Charles Battell Loomis
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Charles Battell Loomis (1861–1911) was an American writer.
Biography
Loomis was born in Brooklyn, New York, and educated at the Polytechnic Institute there. He was in business from 1879 to 1891, but he gave it up to devote himself to the writing of magazine sketches and books much appreciated for their humor.
Works
- Just Rhymes (1899)
- The Four-Masted Cat-Boat (1899)
- Yankee Enchantments (1900)
- A Partnership in Magic (1903)
- Cheerful Americans (1903)
- Araminta and the Automobile (1903)
- More Cheerful Americans (1904)
- I've Been Thinking (1905)
- Minerva's Manœuvres (1905)
- Cheer Up! (1906)
- A Bath in an English Tub (1907)
- Poe's "Raven" in an Elevator (1907) (the third edition of More Cheerful Americans)
- The Knack of It (1908)
- A Holiday Touch (1908)
- Just Irish (1909)
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Charles Battell Loomis". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charles Battell Loomis.
- Works by Charles Battell Loomis at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Charles Battell Loomis at Internet Archive
- Works by Charles Battell Loomis at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Over 35 Charles Battell Loomis stories are read in Mister Ron's Basement Podcast, including "Araminta and the Automobile" and "Poe's Raven in an Elevator". The stories are now indexed.
- Charles Battell Loomis at Library of Congress, with 19 library catalog records
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- American humorists
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- 1861 births
- 1911 deaths
- Polytechnic Institute of New York University alumni