BARING, MAURICE (1874— ), English diplomat and author, the 4th son of the first Lord Revelstoke, was born in London, on April 27, 1874. Educated at Eton and Trinity college, Cambridge, he entered the diplomatic service in 1898, but re signed in 1904, and took to journalism. He acted as corre spondent for the Morning Post in Manchuria (19o4), Russia (19o5-o8), and Constantinople (1909) ; and for The Times in the Balkans (1912). During the World War he worked on the staff of the R.F.C. in France and at home, and his R.F.C.H.Q., 18 (1920) is an account of his experiences there. Besides various volumes of poems, parodies and critical essays, Baring wrote sev eral novels, including Cat's Cradle (1925) and Daphne Adeane (1926), and published works on Russia, such as The Russian People (1911) and The Mainsprings of Russia (1914) ; in 1924 he edited the Oxford Book of Russian Verse. Other works by Baring are : Gaston de Foix (1 903) ; Letters from the Near East (1909) ; Diminutive Dramas (191 I); his Poems were published in two collections (1918 and 5920), and Messrs. Heinemann pub lished a uniform edition of his works (1925, etc.). See also L. Chaundy, Bibliography of First Editions of the Works of Maurice Baring SABINE (1834-1924), English novel ist, was born at Exeter. After graduating at Clare college, Cam bridge, he travelled, and later became in 1864 curate of Horbury, Yorkshire ; then perpetual curate of Dalton, in the same county, in 1867 ; and in 1871 rector of East Mersea, Essex. On his father's death in 1872 he inherited the estate of Lew Trenchard, North Devon, where his family had been settled for nearly three cen turies, and he exchanged his Essex living for the rectory of Lew Trenchard in 1881. He wrote books on many subjects—fiction, travel, history, folk-lore, religion, mythology, from 18S4 onwards. His novel Mehalah (188o), the scene of which is laid on the east coast of England, was an excellent story.