 1884; graduated from Columbia 

 I^tw School. 1884. Teacher Delaware Academy. Delhi. 

 N. Y., 1881-82; admitted to New York bar. June. 1884; 

 practiced in New York, 1884-91; prise fellow Columbia 

 Law School, 1884-87; professor of law (contracts. 

 evidence, etc.). Corn. 11 I* diversity School of Law, 

 1891-93: active practice m New York since 1893; 

 special lecturer at Cornell University School of Law, 

 1893-95. New York Law Sch.*>l. 1893-1902. Trustee 

 of Brown University; HMnbtf of law firm Hughe*. 

 Rounds A Schurman; Republican nor mice for mayor, 

 New York, 1905, but declined: attorney for Armstrong 

 Commission of New York Legislature, investigating 

 methods of large life insurance companies. Governor of 



New WU I'M Hi <>S. 



, -. Th..,.,a. bom in 1823. English writer; 

 educated under Arnold at Rugby, and at Oriel; was 

 called to the bar in IMV .:! sat in parliament as a 

 liberal for l.ambeth (186&-48). and Prome (1868-74). 

 He became Queen's counsel in 1809, and county court 

 882. His chijf works are "Tom Brown's 

 Brown at Oxford," and " A Memoir 



Hugo. Vletol Mart* French poet and r 



writer; burn of n 



enc poet an romance 



... BtMBMft, 1808] began 



and MOO debiting classic 



to write verse at the age of 14. an MOO ebiting c 



inudeK ber.-une the founder. *.tl. >:mt e- I U-rn e nnd 



0,1,,.,,. of ,h, i raooh romantk ! i., t ntfMf 

 his early royalism gave place to ardent republicanism. 



Delorme." and, above all. "Hern.im." werp ntronnly 

 censured by the Acadcmie; but Charip* N ..uld n..t 



the performance of the last. 

 was, however/interdicted by the ministry. Between the 



