+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; a.s.sistant professor, 1914-6. a.s.sociate 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 d.y.k.e+--man of letters.

Born at Germantown, Pennsylvania, 1852. Graduate of the Brooklyn Polytechnic Inst.i.tute, 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 d.y.k.e'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. a.s.sociated 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 Pa.s.s While the Lentils Boil.) More Portmanteau Plays. 1919. (The Lady of the Weeping Willow Tree, The Very Naked Boy, Jonathan Makes a Wish.)

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 amus.e.m.e.nt 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 d.i.c.kinson, _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.