KATHARINE LEE BATES
\kˈaθɑːɹˌiːn lˈiː bˈe͡ɪts], \kˈaθɑːɹˌiːn lˈiː bˈeɪts], \k_ˈa_θ_ɑː_ɹ_ˌiː_n l_ˈiː b_ˈeɪ_t_s]\
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An American story-writer, poet, and educator; born in Falmouth, Mass., Aug. 12, 1859. She fills the chair of English literature in Wellesley College; has edited collections of ballads, etc.; has written juvenile stories, including "Rose and Thorn" (Boston, 1889); also "The English Religious Drama" (New York, 1893); and "The College Beautiful and Other Poems" (1887); "Tennyson's Princess".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.