Untermeyer.
Bookm. 42 ('15): 458; 47 ('18): 392.
Poetry, 7 ('15): 150; 14 ('19): 273.
See also _Book Review Digest_, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1921.
+Kate Douglas Wiggin (Mrs. George C. Riggs)+--Story-writer.
Born at Philadelphia, 1859. As a child, lived in New England and was
educated at home, and at Abbott Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. Honorary
Litt. D., Bowdoin, 1906. Studied to be a kindergarten teacher. Later, her
family moved to Southern California and she organized the first free
kindergarten for poor children on the Pacific coast. Her kindergarten
experience is seen in her first two books. She has continued her interest
in kindergarten work. Musician (piano and vocal); composer.