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# The Book of Scottish Song/Yonder sunny brae

Yonder sunny brae.
[William Anderson, author of "Landscape Lyrics," &c. This song was written in 1832, and is now for the first time printed here.]
On yonder sunny brae we met, Amid the summer flowers; And never can my heart forget The rapture of those hours, When she I loved forsook her home, And there with me did stray; Oh! much I wish again to roam On yonder sunny brae. ​The gushing of the waterfall, The sunshine of the sky; The bloom, the balm, and more than all, The sparkle of her eye, Brought to my heart a blissful tide That drove all care away, And I was happy at her side, On yonder sunny brae.
'Twas then I breathed my fondest vow, My deepest love revealed, I kiss'd her lip, her cheek, her brow, It could not be concealed. No sweeter scene my eyes shall see, Though far my steps should stray, There's not a spot so dear to me As yonder sunny brae.
# The Book of Scottish Song/Woo'd and married and a'

Woo'd and married and a'.
[Joanna Baillie.—This admirable version of it "Woo'd an' married an' a'" was first published in Mr. George Thomson's collection of National Melodies, and is here printed with his permission.]
The bride she is winsome and bonnie, Her hair it is snooded sae sleek, And faithful and kind is her Johnnie, Yet fast fa' the tears on her cheek. New pearlings are cause o' her sorrow, New pearlings and plenishing too; The bride that has a' to borrow, Has e'en right meikle ado. Woo'd and married and a', Woo'd and married and a', And is na she very weel aff To be woo'd and married and a'?
Her mother then hastily spak': "The lassie is glaiket wi' pride; In my poaches I hadna a plack The day that I was a bride. E'en tak' to your wheel and be clever, And draw out your thread in the sun, The gear that is gifted, it never Will last like the gear that is won. Woo'd an' married an' a', Tocher and havings sae sma' I think ye are very weel aff, To be woo'd and married an' a',"
"Toot, toot!" quo' the grey-headed father, "She's less of a bride than a bairn, She's ta'en like a cowt frae the heather, Wi' sense and discretion to learn. Half husband, I trow, and half daddy, As humour inconstantly leans; A chiel may be constant and steady That yokes wi' a mate in her teens. 'Kerchief to cover so neat, Locks the winds used to blaw, I'm baith like to laugh and to creet, When I think o' her married at a'."
Then out spak' the wily bridegroom, Weel waled were his wordies I ween; "I'm rich, though my coffer be toom, Wi' the blinks o' your bonnie blue een; I'm prouder o' thee by my side, Though thy ruffles or ribbons be few, Than if Kate o' the craft were my bride, Wi' purples and pearlings enew. Dear and dearest of ony, Ye're woo'd and bookit and a', And do ye think scorn o' your Johnnie, And grieve to be married at a'."
She turn'd, and she blush'd, and she smil'd, And she lookit sae bashfully down; The pride o' her heart was beguil'd, And she play'd wi' the sleeve o' her gown; She twirl'd the tag o' her lace, And she nippet her boddice sae blue, Syne blinket sae sweet in his face, And aff like a mawkin she flew. Woo'd and married and a', Married and carried awa'; She thinks hersel' very weel aff, To be woo'd and married and a'.
# The Book of Scottish Song/Ye Jacobites by Name

Ye Jacobites by Name.
[This song appears in the fourth volume of Johnson's Museum, and there is every reason to believe, that it is a production of Burns's, founded on some older Jacobitical effusion. The tune of "Ye Jacobites by name" is very beautiful, and has been adapted to several songs, but to none with more success than the one entitled "My love's in Germanie," given elsewhere.]
Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear, give an ear; Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear; Ye Jacobites by name, Your fautes I will proclaim, Your doctrines I maun blame— You shall hear.
What is right, and what is wrang, by the law, by the law? What is right, and what is wrang, by the law? What is right, and what is wrang? A short sword, and a lang, A weak arm, and a strang For to draw.
What makes heroic strife, fam'd afar, fam'd afar? What makes heroic strife, fam'd afar? What makes heroic strife? To whet th' assassin's knife, Or hunt a parent's life Wi' bluidie war.
Then let your schemes alone, in the state, in the state; Then let your schemes alone in the state; Then let your schemes alone, Adore the rising sun, And leave a man undone To his fate.
# The Book of Scottish Song/Young Donald

