Hamilton Wright Mabie
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Hamilton Wright Mabie, A.M., L.H.D., LL.D. (1846-1916) was an American essayist, editor, critic, and lecturer, born at Cold Spring, N. Y., educated at Williams College (1867) and the Columbia Law School (1869). American culture is indebted to him for helping to spread, by his lectures as well as his writings, a love of good reading in the United States.
He received honorary degrees from his own alma mater, from Union College, and from Western Reserve and Washington and Lee universities. His writings include:
- Norse Stories, Retold from the Eddas (1882)
- Nature in New England (1890)
- My Study Fire (two series, 1890 and 1894)
- Short Studies in Literature (1891)
- Under the Trees and Elsewhere (1891)
- Essays in Literary Interpretation (1892)
- Essays on Books and Culture (1897)
- Essays on Work and Culture (1898)
- The Life of the Spirit (1899)
- William Shakespeare, Poet, Dramatist, and Man (1900)
- A Child of Nature (1901)
- Works and Days (1902)
- Parables of Life (1902)
- Essays on Nature and Culture (1904)
- Backgrounds of Literature (1904)
- Introduction to Notable Poems (1909)
- American Ideals, Character, and Life (1913)
- Japan To-Day and To-Morrow (1914)
Various books for children were written or edited by him (1905-08).
