Like many other authors, Richard Harding Davis comes of literary stock,
his father being S. Clark Davis, editor of the Philadelphia Public
Ledger, and his mother Rebecca Harding Davis, whose works of fiction
have brought her a certain amount of public notice. After graduating
from the Lehigh university of Pennsylvania, Mr. Davis made a reputation
for himself in newspaper circles in his native city. He is a versatile
writer and prefers fiction to fact. He first attained prominence
through the medium of his Van Bibber Sketches. War correspondent as
well as novelist, his life has been filled with stirring incident. Mr.
Davis has been charged with egotism by his critics, but every man who
is conscious of his individuality is subject to such attacks. Married
Cecil Clark, daughter of J. M. Clark, of Chicago, April 4, 1899.