history of “a Bunyan worsted by his doubts”; “In the Clouds” (1887), a tragic story likewise dealing with religious experiences; “The Story of Keedon Bluffs” (1887); “The Despot of Broomsedge Cove” (1889), the plot of which hinges on a mysterious murder; “In the Stranger People’s Country” (1891); “His Vanished Star” (1894); “The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain, and Other Stories” (1895); “The Juggler” (1897); “The Young Mountaineers” (1897), short stories; “The Champion” (1902); “A Spectre of Power” (1903), which is laid in the year 1763 and is full of Indian love; “The Frontiersmen” (1904); and “The Storm Centre” (1905). Her later work suffers from repetition of certain mannerisms and from excessive attention to description; possibly also from too rapid production. On the whole, however, in her ability to present the pathos and tragedy of simple lives, Miss Murfree has a place of honour among present-day writers. _Anna Katharine Green._--Through the publication, in 1878, of “The Leavenworth Case,” a clever detective story, this author, then a girl of nineteen, was brought into immediate notice on both sides of the Atlantic. “The Leavenworth Case” was followed in successive years by “A Strange Disappearance,” “The Sword of Damocles,” “Hand and Ring,” “Behind Closed Doors,” “Marked ‘Personal,’” “That Affair Next Door,” “Lost Man’s Lane,” “One of My Sons,” and other volumes. Some critics have spoken of Miss Green (who is now Mrs. Charles Rohlfs) as the “Wilkie Collins of America.” Nearly all of her books have appeared in transatlantic editions. Mrs. Rohlfs is also responsible for two volumes of poems, “The Defence of the Bride” (1882) and “Risifi’s Daughter” (1886).