to Amack,” a sportive, fantastic work, crowded with strange fancies and whims. It achieved an immediate success, and passed through several editions in a very short time. With the proceeds of this work he made a tour through Jutland and Fünen in 1830, and in North Germany the year following. On the latter occasion he left Denmark for the first time, and saw much that astonished his simple nature. The journey had great influence on his mind, which, by criticism and other causes, had been brought into a condition of morbid excitability. His second work, containing his impressions of this tour, was called "Shadow Pictures." It elicited some petty criticism. On one occasion a stuck-up pedagogue asked him whether he wrote Dog with a little d, having discovered such an error in the press. Andersen jestingly replied, "Yes, because I here spoke of a little dog."

From the end of the year 1828 to the beginning of 1839 he maintained himself solely by his writings. Denmark is a small country; but few books at that time went to Sweden and Norway, and on that account the profit could not be great. He found it difficult to support the appearance necessary for his calling and the circles in which he moved. To produce and always to be producing was destructive, nay, impossible. He translated a few pieces for the theatre, and wrote the text of an opera, which Hartmann set to music. He also worked up Sir Walter Scott's novel of the "Bride of Lammermoor" for another young composer. These necessary productions-necessary, because they secured the means and leisure for better works-were mercilessly treated by the reviewers. They denied him all talent, and hailed these works as an indication of inevitable decay. So prejudiced were people by these attacks, that when, soon after, he printed a new collection of poetry, called "The Twelve Months of the Year," they could detect no merit in the volume, although subsequently they found out that it contained some of the author's best poems. He experienced much unkindness from his contemporaries, and heaped burning coals on their heads by publishing a little volume called "Vignettes to the Danish Poets," in which he characterized the dead and the living authors in a few lines each, but only spoke of that which was good in them. The book excited attention; it was regarded as one of his best works; it was imitated, but the critics did not meddle with it.

Shortly after this, Andersen obtained a traveling stipend from

government, and once more set out on his travels, praying to God that he might die far away from Denmark, or return strengthened for activity, and in a condition to produce works which should win for him and his beloved friends joy and honor. During his sojourn in France and Switzerland he composed his poem "Agnete and the Merman," a work which possesses merit, but which met with a cold reception. In August, 1834, Andersen returned to Denmark, bearing with him the manuscript, nearly completed, of his best known work, the "Improvisatore.' It was with difficulty that he found a publisher. At length it appeared. Every one was delighted; the critics were silent, his sunken fortunes raised, and his position as an author of decided originality and power fully recognized. Other tales and stories followed in quick succession, and his name became known beyond the boundaries of his own country. In 1840 he traveled into the East, and on his return gave to the world, as the fruit of his journey, the "Poets' Bazar." In 1845 he received from his old friend and patron, the King of Denmark, a pension, which placed him beyond the reach of want or pecuniary need. In the next year he traveled through Rome, Naples, and the Pyrenees, and wrote his "True Story of My Life." The following year he visited England, and met with a hearty reception, which he has remembered in subsequent works. Mr. Andersen is a prolific author. A collected edition of his works, published at Leipsic in 1847, numbered no fewer than thirty-five volumes, and since that time there have been several additions. He is undoubtedly a man of genius, but his genius is more quaint than comprehensive. In fairy tales and brief stories he shines to best advantage. The brightness and genial fervor of his imagination, his poetical spirit and quaint humor, combined with unvarying kindliness, render these little works peculiarly delightful. They rank among the very best of their class, and arc unquestionably of enduring value. In his longer works he is too descriptive, and too fond of elaboration. The wholeness of the art production is lost in the exaggeration of its details. In his books of travel there is a strong current of personal vanity, which, under Andersen's treatment, becomes a modest virtue. it is pleasant, but constant iteration makes it tedious. so much, however, that is excellent in every thing Mr. Andersen has written, that no one should deny himself the luxury of reading his smallest or his greatest work.

