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Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900We have 57 books for this author.Charles Dudley Warner (September 12, 1829–October 20, 1900) was an American essayist and novelist. Warner was born of Puritan ancestry, in Plainfield, Massachusetts. From his sixth to his fourteenth year he lived in Charlemont, Mass., the scene of the experiences pictured in his delightful study of childhood, Being a Boy (1877). He removed thence to Cazenovia, New York, and in 1851 graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. He worked with a surveying party in Missouri; studied law at the University of Pennsylvania; practiced in Chicago (1856–1860); was assistant editor (1860) and editor (1861–1867) of The Hartford Press, and after The Press was merged into The Hartford Courant, was co-editor with Joseph R Hawley; in 1884 he joined the editorial staff of Harper's Magazine, for which he conducted The Editors Drawer until 1892, when he took charge of The Editor's Study. He died in Hartford on October 20, 1900. He traveled widely, lectured frequently, and was actively interested in prison reform, city park supervision, and other movements for the public good. He was the first president of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and, at the time of his death, was president of the American Social Science Association. He first attracted attention by the reflective sketches entitled My Summer in a Garden (1870; first published in The Hartford Courant), popular for their abounding and refined humour and mellow personal charm, their wholesome love of outdoor things, their suggestive comment on life and affairs, and their delicately finished style, qualities that suggest the work of Washington Irving. He is now best known for making the remark "Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it". This was quoted by Mark Twain in a lecture, and is often attributed to him. Among his other works are:
He also edited The American Men of Letters series, to which he contributed an excellent biography of Washington Irving (1881), and edited a large Library of the World's Best Literature. His other works include his graceful essays:
And his novels:
See the biographical sketch by TR Lounsbury in the Complete Writings (15 vols, Hartford, 1904) of Warner. Other publications
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This biographical information was gathered from the Charles_Dudley_Warner page, courtesy of the Wikipedia project. BooksAmerican NewspaperAs We Go As We Were Saying Backlog Studies Baddeck, and That Sort of Thing Being a Boy Captain John Smith Causes of Discontent Complete Essays The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1 The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 2 The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 3 The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 4 Diversities of American Life Education of the Negro England Equality Fashions in Literature For Whom Shakespeare Wrote The Gilded Age, Part 1. The Gilded Age, Part 2. The Gilded Age, Part 3. The Gilded Age, Part 4. The Gilded Age, Part 5. The Gilded Age, Part 6. The Gilded Age, Part 7. The Gilded Age A tale of today The Golden House How Spring Came in New England Images from Works of Charles D. Warner In the Wilderness Indeterminate Sentence Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 Literary Copyright Little Journey in the World Modern Fiction My Summer in a Garden Nine Short Essays Novel and the Common School On Horseback Pilgrim and American Quotations from the Project Gutenberg Editions of the Works of Charles Dudley Warner The Relation of Literature to Life Saunterings The Story of Pocahontas That Fortune Their Pilgrimage Thoughts Suggested by Mr. Foude's 'Progress' Washington Irving Washington Irving What Is Your Culture to Me? |
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