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# Studies of a Biographer

Volumes 1 and 2 were published in 1898, and volumes 3 and 4 in a second series in 1902. by the editor of the Dictionary of National Biography.

# STUDIES OF A BIOGRAPHER

By LESLIE STEPHEN
VOL. I
LONDON DUCKWORTH and CO.
3 HENRIETTA STREET, W.C. 1898
Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty
(volume 1)
​I have to acknowledge with many thanks the permission of the proprietors of the National Review (in which most of the following articles appeared), of the Fortnightly Review, and of the Cornhill Magazine, to republish these studies.
Leslie Stephen.
June 1898.
CONTENTS :
| | page |
| National Biography | 1 |
| The Evolution of Editors | 37 |
| John Byrom | 74 |
| Johnsoniana | 105 |
| Gibbon's Autobiography | 147 |
| Arthur Young | 188 |
| Wordsworth's Youth | 227 |
(volume 2)
CONTENTS :
| | page |
| The Story of Scott's Ruin | 1 |
| The Importation of German | 38 |
| Matthew Arnold | 76 |
| Jowett's Life | 123 |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes | 160 |
| Life of Tennyson | 196 |
| Pascal | 241 |
(volume 3, 1902)
​The following chapters are reprinted from articles which, with three exceptions, appeared in the National Review. The chapter upon 'Huxley' appeared in the Nineteenth Century; that upon 'Milton' in the Quarterly Review; and the chapter 'In Praise of Walking' in the Monthly Review. I have to thank the proprietors of these periodicals for permission to republish them.
Leslie Stephen
September 1902.
CONTENTS :
| | page |
| The Browning Letters | 1 |
| John Donne | 36 |
| John Ruskin | 83 |
| William Godwin's Novels | 119 |
| Walter Bagehot | 155 |
| Thomas Henry Huxley | 188 |
| James Anthony Froude | 220 |
| In Praise of Walking | 254 |
(volume 4, 1902)
CONTENTS :
| | page |
| Shakespeare as a Man | 1 |
| Southey's Letters | 45 |
| New Lights on Milton | 86 |
| Emerson | 130 |
| Anthony Trollope | 168 |
| Robert Louis Stevenson | 206 |
| The Cosmopolitan Spirit in Literature | 247 |
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# Songs of a Cowherd/Spring Miscellany

Spring Miscellany
To no purpose I went down to my garden, And alas, frightened away A nightingale in the thicket.
The crumbling walls I mended today. The color of wet plaster is lovely— I wish it would never dry.
# Songs of a Cowherd/Spring Rain (1903)

1903
Spring Rain
What peace and comfort The spring rain, pattering, brings! My thoughts hover on the banks Of a stream in my native village Where oft I fished for crabs.
# Songs of a Cowherd/Plum Garden

1910
Plum Garden
So dazzlingly white the blossoms, So blue the sky, And so dank the earth— Yet so tranquil is the plum garden.
# Songs of a Cowherd/Smoke

Smoke
O the smoke that trails Over the rustling leaves of the grove! My beloved surely Is preparing her morning meal.
# Songs of a Cowherd/Spreading Arms

Spreading Arms
I am so busy I begrudge even a moment; But when my child rushes to me With her arms spread, I really must take her up.
# Songs of a Cowherd/Spring Rain (1900)

Spring Rain
For two whole days The spring rain has fallen, And in the garden patch by my kitchen door, The green spears of onions Have lined themselves in rows.
# Songs of a Cowherd/Spring Shore

1901
Spring Shore
(February 23 at the plum garden in Sugita)
Were it not for my love Who awaits me at home, I, too, would be a hunter by the sea Searching for shells!
# Songs of a Cowherd/Primroses by the Shore

Primroses by the Shore
At heaven’s high boundary Clouds are sinking; On the shore where I stand, Sails are returning.
As with two children beside me I walk along the shore Where primroses bloom, The setting sun steeps The clouds in splendor.
White clouds and the clouds Shot by the setting sun, alike, Are vanishing in the dusk … The sun now sets in its stillness.
# Songs of a Cowherd/Reason

1909
Reason
Since I do not live By reason alone, The correct logic men expound Saves me not.
# Songs of a Cowherd/Silent House

Silent House
Seven children of mine Have gone out to play; With a vase of camellias I sit alone in the house.
Thinking it dead, I brushed a fly off the screen, But falling on the mat It began to squirm.
I felt something amiss, And now I know … The locomotive factory Is closed today.
# Sunset (Cummings)

