BATES, KATHARINE LEE (1859-1929), American au thor and educator, was born at Falmouth, Mass., on Aug. 12, 1859. Following her graduation at Wellesley college in 188o (M.A., 1881), she engaged in teaching. In 1885 she became in structor and in 1891 professor of English literature in Wellesley college, serving in this post until 1925 when she was made pro fessor emeritus. She was the author of numerous works in prose and verse, including stories and plays for children. With Cornelia F. Bates, she translated Becquer's Romantic Legends of Spain (1909) . Among her writings are : The College Beautiful and Other Poems (1887), Rose and Thorn (1888), Hermit Island (1891), English Religious Dranua (1893), American Literature (1898) , Spanish Highways and By-ways (190o), From Gretna Green to Land's End (19o7), The Story of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales Re-told for Children (1909), In Sunny Spain (1913), Fairy Gold, for children (1916), The Retinue and Other Poems (1918), Sigurd (1919) and The Pilgrim Ship (1926) . Her national hymn, "America the Beautiful," appeared, with other poems, in 1911. She died in Wellesley, Mass., on March 28, 1929.