Thomas Lansing Masson

Thomas Lansing Masson (1866–1934) was an American anthropologist, editor and author.[1]

Biography

He was born at Essex, Connecticut, and educated in the public schools of New Haven. He became literary editor of Life in 1893 and a regular contributor of humorous articles to various magazines. As an editor, he was responsible for 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

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

External links

Works by or about Thomas Lansing Masson at Internet Archive
Works by Thomas Lansing Masson, at Hathi Trust
Works by Thomas Lansing Masson at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
Works by Thomas Lansing Masson, at JSTOR
Works by Thomas Lansing Masson, at Unz.org
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Thomas Masson". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

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[1] Everett Franklin Bleiler, Richard Bleiler (1990) Science-fiction, the Early Years. p. 845