ble Meek. 1911.
The Necessary Evil. 1913.
The Idol-Breaker. 1914.
The Rib of the Man. 1917.
The Army With Banners; A Divine Comedy of this Very Day. 1917.
The Fool from the Hills. 1919.

STUDIES AND REVIEWS

Boynton.
Arena, 40 ('08): 18 (portrait), 20.
Atlan. 103 ('09): 73.
Dial, 45 ('08): 36.
Ind. 72 ('12): 725.
R. of Rs. 37 ('08): 757; 45 ('12): 633; 49 ('14): 501. (Portraits.)

+(Alfred) Joyce Kilmer+--poet, essayist.

Born at New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1886. Of mixed ancestry, Irish,
German, English, Scotch. A.B., Rutgers, 1904; Columbia, 1906. Married
Miss Aline Murray, step-daughter of Henry Mills Alden, editor of
_Harper's Magazine_ (cf. Aline Kilmer). Taught a short time, then held
various editorial positions on _The Churchman_, the _Literary Digest_,
_Current Literature_, the _New York Times Sunday Magazine_, among others.
In 1913, he and his wife were converted to Catholicism. In 1916, he was
called to the faculty of the School of Journalism, New York University,
succeeding Arthur Guiterman (q.v.). Enlisted as a private in the War and
was killed in action, 1918.

SUGGESTIONS FOR READING

1. Kilmer wished to be judged by poetry written after October, 1913, and
to discard all earlier work. Why?

2. The following influences are traceable in his poetry: (1) Francis
Thompson, Coventry Patmore, and earlier Catholic poets; (2) his mother's
musical talent; (3) his journalistic work; (4) the War.

3. Kilmer's letters illustrate and explain the qualities of his work.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Trees and Other Poems. 1915.
Main Street and Other Poems. 1917.
Joyce Kilmer, edited by Robert Cortes Holliday. 1918. (Poems, essays,
and letters.)
Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces. 1921.

STUDIES AND REVIEWS

Holliday, R.C. Memoir in _Joyce Kilmer_ (listed in bibliography).
Kilmer, Mrs. Annie Kilburn. Memories of my Son, Sergeant Joyce Kilmer,
1920.

Ath. 1919, 2: 1220.
Bookm. 48 ('18): 133 (portrait).
Bookm. (Lond.) 56 ('19): 122; 57 ('19): 118.
Cath. World, 100 ('14): 301; 108 ('18): 224.
Lit. Digest, 58 ('18): Aug. 31, p. 36 (portrait); Sept. 7, pp. 32
(portrait), 42.
Outlook, 120 ('18): 12, 16; 122 ('19): 467.
Poetry, 11 ('18): 281; 13 ('18): 31. 149.
R. of Rs. 58 ('18): 431 (portrait).

+Aline Murray Kilmer+--poet.

Step-daughter of Henry Mills Alden. Married in 1909 to Joyce Kilmer
(q.v.).