WOODBERRY, wild'ber-T, George Ed ward, American critic and poet: b. Beverly, Mass., 12 May 1855. He was graduated from Harvard in 1877, became professor of English in the University of Nebraska in 1878-79, was on the Nation staff in 1879-80, was again at Nebraska, and subsequently, until 1891, was in active literary work, holding the literary editor ship of the Boston Post, and contributing much to the Atlantic. From 1891 until his resig nation in 1904 he was successively professor of literature and of comparative literature (from 1899) in Columbia University. He became known as an authoritative critic, and a poet of much distinction, and must be ranked among the most scholarly and important of the more recent American litterateurs. The titles of his works include 'A History of Wood-Engraving' (1883); a very valuable 'Life' of Poe (1885; 'American Men of Letters') ; 'The North Shore Watch, and Other Poems) (1890); (Studies in Letters and Life' (1890) ; 'The Heart of Man) (1899); 'Makers of Literature' (1900); 'Nathaniel Hawthorne) (1902; 'Amer ican Men of Letters)); 'Collected (1903); 'America in Literature' (1903); 'North Africa and The Desert) (1914); 'The Flight, and Other Poems' (1914). He also
edited the poetical works of Shelley (4 vols., 1892) ; Poe's works (1894; with Stedman) ; Lamb's 'Essays of Elia' (1892) ; Aubrey de Vere's 'Select Poems) (1894) ; 'National Studies in American Literature' (4 vols., 1899 1900); Columbia University Studies in Com parative Literature' (9 vols., 1899-1903); 'Bacon's Essays' (1900) ; Sidney's 'Defense of Poesie' (1908); 'European Years; Letters of an Idle Man' (1911); 'New Letters of an Idle Man' (1913).