Born at Cleveland, Ohio, 1884. A.B., Smith College, 1904. Taught English at Kemper Hall, Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1906-7. BIBLIOGRAPHY Myself and I. 1913. Crack o' Dawn. 1915. STUDIES AND REVIEWS Bookm. 47 ('18): 388. Poetry, 2 ('13): 225; 6 ('15): 45. +Arturo Giovannitti+--poet. Born in the Abruzzi, Italy, 1884, of a family of good social standing, his father and one of his brothers being doctors, and another brother a lawyer. Educated in a local Italian college. Came to America in 1900, full of enthusiasm for democracy. Worked in a coal mine. Later, studied at Union Theological Seminary. Conducted Presbyterian missions in several places. In 1906, he became a socialist and one of the leaders of the I.W.W. During the Lawrence strikes he preached the doctrine of Syndicalism and was arrested on the charge of inciting to riot. He also organized relief work for the strikers. On an Italian newspaper; editor of _Il Proletario_, a socialist paper. His first speech in English was made at the time of his trial and produced a powerful effect upon his audience. During his imprisonment, he studied English literature and wrote poems, of which the most famous is "The Walker." His chief concern is with the submerged, and he writes from actual experience of having been "one of those who sleep in the park." SUGGESTIONS FOR READING 1. What are the main features of the social creed at the root of Giovannitti's poetry? 2. Is he a poet or a propagandist? Test his sincerity; his passion; his truth to experience. 3. What are his limitations as thinker and as poet? 4. Compare and contrast his work with Whitman's in ideas and in form. 5. Do you find marks of greatness in him? BIBLIOGRAPHY Arrows in the Gale. 1914. (With introduction by Helen Keller.) Also in: Others. 1919. STUDIES AND REVIEWS Untermeyer. Atlan, 111 ('13): 853. Cur. Op. 54 ('13): 24 (portrait). Forum, 52 ('14): 609. Lit. Digest, 45 ('12): 441. Outlook, 104 ('13): 504. Poetry, 6 ('15): 36. Survey, 29 ('12): 163 (portrait). +Ellen (Anderson Gholson) Glasgow+--novelist. Born at Richmond, Virginia, 1874. Privately educated. Her best work deals with life in Virginia. BIBLIOGRAPHY The Descendant. 1897. Phases of an Inferior Planet. 1898. The Voice of the People. 1900. The Battle-ground. 1902. The Deliverance. 1904. The Ancient Law. 1908. *The Romance of a Plain Man. 1909. *The Miller of Old Church. 1911. Virginia. 1913. Life and Gabriella. 1916. The Builders. 1919. Stranger Things Have Happened. 1922. STUDIES AND REVIEWS Cooper. Harkins. (Women). Overton. Bookm. 19 ('04): 14 (portrait), 43; 29 ('09): 613 (portrait), 619. Critic, 44 ('04): 200 (portrait). Cur. Lit. 32 ('02): 623. Cur. Op. 55 ('13): 50 (portrait). Outlook, 71 ('02): 213 (portrait). World's Work, 5 ('02): 2793 (portrait); 39 ('20): 492 (portrait).