First published in the Harvard Advocate in March 1913.
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Great carnal mountains crouching in the cloud That marrieth the young earth with a ring, Yet still its thoughts builds heavenward, whence spring Wee villages of vapor, sunset-proud.— And to the meanest door hastes one pure-browed White-fingered star, a little, childish thing, The busy needle of her light to bring, And stitch, and stitch, upon the dead day's shroud. Poises the sun upon his west, a spark Superlative,—and dives beneath the world; From the day's fillets Night shakes out her locks; List! One pure trembling drop of cadence purled— "Summer!"—a meek thrush whispers to the dark. Hark! the cold ripple sneering on the rocks!
# Sunrise on the Coast

Grey dawn on the sand-hills -- the night wind has drifted All night from the rollers a scent of the sea; With the dawn the grey fog his battalions has lifted, At the call of the morning they scatter and flee.
Like mariners calling the roll of their number The sea-fowl put out to the infinite deep. And far overhead -- sinking softly to slumber -- Worn out by their watching the stars fall asleep.
To eastward, where rests the broad dome of the skies on The sea-line, stirs softly the curtain of night; And far from behind the enshrouded horizon Comes the voice of a God saying "Let there be light."
And lo, there is light! Evanescent and tender, It glows ruby-red where 'twas now ashen-grey; And purple and scarlet and gold in its splendour -- Behold, 'tis that marvel, the birth of a day!
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# Sunrise on the Willamette

SUNRISE ON THE WILLAMETTE
The sun sinks downward thro' the silver mist That looms across the valley, fold on fold, And sliding thro' the fields that dawn has kissed, Willamette sweeps, a chain of liquid gold.
​Trails onward ever, curving as it goes. Past many a hill and many a flowered lea. Until it pauses where Columbia flows.
Deep-tongued, deep-chested, to the waiting sea.
O lovely vales thro' which Willamette slips!
O vine-clad hills that hear its soft voice call!
My heart turns ever to those sweet, cool lips
That, passing, press each rock or grassy wall.
Thro' pasture lands, where mild-eyed cattle feed.
Thro' marshy flats, where velvet tules grow,
Past many a rose tree, many a singing reed.
I hear those wet lips calling, calling low.
The sun sinks downward thro' the trembling haze.
The mist flings glistening needles higher and higher.
And thro' the clouds—O fair beyond all praise!
Mount Hood leaps, chastened, from a sea of fire.
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# Sunset (Dunbar)

* "Sunset", published in Lyrics of Lowly Life (1896)
* "Sunset", published in The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar (1913)
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# Sunrise on the Hills

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I stood upon the hills, when heaven's wide arch Was glorious with the sun's returning march, And woods were brightened, and soft gales Went forth to kiss the sun-clad vales. The clouds were far beneath me; bathed in light, They gathered mid-way round the wooded height, And, in their fading glory, shone Like hosts in battle overthrown. As many a pinnacle, with shifting glance, Through the gray mist thrust up its shattered lance, And rocking on the cliff was left The dark pine blasted, bare, and cleft. The veil of cloud was lifted, and below Glowed the rich valley, and the river's flow Was darkened by the forest's shade, Or glistened in the white cascade; Where upward, in the mellow blush of day, The noisy bittern wheeled his spiral way.
 I heard the distant waters dash, I saw the current whirl and flash, And richly, by the blue lake's silver beach, The woods were bending with a silent reach. Then o'er the vale, with gentle swell, The music of the village bell Came sweetly to the echo-giving hills; And the wild horn, whose voice the woodland fills, Was ringing to the merry shout, That faint and far the glen sent out, Where, answering to the sudden shot, thin smoke, Through thick-leaved branches, from the dingle broke.
 If thou art worn and hard beset With sorrows, that thou wouldst forget, If thou wouldst read a lesson, that will keep Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep, Go to the woods and hills! No tears Dim the sweet look that Nature wears.
# St. Clair County v. Lovingston

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United States Supreme Court
85 U.S. 628
St. Clair County v. Lovingston
ERROR to the Supreme Court of Illinois.
The county of St. Clair, in Illinois, sued Lovingston in the Circuit Court of the county, and got judgment against him. The Supreme Court of Illinois reversed this judgment, and remanded the cause 'for such other and further proceedings as to law and justice shall appertain.' To that judgment the county took this writ of error.
Mr. G. Koerner, for the plaintiff in error; Mr. W. H. Underwood, contra.
Mr. Justice STRONG delivered the opinion of the court.

