La bibliothèque universelle de Ridpath literatureA résumé biographiques et bibliographiques des plus éminents auteurs . définir son malheureux de manque. Mais, avec la ruse du dipsomaniac, le prince con-trived à déjouer. Il avait sa hquor tohim transmis secrètement dans le canon d'une pièce, fusils et speed-ily a bu lui-même à la mort. L'Empereur, un vieil homme, dont la force a beentaxed pendant près d'un demi-siècle par le fardeau de l'em-pire, n'a pas pu supporter la pression supplémentaire ofdomestic troubles. Il avait été malade pendant un certain temps, lorsque, en septembre, 1605, sa plainte comme soudainement-su

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The Ridpath library of universal literatureA biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors . fying his unhappy craving. But, with the cunning of the dipsomaniac, the prince con-trived to outwit them. He had his hquor conveyed tohim secretly in the barrel of a fowling-piece, and speed-ily drank himself to death. The Emperor, an old man, whose strength had beentaxed for nearly half a century by the burden of em-pire, was unable to bear the additional pressure ofdomestic troubles. He had been for some time ailing, when, in September, 1605, his complaint suddenly as-sumed a most unfavorable aspect. Feeling that his endwas approaching, he hastened to set in order the vastaffairs of his extended empire, so that his successormight have no difficulty in taking up the various threads.His laborious task completed, he sent for his son Selim, and bade him summon to his presence all his omrahs, for I cannot endure, he said, that any misunder-standing should exist between you and those who forso many years have shared in my toil and been the as-sociates of my glory.—IVaniofs of the Crescent.. ADAMS, William Taylor (pseudonym, Oli-ver Optic), an American writer of juvenile fiction, was born in Med way, Mass., July 30, 1822; diedMarch 27, 1897. He was for twenty years a teacherin the public schools of Boston, for many years amember of the school board of Dorchester, andserved for one year in the Massachusetts Leg--islature. With the exception of one or two vf)l-umes for grown people, T]ie Way of tlie Worldand Living Too Fast, his writings consist of storiesfor boys, of which he produced the unprecedentednumber of one hundred and twenty-five. It issaid that more than two million copies of his bookshave found their way into the hands of readers. His first book was issued in 1853, under thetitle Hatchic, the Guardian Slave. Its sale wasvery large, and it was followed by a collection ofstories entitled /;/ Doors and Out. In 1862 ap-peared the River dale Serie

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