John Habberton

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"Be sure to look us up when you come to the city." This invitation was extended with that delightful affectation of heartiness that a man can assume when he believes that the person invited will never avail himself of the courtesy. Fortunately for the purpose of this story, Master Philip Hayn, whom Mr. Tramlay had asked to call, was too young and too unaccustomed to the usages of polite society to regard the remark in any but its actual sense. It would have seemed odd to any one knowing the two men and their respective stations in life. Tramlay was a New York merchant, well known and of fair standing in the iron trade; Hayn was son of the farmer at whose house the Tramlay family had passed the summer. When the Tramlays determined to exchange the late summer dust of the country for the early autumn dust of the city, it was Philip who drove the old-fashioned carryall that transported them from the farm to the railway-station. The head of the merchant's family was attired like a{6} well-to-do business-man; Philip's coat, vest, and trousers were remnants of three different suits, none of recent cut. The contrast was made sharper by the easy condescension of the older man and the rather awkward deference of Philip, and it moved Mrs. Tramlay to whisper, as her husband helped her aboard the train,-

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John Habberton was an American author and journalist, born on February 24, 1842, in Brooklyn, New York. He grew up in Illinois after his father passed away when he was six years old. Habberton served in the army during the Civil War and later worked with Harper & Brothers until 1872. He became the literary editor of The Christian Union (later Outlook) from 1873 to 1877 and worked as a literary critic for the New York Herald from 1876 to 1893. His most famous work, Helen's Babies, was inspired by his own sons' adventures. Initially rejected, the novel was eventually published anonymously in 1876 and became a surprise success, particularly among juvenile readers. It was later adapted into a film in 1924. Habberton also wrote stories about early California life, which were compiled in his 1880 collection Romance of California Life. Known for his humorous and often insightful writing, Habberton wrote under the pseudonym "Smelfungus" and was admired by figures like Rudyard Kipling. He married Alice Lawrence Hastings in 1868, and together, they had sons whose antics inspired some of his works. He passed away on February 24, 1921.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: anboco
• Seitenzahl: 379
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783736415539
• Artikelnr.: 45811481