(1914), The Pleasures of an Absentee Landlord (1916), and children’s stories such as The Children of Dickens (1925). His publications include The Gentle Reader (1903), Meditations on Votes for Women, etc. 9, 1927.Ĭrothers is remembered especially for his insightful and humorous essays, which were published in magazines and then collected in volumes. Paul, Minn., from 1882 to 1894, when he settled in Cambridge, Mass., and became minister of First Parish, where he stayed until the end of his life. He served as a Unitarian minister in parishes in Vermont and then St. Hardcover Houghton Mifflin, 1903 Very Good Condition. Once upon a time, that is to say a generation or two ago, he was very highly esteemed. BZDB26 NOISBN Essays & Literary Criticism Gentle Reader The Samuel McChord Crothers. After a year of reflection he entered Harvard Divinity School and joined the Unitarian fellowship. WHAT has become of the Gentle Reader One does not like to think that he has passed away with the stagecoach and the weekly news-letter and that henceforth we are to be confronted only by the stony glare of the Intelligent Reading Public. His views brought the suspicion of the church, and in 1881 he chose to cut his ties to the Presbyterian church. He developed a more liberal worldview that appealed to many who had moved to the open spaces of the West. The Understanding Heart (1903) The Gentle Reader (1903) The Pardoners. He had been raised and trained in a strict Calvinist tradition, but far from the seminary his theology began to evolve. Samuel McChord Crothers (1857-1927) graduated from Wittenberg College in 1873. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. He chose his grandfather’s profession and enrolled at the Union Theological Seminary in New York, graduating in 1877 at the age of 20.Īfter finishing his studies Crothers traveled to the frontier, working at parishes in Nevada and then Santa Barbara, Calif. The Gentle Reader - Ebook written by Samuel McChord Crothers. Crothers graduated from Wittenburg College in Ohio in 1873 and the College of New Jersey (now Princeton) in 1874. The gentle reader by Samuel McChord Crothers, 1903, Houghton, Mifflin and company edition, It looks like youre offline. His grandfather, Samuel Crothers, was a well-known Presbyterian minister with strong antislavery opinions, and his father was a lawyer. Early in his career Crothers abandoned the Calvinist tradition of his upbringing for a more liberal theology, one that proved popular at a time when social mores were rapidly changing.Ĭrothers was born in Oswego, Ill., on June 7, 1857. clergyman and writer Samuel McChord Crothers was an influential voice advocating moderation and compassion. In the early years of the 20th century, U.S.
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