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# The Diary of a Nobody/Appreciations

Copy of letter from Lord Rosebery.
38, BERKELEY SQUARE, W.
August 25th, 1910.
My dear Sir,
You are quite right in thinking that I am devoted to that small classic, "The Diary of a Nobody," and I have, I suspect, purchased and given away more copies than any living man.
To write an appreciation of a book I esteem so highly is, I am afraid, beyond my power; for it is now so familiar to me that the keen edge of my discrimination has worn off. But I regard any bedroom I occupy as unfurnished without a copy of it. And that is an appreciation more sincere than any that I could write.
Yours truly,
Mr. J. W. Arrowsmith.
Copy of letter from The Rt. Honble. Augustine Birrell, M.P.
The Pightle,
       Sheringham,
          Norfolk,
September 23rd, 1910.
My dear Arrowsmith,
I do not remember who first bade me read The Diary of a Nobody, the early version of which in Punch I had strangely overlooked. It must have been done in casual conversation. But what a casualty! I dare not tell you my view of "Charles Pooter." I rank him with Don Quixote. It is a matter of great pride with me and all in this house, that our name is borne by one of the characters in this bit of Immortality—by an illiterate charwoman, it is true, who never touched a book—but what of that? I am there.
I know you think you have published many good things in your day—and I do not doubt it, but you need never worry, for as the publisher of that little book about the home-life of Herbert Spencer (by "Two") and this Diary, your name will be carried far down the River of Time, and may even reach the Sea.
                   Yours most sincerely,
Augustine Birrell
Extract from essay by Mr. Hilaire Belloc, M.P., "On People in Books."
"Take, for instance, that immoderately common type, among the most common of God's creatures, which I will call 'the Silent Fool,' the man who hardly ever talks, and when he does says something so overwhelmingly silly that one remembers it all one's life. I can recollect but one Silent Fool in modern letters, but he comes in a book which is one of the half-dozen immortal achievements of our time, a book like a decisive battle, or like the statue of John the Baptist at South Kensington, a glory for us all. I mean The Diary of a Nobody. In that you will find the silent Mr. Padge, who says 'That's right'—and nothing more."
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Darrel, George

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​Darrel, George, Australian actor, dramatist and manager, began his professional career with Simonson's Opera Company in New Zealand; but, on migrating to Melbourne, took to the regular dramatic profession, earning some distinction as a juvenile supporter of the once idolised Walter Montgomery. He married Mrs. Robert Hair (née Fanny Cathcart), the admirable tragédienne, and subsequently visited professionally America and England, where, at the Grand Theatre, Islington, he produced his play The Sunny South. Mr. Darrel is the author of a number of Australian melodramas, including The Struggle for Freedom, Transported for Life, Book from the Grave, The Forlorn Hope, The Sunny South, The Squatter, The Soggarth, etc., and at least half a dozen dramatisations of popular novels. Mr. Darrel's first wife died some years ago at Melbourne, where she was held in great esteem; and he has since married a young actress belonging to one of his New Zealand companies, who has appeared in many of his more recent productions.
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Davidson, Rev. John

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​Davidson, Rev. John, was born at Burntisland, Scotland, in 1834, and educated for the ministry. Having gained a considerable repute as a preacher, he was invited to assume the pastorate of Chalmers Church, Adelaide. Accepting the call, he arrived in South Australia in June 1870, and was connected with Chalmers Church till 1877, when he associated himself with the Adelaide Union College. When Sir W. W. Hughes agreed to endow the Adelaide University with £20,000 for two professorships, he stipulated that Mr. Davidson should fill the first chair of English Language and Literature and Mental and Moral Philosophy. Accordingly, when the University was constituted, in 1874, Mr. Davidson assumed the duties of the position. He died on July 22nd, 1881, leaving a widow, the daughter of the late Hugh Miller the famous Scotch geologist and writer. Mrs. Davidson, who died at Adelaide in Dec. 1883, was the author of "Isabel Jardine's History" (1867), "Christian Osborn's Friends" (1869), and contributed to the Adelaide newspapers and Chambers's Journal.
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Darley, Hon. Sir Frederick Matthew

