Studies and Reviews
- Bk. Buyer, 21 (’00): 96.
- Nation, 99 (’14): 582.
- R. of Rs. 27 (’03): 628 (portrait).
Born in Galway, Ireland, 1854, but came to the United States in 1870. Naturalized. Educated at the universities of Kansas, Paris, Heidelberg, Strassburg, Göttingen, Berlin, Vienna, and Athens (no degrees). Admitted to the Kansas bar, 1875. Later, returned to Europe and became editor of the Evening News and Fortnightly Review and secured control of the Saturday Review.
Mr. Harris’s work belongs in a class by itself. It is valuable partly for its content, as in the case of his intimate portraits of famous men whom he has known, and partly for the force and brilliancy of the style.
Bibliography
- Elder Conklin. 1892. (Novel.)
- The Bomb—A Story of the Chicago Anarchists of 1886. 1909.
- The Man Shakespeare. 1909.
- Montes, the Matador. 1910. (Short stories.)
- Shakespeare and his Love. 1910.
- The Women of Shakespeare. 1911.
- Gravitation. 1912.
- Unpathed Waters. 1913.
- The Veils of Isis and Other Stories. 1914.
- *Contemporary Portraits. 1914.
- Great Days. 1914. (Novel.)
- Love in Youth. 1914.
- England or Germany? 1915.
- Oscar Wilde; His Life and Confessions. 1916.
- *Contemporary Portraits. Second Series. 1919.
- A Mad Love. 1920.
- *Contemporary Portraits. Third Series. 1921.
Studies and Reviews
- Bookm. 36 (’13): 498; 37 (’13): 592.
- Bookm. (Lond.) 45 (’14): 226; 47 (’15): 160.
- Cur. Op. 59 (’15): 196.
- Eng. Rev. 9 (’11): 599.
- Forum, 55 (’16): 189.
- Lit. Digest, 46 (’13): 134 (portrait).
- Lond. Times, Oct. 7, 1915: 341.
- Nation, 101 (’10): 361.
- New Repub. 29 (’21): 21. (Hackett.)
- No. Am. 202 (’15): 915.
- Sat. Rev. 90 (’00): 551.