MRS. CATHERWOOD.
[48] Page 28.—Mrs. Mary Hartwell Catherwood, whose home is in Hoopeston, Ill., has so far written and published the following admirable romances of the old days of New France and Acadie:
"The Romance of Dollard." Illustrated. New York, 1889, 12mo.
"The Story of Tonty." Illustrated. Chicago, 1890, 16mo.
"The Lady of Fort St. John." Boston and New York, 1891, 16mo.
"Old Kaskaskia: An Historical Novel of Early Illinois." Boston and New York, 1893, 16mo.
She has now commenced in 'The Century' Magazine a new romance with the title, "The White Islander," a story of old Fort Michillimackinac, and in 'The Atlantic Monthly' another story, "The Chase of Saint Castin." Her romances are never long, but bear the impress of close study of the subject and of much careful writing.
GILBERT PARKER.
[49] Page 28.—He is a most industrious worker in various branches of literature in London. After a residence of a few years in Australia, where he was connected with the Sydney press, he went to England, where he wrote many sketches of Australian life which were well received. Recently he has been studying the interesting phases of French Canadian and Northwest life, and has produced, among other stories, "The Chief Factor," the principal scenes of which are laid in the great territories of the Dominion before they were opened up to the farmer, the rancher and the railway.