ng of
Felix, and Other Poems," "The Blue Flower," "Music, and Other Poems,"
"Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land," "The Mansion," and "The Unknown
Quantity." _Four Things, 3; Work_, 65.

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WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF. Born at Haverhill, Mass., Dec. 17, 1807; died
at Hampton Falls, N.H., Sept. 7, 1892. Of Quaker ancestory; father a
poor farmer; as a boy he injured his health by hard work on the farm.
Taught school; attended Haverhill Academy for two terms 1827-8; edited
Haverhill _Gazette_ 1830; returned to the farm in broken health 1832.
Member of Massachusetts Legislature 1835-6. An ardent opponent of
slavery; edited the Pennsylvania _Freeman_ 1838-40; several times
attacked by mobs because of his views on slavery. Leading writer for
the Washington _National Era _1847-57; contributed to the _Atlantic
Monthly_ 1857. Some of his well-known poems are "Maud Muller," "The
Barefoot Boy," "Barbara Freitchie," "Snow-Bound," and "The Eternal
Goodness." _My Triumph_, 90.

WIDDEMER, MARGARET. Born at Doylestown, Pa.; educated at home; graduated
at the Drexel Institute Library School 1909. Began writing in
childhood; her first published poem "The Factories" was widely quoted;
married Robert Haven Schauffler 1919. Among her books are "The
Rose-Garden Husband," "Winona of the Camp Fire," "Factories, with
Other Lyrics," "Why Not?" "The Wishing-Ring Man," "The Old Road to
Paradise," and "The Board Walk." _To Youth After Pain_, 103.

WILCOX, ELLA WHEELER. Born at Johnston Centre, Wis., 1855; died at her
home in Connecticut, Oct. 31, 1919. Educated "Poems of Pleasure,"
"Kingdom of Love," "Poems of Passion," "Poems of Progress," "Poems of
Sentiment," "New Thought Common Sense," "Picked Poems," "Gems from
Wilcox," "Faith," "Love," "Hope," "Cheer," and "The World and I."
_Life_, 139; _Smiles_, 226; _Solitude_, 16; _The Disappointed_, 126;
_Will_, 107; _Wishing_, 86; _Worth While_, 28.

WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM. Born at Cockermouth, Cumberland, Eng., Apr. 7, 1770;
died at Rydal Mount, Apr. 23, 1850. Educated at Hawkshead grammar
school and Cambridge University, where he graduated 1791. Traveled on
Continent 1790; in France 1791-2, where he sympathized with the French
republicans. Received L900 legacy 1795, and settled with his sister
Dorothy at Racedown, Dorsetshire; to be near Coleridge he removed to
Alfoxden 1797; went to Continent 1798; returned to England 1799, and
settled a