He wrote a number of extraordinarily good short stories, several stirring novels,—among which are The King’s Jackal, Ransom’s Folly, The White Mice, and The Princess Aline,—several plays, and a number of works of travel and war correspondence.
Richard Harding Davis was born in Philadelphia in 1864, and died in New York in 1916.
San Juan. A fortified hill position in Cuba, near Santiago de Cuba, captured in the Spanish-American War by the United States soldiers July 1, 1898.
Maitre d’hotel. Chief attendant—head-waiter.
Embankment. The Thames Embankment, a noted part of London.
Chasseur. Footman.
Numero cinq, sur la terrace, un couvert. Number five, on the terrace, one place.
Baiquiri. A landing place in Cuba near Santiago de Cuba. The United States soldiers landed here, June 21-23, 1898.
Tampa. A seaport in Florida.