SIR JAMES MATTHEW BARRIE, creator of "Sentimental Tommy" and "Peter Pan," famous for his sympathetic studies of Scotch life and his fantastic comedies. HILAIRE BELLOC, best known as a writer on history, politics, and economics; a recognized authority on the French Revolution. ARNOLD BENNETT, author of many popular realistic studies of English provincial life, including "Clayhanger" and "Hilda Lessways." ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON, chiefly known for "From a College Window," "Beside Still Waters," and other volumes of essays. EDWARD FREDERIC BENSON, brother of the preceding, author of many novels of modern life, including "Dodo." VERY REV. MONSIGNOR ROBERT HUGH BENSON, the youngest of the three famous Benson brothers. Besides numerous devotional and theological works, Monsignor Benson has written several widely appreciated historical novels. LAWRENCE BINYON, author of many lyrics and poetic dramas, Assistant Keeper in the British Museum, in charge of Oriental Prints and Drawings. ANDREW CECIL BRADLEY, critic, sometime Professor of Poetry at Oxford University, author of a standard work on Shakespeare. ROBERT BRIDGES, Poet-Laureate. Prominent as a physician before his poetry brought him the high honor he now enjoys. HALL CAINE, one of the most popular of contemporary novelists. R.C. CARTON, dramatist, author of "Lord and Lady Algy" and "A White Elephant." CHARLES HADDON CHAMBERS, dramatist, author of "John a Dreams," part author of "The Fatal Card." GILBERT K. CHESTERTON, essayist, novelist, poet; defender of orthodox thought by unorthodox methods. HUBERT HENRY DAVIES, dramatist, author of "The Mollusc" and "A Single Man." SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, creator of "Sherlock Holmes." HERBERT ALBERT LAURENS FISHER, Vice Chancellor of Sheffield University, author of "The Mediaeval Empire," "Napoleon Bonaparte," and other historical works. JOHN GALSWORTHY, a novelist and dramatist who has come into great prominence during the last five years, his plays, "Strife" and "Justice," and his novel, "The Dark Flower," being widely known. ANSTEY GUTHRIE, (F. ANSTEY,) author of "The Brass Bottle," "The Talking Horse," and other fantastic and humorous tales. SIR HENRY RIDER HAGGARD, author of many widely read romances, among them being "She." THOMAS HARDY, generally considered to be the greatest living English novelist. JANE ELLEN HARRISON, sometime Fellow and Lecturer at Newnham College, Cambridge University; writer of many standard works on classical religion, literature, and life. ANTHONY HOPE HAWKINS, (ANTHONY HOPE,) author of popular historical romance and sketches of modern society, including "The Prisoner of Zenda." MAURICE HEWLETT, poet and romantic novelist, author of "Earthworks Out of Tuscany" and other mediaeval tales. ROBERT HICHENS, novelist, author of "The Garden of Allah," "Bella Donna," and other stories.