matical tutor at Annan 1814;
teacher at Kirkcaldy 1816; went to Edinburgh to study law 1819; tutor
in Buller family 1822-4; married Jane Welsh 1826; lived successively
at Comely Bank, Edinburgh, and Craigenputtoch 1828-34; moved to
Chelsea 1834; and remained there the rest of his life. Elected Lord
Rector of Edinburgh University 1865. Among his works are "Life of
Schiller," "Sartor Resartus," "The French Revolution," "Chartism,"
"Heroes, Hero Worship, and the Heroic in History," "Life and Letters
of Oliver Cromwell," "Life of Sterling," "Latter-Day Pamphlets," and
"Frederick the Great." _To-Day_.

CLOUGH, ARTHUR HUGH. Born at Liverpool, Eng., Jan. 1, 1819; died at
Florence, Italy, Nov. 13, 1861. Went to school at Rugby and Oxford;
accepted headship of University Hall, London, 1849; came to America
1852; health began to fail 1859. _Say Not the Struggle Nought
Availeth_.

COATES, FLORENCE EARLE. Born at Philadelphia, Pa.; educated at private
schools and at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, France; studied also
at Brussels. President of the Browning Society of Philadelphia
1895-1903 and 1907-8; a founder of the Contemporary Club,
Philadelphia, 1886; member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants,
and Colonial Dames of America. Among her books are "Mine and Thine,"
"Lyrics of Life," and "The Unconquered Air, and Other Poems." _A Hero;
Courage; Per Aspera_.

COOKE, EDMUND VANCE. Born at Port Dover, Canada, June 5, 1866. Educated
principally at common schools. He began to give lecture entertainments
1893, and has been for years one of the most popular lyceum men before
the public. Frequent contributor of poems, stories, and articles to
the leading magazines. His poem "How Did You Die?" has attained a
nation-wide popularity. Among his books are "Just Then Something
Happened," "The Story Club," "Told to the Little Tot," "Chronicles of
the Little Tot," "I Rule the House," "Impertinent Poems," "Little,
Songs for Two," "Rimes to be Read," "The Uncommon Commoner," and "A
Patch of Pansies." _How Did You Die?; Laugh a Little Bit_.

CROSBY, ERNEST HOWARD. Born at New York City, Nov. 4, 1856; died there
Jan. 3, 1907. Graduated from University of New York 1876, and from
Columbia Law School 1878; lawyer in New York 1878-89; judge of
international court at Alexandria, Egypt, 1889-94; returned to New
York 1894, and interested himself in social reform. Among his books
a