hildren. "Jack Frost" and "The Winter King" have long been
favorites. She was born in Vermont in the year 1789, and died in 1865.

HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL, was born in Salem, Mass., on July 4, 1804.
When still quite young he showed a great fondness for reading. At the
early age of six his favorite book was Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress." At
college he was a classmate of Longfellow. Among his writings are a
number of stories for children: "The Tanglewood Tales," "The
Snow-Image," "The Wonder Books," and some stories of American history.
His volumes of short stories charm old and young alike. His Book, "The
Scarlet Letter," has made him famous. It was while he lived at Lenox,
Mass., among the Berkshire Hills, that he published "The House of the
Seven Gables." He visited Italy in 1857, where he began "The Marble
Faun," which is considered his greatest novel. He died in 1864, and is
buried in Concord, Mass. Hawthorne possessed a delicate and exquisite
humor, and a marvelous felicity in the use of language. His style may be
said to combine almost every excellence--elegance, simplicity, grace,
clearness and force.

HAYNE, PAUL HAMILTON, an American poet, was born in South Carolina
in the year 1831. In 1854 he published a volume of poems. His death
occurred in 1886. He was a descendant of the American patriot, Isaac
Hayne, who, at the siege of Charleston in 1780, fell into the hands of
the British, and was hanged by them because he refused to join their
ranks and fight against his country.

HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT, a popular American author who wrote under
the assumed name of _Timothy Titcomb,_ was born in Massachusetts in the
year 1819. He began life as a physician, but after a few years of
practice gave up his profession and went to Vicksburg, Miss., as
Superintendent of Schools. He wrote a number of novels and several
volumes of essays. In 1870 he became editor of _Scribner's Magazine._ He
died in 1881.

HUNT, LEIGH, editor, essayist, critic, and poet, and an intimate
friend of Byron, Moore, Keats, and Shelley, was born near London,
England, in 1784, and died in 1859.

JACKSON, HELEN HUNT, a noted American writer of prose and poetry,
and known for years by her pen name of "H.H." (the initials of her
name), was born in Massachusetts in the year 1831. She is the author of
many charming poems, short stories, and novels. Read her "Bits of Talk"
and "Bits of Travel