Young Donald.
[Written by George Allan. Set to Music by Peter Macleod.]
An eiry night, a cheerless day, A lanely hame at gloamin' hour, When o'er the heart come thoughts o' wae, Like shadows on Glenfillan's tower. Is this the wierd that I maun drie, And a' around sae glad and gay, Oh hon an righ, oh hon an righ, Young Donald frae his love's away.
The winter snaw nae mair does fa', The rose blooms in our mountain bower, The wild flowers on the castle wa' Are glintin' in the summer shower. ​But what are summer's smiles to me When he nae langer here could stay: Oh hon an righ, oh hon an righ, Young Donald frae his love 's away.
For Scotland's crown, and Charlie's right, The fire-cross o'er our hills did flee, And loyal swords were glancin' bright, And Scotia's bluid was warm and free. And though nae gleam of hope I see, My prayer is for a brighter day: Oh hon an righ, oh hon an righ, Young Donald frae his love's away.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Aylesworth, Barton Orville

​AYLESWORTH, Barton Orville, educator, was born in Athens, Ill., Sept. 5, 1860; son of Ezra M. Aylesworth. He was graduated at Eureka college in 1879, and was married. Dec. 12, 1882, to Georgia L. Shores. He was president of Drake university, 1889-'97; pastor of the Central church of Christ at Denver, Col., 1897-’99 and president of the Colorado State college at Fort Collins from 1900. He received the degree of LL.D. from Drake university; lectured on American literature, and is the author of "Thirteen and twelve Others"; and "Song and Fable."
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Aylsworth, William Prince

​AYLSWORTH, William Prince, educator, was born in Cuba, Ill., Dec. 12, 1844; son of John and Ann Frances (Freeman) Aylsworth. He was educated at the University of Chicago; was principal of schools at Waukegan. Ill., 1866-'67, and was graduated at Bethany college in 1869. He entered the Christian ministry and held various pastorates in Indiana and Ohio. He became a professor at Fairfield college and subsequently at Cotner university, Lincoln, Neb., serving as president from 1896.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Ayres, Daniel

​AYRES, Daniel, philanthropist, was born in Jamaica, N.Y., in 1824; son of Daniel Ayres. He attended Wesleyan university; was graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1842, studied medicine and engaged in practice in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was professor of surgery in the Long Island Medical college, 1857-'75, and professor emeritus there, 1875-'92. He received the degree LL.D. from Wesleyan university in 1856; endowed the chair of biology in Wesleyan university with $25,000, and later gave $250,000 to the same institution. He also gave $10,000 toward the Hoagland laboratory in Brooklyn. He died in Brooklyn. N.Y., Jan. 19, 1892.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Avery, Samuel P.

​AVERY, Samuel P., art connoisseur, was born in New York city, March 17, 1822; son of S. P. and Hannah Ann Avery. After receiving a public-school education he entered the service of a bank-note company to learn the art of engraving. Subsequently he took up wood-engraving, and was engaged for many years in making illustrations for leading periodicals, and in compiling books which he illustrated and published. He was an enthusiastic advocate of the development of an American school of art, and in 1867 was appointed commissioner in charge of the American fine arts department at the Paris exhibition. In 1868 he established himself in New York as an art dealer, and became prominently identified with the art interests of the country. He made frequent visits to Europe, and was the means of introducing the works of many renowned foreign artists into American galleries. He was largely instrumental in establishing the Metropolitan museum of art, was a trustee of that institution from its foundation in 1870, chairman of its art committee, and a contributor of many valuable additions to its collections. He was a member of the Union League, Century and other clubs, president of the Grolier club, and a life member of the historical, geographical, archæological, and kindred societies of New York. He founded the Avery architectural library at Columbia college, in memory of his son, Henry Ogden Avery, who was a promising architect, and who died April 30, 1890. He served for many years as a trustee of the Astor library, the Tilden Foundation and the New York public library. He is the author of "Progress of the Fine Arts in New York during Fifty Years," in Lossing's "History of New York City." Columbia college conferred upon him the degree of M. A. in 1896, "for services to art and the art interests of this country."
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Ayer, Frederick

