Robert Herrick was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
April 26, 1868. He has been until recently a professor
at the University of Chicago. He is a critic and a
writer of realistic novels. _The Web of Life_, _The
Common Lot_, _Together_, and _Clark's Field_ are novels
that show Mr. Herrick's questioning attitude toward
some modern social institutions.
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