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.

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LIST OF HELPFUL BOOKS

Adams, O. F., Dictionary of American Authors.
Allibone, Dictionary of Authors.

Baskervill, W. M., Southern Writers.

Bryant, W. C., Library of Poetry and Song.
Burroughs, John, Indoor Studies.

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.
Fields, Mrs. James T., Authors and Friends.

Frothingham, O. B., Transcendentalism in New England.
Haweis, H. R., American Humorists.

Higginson, T. W., Contemporaries; Old Cambridge; Short
Studies of American Authors.

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. Stedman and Hutchinson, Library of American Literature. Swift, Lindsay, Brook Farm.

Tyler, M. C., History of American Literature.

Vedder, H. C., American Writers of To-day.
Wendell, Barrett, Literary History of America.
Whipple, E. P., Recollections of Eminent Men.

Whitcomb, S. L., Chronological Outlines of American Literature.
Who's Who in America.

Wilson, J. G., Bryant and his Friends.

Woodberry, G. E., Makers of Literature.

INDEX

Alcott, Amos Bronson, 136, 189, 151, Auf Wiedersehen, 226.

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 126, 296, 297. Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, The,