- Bookm. 17 (’03): 308 (portrait); 31 (’10): 486 (portrait); 38 (’13): 9.
- Bookm. (Lond.) 27 (’05): 253; 46 (’14): 31 (portrait and illustrations).
- Mentor, 6 (’18): supp. no. 14 (portrait only).
- Outing, 43 (’03): 218 (portrait).
- World’s Work, 6 (’03): 3695. (portrait).
Brand Whitlock—novelist, short story writer.
Born at Urbana, Ohio, 1869. Educated in public schools and privately. Honorary higher degrees. Newspaper experience in Toledo and Chicago, 1887-93. Clerk in office of Secretary of State, Springfield, Illinois, 1893-7. Studied law and was admitted to the bar, (Illinois, 1894; Ohio, 1897). Practiced in Toledo, Ohio, 1897-1905. Elected mayor as Independent candidate, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911; declined fifth nomination. Minister (1913) and ambassador (1919) to Belgium and did distinguished war service there.
Mr. Whitlock has made his political experience the basis of his most interesting contributions to literature.
Bibliography
- *The 13th District. 1902.
- Her Infinite Variety. 1904.
- The Happy Average. 1904.
- *The Turn of the Balance. 1907.
- Abraham Lincoln. 1908.
- The Gold Brick. 1910.
- On the Enforcement of Law in Cities. 1910.
- The Fall Guy. 1912.
- Forty Years of It. 1914.
- Memories of Belgium Under the German Occupation. 1918.
- Belgium; a Personal Narrative. 1919.
Studies and Reviews
- Am. M. 69 (’10): 599, 601 (portrait); 82 (’16): Nov., p. 30. (portrait).
- Arena, 37 (’07): 560 (portrait), 623.
- Bookm. (Lond.) 56 (’19): 58 (portrait), 201.
- Cur. Op. 58 (’15): 167 (portrait).
- Everybody’s, 38 (’18): Jan., p. 25 (portrait).
- Harper’s, 129 (’14): 310.
- Lit. Digest, 51 (’15): 1240, 1352 (portrait).
- Nation, 105 (’17): 21.
- New Repub. 5 (’15): 86.
- No. Am. 192 (’10): 93. (Howells.)
- Outlook, 111 (’15): 652, 661 (portrait).
- R. of Rs. 43 (’11): 119; 52 (’15): 703 (portrait).
- Spec. 122 (’19): 795.
Margaret Widdemer (Mrs. Robert Haven Schauffler)—poet, novelist.
Born at Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Educated at home. Graduate of the Drexel Institute Library School, 1909. Her first published poem, “Factories,” attracted wide attention for its humanitarian interest. In 1918, she shared with Carl Sandburg ([q. v.]) the prize of the Poetry Society of America. Her verse reflects the attitudes and interests of the modern woman.