STUDIES AND REVIEWS Bookm. 47 ('18): 266. (Phelps.) Lond. Times, Nov. 17, 1921: 746. New Statesman, 18 ('21): 114. Outlook, 122 ('19): 644 (portrait). Poetry, 4 ('14): 203; 11 ('17): 157; 14 ('19): 159; 17 ('21): 212. Sat. Rev. 132 ('21): 737. +Carl Van Doren+--critic. Born at Hope, Illinois, 1885. A.B., University of Illinois, 1907; Ph.D., Columbia, 1911. Taught English at the University of Illinois, 1907-16; assistant professor, 1914-6. Associate in English at Columbia since 1916. Headmaster of The Brearley School, New York, 1916-9. Literary editor of _The Nation_, 1919--. Co-editor of the _Cambridge History of American Literature_. His most important books are _The American Novel_, 1921; _Contemporary American Novelists_, 1922. STUDIES AND REVIEWS Cur. Op. 71 ('21): 642. Dial, 71 ('21): 355. Nation, 113 ('21): 18. New Repub. 29 ('21): 106. See also _Book Review Digest_, 1921. +Henry van Dyke+--man of letters. Born at Germantown, Pennsylvania, 1852. Graduate of the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 1869; A.B., Princeton, 1873, A.M., 1876; Princeton Theological Seminary, 1877; at the University of Berlin, 1877-9. Many honorary higher degrees and other marks of distinction. Ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church, 1879. Pastor in Newport, Rhode Island, 1879-82, and in New York, 1883-1900, 1902, 1911. Professor of English literature at Princeton University, 1900--. American lecturer at the University of Paris, 1908-9. United States minister to The Netherlands, 1913-7. Most of Mr. Van Dyke's numerous stories, essays, and poems are to be found in his _Collected Works_, 1920. His most recent works are: _Camp-Fires and Guide Posts_, 1921, and _Songs Out of Doors_, 1922. STUDIES AND REVIEWS Halsey. Bookm. 30 ('10): 551; 38 ('13): 20. (Portraits.) Cent. 67 ('04): 579 (portrait). Critic, 42 ('03): 511, 516 (portrait). Cur. Lit. 28 ('00): 282. Nation, 104 ('17): 54. Outlook, 99 ('11): 704. R. of Rs. 41 ('10): 509 (portrait). +Hendrik Willem van Loon+--man of letters. Born at Rotterdam, Holland, 1882. A.B., Cornell, 1905; Ph.D., Munich, 1911. Associated Press correspondent in Russia during the revolution of 1906 and in various countries of Europe during the war. Lecturer on history and the history of art. Mr. Van Loon has made a place in literature by _The Story of Mankind_, 1921. Cf. _Book Review Digest_, 1921. +Stuart Walker+--dramatist. Born at Augusta, Kentucky. A.B., University of Cincinnati, 1902. Studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Play-reader, actor, and stage manager with David Belasco (q.v.), 1909-14. Originator of the Portmanteau Theatre, 1914, and since 1915 his own producer. BIBLIOGRAPHY Portmanteau Plays. 1917. (The Triplet, Nevertheless, The Medicine Show, Six Who Pass While the Lentils Boil.) More Portmanteau Plays. 1919. (The Lady of the Weeping Willow Tree, The Very Naked Boy, Jonathan Makes a Wish.)