Thomas Lansing Masson (1866–1934) was an American

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, editor and author.Everett Franklin Bleiler, Richard Bleiler (1990) ''Science-fiction, the Early Years.'' p. 845

Biography

He was born at

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, and educated in the public schools of

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. He became literary editor of ''

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'' in 1893 and a regular contributor of humorous articles to various magazines. As an editor, he was responsible for the poems listed: ''Humorous Masterpieces of American Literature'' (1904); ''The Humor of Love in Verse and Prose'' (1906); ''The Best Stories in the World'' (1914).

Publications

* (1898). ''The Yankee Navy''. * (1904). ''In Marry Measure''. * (1905). ''A Corner in Women and Other Follies''. * (1905). ''Mary's Little Lamb''. * (1906). ''The Von Blumers''. * (1907). ''A Bachelor's Baby and Some Grown-Ups''. * (1908). ''The New Plato''. * (1913). ''Mr. Rum''. * (1921). ''Well, Why Not?''. * (1922). ''Listen to These''. * (1923). ''That Silver Lining''. * (1925). ''Why I Am a Spiritual Vagabond''. * (1927). ''The City of Perfection''. * (1932). ''Within''.

Selected articles

* (1922)
"Shall we be Wrecked by Realism,"
''The World's Work'' 43, pp. 435–439. * (1922)
"Teaching Children to Teach Themselves,"
''The World's Work'' 44, pp. 410–414.

References

External links

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* 1866 births 1934 deaths American anthropologists American humorists American male journalists American male novelists Novelists from Connecticut Writers from New Haven, Connecticut People from Essex, Connecticut {{US-novelist-1860s-stub