A Little Book of Profitable Tales—The Cyclopeedy
Book Details
| Title: | A Little Book of Profitable Tales—The Cyclopeedy | ||||||||||
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| Published: | 1889 | ||||||||||
| Publisher: | Charles Scribner's Sons | ||||||||||
| Tags: | fiction, juvenile, short story | ||||||||||
| Description: | [No description available. Suggest one here.] | ||||||||||
| Downloads: | 62 | ||||||||||
| Pages: | 4  |
Author Bio for Field, Eugene
Eugene Field, Sr. (September 2, 1850 – November 4, 1895) was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. He was known as the "poet of childhood."
In 1883 Field moved to Chicago where he wrote a humorous newspaper column called Sharps and Flats for the Chicago Daily News. His home in Chicago was near the intersection of N. Clarendon and W. Hutchinson in the neighborhood now known as Buena Park.
The Sharps and Flats column ran in the newspaper's morning edition. In it, Field made quips about issues and personalities of the day, especially in the arts and literature. A pet subject was the intellectual greatness of Chicago, especially compared to Boston. In April 1887, Field wrote, "While Chicago is humping herself in the interests of literature, art and the sciences, vain old Boston is frivoling away her precious time in an attempted renaissance of...
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