he frequently visited the latter's sister, Mrs. Aitken. Many a long tramp did the ambitious youth take to Ecclefechan to see the scholar whom he admired with so much enthusiasm. His earlier writings bore promise of the harvest of rich thought, humor and pathos in "The Little Minister," "My Lady Nicotine" and “A Window in Thrums." He entered Edinburgh University in 1878, and graduated in 1882. "When a Man's Single" his second book led to his meeting Miss Mary Ansell whom he subsequently married. "Auld Licht Idylls" a collection of articles was published in 1888. During his college days he endured many privations. "Tis said that he and two of his friends lodged in one room which contained a single bed. This bed sufficed for all three: for one slept while two studied until two in the morning. When they shut up their books they awoke their companions who studied until breakfast. His struggles, however, were soon overcome and he met with a speedy recognition. "A Window in Thrums" made him famous before he was thirty." The Little Minister," said to be more or less autobiographical, divides fame with "Sentimental Journey," a study of a boy with a superabundance of self love and imagination, yet many lovable qualities. "Tommy and Grizel" is his latest and best story. Barrie is original and draws from nature with love and exactitude. ANTHONY HOPE HAWKINS. (1863) It has been remarked that fame is apt to be most tansitory where it is readiest; "the most fleeting of all harvests," Anthony Hope Hawkins deserves a permanent place in the world's literature. He was born in Fleet Street, London, in 1863. He was educated at Marlborough and figured prominently at Oxford. He has been a successful barrister and has entertained high political aspirations. His stories are characterized by a spontaneity and sprightliness almost unequalled. His Dolly Dialogues" are clever little comedies, his best work is found in his longer stories. "The Prisoner of Zenda," "Rupert of Hentzau," "Captain Diefefee," "Quistani," etc. success. The first two named have been dramatized with great "The Intrusions of Peggy" contains his most lifelike characters. "Tristram of Blent" is a strong work full of dramatic possibilities. RUDYARD KIPLING. (1865-.) By his most enthusiastic admirers Kipling has been called the literary genius of this generation. He was born in Christmas week 1865, at Bombay, India. On the paternal side he is of Dutch descent; on the maternal, English, Irish and Scottish. John Lockwood Kipling, his father, is a very scholarly man and an illustrator of prominence. His mother is a sprightly gracious woman with many accomplishments. Rudyard Kipling was named for Lake Rudyard; it was there his father first met his mother. He was educated at United Services College, North Denn, England. When he was sixteen the family returned to India and located at Lahore. His "Departmental Ditties" were published when he was twenty-one. "Plain Tales from the Hills" two years later was followed in rapid succession by "Soldiers Three," "The Gadsbys," "In Black and White," "Under the Deodars," "The Phantom Rickshaw," and "Wee Willie Winkie." His first novel, “The Record of Badalia Herodsfoot was written in England in 1889 and appeared shortly before his American visit. "The Light that Failed" came out about this time. "My own People" his first volume of poems was published in this country, followed by "Barrack Room Ballads," and "Many Inventions." 66 His best soldier stories are "The Courting of Dinah Shadd," "The Madness of Private Ortheris" and "With the Main Guard." "The Seven Seas," his new book of poems, has been accepted with the most genuine appreciation, on both sides of the water. Mr. Dean Howells says of it "I do not see why, in reading the Seven Seas," we should not put ourselves in the presence of a great poet again, and consent to put off our mourning for the high ones lately dead." In 1881 Rudyard Kipling met Wolcott Balestier, the young American author, in London, and a strong friendship grew up between these young men-both with high ideals-not easily satisfied. Together they collaborated "The Nanlahka, and when Balestier's sister went from their home in Rochester, New York, to nurse her brother in his last illness, Kipling fell in love with her. Rudyard Kipling and Caroline Starr Balestier were married on January 18, 1892 in All Souls Church, London. They lived until 1900, in their beautiful home at Brattleboro, Vermont, from which they removed to England on account of an unpleasant incident in which the world at large has no share or interest. His In appearance he is short and squarely built, broad shouldered. 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