Part 59 (2/2)

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?_

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