t.

Born at Norfolk, Virginia, 1876, but since childhood has lived in
Vermont. Studied at Radcliffe, 1895-6. In 1915 some of her lyrics were
published in a volume of short-stories called _Hillsboro People_, by her
friend, Dorothy Canfield Fisher (q.v.).

Socialist, pacifist, and anti-vivisectionist. Strong propagandist element
in her work. _The Spinster_ is said to contain much autobiography.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

A Turnpike Lady. 1907. (Novel.)
The Spinster. 1916. (Novel.)
Fellow-Captains. 1916. (With Dorothy Canfield Fisher.) (Essays.)
Portraits and Protests. 1917. (Poems.)

STUDIES AND REVIEWS

Nation, 112 ('21): 512.
New Eng. M. n.s. 39 ('08): 236 (portrait).
See also _Book Review Digest_, 1916, 1917.

+Irvin S(hrewsbury) Cobb+ (Kentucky, 1876)--short-story writer, humorist,
dramatist.

His reputation is built upon his stories of Kentucky life and his
humorous criticisms of contemporary manners. For bibliography, see _Who's
Who in America_.

+Octavus Roy Cohen+ (South Carolina, 1891)--short-story writer. The
discoverer of the Southern negro in town life. For bibliography, see
_Who's Who in America_.

+Will Levington Comfort+ (Michigan, 1878)--novelist.

Work consists mainly of romances of Oriental adventure. His book, _Child
and Country_, 1916, is on education (cf. _Book Review Digest_, 1916).

+Grace Walcott Hazard Conkling (Mrs. Roscoe Platt Conkling)+--poet.

Born in New York City, 1878. Graduate of Smith College, 1899. Studied
music and languages at the University of Heidelberg, 1902-3, and in
Paris, 1903-4. Lived also in Mexico. Has taught in various schools, and
since 1914 has been a teacher of English at Smith College, where she has
roused much interest in poetry. Mother of Hilda Conkling (q.v.).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Afternoons of April. 1915. (Collected poems.)
Wilderness Songs. 1920.

STUDIES AND REVIEWS

Poetry, 7 ('15): 152.
See also _Book Review Digest_, 1915, 1920.

+Hilda Conkling+--poet.

Born at Catskill-on-Hudson, New York, 1910, daughter of Grace Hazard
Conkling (q.v.). She began to talk her poems to her mother at the age of
four. Her mother took them down without change, merely arranging the line
divisions. Her earliest expression was in the form of a chant to an
imaginary companion to whom she gave the name "Mary Cobweb" (cf. Poetry,
14 ['19]: 344).

Hilda Conkling's name is included in this list, not because h