Arthur Bartlett Maurice

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Arthur Bartlett Maurice

1873–1946

An American editor and literary journalist, he helped shape early 20th-century book culture through his long work at The Bookman. He also wrote lively pieces on writers, criticism, and even Sherlock Holmes, bringing a reviewer’s eye and a fan’s curiosity to the page.

3 Audiobooks

The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature

The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature

by Frederic Taber Cooper, Arthur Bartlett Maurice

Fifth Avenue

Fifth Avenue

by Arthur Bartlett Maurice

The Mentor: Makers of American Fiction, Vol. 6, Num. 14, Serial No. 162, September 1, 1918

The Mentor: Makers of American Fiction, Vol. 6, Num. 14, Serial No. 162, September 1, 1918

by Arthur Bartlett Maurice

About the author

Born in 1873, he was an American editor and writer from Rahway, New Jersey. Sources on his life note that he studied at Richmond College and Princeton, and that he worked in journalism before becoming widely known in literary circles.

He is especially associated with The Bookman of New York, which he edited from 1899 to 1916. Archival and reference sources also describe him as a book reviewer, columnist, and a "writer about writers," a good shorthand for the kind of literary career he built.

Maurice published criticism and essays as well as books, including work on literature and popular culture. He is also remembered as an early Sherlock Holmes enthusiast, with later reference sources pointing to his 1902 Sherlockian essay as one of the early examples of treating Holmes and Watson as if they were real figures. He died in 1946.