Contemporary American Literature / Bibliographies and Study Outlines

Born at Far Rockaway, Long Island, 1886. A. B., Harvard, 1908; studied at the University of Göttingen, 1909; University of Berlin, 1910. With Charles Scribner’s Sons since 1911.

Strongly influenced by Whitman and Henley.

Bibliography

• The Human Fantasy. 1911.
• The Beloved Adventure. 1912.
• Love and Liberation. 1913.
• Dust and Light. 1919.

Studies and Reviews

• Untermeyer.
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• Lit. Digest, 55 (’17): Nov. 10, p. 29 (portrait).
• Poetry, 4 (’14): 163; 15 (’20): 343.
• See also Book Review Digest, 1919.

Born at Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1873, of pioneer ancestry. At the age of twelve, went with his father to California and for four years lived mostly in the saddle. At the age of sixteen, went to high school in Michigan but spent much time in the woods, studying the birds and making a large collection of specimens. Ph. B., University of Michigan, 1895; A. M., 1903. Went to the Black Hills in a gold rush, but returned poor and went to Columbia to study law, 1896-7. He was influenced by Brander Matthews to write. Made his way into literature via book-selling and reviewing. Explored in the Hudson Bay wilderness and in Africa, spent a winter as a lumberman in a lumber camp, and finally went to the Sierras of California to live. He is a thorough woodsman.

Bibliography

Born at Urbana, Ohio, 1869. Educated in public schools and privately. Honorary higher degrees. Newspaper experience in Toledo and Chicago, 1887-93. Clerk in office of Secretary of State, Springfield, Illinois, 1893-7. Studied law and was admitted to the bar, (Illinois, 1894; Ohio, 1897). Practiced in Toledo, Ohio, 1897-1905. Elected mayor as Independent candidate, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911; declined fifth nomination. Minister (1913) and ambassador (1919) to Belgium and did distinguished war service there.

Mr. Whitlock has made his political experience the basis of his most interesting contributions to literature.

Bibliography

Born at Philadelphia, 1859. As a child, lived in New England and was educated at home, and at Abbott Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. Honorary Litt. D., Bowdoin, 1906. Studied to be a kindergarten teacher. Later, her family moved to Southern California and she organized the first free kindergarten for poor children on the Pacific coast. Her kindergarten experience is seen in her first two books. She has continued her interest in kindergarten work. Musician (piano and vocal); composer.

Bibliography

• The Birds’ Christmas Carol. 1888.
• The Story of Patsy. 1889.
• *Timothy’s Quest. 1890.
• Penelope’s English Experiences. 1893.
• Penelope’s Progress. 1898.
• Penelope’s Experiences in Ireland. 1901.
• *Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. 1903. (Play, 1908.)
• Rose o’ the River. 1905.
• New Chronicles of Rebecca. 1907.
• The Old Peabody Pew. 1907. (Play, 1917.)
• Mother Carey’s Chickens. 1911. (Play, 1915.)
• The Story of Waitstill Baxter. 1913.
• Penelope’s Postscripts. 1915. (Play.)
• Collected Works. 1917.
• Ladies-in-Waiting. 1919.

Studies and Reviews

Born in New York City, 1887. B. S., Columbia, 1906. Banker, inventor, reviewer. Has been writing plays since 1912, and has had many produced in Little Theatres.

Bibliography

• Dawn, with The Noble Lord, The Traitor, A House of Cards, Playing with Fire, The Finger of God; One-Act Plays of Life Today. 1915.
• Confessional, and Other American Plays. 1916. (Confessional, The Villain in the Piece, According to Darwin, A Question of Morality, The Beautiful Story.)
• The Unseen Host, and Other War Plays. 1917. (The Unseen Host, Mothers of Men, Pawns, In the Ravine, Valkyrie.)

For Bibliography of unpublished plays, see Who’s Who in America.

For Reviews, see the Book Review Digest, 1915-17.

