Born at Lansing, Michigan, 1870. B. S., Michigan Agricultural College, 1889. Studied law and literature at University of Michigan; LL. D., 1917. On the Chicago Record, 1892-7. Managing editor of McClure’s Syndicate, 1897-8, and associate editor of McClure’s Magazine, 1899-1905. On the American Magazine, 1906-15. Director of Press Bureau of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace at Paris, 1919.
His studies of country life under the pseudonym “David Grayson” are widely popular.
Bibliography
- Adventures in Contentment. 1907.
- Adventures in Friendship. 1910.
- The Friendly Road. 1913.
- Hempfield. 1915.
- Great Possessions. 1917.
Studies and Reviews
- Acad. 86 (’14): 137.
- Am. M. 78 (’14)138.
- Bookm. 43 (’16): 1 (portrait), 394.
- Bookm. (Lond.) 39 (’11): 290; 47 (’14): 107.
- McClure’s, 24 (’04): 108, 110 (portrait).
John Kendrick Bangs (New York, 1862-1922)—humorist.
Published some sixty volumes of prose sketches, verses, stories, and plays, most of which belong to the nineteenth century. Characteristic volumes are:
- Coffee and Repartee. 1893.
- A House Boat on the Styx. 1895.
- The Bycyclers and Other Farces. 1896.
- A Rebellious Heroine. 1896.
- Alice in Blunderland. 1907.
- Autobiography of Methuselah. 1909.
- The Foothills of Parnassus. 1914.