Jeannette(Augustus) Marks—novelist, dramatist.
Born at Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1875. A. B., Wellesley, 1900; A. M., 1903. Studied in England. Associate professor of English literature at Mt. Holyoke, 1901-10, and lecturer since 1913, where she introduced Poetry Shop Talks by writers to students. Her most interesting work has been based upon Welsh material, which she obtained by walking several summers with a knapsack in Wales. In 1911, two of Miss Marks’s one-act Welsh plays (The Merry, Merry Cuckoo, and Welsh Honeymoon) were given first prize in the Welsh National Theatre competition, notwithstanding the fact that the prize was offered for a three-act play.
Bibliography
- The Cheerful Cricket and Others. 1907.
- Through Welsh Doorways. 1909.
- The End of a Song. 1911.
- Gallant Little Wales. Sketches of its People, Places, and Customs. 1912.
- Leviathan: the Record of a Struggle and a Triumph. 1913.
- *Three Welsh Plays: The Merry, Merry Cuckoo; the Deacon’s Hat; Welsh Honeymoon. 1917.
- Courage. 1919. (Essays.)
Studies and Reviews
- Bookm. 33 (’11): 116 (portrait); 44 (’17): 569 (portrait).
- See also Book Review Digest, 1913-4, 1917, 1919.
Donald (Robert Perry) Marquis (Don Marquis)—humorist, “columnist,” poet.
Born at Walnut, Illinois, 1878. Newspaper man, conductor of the column called “The Sun Dial” in the New York Evening Sun.
Bibliography
- Danny’s Own Story. 1912.
- Dreams and Dust. 1915. (Poems.)
- The Cruise of the Jasper B. 1916.
- *Hermione and her Little Group of Serious Thinkers. (Satire.) 1916.
- *Prefaces. 1919.
- Carter and Other People. 1921.
- Noah an’ Jonah an’ Cap’n John Smith. 1921.
- The Old Soak, and Hail and Farewell. 1921.
- Poems and Portraits. 1922.
- Sonnets to a Red-Haired Lady and Famous Love Affairs. 1922.