Compiler of Golden Songs of the Golden State (California anthology), 1917, and of New Voices, (studies in modern poetry with extensive quotations), 1919. Has also published several volumes of poetry.

First attracted attention with his stories of college life. For bibliography, see Who’s Who in America.

Born in 1883. Physician. Lives in Rutherford, New Jersey, where his first book was privately printed. Co-editor of Contract.

Bibliography

• Poems. 1909.
• The Tempers. 1913.
• A Book of Poems, Al Que Quiere. 1917.
• Kora in Hell: Improvisations. 1920.
• Sour Grapes. 1921.
• Also in: Des Imagistes. 1914.
• Dial. (Passim.)
• Egoist. (Passim.)
• Little Review. (Passim.)

Studies and Reviews

• Dial, 70 (’21): 352, 565; 72 (’22): 197.
• Poetry, 17 (’21): 329.

Born at Philadelphia, 1860. A. B., Harvard, 1882; A. M., LL. B., 1888; honorary LL. D., University of Pennsylvania, 1907. Admitted to the Philadelphia bar, 1889. In literary work since 1891.

Bibliography

• The Dragon of Wantley—His Tail. 1892.
• Red Men and White. 1896.
• Lin McLean. 1898. (Short stories.)
• The Jimmy John Boss. 1900.
• *The Virginian. 1902.
• Philosophy 4. 1903.
• A Journey in Search of Christmas. 1904.
• *Lady Baltimore. 1906.
• The Seven Ages of Washington. 1907. (Biography.)
• Members of the Family. 1911. (Short stories.)
• The Pentecost of Calamity. 1915. (Germany in 1914.)
• The Straight Deal; or The Ancient Grudge. 1920.

Studies and Reviews

• Cooper.
• Bk. Buyer, 25 (’02): 199.
• Bookm. 27 (’08): 458, 465 (portrait).
• Critic, 41 (’02): 358.
• Cur. Lit. 33 (’02): 127 (portrait), 238.
• Dial, 59 (’15): 303.
• Ind. 60 (’06): 1159 (portrait).
• Lond. Times, July 4, 1902: 196.
• World’s Work, 5 (’02): 2792, 2795 (portrait); 6 (’03): 3694.

Born at Erie, Pennsylvania, 1852. Graduate of U. S. Military Academy, 1874; Ph. B., LL. B., Columbia, 1883. Served in the U. S. Army, 1874-84, in various campaigns against the Indians. Admitted to the bar, 1884, in Portland, Oregon, and practiced until he retired, 1919. Painting, as well as writing, an avocation.

Born at Beverly, Massachusetts, 1855. A. B., Harvard, 1877. Honorary higher degrees. Professor of English at the University of Nebraska, 1877-8, 1880-2, and of comparative literature, Columbia, 1891-1904.

Mr. Woodberry has published many volumes of poetry and criticism. His critical writings were brought together in his Collected Essays (six volumes) in 1921. His most recent volume of poetry is The Roamer and Other Poems, 1920.

Studies and Reviews

• Bacon, E. M. Literary Pilgrimages, 1902.
• Halsey.
• Ledoux, L. V. The Poetry of George Edward Woodberry. 1917.
• Rittenhouse.
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• Bookm. 17 (’03): 336 (portrait); 47 (’18): 549.
• Critic, 43 (’03): 321 (portrait), 327.
• Cur. Lit. 33 (’02): 513; 42 (’07): 289 (portrait).
• Manchester Guardian Wkly., Jan. 20, 1922: 53.
• Outlook, 64 (’00): 875.
• Poetry, 3 (’13): 69; 11(’17): 103.
• Weekly Review, 4 (’21): 273.

(Since the authors appear in the body of the book in alphabetical order, page references have been omitted in these indexes.)

I. POETS

(Not included in this volume, but included in Untermeyer’s Modern American Poetry, Monroe and Henderson’s The New Poetry, or Others for 1916, 1917, 1919.)