Burton E Stevenson

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 o 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.