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We will conclude this sketch of a thankful man with a tranquil and beautiful quotation from the "True Story of My Life :"

"The story of my life, up to the present hour, lies unrolled before me, so rich and beautiful that I could not have invented it. I feel that I am a child of good fortune; almost every one meets me full of love and candor, and seldom has my confidence in human nature been deceived. From the prince to the poorest peasant, I have felt the noble human heart beat. It is a joy to live, and to believe in God and man. Openly and full of confidence, as if I sat among dear friends, I have here related the story of my life, have spoken both of my sorrows and joys, and have expressed my pleasure at each mark of applause and recognition, as I believe I might even express it before God himself. But, then, whether this may be vanity? I know not; my heart was affected and humble at the same time; my thought was gratitude to God. * * * * When the Christmas tree is lighted—when, as people say, the white bees swarm—I shall be, God willing, again in Denmark with my dear ones, my heart filled with the flowers of travel, and strengthened both in body and mind. Then will new works grow upon paper; may God lay his blessing on them! He will do so. A star of good fortune shines upon me; there are thousands who deserve it far more than I. I often myself can not conceive why I, in preference to numberless others, should receive so much joy: may it continue to shine! But should it set, perhaps while I conclude these lines, still it has shone; I have received my rich portion; let it set! From this, also, the best will spring. To God and men my thanks-my love!"

THIS illustrious warrior and eccentric man was born in the county of Chester, Pennsylvania, on the 1st of January, 1745. His parents were of English descent, and owned a farm which the first immigrant had purchased on his arrival. Of Anthony's youth we have but little knowledge. A letter written by his uncle informs us that he was not particularly smart in a literary point of view, but that he would make a good soldier, having already distracted the brains of two thirds of his schoolmates with rehearsals of battles, sieges, etc. A reprimand from his father, accompanied with a threat that he should be taken from school and placed on the farm, turned Anthony's attention more seriously to his studies; he applied himself with diligence, and in a few months left the academy prepared for a higher place of instruction. He was removed to the Philadelphia Academy, where he remained until his eighteenth year. Shortly after this he returned to his native county, and opened an office as a land surveyor. In his twenty-first year, Mr. Wayne was appointed agent to inspect the American settlements in Nova Scotia: the threatening aspect of

the relations between the two countries brought the undertaking to an end in 1767. In this year Mr. Wayne returned once more to Chester County, bearing with him a young and newly-married wife. He continued to pursue the business of land surveyor until duties of national importance drew him from his office to a sphere of greater usefulness.

At the earliest period of the Revolutionary struggle, Mr. Wayne gave the whole of his attention to the formation and instruction of military associations. In a very short space of time he succeeded in organizing a volunteer corps in his native county, which soon became remarkable for its efficiency. Early in January, 1776, Congress conferred on Mr. Wayne the rank of colonel, and the command of one of the four regiments required from Pennsylvania to re-enforce the northern army. The regiment was soon raised, and, under Colonel Wayne, proceeded to Canada, where it speedily became a part of Thompson's brigade. In an unfortunate expedition against the enemy, conducted by General Thompson, Wayne distinguished himself by effecting a difficult but successful retreat for that portion of the troops which devolved to his command. Subsequently, when a retreat was ordered to Lake Champlain, Wayne was assigned the duty of covering the movement with the Pennsylvania troops. The retreat had to be conducted with great expedition, and Wayne's troops were scarcely in the boats when the enemy came up. Owing, however, to the excellence of the arrangements, Ticonderoga was reached in safety on the 17th of July.

The British general advanced to Crown Point, where he commenced a series of careful reconnoitrings. The result was unfavorable to an immediate assault, and the British general concluded to defer it until the following spring, withdrawing his army to Canada for the winter months. So soon as this was found to be actually the fact, the American general repaired to the assistance of Washington, leaving Ticonderoga in charge of Wayne, with a garrison of two thousand five hundred men. Congress soon after confirmed the trust by making Wayne a brigadier general. He remained at Ticonderoga during the winter, and in spring, at his own earnest solicitation, joined the main army. He arrived at head-quarters on the 15th of May, and was immediately placed at the head of a brigade, concerning the operations of which Washington expressed the liveliest expectations. The position of the American com