Horace Scudder facts for kids
Horace Elisha Scudder (born October 16, 1838 – died January 11, 1902) was an important American writer and editor. He is best known for writing books for children. He also edited a famous magazine called The Atlantic Monthly.
About Horace Scudder
Horace Scudder was born in Boston in 1838. He was one of six brothers in his family. He went to Boston Latin School and then to Williams College. After college, he taught school for a while in New York City. Later, he moved back to Boston to focus on writing and editing.
Scudder became very famous for his children's books. He wrote a popular series called the Bodley Books between 1875 and 1887. He was also an editor for The Atlantic Monthly, a well-known magazine.
He wrote many essays and articles, often without his name on them. Horace Scudder also exchanged letters with the famous fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen. He even wrote a book about James Russell Lowell, another important writer.
From 1867 to 1870, Scudder edited a magazine called Riverside Magazine For Young People. This magazine was special because some of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales were printed there for the very first time in America.
Scudder also helped create other important books. He worked on the Life and Letters of Bayard Taylor in 1884. He was also the main editor for two big book series for the publisher Houghton Mifflin. These were the "American Commonwealths Series" and the "Riverside Literature Series." He worked as a literary advisor for Houghton Mifflin for many years.
One of Scudder's most famous works was a history textbook published in 1884. It was called A History of the United States of America Preceded By a Narrative of the Discovery and Settlement of North America and of the Events Which Led to the Independence of the Thirteen English Colonies for the Use of Schools and Academies. This book became the standard for American history textbooks for a long time.
Horace Scudder's Books
- Seven Little People and Their Friends (1862)
- Life and Letters of David Coit Scudder (1864)
- Dream Children (1864)
- Stories from my Attic (1869)
- Stories and Romances (1880)
- Noah Webster (1882)
- A History of the United States of America Preceded By a Narrative of the Discovery and Settlement of North America and of the Events Which Led to the Independence of the Thirteen English Colonies for the Use of Schools and Academies (1884)
- History of the United States (1884)
- Men and Letters (1887)
- George Washington (1889)
- Childhood in Literature and Art (1894)
- Life of James Russell Lowell (1901)
- The Book of Fables and Folk Stories
