THE WEEK'S ANNIVERSARY.
THOMAS 'BABINGTON MACAULAY. 1800 - 1859. BORN OCTOBER 25, 1800.
Lord Macaulay was a passionate lover of children and of books. hie wrote to his niece, Margaret Trevelyan: 1 am always glad to make my little girl happy, anfl nothing pleases me so much as to see that she likes books ... If anybody would make me the greatest king that ever lived, with palaces, and gardens, and fine dinners, and wirfe, and coaches, and beautiful clothes, and hundreds of servants, on condition that I would not read books, I would not be a king. I would rather t be a poor man in a garret with plenty of books than a king who, did not. love reading." Thomas Babington Macaulay was borne on October 25, 1800. He entered Parliament in 1830. It is, however, as a writer that he' is best known. His "History of England" met with enormous success. "The Lays of Ancient Romej" composed while he was Secretary of War, proves his poetic genius. Macaulay was endowed with a prodigious memory. He died on December 28, 1859, and was interred in Westminster Abbey. (Compiled by A. H. Reed, Dunedln.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 253, 24 October 1936, Page 5 (Supplement)
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193THE WEEK'S ANNIVERSARY. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 253, 24 October 1936, Page 5 (Supplement)
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