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Wharton (EDITH NEWBOLD JONES)

EDITH (NEWBOLD JONES), an American novelist, born in New York City in 1862. In 1885 she married Edward Wharton of Boston.

She achieved great success by her first novel "The Greater Inclination" (1899).

This was followed by "Crucial Instances" (1901); "The Valley of Decision" (1902); "The House of Mirth" (1906); "The Fruit of the Tree" (1907); "The Custom of the Country" (1913) ; "Xingu" (1916) ; "The Age of In- She took an active part in relief work in France during the World 1885 he was appointed solicitor for the State Department. Under a resolution of Congress (1888) he was made editor of the Revolutionary diplomatic correspondence of the United States. He wrote extensively on legal and theological subjects.

His best known work is a "Treatise on the Criminal Law of the United States" (1846), which is accepted as a standard. He wrote also: "Precedents of Indictments and Pleas"; a "Treatise on "The Conflict of Laws" (1872); "The Medical Jurisprudence," Law of Agency and Agents" (1876); "Commentary on the Law of Contracts" (1882); "Treatise on the Law of Evi- Washington, D. C., Feb. 21, 1889. dence and Criminal Issues." He died in clergyman; born in London, England,