Nation, 112 ('21): 512.
New Eng. M. n.s. 39 ('08): 236 (portrait).
See also _Book Review Digest_, 1916, 1917.
+Irvin S(hrewsbury) Cobb+ (Kentucky, 1876)--short-story writer, humorist,
dramatist.
His reputation is built upon his stories of Kentucky life and his
humorous criticisms of contemporary manners. For bibliography, see _Who's
Who in America_.
+Octavus Roy Cohen+ (South Carolina, 1891)--short-story writer. The
discoverer of the Southern negro in town life. For bibliography, see
_Who's Who in America_.
+Will Levington Comfort+ (Michigan, 1878)--novelist.
Work consists mainly of romances of Oriental adventure. His book, _Child
and Country_, 1916, is on education (cf. _Book Review Digest_, 1916).
+Grace Walcott Hazard Conkling (Mrs. Roscoe Platt Conkling)+--poet.
Born in New York City, 1878. Graduate of Smith College, 1899. Studied
music and languages at the University of Heidelberg, 1902-3, and in
Paris, 1903-4. Lived also in Mexico. Has taught in various schools, and
since 1914 has been a teacher of English at Smith College, where she has
roused much interest in poetry. Mother of Hilda Conkling (q.v.).