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James (EDMUND JANES an Ameran Amerin)

EDMUND JANES, an Ameran Amerin 1855. He was educated at the Illinois clared Gla GLAND his first of M Germai merchant 1882 The emp Ne r of the me. stit ical England, he manife terary con published ned him e produco in rapid "De L'Or "Dar "Mary e ccepted the at Richm enice, wher rican ethn England elf to seology, an ada, and o the authe "(1888) ans of C Grand celry (1916) Book" AMER list and rance and aw Schoo Trans JAMES State Normal School and at Northwestern and Harvard Universities. He also studied in Germany. For several years he acted as principal of high schools in several cities in Illinois. From 1883 to 1895 he was professor of public finance and administration in the Wharton School of Finance and Economy, at the University of Pennsylvania. At the same time he held the chair of political and social science in that university .

From 1896 to 1901 he was professor of public administration and director of the extension division at the University of Chicago. He was elected president of Northwestern University in 1902 and of the University of Illinois in 1904. From 1889 to 1901 he was president of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, and from 1891 to 1895 was president of the American Society for the Extension of University Teaching. He wrote much on educational and economic subjects. The most important of his works are "The Federal Constitution of Germany" (1890) ; "The Educa- Germany" (1890); "The Education of Business Men in Europe" (1899); "Growth of Great Cities" (1900).

JAMES don, England, in 1801. While still very young he manifested a considerable turn for literary composition, and produced , in 1822, a "Life of Edward the Black Prince." His first novel, "Richelieu," was published in 1829. Its success determined him to continue fiction writing and he produced over 60 novels and histories in rapid su succession. Among them "De L'Orme"; "Life of Charleare magne"; "Darnley"; "Henry Masterton"; "Mary of Burgundy"; "The Gipsy"; "History of Chivalry." Later he accepted the office of British consul , first at Richmond, Va., and afterward at Venice, where he died in 1860.