17th. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. 17 Ja. 1706
I. Poor Richard's Almanac, 6-Pt. II:133-149
II. Maxims, 7-Pt. II:11
III. The Whistle, 6-Pt. II:156-159

18th. DANIEL WEBSTER, b. 18 Ja. 1782
I. Adams and Jefferson, 6-Pt. I:3-60

19th. EDGAR ALLAN POE, b. 19 Ja. 1809
I. Cask of Amontillado, 4-Pt. I:67-77
II. The Raven, 10:285-292
III. Edgar Allan Poe, 17-Pt. I:28-37

20th. N. P. WILLIS, b. 20 Ja. 1806
I. Miss Albina McLush, 7-Pt. I:25-29
RICHARD LE GALLIENNE, b. 20 Ja. 1866
II. May Is Building Her House, 12:328

21st. JAMES STUART, Earl of Murray, killed 21 Ja. 1570
I. The Bonny Earl of Murray, 10:21-22
II. Lincoln's The Dred Scott Decision, 5-Pt. I:13-22
III. Fragment on Slavery, 5-Pt. I:11-12


He that revels in a well-chosen library has innumerable
dishes, and all of admirable flavour. His taste is rendered
so acute as easily to distinguish the nicest shade of difference.
--WILLIAM GODWIN.