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​Darley, Hon. Sir Frederick Matthew, Chief Justice of New South Wales, son of the late Henry Darley of county Wicklow, Ireland, was born on Sept. 18th, 1830, and educated at Dungannon College, and at Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated B.A. in 1851. He was called to the Irish bar in Jan. 1853, and went the Munster Circuit. Having determined to try his fortunes in Australia, he went to New South Wales, and was admitted to the bar there in June 1862. In Sept. 1868 he was called to the Legislative Council Having practised at the bar with success, he was made Q.C. in 1878. From Nov. 1881 to Jan. 1883 Sir Frederick was Vice-President of the Executive Council, and represented the Parkes Government in the Legislative Council. Upon the death of Sir James Martin in Nov. 1886 he was offered the position of Chief Justice; this he refused, whereupon Sir Julian Salomons was appointed to that office. On his resignation, however, before he was sworn in, the position was again pressed upon Sir Frederick, who finally accepted the office, and was knighted in April 1887. Sir Frederick was married at Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England, on Dec. 13th, 1860, to Miss Lucy Forest Browne.
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Darvall, Hon. Sir John Bayley

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​Darvall, Hon. Sir John Bayley, K.C.M.G., Q.C., M.A., was the second son of Captain E. Darvall of the 9th Dragoons, and was born at Nunnington Hall, Yorkshire, and educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1833, and was admitted to the degree of M.A. in 1837. He was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1838, and a year later went to New South Wales, where he practised at the bar till 1867, being made Q.C. in 1853. He was appointed a nominee member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales in 1844, and in 1848 was elected for Bathurst. He joined in the opposition to the measure conferring responsible government on New South Wales, owing to disapproval of Wentworth's scheme for a non-elective Upper House. In 1861 he was appointed a life member of the Legislative Council, but resigned his seat, and subsequently represented the electoral districts of West Maitland and Sydney in the Legislative Assembly. In April 1856 he was appointed a member of the Executive Council as one of the first responsible ministry, but did not assume office as Solicitor-General till the following June, and resigned with his colleagues in August. He was Solicitor-General in the Parker Ministry from Oct. 1856 to May 1857, and Attorney-General from May to Sept. 1857. He held the same post under Mr. (afterwards Sir) Charles Cowper from August to Oct. 1863, and from Feb. to June 1865. In 1850 Sir John Darvall was appointed a member of the first Senate of the University of Sydney, and in the next year refused a judgeship in Victoria. He was a strenuous opponent of the separation of Queensland from New South Wales in 1859-60. In 1867 he returned to England, and was created C.M.G. in 1869 and K.C.M.G. in 1877. He died in London on Dec. 28th, 1883.
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Davenport, Sir Samuel

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​Davenport, Sir Samuel, K.C.M.G., LL.D., J.P., fourth son of George Davenport, banker, Oxford, and of Great Wigston, co. Leicester, by Jane Devereux, his wife, daughter of Joseph Davies, of Mineweare, co. Pembroke, was born at Shirburn, Oxfordshire, on March 5th, 1818, and came to South Australia in 1842, whither his elder brother, George Francis Davenport, had preceded him. He was appointed one of the four nominee members of the Legislative Council on May 5th, 1846, and was a nominated non-official member of the enlarged Legislative Council when the Constitution Act was passed (Jan. 2nd, 1856), but resigned on August 19th, 1856. He was an elected member of the new Council from March 9th, 1857, to August 30th, 1866, when he resigned. Sir Samuel was Commissioner of Public Works in the first ministry formed after the concession of responsible government, and acted as its representative in the Legislative Council from March 20th, 1857, to August 21st in the same year. He resumed office as Commissioner of Public Works in Mr. (afterwards Sir) R. Torrens' Ministry, Sept. 1st to Sept. 30th, 1857. He was Executive Commissioner for South Australia at the International Exhibitions held in London in 1851, Philadelphia in 1876, Sydney in 1879, Melbourne in 1880. He was knighted in 1884, and was President of the South Australian Commission to the Colonial ​and Indian Exhibition held at South Kensington in 1886. For his services at the latter he was created K.C.M.G., and received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Cambridge University. He was Executive Commissioner and Trustee of the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition in 1887, and a member of the South Australian Commission for the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition in 1888. He married, on June 1st, 1842, Margaret Frazer, only daughter of William Lennox Cleland, barrister, Calcutta, and his wife Harriett Erekine Fullerton. Sir Samuel is President of the South Australian branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. In June 1891 he was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the Legislative Council.
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Davidson, William Montgomery Davenport

