Lot of 8: Men of Letters Series, Authors

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C.W.QUINNELL, RB.A EDGAR ALLAN POE C.W.QUINNELL, R.B.A RALPH WALDO EMERSON- Oilette Cw.QUINNELL P W.C.BRY ANT : Olette Cw,QUINNELL, R.EA BURNS Quatle ECILAV QUINN ELL SCOTT. Ouleite C.W.QUINNELL, R.B.A NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE BYRON · Cw QUINNELL R.B. A OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

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MOD DIEU DROS POSTKARTE. RTISTIC By Appointment. FOR ADDRESS Oxly. "MEN OF LETTERS.” Series IV. ILETTE” (Regd.] Postcard 2701 ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN. Raphael Tuck & Sons' "O Edgar Allan Poe was born at Boston, January 19th, 1809. At the age of three, being an orphan, he was adopted by John Allan a wealthy merchant who brought him to England in 1815. He was at first educated at a school in Stoke Newington, a suburb of London, and lastly, having returned to America, at the University of Virginia. He enlisted in 1827, and rose to be Sergeant Major of Artillery, but procured his discharge in 1829. Except for the wonderful writings which he left behind him his life was a failure. His poem “The Raven” gained him immortality, while his prose stories in their way are no less extraordinary. He died in misery on October 7th, 1849, at the early age of forty. OEU RTISTIC POSTKARTE. CARTE POSTALE. By Appointment. “MEN OF LETTERS. - Series IV. Raphael Tuck & Sons' "OILETTE” (Regd.] Postcard 2701 Ralph Waldo Emerson was born at Boston, United States of America, on May 25th, 1803, his father being a minister in that city. He was educated at the Boston public Grammar School, and at the early age of ten was translating “Virgil ” into English verse. He graduated at Havard College in 1821. Following in his father's footsteps he espoused the church and became a minister of the Second Church in Boston in 1829. He resigned his charge, however, in 1832. He was a great and original writer of prose and verse. Some of his principal works are “The Conduct of Life,” “Society and Solitude,” “Letters and Social Aims,” “Poems and Essays.” He died on April 27th, 1882. ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN. کے کر CH CARTE POSTALE. SRTISTIC By Appointment. · MEN OF LETTERS.” Series IV. Rapuael Tuck & Sons' "OILETTE” [Regd.] Postcard 2701 ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN. William Cullen Bryant, the American poet and journalist, was born November 3rd, 1794, at Cum- mington, Massachusetts. He was for a time at Williams College but chiefly received his education at home. By profession he was a barrister. His beauti- ful poem "Thanatopsis,” published in the “North American Review,” in 1817, immediately brought him fame. Among others of his poems are " The Rivulet,” “The West Wind,” “The Forest Hymn,” “ June” and “The Flood of Years.” Besides other literary appointments he was at one time editor of the “ New York Review.” He died on June 12th, 1878, froin the result of a fall. WV STIC DIEU By Appointment. POSTKARTE. CARTE POSTALE. ARTISTIC VORO Robert Burns, the National Poet of Scotland, was born at Alloway, in the neighbourhood of Ayr, January 25th, 1759. One of the most remarkable of his poems is “Tam o' Shanter” which was written in one day (1790). Burns was the sweetest of song. sters, and very prolific, although all that he wrote was not necessary, particularly the lampoons on ladies which made him unpopular with the neighbouring gentry. He died on July 21st, 1796. “MEN OF LETTERS.” Series IL Raphael Tuck & Sons' "OILETTE” (Regd.) Postcard 2699 ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN. Kad se TISTIC DO CARTE POSTALE. POSTKARTE. By Appointment. ed and the “Lav action at eithersity in th “MEN OF LETTERS.” Series II. Raphael Tuck & Sons' "OILETTE” [Regd.] Pustcard 2699 Sir Walter Scott, the great Scotch man of letters, was born in the College Wynd of Edinburgh on August 15th, 1771. He was educated at the High School at Edinburgh and at the University in that city but did not gain distinction at either place. In 1805, however, the “Lay of the Last Minstrel” was published and brought him fame immediately. In 1814"Waverley,” his first novel, made its appearance forming an epoch in modern literature. It was quickly followed by “Guy Mannering,” “The Antiquary," “ Old Mortality,” “Rob Roy,” “The Heart of Midlothian,” “Ivanhoe,” and many other delightful works. Scott was not only one of the greatest of novelists, but was one of the most generous, lovable, and honourable of men. He died September 21st, 1832. ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN. CR ONDRO CARTE POSTALE. ARTISTIC By Appointment DADE MARY Series IV “MEN OF LETTERS. ILETTE” [Regd.] Postcard 2701 Nathaniel Hawthorne, the novelist, was born at Salem, Massachusetts, on July 4th, 1804. He graduated at Bowdoin College in the same class as Longfellow in 1825. He published “Fanshawe,” his first novel, in 1828, but it was a failure. “The Scarlet Letter,” his greatest work, was produced in 1850, and gained him world wide renown. " The House of the Seven Gables” appeared in 1851, and is also reckoned amongst his best books. He was appointed United States Consul at Liverpool in 1853. He died at Plymouth, New Hampshire, on May 18th, 1864. ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN. Raphael Tuck & Sons' "O - 3500 set of CARTE POSTALE. POSTKARTE. RTISTIC VORO By Appointment. 15ADE MARK “MIN OF LETTERS.” Series II. Raphael Tuck & Sons "OILETTE” (Regd.] Postcard 2699 George Gordon, sixth Lord Byron, the poet, was born in Holles Street, Cavendish Square, London, on 22nd of January, 1788. He was educated at Harrow, and Trinity College, Cambridge. His chief poems are “Childe Harold,” “ Don Juan,” “The Siege of Corinth.” and the celebrated satire “English Bards and Scotch Reviewers.” Byron's poetical influence in his own country for a time swept all before it, but it gradually abated its force, and is now almost non- existent. He died in Greece on 19th April, 1824, his body being brought to England and buried near Newstead. ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN. 43500 - set of 6 ARTISTIC “MEN OF LETTERS.” Series IV. Raphael Tuck & sons' "OILETTE” (Regd.] Postcara 2701 ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN. CARTE POSTALE. By Appointment.. Oliver Wendell Holmes, the son of the Rev. Abiel Holines, was born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 29th, 1809. He entered Havard College at the age of sixteen and graduated in 1829. In 1836 he took the M.D. degree, and later engaged in general practice in Boston. In 1847 he became professor of Anatomy at Havard. In 1857-8 he published “The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table” and became famous In 1858-9 he produced “The Professor at the Breakfast Table,” which created an equal sensation. Elsie Venner” was his first novel. His writings are noted for their sparkling wit and humour beneath which is a considerable depth of thought. He died in 1894.