26th. CHARLES FARRAR BROWNE (Artemus Ward,) b. 26 Ap. 1834
I. One of Mr. Ward's Business Letters, 8-Pt. II:68-69
II. On Forts, 8-Pt. II:69-71
III. Among the Spirits, 8-Pt. I:81-85

27th. U. S. GRANT, b. 27 Ap. 1822
I. General Ulysses Simpson Grant, 16--Pt. II: 3-30

28th. 28 Ap. 1864 "Tell Tad the Goats are Well."
I. Lincoln's Telegram to Mrs. Lincoln, 5--Pt. I:114
II. The Last Address in Public, April 11, 1865, 5--Pt. I:102-106

29th. E. R. SILL, b. 29 Ap. 1841
I. Five Lives, 7--Pt. I:39-40
II. Eve's Daughter, 9--Pt. I:102
III. Opportunity, 11:106
IV. The Fool's Prayer, 11:263-264.


I own that I am disposed to say grace upon twenty other occasions in
the course of the day besides my dinner....Why have we none for books?
--CHARLES LAMB.

APRIL 30th TO MAY 6TH


April 30th.
I. Peck's Bessie Brown, M. D., 8-Pt. II:81-82
II. A Kiss in the Rain, 9-Pt. II:83
III. Poe's Fall of the House of Usher, 4-Pt. I:3-34