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Wise, John Sergeant.
Recollections of thirteen presidents. 1906 923-1 W81
Contents: John Tyler.—Franklin Pierce.—James Buchanan.—Jefferson
Davis.—Ulysses S. Grant.—Rutherford B. Hayes.—James A. Garfield.—Chester
A. Arthur.—Grover Cleveland.—Benjamin Harrison.
—William McKinley.—Theodore Roosevelt.
Character sketches written from a personal point of view.
Individual Biography
A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott.
A'Beckett, Arthur William. The a Becketts of "Punch;"
memories of father and sons. 1903
92 Ai38a
Greater part of the book deals with the life of the author's father,
Gilbert Abbott a'Beckett (1811-56), who was a friend of Thackeray
and Dickens and on the original staff of "Punch." There arc many
pleasant anecdotes of famous men of letters and journalists.
Ainger, Alfred.
Sichel, Edith. Life and letters of Alfred Ainger. 1906. . . .92 A295S
Canon Ainger (1837-1904) was an English clergyman, for many years
reader and afterwards master of the Temple church. He was distinguished
for the charm of his personality and for his wit. The
biography derives its chief interest from the letters, especially those
to and from Du Maurier, who was Ainger's closest friend.
Almond, Hely Hutchinson.
Mackenzie, Robert Jameson. Almond of Loretto; being
the life and a selection from the letters of Hely Hutchinson
Almond. 1906 92 A452m
Almond (1832-1902) was for 40 years headmaster of Loretto, a famous
school for boys at Musselburgh, Scotland. He laid special emphasis
on the physical training of boys. The author, an old Loretto boy,
claims for him a place in education beside Arnold and Thring.
Anderson, Alexander.
Burr, Frederic Martin. Life and works of Alexander Anderson,
the first American wood engraver. 1893.... qrg2 A54sb
Short sketch of his life (1775-1870) illustrated with his engravings,
among the best known of which are the cuts from Webster's "Spelling
book" and for Bewick's "Quadrupeds." Appendix contains extracts
from his diary, 1795-98.
Anderson, Mary, afterward Mme de Navarro.
Farrar, John Martindale. Mary Anderson; the story of her
life and professional career. 1884
q9 2 As48f
American actress (b. 1859). She retired from the stage in 1889.
The following year she married Antonio de Navarro and since that
time has made England her home. Sketch is written by a warm
admirer.
Argenson, Rene Louis de Voyer, marquis d'.
Ogle, Arthur. Marquis dArgenson, a study in criticism;
being the Stanhope essay, Oxford, 1893. 1893
92 A6880
D'Argenson (1694-1757) was a French statesman and writer.
Rankin Reginald. Marquis dArgenson and Richard II.
1901'. 92 A688r
Two entirely disconnected essays, the first on a French politician and
financier (1694-1757), the second on Richard II, king of England.
Austen, Jane.
Letters; ed. with an introduction and critical remarks by
Edward, lord Brabourne. 2V. 1884
92 A933I
These letters of the English novelist (1775-1817) are most of them
written to her sister Cassandra. They chronicle the trivial details
of every-day life and contain no new facts.
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