406. Who wrote the elegy called "Adonais," and in memory of whom? 407. Who wrote "Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush "? 408. Who said, "A thing of beauty is a joy forever"? 66 409. What Poet Laureate of England was once designated by a newspaper editor as a little old doctor who sometimes wrote poetry"? 410. Who has immortalized Harpeth Valley in fiction? 411. What and where is "Markland "? 412. Who was Fuzzy-Wuzzy? 413. Who wrote " In School Days"? 414. For what is Mitre Tavern notable? 415. What led to Edward Gibbon's writing "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"? 416. Who was called "the English mystic"? 417. What American statesman and orator delivered an address on "The True Grandeur of Nations," which made him famous? 418. What English poet was pronounced "one of the finest-looking men in the world"? 419. Of what American poet was it said, "He is the poet of the household, of the fireside, of the universal home feeling"? 420. Who was the author of "A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea"? 421. What English poet fell heir to a title at ten years of age? 422. Who wrote "A Princess of Thule"? 423. What and where was Typee? 424. Who said, "Boston State-house is the hub of the solar system "? 425. Who wrote "To a Fringed Gentian "? 426. What three American novelists are famed for their true depiction of New England life? 427. What American poet was called "a genuine humorist by the grace of God"? 428. For what is Fishkill notable? 429. For what is Carscallen Villa notable? 430. What was "The Squirrels "? 431. Who wrote "Common Sense in the House hold"? 432. Who wrote "Wild Animals I Have Known "? 433. What American author and artist was famed for his pictures of Indian life? 434. What English poet lived for the last thirty years of his life at Putney Hill, near London, with a friend who was also a poet and critic? 435. Who said: Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts. 436. Who wrote "The New Atlantis," and what does the title refer to? 437. What English poet was born at Ottery Saint Mary, Devonshire? 438. Who was "Father Damien "? 439. Who was the author of the lines: God give us men! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and ready hands. 440. Who wrote "Down Durley Lane"? 441. For what is Laleham, England, noted? 442. Who was called "the great Commoner "? 443. For what is Domrémy, Lorraine, France, noted? 444. Who wrote the lines: Gird on thy sword, O man, thy strength endue, 445. What English writer and philosopher did Alexander Pope call "the wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind"? 446. Who was "James Otis "? 447. What noted Norwegian poet and playwright was born at Skien, Norway? 448. What are the Rhodes Scholarships? 449. What Scottish writer was born at Selkirk, Scotland, in 1844? 450. Who wrote "The Lamplighter"? 451. What poem, by what English poet, deals with the life and teachings of Siddârtha, or Gautama, the Hindu Buddha? 452. For what is Kirriemuir, Scotland, notable? 453. What noted English novelist was the granddaughter of Dr. Thomas Arnold, of Rugby, and a niece of Matthew Arnold? 454. What American writer was born deaf, dumb, and blind? 455. What woman was instrumental in founding the first female seminary in the United States? 456. Who said: "Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things, and hence its importance"? 457. Who was called England's "myriadminded" genius? 458. Who wrote "Reveries of a Bachelor "? O brother man! fold to thy heart thy brother; Each smile a hymn, each kindly deed a prayer. 460. On what college campus does there appear a monument erected to the memory of one of the college's presidents and bearing the following words, taken from the last commencement address of the man whose memory it hallows: "I be seech you to treasure up in your hearts these, my parting words: Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity"? 461. What great orator's grave is in beautiful Milton, Massachusetts, where he and his wife often spent their vacations? 462. What American novelist is famous for his pictures of Creole life in New Orleans? 463. Of what book did Dr. Johnson say, "It is the only book that ever took me out of bed two hours sooner than I wished to rise "? 464. What English traveler and writer, a favorite of Queen Elizabeth, was beheaded by James I? 465. What poet was spoken of as "one of the very diamonds of Her Majesty's (Queen Elizabeth's) court"? 466. Who was termed "the sweet swan of Avon "? 467. Who was called the "Shakespeare of theological literature ”? 468. Who said: The childhood shows the man 469. What was Will's Coffee-house? 470. Who said, "Too low they build who build beneath the stars"? 471. What did The Tatler outline as its course? |