Southern Literature From 1579-1895 Part 59

MASON LOCKE WEEMS.--1. Of what church was he rector?

JOHN DRAYTON.--1. Whose son was he? 2. When did the battle of Noewee occur? _3. Who were Lord North and Lord Grenville?_ _4. What relation was Lieutenant Hampton to General Wade Hampton, of South Carolina?_

WILLIAM WIRT.--1. What two famous speeches by Wirt are here mentioned?

2. Who was the "Blind Preacher"? 3. What did Wirt say of life, in 1829? _4. Learn something more about the "Blind Preacher."_ (_See People's Cyclopedia, Hart's American Literature._) _5. Who were Demothenes, Ossian, Homer, Milton, Rousseau?_

JOHN RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE.--1. From whom was he descended? 2. What does Paulding say of him? _3. Where is found the quotation--"Free will fixed fate, foreknowledge absolute"?_

GEORGE TUCKER.--1. To whom was he related? 2. How long was he professor at the University of Virginia? 3. Who was founder of the University? _4. Where is the Natural Bridge?_ (_See picture under Mrs.

Preston._) _5. When was the University established and opened?_

THIRD PERIOD, 1800-1850.

HENRY CLAY.--1. What two t.i.tles did he have, and for what reasons? 2.

Mention some of his companions in public life. 3. Of what measures was he the author? _4. Who was Jackson?_ _5. Who were Philip, Alexander, Caesar, Brutus, Madame de Stael, Bonaparte?_ _6. What was the difference in the ages of Clay, Calhoun and Webster?_

FRANCIS SCOTT KEY.--1. Relate the circ.u.mstances under which the "Star Spangled Banner" was written. _2. What city was burned by the British in the year in which this song was composed?_

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON.--1. What was his favorite pursuit? 2. Where is a set of his works to be seen?

THOMAS HART BENTON.--1. What t.i.tle did he gain, and how? 2. What is said of his great work? _3. Who were Randolph and Clay?_ _4. What was the cause of the duel?_ _5. What office had Clay at the time?_ _6. How were Benton and Clay connected?_ (_Mrs. Clay was a cousin of Benton's, she had been Miss Lucretia Hart._) _7. Whom did Benton's daughter Jessie marry, and what did she write?_ (_See "List of Southern Writers," Fremont._)

JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN.--1. Who was his early teacher? 2. What was the remark of Calhoun's father about government? 3. What is Calhoun's home now? 4. What is the principle of Nullification? 5. Who first said, "To the victors belong the spoils," as applied to public offices? 6. What does Calhoun say of it? _7. Who are the three greatest statesmen of the "Compromise Period" (1820-1850)?_ 8. What does Everett say of them? _9. What does Stephens say of Calhoun in 1850?_ (_See under A. H. Stephens._) 10. What does Webster say of him? _11. What rank does he hold as a statesman and patriot?_ 12. Who are the others mentioned as contemporary with Calhoun in the Senate?

NATHANIEL BEVERLEY TUCKER.--1. Whose son was he, and whose half brother? 2. Give the plan of the "Partisan Leader." _3. When was Van Buren president?_

DAVID CROCKETT.--1. What was his motto? 2. What does he say of the earthquake and its effects? _3. When was the great earthquake in the Mississippi Valley?_ _4. Where is the Alamo?_ _5. Tell something of its defence and fall._ (_See under Houston._)

RICHARD HENRY WILDE.--1. What discoveries did he make in Italy? 2.

What is the poem by which he is known? (It is also called "The Captive's Lament"). 3. Tell the incident of its translation. 4. Who was Mrs. White Beatty? 5. _What else can you learn of her?_ _6. Who were Giotto Dante Ta.s.so and Petrarch?_

AUGUSTUS BALDWIN LONGSTREET.--1. Who was "Ned Brace"? 2. How did Judge Longstreet feel about "Georgia Scenes" in his later years? _3. When did Was.h.i.+ngton make his Southern tour?_ _4. How old was Judge Bacon then?_

ROBERT YOUNG HAYNE.--1. When and with whom was his great debate on Nullification? 2. What action did South Carolina take in 1832? 3. What prevented war? 4. What did Webster say the Union would be if the doctrine of State Sovereignty should be accepted? 5. What action had the citizens of Boston taken in 1809? _6. What was the resolution of the Virginia Convention on adopting the Const.i.tution of the United States?_ _7. Who wrote Hayne's Life?_

SAM HOUSTON.--1. When did Houston go to Texas? 2. What caused the Texan war of independence? _3. Who were the four presidents of the Republic of Texas?_ _4. How long was Texas independent and when did she enter the Union?_ _5. Who was then president of the United States?_

WILLIAM CAMPBELL PRESTON.--1. What great orator was his uncle? 2. With what distinguished men was he a.s.sociated, and who were they? _3. When was South Carolina University founded?_

JOHN PENDLETON KENNEDY.--1. In what novel of Thackeray did he write a chapter? 2. What was his connection with the Peabody Inst.i.tute? 3.

What poet did he befriend? _4. Who was Horse Shoe Robinson?_ _5.

