Thomas Lansing Masson

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

1. 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.; Thurston, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Thomas Masson". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.