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Thompson (JAMES MAURICE an American)

(JAMES) MAURICE, an American author; born in Fairfield, Ind., Sept. 9, 1844. He was a Confederate soldier in the Civil War; afterward State geologist of Indiana, 1885-1889. He wrote nature studies. He published in book form: "Hoosier Mosaics" (1875); "The Witchery of Archery" (1878); "A Tallahassee Girl" (1882); "Songs of Fair Weather" (1883); "At Love's Extremes" (1885); "Byways and Bird Notes" (1885); "Sylvan Secrets" (1887); "A Fortnight of Folly" (1888); "The Story of Louisiana" (1888); "Poems" (1892); "King of Honey Island" (1892); "The Ethics of Literary Art" (1893); "The Ocala Boy" (1895); "Alice of Old Vincennes" (1900). He died Feb. 15, THOMPSON THOMPSON