The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-03-20
NAME AMERICAS
40 IMM0RTALS
Theodore Roosevelt and Wood
row Wilson In the List.
SENATOR LODGE INCLUDED.

The innnortaIs Are to Be the Inner
Temple Of the National Institute Of
Arts and Letters-Chosen After Fa-
nous French Society.
The forty immortals of America Sc
lected from among the greatest living
American writer's and recently an
nounced by the National Institute Of
Arts and Letters are chosen along the
lines that govern membership In the
world famous Academic Franchise. the
| first of the Eve academies forming the
Institute of France.
The forty immortals make up the
membership of the American Academy
of Arts and Letters, which is an inner
circle of the National Institute Of Arts
| and Letters. There are at present
| forty-seven members of the American
Academy of Arts and Letters. 1t was
pointed out that the present number of
| forty-seven would be decreased In the
passing years until the number Of for
| ty could be reached and maintained.
In Department of Literature.
The list follows:
Theodore Roosevelt, author and con-
tributing editor.
Woodrow Wilson. author and COVER
nor of New Jersey.
Horace Howard Furness. Philadel-
phia, Shakespearean scholar.
Charles Francis Adams Of Lincoln,
| Mass.
Henry Adams of Boston.
Henry NJ. Walton of New York. edi-
tor Of Harper's.
| w. c. Brownell of New York, author
and student of the classics.
John Burroughs of New York, natu-
ralist and author.
Nicholas Murray Butler Of New York,
publicist and author.
George w. Gable of Northampton,
Mass, author and former newspaper
man.
Basil L. Gildersleeve of Baltimore,
editor. author and philologist.
Arthur Twining Hadley. president Of
Yale university.
william Dean Howells of New York.
author and editorial contributor to Har-
pers Magazine.
Henry James. author and editorial
writer.
Robert Underwood Johnson of New
York. writer and editor.
Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts.
editor. author. lecturer and United
States senator.
Thomas II. Lounsbury of New Ha-
ven, Conn. author and professor at
Yale.
| Abbott l.. Lawrence, Lowell, presi-
dent of Harvard, author and scholar.
Hamilton Wright Mabie of Summit,
N. j., author and editor.
| Alfred II. Mahan of New York, rear
admiral United States navy, retired;
author and editor.
Brander Matthews of New York. au-
thor and professor of literature at CO.
lumbia university.
John Muir of Martinez. Cal, theolo-
gist, explorer naturalist, editor and au-
thor.
Thomas Nelson Page of Washington.
author and lecturer.
Bliss Perry of Cambridge, Mass, pro-
fessor of English literature at Harvard
university.
James Ford Rhodes, author and for
mer president Of the American Histor-
ical society.
James Whitcomb Riley. the Hoosier
poet.
William M. Sloane Of Princeton. N.
j., professor at Columbia university,
author and editor.
| f. Hopkinson Smith of New York.
artist and author.
| Henry van Dyke of Princeton. N. j.,
author. poet and lecturer.
Andrew Dickson White of Ithaca. N.
Y, editor, diplomatist and author.
George Il. Woodbury. of Beverly.
Mass, author and professor Of litera-
ture at Columbia university.
In Department of Art.
John w. Alexander of New York.
painter.
Paul W. Bartlett of New York. sculp-
tor.
Edwin II. Blashfield of New York.
artist. author and lecturer on art at
Columbia. Harvard and Yale.
George Deforest Brush of Dublin. N.
H., artist.
William NJ Chase of New York.
artist.
Kenyon Cox of New York. painter
and author.
Daniel -. French of New York.
sculptor
Thomas Hastings of New York.
architect. cbevaier Of the Legion Of
Honor OF France.
William Rutherford Mead of New
York. architect.
Francis y Milet of New York. art
ist
John $. Sargent of New York. artist
and officer of the Legion of Honor Of
| France.
Abbott Thayer OF Monadnock. N. H..
| artist