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LEFT WATSON 319 WATSON a second series of idylls, published in 1895, also reached a large circulation. Thesa were followed by other stories which were equally successful. Dr. Watson's religious publications include: JOHN WATSON "The Upper Room"; "The Mind of the Master" (1896); "The Cure of Souls"; "The Potter's Wheel" (1897); "Com- panions of the Sorrowful Way" (1898). He died in 1907. WATSON, JOHN CRITTENDEN, an American naval officer, born at Frank- fort, Ky., in 1842. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1860. In the same year he was appointed a midshipman, was promoted to be lieu- tenant-commander in 1866, captain in 1887, commodore in 1897, and rear- admiral in 1899. He served during the Civil War and took part in many im- portant engagements. He commanded many ships and filled several offices on land, becoming president of the Board of Inspection, at San Francisco, in 1888. He was captain of the Navy Yard, Mare Island, from 1890 to 1892, and in 1894-5 was a member of the Naval Retiring Board. From 1895 to 1898 he was gov- ernor of the Naval Home in Philadel- phia. During the War with Spain he commanded a division of the North At- lantic Fleet, and was also commander- in-chief of the Eastern Squadron sent to re-enforce Admiral Dewey's fleet. From 1899 to 1900 he was commander-in-chief of the Asiatic Fleet, and for two years following was president of the Naval Examining Board. He represented the navy at the coronation of King Edward VII. in 1902. He was retired in 1904. WATSON, ROSAMUND MARRIOTT, an English poet, writing sometimes un- der the pseudonyms Graham R. Tomson and R. Armytage; born in London, Eng- land, in 1863. She contributed to English and American periodicals, and edited sev- eral anthologies. Her works include: "The Bird Bride" (1889); "A Summer Night, and Other Poems" (1891) ; "Af- ter Sunset" (1895). She died in 1911. WATSON, THOMAS E(DWARD), a United States Senator from Georgia. He was born in Columbia co., Ga., in 1856, and after studying for two years at Mer- cer College, taught school. After study- ing law he was admitted to the bar in 1875, for a time practiced in Thompson, Ga., and was a member of the State House of Representatives in 1882-3. He became identified with the Paulist movement, and was elected to the 52d Congress as a Populist, but con- tested unsuccessfully the elections of 1892 and 1894. At the Populist National Convention held in St. Louis in 1896 he was nominated for vice-president. For several years he conducted a Populist paper in Atlanta. In 1904 he was nomi- nated for president by the People's party. He began, in 1906, the publication of "Tom Watson's Magazine," in New York. He also edited the "Weekly Jeffersoniau." In 1920 he was nominated for United SIR WILLIAM WATSON States Senator and was elected. He de- voted much time to the study of French history and wrote "The Story of France" (1898) ; "Life of Napoleon" (1902). His