It does not matter how many, but how good, books you have.
--SENECA.
SEPTEMBER 17TH to 23RD
17th. I. Turner"s The Harvest Moon, 13:249 II. Letty"s Globe, 13:245-246 III. Mary, A Reminiscence, 13:246-247 IV. Her First-born, 13:247-248 V. The Lattice at Sunrise, 13:248
18th. DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON, b. 18 S. 1709 I. Macaulay"s Dr. Samuel Johnson, 2-Pt. II:39-79
19th. HARTLEY COLERIDGE, b. 19 S. 1796 I. Song, 12:166-167 II. Sonnets, 13:227-230 III. Coleridge"s Frost at Midnight, 14:22-25 IV. Love, 10:44-47 V. France: An Ode, 13:99-103
20th. WILLIAM HAINES LYTLE, d. 20 S. 1863 I. Antony to Cleopatra, 14:238-240 II. Hood"s The Death Bed, 15:131 III. Autumn, 13:148-150 IV. Ruth, 14:157-158 V. Fair Ines, 12:168-169
21st. SIR WALTER SCOTT, d. 21 S. 1832 I. Sir Walter Scott, 17-Pt. I:65-73 II. The Maid of Neidpath, 10:39-40 III. Pibroch of Donald Dhu, 12:201-203 IV. Wandering Willie"s Tale, 20-Pt. II:75-103
22nd. I. Wordsworth"s My Heart Leaps Up, 13:274 II. Laodamia, 11:143-150 III. There Was a Boy, 14:156-157
23rd. Battle of Monterey, 23 S. 1846 I. Hoffman"s Monterey, 10:206-207 II. Lovelace"s The Gra.s.shopper, 12:30 III. To Lucasta, 12:129-130 IV. To Althea, 12:130-131 V. To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars, 12:198
The words of the good are like a staff in a slippery place.
--HINDU SAYING.
SEPTEMBER 24TH TO 30TH
24th. I. Noyes"s Creation, 15:204
25th. FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS, b. 25 S. 1793 I. Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers, 10:151-153 II. Poe"s Annabel Lee, 10:56-57 III. To Helen, 12:176 IV. The Bells, 12:234-238 V. For Annie, 12:305-308
26th. I. Holmes"s Latter-Day Warnings, 7-Pt. I:34-35 II. Contentment, 7-Pt. I:35-38 III. An Aphorism, 8-Pt. II:44-52 IV. Music Pounding, 7-Pt. I:80-81
27th. I. Holmes"s The Height of the Ridiculous, 8-Pt. I:118-119 II. The Last Leaf, 14:167-168 III. The One-Hoss Shay, 11:236-241
28th. I. Morley"s Haunting Beauty of Strychnine, 9-Pt. I:135 II. Guiterman"s Strictly Germ-Proof, 7-Pt. I:141 III. Burgess"s Lazy Roof, 8-Pt. I:149 IV. My Feet, 8-Pt. I:149
29th. eMILE ZOLA, d. 29 S. 1902 I. The Death of Olivier Becaille, 21-Pt. I:53-93
30th. I. Lowell"s Without and Within, 8-Pt. II:72-73 II. She Came and Went, 15:134 III. The Sower, 14:144-145 IV. Sonnets, 13:251-253 V. What Rabbi Jehosha Said, 14:282-283
If you are reading a piece of thoroughly good literature, Baron Rothschild may possibly be as well occupied as you--he is certainly not better occupied.
--P. G. HAMERTON.
