STERRY-STODDARD

Has edited James Payn's 'The Backwater of Life,' 1899; J. R. Green's Letters,' 1901.

STERRY (Joseph Ashby). See ASHBY-STERRY (J.).

STEVENSON (Robert Louis Balfour), 1850-1894. [See p. 269.] Add: Studied engineering, 186871. Called to Scottish Bar, 1875. Lived at Davos, 1881-82; at Marseilles, 1882-83; at Hyères, 1883-84; at Bournemouth, 1884-87; in America, 1887-89. Plays: 'Deacon Brodie' (written with W. E. Henley), performed at Prince of Wales's theatre, 2 July 1884; 'Admiral Guinea' (with W. E. Henley), Avenue, 29 Nov. 1897.

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tarians,' 1900; 'George Eliot,' Mrs. Aleshine,' 1886; 'The Christ1902; Robert Louis Stevenson : mas Wreck,' 1886; The Late Mrs. an essay,' 1903. Null,' 1886; The Bee-Man of Orn,' 1887; 'The Hundredth Man,' 1887; 'A Borrowed Month,' 1887; 'Amos Kilbright,' 1888; The Dusantes,' 1888;The Great War Syndicate,' 1889; 'Personally Conducted,' 1889; 'Ardis Claverden,' 1890; 'The Merry Chanter,' 1890; The Stories of the Three Burglars,' 1890; 'The Cosmic Bean,' 1891; "The House of Martha,' 1891; "The Rudder Grangers Abroad,' 1891; "The Squirrel Inn,' 1891; The Clocks of Rondaine,' 1892; The Shadrach,' 1893; Pomona's Travels,' 1894; The Adventures of Captain Horn,' 1895; Mrs. Cliff's Yacht,' 1896; Stories of New Jersey,' 1896; 'A Story-Teller's Pack,' 1897; 'Buccaneers and Pirates,' 1897; 'Captain Chap,' 1898; The Girl at Cobhurst,' 1898; The Great Stone of Sardis,' 1898; The Vizier of the Two-Horned Alexander,' 1899 The Young Master of Hyson Hall, 1899; 'The Associate Hermits,' 1899; A Bicycle of Cathay,' 1900; 'Afield and Afloat,' 1901; 'Kate Bonnet,' 1902.

Add to Works': 'Moral Emblems' (priv. ptd.), 1882; The Graver and the Pen' (priv. ptd.), 1882; 'Letters to his Family and Friends,' (ed. G. Sidney Colvin), 1899; In the South Seas,' 1900.

Life: by G. Balfour, 1901.

STOCKTON (Francis Richard), 1834-1902. Born, in Philadelphia, 5 April 1834. Educated at Philadelphia High School. First worked as an engraver; but subsequently became journalist on Philadelphia and New York newspapers. Contributed to periodicals. Edited 'Hearth and Home,' 1870. Joined staff of 'Scribner's Monthly,' 1872; Assistant-editor of St. Nicholas,' 1873. Married Marian Edward Tuttle, 1860. Died, in New York, 20 April 1902.

Works: 'Ting-a-Ling,' 1870; Roundabout Rambles,' 1872; The Home' (with M. E. Stockton), 1872; 'What might have been Expected,' 1874; 'Tales out of School,' 1875; 'Rudder Grange,' 1879; A Jolly Fellowship,' 1880; "The Floating Prince, 1881; 'The Lady or the Tiger?' 1884; The Story of Viteau,' 1884; The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and

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Posthumous: 'John Gaythet's Garden,' 1903; The Captain's TollGate,' 1903.

STODDARD (Richard Henry), 18251903. Born, at Hingham, Mass., 2 July 1825. As a boy worked in an iron foundry. Contributed to local periodicals. Held post in Custom House, 1853-70. Married Elizabeth Drew Barstow, 1852. On staff of New York World,' 1860-70. Sec. to Gen. McClellan, 1870-73. City Librarian, New York, 1874-75. Joined staff of New York' Mail and Express,' 1880. Died, in New York, 12 May 1903.

