Schiller, John C

F. von. German dramatist and lowed his own inclination to literature. The Rob¬ bers, Thirty Years' War, Wal lens tein, Mary Navy. Rescued Greeley Expedition, 1884. Com¬ manded in naval victory over Spanish fleet at Santiago, 1898. Born, 1839. {Lieder) and Ballads are his best work musical, tender, and expre ive in the rarest degree. Born, 1797; died, 1828. Secretary of the Interior, 1877-1881. Born, 1829. tori an. Waver ley novels; Marmion, Lay of the Last Minstrel, The Lady of the Lake, Rokeby, The Vision of Don Roderick. Son of an Edin¬ burgh writer to the signet; lived at Abbots ford ruined by commercial speculation. Born, 1771; died, 1852. Prominent service in the War of 1812 against the British received gold medal from Congre , and was promoted to major-general; 1841, made com¬ mander-in-chief of the United States army 1847, a umed command in Mexico; received surrender of the City of Mexico defeated for presidency by Franklin Pierce made lieutenant general. Born, 1786; died, 1866. tures suggested Robinson Crusoe. Lived alone on Juan Fernandez, 1694-1709. Born, 1675; died, 1723. man. Secretary of State, 1861-69. Born, 1801 died, 1872. feated Spanish General Torrel, and received sur¬ Tempest, Midsummer Night's Dream; born at The Witch of Atlas was drowned off coast of Born, 1820; died, 1891. 1869-73. In Congre , 1892-94. Born, 1822; Thrift, Life and Labor, and the Biographies of Inventors. Born, 1816. of Nations. Born, 1723; died, 1790. Claimed to dictate the Book of Mormon from gold plates found in New York State arrested and imprisoned in the jail at Carthage, Mo., where he was killed by a mob. Born, 1805; died, 1844. mous Governor of Colony of Virginia. History of Virginia. Born, 1579; died, 1631. ; Projector of the Edinburgh Review,Peter Plymley's Letters. Born, 1771; died, 1845. Plato. Put to death for his radical opinions. Born, b. c. 468; died, 399. of Kehama, Madoc, Thalaba, Don Roderick.