of the sun; the suit failed. Sir Walter Scott was the
first baronet created by George IV.

The Duc de Berry, heir presumptive to the French throne, assassinated by
Louvel, February 13. The Carbonari, or charcoal burners, forced Ferdinand
I, King of Naples, to grant a constitution, which he swore to uphold, but
almost immediately repudiated. The people of Portugal also rebelled and
obtained a constitution. Russia sold to Spain a fleet of fighting vessels,
which proved later to consist of rotting hulks.

In the United States, the Missouri Compromise Bill was passed and signed
by Monroe, who was reelected to a second term in the Presidency. Maine was
admitted as a State, and Spain agreed to cede her title to Florida for the
sum of five million dollars.

Hydropathy introduced by Priessnitz. Ampere discovered the galvanometer.
Caffeine separated by Oudry, and quinin by Pelletier and Caventou.

George III, King of England; Benjamin West, American artist; Henry
Grattan, Irish statesman; and Arthur Young, political economist, died.

=POPULATION.--Washington, D.C., 13,247; New York, 123,706; London
(Metropolitan District), 1,225,694; United States, 9,638,453; Great
Britain and Ireland (1821), 22,566,755.=

=RULERS--United States, James Monroe; Great Britain, George III, died
January 29, George IV succeeded; France, Louis XVIII; Spain, Ferdinand
VII; Prussia, Frederick William III; Russia, Alexander I; Austria, Francis
I; Pope Pius VII.=

The reason why so few marriages are happy is because young
ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making
cages.--=Jonathan Swift.=

POE AND LONGFELLOW

ON THEIR LOST LOVES.

Though the love of man for woman has been one of the most fruitful sources
of inspiration to the poets, verses in which famous authors have sung the
praises of women who have become their wives are comparatively rare. The
belief is common that the natures of poets are more sensitive than those
of other persons. If this is true, it is only reasonable to infer that a
poet possesses the power of giving more forceful expression to his sense
of bereavement than any other person would be capable of doing.

In the case of Poe, the poem "Annabel Lee," written shortly after the
death of his beautiful young wife, is said to have been inspired by the
writer's loss. Mrs. Poe, Virginia Clemm, a first cousin of the poet,
became his wife before she was fifteen years old. Her wedded life was one
o