ALEXANDER, GRIFFITH.  Born at Liverpool, Eng., Jan. 15, 1868.  Educated
  in public schools; came to the United States 1887; been connected with
  newspapers in great variety of capacities; President of the American
  Press Humorists. Gray Days; Life; The Grumpy Guy.

ANONYMOUS. De Sunflower Ain’t de Daisy; Hope; I’m Glad; Is It Raining,
  Little Flower?; Keep On Keepin’ On; Playing the Game; To the Men Who
  Lose.

APPLETON, EVERARD JACK.  Born at Charleston, W. Va., Mar. 24, 1872.  Very
  little schooling, but had advantages of home literary influences and a
  good library; at seventeen went into newspaper work in his home town;
  later went to Cincinnati, and worked on the daily Tribune, then on
  the Commercial Gazette; later connected with the Cincinnati
  Times-Star.  For five years he wrote daily column of verse and humor;
  besides his newspaper work, he has written over one hundred and fifty
  stories, hundreds of poems, many songs, and innumerable jokes,
  jingles, cheer-up wall cards, and the like.  Author of two books of
  poetry, “The Quiet Courage” and “With the Colors.”  With such intense
  work his health broke down, and for a number of years he has been a
  chronic invalid, but his cheer and his faith are as bright as ever.
  Hold Fast; Meetin’ Trouble; Steadfast; The Fighting Failure; The One;
  The Woman Who Understands; Unafraid; What Dark Days Do.

ARNOLD, MATTHEW.  Born at Laleham, Middlesex, Eng., Dec. 24, 1822; died at Liverpool, Apr. 15, 1888.  Educated at Winchester, Rugby, and Oxford.  Became Lord Lansdowne’s secretary 1847; became inspector of schools 1851; appointed Professor of Poetry at Oxford 1857; continental tours to inspect foreign educational systems 1859 and 1865; assigned a pension of L250 by Gladstone 1883; lecture trips to America 1883 and 1886; retired as inspector of schools 1886.  Among his works are “Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems,” “Essays in Criticism” (first and second series), “Culture and Anarchy,” “Literature and Dogma,” “Discourses in America,” and “On the Study of Celtic Literature.” Morality; Self-Dependence.

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BANGS, JOHN KENDRICK.  Born at Yonkers, N.Y., May 27, 1862; died Jan. 21,
  1922.  Received Ph.B. degree from Columbia 1883; associate editor of
  Life 1884-8; has since served in various editorial capacities on
  Harper’s Magazine, Harper’s Weekly, and the Metropolitan Magazine. 
  Among his books are “The Idiot,” “A House Boat on the Styx,” “The
  Bicyclers, and Other Farces,” “Songs of Cheer,” “Line o’ Cheer for
  Each Day o’ the Year,” “The Foothills of Parnassus,” “A Quest for
  Song,” and “The Cheery Way.” A Philosopher; A Smiling Paradox;
  If; The Kingdom of Man; The Richer Mines; The Word; To
  Melancholy.