PAGE 118.--=Helen Hunt Jackson= was born in 1831 at Amherst, Massachusetts. In 1867 she wrote her first stories, and from that time until her death books from the pen of H. H. were published with frequency. She wrote verses, essays, sketches of travel, children’s stories, novels, and tracts on questions of the day. PAGE 120.--=St. Ambrose= or Ambrosius, one of the fathers of the Latin Church, was born at Treves, A.D. 340; died, 397. He was the champion of the Catholics against Arians and pagans; he became Bishop of Milan in 374. He was the author of numerous hymns and other religious works. PAGE 121.--=James Sheridan Knowles= was born at Dublin, Ireland, 1784. For a time he held a commission in the militia, but became attracted to the stage and entered the dramatic profession. He died in 1862. PAGE 132.--=Washington Irving= was born in New York city, April 3, 1783; died, 1859. His early schooling was not very systematic. When a young man he began the study of law, but never followed the profession very steadily. He is the most popular of the American writers of the early part of the nineteenth century. PAGE 152.--=Alfred Tennyson= was born at Somersby, England, in 1809. He was educated at Cambridge, where he gained the Chancellor’s medal for his poem _Timbuctoo_ in blank verse. In 1830 he published his first volume of poems. Other poems followed quickly and soon became popularly known. Tennyson’s poetry is distinguished by its rare quality and delicate choice of language. He was for many years poet laureate. He died in 1892. PAGE 158.--=Sister Mary Antonia= is an occasional and highly esteemed contributor of verse to current Catholic periodicals. PAGE 161.--=Miriam Coles Harris= is a contemporary Catholic writer whose works have attracted considerable attention. The extract is from _A Corner of Spain_, published in 1896. PAGE 166.--=William Cullen Bryant=, a famous American poet, was born at Cummington, Massachusetts, November 3, 1794. He entered Williams College at the age of sixteen, but at the end of two years took honorable dismission and engaged in the study of law. He was admitted to the bar in 1815; removed to New York in 1825; was editor of the _New York Review_ in the same year; and in 1826 became connected with the _Evening Post_, with which he continued until his death, which occurred in 1878. PAGE 170.--=Conrad Von Bolanden= is the pseudonym of a contemporary German Catholic writer, Monsignor Joseph Bischoff, who was born in August, 1828. He was made a Papal Chamberlain to Pope Pius IX in recognition of the merits of his efforts in the field of Catholic literature. He has written much, finding the motives of his books in history and in the problems of social life.