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Works: Footprints' (priv. ptd.), 1849; 'Poems,' 1852; Adventures in Fairy-Land,' 1853; Town and Country,' 1857; 'Songs of Summer,' 1857; Life of Humboldt,' 1860;

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The Loves and Heroines of the Poets,' 1861; 'The King's Bell,'

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STUBBS-TAYLOR

1862;
The Story of Little Red-
Riding-Hood,' 1864; The Children
in the Wood,' 1865; Abraham Lin-
coln,' 1865; The Story of Putnam
the Brave,' 1870; The Book of the
East,' 1871; 'A Century After,'
1876; Poets' Homes,' 1877; W. C.
Bryant,' 1879; 'Poems' (collected),
1880; contrib. to With Others,'
1882; The Lion's Cub,' 1891;
'Under the Evening Lamp,' 1893.

1901. Editor of 'The Savoy,' 1896. Contrib. to Quarterly Rev., Fortnightly Rev.,' 'Monthly Rev.,' Saturday Rev.,' 'Athenæum.'

Works: 'Introduction to the study of Browning,' 1886; 'Days and Nights,' 1889; Silhouettes,' 1892; 'London Nights,' 1895; Amoris Victima,' 1897; Studies in Two Literatures,' 1897; 'Aubrey Beardsley,' 1898; The Symbolist Movement in Literature,' 1899;

;

Poems,' 1902; 'Plays, Acting and Music,' 1903; 'Cities,' 1903.

Has translated: Zola's L'Assom

He edited G. Brimley's Essays,' 1861; Gen. Lyon's 'Political Essays,'Images of Good and Evil,' 1899 1861; J. G. Vassar's Twenty-One Years Round the World,' 1862; 'Madrigals from Old English Poets,' 1865; The Late English Poets,' 1865; 'Remember' (with his wife), 1869; 'Bric-a-Brac' Series (10 vols.), 1874-76; 'Treasure Trove' Series, 1875; Sans-Souci' Series, 187677; Selected Prose and Verse of Longfellow, 1882; 'Mrs. Browning's Birthday Book,' 1882; English Verse' (with W. J. Linton), 1883; E. A. Poe's Works, 1884; Selected Poems of Swinburne, 1884.

STUBBS (William), Bishop of Oxford, 1825-1901. [See p. 271.]

Add: Died, at Cuddesdon, 22 April 1901.

Add to Works' (posthumous): 'Ordination Addresses' (ed. by E. E. Holmes), 1901; Historical Introduction to the Rolls Series,' (ed. by A. Hassall), 1902.

SWIFT (Jonathan), 1667-1745. See p. 272, col. i. After 'Friendship with Esther Johnson ["Stella"] begun,' add' She died, 1728.'

SWINBURNE (Algernon Charles), b. 1837. [See p. 273.]

Add to 'Works':

Rosamund, Queen of the Lombards,' 1899; Selected Poems' (in Tauchnitz edn., edited by William Sharp), 1901.

Has edited: Mrs. Browning's 'Aurora Leigh,' 1898; Herrick's Hesperides,' 1898.

SYMONS (Arthur), b. 1865. Born, at Milford Haven, 28 Feb. 1865. Educated at private schools. Married Rhoda Bowser, 19 Jan.

moir,' 1894; Verhaeren's 'The
Dawn,' 1898; D'Annunzio's 'The
Dead City,' 1900, Gioconda,' 1901,
Francesca da Rimini,' 1902; and
edited: Massinger's Plays, 1887;
Leigh Hunt's 'Essays,' 1887;
Day's Plays, 1888; St. Augustine's
Confessions,' 1898; Mathilde
Blind's Poems, 1900.

TAYLOR (Bayard), 1825-1878. Born, at Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, 11 Jan. 1825. Educated there and at Unionville Academy. Began to write verse at an early age. Apprenticed to a printer at West Chester, 1842. Contrib. to 'Saturday Evening Post.' Travelled in Europe, 1844-46. Letters written by him from there were pubd. in 'Tribune,''Sat. Evg. Post,' and 'U.S. Gaz.' Part proprietor and editor of Phoenixville Pioneer,' staff of New York 'Literary World,' 1846-47. Appointed to post on

1847; on staff of Tribune,' 1848. Edited Union Mag,' Jan. to Sept. 1848. Travelled in California and Mexico, 1848-50. Married (i) Mary Agnew, 24 Oct. 1850; she died, Dec. 1850. Travelled in Europe and the East, 1851-53. Engaged in lecturing, 1854-55. Travelled in Europe, 1856-58. Married (ii) Marie Hansen, 27 Oct. 1857. Built house at Kennett Square, 1859. Engaged in literature, lecturing, and extensive travel, with gradually failing health, 1859-78. Appointed

TENNYSON-TODHUNTER

U.S. Minister to Germany, Feb.
1878. Died, in Berlin, 19 Dec.
1878.

