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Fryniwyd Tennyson Jesse (1888-1958), English novelist, dramatist, and criminologist, and grandniece of Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

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1902 novel by American author Charles Major.

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1872 novel by American author Edward Payson Roe (1838-1888).

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Alexander Pope (1688-1744), great English neoclassical author and poet.

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), English poet and painter; leading figure of the Pre-Raphaelite movement.

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John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), American painter known chiefly for his portraits.

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Walter Pater (1839-1894), English scholar, essayist, and aesthete, and prophet of the doctrine of “art for art’s sake.”

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At that time the largest mansion in Minnesota, built by Charles Gates in 1913 on the Lake of the Isles.

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Very good! (German).

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Something, as a piece of land, that projects beyond its surroundings.

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Body louse.

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Dying, in World War I slang.

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American financier from Minnesota (1838-1916) who purchased the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad and extended the line as far as Seattle.

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Republican governor of Minnesota and later a U.S. senator; lived from 1843 to 1923.

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Truce; World War I ended on November 11, 1918.

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Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), American violinist and composer born in Vienna, Austria.

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Robert M. La Follette (1855-1925), three-term Wisconsin governor and later U.S. senator; leader of progressives and radicals in government; opposed U.S. involvement in World War I and participation in League of Nations and World Court.

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Woodrow Wilson’s vice president was Thomas Riley Marshall (1854-1925).

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A fashionable restaurant.

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Yvette Guilbert (1867-1944), French singer.

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Mischa Elman (1891-1967), Russian violinist who emigrated to America.