Whence his name?_ (_He was a blacksmith._)

HUGH SWINTON LEGARe.--1. For what was he noted? 2. What does Judge Story say of him? _3. When did he live in Was.h.i.+ngton City?_ _4. When was he in Belgium?_ 5. Where did he die? _6. What poet wrote his life?_

MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR.--1. When was he president of Texas? _2. Who succeeded him?_

FRANCIS LISTER HAWKS.--1. What induced Dr. Hawks to write a history of North Carolina? 2. Who was the first white child born in America? 3.

When? 4. Who was the first Indian baptized? _5. Where is the town named for him?_ 6. What probably became of the Lost Colony of Roanoke and of the little Virginia Dare? _7. How old was she when her grandfather came back?_ _8. When did Sir Walter Raleigh send his first colony?_ _9. Did he ever come himself?_ _10. Tell of his life._

GEORGE DENISON PRENTICE.--1. What paper did he establish? _2. How many mouths has the Mississippi River?_ _3. Who wrote his life?_ (_See under G in "List of Southern Writers."_)

EDWARD COATE PINKNEY.--1. What position had his father in 1802? _2.

For what was his father distinguished?_ _3. Who do you think were "the five greatest poets of the country" in his lifetime?_

CHARLES eTIENNE ARTHUR GAYARRe.--1. In what languages did he write? 2.

Who first manufactured sugar in Louisiana? 3. When? 4. Who were lords of Louisiana in 1750-70? _5. How long was Louisiana under Spanish domination?_ _6. When was the Louisiana Purchase made?_ _7. Tell the story of the Acadians._

MATTHEW FONTAINE MAURY.--1. What t.i.tle did his sea studies acquire for him? 2. What was his service to the Atlantic Telegraph Cable? 3. Tell what honors he received. 4. Where is there a monument to Lieutenant Herndon? _5. What relation were Maury and Herndon?_ _6. Learn something of the Emperor Maximilian and the Mexican revolution._

WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS.--1. What is the subject of most of Simms'

novels? 2. Who has written his life? _3. What is the usual form of Manneyto? (Manitou)_ _4. Who were the Yema.s.sees and when was the Yema.s.see war?_ _5. Give a sketch of General Marion._ (_See also under Ramsay._)

ROBERT EDWARD LEE.--1. Who have written the life of General Lee? 2.

What is the present name of Was.h.i.+ngton College? _3. Where are there monuments to Lee?_ _4. When did the Civil War begin and end?_ _5.

Learn more of General Lee._

JEFFERSON DAVIS.--1. When and where was he inaugurated president of the Confederacy? 2. What has his daughter Winnie written? _3. Who have written the life of President Davis?_ _4. When was Pierce president of the United States?_ _5. Where is Beauvoir?_ _6. Where is the Hermitage?_ _7. Where is Mr. Davis buried?_

EDGAR ALLAN POE.--1. What is said of the "Raven" in 1845? 2. Where are monuments to Poe? 3. Which are the best lives of him? _4. Who was John Pendleton Kennedy?_ _5. What is the Koran?_ _6. "The red levin"?_

ROBERT TOOMBS.--1. What two distinguished men besides Toombs were ordered to be captured after the war? 2. Why did he not sue for pardon? 3. Who have written his life? _4. Learn more of him._

OCTAVIA WALTON LE VERT.--1. What was the name of her father and grand father? 2. What did La Fayette say of her when a child? 3. What is said of her in Was.h.i.+ngton? _4. Trace her voyage to Spain from Mobile, Ala._ _5. Who were the Moors and when did they rule Spain?_

LOUISA SUSANNAH M'CORD.--1. Name of Mrs. M'Cord's father? 2. Learn the last paragraph on page 292. 3. When was this article published? 4.

Where is Forte Motte? _5. For what is it noted?_ _6. Tell something of the Women's Rights Movement in Europe and America._

JOSEPH G. BALDWIN.--1. What do you think of this sketch of Virginians?

_2. Translate the Latin._ _3. Who were Jefferson Hamilton Jackson, Clay John Randolph?_

ALEXANDER HAMILTON STEPHENS.--1. In what family did he teach? 2. Name of his home? 3. Tell the anecdotes of him. 4. When did Calhoun die?

_5. Tell what you can of the Senators mentioned in the sketch._ _6.

How did Fillmore afterwards become president of the United Stales?_ _7. When?_

ALEXANDER BEAUFORT MEEK.--1. What system was established by him in Alabama? 2. Tell some of the characters in his writings 3. For whom is Montgomery named? _4. When was the Seminole war?_ _5. Who was the American general?_ _6. What river did De Soto discover and when did he march through Alabama?_

PHILIP PENDLETON COOKE.--1. Whose brother and whose cousin was he? 2.

What is said of the poem "Florence Vane"?

THEODORE O'HARA.--1. When was the battle of Buena Vista? 2. Where is O'Hara buried? _3. What is meant by "the Dark and b.l.o.o.d.y Ground"?_ _4.

What famous pioneer is also buried in Frankfort?_ _5. Mention some others given in this book who were in the battle of Buena Vista._

FOURTH PERIOD, 1850-1895.

GEORGE RAINSFORD FAIRBANKS.--1. What other names had Osceola? _2. Find out more about him and about the Florida War._ _3. For whom is Fort Moultrie named?_ _4. Who wrote the lines on page 314?_