Rhys
ERNEST, an English editor and writer, born in London, in 1859.
He was educated in the public schools in Wales and England, and became a mining engineer in 1877. He abandoned this career in 1885 to engage in writing and lecturing on literary subjects. He several times visited the United States, delivering lectures. He was the editor of the "Camelot Series" of reprints and translations, and also edited several of the Elizabethan dramatists. He was also editor of the "Everyman's Library" series. His writings include "Welsh Ballads and Other Poems" (1898); "The Fiddler of Carne" (1896); "The Whistling Maid" (1900); "Lyric Poetry" (1913); and "Rabindranath Tagore" (1915).