DONALD GRANT MITCHELL, better known perhaps as “Ik Marvel,” was born at Norwich, Connecticut, in April, 1822. “Reveries of a Bachelor,” by which he first became known, appeared serially in 1850, and he followed it in 1851 by “Dream Life,” in the same vein. These remain his most popular books, though he has written since: “My Farm at Edgewood”; “Seven Stories with Basement and Attic”; “Wet Days at Edgewood”; “Rural Studies”; and a number of other books, including “Doctor Johns,” a novel.