Readings from English and American literature

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](