​AYER, Frederick, manufacturer, was born at Ledyard. Conn., Dec. 8, 1822; brother of James Cook Ayer. At an early age he became clerk in the store of Tomlinson & Co., of which firm he was in 1842 made partner. After three years he entered into copartnership with Dennis McCarthy, and in 1815 removed to Lowell, Mass., where he entered the firm of which his brother, James Cook Ayer, was the head. At the incorporation of the firm in 1877, as the J. C. Ayer company, he was made treasurer, which office he resigned in 1893. He and his brother purchased the controlling interest in the Tremont mills and Suffolk manufacturing company in 1871, and in 1885 he purchased the Washington mills at Lawrence, Mass. He succeeded his brother as president of the J. C. Ayer company in 1878.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Avery, Waitstill

​AVERY, Waitstill, revolutionary patriot, was born at Groton, Conn., May 3, 1745. He was graduated at Princeton college in 1770, removed to Mecklenburg county, N. C., was admitted to the bar, and took an active part in the political agitation that followed the battle of the Alamance. In 1775 he was a member of the celebrated Mecklenburg convention, signed the "Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence," and was a member of the Hillsborough congress. In 1776 he was elected to the state congress, and in 1777 was appointed the first attorney-general of the state. In the following year he was given command of a regiment of state troops, and served with credit in that capacity till the close of the war. He died in Burke county, N. C., in 1821.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Axtell, Samuel Beach

​AXTELL, Samuel Beach, governor of Utah, was born in Franklin county, Ohio, Oct. 4, 1809. His father was born in New Jersey, but removed to Ohio, and was one of the earliest settlers in Franklin county. He was a farmer and had twelve children. His grandfather (Axtell) was a colonel of a New Jersey regiment in the war of 1812, and his great-grandfather (Axtell) was a major in the revolutionary army. The family trace their lineage to Daniel Axtell, the regicide, who was beheaded under Charles II. of England. Samuel studied at Oberlin, supporting himself by manual labor. He was graduated at the Western Reserve college, and admitted to the bar in Ohio. In the gold excitement of 1848 he sought his fortune in California, and engaged in practical mining. As soon as counties were organized he was elected district-attorney of Amador county, and was twice re-elected. He removed to San Francisco in 1860, and was elected to represent his district in the 40th Congress in 1866 as a Democrat, and re-elected to the 41st Congress. He was an admirer of General Grant, united with the Republican party, and in 1874 was appointed governor of Utah, and ​in the next year was transferred to New Mexico, becoming governor in 1875. In 1876 he was one of the judges at the centennial exposition at Philadelphia; in 1878 was superseded as governor by Gen. Lew Wallace; and in 1882 he was appointed chief-justice of New Mexico, assuming the office in August of that year, and served till May, 1885. In 1890 he was elected chairman of the Republican territorial committee. He died in Morristown. N.J., Aug. 7, 1891.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Ayers, Howard

​AYERS, Howard, educator, was born in Olympia. Wash., May 21, 1861. He was graduated from Harvard, S.B. in 1883; from the University of Freiberg, Ph. D., in 1885, and studied at the universities of Strasburg and Heidelberg. He was director of Lake laboratory, 1888-'93; instructor at the Marine biological laboratory at Woods Holl, Mass., 1889-’99; instructor in zoölogy at Harvard university and Radcliffe college, 1893-’94; professor of biology and curator of the biological museum at the University of Missouri, 1894-'99; president of the scientific association of the university, 1894-'99, and president of the University of Cincinnati from 1890. He received the degree LL.D. from the University of Missouri in 1899. He is author of "The Vertebrate Ear" and papers on the "Morphology of Animals."
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Ayres, Romeyn Beck

