SOUTHWELL, ROBERT. Born about 1561; executed
at Tyburn, Feb. 21, 1595.
Educated at Paris; received into the Society
of Jesus 1578; returned
to England 1586; became chaplain to the
Countess of Arundel 1589;
betrayed to the authorities 1592; imprisoned
for three years and
finally executed. Times Go by Turns,
122.
STANTON, FRANK LEBBY. Born at Charleston, S.C.,
Feb. 22, 1857. Common
school education; served apprenticeship
as printer; identified with
the Atlanta press for years, especially
with the Atlanta
Constitution in which his poems
have been a feature, and have won
for him a unique place among modern verse
writers. Some of his books
are “Songs of the Soil,” “Comes
One With a Song,” “Songs from Dixie
Land,” “Up from Georgia,”
and “Little Folks Down South.” A Hopeful
Brother, 67; A Little Thankful
Song, 181; A Poor Unfortunate,
137; A Pretty Good World, 189;
A Song of To-Morrow, 187; Here’s
Hopin’, 164; Hoe Your Row,
203; Just Whistle, 38; Keep A-Goin’!
229; This World, 133.
STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. Born at Edinburgh, Nov.
13, 1850; died at Apia,
Samoa, Dec. 4, 1894. Early education
irregular because of poor
health; went to Italy with his parents
1863; at Edinburgh University
1867-73, at first preparing for engineering
but later taking up law;
admitted to the bar 1875 but never practised.
Various trips to the
Continent between 1873-79; visited America
1879-80; resided in
Switzerland, France, and England 1882-7;
came to America again 1887-8;
voyages in Pacific 1888-91; at Vailima,
Samoa, 1891-94. A conspicuous
example of a man always in poor health
yet courageous and optimistic
throughout his life. Among his books
are “A Lodging for the Night,”
“Travels with a Donkey,” “Virginibus
Puerisque,” “New Arabian Nights,”
“Treasure Island,” “A
Child’s Garden of Verse,” “The Strange
Case of
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” “Kidnapped,”
“The Master of Ballantrae,”
“Father Damien,” “Ebb
Tide,” and “Weir of Hermiston.” The
Celestial
Surgeon.
T
TEICHNER, MIRIAM. Born at Detroit, Mich., 1888.
Educated in public
schools there; graduated from Central
High School; took special
courses in English and economics at the
University of Michigan. Member
of staff of Detroit News after
leaving school, writing a daily
column of verse and humor; came to New
York City as special feature
writer of the New York Globe 1915;
in Germany for the Detroit News
and Associated Newspapers writing of post-war
social and economic
conditions 1921. Awareness; Submission;
The Struggle; Victory.