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author and editor he has already distin- guished himself, writing upon a variety of themes and editing a number of select works, among which may be noted : "Teu- tonic Antiquities in Andreas and Elene" (1887) ; Cynewulf's "Elene" (in "Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry," 1888) ; "The Use of the Negative by Chaucer" (1889) ; "A Study of Lanier's Poems" (1891), Addresses be- fore the Modern Language Association of America ; "Outlook for Literature in the South" (1892); "Literature and Life" (1893); "Shakespeare Note Book" (1897). In 1901 appeared "Poems from Burns," Ten- nyson's "Princess," and the "Poe Memorial Volume ;" in 1902, "Preservation of Virginia Antiquities," and "Poe's Poems," in the Virginia edition. In 1903, "Poe's Poems." He is engaged at present on Tennyson's "In Memoriam," and "A Study of Poetry." Dr. Kent has shown himself to be a very earnest and sympathetic student of Edgar Allan Poe. It is largely due to his interest and activity as president of the Poe Memorial Association that the Zolnay bust of Poe is now in the University Library. The late Virginia edition of Poe's complete works, edited by Harrison and Kent, elicits hearty ])raise from literary critics. He was a mem- ber of the State Board of Education, 1903-11. On June 4, 1895, he married Mrs. Eleanor A. Miles, daughter of Professor Francis H. Smith.

Sutherlin, William T., born on his father's estate, near Danville, Virginia, April 7. 1822, son of George S. Sutherlin and Polly S. Norman, his wife. He went from a home school to a male academy in Danville, where he was a student for three years, and then attended Joseph Godfrey's school in Frank-

lin county. He remained at home until he was twenty-one, and then until the begin- ning of the war, was a tobacco manufacturer in Danville. He was mayor of that city ivom 1855 to 1861, and was a delegate to the secession convention. He entered the Confederate army, but his health would not admit of his doing field duty, and he was at different times commandant and quarter- master at Danville. Early in war days, he became a member of the Danville board of public works ; and after the war he served two years in the house of delegates. He was a leader in all community affairs. He built two railroads — the Milton & Sutherlin, and the Danville & New River, and estab- lished the Danville Bank, and aided largely in establishing the Border Grange Bank. He aided in reorganizing the Virginia State Agricultural Society. He liberally aided Randolph-Macon College and the Danville College for Young Ladies. He married Jane E. Patrick.

Snead, Thomas Lowndes, born in Henrico C(junty, Virginia, January 10, 1828; gradu- ated at Richmond College in 1846, and at the University of Virginia in 1848; was ad- mitted to the bar, and removed to St. Louis, Missouri, where he was editor and pro- prietor of the "Bulletin" in 1860-61. He v«as aide-de-camp to Gov. Claiborne F. Jackson, and adjutant-general of the Mis- souri state guard in 1861, and took part in the battles of Booneville, Carthage, Wil- son's Creek and Lexington. He was a com- missioner from Missouri to negotiate a mili- tary convention with the Confederate States ii' October, 1861. ' He became an assistant adjutant-general in the Confederate army, cind served with Price in Arkansas, Mis-