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Hamilton Wright Mabie (1846-1916) was an American essayist, editor, critic, and lecturer. He worked as an associate editor at the weekly magazine Christian Union, later renamed The Outlook, from 1879 until his death, and published dozens of volumes spanning literary criticism, nature writing, and essays on American life.
Mabie was born on the 13th of December, 1846, in Cold Spring, New York. He died on the 13th of December, 1916, his seventieth birthday, at his home in Summit, New Jersey, and was buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in New York.
The Every Child Should Know series was published by Doubleday, Page and Co. Mabie edited several volumes beginning in 1905, including Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know, Myths That Every Child Should Know, Heroes Every Child Should Know, and Folk Tales Every Child Should Know, among others. The series aimed to bring classic stories, legends, and myths to young readers.
Mabie was hired in the summer of 1879 to work for the weekly magazine Christian Union. The magazine was renamed The Outlook in 1893, and Mabie remained with the publication until his death in 1916, a professional association spanning thirty-seven years.
Two of Mabie's well-known quoted lines are: "Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love," and "Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with the wind."
Mabie attended Williams College, enrolling in 1867, and went on to Columbia Law School in 1869. At Williams he was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity and later served as the first president of the National Interfraternity Conference.