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# St. Anne

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This tune first appeared anonymously in the 6th edition of Supplement to the New Version of the Psalms, 1706, as a setting for Psalm 62. It gained popularity as a setting for Isaac Watts' hymn "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past", and was incorporated into works by several prominent composers. It was probably written by William Croft when he was the organist at St Anne's Church in Soho.
* "St. Anne" in The Army and Navy Hymnal, 1920, used with "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past"
* "St. Anne" in The Army and Navy Hymnal, 1920, used with "O Where Are Kings and Empires Now"
* "St. Anne" in The Army and Navy Hymnal, 1920, used with "O God, the Strength of Those Who War"
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# St. Asaph

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   [Bambridge] composed the hymn tune 'St. Asaph', which was used in the Standard Edition (1916) of Hymns Ancient and Modern. Also used by Arthur Sullivan in conjunction with the hymn by Sabine Baring-Gould 'Through the night of doubt and sorrow', in his compilation Church Hymns (1874).
   —Maggie Humphreys and Robert Evans, Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland, 1997.
* "St. Asaph" in The Army and Navy Hymnal, 1920, used with "At Thy Feet, Our God and Father"
* "St. Asaph" in The Army and Navy Hymnal, 1920, used with "Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow"
* "St. Asaph" in The Church Hymnary, 1892, used with "Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow"
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# St. Clair County v. Lovingston/Opinion of the Court

* Court Documents
* Case Syllabus
* Opinion of the Court
United States Supreme Court
85 U.S. 628
St. Clair County v. Lovingston
The writ of error in this case must be dismissed on the authority of Moore v. Robbins, decided at this term. The judgment of the Supreme Court of the State cannot be regarded as a final judgment in the sense in which the term was used in the Judiciary Acts. No judgment is final which does not terminate the litigation between the parties to the suit. The issue between the parties may be again tried in the Circuit Court, and another judgment may be recovered which may be removed to the Supreme Court for revision. Consequently, then, there has been no final determination of the case.
WRIT DISMISSED.

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# St. Catherine

Hymn tune, commonly used for the hymns "Faith of Our Fathers" and "Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me". The hymn is often published with the popular arrangement by J. G. Walton, 1874.
* "Faith of Our Fathers, Living Still" in The Army and Navy Hymnal, 1920
* "Faith of Our Fathers", provenance unknown
# Southern Historical Society Papers/Volume 02/December

Volume 2, Issue 6
* Oration before Virginia Division of Army Northern Virginia, on the Defence of Petersburg
* Diary of Captain R. E. Park
* Editorial Paragraphs
* Book Notices
* A Roster of General Officers
# Southern Historical Society Papers/Volume 02/July

Volume 2, Issue 1
* Electrical Torpedoes as a System of Defence
* Relative Strength of the Armies of Lee and Grant
* Official Memoranda of Battles, &c., in the year 1864
* Diary of Captain R. E. Park
* Correspondence between Colonel Bassett French and General Wade Hampton
* General Lee's Final Report of the Pennsylvania Campaign and Battle of Gettysburg
* Patriotic Letters of Confederate Leaders
* Resources of the Confederacy in February, 1865
* Editorial Paragraphs
# St. Nicholas/Volume 41/Number 1/Mother Goose

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(Continued from Volume 40, No. 12) (Continues in No. 2)
I.
Bye, baby bunting,
Daddy ’s gone a-hunting,
To get a little rabbit’s skin
To wrap the baby bunting in.
II.
| Baa, baa, black sheep, Have you any wool? Yes, sir, yes, sir, Three bags full: | One for my master, And one for my dame, And one for the little boy Who lives in our lane. |
III
I saw a ship a-sailing,
A-sailing on the sea;
And, oh! it was all laden
With pretty things for thee.
There were comfits in the cabin,
And apples in the hold;
The sails were all of silk,
And the masts were made of gold.
The four-and-twenty sailors
That stood between the decks,
Were four-and-twenty white mice
With chains about their necks.
The captain was a duck,
With a packet on his back;
And when the ship began to move,
The captain said, “Quack! Quack!”
| IV This is the way the ladies ride, Tri, tre, tre, tree, Tri, tre, tre, tree! This is the way the ladies ride, Tri, tre, tre, tre, tri-tre-tre-tree! | |
| | This is the way the gentlemen ride, Gallop-a-trot, Gallop-a-trot! This is the way the gentlemen ride, Gallop-a-gallop-a-trot! |
| This is the way the farmers ride, Hobbledy-hoy, Hobbledy-hoy! This is the way the farmers ride, Hobbledy hobbledy-hoy! | |
“BYE, BABY BUNTING.”
PAINTED FOR ST. NICHOLAS BY ARTHUR RACKHAM.
# St. Nicholas/Volume 41/Number 1/Mysterious Disappearance

