Barrie
SIR JAMES MATTHEW, a Scottish author, born in Kirriemuir, Forfarshire, May 9, 1860. He graduated graduated from Edinburgh University in 1882, and went to London in 1885, to engage in journalism. His peculiar talent for depicting Scottish village life and rustic characters brought him fame. "Better Dead" (1887) and "When a Man's Single" (1888) were followed by "Auld Licht Idylls" (1888) and "A Window in SIR JAMES MATTHEW BARRIE Thrums" (1889), which first made him widely known; "An Edinburgh Eleven" (1890); "My Lady Nicotine" (1890); "The Little Minister" (1891); "Sentimental Tommy" (1896); "Margaret Ogilvy" (1896); "Tommy and Grizel" (1900); "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens" (1906) "Peter and Wendy" (1911); etc. He has also written numerous short sketches and the comedies "Walker, London" (1892); "Jane Annie" (1893); "The Professor's Love Story" (1895); "Quality Street" (1903); "Peter Pan" (1904); "What Every Woman Knows" (1908); "Half Hours" (1908); "Mary Rose" (1920).