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...itself so broad religiously, most of the leading religious magazines and papers, such as "The Christian Union" "The Advance," The "Independent," The Congregationalist," and "Our Day," are not to be found in the library. Besides these several standard authorities on present economic questions, such as "Bradstreets" and "The Iron Age" are wanting...
...Quincey was the fifth of a family of six children. His father was a Manchester merchant and died at the age of thirty-nine, leaving an estate valued at thirty thousand pounds. At the age of six, De Quincey was sorely grieved by the death of an elder sister, who had read to him the story of the Arabian Nights, which aroused in him such a great spirit of imagination. He stole into the death chamber of his sister and received those impressions, which make up his charming and vivid narrative published many years later...
...young writer moved to Bath where he was educated. At the age of fifteen, he could write Greek and Latin, and two years afterwards spoke the ancient, languages fluently. Soon he borrowed five pounds and plunged into the unknown world. He wandered to Wales and there lived as a literary vagabond. In a short time, he was discovered and removed by friends. In October 1803, he went to Worcester College, Oxford, and sought neither friends nor university honors. The exposure and privations which he had previously experienced drove him to the demoralizing habit of eating opium, the source...
...scenery and tradition. So he naturally turned to the study of Scotch history and tradition. He went to school and college at Edinburgh, studying principally history and reading much romance. He cared very little for classics. According to his father's wishes he studied law and at the age of 21 was admitted to the bar. About this time he fell in love but he was doomed to bitter disappointment which made a deep impression on him, and lent to many of his works a peculiar shade of pensive melancholy. In 1797, however, he married a bright and pretty French...
...University of Georgia has one student sixty-three years of age...