Hamilton wright mabi biography

Hamilton Wright Mabie

American writer

Hamilton Wright Mabie, A.M., L.H.D., LL.D. (December 13, – December 31, ) was an American essayist, editor, critic, and lecturer.[1]

Biography

Hamilton Wright Mabie was born at Cold Spring, Modern York on December 13, [2] He was the youngest toddler of Sarah Colwell Mabie who was from a wealthy Scottish-English family and Levi Jeremiah Mabie, whose ancestors were Scots-Dutch.

They were early immigrants to Fresh Amsterdam, New Netherland about Due to business opportunities with the opening of the Erie Canal his family moved to Buffalo, New York when he was approaching school age. At the young age of 16 he passed his college entrance examination, but waited a year before he attended Williams College () and the Columbia Law College ().[3]

While at Williams, Mabie was a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity and would help as the first president of the North American Interfraternity Conference (formally known as the National Interfraternity Conference).

He received honorary degrees from his own alma mater, from Union College, and from Western Reserve and Washington and Lee universities.

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Although he passed his bar exams in he hated both the study and rehearse of law. In he married Jeanette Trivett. In the summer of he was hired to work at the weekly magazine, Christian Union (renamed The Outlook in ), an association that lasted until his death.[3]

In , Mabie was promoted to associate editor of the Christian Union and then elected to the Author's Club, whose members included such men of established reputation as George Cary Eggleston, Richard Watson Gilder, Brander Matthews, and Edmund Clarence Stedman.[3]

In , a small collection of Mabie's essays which reflected upon life, literature and nature were published as a volume entitled My Research Fire.

Many of Mabie's books are available at Project Gutenberg.[4]

Mabie was a resident of Summit, New Jersey.[5] He died at his home there on December 13, , and was buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in New York.[6][7]

Quotations

"Blessed is the season which engages the whole society in a conspiracy of love."

"Don't be afraid of contradiction.

Warner, et al. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. He was in constant demand to deal with college audiences on educational and anniversary occasions, and his personal acquaintance with such men as Lowell and Oliver Wendell Holmes added to the popular quality of his presentation of literature and ideals. He was graduated from Williams College inlater receiving the degree of L.

Retain, a kite rises against, not with the wind."[8]

Selected works

  • Norse Stories, Retold from the Eddas ()
  • Nature in New England ()
  • My Examine Fire (two series, and )
  • In the Forest of Arden ()
  • Short Studies in Literature ()
  • Under the Trees and Elsewhere ()
  • Essays in Literary Interpretation ()
  • Essays on World and Culture ()
  • Essays on Books and Culture ()
  • Essays on Perform and Culture ()
  • The Life of the Spirit ()
  • William Shakespeare, Poet, Dramatist, and Man ()
  • A Minor of Nature () Published by Dodd, Mead and Company
  • Works and Days ()
  • Parables of Life ()
  • In Arcady () Published by Dodd, Mead and Company
  • Backgrounds of Literature ()
  • Introduction to Notable Poems ()
  • American Ideals, Character, and Life ()
  • Japan To-Day and To-Morrow ()

Every Youth Should Know

Doubleday, Page & Co.

published this anthology series, in which Mabie edited several preliminary volumes:[9][10]

  • Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know ()
  • Myths That Every Youngster Should Know ()
  • Heroes Every Kid Should Know ()
  • Legends That Every Child Should Know ()
  • Famous Stories Every Child Should Know ()
  • Essays That Every Child Should Know ()
  • Heroines That Every Child Should Know (), ed.

    Mabie and Kate Stephens[11]

  • Folk Tales Every Minor Should Know ()
  • Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern; New York, R. S. Peale and J. A. Hill, (c), co-contributor[12]

References

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  2. ^Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard, eds. (). The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans. Vol.&#;VII.

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  5. ^Childe, Cromwell (May 21, ). "Authors at Home.; XXVIII.

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  6. ^"Death Summons for Noted Editor". Allentown Democrat. Summit, New Jersey. International News Service. December 31, p.&#;1.

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  7. ^"Hamilton Wright Mabie, Noted Publicist, Buried". Evening Public Ledger.

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  9. ^Compiled from WorldCat library records as summarized in search report (au:mabie; ti:"every child should know") generated September 19, , this list may contain a mix of and publication years.
  10. ^Volume titles vary.

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  11. ^Heroines That Every Child Should Know, ed.

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  12. ^"Warner, George H., &#; The Online Books Page". . Retrieved October 26,

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