American essayist and novelist, co-author with Samuel Clemens of The Gilded Age; editor of the 30-volume Library of the World's Best Literature. He attracted national attention with My Summer in a Garden in 1870, a series of sketches very popular for their humor and charm. Assistant editor and then editor of The Hartford Press, which was merged with the Hartford Courant, where he was co-editor with Joseph R. Hawley; joined editorial staff of Harper's Magazine in 1884, conducted The Editor's Drawer until 1892, and took charge of The Editor's Study. Traveled widely, lectured frequently, interested in prison reform, was first president of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He was also president of the American Social Science Association, and was first president of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Famous quote: "Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it."
American essayist and novelist, co-author with Samuel Clemens of The Gilded Age; editor of the 30-volume Library of the World's Best Literature. He attracted national attention with My Summer in a Garden in 1870, a series of sketches very popular for their humor and charm. Assistant editor and then editor of The Hartford Press, which was merged with the Hartford Courant, where he was co-editor with Joseph R. Hawley; joined editorial staff of Harper's Magazine in 1884, conducted The Editor's Drawer until 1892, and took charge of The Editor's Study. Traveled widely, lectured frequently, interested in prison reform, was first president of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He was also president of the American Social Science Association, and was first president of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Famous quote: "Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it."
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