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Leland, Charles Godfrey

author, poet, was born Aug. 15, 1824, in Philadelphia. He is a very versatile Philadelphia author, who has lived much in Europe, and is considered an authority upon Gypsy lore. He is the author of Hans Hans Breitmann Ballads; The Music Lesson of Confucius, and Other Poems; Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land; The English Gypsies and Their Language; Origin of the Gypsies; The Algonquin Legends of New England; Egyptian Sketch Book; Abraham Lincoln and the Abolition of Slavery; Practical Education; Manual of Wood Carving; and Memoirs.