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umed names. She gave to each one a slip of paper on which were typewritten the assumed names of numerous persons, mostly writers, and at a signal allowed them twenty minutes in which to write the correct names opposite. A few illustrations are here given, but others may be added: 1 Currer Bell -- Charlotte Bronte 2 Mark Twain -- Samuel Clemens 3 Uncle Remus -- Joel Chandler Harris 4 Boz -- Charles Dickens 5 Bard of Avon -- Shakespeare 6 Peasant Bard -- Robert Burns 7 Poet of Nature -- Wordsworth 8 Immortal Dreamer -- Bunyon 9 The Traitor -- Benedict Arnold 10 Little Corporal -- Napoleon Bonaparte 11 Mr. Dooley -- Peter Dunne 12 Oliver Optic -- William T. Adams 13 Gail Hamilton -- Mary A. Dodge 14 Grand Old Man -- Gladstone 15 Poor Richard -- Benjamin Franklin 16 Swedish Nightingale -- Jennie Lind 17 Brother Jonathan -- Jonathan Trumbull 18 Father Endeavor -- Francis Clark 19 Tippecanoe -- General Harrison 20 George Sand -- Mme. Dudevant 21 Ian Maclaren -- John Watson 22 Timothy Titcomb -- J. G. Holland 23 Ik Marvel -- Donald G. Mitchell 24 Mrs. Partington -- B. P. Shillaber 25 The Learned Blacksmith -- Elihu Burritt 26 Peter Parley -- Samuel G. Goodrich 27 Autocrat of the Breakfast Table -- Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes 28 Uncle Sam -- United States SOMETHING TO REMEMBER. RULERS, PRESIDENTS AND MINISTERS WHO HAVE BEEN SLAIN OR ATTACKED WITHIN THE CENTURY. Napoleon I, attempted, December 24, 1800. Paul, Czar of Russia, March 24, 1801. Spencer Perceval, Premier of England, May 11, 1812. George IV, attempted, January 28, 1817. Andrew Jackson, President United States, attempted January 30, 1835. Louis Philippe, of France, many attempts, from 1835 to 1846. Frederick William, of Prussia, attempt, May 22, 1850. Francis Joseph, of Austria, February 18, 1853. Ferdinand, Charles III, Duke of Parma, March 27, 1854. Isabella II, of Spain, three attempts, from 1847 to 1856. Napoleon III, three attempts, from 1855 to 1858. Daniel, Prince of Montenegro, August 13, 1860. Abraham Lincoln, President United States, April 14, 1865. Michael, Prince of Servia, June 10, 1868. Prim, Marshal of Spain, December 28, 1870. Richard, Earl of Mayo, Governor-General of India, February 8, 1872. Abdul Aziz, Sultan of Turkey, June 4, 1876. William I, of Prussia, three attempts, from 1861 to 1876. Alexander II, Czar of Russia, six attempts and finally killed by explosion of bomb, March 13, 1881. Mohammed Ali, Pasha, Septembe
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