Owen Wister, who is best known to the public through the medium of
his novel, The Virginian, was born at Philadelphia July 14, 1860. He
prepared for college at St. Paul’s school, Concord, New Hampshire, and
was graduated from Harvard in 1892, being admitted to the Philadelphia
bar some years later. Instead of following the profession of a lawyer,
however, he engaged in literary work. Apart from his novels, he has
been a prolific contributor to magazines and other periodicals. His
books are eminently readable, if they are nothing else.