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Grant (ROBERT an American author born)

ROBERT, an American author; born in Boston, Mass., Jan. 24, Frivolous Girl" 1852; was graduated from Harvard in 1873 and the Harvard Law School in 1879. From 1893 he was a judge of probate and insolvency for Suffolk co., Mass. Among his most popular works are: "The Little Tin Gods on Wheels" (1879); "Confessions of a ions of a Married Man" (1880); "An Average Man" (1883); "The Reflections "The High Priestess" (1915) "Their Spirit" (1916); "Law and the Family" (1919). He also wrote the well-known "The Orchid" (19 (1905); "The Law Break- The Chippendales" (1909); ers" (1906); "The Edinburgh, Nov. 30, 1884. born in Glasgow, Feb. 21, 1755. She was the daughter of a British officer, born in Glasgow, Feb. 21, 1755. She , who became barrackmaster of Fort Augustus. She married b in 1779 the Rev. James Grant, formerly chaplain of the fort, minister of Laggan.

Left a widow in destitute circumstances in 1801, Mrs. Grant published by subscription a volume of "Poems" (1803), which were well received; "Letters from the Mountains" (1806), a highly popular work; "Memoirs of an American Lady" (1808); and "Essays on the Superstitions of the Highlanders of Scotland" (1811). She died in Edinburgh, Νοv. 7, 1838.