ANOTHER MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.
# St. Nicholas/Volume 41/Number 1/The Squirrel

“HIS LITTLE PAWS ARE JUST AS GOOD AS HANDS!”
DRAWN BY GEORGE T. TOBIN.
# St. Nicholas/Volume 41/Number 1/The Brownies Build a Bridge

illustrated by the Author
THE BROWNIES BUILD A BRIDGE
BY PALMER COX
To throw a bridge across the stream?
Said one, as they stood by the place
And watched the water in its race:
“Not only for ourselves in haste,
When wading fails to suit our taste,
But for the people who must cross
On slippery stones all green with moss,
build a bridge from shore to shore Across a stream where waters pour
In haste to mix their sparkling flow
With ocean waves some miles below,
Is not a task to waken fear
Or questions in an engineer.
Then why should doubt oppress a band
Who have all kinds of trades at hand,
When they have in their heads a scheme
Will we erect from side to side
A structure which will bridge the tide.”
Another said: “A year or two
Ago a scheme like this fell through; But workmen left their things about
To carry on the plan laid out. We ’ll take the stuff from where it lies,
And build a bridge for a surprise;
When in the morning people flock
To cross the stream, they ’ll have a shock.
’T will be a joy to leave the log,
The stone, and water to the frog,
And cross upon our airy way
Without a cent of toll to pay.”
Material was near hand,
Which was good fortune for the band,
And soon a stream of Brownies flowed
Both to and fro—some with a load,
And more in haste to heed the cry
Of those whose arms were piled too high.
But willing hands are never slow,
And soon the bridge began to grow.
Some in mid-air the birds surprised,
Swinging on ropes with hooks devised,
To make things safe, if that could be.
’T was an exciting thing to see!
Indeed, a Brownie, without guy
Or safety hitch or fixture nigh,
Swinging and turning, is, I say,
A sight to take the breath away.
At times, a hammer, bolt, or bar
Would slip and spread a panic far.
Perhaps a wrench would rattle down
And light upon a Brownie’s crown
While bending at some labor there
That called for all his time and care,
Then skip half-way the span across,
To splash into the stream, a loss.
But work in air at risk of neck
# Stebbins v. Duncan

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United States Supreme Court
108 U.S. 32
Stebbins v. Duncan
[Syllabus on page 32 intentionally omitted]
[Statement of Case on pages 32-33 intentionally omitted]
Geo. O. Ide and John W. Ross, for plaintiff in error.
[Argument of Counsel from pages 33-35 intentionally omitted]
Thomas Dent, for defendants in error.
WOODS, J.

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# Stebbins v. Macy

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United States Supreme Court
382 U.S. 41
Stebbins v. Macy
See 382 U.S. 949, 86 S.Ct. 386.
Emmet J. Stebbins, pro se.
Acting Solicitor General Spritzer, for appellees.
PER CURIAM.

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# Stebbins v. Macy/Opinion of the Court

* Court Documents
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* Opinion of the Court
United States Supreme Court
382 U.S. 41
Stebbins v. Macy
The appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

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# Stearns v. Wood

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United States Supreme Court
236 U.S. 75
Stearns v. Wood
Argued: and submitted December 18, 1914. --- Decided: January 18, 1915
Messrs. Harvey R. Keeler and Fred C. Geiger for appellant.
Messrs. Hubert J. Turney, Nathan William MacChesney, Don R. Sipe, and Francis J. Wing for appellee.
Mr. Justice McReynolds delivered the opinion of the court:

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# Stebbins v. Riley

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United States Supreme Court
268 U.S. 137
Stebbins v. Riley
Argued: March 9, 1925. --- Decided: April 13, 1925
Mr. Carey Van Fleet, of San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs in error.
Mr. R. W. Smith, of Sacramento, Cal., for defendant in error.
Mr. Justice STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# Stearns v. United States

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United States Supreme Court
73 U.S. 589
Stearns v. United States
APPEAL from the District Court for the Northern District of California. The case being one of fact merely.
Messrs. Carlisle and Cushing, for the appellant; Mr. Stanbery, A. G., and Mr. Browning, contra.
Mr. Justice SWAYNE delivered the opinion of the court; stating the case.

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# Supplement to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Editions of the Encyclopædia Britannica/Aberration (Spherical)

​ABERRATION, (Spherical,) see Catoptrics and Dioptrics in this Supplement.