en't Been Done Before; The World Is Against Me; To a
Young Man_.
H
HENLEY, WILLIAM ERNEST. Born at Gloucester, Eng., Aug. 23, 1849; died
July 11, 1903. Educated at the Crypt Grammar School at Gloucester.
Afflicted with physical infirmity, and in hospital at Edinburgh
1874--an experience which gave the material for his "Hospital
Sketches." Went to London 1877; edited _London_ (a magazine of art)
1882-6; the _Scots Observer_ (which became the _National Observer_)
1888-93; and the _New Review_ 1893-8. Besides three plays which he
wrote in collaboration with Robert Louis Stevenson, he is the author
of "Views and Reviews," "Hospital Sketches," "London Voluntaries" and
"Hawthorn and Lavenden" _Invictus_, 5; _Praise the Generous Gods for
Giving_, 194; _Thick Is the Darkness_, 151.
HERBERT, GEORGE. Born at Montgomery Castle, Wales, Apr. 3, 1593; died at
Bemerton, near Salisbury, Eng., Feb., 1633. Graduated from Cambridge
1613; took M.A. degree 1616. He was in high favor at court; appointed
by the King as rector to Bemerton Church in 1630, and there wrote the
religious poems for which he is remembered. _The Gifts of God_, 211.
HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT. Born at Belchertown, Mass., July 24, 1819; died
at New York City, Oct. 21, 1881. Editor of the _Springfield
Republican_ 1849-66; editor-in-chief of _Scribner's Monthly_ (which
later became the _Century Magazine_). Among his poems are "Kathrina"
and "Bitter-Sweet." _Gradatim_, 200.
HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL. Born at Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 29, 1809; died
there Oct. 7, 1894. Physician; professor of anatomy and physiology in
the medical school of Harvard University 1847-82. Some of his
best-known poems are "Bill and Joe," "The Deacon's Masterpiece," and
"The Chambered Nautilus." Of his three novels "Elsie Venner" is the
best known. His "Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table," "Professor at the
Breakfast-Table," "Poet at the Breakfast-Table," and "Over the
Tea-Cups" all appeared originally in the _Atlantic Monthly_. _The
Chambered Nautilus_, 30.
HUNT, JAMES HENRY LEIGH. Born at Southgate, Eng., Oct. 19, 1784; died
at Putney, Eng., Aug. 28, 1859. Imprisoned for radical political
views; writer of popular poems and essays, _Abou Ben Adhem_, 133.
I
INGALLS, JOHN JAMES. Born at Middleton, Mass., Dec. 29, 1833; died at
Las Vegas, N. Mex., Aug. 16, 1900. Educated at Williams College;
admitted to the bar 1857; moved
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