Thomas Spencer Baynes, b. 1823. Philosopher, professor of English literature, Shakesperean scholar, editor of the 9th through the 11th editions of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Fanny Crosby, b. 1820.

Wiliam Morris, b. 1834. On Morris’s The Defence of Guenevere.

Olive Schreiner, b. 1855 in South Africa to missionary parents. She wrote the novel, Story of an African Farm, a story of life in South Africa. Has anyone read it?

Malcolm Muggeridge, b. 1903. “One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we’ve developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.”

Ian Hamilton, b. 1938. Poet, critic, editor, and biographer.