Epitaph (She on this clayen pillow laid her head).
Robin Hood and Little John..
Robin Hood and the King..
He or She that Hopes to Gain.
On the Eyes and Breasts of the Lady on whom he was Enamoured
When I a Lover pale do see...
ADDISON, JOSEPH (1672-1719), was born at his father's rectory, Milston,
near Amesbury, Wilts, and educated at Charterhouse and Queen's
College, Oxford. In 1698, he accepted a fellowship at Magdalen
College, and became widely known for his classical scholarship, and
for writing and publishing Latin translations. Late in 1699, Addi-
son left England for France, and after a short visit to Paris, he settled
at Blois where he remained nearly a year mastering the French lan-
guage. Leaving Blois he travelled in Europe principally through
Italy, visiting with much feeling the literary land-marks of Latin
literature. Returning to England in 1703, he lived in retirement
owing to his strained financial condition, but in 1706, he re
reived the under-secretaryship in the office of Sir Charles Hedges,
beginning his political career during which he held many lucrative
offices. In October, 1709, he began contributing to the Tatler which
Steele had established in April of the same year; and when in 1711,
the Spectator was published after the cessation of the Tatler, a few
months earlier, Addison contributed to it, creating in its columns the
famous Sir Roger de Coverley. On April 14, 1713, Addison pro-
duced his play Cato, at Drury Lane, which despite its many weak-
nesses, was a great success. In August 1716, Addison was married
to the Countess of Warwick, which union was declared not to have
been very happy.
An Account of the Greatest English Poets.
To Sir Godfrey Kneller, on his picture of the King.
Divine Ode.
ANDREWES, LANCELOT (1555-1626), Bishop of Winchester, was born in
the parish of All Hallows, Barking, and educated at Pembroke Hall,
Cambridge. Entering holy orders in 1580, he attended the Earl of
Huntingdon, President of the North, as chaplain. In 1589, he obtained
the living of St. Giles, and after twice refusing a bishopric, he accepted
the see of Chichester in 1605. He was translated in 1609, to Ely, and
in 1619, to Winchester. In his day Andrewes was eminent as a
preacher and writer, and though he published little during his life-
time, his works are now of considerable bulk, the most important
being the "Fortura Torti."
ATTERBURY, FRANCIS (1662-1732), Bishop of Rochester, was born at
Milton or Middleton Keynes, in Buckinghamshire, and educated at
Westminster-then under the famous Dr. Busby-and Christ Church,
Oxford. In 1682, he published a Latin translation of Dryden's
Absalom and Achitophel," and in 1684, an "Anthologia," being a
selection of Latin poems. He was made Bishop of Rochester in
1713. In 1720, Atterbury was accused of Jacobite sympathies and
committed to the Tower, where he remained for seven months. He
was brought before the House of Lords for trial, found guilty upon
"curious evidence," and exiled from the realm in 1723. After living
nine years on the continent, during which he "threw himself heart
and soul in James' causes, acting as general adviser and supervisor
of his affairs at home and abroad," he died in the South of France.
Written on a White Fan borrowed from Miss Osborne, afterwards his
wife
AYRES, PHILIP (1638-1712), was born at Cottingham, and educated at
St. John's College, Oxford. He became tutor in the family of Mon-
tagu Garrard Drake, of Agmondesham, Bucks, where he remained
till his death. He was the author of many books and pamphlets, and
translated a great deal of verse from various languages. His best-
known work is "Emblemata Amatoria. Emblems of Love. In
four languages, Lat, Engl. Ital., Fr." 1683
Love's New Philosophy.
On Lydia Distracted..
On a Fair Beggar..
BAKER, HENRY (1698-1774), was born in London, son of a clerk in chan-
cery. At fifteen he was apprenticed to a book-seller. He became
interested in the education of deaf mutes, originated a system, and
successfully engaged in it as a profession. The success of his system
attracted the attention of Defoe, whose daughter Sophia he married
in 1729. In 1723, he published "Original Poems;" and in 1737,
issued in two volumes "Medulla Poetraum Romanorum," a selec-
tion from the "Roman Poets with Translations." In 1728, under
the name of Henry Stonecastle, he began with Defoe the "Universal
Spectator and Weekly Journal." He was a fellow of the Society of
Antiquaries, and of the Royal Society, for his distinguished services
as a naturalist.
BAXTER, RICHARD (1615-1691), Presbyterian divine, was born at Eaton-
Constantine, near Shrewsbury, in Shropshire. He attended a free
school at Wroxeter, but did not receive an academic training, which
in later life he deplored. Leaving the free school he was placed under
the tuition of Richard Wickstead, chaplain to the Council at Ludlow.
From Ludlow at the advice of his tutor he attached himself at court,
but the experience so disgusted him, that there was rekindled in him
an old determination to enter the ministry. His long and varied career
as a non-conformist preacher was full of turbulence, but he exerted
great influence with the masses with whom he came in contact. He
suffered many wrongs and persecutions under Charles II, and James
II. His books on religious questions are numerous.
The Valediction....
BEHN, APHRA (1640-1689), dramatist and novelist, was the daughter of a
barber, born at Wye. Her marriage with a gentleman of Dutch ex-
traction named Behn, gained her entrance to the Court of Charles II,
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