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Tarbell (IDA MINERVA American writer)

IDA MINERVA, American writer; born in Erie co., Pa., Nov. 5, 1857; was graduated at Allegheny College; studied in Paris 1891- 1894; was associate editor of "The Chautauquan" (1883-1891), of "McClure's Magazine" (1894-1906), and of "The American Magazine" (1906-1915). She IDA MINERVA TARBELL 1 wrote: "Life of Napoleon Bonaparte" (1895); "Life of Madame Roland" (1896); "Life of Abraham Lincoln" "History of the Standard Oil" (1904) (1900) "Father Abraham" (1909) "The Tariff of Our Times" (1911); "The Ways of Woman" (1915); "New Ideals in Business" (1916); etc.

TARBES (tärb), a town in the S. of France, capital of department of Hautes- Pyrenées; on the left bank of the Adour; 30 miles E. S. E. of Pau. The cathedral is the principal building. There is a government cannon foundry in the place which is the seat of an active general trade. Pop. about 28,600. Tarbes dates from the time of the Romans, and its bishopric was founded in the year 420.

It was in the hands of the English in the 13th and 14th centuries.