A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Story, William Wetmore

by John William Cousin

Story, William Wetmore (1819-1895). -- Sculptor, poet, etc., b. at Salem, Mass., was intended for the law, but became a sculptor and an eminent man of letters. His writings include Roba di Roma (1862), The Tragedy of Nero (1875), The Castle of St. Angelo (1877), He and She (1883), Conversations in a Studio, A Poet's Portfolio (1894), etc.