894. What writer is sometimes called the "business man of letters "? 895. What noted English woman, a novelist, was born at Stoke-upon-Trent? 896. Who was the author of "America"? 897. For what was Clara Barton famous? 898. Who wrote "The Story of a Bad Boy"? 899. Where was " Mark Twain " born, and what is the meaning of his name? 900. What writer from western United States was appointed United States Consul to Germany? Name his most popular short story. 901. What Southern woman wrote "The Voice of the People"? 902. Who wrote "The Lady or the Tiger"? 903. Who was "Uncle Remus"? 904. Who wrote "Songs from Vagabondia "? 905. What international writer was the son of an Irish army officer, was born in Greece, educated in Paris, lived twenty years in America, and spent the last fourteen years of his life in Japan? 906. Who is the renowned "Mr. Dooley"? 907. For what is Ecclefechan, Scotland, notable? 908. What English novelist was called "the Browning of prose "? 909. What has been said in praise of Goethe's "Faust"? 910. What Italian poet was termed the "bard of suffering, of sorrow, and of despair"? 911. Who was called "Russia's great epic poet in prose"? 912. Who has been termed "the most scholarly and the most truly classical of English poets"? 913. Who was the author of "The Deserted Village"? 914. What English poet has been called "the Poet Laureate of the fireside "? 915. For what is Ayrshire, Scotland, notable? 916. Who introduced "the new German thought and literature into England"? 917. Name two English poets who married sisters. 918. Who wrote "Confessions of an English Opium-eater"? 919. What Scottish poet was devoted to out-ofdoor life? 920. What English poet began life by being apprenticed to a surgeon at fifteen years of age? 921. Why did Thorwaldsen weep when he unveiled his statue of Christ? 922. How did the coal-miners of Newcastle, England, make known to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow their appreciation of his work? 923. Who was the author of "Around the World in Eighty Days"? 924. To whom does the English-speaking world owe its knowledge of King Arthur? 925. Whose work did Alfred Tennyson attempt to characterize in the lines: I held it truth, with him who sings 926. Who wrote the lines: A child, more than all other gifts That earth can offer to declining man, Brings hope with it, and forward-looking thoughts. 927. Where do we learn of Jean Valjean? 928. What comparison has been made between the work of James Fenimore Cooper and that of Joel Chandler Harris? 929. Who wrote the "Concord Hymn," and for what occasion? 930. How did the Ojibway Indians show their appreciation of Longfellow's "Hia watha "? 931. Tell of the occasion which gave rise to Alfred Tennyson's writing his "Flower in the Crannied Wall." 932. What inspired the writing of the Memorial Day poem, "The Blue and the Gray"? 933. Name two famous epic poems. 934. Who said of Lord Byron: "He had a head which statuaries loved to copy, and a foot the deformity of which the beggars in the street mimicked"? 935. What was the old Whitechapel Club? 936. Who was the author of "Home, Sweet Home "? 937. What was the Anthology Club? 938. Name the four most famous orations of Daniel Webster. 939. What was the Brook Farm Community? 940. What was the Adirondack Club? 941. Name the founder of the Concord School of Philosophy. 942. Give Hosea Biglow's opinion of war. 943. Tell of the "New Eden" experiment. 944. What American novelist was the daughter of a clergyman, the sister of a clergyman, and the wife of a famous professor? 945. What and where is Craigie House? 946. What and where is the Old Manse? 947. What and where is the Wayside? 948. Who wrote "The Children of the Ghetto "? 949. Who wrote "The Man Without a Country and for what specific purpose was it written? 950. In what poem does Oliver Wendell Holmes give honor to the author of "America"? 951. Who was the "banker-poet"? 952. What American poet was appointed Minister to Germany, and died shortly after entering upon the duties of the office? 953. Name two American novelists who have given us authentic historical romances. 954. What and where was the Ugly Club? 955. How was Paff's wine cellar related to American literature? 956. Who uttered of himself the gruesome prophecy, "I shall die as that tree,from the top down," meaning insanity? 957. Who was the "sage of Highgate"? 958. What and where is "The Naulahka"? X 959. For what was Winslow House noted? 960. What was "the Sign o' the Lanthorn"? 961. Who said: "Our deeds shall travel with us from afar "? 962. Who wrote the following lines: So Judas kissed his master, And cried, "all hail!" when as he meant all harm. 963. What New England poet was a direct descendant from John Alden? 964. Who was known as the "painter-poet"? 965. Who said: "I would have a woman as true as Death. 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