GRACE ELIZABETH KING
\ɡɹˈe͡ɪs ɪlˈɪzəbəθ kˈɪŋ], \ɡɹˈeɪs ɪlˈɪzəbəθ kˈɪŋ], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈeɪ_s ɪ_l_ˈɪ_z_ə_b_ə_θ k_ˈɪ_ŋ]\
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An American novelist, short-story writer, and historian; born in Louisiana, 1852. She is one of the most prominent of Southern writers, and her books largely deal with Southern subjects. Her novel "Monsieur Motte", which appeared first in the New Princeton Review, was republished in book form in 1888. "Balcony Stories" was one of her best works; others can be seen in "Tales of a Time and Place". Her historical writings embrace "New Orleans, the Place and the People", and a "Life" of Bienville, the founder of New Orleans; "De Soto and his Men in Florida".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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