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American anthropologist, editor and author; literary editor of Life from 1893; pen names: Thomas L. Masson, Tom Masson
Works
- The Yankee Navy (1898)
- In Marry Measure (1904)
- A Corner in Women and Other Follies (1905)
- Mary's Little Lamb (1905)
- The Von Blumers (1906)
- A Bachelor's Baby and Some Grown-Ups (1907)
- The New Plato (1908)
- Mr. Rum (1913)
- Well, Why Not? (1921)
- Listen to These (1922)
- That Silver Lining (1923)
- Why I Am a Spiritual Vagabond (1925)
- The City of Perfection (1927)
- Breaking Into Literary Game (1927)
- Within (1932)
As editor
- Humorous Masterpieces of American Literature (1904)
- The Humor of Love in Verse and Prose (1906)
- The Best Stories in the World (1914)
Short works from periodicals
- "The Suicide" (1891, Smart Set) (ss) [as T. L. Masson]
- "It Was All Right" (1900 March, Smart Set) (ss)
- "A Husband's Advice" (1902 Feb, Smart Set) (play)
- "A Girl from the Country" (1903 April, Smart Set) (ss)
- "Pleasant Dreams" (1903 Oct, Smart Set) (ss)
- "In the Toils" (1903 Dec, Smart Set) (ss)
- "The Burglar" (1903,Smart Set)
- "A Mean Man" (1904,Smart Set)
- "The Major and I" (1904,Smart Set)
- "A Real Human Play" (1905,Smart Set)
- "A Sad Mistake" (1905,Smart Set) (play)
- "Mrs. Chadwick's Own Story" (1905, Jan 5, Life) (satire)
- "Success" (1905 May, Smith's) (ss)
- Their Thoughts of Her (1905, Sunday Magazine)
- Von Blumer Invests (1906, Munsey's)
- "A Diana of the Garage" (1907, Appleton's) (ss)
- "An Important Discovery" (1912, Harper's) (ss)
- "'Business'" (1916, Green Book) (ss)
- "The Baby" (1923 Feb, Red Book) (ss)
- Non-fiction
- "A Summer Resort" (1904, Smart Set) (humor / satire)
- "The Newer Education" (1907 March, Smith's) (ar)
- "How to be Irritable" (1907 March, Smart Set) (ar)
- "Aphorisms" (1908, Century) (humor)
- "American Girls For Style" (1922 Apr, Red Book) (ar)
- "Sallie Jones" (1922 June, Red Book) (ar)
- "Love Budgets" (1922 Sept, Red Book) (ar)
- "We Should All Worry" (1923 Apr, Red Book) (ar)
- Verse
- "Too Prodigal" (1900 April, Smart Set) (pm)
- "A Familiar Story" (1900 April, Smart Set) (pm)
Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1927.
The author died in 1934, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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The author died in 1934, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