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​Davidson, William Montgomery Davenport, J.P., Surveyor-General, Queensland, was born at Richmond, Surrey, in 1830. He was educated at the Moravian School in Yorkshire, and afterwards at the Stockwell Grammar School, which is connected with King's College, London. Mr. Davidson then went to the College of Civil Engineers, where he took his diploma. He left England for Tasmania in 1852, going over to Victoria the same year. He returned to Tasmania in 1854, and was appointed Inspecting Surveyor for the southern part of the island. In response to an invitation from Mr. A. C. Gregory, who was then Surveyor-General, he went to Queensland in 1861, and was appointed Staff Surveyor. In 1868 he became District Surveyor, a position he held until June 1st, 1875, when he accepted the post of Deputy-Surveyor-General. In Dec. 1889, on the resignation of Mr. Tully, Mr. Davidson exchanged this position for that of Surveyor-General. He is a J.P. for Queensland.
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Dangar, Hon. Henry Cary

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​Dangar, Hon. Henry Cary, M.L.C., M.A., second son of Henry Dangar, of Neotsfield, N.S.W., was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he ​graduated M.A. in 1857. He entered at the Inner Temple in August 1849, and was called to the bar in June 1854. He was nominated to the Legislative Council of New South Wales in 1883. Mr. Dangar married Lucy, daughter of Hon. John Lamb, M.L.C., of New South Wales, formerly Commander R.N., and Emma, his wife, daughter of John Robinson, of London.
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Darling, Hon. John

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​Darling, Hon. John, M.L.C., was member for West Adelaide in the Legislative Assembly of South Australia in 1870-1 and 1875-6, and for Yatala in 1878-81; and was Commissioner of Public Works in the Downer Ministry from June to Oct 1885. In May 1888 he was elected to the Legislative Council.
# The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Gerhardt, Paul

Edition of 1920. See also Paul Gerhardt on Wikipedia, and the disclaimer.
GERHARDT, Paul, German hymn-writer: b. Gräfenhainichen, Saxony, 1607; d. Lübben, 7 June 1676. He studied at Wittenberg, and became pastor at Mittenwalde. Removing to Berlin in 1657, he became deacon at the Nicolaikirche, where he remained until 1666, when he was deprived of his office because of his refusal to accept the diet of Frederick William. Later this deprivation was annulled through popular intercession, but Gerhardt would not compromise, and remained for a time without employment. In 1668 he became archdeacon at Lübben, where he remained until his death. He was staunch in his support of the Lutheran doctrines, and defended them ardently against the Reformed Churches. He is especially renowned for his hymns, ranking in that field with Luther. They were published first in hymn-books, but the earliest complete set is the ‘Geistliche Annalen’ (1666-67) with music by Ebeling. Consult critical editions by Bachmann (Berlin 1866) and the Goedeke (Leipzig 1877); and the ‘Life’ by Langbecker (Berlin 1841). The best modern editions are by Wackernagel (1843), which has gone through many editions, and an English translation by Kelley, ‘Paul Gerhardt's Spiritual Songs’ (1867).
# The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Gerhard, Eduard

