The Little Book of Modern Verse: A Selection from the Work of Contemporaneous American Poets
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The Little Book of Modern Verse: A Selection from the Work of Contemporaneous American Poets
American poetry
Viereck, George Sylvester. [1884-1962] (3)
Born in Munich, Germany, December 31, 1884. Came to America
at the age of eleven years. Graduated from the College of New York City
in 1906. He was for several years upon the staff of "Current Opinion"
and is the editor of "The International" and of "Viereck's American Weekly",
formerly "The Fatherland". Mr. Viereck's three volumes of verse are:
"Nineveh, and Other Poems", 1907; "The Candle and the Flame", 1911;
"Songs of Armageddon", 1916.
Welsh, Robert Gilbert. [?-1924] (1)
Dramatic critic of the "Evening Telegram" of New York City.
He has not yet published a collection of poetry, but has appeared
in the leading magazines.
Wheeler, Edward J. [1859-1922] (1)
Born at Cleveland, Ohio, March 11, 1859. Graduated from Wesleyan University
in Ohio in 1879. His university conferred upon him the degree of Litt.D.
in 1905. Mr. Wheeler is one of the leading journalists of America,
having been editor of the "Literary Digest" from 1895 to 1905
and of "Current Literature", now "Current Opinion", since that date.
He is also literary editor of Funk and Wagnalls Company, Publishers.
Mr. Wheeler was one of the founders of the Poetry Society of America in 1909
and has been president of the organization since that date.
Wheelock, John Hall. [1886-1978] (2)
Born at Far Rockaway, New York, in 1886. He took the degree of A.B.
from Harvard University in 1908, and spent the next two years in Germany,
studying during 1909 at Gottingen and during 1910
at the University of Berlin. He is connected with the publishing house
of Charles Scribner's Sons. Mr. Wheelock's volumes of poetry are:
"The Human Fantasy", 1911; "The Beloved Adventure", 1912;
and "Love and Liberation", 1913.
Wilkinson, Florence (Mrs. Wilfrid Muir Evans). [1878-?] (3) <F. W. Evans>
Born at Tarrytown, New York. Miss Wilkinson studied at
Chicago University and other American colleges and afterwards
at the Sorbonne and the Bibliotheque Nationale of Paris.
She is the author of several novels, of which the best known are:
"The Lady of the Flag Flowers", "The Strength of the Hills",
and "The Silent Door"; and also of one or two volumes of plays;
but her most representative work is found in her poetry,
of which she has written two volumes: "The Far Country", 1906,
and "The Ride Home", 1913.
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