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George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. Though no longer well known, his works (particularly his fairy tales and fantasy novels) have inspired admiration in such notables as W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Madeleine L''Engle. C. S. Lewis wrote that he regarded MacDonald as his "master". Even Mark Twain, who initially detested MacDonald, became friends with him, and there is some evidence that Twain was influenced by MacDonald. His bestknown works are Phantastes (1858), At the Back of the North Wind (1871), The Princess and the Goblin (1872), The Lost Princess (1875), Thomas Wingfold, Curate (1876), The Marquis of Lossie (1877) and Sir Gibbie (1879). He also published some volumes of sermons, the pulpit not having proved an unreservedly successful venue.
Will Allen Dromgoole (1860-1934) was an author and poet born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. She was graduated from the Clarksville female academy, Tennessee in 1876, studied law with her father. She also studied at the New England School of Expression in Boston. In 1883 she was appointed assistant engrossing clerk of the Tennessee House of Representatives and in 1885 she was elected as engrossing clerk of the state senate. Dromgoole wrote over 7,500 poems, 5,000 essays, and published thirteen books. Her poem The Bridge Builder is often reprinted and remains quite popular. She is also known for having written a series of articles on the American ethnic group known as the Melungeons. Her other works also include: Heart of Old Hickory and Other Stories of Tennessee (1891), The Farrier''s Dog and His Fellow (1897), Further Adventures of the Fellow (1898), Valley Path (1898), Three Little Crackers (1898), Hero Chums (1898) and Rare Old Chums (1898).
Thomas Troward (1847-1916) authored many books that are considered classics in the New Thought Movement, Mind Sciences, and Mystic Christianity. Influences on his writings include the teachings of Christ, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhism Teachings and more. Troward was the author of several successful books including: The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science (1909) and The Doré Lectures on Mental Science (1909). His writings on what was then called "Mental Science" influenced early New Thought leaders and writers. His contributions to the development of the New Thought Movement, human potential research, and Religious Science remain valuable. Amongst his other works are The Creative Process in the Individual (1910), Bible Mystery and Bible Meaning (1913), The Law and the Word (1917) and The Hidden Power and Other Papers on Mental Science (1921).
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (c70-c140), also known as Suetonius, was a prominent Roman historian and biographer. He is mainly remembered as the author of De Vita Caesarum (Lives of the Caesars, best known in English as The Twelve Caesars), his only extant work. The Twelve Caesars, probably written in Hadrian''s time, is a collective biography of the Roman Empire''s first leaders who were: Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus and Domitian. The work tells the tale of each Caesar''s life according to a set formula: the descriptions of appearance, omens, family history, quotes, and then a history are given in a consistent order for each Caesar. Suetonius regarded emperors who amassed wealth for the public purse to be "greedy", perhaps a reflection of the average Roman middle class attitudes.
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