Hold Fast; Meetin' Trouble; Steadfast; The Fighting Failure; The One;
The Woman Who Understands; Unafraid; What Dark Days Do_.

ARNOLD, MATTHEW. Born at Laleham, Middlesex, Eng., Dec. 24, 1822; died
at Liverpool, Apr. 15, 1888. Educated at Winchester, Rugby, and Oxford.
Became Lord Lansdowne's secretary 1847; became inspector of schools
1851; appointed Professor of Poetry at Oxford 1857; continental tours to
inspect foreign educational systems 1859 and 1865; assigned a pension of
L250 by Gladstone 1883; lecture trips to America 1883 and 1886; retired
as inspector of schools 1886. Among his works are "Empedocles on Etna,
and Other Poems," "Essays in Criticism" (first and second series),
"Culture and Anarchy," "Literature and Dogma," "Discourses in America,"
and "On the Study of Celtic Literature." _Morality_; _Self-Dependence_.

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BANGS, JOHN KENDRICK. Born at Yonkers, N.Y., May 27, 1862; died Jan. 21,
1922. Received Ph.B. degree from Columbia 1883; associate editor of
_Life_ 1884-8; has since served in various editorial capacities on
_Harper's Magazine, Harper's Weekly_, and the _Metropolitan Magazine_.
Among his books are "The Idiot," "A House Boat on the Styx," "The
Bicyclers, and Other Farces," "Songs of Cheer," "Line o' Cheer for
Each Day o' the Year," "The Foothills of Parnassus," "A Quest for
Song," and "The Cheery Way." _A Philosopher_; _A Smiling Paradox_;
_If_; _The Kingdom of Man_; _The Richer Mines_; _The Word_; _To
Melancholy_.

BARBAULD, ANNA LETITIA AIKIN. Born at Kibworth-Harcourt, Leicestershire,
Eng., June 20, 1743; died at Stoke-Newington, Mar. 9, 1825. Poet and
essayist. _Life and Death_.

BENET, WILLIAM ROSE. Born at Fort Hamilton, New York Harbor, Feb. 2, 1886.
Graduated from Albany, N.Y., Academy 1904; Ph.B. from Sheffield
Scientific School of Yale University 1907. Reader for _Century
Magazine_ 1907-11; assistant editor of the same 1911-14. 2d Lieutenant
U.S. Air Service 1914-18. Assistant editor of the _Nation's Business_
1919. His books are "Merchants from Cathay," "The Falconer of God,"
"The Great White Wall," and "The Burglar of the Zodiac." _His Ally_;
_Mistress Fate_.

BENJAMIN, PARK. Born at Demerara, British Guiana, Aug. 14, 1809; died at
New York City, Sept. 12, 1864. Connected with various periodicals.
_Press On_.

BINNS, HENRY BRYAN. _Ultimate Act_.

BRADFORD, GAMALIEL. Born at Boston, Mass., Oct. 9, 1863; privately
tutored til