(Encyclopedia) Murger, HenryMurger, HenryäNrēˈ mürzhĕrˈ [key], 1822–61, French poet and novelist. His Scènes de la vie de Bohème (1845–49; tr., 1905, 1930), like many of his works, is a romantic and…
(Encyclopedia) Cotton, Henry (Thomas Henry Cotton), 1907–87, British golfer, b. Cheshire, England. Although he played as a professional at the age of 17, Cotton did not achieve international…
Blessing the Cornfields Hiawatha's Lamentation Picture-Writing In those days said Hiawatha,
"Lo! how all things fade and perish!
From the memory of the old men
Pass away the great…
The Ghosts The White Man's Foot The Famine Oh the long and dreary Winter!
Oh the cold and cruel Winter!
Ever thicker, thicker, thicker
Froze the ice on lake and river,
Ever deeper,…
Hiawatha's Fasting Hiawatha's Sailing Hiawatha's Friends Two good friends had Hiawatha,
Singled out from all the others,
Bound to him in closest union,
And to whom he gave the…
(Encyclopedia) King, Henry, 1592–1669, English poet. He became bishop of Chichester in 1642. Elegies constitute nearly half his work, his most notable being “The Exequy,” written on the death of his…
(Encyclopedia) Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800–1877, English inventor of photographic processes (see photography, still). A man of enormously versatile intelligence, he invented the “photogenic…
