Contemporary American Literature: Bibliographies and Study OutlinesManly, John Matthews
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Contemporary American Literature: Bibliographies and Study Outlines
Manly, John Matthews
American literature -- 20th century -- Bio-bibliography; American literature -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.
Portmanteau Adaptations. 1920.
Sir David Wears a Crown. 1922.
STUDIES AND REVIEWS
New Repub. 13 ('17): 222; 21 ('19): 60.
See also _Book Review Digest_, 1919.
+Eugene Walter+--dramatist.
Born at Cleveland, Ohio, 1874. Educated in the public schools. Political
and general news reporter on various newspapers in Cleveland, Detroit,
Cincinnati, Seattle, and New York. Business manager of theatrical and
amusement enterprises, ranging from minstrels and circuses to symphony
orchestras and grand opera companies. Served in the Spanish War. His most
successful play, _The Easiest Way_ (1908), is printed by Dickinson,
_Chief Contemporary Dramatists_, 1915, and by Moses, _Representative
Plays by American Dramatists_, 1918-21, III.
For bibliography of unpublished plays, cf. _Cambridge_, III (IV), 772.
STUDIES AND REVIEWS
Eaton, W.P. At the New Theatre. 1910.
Am. M. 71 ('10): 121 (portrait).
Cur. Op. 62 ('17): 403.
Drama, 6 ('16): 110.
+Willard Austin Wattles+--poet.
Born at Bayneville, Kansas, 1888. A.B., University of Kansas, 1909; A.M.,
1911. Taught English in various schools; since 1914, at the University of
Kansas.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Sunflowers--A Book of Kansas Poems. 1014. (Compilation; includes
some of his poems.)
Lanterns in Gethsemane. 1918.
The Funston Double-Track and Other Poems. 1919.
Silver Arrows. 1920.
STUDIES AND REVIEWS
Untermeyer.
Ind. 91 ('17): 59 (portrait).
See also _Book Review Digest_, 1919.
+Mary Stanbery Watts (Mrs. Miles Taylor Watts+)--novelist.
Born at Delaware, Ohio, 1868. Educated at the Convent of the Sacred
Heart, Cincinnati, 1881-4.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Tenants. 1908.
*Nathan Burke. 1910.
The Legacy. 1911.
Van Cleve. 1913.
*The Rise of Jennie Cushing. 1914.
From Father to Son. 1919.
The House of Rimmon. 1922.
STUDIES AND REVIEWS
Overton.
Bookm. 27 ('08); 157 (portrait), 159; 31 ('10); 454 (portrait).
Cur. Op. 56 ('14): 137 (portrait).
Ind. 71 ('11): 532 (portrait).
New Repub. 2 ('15): 152. (Robert Herrick.)
See also _Book Review Digest_, 1916-20.
+Henry Kitchell Webster+--novelist.
Born at Evanston, Illinois, 1875. Ph.M., Hamilton College, 1897.
Instructor in rhetoric at Union College, 1897-8. Since then he has given
his time entirely to writing novels.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Short Line War. 1899. (With Samuel Merwin.)
Calumet "K". 1901. (With Samuel Merwin.)
The Real Adventure. 1916.
The Painted Scene. 1916. (Short stories.)
The Thoroughbred. 1917.
An American Family. 1918.
Mary Wollaston. 1920.
Real Life. 1921.
STUDIES AND REVIEWS
Bookm. 26 ('07): 4 (portrait only).
Everybody's, 37 ('17): Nov., p. 16 (portrait).
New Repub. 9 ('16): 133.
See also _Book Review Digest_, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1920.
+Winifred Welles+--poet.
Born at Norwich Town, Connecticut, 1893, and educated in the vicinity.
Her first volume, _The Hesitant Heart_, 1920, attracted attention for its
lyric beauty.
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