istic of the man. Among these are Winning of the West, History of New York, American Ideals and Other Essays, Hunting Trips of a Ranchman, The Rough Riders, The Strenuous Life, Life of Cromwell, and Life of Thomas Hart Benton. Agnes Repplier [1859-] has written many essays of popular interest. Her volumes include Books and Men, Points of View, Essays in Miniature, Essays in Idleness, and Varia. Her home is in Philadelphia, but much of her time is spent in Europe. Katharine Lee Bates [1859-] is a professor of English at Wellesley. She is also a frequent contributor to the magazines, and an author of some note. She has written in verse, College Beautiful and Other Poems, and Sunshine and Other Verses for Children. Her prose includes English Religious Drama, Rose and Thorn, Hermit Island, and Spanish Highways and Byways. Hamlin Garland [1860-] is a follower of the realistic school, and has depicted the rougher side of Western life, with which he is intimately acquainted. He has written some verse, critical essays, and several volumes of fiction, among which are, Main-Travelled Roads, A Little Norsk, A Spoil of Office, Rose of Dutcher's Coolly, Hesper, The Light of the Star, and Tyranny of the Dark. Owen Wister [1860-] is a popular writer of Philadelphia, among whose works are Lin McLean, The Virginian, and A Journey in Search of Christmas. He has written a biography of Ulysses S. Grant, and is a frequent contributor to the magazines. Louise Imogen Guiney [1861-] has written The White Sail and Other Poems, The Martyr's Idyl and Shorter Poems, Monsieur Henri: a Footnote to French History, A Roadside Harp, A Little English Gallery, and a volume of essays entitled Patrins. Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman [1862-] is a very successful writer of New England stories, in which she analyzes with much skill and power the New England character. Among her books of fiction. are A Humble Romance and Other Stories, A New England Nun, The Heart's Highway, Pembroke, Giles Corey, Jerome, The Jamesons, The Love of Parson Lord, Understudies, Evelina's Garden, and The Givers. His John Kendrick Bangs [1862-], for some time editor of Harper's Weekly, has written many works, nearly all of which are in a humorous vein. best known are Tiddledywinks Tales, In Camp with a Tin Soldier, Coffee and Repartee, The Water Ghost, The Idiot, The Inventions of the Idiot, The Idiot at Home, A House Boat on the Styx, A Rebellious Heroine, The Pursuit of the House Boat, Ghosts I have Met, and Peeps at People. Edith Wharton [1862-] is an accomplished essayist, novelist, and contributor to the magazines. Among her best work may be mentioned The Valley of Decision, The Greater Inclination, Crucial Instances, The Touchstone, and The House of Mirth. In Italian Gardens and Italian Backgrounds she has shown much critical ability and delicate appreciation of her subject. John Fox, Jr., [1863-] depicts life in the Cumberland Mountains and vicinity with unusual skill. Among his best work may be mentioned The Kentuckians, A Mountain Europa, A Cumberland Vendetta, The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come, and Christmas Eve on Lonesome. He has recently published the result of his experiences as a war correspondent in the East, under the title of Following the Sun-Flag. Richard Harding Davis [1864-] has written many stories of popular interest, among which are Soldiers of Fortune, The Princess Aline, Van Bibber and Others, Cinderella and Other Stories, The King's Jackal, The Lion and the Unicorn, Her First Appearance, The Bar Sinister, and In the Fog. Madison Julius Cawein [1865-] has written some verse of considerable merit, chief among which are Moods and Memories, Red Leaves and Roses, Poems of Nature and Love, Intimations of the Beautiful, Undertones, The Garden of Dreams, Idyllic Monologues, Myth and Romance, and One Day and Another. Robert Herrick [1868-] is a professor of rhet oric in the University of Chicago and a writer of promise. He is the author of The Man Who Wins, Literary Love Letters and Other Stories, Love's Dilemmas, The Gospel of Freedom, The Web of Life, The Real World, and The Common Lot. William Vaughn Moody [1869-] is also a professor at Chicago. The verse that he has written has been of high literary merit and gives promise of still better things. The Masque of Judgment was published in 1900 and a volume of poems in 1901. He has successfully edited Milton in the Cambridge edition. Mary Johnston [1870-] is one of our youngest novelists whose books have enjoyed great popularity. They are of a historical nature, the best of which are To Have and to Hold, Audrey, and Sir Mortimer. Winston Churchill [1871-] has been unusually successful as a writer of fiction. His novels include Richard Carvel, The Crisis, and The Crossing. Jack London [1876-] has had a varied experience in many climes. His novels are full of life and spirit, the best of which are The Call of the Wild, Children of the Frost, The Sea Wolf, and The Game. SM. AM. LIT.- -21 LIST OF HELPFUL BOOKS Adams, O. F., Dictionary of American Authors. Baskervill, W. M., Southern Writers. Bryant, W. C., Library of Poetry and Song. Carpenter, G. R., American Prose. Cheney, J. V., That Dome in Air. Curtis, G. W., Literary and Social Essays. Duyckinck, E. A. and G. L., Cyclopedia of American Literature. Frothingham, O. B., Transcendentalism in New England. Higginson, T. W., Contemporaries; Old Cambridge; Short Howells, W. D., Literary Friends and Acquaintances; My Literary Passions. Nichol, John, American Literature. Richardson, C. F., American Literature. Sears, Lorenzo, History of Oratory. Stedman, E. C., American Anthology; Poets of America. Tyler, M. C., History of American Literature. Whitcomb, S. L., Chronological Outlines of American Literature. Wilson, J. G., Bryant and his Friends. 322 |