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WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS, one of the leading novelists of the present century and author of a number of works that
gained for him a place in the hearts of the people, was born March 1, 1837, at Martinsville, Belmont county, Ohio.
At the age of three years he accompanied his father, who was a printer, to Hamilton, Ohio, where he learned the
printers trade. Later he was engaged on the editorial staff of the "Cincinnati Gazette" and the "Ohio
State Journal." During 1861-65 he was the United States consul at Venice, and from 1871 to 1878 he was the
editor in chief of the "Atlantic Monthly." As a writer he became one of the most fertile and readable
of authors and a pleasing poet. In 1885 he became connected with "Harper's Magazine." Mr. Howells was
author of the list of books that we give below: "Venetian Life," "Italian Journeys," ''No Love
Lost," "Suburban Sketches," "Their Wedding Journey," "A Chance Acquaintance,"
"A Foregone Conclusion," "Dr. Breen's Practice," "A Modern Instance," "The Rise
of Silas Lapham," "Tuscan Cities," ''Indian Summer," besides many others. He also wrote the
"Poem of Two Friends," with J, J. Piatt in 1860, and some minor dramas: "The Drawing Room Car,"
"The Sleeping Car," etc., that are full of exqusite humor and elegant dialogue.
FROM:
A Biographical Record
Of Schuyler County, New York
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
New York and Chicago 1903.
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