Mary E(leanor) Wilkins Freeman (Mrs. Charles M. Freeman)—short-story writer, novelist, dramatist.
Born at Randolph, Massachusetts, 1862. Educated there and at Mount Holyoke Seminary, 1874.
Bibliography
- *A Humble Romance and Other Stories. 1887.
- *A New England Nun and Other Stories. 1891.
- A Pot of Gold and Other Stories. [1892.]
- Young Lucretia. 1892.
- Giles Corey, Yeoman. A Play. 1893.
- Jane Field. A Novel. 1893.
- Pembroke. A Novel. 1894.
- Comfort Pease and Her Gold Ring. 1895.
- Madelon. A Novel. 1896.
- Jerome, a Poor Man. 1897.
- Silence and Other Stories. 1898.
- People of Our Neighborhood. 1898.
- In Colonial Times. 1899.
- Evelina’s Garden. 1899.
- The Jamesons. 1899.
- The Love of Parson Lord and Other Stories. 1900.
- The Hearts Highway. A Romance of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century. 1900.
- The Portion of Labor. 1901.
- The Home-Coming of Jessica. 1901.
- Understudies. 1901.
- Six Trees. 1903.
- The Wind in the Rose Bush and Other Stories of the Supernatural. 1903.
- The Givers. 1904.
- The Debtor. A Novel. 1905.
- “Doc.” Gordon. 1906.
- By the Light of the Soul. 1906.
- The Fair Lavinia. 1907.
- The Shoulders of Atlas. A Novel. 1908.
- The Winning Lady. 1909.
- The Green Door. 1910.
- The Butterfly House. 1912.
- The Yates Pride. 1912.
- The Copy-Cat and Other Stories. 1914.
- An Alabaster Box. 1917. (With Florence Morse Kingsley.)
- Edgewater People. 1918.
Studies and Reviews
- Halsey. (Women.)
- Harkins. (Women.)
- Overton.
- Pattee.
- Atlan. 83 (’99): 665.
- Bk. Buyer, 8 (’91): 53 (portrait); 23 (’01): 379.
- Bookm. 24 (’06): 20 (portrait).
- Bookm. (Lond.) 24 (’06): 20 (portrait).
- Bk. News, 11 (’93): 227.
- Citizen, 4 (’98): 27.
- Critic, 20 (’92): 13; 22 (’93): 256 (portrait); 32 (’98): 155 (portraits).
- Harp. W. 47 (’03): 1879; 49 (’05): 1940. (Portraits.)
Alice French (“Octave Thanet”)—novelist.
Born at Andover, Massachusetts, and educated at Abbott Academy there; Litt. D., University of Iowa, 1911.
Upon going to live in the Middle West, Miss French became interested in the local color of Iowa and Arkansas and in the labor conditions with which she came in contact as a member of a family of manufacturers. The sociological and propagandist elements are strong in her work.
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