Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be by Unknown
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Fond of Doyle's works and the violin. Address: 31 Baker
Street. Clubs: London Prison Society. Epitaph: Au Revoir, But. HOMER, travel writer, mythology expert, and journalist. Began career as a reporter on the Athens "Times." Was discharged for incompetence, and took up honest writing. Found a publisher who thought his writings would sell to posterity. Later H. took charge of the Ulysses Tours. Was war correspondent for the Greek associated press at the siege of Troy. Ambition: Fewer classics and more money. Publication: See libraries and school rooms. Address: Care Athens. Clubs: Literary, Fourth Estate. HOOD, Red Riding, a brave little girl who escaped alive from a wolf which had previously partaken of a relative. HOOD, Robin, a fine robber of merry England who took from the rich and gave to the poor, and made crackerjack material for stories. HOOD, Sarsaparilla, the manufacturer of another remedy for Harvey's discovery. HOPE, the most beautiful woman who ever lived. She was a near relation of Ambition. Discovered the words "wish" and "if" and gave her name to the world. She was the first woman to manufacture ideals, and has been made the patron saint of the suffragettes (see Suffragette). H. went about making life worth while. She was loved by all those millions of lovers and |
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