Charles Battell Loomis (1861–1911) was an American author.
Biography
Loomis was born in
Brooklyn, New York
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, and educated at the
Polytechnic Institute
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there. He was in business from 1879 to 1891, but he gave it up to devote himself to the writing of magazine sketches and books much appreciated for their humor.
Works
* ''Just Rhymes'' (1899)
* ''The Four-Masted Cat-Boat'' (1899)
* ''Yankee Enchantments'' (1900)
* ''A Partnership in Magic'' (1903)
* ''Cheerful Americans'' (1903)
* ''Araminta and the Automobile'' (1903)
* ''More Cheerful Americans'' (1904)
* ''I've Been Thinking'' (1905)
* ''Minerva's Manœuvres'' (1905)
* ''Cheer Up!'' (1906)
* ''A Bath in an English Tub'' (1907)
* ''Poe's "Raven" in an Elevator'' (1907) (the third edition of ''More Cheerful Americans'')
* ''The Knack of It'' (1908)
* ''A Holiday Touch'' (1908)
* ''Just Irish'' (1909)
References
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External links
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Over 35 Charles Battell Loomis stories are read in Mister Ron's BasementPodcast, including "Araminta and the Automobile" and "Poe's Raven in an Elevator". The stories are now indexed.
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American humorists
American male writers
People from Brooklyn
1861 births
1911 deaths
Polytechnic Institute of New York University alumni