Save, John Godfrey. An American poet, born at Highgate, Vermont,
in 1816. Most of his poems are humorous, and have been very
popular. He died at Albany, New York, 1887.
Simms, William Gilmore (page 248). An American writer, born at
Charleston, South Carolina, in 1806. He wrote several novels,
most of them relating to life in the South. He was also the
author of a volume of poems, and of a history of South Carolina.
He died in 1870.
Stockton, Frank R.. An American writer, born at Philadelphia in
1834. Among his books for children are "Roundabout Rambles" and
"Tales out of School:" He has also written a number of novels and
several volumes of shorter stories for grown-up people.
Tennyson, Alfred. One of the greatest of English poets, born in
Lincolnshire in 1809. He was made poet-laureate in 1850. Many of
his poems are well known to young readers' and very popular. He
died in 1892.
Thaxter, Celia Leighton. An American writer, born at Portsmouth,
New Hampshire, in 1835. She wrote "Among the Isles of Shoals,"
and some other volumes of prose, but is remembered chiefly for
her "Poems for Children.
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