La Coste, Marie. An American writer whose home was in the South.
She is remembered for the single poem, "Somebody's Darling"
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. One of the greatest of American
poets, born at Portland, Maine, in 1807. He held for some years
the professorship of Modern Languages in Bowdoin College, and
later a similar professorship in Harvard College. Many of his
poems are well known to all young readers. He died in Cambridge
in 1882.
Mackay, Charles. A Scottish poet, born at Perth in 1814. He was
editor of the Illustrated London News for several years, and
wrote three or four volumes of poems. He died in London in 1889.
Macdonald, George. A Scottish writer, born at Huntly, Scotland,
in 1824. He was the author of a number of popular novels, of
several books for the young, and of two or three works on
religious subjects.
Michelet, Jules. A famous French historian and miscellaneous
writer, born in Paris in 1798. He died in 1872.
Mitford, Mary Russell. An English author, born in Hampshire in
1787. She wrote several dramas and poems besides numerous stories
for children.
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