Montrose Jonas Moses

Who is this?

Montrose Jonas Moses (September 2, 1878 – March 29, 1934) was an American writer, born in New York, where he graduated from the City College in 1899. In the main, his compositions were directed towards children's literature; however, he composed some books for adults, as well. Between 1900 and 1921 he was connected editorially with, or was a contributor to, various periodicals: the Literary Digest, the Reader, the Independent, the Book News Monthly, and Hearst's International. Besides editing the Green Room Book and the Anglo-American Dramatic Register and making some translations from the French, he wrote: Famous Actor Families in America (1906); Children's Books and Reading (1907); Henrik Ibsen (1908); The Literature of the South (1909); The American Dramatist (1911); Maurice Maeterlinck: A Study (1911). He edited Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856–1911 (1920). Moses was a friend of Harry Houdini.

Career

1. 1878
   Born
2. 1934
   Passed away

Trivia

• •Citizenship: United States
• •Known as: linguist, writer, translator, literary critic