It Can Be Done eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 281 pages of information about It Can Be Done.

It Can Be Done eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 281 pages of information about It Can Be Done.

SOUTHWELL, ROBERT.  Born about 1561; executed at Tyburn, Feb. 21, 1595. 
  Educated at Paris; received into the Society of Jesus 1578; returned
  to England 1586; became chaplain to the Countess of Arundel 1589;
  betrayed to the authorities 1592; imprisoned for three years and
  finally executed. Times Go by Turns, 122.

STANTON, FRANK LEBBY.  Born at Charleston, S.C., Feb. 22, 1857.  Common
  school education; served apprenticeship as printer; identified with
  the Atlanta press for years, especially with the Atlanta
  Constitution in which his poems have been a feature, and have won
  for him a unique place among modern verse writers.  Some of his books
  are “Songs of the Soil,” “Comes One With a Song,” “Songs from Dixie
  Land,” “Up from Georgia,” and “Little Folks Down South.” A Hopeful
  Brother
, 67; A Little Thankful Song, 181; A Poor Unfortunate,
  137; A Pretty Good World, 189; A Song of To-Morrow, 187; Here’s
  Hopin’
, 164; Hoe Your Row, 203; Just Whistle, 38; Keep A-Goin’!
  229; This World, 133.

STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS.  Born at Edinburgh, Nov. 13, 1850; died at Apia,
  Samoa, Dec. 4, 1894.  Early education irregular because of poor
  health; went to Italy with his parents 1863; at Edinburgh University
  1867-73, at first preparing for engineering but later taking up law;
  admitted to the bar 1875 but never practised.  Various trips to the
  Continent between 1873-79; visited America 1879-80; resided in
  Switzerland, France, and England 1882-7; came to America again 1887-8;
  voyages in Pacific 1888-91; at Vailima, Samoa, 1891-94.  A conspicuous
  example of a man always in poor health yet courageous and optimistic
  throughout his life.  Among his books are “A Lodging for the Night,”
  “Travels with a Donkey,” “Virginibus Puerisque,” “New Arabian Nights,”
  “Treasure Island,” “A Child’s Garden of Verse,” “The Strange Case of
  Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” “Kidnapped,” “The Master of Ballantrae,”
  “Father Damien,” “Ebb Tide,” and “Weir of Hermiston.” The Celestial
  Surgeon
.

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TEICHNER, MIRIAM.  Born at Detroit, Mich., 1888.  Educated in public
  schools there; graduated from Central High School; took special
  courses in English and economics at the University of Michigan.  Member
  of staff of Detroit News after leaving school, writing a daily
  column of verse and humor; came to New York City as special feature
  writer of the New York Globe 1915; in Germany for the Detroit News
  and Associated Newspapers writing of post-war social and economic
  conditions 1921. Awareness; Submission; The Struggle; Victory.

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