Charles Battell Loomis

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Charles Battell Loomis (1861–1911) was an American author, born in Brooklyn, New York, and educated at the Polytechnic Institute there. He was in business from 1879 to 1891, but he gave it up to devote himself to the writing of magazine sketches and books much appreciated for their humor. Among the latter are:

Just Rhymes (1899), verse
The Four-Masted Cat-Boat (1899)
Yankee Enchantments (1900)
A Partnership in Magic (1903)
Cheerful Americans (1903)
More Cheerful Americans (1904)
I've Been Thinking (1905)
Minerva's Manœvres (1905)
Cheer Up! (1906)
A Bath in an English Tub (1907)
Poe's "Raven" in an Elevator (1907), the third edition of More Cheerful Americans
The Knack of It (1908)
A Holiday Touch (1908)
Just Irish (1909)

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Over 35 Charles Battell Loomis stories are read in Mister Ron's Basement Podcast, including "Araminta and the Automobile" and "Poe's Raven in an Elevator". The stories are now indexed.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Moore, F., eds. (1905). "^{article name needed}". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 58464390 LCCN: n2004008478

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Name	Loomis, Charles Battell
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Date of birth	1861
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Date of death	1911
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