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CARLYLE, THOMAS.  Born at Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Dec. 4,
  1795; died at Chelsea, London, Feb. 4, 1881.  Educated at Annan Grammar
  School and Edinburgh University; mathematical tutor at Annan 1814;
  teacher at Kirkcaldy 1816; went to Edinburgh to study law 1819; tutor
  in Buller family 1822-4; married Jane Welsh 1826; lived successively
  at Comely Bank, Edinburgh, and Craigenputtoch 1828-34; moved to
  Chelsea 1834; and remained there the rest of his life.  Elected Lord
  Rector of Edinburgh University 1865.  Among his works are “Life of
  Schiller,” “Sartor Resartus,” “The French Revolution,” “Chartism,”
  “Heroes, Hero Worship, and the Heroic in History,” “Life and Letters
  of Oliver Cromwell,” “Life of Sterling,” “Latter-Day Pamphlets,” and
  “Frederick the Great.” To-Day.

CLOUGH, ARTHUR HUGH.  Born at Liverpool, Eng., Jan. 1, 1819; died at
  Florence, Italy, Nov. 13, 1861.  Went to school at Rugby and Oxford;
  accepted headship of University Hall, London, 1849; came to America
  1852; health began to fail 1859. Say Not the Struggle Nought
  Availeth.

COATES, FLORENCE EARLE.  Born at Philadelphia, Pa.; educated at private
  schools and at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, France; studied also
  at Brussels.  President of the Browning Society of Philadelphia
  1895-1903 and 1907-8; a founder of the Contemporary Club,
  Philadelphia, 1886; member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants,
  and Colonial Dames of America.  Among her books are “Mine and Thine,”
  “Lyrics of Life,” and “The Unconquered Air, and Other Poems.” A Hero;
  Courage; Per Aspera.

COOKE, EDMUND VANCE.  Born at Port Dover, Canada, June 5, 1866.  Educated
  principally at common schools.  He began to give lecture entertainments
  1893, and has been for years one of the most popular lyceum men before
  the public.  Frequent contributor of poems, stories, and articles to
  the leading magazines.  His poem “How Did You Die?” has attained a
  nation-wide popularity.  Among his books are “Just Then Something
  Happened,” “The Story Club,” “Told to the Little Tot,” “Chronicles of
  the Little Tot,” “I Rule the House,” “Impertinent Poems,” “Little,
  Songs for Two,” “Rimes to be Read,” “The Uncommon Commoner,” and “A
  Patch of Pansies.” How Did You Die?; Laugh a Little Bit.

CROSBY, ERNEST HOWARD.  Born at New York City, Nov. 4, 1856; died there
  Jan. 3, 1907.  Graduated from University of New York 1876, and from
  Columbia Law School 1878; lawyer in New York 1878-89; judge of
  international court at Alexandria, Egypt, 1889-94; returned to New
  York 1894, and interested himself in social reform.  Among his books
  are “Plain Talk in Psalm and Parable,” “Captain Jenks, Hero,” “Swords
  and Plowshares,” “Tolstoi and His Message,” and “Labor and Neighbor.”
  Life and Death.