Paul Lawrence Dunbar, born of negro parents at Dayton, Ohio, June 27,
1872. Was graduated at the Dayton High School in 1891, and since then
has devoted himself to literature and journalism. He has written _Oak
and Ivy_ (poems); _Lyrics of Lowly Life_ (poems), and _The Uncalled_
(a novel). Since 1898 he has been on the staff of the Librarian of
Congress.