AN ANGRY ANARCHIST BY AN UNKNOWN AUTHOR IN LONDON TIT-BITS Oh, he preached it from the housetops and he whispered it by stealth; He wrote whole miles of stuff against the awful curse of wealth. He shouted for the poor man, and he called the rich man down; He roasted every king and queen who dared to wear a crown. He clamored for rebellion, and he said he'd lead a band To exterminate the millionaires and sweep them from the land. He yelled against monopolists, their power he'd defy, And swore he'd be an anarchist and blow them to the sky. He stormed, he fumed, and ranted, till he made the rich men wince, But an uncle left him money, and he hasn't shouted since. A CONDENSED BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF AUTHORS REPPRESENTED ADAMS, CHARLES FOLLEN (1842). Born at Dorchester, Massachusetts. He was graduated from the common schools into the stern curriculum of war, serving as a soldier in the 13th Massachusetts Infantry. In 1872 he began contributing to various periodicals humorous poems in the German dialect. These poems he afterward collected and published in various books, the first of which was Leedle Yawcob Strauss, and Other Poems. ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848). Born at Braintree, Massachusetts, the son of John Adams, second President of the United States. He was graduated from Harvard in 1787 and, after admission to the bar, entered into Government service and after three years' incumbency of a professorship at Harvard in rhetoric and belles-lettres was appointed Minister to Russia, and then Minister to Great Britain. Returning to America he became Secretary of State under President Monroe, and succeeded him in the Presidency. AKERS, ELIZABETH ANN (1832-1911). Born in Strong, Maine. At the age of fifteen she began to contribute articles to the press under the name of Florence Percy. Later, her work appeared in the Atlantic Month ly; in 1874 she became literary editor of the Daily Advertiser of Portland, Maine. Her fame rests on the poem "Rock Me to Sleep, Mother," which was first published in the Saturday Evening Post of Philadelphia. It immediately became popular, and there were many claimants to its authorship. ARNOLD, (SIR) EDWIN (1832-1904). Born at Gravesend, Sussex, England. He received a most thorough education at King's College, London, and at Oxford University, where he won the Newdigate Prize for poetry. In 1856 he was appointed Principal of the Government Deccan College, Poona, India, where he came to know the East, which was to form the subject of his later work. In 1861 he returned to England and turned his attention to journalism, in which he was very successful, becoming the editor of the London Telegraph. His best known works are The Light of Asia (1879), Pearls of the Faith (1883), The Light of the World (1891), and The Tenth Muse (1895). His work achieved immediate and widespread popularity, securing him a permanent place among English poets. AYTON, SIR ROBERT (1570-1638). A Scottish poet and courtier, knighted by James I. Dryden pronounced his verses "some of the best of his age." BABCOCK, MALTBIE DAVENPORT (1858-1901). Born at Syracuse, New York. He was graduated from Syracuse University with the highest honors. Entering the Presbyterian ministry he quickly achieved a reputation for oratory. He wrote a number of fugitive poems, of Emersonian quality, and several hymns of unusual spiritual beauty. |