Walter Taylor Field

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Walter Taylor Field, born in Galesburg, Illinois, was an American author . Field was a student at Dartmouth from 1879-81. He received a Bachelor of Arts, Amherst, 1883, honorary Master of Arts, 1918. He was connected with C. Griggs & Company, Harper & Brothers, and Ginn & Company, and was Associate editor of *The Advance*, Chicago, 1886-87, and editor of *The Abbey Classics* (1907-10). Field is the author of numerous books, including *Rome* (1904, 2 volumes); *What Is Success?* (1910); *The Quest of the Four-leaved Clover* (1911); *Young and Field Literary Readers* (1914-15, with Mistress Ella Flagg Young); and *A Guide to Literature for Children* (1928). Field was a member of the Authors' League America and has been listed as a notable author by Marquis Who's Who. Source: [Prabook](https://prabook.com/web/walter_taylor.field/1082456)

Born 1861-02-21

Died 1939-08-18

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