Montrose Jonas Moses (September 2, 1878 – March 29, 1934) was an American writer, born in New York, where he graduated from the City College in 1899.
In the main, his compositions were directed towards children's literature; however, he composed some books for adults, as well. Between 1900 and 1910 he was connected editorially with, or was a contributor to, various periodicals: the Literary Digest, the Reader, the Independent, the Book News Monthly. Besides editing the Green Room Book and the Anglo-American Dramatic Register and making some translations from the French, he wrote: Famous Actor Families in America (1906); Children's Books and Reading (1907); Henrik Ibsen (1908); The Literature of the South (1909); The American Dramatist (1911); Maurice Maeterlinck: A Study (1911). He edited Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856–1911 (1920).
Moses was a friend of Harry Houdini.
References
- "Knoxville Tennessee". Antiques Roadshow. 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
External links
- Works by Montrose Jonas Moses at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Montrose Jonas Moses at the Internet Archive
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