REID, CHRISTIAN. See TIERNAN, FRANCES F.
RICE (Alice Hegan) (1870- ), b. Shelbyville, Ky. A widely popular story writer of humble folk, a humorist of rare power, a cheery, breezy philosopher, and a sympathetic interpreter of the simple heart of the brave poor. Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, Lovey Mary, Captain June, Sandy, Mr. Opp.
RICE, CALE YOUNG (1872- ), b. Dixon, Ky. Author of exquisite lyrics. One of the greatest of the younger poetic dramatists whose plays have acting qualities. Poems: _From Dusk to Dusk, With Omar, Song-Surf, Nirvana Days. Plays: Charles di Tocca, David, Yolanda of Cyprus, A Night in Avignon.
RIVES, AMELIE (PRINCESS TROUBETSKOY) (1863- ), b. Richmond, Va.
Novelist. The Quick or the Dead, Virginia of Virginia.
RUSSELL, IRWIN (1853-1879), b. Port Gibson, Miss. Caricaturist, musician, poet. He was among the first to see the possibilities of the negro dialect in verse. Poems.
SEAWELL, MOLLY ELLIOT (1860-1916), b. Gloucester Co., Va. Novelist. Little Jarvis (awarded a $500 prize), Sprightly Romance of Marsac (awarded a $3000 prize), Throckmorton.
SMITH, F. HOPKINSON (1838-1915), b. Baltimore, Md. Artist, author, engineer. Colonel Carter of Cartersville is his most enduring work. The Colonel is a remarkable portrait. A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others, Caleb West: Master Diver, A Day at Laguerre's and Other Days, The Fortunes of Oliver Horn.
STITH, WILLIAM (1689-1755), b. Virginia. Scholarly historian who was so painstaking and detailed in his accounts that he was almost neglected until the present time. History of Virginia from the First Discovery to the Dissolution of the London Company.
STUART, RUTH MCENERY (1856- ), b. in parish of Avoyelles, La. Specially liked for her humorous negro and plantation stories. A Golden Wedding and Other Tales, Sonny, Holly and Pizen.
THOMPSON, WILLIAM TAPPAN (1812-1882), b. Ravenna, Ohio. Georgia journalist and humorist. Major Jones's Courtship.