Born: May 7, 1857, Brook­lyn, New York.

Died: Feb­ru­a­ry 11, 1922, Unit­ed States.

A journ­alist and au­thor, Jenks was at one time as­so­ci­ate ed­it­or of Saint Ni­cho­las mag­a­zine in New York. His works in­clude:

• “Small and Early”
• “The Spir­it of the Maine”
• The Cen­tu­ry World’s Fair Book for Boys and Girls Be­ing the Ad­ven­tures of Har­ry and Phil­ip with Their Tu­tor, Mr. Doug­lass, at the World’s Co­lum­bi­an Ex­po­si­tion (New York: Cen­tu­ry Co., 1893)
• Imaginations; Truth­less Tales (New York: Cen­tu­ry Co., 1894)
• Gypsy, the Talk­ing Dog, 1902
• The Magic Wand, 1905
• In the Days of Chau­cer
• In the Days of Mil­ton
• In the Days of Shakes­peare (New York: A. S. Barnes, 1905)
• In the Days of Scott (Sir Wal­ter) (New York: A. S. Barnes, 1906)
• The Book of Fa­mous Sieges (New York: Dou­ble­day, Page & Com­pa­ny, 1909)
• Chemistry for Young Peo­ple (New York: F. A. Stokes Com­pa­ny, 1909)

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Hymns

1. When Mother Love Makes All Things Bright