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Stevenson (BURTON EGBERT born)

BURTON EGBERT, born at Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1872. He was educated at Princeton University, and became city editor of the Chillicothe "Daily News" in 1894; of the Chillicothe "Daily Advertiser" in 1898; and librarian of the Chillicothe public library in 1899. He wrote "At Odds With the Regent" (1900); “A Soldier of Virginia" (1901); "The Heritage" (1902); "The Holladay Case" (1903); "The Marathon Mystery (1904); "The Young Section Hand" (1905); "Affairs of State" (1906); "That Affair at Elizabeth" (1907); "The Quest for the Rose of Sharon" (1909); "The Path of Honor" (1910); "The Spell of Holland" (1911); "The Young Apprentice" (1912); "The Gloved Hand" (1913); "The Charm of Ireland" (1914); "Little Comrade" (1915); "A King King in Bab Babylon" (1917). He also edited and compiled several books, among which should be mentioned "Poems of American History" (1908); "A Child's Guide to American Biography" (1909); "Home Book of Verse" (1912); "Home Book of Verse for Young Folks" (1915); and "European Directory, Library War Service, A.L.A." (1918-19).