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GERHARD, gār'härt, Eduard, German archæologist: b. Posen, 1795; d. 1867. He was educated at Breslau and Berlin, and after 1816 resided in the former city. He became professor at the Gymnasium of Posen in 1816 and remained there three years. Failing eyesight led to his resignation, and he set out for Italy. From 1822 to 1837 he resided in Rome and prosecuted there his archæological studies. He became archæologist of the Berlin Museum in 1837, became professor of the University there in 1844, and was made a member of the Royal Academy. He was one of the founders of the Institute di Corrispondenza Archeologica, later the Imperial German Archæological Institute. He gave a great impetus to archæological study by promoting an orderly classification and publishing seriatim important groups of monuments, artistic remains, etc. Many of his papers are found in the ‘Gesammelte academische Abhandlungen und kleine Schriften’ (Berlin 1866-68). His published works include ‘Rapporto intorno i vasi Volcenti’ (1831); ‘Antike Bildwerke’ (1844); ‘Auserlesene griechische Vasenbilder’ (1839 et seq.); ‘Griechische und etruskische Trinkschalen’ (1843); ‘Etruskische und campanische Vasenbilder’ (1843); ‘Apulische Vasen’ (1846); ‘Trinkschalen und Gefässe’ (1850); ‘Etruskische Spiegel’ (4 vols., 1843-68; 5th vol. by Klugmann et al., 1897). Consult Jahn, ‘Eduard Gerhard, ein Lebensabriss’ (Berlin 1868), and Sandys ‘A History of Classical Scholarship’ (Vol. III, Cambridge 1908).
# The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Gentian

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GENTIAN, a genus, Gentiana, of plants of the family Gentianaceæ. More than 300 species are known, distributed throughout the temperate and mountainous regions of the world. Most of the species have blue flowers and many are celebrated for their beauty. In eastern North America the best known species are the fringed gentian, G. crinita, soapwort gentian, G. saponaria, and G. andrewsii, closed gentian, but many other species occur, scattered nearly throughout the continent.
In pharmacy gentian is the dried rhizome and root of Gentiana lutea. This is the yellow gentian of Europe, a tall mountain perennial, growing abundantly in southern and middle Europe and Asia Minor. The chief sources of supply to the drug market are Switzerland, southern France, and the hilly portions of Germany. The main constituent of the root is a bitter glycoside, gentiopicrin. It also contains sugar, gums, and salts. The action of gentian is that of a simple bitter and it is used to improve the appetite and thus secondarily affect the general constitution.
# The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Gerhardt, Karl

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GERHARDT, Karl, American sculptor: b. Boston, Mass., 7 Jan. 1853. He was a machinist at Chicopee, Mass., and he showed considerable talent in this field, in which he later became a designer of machinery at Hartford. He became interested in sculpture and he was so successful that he was ultimately sent to study in Paris, where his work was exhibited in the salon and won prizes. His works include busts of Gen. U. S. Grant, Henry Ward Beecher, Samuel L. Clemens, etc.; and statues of Nathan Hale, in the Connecticut State capitol; Gen. Israel Putnam at Brooklyn, Conn., and other Americans of note.
# The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Genthite

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GENTHITE, a hydrous nickel-magnesium silicate, 2NiO2MgO3SiO$_2$6H$_2$O, but nickel content is variable. It occurs at Nickel Mountain near Riddle, Ore., also in Towns County, Ga.
# The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Gerhardt, Eduard

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GERHARDT, Eduard, German painter: b. Erfurt, 1813; d. 1888. He began life as a lithographer, next studied architecture at Cologne and under Semper at Dresden. In 1837 he took to painting at Munich, and subsequently studied his art in Italy and the Iberian Peninsula. For some time he was an instructor in the royal household at Lisbon, but in 1851 returned to Munich. His portrayal of Moorish architecture is unrivalled. His most notable works are ‘Palace of the Inquisition at Cordova’ (1863); ‘Lion Court at the Alhambra, Granada’ (1861); ‘Saint Marc's, Venice’ (1864), all in the Pinakothek, Munich; ‘The Alhambra by Moonlight’; ‘Generalife’ and ‘The Comares Tower,’ in the Schack Gallery, Munich.
# The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Gerhardt, Elena

