. The Ridpath library of universal literature : a biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors, including the choicest extracts and masterpieces from their writings ... . th his brother Ros-well, to a cousin named Mary French, living atAmherst, Mass.; and during his minority hisfather also died. He studied at Williams College,at Knox College, and at the University of Mis-souri ; and then went to Europe and spent hismoney in the purchase of rare and valuable to America, he married, and was forsome time co-editor of several papers in the la-^^ercit
. The Ridpath library of universal literature : a biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors, including the choicest extracts and masterpieces from their writings ... . th his brother Ros-well, to a cousin named Mary French, living atAmherst, Mass.; and during his minority hisfather also died. He studied at Williams College,at Knox College, and at the University of Mis-souri ; and then went to Europe and spent hismoney in the purchase of rare and valuable to America, he married, and was forsome time co-editor of several papers in the la-^^ercities of his native State. He first became gen-erally known in 1881 as a humorous writer for theDenver Tribtme; Tind later for his Sharps andFlats in the Daily Neivs, now the Record, of Chi-cago. In the Sharps and Flats column firstappeared the dialect poems and charming chil-drens verses Avhich have endeared him to thehearts of American and European readers ; chiefamong them being his Little Boy Blue; hitry-Mintry ; Ganderfeathcrs Gift ; and Wynken, Blyn-ken^ and Nod. His separately published worksare : The Denver Tribune Primer (1882) ; A Modelfrimer (1SS2); Cultures Garland (1887); A Little US). ITCilONl; 1 ). EUGExVE FIELD y^ Book of Western Iose (iSSy); A Little Book of Prof-it able Tales (1889) ; Echoes From the Sabine Farm(1891); With Trumpet and Drum (1892); SecondBook of Verse (1892). Several of these books werewritten in collaboration with his brother; andsome were at first privately printed, and were notg-iven to the general public until a year or twolater than the dates here affixed. The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac was left unfinished, andwas published after the authors death. Eugene Field was widely known among liter-ary people, and was universally beloved. He wasabove all things a lover of books; his library, col-lected with care, was large, and contained manyrare volumes, bought at any price, whether hecould afford it or not. His own literary work wascaref
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