​AYRES, Romeyn Beck, soldier, was born in East Creek, Montgomery county, N.Y., Dec. 20, 1825. He was graduated from West Point in 1847. and served in the Mexican war in the 3d artillery at Fort Preble. In May, 1861. he was promoted captain, and participated in the early engagements about Washington. He served as chief of artillery in W. F. Smith's division in the 6th army corps in the campaign before Richmond, and in the Maryland campaign, terminating with the battle of Antietam, when he was placed on sick leave. He rejoined the army before Fredericksburg, and was at Chancellorsville. He was made brigadier-general of volunteers, Nov. 29, 1862. and at Gettysburg he commanded a division of the 5th corps, and afterward was ordered to New York to help suppress the draft riots in July, 1863. He then served under Grant in the battle of the Wilderness and in the final struggle that ended with the surrender of Lee. His promotions in the volunteer army were: major for Gettysburg, lieutenant-colonel for the Wilderness, colonel for Petersburg, brigadier-general for Five Forks, and major-general for gallant services during the war. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel in 1865, and in July, 1879, colonel in the regular army. He died at Fort Hamilton, N.Y., Dec. 4, 1888.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Ayres, Samuel Gardiner

​AYRES, Samuel Gardiner, librarian, was born in Peru, N.Y., April 25, 1865; son of the Rev. David C. and Katharine C. (Moore) Ayres. He was graduated at Drew theological seminary in 1888; became assistant librarian there in 1888, and librarian in 1895. He assisted in compiling and revising religious reference books, and published among others, "Christ Our Lord, An English Bibliography of Christology " (1900).
# Tales of a Wayside Inn/Part First/The Spanish Jew's Tale/Interlude

He ended: and a kind of spell: Upon the silent listeners fell. His solemn manner and his words Had touched the deep, mysterious chords, That vibrate in each human breast Alike, but not alike confessed. The spiritual world seemed near; And close above them, full of fear, Its awful adumbration passed, A luminous shadow, vague and vast. They almost feared to look, lest there, Embodied from the impalpable air, They might behold the Angel stand, Holding the sword in his right hand.
At last, but in a voice subdued, Not to disturb their dreamy mood, Said the Sicilian: "While you spoke, Telling your legend marvellous, Suddenly in my memory woke The thought of one, now gone from us,-- An old Abate, meek and mild, My friend and teacher, when a child, Who sometimes in those days of old The legend of an Angel told, Which ran, as I remember, thus?"
# Tales of a Wayside Inn/Part First/The Student's Tale/Interlude

Soon as the story reached its end,: One, over eager to commend, Crowned it with injudicious praise; And then the voice of blame found vent, And fanned the embers of dissent Into a somewhat lively blaze.
The Theologian shook his head; "These old Italian tales," he said, "From the much-praised Decameron down Through all the rabble of the rest, Are either trifling, dull, or lewd; The gossip of a neighborhood In some remote provincial town, A scandalous chronicle at best! They seem to me a stagnant fen, Grown rank with rushes and with reeds, Where a white lily, now and then, Blooms in the midst of noxious weeds And deadly nightshade on its banks."
To this the Student straight replied, "For the white lily, many thanks! One should not say, with too much pride, Fountain, I will not drink of thee! Nor were it grateful to forget, That from these reservoirs and tanks Even imperial Shakespeare drew His Moor of Venice, and the Jew, And Romeo and Juliet, And many a famous comedy."
Then a long pause; till some one said, "An Angel is flying overhead!" At these words spake the Spanish Jew, And murmured with an inward breath: "God grant, if what you say be true, It may not be the Angel of Death!" And then another pause; and then, Stroking his beard, he said again: "This brings back to my memory A story in the Talmud told, That book of gems, that book of gold, Of wonders many and manifold, A tale that often comes to me, And fills my heart, and haunts my brain, And never wearies nor grows old."
# Tales of a Wayside Inn/Part First/The Theologian's Tale/Interlude

Thus closed the tale of guilt and gloom,: That cast upon each listener's face Its shadow, and for some brief space Unbroken silence filled the room. The Jew was thoughtful and distressed; Upon his memory thronged and pressed The persecution of his race, Their wrongs and sufferings and disgrace; His head was sunk upon his breast, And from his eyes alternate came Flashes of wrath and tears of shame.
The student first the silence broke, As one who long has lain in wait With purpose to retaliate, And thus he dealt the avenging stroke. "In such a company as this, A tale so tragic seems amiss, That by its terrible control O'ermasters and drags down the soul Into a fathomless abyss. The Italian Tales that you disdain, Some merry Night of Straparole, Or Machiavelli's Belphagor, Would cheer us and delight us more, Give greater pleasure and less pain Than your grim tragedies of Spain!"
And here the Poet raised his hand, With such entreaty and command, It stopped discussion at its birth, And said: "The story I shall tell Has meaning in it, if not mirth; Listen, and hear what once befell The merry birds of Killingworth!"
# Tales of a Wayside Inn/Part First/The Sicilian's Tale/Interlude