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Add: Life, by his son Hallam,
1897; by Sir A. Lyall ('Men of
Letters' series), 1902.

TENNYSON (Frederick) 1807-1898.
[See p. 278.]

Add Died, in London, 26 Feb.
1898.

Add to 'Works': 'Days and Hours,'
1854.

THACKERAY (William
peace), 1811-1863.

Make-

Works: Ximena,' 1844; 'Views
Afoot,' 1846; 'Rhymes of Travel,'
1849; 'Eldorado,' 1850; 'The
American Legend,' 1850; A Book
of Romances,' 1852; A Journey to
Central Africa, 1854; 'The Lands
of the Saracen,' 1854; 'Poems of
the Orient,' 1854; 'A Visit to
India, China and Japan,' 1855;
Poems of Home and Travel,' 1855; tion from his wife, 1840,' read
See p. 279, col. i. For 'Separa-
Cyclopædia of Modern Travel,'
'His wife lost her reason, and was
1856;
Northern Travel,' 1857
Travels in Greece and Russia,' placed under restraint, 1840.'
1859; 6
Add: Collected
At Home and Abroad' (2
Works, with
series), 1859, 1862; The Poet's biographical introductions by his
Journal,' 1862; Hannah Thurston,' daughter, Mrs. Ritchie (13 vols.),

1863;

'Poems,' 1864; 'John
Godfrey's Fortunes,' 1864;
'The
Story of Kennett,' 1866; 'The
Picture of St. John,' 1866;
'Colorado,' 1867; 'The Golden
Wedding' (priv. ptd.), 1868; ‘By-
Ways of Europe,' 1869; 'Joseph
and his Friend,' 1870; 'The Masque
of the Gods,' 1872; Beauty and
the Beast,' 1872; Lars,' 1873;
The Prophet,' 1874; 'Egypt and
Iceland,' 1874; A School History
of Germany,' 1874; 'Home
Pastorals,' 1875; The Echo Club,
1876; Boys of Other Countries,'
1876; Prince Deukalion,' 1878.

Posthumous: Studies in German
Literature,' 1879; 'Critical Essays,'
1880.

He translated: Goethe's 'Fanst,'
2 pt., 1870, 1871; and edited:
Illustrated Library of Travel,'

1872-74.

1898-99.

THOMPSON (Francis). Poet.
Educated at Ushaw Coll., Durham,
and Owens Coll., Manchester. First
volume of poems published, 1893.

Works: 'Poems,' 1893; 'Sister
Songs,' 1895; 'New Poems,' 1897.

TODHUNTER (John), b. 1839.
Born, in Dublin, 30 Dec. 1839.
Educated at York School and Trin.
Coll., Dublin. Vice-Chancellor's
1866. Medal for Prose Essay, Philo-
English Verse Prize, 1864, 1865,
sophical Soc., 1866. M.D., Dublin,
1867. For some years practised
medicine in Dublin. Prof. of
English Lit., Alexandra Coll.,
lished 1872. Married (i) Katherine
Dublin, 1870-74. First book pub-
1879. Removed to London, 1879.
Ball, 1870; (ii) Dora Louisa Digby,
Play, 'In Troas,' performed, 1886;
'A Sicilian Idyll,' 5 May 1890;

The Poison Flower,' 1891; 'The
Black Cat,' Opera Comique, 8 Dec.
1894; A Comedy of Sighs,'
Avenue, 29 March 1894.

Works: 'The Theory of the
Beautiful,' 1872; 'Laurella,' 1876;
Alcestis,' 1879; 'A Study of
Shelley,' 1880; The True Tragedy
of Rienzi,' 1881; Forest Songs,'
1881; Helena in Troas,' 1886;
'Notes on Shelley's unfinished poem

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TRAILL-WALFORD

Revolution,' pt. i, 1899; pt. ii (2 1870; Mr. Smith,' 1854; Pauline,’

WALLACE-WARDEN

Add: Married Annie Mitten, 1866. Lectured in America, 1886- Add to 'Works': 'Helbeck of Bannisdale,' 1898;

Eleanor,' 1900; Add to Works': 'Vaccination aLady Rose's Daughter,' 1903. Delusion,' 1898; The Wonderful Century,' 1898; Studies, Scientific and Social,' 1900.