Burton Egbert Stevenson (1872-1962) was an author, anthologist, and librarian. While attending Princeton University, Stevenson was a correspondent for United Press and for the New York Tribune. Stevenson became director of the Chillicothe public library in 1899 and held that position for fifty-eight years. As well as being a librarian, Stevenson wrote numerous novels, including four young adult novels, edited others' works, and created numerous anthologies of verse, familiar quotations, and the like.
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Published in 1907 ‘That Affair at Elizabeth’ is a detective novel set in turn of the century New York City. When bride-to-be Marcia disappears just hours before her wedding, friend of the groom Lester decides to turn detective as he tries to track dow... SEE MORE