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C.D. Warner, et al., comp.
The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

Grace Elizabeth King (1852–1932)

King, Grace Elizabeth. An American novelist, short-story writer, and historian; born in New Orleans, 1852; died in 1932. Her novel ‘Monsieur Motte,’ which appeared first in the New Princeton Review, was republished in book form in 1888. ‘Balcony Stories’ was one of her best works; others can be seen in ‘Tales of a Time and Place.’ Her historical writings embrace ‘New Orleans, the Place and the People,’ and a ‘Life’ of Bienville, the founder of New Orleans; ‘De Soto and his Men in Florida.’ (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).