The complete online text of Jim Davis by John Masefield.

John Masefield rose to prominence during the first two decades of the twentieth century as the author of Salt-Water Ballads (1902) and of several popular narrative poems including The Everlasting Mercy (1911) and The Widow in the Bye Street (1912). He wa...

John Masefield rose to prominence during the first two decades of the twentieth century as the author of Salt-Water Ballads (1902) and of several popular narrative poems including The Everlasting Mercy (1911) and The Widow in the Bye Street (1912). He wa...

John Masefield is perhaps best known as the poet laureate of England from 1930 until his death in 1967, and his long career as a minor novelist falls under the shadow of his enormously popular poetry. In recent years readers and critics have ignored Mase...

FOR MANY years Jim Davis infused the business of buying rare books for a great library with a special charm and gaiety. He was born and grew up in the Pacific north-west of the United States, and went to Willamette University. He moved...

Willis Corroon's Jim Davis erroneously reported the decline of risk managers as insurance brokers sought to provide corporate risk management services in an article in the Apr 18, 1994 edition of the National Underwriter. The truth is that core risk management functions can not...

Republican Attorney General Charlie Crist has opened up a wide lead over Democratic Congressman Jim Davis.  The latest Rasmussen Reports election survey shows Crist ahead 54% to 38%.   Crist led Davis 45% to 40% earlier this month. Crist’s comfort zone extends beyond the polls...

Today is Saturday, July 28, the 209th day of 2007. There are 156 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On July 28, 1945, a U.S. Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York's Empire State Building, killing 14 people.On this date:In 1540,...