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Longacre, James Barton

engraver, was born Aug. 11, 1794, in Delaware county, Pa. From 1844 till his death he was engraver to the United States mint, and designed all the new coins that were struck during this time, including the double-eagle, the three-dollar piece, and the gold dollar. He died Jan. 1, 1869, in Philadelphia.

LONGFELLOW, ERNEST WADS- WORTH, artist, was born in 1845 in Cambridge, Mass. He paints with a firm hand and brilliant but harmonious scheme of color, and is favorably known for such effective landscapes and compositions as Old Mill at Manchester, Mass.; Italian Pines; Love Me, Love My Dog; Misty Morning; and John and Priscilla.

LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADS- WORTH, poet, was born Feb. 27, 1807, in Portland, Maine. The most widely read of American poets.

He was professor of modern languages at Bowdoin college, 1829-35, and filled the same position at Harvard university, 1835-54, his home being at Cambridge from 1835. He was the author of Coplas de Manrique, a verse translation from the Spanish; Outre-Mer, a prose volume of travels; Hyperion, a prose romance; Voices of the Night; Ballads, and Other Poems; Poems on Slavery; The Spanish Student; The Belfry of Bruges, and Other Poems; Evangeline; Kavanagh, a prose tale; Seaside and Fireside; The Golden Legend; Hiawatha; The Courtship of Miles Standish; Tales of a Wayside Inn, first series; Flower de Luce; New England Tragedies; Dante's Divina Commedia, a translation; The Divine Tragedy; Three Books of Song; Aftermath; The Masque of Pandora; Kéramos; Ultima Thule; In the Harbor; and Michael Angelo. He died March 24, 1882, in Cambridge, Mass.