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GERHARDT, Elena, German singer: b. Leipzig, 11 Nov. 1883. In 1899 she joined the Leipzig Conservatory, and for four years studied there undrecital at Leipzig was an instantaneous ser Marie Hedmont. In 1903 her début in a uccess and by popular demand she was induced to try opera. After eight appearances at Leipzig she decided to confine her efforts to concert work. She soon became known as the greatest lieder singer of modern times. In 1912 she visited the United States and made a most successful concert tour with the principle orchestras. In 1913 she reappeared in America and the entire country did homage to her genius.
# The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Gerhardt, Dagobert von

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GERHARDT, Dagobert von. See Amyntor, Gerhard von.
# The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Gerhardt, Karl Friedrich

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GERHARDT (Fr. zhâ-rär'), Karl Friedrich, French chemist: b. Strassburg, 21 Aug. 1816; d. there, 19 Aug. 1856. He studied chemistry under Leibig at Giessen. In 1838 he went to Paris, where he lectured on chemistry, and there with his friend Cahours he commenced his researches on the essential oils. In 1844 he was appointed professor of chemistry at Montpcllier. About this time he published his ‘Summary of Organic Chemistry.’ In 1848 he resigned the chair and returned to Paris to devote his time and energies to chemical investigations. His works attracted world-wide attention, and resulted in his becoming, in 1855, professor of chemistry at Strassburg. His ideas and discoveries are embodied in his ‘Treatise on Organic Chemistry’ (1853-56). Consult
Grimaux, ‘Charles Gerhardt’ (Paris 1900); Ostwald, ‘Grosse Männer’ (Leipzig 1909).
# The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Gerhard, William Paul

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GERHARD, William Paul, American sanitary engineer: b. Hamburg, Germany, 30 July 1854. He was educated in Alexandria, Egypt, and later on in Germany; was graduated at Technical University of Karlsruhe, Baden, and served as volunteer in Prussian Railroad Regiment, 1875-76, Berlin. He came to the United States in 1877, and received honorary degree of doctor of civil engineering from Technical University of Darmstadt, 1911. He worked under Colonel Flad and under Captain James B. Eads in Saint Louis, 1877-80; became chief assistant engineer to Col. George E. Waring, Jr. at Newport, 1881-83, and has since practised his profession in New York. He was editor of Building, an architectural journal, 1885-86; served as consulting sanitary engineer on staff of New York State architects. Was United
States delegate to First International Conference on Public Baths at The Hague, 1910. Member of technical societies and author of numerous American works on sanitation, house drainage, water supply, fire protection, gas lighting. Has also published three German works.
# The Dance of the Grizzly Bear

[1st verse:] Out in San Francisco where the weather's fair, They have a dance out there, they call the Grizzly Bear; All your other lovin' dances don't compare. Not so coony [or moony], but a little more than spoony. Talk about yo' bears that Teddy Roosevelt shot, They couldn't class with what old San Francisco's got; Listen my honey, do, and I will show to you The dance of the Grizzly Bear.
[1st chorus:] Hug up close to your baby, Throw your shoulders t'ward the ceiling, Lawdy, Lawdy what a feelin', Snug up close to your lady, Close your eyes and do some nappin', something nice is gwine to happen. Hug up close to your baby, sway me everywhere; Show your darlin' beau just how you go to Buffalo, doin' the Grizzly Bear.
[2nd verse:] Let's sit down and rest a minute, honey, dear, My head feels awful queer, please call the waiter near; "Water, water, quick the lady's gone I fear," "Thank you, honey, in my purse you'll find some money, Where's the man who show'd me how to do that dance, That put me in a trance? I'll take another chance. Now that I've got my breath, I'm his'n until death, Come on with you' Grizzly Bear.
[2nd chorus:] You've got to hug up close to your baby, Hypnotize me like a wizard. shake yo'self just like a blizzard. Snug up close to your lady, If they do that dance in heaven, shoot me, hon', tonight at seven. Hug up close to your baby, sway me everywhere; You and me is two, I'll make it one [or more] when we get through, Doin' the Grizzly Bear
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# The Dance of the Dead (Apel/Gans)

* "The Dance of the Dead" in The Literary Magnet Series 1, Volume 2 (1824)
* "The Dance of the Dead!" in Legends of Terror! (1826) (external scan)
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