Contemporary American Literature. John Matthews Manly

26 Jayne Street. 1920.

      Studies and Reviews

       Overton.

       

       Am. M. 72 (’11): 178 (portrait).

       Bookm. 35 (’12): 586 (portrait).

       Cur. Lit. 53 (’12): 698 (portrait.)

       Freeman, 1 (’20): 311.

       New Repub. 24 (’20): 151.

       R. of Rs. 47 (’13): 241 (portrait).

       Review, 3 (’20): 73.

       Sunset, 43 (’19): 49 (portrait).

      Irving (Addison) Bacheller (New York, 1859)—novelist.

      His outstanding books are:

       Eben Holden. 1900.

       A Man for the Ages. 1919. (Lincoln, the hero.)

      For bibliography, see Who’s Who in America.

      Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon (Mrs. Selden Bacon)—novelist.

      Born at Stamford, Connecticut, 1876. A. B., Smith College, 1898.

      Mrs. Bacon has made a special study of child life.

      Bibliography

       Smith College Stories. 1900.

       The Imp and the Angel. 1901.

       Fables for the Fair. 1901.

       The Madness of Philip. 1902.

       Middle Aged Love Stories. 1903.

       *Memoirs of a Baby. 1904.

       The Domestic Adventurers. 1907.

       *Biography of a Boy. 1910.

       While Caroline Was Growing. 1911.

       Margarita’s Soul. 1909. (Under the pseudonym “Ingraham Lovell.”)

       Open Market. 1915.

       When Binks Came. 1920.

      Studies and Reviews

       Am. M. 69 (’10): 765, 766 (portrait).

       Bk. Buyer, 20 (’00): 191 (portrait).

       Bookm. 27 (’08): 159.

       Critic, 40 (’02): 332 (portrait), 335.

       Outlook, 78 (’04): 288 (portrait).

      Ray Stannard Baker (“David Grayson”)—man of letters.

      Born at Lansing, Michigan, 1870. B. S., Michigan Agricultural College, 1889. Studied law and literature at University of Michigan; LL. D., 1917. On the Chicago Record, 1892–7. Managing editor of McClure’s Syndicate, 1897–8, and associate editor of McClure’s Magazine, 1899–1905. On the American Magazine, 1906–15. Director of Press Bureau of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace at Paris, 1919.

      His studies of country life under the pseudonym “David Grayson” are widely popular.

      Bibliography

       Adventures in Contentment. 1907.

       Adventures in Friendship. 1910.

       The Friendly Road. 1913.

       Hempfield. 1915.

       Great Possessions. 1917.

      Studies and Reviews

       Acad. 86 (’14): 137.

       Am. M. 78 (’14)138.

       Bookm. 43 (’16): 1 (portrait), 394.

       Bookm. (Lond.) 39 (’11): 290; 47 (’14): 107.

       McClure’s, 24 (’04): 108, 110 (portrait).

      John Kendrick Bangs (New York, 1862–1922)—humorist.

      Published some sixty volumes of prose sketches, verses, stories, and plays, most of which belong to the nineteenth century. Characteristic volumes are:

       Coffee and Repartee. 1893.

       A House Boat on the Styx. 1895.

       The Bycyclers and Other Farces. 1896.

       A Rebellious Heroine. 1896.

       Alice in Blunderland. 1907.

       Autobiography of Methuselah. 1909.

       The Foothills of Parnassus. 1914.

      For complete bibliography, cf. Who’s Who in America.

      Studies and Reviews

       Halsey.

       Harkins.

       

       Bk. Buyer, 20 (’00): 183 (portrait), 208.

       Bookm. 15 (’02): 412 (portrait).

       Critic, 42 (’03): 105 (portrait).

       Harp. W. 46 (’02): 891; 51 (’07): 23, 28. (Portraits.)

      Rex Ellingwood Beach (Michigan, 1877)—novelist.

      Writer of novels of adventure, mainly about Alaska. For bibliography, see Who’s Who in America.

      (Charles) William Beebe—Nature writer.

      Born at Brooklyn, 1877. B. S., Columbia, 1898; post-graduate work, 1898–9. Honorary Curator of Ornithology, New York Zoölogical Society since 1899; director of the British Guiana Zoölogical Station. Has traveled extensively in Asia, South America, and Mexico, especially, for purposes of observation.

      Suggestions for Reading

      1. Although Mr. Beebe is preëminently an ornithologist, he belongs to literature by reason of the volumes of nature studies listed below. A comparison of his books with those of the English ornithologist, W. H. Hudson (cf. Manly and Rickert, Contemporary British Literature) is illuminative of the merits of both.

      2. Another interesting comparison may be made between Mr. Beebe’s descriptions of the jungle in Jungle Peace and H. M. Tomlinson’s in Sea and Jungle (cf. Manly and Rickert, op. cit.).

      3. An analysis of the use of suggestion in appeal to the different senses brings out one of the main sources of Mr. Beebe’s charm as a writer.

      4. Read aloud several fine passages to observe the prose rhythms.

      Bibliography

       Two Bird Lovers in Mexico. 1905.

       The Log of the Sun. 1906.

       Our Search for a Wilderness. 1910. (With Mrs. Beebe.)

       Tropical Wild Life in British Guiana. 1917.

       *Jungle Peace. 1918.

       Edge of the Jungle. 1921.

      Studies and Reviews

       Nation, 106 (’18): 213.

       Science, n. s. 50 (’19): 473.

       Spec. 95 (’05): 1128.

       Travel, 38 (’21): 17 (portrait).

       See also Book Review Digest, 1918, 1921.

      David Belasco—dramatist.

      Born at San Francisco, 1859. Stage manager of various theatres and producer of many plays. Owner