WHITTIER

John, the American poet, was bom in 1807. He worked on his father’s farm and learnt the shoemaking trade at first, but in 1831 he published his “ Legends of New England," in prose and verse, and in 1835-36 became a member of the Legislature of Ma achusetts. Some of his volumes of poetry are, “Moll Pitcher, “Lays of My Home.” "The Voices of Freedom,” “The Chapel of the Hermits,” “Home Ballads and Poems,” “National Lyrics,” “ The King's Mi ive,” etc. out at the age of 13 to make his fortune m London. He apprenticed himself to a prosperous mercer, whose daughter he afterwards married, and was eventually three times Mayor of London—in 1406, and 1418. He was knighted by Henry V. Rev! 1397, S. Lysons in his "Model Merchant of the Middle Ages " defends the story of the * cat ’ sold to the Moorish king, and denies the explanation that ‘cat * means a 3-inasted ve el of about 500 tons that traded in coal; but similar ‘ cat * stories are familiar in the folklore of almost all the nations of Europe. Bow Bells could certainly have been heard on High gate Hill, where Whittington’s runaway steps are said to have been arrested by their peal. yvas born in 1803. He started busine in London in 1833 as a manufacturer of engineers' tools, and subsequently turned his attention to a uniform system of screw threads. In 1854-55 he began his experiments with fire-arms, which led to the production of the Whit worth rifle, and his manufacture of rifled ordnance. He also originated the fluid pre ed steel used in making cannons and shipm plates. He published his book, “Guns and Steel,"