CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN
LITERATURE
Franklin Pierce Adams—(Illinois, 1881)—humorous poet, “columnist.”
Editor of “The Conning Tower” in the New York World.
For bibliography, cf. Who’s Who in America.
Henry (Brooks) Adams—man of letters.
Born in Boston, 1838. Great-grandson of John Adams and grandson of John Quincy Adams, presidents of the United States. Brother of Charles Francis and Brooks Adams. A. B., Harvard, 1858, LL. D., Western Reserve, 1892.
Secretary to his father, Charles Francis Adams, American Minister to England, 1861-8. Assistant professor at Harvard, 1870-7, and editor of North American Review, 1870-6.
Lived in Washington from 1877 until his death in 1918, but traveled extensively and knew many famous people.