OCTOBER 1ST TO 7TH
1st. LOUIS UNTERMYER, b. 1 O. 1885 I. Only of Thee and Me, 12:339 II. Morris"s October, 14:105-106 III. Bunner"s Candor, 8-Pt. I:11-12
2nd. French Fleet destroyed off Boston, October, 1746 I. Longfellow"s Ballad of the French Fleet, 10:202-204 II. Mrs. Browning"s Sleep, 15:21-23 III. The Romance of the Swan"s Nest, 10:79-83 IV. A Dead Rose, 12:191-192 V. A Man"s Requirements, 12:192-194
3rd. WILLIAM MORRIS, d. 3 0. 1896 I. Summer Dawn, 12:172 II. The Nymph"s Song to Hylas, 12:173-174 III. The Voice of Toil, 12:290-292 IV. The Shameful Death, 10:277-279
4th. HENRY CAREY, d. 4 O. 1743 I. Sally in Our Alley, 12:142-144 II. Van d.y.k.e"s The Proud Lady, 10:296
5th. I. Poe"s Ulalume, II:302-306 II. Arnold"s The Last Word, 15:43 III. A Nameless Epitaph, 15:48 IV. Thyrsis, 15:86-97 V. Requiescat, 15:120-121
6th. GEORGE HENRY BOKER, b. 6 O. 1893 I. The Black Regiment, 10:207-210 II. Lamb"s Letter to Wordsworth, 5-Pt. II:129-132 III. Letter to Wordsworth, 5-Pt. II:136-143 IV. Letter to Wordsworth, 5-Pt. II:143-145
7th. SIR PHILIP SIDNEY, d. 7 O. 1586 I. The Bargain, 12:87 II. Astrophel and Stella, 13:178-180 III. To Sir Philip Sidney"s Soul, 13:181 EDGAR ALLAN POE, d. 7 O. 1849 IV. The Murders in the Rue Morgue, Pt. I:1-53
A little before you go to sleep read something that is exquisite and worth remembering; and contemplate upon it till you fall asleep.
--ERASMUS.
OCTOBER 8TH TO 14TH
8th. JOHN HAY, b. 8 O. 1838 I. Little Breeches, 7-Pt. I:45-47 EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN, b. 8 0. 1833.
II. The Diamond Wedding, 7-Pt. I:107-114
9th. S. W. GILLILAN, b. O. 1869 I. Finnigin to Flannigan, 9-Pt. I:92-93 II. Dunne"s On Expert Testimony, 9-Pt. II:13-16 III. Work and Sport, 9-Pt. II:87-92 IV. Avarice and Generosity, 9-Pt. II:144-146
10th. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, d. 10 0. 1872 I. Lincoln"s Letter to Seward, 5-Pt. I:111-112 II. Walker"s Medicine Show, 18:213
11th. I. Keats"s To Autumn, 13:142-143 II. Carew"s Epitaph, 15:48 III. Disdain Returned, 12:133-134 IV. Song, 12:134 V. To His Inconstant Mistress, 12:135
12th. ROBERT E. LEE, d. 12 O. 1870 I. Robert E. Lee, 16-Pt. II:62-73 DINAH MULOCK CRAIK, d. 12 O. 1887.
II. Douglas, Douglas, Tender and True 12:310-311
13th. SIR HENRY IRVING, d. 13 O. 1905 I. Sir Henry Irving, 17-Pt. II:39-47
14th. JOSH BILLINGS (H. W. SHAW), d. 14 O. 1885 I. Natral and Unnatral Aristokrats, 7-Pt. I:48-51 II. To Correspondents, 9-Pt. I:73-74 III. Russell"s Origin of the Banjo, 9-Pt. I:79-82
And when a man is at home and happy with a book, sitting by his fireside, he must be a churl if he does not communicate that happiness.
Let him read now and then to his wife and children.
--H. FRISWELL.
OCTOBER 15TH TO 21ST
15th. I. Tennyson"s Tears, Idle Tears, 12:272-273 II. Shakespeare"s Over Hill, Over Dale, 12:19 III. Poe"s a.s.signation, 4-Pt. I:81-101
16th. I. Nye"s How to Hunt the Fox, 8-Pt. I:70-78 II. A Fatal Thirst, 7-Pt. II:148-150 III. On Cyclones, 9-Pt. I:83-85
17th. WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY, d. 17 O. 1910 I. Gloucester Moors, 11:320