n entertainer and inspirational lecturer, traveling
fifty thousand miles and addressing a quarter of a million men. For
fifteen years he has been lecturing and writing. His work includes
books of verse, humorous sketches, and plays. At present associate
editor of the Pasadena, Cal., _Evening Post._ Among his books are
"Boys and Girls," "Tales of the Trail," "Friendly Rhymes," "Voices of
Song," "Letters of William Green," and "Songs of Schooldays." _A Hymn
to Happiness; A Toast to Merriment; Days of Cheer; Friends of Mine;
One of These Days; Song of Endeavor; Undismayed_.
FOSS, SAM WALTER. Born at Candia, N.H., June 19, 1858; died in 1911.
Graduated from Brown University 1882; editor 1883-93; general writer
1893-8; librarian at Somerville, Mass., from 1898; lecturer and reader
of his own poems. Among his books are "Back Country Poems," "Whiffs
from Wild Meadows," "Dreams in Homespun," "Songs of War and Peace,"
and "Songs of the Average Man." _The Firm of Grin and Barrett_, 118;
_The House by the Side of the Road_, 2.
FOWLER, ELLEN THORNEYCROFT (The Honorable Mrs. Alfred Felkin). Elder
daughter of 1st Viscount Wolverhampton; married to Alfred Laurence
Felkin 1903. Among her books are "Verses Grave and Gay," "Verses Wise
and Otherwise," "Cupid's Garden," "Concerning Isabel Carnaby," "A
Double Thread," "The Farringdons," "Love's Argument," "Place and
Power," "Miss Fallowfield's Fortune," "The Wisdom of Folly," "Her
Ladyship's Conscience," and "Ten Degrees Backward." _The Wisdom of
Folly_, 61.
G
GARRISON, THEODOSIA. Born at Newark, N.J., 1874. Educated at private
schools at Newark. Married Joseph Garrison of Newark 1898; married
Frederick J. Faulks of Newark 1911. Among her books are "The Joy of
Life, and Other Poems," "Earth Cry, and Other Poems," and "The
Dreamers." _A Prayer_, 156; _One Fight More_, 145.
GATES, ELLEN M. HUNTINGTON. Born at Torrington, Conn., 1834; died at
New York City, Oct. 12, 1920. Schooling at Hamilton, N.Y. Among her
books are "Treasures of Kurium," "The Dark," "To the Unborn Peoples,"
and "The Marble House." _The Bars of Fate_, 158; _Your Mission_, 120.
GILLILAN, STRICKLAND W. Born at Jackson, Ohio, Oct. 9, 1869. Attended
Ohio University to junior year; began newspaper work on the Jackson,
Ohio, _Herald_ 1887; and has since been on the staffs of many
newspapers and magazines in various capacities. Writer of humorous
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