RICE, CALE YOUNG (1872- ), b. Dixon, Ky. Author of exquisite lyrics. One of the greatest of the younger poetic dramatists whose plays have acting qualities. Poems: _From Dusk to Dusk, _With Omar_, _Song-Surf_, _Nirvana Days_. Plays: _Charles di Tocca_, _David_, _Yolanda of Cyprus_, _A Night in Avignon_. RIVES, AMELIE (PRINCESS TROUBETSKOY) (1863- ), b. Richmond, Va. Novelist. _The Quick or the Dead_, _Virginia of Virginia_. RUSSELL, IRWIN (1853-1879), b. Port Gibson, Miss. Caricaturist, musician, poet. He was among the first to see the possibilities of the negro dialect in verse. _Poems_. SEAWELL, MOLLY ELLIOT (1860-1916), b. Gloucester Co., Va. Novelist. _Little Jarvis_ (awarded a $500 prize), _Sprightly Romance of Marsac_ (awarded a $3000 prize), _Throckmorton_. SMITH, F. HOPKINSON (1838-1915), b. Baltimore, Md. Artist, author, engineer. _Colonel Carter of Cartersville_ is his most enduring work. The Colonel is a remarkable portrait. _A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others_, _Caleb West: Master Diver_, _A Day at Laguerre's and Other Days_, _The Fortunes of Oliver Horn_. STITH, WILLIAM (1689-1755), b. Virginia. Scholarly historian who was so painstaking and detailed in his accounts that he was almost neglected until the present time. _History of Virginia from the First Discovery to the Dissolution of the London Company_. STUART, RUTH MCENERY (1856- ), b. in parish of Avoyelles, La. Specially liked for her humorous negro and plantation stories. _A Golden Wedding and Other Tales_, _Sonny_, _Holly and Pizen_. THOMPSON, WILLIAM TAPPAN (1812-1882), b. Ravenna, Ohio. Georgia journalist and humorist. _Major Jones's Courtship_. TIERNAN, FRANCES F. ("Christian Reid") (1846- ), b. Salisbury, N. C. Novelist. _Child of Mary_, _Heart of Steel_. TROUBETSKOY, PRINCESS. See RIVES, AMELIE. WEEMS, MASON LOCKE (1760-1825), b. Dumfries, Va. Clergyman, biographer. _Life of Washington_. WILSON, AUGUSTA EVANS (1835-1909), b. Columbus, Ga. Prolific novelist. Best novel, _Saint Elmo_. WILSON, WOODROW (1856- ), b. Staunton, Va. Educator, historian, statesman. _A History of the American People_. WIRT, WILLIAM (1772-1834), b. Bladensburg, Md. Lawyer. _Life and Character of Patrick Henry_, _Letters of the British Spy_. WESTERN AUTHORS ATHERTON, GERTRUDE FRANKLIN (1859- ), b. San Francisco, Calif. Novelist. _The Doomswoman_, _The Aristocrats_, _The Conqueror._ BALDWIN, JAMES (1841- ), b. Westfield, Ind. Writer of excellent stories for children. _The Story of Siegfried, Old Greek Stories', Stories of the King, Discovery of the Old Northwest, The Book Lover._ BIERCE, AMBROSE (1842- ), b. Ohio. For many years a San Francisco journalist. _Can Such Things Be? In the Midst of Life_ (tales of soldiers and civilians). BURDETTE, ROBERT JONES (1844-1914), b. Greensboro, Pa. Journalist on Burlington (Iowa) _Hawkeye_ and other papers, lecturer, humorist, clergyman. _The Rise and Fall of the Moustache_, _Hawkeyetems_, _Life of William Penn._