And then the blue-eyed Norseman told: A Saga of the days of old. "There is," said he, "a wondrous book Of Legends in the old Norse tongue, Of the dead kings of Norroway,-- Legends that once were told or sung In many a smoky fireside nook Of Iceland, in the ancient day, By wandering Saga-man or Scald; Heimskringla is the volume called; And he who looks may find therein The story that I now begin."
And in each pause the story made Upon his violin he played, As an appropriate interlude, Fragments of old Norwegian tunes That bound in one the separate runes, And held the mind in perfect mood, Entwining and encircling all The strange and antiquated rhymes with melodies of olden times; As over some half-ruined wall, Disjointed and about to fall, Fresh woodbines climb and interlace, And keep the loosened stones in place.
# Tales of a Wayside Inn/Part First/The Spanish Jew's Tale/The Legend of Rabbi Ben Levi

Rabbi Ben Levi, on the Sabbath, read: A volume of the Law, in which it said, "No man shall look upon my face and live." And as he read, he prayed that God would give His faithful servant grace with mortal eye To look upon His face and yet not die.
Then fell a sudden shadow on the page, And, lifting up his eyes, grown dim with age He saw the Angel of Death before him stand, Holding a naked sword in his right hand. Rabbi Ben Levi was a righteous man, Yet through his veins a chill of terror ran. With trembling voice he said, "What wilt thou here?" The angel answered, "Lo! the time draws near When thou must die; yet first, by God's decree, Whate'er thou askest shall be granted thee." Replied the Rabbi, "Let these living eyes First look upon my place in Paradise."
Then said the Angel, "Come with me and look." Rabbi Ben Levi closed the sacred book, And rising, and uplifting his gray head, "Give me thy sword," he to the Angel said, "Lest thou shouldst fall upon me by the way." The angel smiled and hastened to obey, Then led him forth to the Celestial Town, And set him on the wall, whence, gazing down, Rabbi Ben Levi, with his living eyes, Might look upon his place in Paradise.
Then straight into the city of the Lord The Rabbi leaped with the Death-Angel's sword, And through the streets there swept a sudden breath Of something there unknown, which men call death. Meanwhile the Angel stayed without and cried, "Come back!" To which the Rabbi's voice replied, "No! in the name of God, whom I adore, I swear that hence I will depart no more!"
Then all the Angels cried, "O Holy One, See what the son of Levi here hath done! The kingdom of Heaven he takes by violence, And in Thy name refuses to go hence!" The Lord replied, "My Angels, be not wroth; Did e'er the son of Levi break his oath? Let him remain; for he with mortal eye Shall look upon my face and yet not die."
Beyond the outer wall the Angel of Death Heard the great voice, and said, with panting breath, "Give back the sword, and let me go my way." Whereat the Rabbi paused, and answered, "Nay! Anguish enough already hath it caused Among the sons of men." And while he paused He heard the awful mandate of the Lord Resounding through the air, "Give back the sword!"
The Rabbi bowed his head in silent prayer; Then said he to the dreadful Angel, "Swear, No human eye shall look on it again; But when thou takest away the souls of men, Thyself unseen, and with an unseen sword, Thou wilt perform the bidding of the Lord." The Angel took the sword again, and swore, And walks on earth unseen forevermore.
# Tales of Unrest

"Be it thy course to busy giddy minds
 With foreign quarrels."  —Shakespeare.
TO
ADOLF P. KRIEGER
FOR THE SAKE OF OLD DAYS
* Karain
** Chapter I
** Chapter II
** Chapter III
** Chapter IV
** Chapter V
** Chapter VI
* The Idiots
* An Outpost of Progress
** Chapter I
** Chapter II
* The Return
* The Lagoon
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# Tales of Unrest/An Outpost of Progress

* Chapter I
* Chapter II